I will never give in to Miss Death

How should I put it... I feel that Ouyang Xue should be a very responsible and caring store manager?

She is not like any store owner I met when I was working before, nor is she the unreasonable "Party A". She is more like... a caring aunt who works in a big company next door, a warm-hearted older sister who will take care of you instead of your parents when you are sick?

I wonder what type of store manager that Death Girl is.

"I'm stuffed!"

After finishing the roast chicken and egg tarts that were reserved for me, I cleaned up the garbage on the table with my round belly and waved to the chef: "Master Wang, I'm going to work."

"Hey!"

When I left the kitchen, I saw that the two boys in the corner had taken out their mobile phones to play games. The steamed chicken and egg tarts on the table looked only half eaten. I estimated that at this rate they would not be able to finish them in half an hour.

"This way!"

I walked from the guardrail with a small door opened to the cat living area opposite, and found Ouyang Xue who was busy here.

"These are things that the cats have used before. Arrange them first so that there are familiar smells here, so that the cats can quickly adapt to the environment."

Ouyang Xue pointed to a few cat climbing frame parts not far away with her eyes and said, "Just like playing with building blocks when you were a kid, just put them together in any way you like."

"Any shape will do?"

"Any shape will do, just stack it as high as you can."

Ouyang Xue explained: "Because there are obvious status distinctions in a cat group, if the cat climbing frame is stacked higher, those cats with high status can lie on the top layer, which helps them and us distinguish the status of the cat group... But don't stack it too high, at least not higher than your head, otherwise you won't be able to hold the cat down."

"This one……"

I asked curiously, "What are the benefits of having a hierarchy between cats?"

"The advantage is that we can usually know clearly who is the leader of the group of cats. As long as we have a good relationship with this cat leader, or if there is something that needs to be coaxed from the entire group of cats, we will be more purposeful. Of course, nothing is absolute, but it can only be said that this way it is easier to distinguish the personalities of cats."

"Oh……"

I didn't quite understand: "Are those cats trained?"

"They were all bought back from closed cat cafes. The youngest of them has been serving customers in cat cafes for several months. Some of the Oirans have even been dealing with humans in cat cafes for five or six years, so they don't have too much stress reaction to people."

How does this make us sound like... a bunch of laid-off prostitutes who were kidnapped from a closed-down brothel and are being re-employed?

You, the little cat flower girl, are you so scared that you can’t stop crying?

"Let's put the cat climbing frame together first. And the cat litter box over there, they are marked on the ground, just put them where they are."

Ouyang Xue pulled out several bags of cat litter that looked extremely heavy from the side: "After installing the cat litter box, please be sure to check the power level. If the red light is on, you need to charge it."

"The cat litter box needs to be charged?"

This time I was confused: "Is it fully automatic?"

If I remember correctly, isn't the litter box a toilet for cats? It needs to be charged? An electronic toilet?

"Yes, it's fully automatic, with a sensor plate. The door opens when the cat approaches, and it automatically filters out the waste after use."

Ouyang Xue pointed to the dining table opposite: "There is no other way. The restaurant must use an automatic cat litter box."

Why do I feel like the cats here are living better than me...

With a somewhat depressed mood, I walked towards the pile of cat climbing frame parts scattered on the ground.

There are special people serving three meals a day, living in this two-story high-end restaurant, the area of ​​the first floor alone is almost the same as the villa of a local tycoon, and there are special toys, even the toilet is fully automatic, this...

It makes me want to lie down like a cat.

As I thought about this, I picked up the parts of the cat climbing frame.

A cat climbing frame, as the name suggests, is something for cats to climb up and down, exercise their bodies, and sharpen their claws.

This thing is mostly made of hemp rope and a rough wooden board, and it feels a bit prickly when I hold it with my tender little hands.

Just a quick look at the structure of these parts gave me a general idea of ​​how to assemble them - it feels similar to Lego blocks, except that these are super large blocks.

Cat climbing frames come in many types, including boards, cat beds, cat holes, logs, etc. Each part has very simple assembly interfaces or screws. You don’t even need a wrench or screwdriver, just screw it into the notch or hole.

Let me see. Anyway, this thing can be disassembled, so I can just put it together casually.

After looking around the cat's living area, I took some time to assemble a cat climbing frame more than one meter high and moved it to the entrance of the fence.

Put another one here, and one here too.

With the efforts of the store manager and I, we had installed all the cat climbing frames and litter boxes in less than half an hour.

"boss!"

At this time, the voices of the two boys came from outside: "Boss, we want to buy the service of taking photos with the maid!"

"coming!"

While answering to the outside, Ouyang Xue led me out of the cat living area, holding up the payment code in one hand: "One yuan per ticket, how many do you want?"

"Any action is OK?"

"It's not good to be too intimate."

Ouyang Xue shook her head: "We are a regular cat cafe, of course...if you mean kittens, taking photos with them is free, and any intimate actions are allowed, as long as the cats are willing."

"Not a cat."

The boy in the baseball cap pointed at me and said, "Maid photos, five of us."

As he spoke, he scanned the payment code - "Ding, 5 yuan has been deposited."

I tried to walk over as politely as possible and stood with them.

"Kacha."

"Kacha."

"Here's your phone. Can you take two photos for me?"

"Kacha."

"..."

After taking the photo, the boy in the baseball cap took out his phone and seemed to click something on it: "To be honest, we are both outdoor anchors. It was purely coincidental that we passed by here today. But after eating your steamed chicken and egg tarts, I thought they were really good."

After saying that, the boy looked at me and said, "The maid girl is also very cute, haha."

“Outdoor anchor?”

Ouyang Xue, who is experienced in this field, said, "Which platform is this outdoor anchor from?"

"Tongmeng.com, usually travels around by bicycle and broadcasts snacks from all over the world, but it didn't start broadcasting today."

The boy who spoke asked in a questioning tone: "Maybe we will come again in a couple of days, with live broadcast equipment, to eat steamed chicken and egg tarts again, and to promote your store. Do you think it's feasible?"

Ouyang Xue crossed her arms and said, "Will you pay me?"

"No, no, it's free."

"It's up to you guys, just don't say bad things about this place."

Ouyang Xue looked very generous: "When will you come again?"

"Maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Row."

Ouyang Xue waved at me and said, "Nuo'er, go to the kitchen and get two bottles of our store's best Coke. I'll treat you two guys as the store manager."

I understood: "Yes!"

The best cola? Don't we only have one kind of cola here?

It was false that he asked me to get a Coke, but it was true that he sent me away and discussed advertising matters with the two "outdoor live broadcasters" in the capacity of store manager, right?

My store manager really doesn't miss any opportunity to promote...

In the kitchen refrigerator, I found two bottles of Coke that seemed to be the coldest, put them on the tray, and returned to the coffee shop lobby.

"It's settled then. You guys come over tomorrow. The cat in the store is about to arrive."

On the way back, the store manager had just finished discussing cooperation with the two young boys. Both of them put on their luggage bags and put on their hats again.

"Row."

They both took the Coke from the tray in my hand and said, "See you tomorrow, Miss Ouyang. And this... maid sister, see you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow!"

I waved and watched them leave. I didn't ask curiously until their backs disappeared on the road outside the door, "What kind of anchors are they?"

"He does outdoor adventure live streaming. He has more than 40 followers. I have some impression of him. He likes to go into dark caves or go to places where there are few people."

Ouyang Xue yawned and lazily sat down in the seat where the two young men had just sat. "I guess they passed by the coffee shop this time because they wanted to go to Shenbin River to shoot some materials."

An outdoor adventure anchor? An adventurer?

It is really not easy to see this kind of profession in such a super modern city like Kamihama.

"Didi dididi——"

I went back to tidy up the cat's living area and checked that the litter box and automatic feeder were in full power and in good working order. At around ten o'clock, a car horn sounded outside the coffee shop.

"The cat is coming."

Ouyang Xue, who was resting at the dining table on the first floor, stood up instantly: "Nuo'er, come and pick up the cat."

"coming!"

I quickly ran out of the cat's living area, and my round-toed, hard-soled maid's leather shoes made a "tapping" sound as they hit the floor.

“There’s a traffic jam downtown.”

The driver was the male clerk who greeted me when I entered the store yesterday. He drove a large truck and parked it in the open space outside the coffee shop. He jumped out of the cab, walked to the parking space, and opened the trunk door.

"Meow……"

At this time, even through the door of the coffee shop and the car door, I could vaguely hear intermittent cat meows coming from inside.

"Fortunately, the temperature today is not too high, so the cat is fine. Next time, we'll use an air-conditioned car to move the cat, and move it more often."

The driver moved the two aviation boxes from the car very skillfully, and then jumped back into the car.

"Sphynx cat, or hairless cat for short."

Taking the two airline boxes and handing them to me, Ouyang Xue only glanced at the two cats inside and introduced them to me: "The one on top is Miaomiao, one and a half years old, a male cat, born on January 1, 2021. The one on the bottom is Qiaoqiao, a female cat, also one and a half years old, born on January 1, 9 minutes younger than Miaomiao."

What?

Hearing this, I showed a somewhat frightened expression: "This... these are..."

"You have to remember everything."

Ouyang Xue gave me a positive answer: "You need to memorize the name and age. I'll give you two months. Is that okay?"

Memorized the names and ages of fifty... no, eighty cats in two months? !

I thought back to my college days.

I'm not sure about college girls, but after living and studying with the boys for two months, I can't even remember the names of all my classmates.

At that time, there were more than 20 people in our university class. Let alone one or two months, I couldn’t recognize everyone in the class even after a semester. You want me to remember the names, birthdays and genders of 80 cats?

"Don't make that expression. Cats are easier to remember than people. Besides, you'll be dealing with them almost every day for the next few months, so you'll remember them quickly."

Probably seeing through my inner shock, Ouyang Xue comforted me, "Cats are not like people. There are many different cat breeds in our store, like these two hairless cats. There are only four Sphinx cats, the guardians of ancient Egypt. The names of the four Sphinx cats are all in this format: Miaomiao, Qiaoqiao, and..."

Just at this moment the driver came over with two airline boxes. Through the gaps in the airline boxes, two more hairless cats could be seen inside.

"Look, there are these two, Beibei and Jiajia, both are female cats. Beibei is the third sister, and Jiajia is the fourth sister. They are from the same litter, four hairless cats, one male and three females. There are no more. You should be able to remember these four names, right?"

Ouyang Xue followed and walked to the back door of the truck: "Nuo'er, move Miaomiao and Qiaoqiao in first, and open the door for them directly after entering so that the cats can get familiar with the environment."

"it is good."

If I think about it, it does make sense. If there are many breeds of cats and I have to deal with cats every day, even if I only remember the names of 4 cats every day, I can remember all cats in a month.

"Meow……"

Holding the handle on the airline box, I trotted back to the coffee shop with the two little guys, then entered the cat living area, put the airline box under one of the cat climbing frames, and opened the door.

"..."

Two hairless cats that looked like guardians in ancient mythology or aliens carefully walked out of the box and observed the surrounding environment. The cat named "Miao Miao" even stretched out its claws and scratched the scratching board several times.

It seems like they are not afraid of me?