I open a bookstore in the human world

Not long after the shadow bookstore Jincheng store opened, Song Lan, who was supposed to stay in Jincheng in person, took the time to go to the magic city.

Arriving at the shopping mall where Ying·Tea's first branch in Shanghai is located, Song Lan saw crowds of people in front of him from a distance, and there seemed to be some activity, so lively.

After walking in for a look, Song Lan realized that it was actually a person waiting in line at the gate of Ying Tea.

It seems that the development of Shadow Tea in Shanghai is more optimistic than he imagined.Song Lan thought about it in a good mood, and whistled.

The busy clerk at the counter recognized Song Lan, a little surprised, came out to greet him: "Brother Xie is not in the store right now, he will come here in the afternoon."

Song Lan waved her hand cheerfully: "It's okay, I'll take a look here, you keep busy, don't worry about me."

The clerk thought for a while, moved a chair out from the counter, and said, "I'm afraid there won't be any vacant seats here, why don't you sit here and rest?"

The sofas and seats originally set up in the store were all occupied by customers waiting to pick up their orders. There were still many people standing beside them, and there were even many customers playing with their mobile phones in the corner. If Song Lan wanted to wait, she had to wait. Standing and waiting.

Song Lan didn't shirk, declined the clerk's kindness to pour him tea, and waved his hand to let the clerk continue to work.

After sitting like this for two hours, Song Lan watched the customers in the store walk away several times, but as time went by, not only did the number of people not decrease, but it became more lively.

During this period, he was not just sitting and playing with his mobile phone, but was interested in observing the situation in the store.Most of the people who come to consume are young people, mainly girls in their teens and twenties, and of course there are many boys who come with their girlfriends.

These people can choose two ways to order. One is to queue up at the counter to order. After ordering, they will receive a pick-up number. During the time between ordering and pick-up—about half an hour— You can choose to hang out nearby to kill time, or you can just wait in the store to be applauded-if you can find a seat.

The second way to order is through the WeChat Mini Program.After paying attention to the mini program in advance, customers can order and queue on their mobile phones without going to the store, and then go to the store to pick up the meal when the time is almost up, which can save a lot of time spent waiting in line.

According to Song Lan's observation, most of the people who choose the former way of ordering are new customers who came here for the first time. They stumbled upon Ying Cha while shopping, perhaps because they had heard about the popularity of Ying Tea before or were attracted by the crowd. Attracted, I decided to try it out of curiosity.Most of the people who choose the latter method are regular customers. They have spent more than one time at Ying Cha, and they are proficient in business. In Shanghai, it has become one of the most popular activities for young people to buy a cup of flower and fruit tea at Yingcha and then take a photo to post on Moments.

The number of people who choose the latter method is more than the former one. This finding makes Song Lan quite gratified: the number of repeat customers means that the products of Shadow Tea have been accepted by the people of Shanghai, and gradually formed a brand and developed a group of loyal repeat customers. .

A tall and tall figure came into Song Lan's eyes. The corner of Song Lan's mouth curled up slightly, and she looked at the other party without moving her eyes, but she didn't stand up to say hello.

Xie Daonian just walked into the store, causing a small commotion among the crowd waiting in line.Some girls directly took out their mobile phones to take pictures of Xie Daonian quietly or openly, and the latter was obviously used to this scene, and did not show any dissatisfaction, and even smiled at the girls quite cooperatively, which attracted another There was a scream of excitement.

Song Lan curled her lips: This kid seems to be more and more proficient in "selling his appearance".

When the clerk who served Song Lan saw the boss, he rushed to Xie Daonian to say something, and even compared Song Lan's direction with his hands.

When Xie Daonian turned his head, those deep sea-like eyes happened to meet Song Lan's gaze from afar. The latter was startled, then the corners of his eyes curved, his two thin lips slightly lifted up, and he smiled after a long absence.

Calculating the time, it has been two months since the last time I was in the devil's capital.Within two months, one couldn't be said to be in Haibei, but the other was indeed in Tiannan. The distance between the two cities was thousands of kilometers apart, and there was only a two-hour air ticket.

However, both of them are very busy, so busy that they even count the time of talking on the phone by the second.

For a moment, Xie Daonian's heart beat tight, his brain went blank, and he felt that the laughter around him suddenly went away, like a video tape that suddenly muted, the picture was still playing, but he couldn't hear anything, and only himself was left in the world Slightly rapid breathing and heartbeat.

He didn't expect Song Lan to appear here at this time. He knew that the new store in Jincheng still had a lot to deal with. How could that person walk away?

"Why did you come to Shanghai all of a sudden? The shop in Jincheng just opened, don't you need you to sit in person?" Xie Daonian frowned, his eyes stained with worry, "Or, what happened?"

Xie Daonian took Song Lan to find a quiet restaurant in the shopping mall. The meal was over and it was not time for afternoon tea. There were not many people staying in the restaurant. There was soft pure music in the air, and the waiters were sitting on tables and chairs. It's a good place to talk if you walk around quietly.

"Don't be nervous, nothing happened." The corners of Song Lan's mouth curled up, and her bony hands were casually fiddling with the half-bloomed rose on the table—the owner of this restaurant is quite romantic, and he placed such a rose on every table. Yiduo seems to take it for granted that all the people who come to eat are lovers. "But there is something."

But judging from the surrounding customers, this is a fact.

Under Xie Daonian's suspicious eyes, Song Lan took out a beautifully packaged jewelry box from nowhere, handed it to Xie Daonian, with a half-smile: "I'll give you a present."

"For me?" Xie Daonian was surprised.He didn't understand why Song Lan suddenly wanted to give him something, could it be...

Thinking of a certain possibility, Xie Daonian's eyes flickered.

Song Lan's eyes curled up: "Open it and take a look?"

The hand with even bones gently rubbed the brocade box, hooked the thumb and index finger, and the lid popped open, revealing the glittering gold inside.

"Gold necklace?" A look of surprise flashed in Xie Daonian's eyes, and he brushed the leaf-shaped golden pendant with his fingertips, apparently completely unaware of why Song Lan would give him this.

"I bought it in a strange gold shop..." Song Lan briefly explained the whole story to Xie Daonian, with a troubled expression on his face, "...At that time, in order to stay in the shop to observe the woman surnamed Xia, I had to say that I wanted to buy gold. Ornament. But there are ghosts around you, so it is impossible for them to wear this kind of thing. After thinking about it, it is more appropriate to give it to you."

It turned out to be the reason... Xie Daonian lowered his eyes slightly, hiding all the emotions hidden in them.

He thought...he was thinking too much.

"Don't you like it?" Song Lan frowned, "Then what should I do, I guess I can't return it."

"No, I like it very much, thank you." Xie Daonian raised his eyes again, with a natural expression, as calm as usual.

After staring at him for three seconds, Song Lan laughed with a "puchi" sound. She laughed so heartily that her long eyelashes trembled wildly.

Xie Daonian was dumbfounded by his smile, and rarely showed a bewildered expression on his face: "What, what's wrong?"

Song Lan pointed out Xie Daonian while laughing, out of breath: "Stop pretending, you are obviously disappointed."

Saying that, Song Lan winked at him: "You are not very happy to hear about the origin of this necklace, are you?"

Xie Daonian didn't know what expression to put on to deal with the matter in front of him, he was dumbfounded.

Song Lan frowned, and took out a round box from nowhere—it was probably in his ghost bag before, and the corner of her mouth twitched: "Surprise! My little cousin, happy birthday!"

Xie Daonian's eyes widened, apparently he did not expect such a development.

"You, how do you know..." Xie Daonian looked at the cake, touched the gold necklace, and finally looked at Song Lan, "Uh, do you know that my birthday is today?"

Song Lan winked at him: "I'm a male ghost who wants to become a civil servant in the underworld, what don't you know?"

The fact is that before Song Lan came to the human world, the underworld gave him a piece of information about Xie Daonian, which stated Xie Daonian's birth date.

"Oh..." Xie Daonian seemed to really accept Song Lan's words, and then lowered his head to look at the golden leaves, "Then this chain..."

"It's a birthday present specially chosen for you," Song Lan said with a smile, "otherwise, why do you think I bought it?"

"Didn't you say you want to find an excuse to stay in the gold shop and observe that female ghost envoy?" Xie Daonian hesitated.

Song Lan smiled, resting her chin on her hands, and looked at Xie Daonian intently: "Little cousin, I find that sometimes you are really easy to deceive."

Xie Daonian's ears were slightly red, and his brows were slightly furrowed: "Huh?"

Song Lan raised her eyebrows proudly at him: "If I really wanted to stay in the gold shop, I could just find an excuse, why did I have to pay for it?"

"So you're saying that you really want to buy this gold chain for me?" Xie Daonian's eyelashes trembled.

"It's more real than this gold." Song Lan spread her hands, "Of course, I also admit that I was a little lazy. I wanted to choose a birthday present for you, but I couldn't find the time. I think the gold jewelry in that store is very beautiful." Not bad, just bought it, it saves a lot of trouble."

Xie Daonian gently rubbed the golden pendant with his fingertips, there seemed to be a dark tide surging in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Thank you." After a while, Xie Daonian spoke softly.The thank you this time seems to be different from the previous one, perhaps with a little more inexplicable emotion.

"What's the matter?" Song Lan waved her hand, "Actually, I was supposed to celebrate your birthday last year, but it happened that Zuiyue's family came to the door at that time, and everyone was busy taking care of Zuiyue's emotions, so they accidentally forgot about you. "There was a bit of embarrassment in his tone.

The corners of Xie Daonian's lips rose, and he shook his head lightly: "It's okay, I haven't celebrated my birthday for many years, even I forgot about it."

Song Lan gave him a sympathetic look, and sighed softly, "A child without a father and mother is nothing but grass."

Xie Daonian: "..."

"Okay, don't talk yet, birthday boy, blow out the candles and make a wish." Song Lan pushed the cake in front of Xie Daonian.

Xie Daonian glanced at Song Lan, closed his eyes, clasped his hands together in front of his chest, opened his eyes a few seconds later, and blew out the candle with a whimper.

Song Lan applauded: "Cut the cake, cut the cake. I think this cake shop has a good reputation online. Try it to see the difference from Tang Chi's."