Tender trapping

On the first day of work, Ran Xu was quite nervous sitting in the store. Although he had also worked in a convenience store before, it was completely different from 1980... He wondered if there would be any customers asking him to introduce products , if asked, Ran Xu really didn't know how to answer.

However, it turns out that he was overthinking—although the decoration in 1980 is very special, and it does attract many passers-by to linger in front of the window, but most people will not choose to come in after seeing the price tag.

Occasionally, one or two young female students would come into the store for a walk or two, but they had no intention of buying.

Ran Xu held his cheeks, picked up a pen and sketched the general shape of the dolls in the shop on the paper.

There was a group of small ceramic dolls by the wall, which were placed alone in a glass display cabinet and locked with a key, but Zhuo Wenlang had never mentioned the key to this cabinet.

Curious, Ran Xu approached the display cabinet and took a good look at this group of small ceramic dolls.

There are about twenty dolls, each about ten centimeters high, small in size, but exquisitely crafted so that every strand of hair is clearly visible.Judging from their body shape and clothing, they should be male, but unfortunately, all the dolls have blank faces. They have no expression or any facial features.

Next to it is an egg inlaid with gold and enamel. The main body is a dark blue that is close to black. Under the light of the display cabinet, a figure can be faintly reflected.

In the center of the eggshell, a complicated bouquet of flowers is made with fine gold wire and pottery pieces. It seems to be some kind of lily, delicate and delicate. Ran Xu was deeply shocked by its craftsmanship. Staring at the beautiful handicraft, he almost forgot time.

"Huh? Is the store open today?"

The wind chimes at the door rang softly, and Ran Xu looked up, and saw a young girl standing at the door of the shop, she was well dressed, even in winter clothes, she didn't look bloated.

Ran Xu nodded, pursed his lips and showed a shy smile: "Please come in."

He could tell that the girl's family background should be good, and she might be the first customer today.

"Are you...?" The girl entered the room and looked at Ran Xu suspiciously.

"I'm the new clerk."

This is a bit strange, ordinary customers enter the store, how can they ask who the clerk inside is.

The girl nodded, and looked at Ran Xu with an unnatural expression: "The owner of this store clearly said that he is not here today, and asked me to come to pick up the customized doll tomorrow, why suddenly..." She whispered , Ran Xu didn't hear the following words clearly.

He didn't quite understand what the girl meant. According to Ran Xu's own understanding, there should be other shop assistants in the store during the day. Why couldn't they get the goods without Zhuo Wenlang?

Ran Xu didn't know how to answer, and vaguely felt that things were different from what he thought.

"Doesn't it open when the boss is away?" He asked tentatively.

The girl thought for a while, then frowned: "Well... I really haven't seen anyone else in the store, you are the first one."

"Then the boss is watching the store in person during the day?"

The girl looked at Ran Xu and laughed: "You are really new here... Your boss opens the store so capriciously, didn't you know in advance?"

Ran Xu shook his head.

"The opening time of the store is not fixed. Sometimes you have to pre-order the items you like, and you can pick them up later." After the girl finished speaking, she pointed to the display cabinet by the wall, "Here, I ordered the second from the left over there. Your boss said that the goods have been picked up in the store, please help me get them."

This put Ran Xu in a difficult situation: "But I don't have the key to that cabinet."

"It's not in the closet!" The girl had a good temper, and patiently explained to him, "The dolls in that closet are only for display, and if you like one, you can make another one and sell it to customers, so...you should probably go to the warehouse to find it. Looking for it?"

"Okay, sorry, please wait a moment." Ran Xu blushed.

He only wanted to come to the store to work, but he didn't ask Zhuo Wenlang anything in advance, and even subconsciously thought that that person would be here to accompany him... Thinking this way, maybe he was a little too self-indulgent.

Ran Xu suppressed the emotions in his heart and walked to the small storage room behind the shop, where he saw the doll the girl mentioned, with a note next to it, with a name written in vigorous fonts.

"Miss Sun?" He checked the note.

The girl gave her full name, which seemed to be true. Ran Xu handed the doll to the girl, and reaped the first and only turnover tonight, [-] yuan.

Two thousand three hundred yuan was not a small sum at that time, especially for a ceramic doll, even if its workmanship was exquisite, it was not within the scope of Ran Xu's consideration.

Just in case, he still called Zhuo Wenlang, but the voice on the other end was busy.

He clearly said that he could contact him if there was anything to do.

Ran Xu felt a bit of grievance that he didn't notice, but he was still afraid of disturbing Zhuo Wenlang's work, so he didn't dare to make a second call, so he could only send a text message to tell him about the matter.

A deserted night.

Near midnight, snow began to fall outside the window, and the street showed a bleak paleness against the lights and snowflakes. In contrast, the interior of the 1980 store was warm and dry, and the quiet scent of sandalwood lingered in Ran Xu’s tip of the nose.

It will be late at night, and the crowd will basically gather in the nearby entertainment venues. No one will come to patronize such a toy store in the middle of the night.

But Ran Xu always felt a little uneasy, his eyes drifted aimlessly out of the window, as if he was looking forward to Zhuo Wenlang's return - the text message was like a sinkhole, and no reply was received.

For some unknown reason, Ran Xu made up his mind to wait here for Zhuo Wenlang's return, at least until a text message or a phone call from him, otherwise he couldn't feel at ease.

Anyway, Zhuo Wenlang didn't communicate with him about the specific off-duty time, and Ran Xu made excuses for his behavior in his heart.

At twelve o'clock, the cuckoo clock on the wall rang on time, but Ran Xu was so sleepy that he nestled on the sofa and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

·

capital Airport.

Zhuo Wenlang was wearing a black overcoat, dragging his suitcase and walking towards the airport pick-up gate, followed by Zhuo Minghui who was also silent. The two brothers kept a relatively restrained distance, but they both looked a little tired.

When he got off the plane, Zhuo Wenlang had already seen Ran Xu's text message, but he was not in the mood to reply, so he closed it after one glance.

The driver was already waiting at the pick-up gate, and the Zhuo brothers sat in the back seat with a cold body.

"Sir, are you going back to Chenshan?" The driver finished putting his luggage and sat in the driver's seat.

"No, take him back to school first, and then drive to 1980." Zhuo Wenlang rubbed the space between his brows.

"I'm not going back to school."

"Then where are you going?"

"Whatever, I won't go back to school anyway." Zhuo Minghui folded his arms and looked out of the window, as if he was going to deliberately rebel.

"Zhuo Minghui, enough is enough." Zhuo Wenlang lowered his face, "Drive, take him back."