I open a bookstore in the human world

Manager Cao led Song Lan around on the second floor of the shopping mall. When he passed by a few gold jewelry shops, he was surrounded by shop assistants who had nothing to do.

Not surprisingly, the entire shopping mall is mostly empty, and there are not many customers at ordinary times. It is not easy to even find someone to talk to. These people who have been working in the shopping mall for a long time naturally have a lot of opportunities to fart and chat. At that time, the relationship between managers and employees in ordinary shopping malls was much more harmonious.

Some people pointed at Song Lan and Manager Cao and said something, as if they were asking why Song Lan was here.

"Hello, my surname is Song. I plan to open a bookstore. I heard that Lijin has a store for rent. Come and take a look." Song Lan greeted everyone politely.

"Open a bookstore?" The clerks were obviously taken aback, thinking that they had heard it wrong, and they heard "jindian" as "bookstore".

Song Lan smiled, nodded and said, "Yes, it's the bookstore, the Shadow Bookstore."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and asked Manager Cao with their eyes. The latter could only smile wryly: What do you see me doing?I am also confused.

After all, there was still business to do, Manager Cao didn't chat with the shop assistants, but showed Song Lan the empty shops on the second floor.

"It used to be a clothing store," Manager Cao unlocked the glass door with a key, and introduced to Song Lan, "It's been empty since we moved out, Boss Song, please watch your feet, it's dark here—I'm fucked! what!"

The manager who was almost tripped couldn't help but swear, and then realized his slip of the tongue, looked at Song Lan embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Boss Song, don't be surprised, it may be that the original store left something behind. I didn't take it here..."

As he said that, Manager Cao turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, wanting to see what it was that tripped him up just now. Song Lan's pupils shrank slightly, and just as she was about to stop him, an earth-shattering national curse came to her ears.

Song Lan: "..." No way, Manager Cao moved too fast, even he didn't have time to remind him to be mentally prepared——

As an excellent ghost emissary, Song Lan naturally has a good ability to see things from behind. He can clearly see that it was a plastic human head that tripped Manager Cao just now.It must be a model left by the previous store, but I don't know why I just left my head here. It was even more frightening to be photographed by a flashlight.

Manager Cao also realized that what he just saw was actually a dummy head, but he still couldn't control his limp legs, trembling all over, and his hand holding the phone was a little unsteady.

Song Lan kindly suggested: "The manager, why don't you go out for a while first, and I can just stroll here by myself."

Rationally, Manager Cao wanted to refuse, but emotionally he couldn't refuse: the scene just now was too scary, and the head was still smiling at him!If it was someone with less psychological quality, I'm afraid an ambulance would have to be called right now.

"Then remember to turn on the light, it's too dark inside." Manager Cao smiled weakly at Song Lan, did not object to his proposal, dragged his stiff legs, and walked outside - he felt that he needed someone Quiet, better still have a cigarette.

In fact, whether or not the lights are turned on has no effect on Song Lan, but in order to reassure Manager Cao, he still turned on the lights in the store. Fortunately, although no one has used them for a long time, the lights are not broken, otherwise it would be even more scary.

The next few empty shops were visited by Song Lan alone. He kindly rejected Manager Cao's proposal to accompany him to visit——Manager Cao's face was a bit scary, and he was afraid that the other party would not come to him before he finished visiting the shop. collapsed.As a ghost with a lot of humanitarian concern, he still doesn't bother people.

After walking around, Manager Cao also smoked several cigarettes one after another. Finally, his complexion improved a little bit, his legs didn't soften and his hands didn't shake anymore, and he regained his energy. The strange guest is not satisfied after all.

Song Lan's expression was calm, and he couldn't see what was going on in his heart.Manager Cao had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask, "Boss Song, what did you think of it just now?"

"Hmm..." Song Lan hesitated for a moment, but did not answer quickly.

Manager Cao sighed heavily in his heart: Oh, he should have known a long time ago, except for those who opened gold shops, who else would have a liking for Li Jin?Forget it, I don't have any hope anyway, and the current situation is normal.

Seeing Manager Cao's face full of disappointment but forced to smile, Song Lan suddenly said, "I wonder if I can go to the third floor to have a look?"

"It's okay to be dissatisfied—eh? Boss Song, what did you just say?" Manager Cao wanted to say a few words to warm up the scene, but he was stunned when he heard such a sentence.

Song Lan smiled and pointed to the top of her head: "Isn't there still a third floor?"

Manager Cao was silent for a while, and asked cautiously, "Boss Song, is what you said true?"

Song Lan raised her eyebrows, gave him a strange look, and said, "Of course it's true. What did I lie to you for? Manager Cao, isn't it possible that you don't rent out the third floor?"

"Rent, of course!" Manager Cao immediately stated his position, and then hesitated, "Boss Song, are you really planning to rent the shop on the third floor? Well, seeing how straightforward you are, I can't fool you. It is for rent, but except for the time when the mall was opened, there were few people who rented it. Many equipments are probably very old, and the sanitation is not very good..."

There is another sentence that Manager Cao did not say: the third floor is where the migrant worker had an accident, and it is rumored that most of the shopping mall staff's ghost encounters happened on the third floor.If Lijin Mall is an ominous place in the hearts of Jincheng people, then the third floor is a forbidden area for the mall staff.Even he tried not to go to the third floor unless necessary.

"It's okay, these can be redecorated." Song Lan didn't care, and pointed to the only shop upstairs with lights on, "Don't you see someone opening a shop over there?"

"That store..." Manager Cao frowned, his expression became a bit weird, "The situation is a bit special..."

"Oh?" Song Lan became more interested, and asked with a smile, "What kind of special method?"

Manager Cao frowned even deeper, obviously unwilling to mention more, but since the man in front of him, who was probably a big customer, asked, it was impossible for him not to answer, so he had to say vaguely: "The owner of that store Don't believe those rumours."

It's a "rumor", but in fact, Manager Cao may not believe it in his heart, but in front of the guests, naturally he can't say that their mall is really haunted.

"Is that so?" Song Lan raised her eyebrows slightly, and her eyes were a little playful. She intentionally or unintentionally swept towards the only shop with lights on on the third floor, but saw a black shadow flashing in her sight, as if just now Someone was there peeking at them.

It seems that this matter is more interesting than I imagined.

"I don't believe in those gods and ghosts either." Song Lan smiled righteously and patted Manager Cao on the shoulder, "Then let's go up and have a look, Manager?"

Seeing that Song Lan persisted, Manager Cao couldn't say anything more, so he had to resign himself to his fate and walked towards the escalator.

Because almost no one goes up to the third floor, the mall closed the escalator from the second floor to the third floor in order to save electricity, and the two had to climb up step by step.The sound of footsteps falling on the escalator made a muffled sound, and the sound of rain echoed in the empty shopping mall, which sounded a bit weird.

However, the few dozen short steps made Manager Cao sweat profusely.

If the second floor is still somewhat popular, the third floor is as quiet as a pool of stagnant water, and it looks deserted. If there is not a gold shop open, it is almost suspected that this place has been completely deserted.

Thinking of this, Song Lan set his sights on the only gold shop that was still open.

Probably because of the movement, a slender and tall figure came out of the shop, and he seemed a little surprised to see Song Lan and Manager Cao.

"Boss Xia, this is Boss Song who came to see the store." Manager Cao knew her, and smiled at the beautiful woman in front of him who was pale for some reason.

Xia Lan glanced at Song Lan indifferently, nodded to him, went back to her shop without saying a word.

Manager Cao smiled at Song Lan as if apologetic, and explained in a low voice: "This Boss Xia has a weird temper. He seldom interacts with other people. He usually doesn't talk much when we meet. If it wasn't for me, I would go to the third floor from time to time. Come to inspect, I'm afraid she doesn't even know me."

Song Lan blinked her eyes and looked innocent: "Can such a person do business?"

"Who knows?" Manager Cao shrugged, also looking puzzled, "She came here about two years ago, and I just arrived in Lijin at that time, so I remember very clearly that she came to visit the store at that time. The time is the same as now, I don’t talk much, I don’t smile much, but I ask to rent on the third floor.”

At that time, the third floor was not as deserted as it is now, and there were still two or three shops that insisted on opening, so even though Xia Lan insisted on renting on the third floor, Manager Cao was not too suspicious, thinking that she was just trying to save money—— The rent on the first floor is much cheaper than that on the second floor.

But in the past two years, other shops on the third floor have also moved out one after another. Only Xia Lan's gold shop is still standing. I don't see any customers. I'm afraid the business will not be good, but I don't see any Xia Lan proposed to move out, could it be that she didn't want to breach the contract?

——At that time, Xia Lan signed a five-year contract with the shopping mall. Even Manager Cao advised her not to sign for such a long time, but the other party ignored it and insisted on signing for five years.Manager Cao was even a little skeptical. If the maximum lease contract for the shopping mall was longer than five years, this woman would even sign for a longer period.

Manager Cao really couldn't see through this strange woman.She is beautiful, more beautiful than the stars he has seen on TV, but she doesn't know or care about her own beauty - if ordinary people have such a look, they will choose to do it Celebrities or something, at least not in such a disreputable shopping mall with such a gold store that obviously has no business.

She also has a feature that impressed Manager Cao and the entire staff of the mall: staying home.They almost never saw this woman leave the mall, she lived in a small room separated behind the gold store, and they didn't know how to solve the meal, and they never saw her come out.Maybe order takeout?But it seems that I have never seen a delivery person go up to the third floor.

In short, everything about this woman is very mysterious, and Manager Cao can't explain it clearly.

After listening to Manager Cao's narration, Song Lan's eyes moved slightly, as if he was thinking about something, but he didn't say anything, just asked Manager Cao to accompany him to see the house.

Because the shops on the third floor were all closed, it was too time-consuming to look at them one by one, so there was no need for it. Song Lan just visited some representative ones, and he seemed quite satisfied with his appearance.

He was even more satisfied when he heard about the rent.

"I rent all these shops on the third floor, and those on the second floor. It shouldn't be a problem to connect up, down, left, and right?" Song Lan gestured to the map of the mall.

Manager Cao was taken aback.His eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard: "Full, full rent?"

Song Lan smiled: "Is there any problem?"

"...No, no." Manager Cao couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead, not because he was nervous, but because he couldn't believe it.He originally thought that it would be unusual enough for someone who opened a bookstore to come to their shopping mall to rent a store, but he didn't expect the other party's appetite to be so big. The combined area is probably several thousand square meters?Isn't Boss Song afraid that the business will fail?Or, is this a master who is not short of money?

Seeing Song Lan still haggling with him on the rent issue, Manager Cao felt that this possibility was not great.

However, this matter is not a bad thing for Manager Cao and Lijin Mall. Anyway, these shops are vacant, and they can be rented out to make money.

As for whether Song Lan's bookstore will be sucked to death by the strange "curse" of this mall, it has nothing to do with Manager Cao.

Song Lan signed a two-year contract, which also shows that he is not a person who loses his head when he sees an advantage. He can't guarantee what the market in Jincheng will be like. The shorter the lease, the better to stop the loss and get out in time.

Song Lan wanted to rent a shop with an area of ​​nearly [-] square meters, divided into upper and lower floors. In fact, his original plan was to rent the entire third floor of the mall, but after seeing the woman surnamed Xia in the gold shop on the third floor, He changed his mind.

Taking a deep look at the only shop with lights on on the third floor, Song Lan lowered her eyes slightly, covering up all the hidden thoughts in it.

It seemed that things were more interesting than he expected.