I open a bookstore in the human world

Lu Min claims to be a standard literary youth. He usually likes to visit places like cafes and bookstores that are decorated with literary arts, and then take pictures and post them on Moments.

Lu Min has almost gone to coffee shops, dessert shops, and independent bookstores in Xingzhou City, so she feels bored.

"It's so boring, I'm tired of visiting those stores, and I want a change." Lu Min was complaining to his best friend who also likes to check in online celebrity stores.

"I heard from my cousin that there seems to be a nice little bookstore opened near her house, why don't we go shopping?" said the girlfriend on the other end of the video call while applying a mask.

"Your cousin? I remember her home is in the old town? Are there any art shops in that area?" Lu Min frowned slightly, a little in disbelief.

"Who knows?" My best friend shrugged, "It seems to be fine anyway, so let's go and have a look?"

"Okay then," Lu Min finally agreed, "But I've agreed in advance, if it doesn't look good, you can ask..."

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"Is there really a literature and art bookstore in this kind of place?" Lu Min asked his best friend who was looking up the electronic map, while carefully avoiding a group of old women who were shopping for vegetables with their shopping baskets, their eyebrows were tightly knit together.

"Alright," my best friend comforted her, "It's already here, so let's take a look. If it doesn't work, we'll leave. There are several time-honored snack shops nearby. I invite you."

When it comes to eating, Lu Min's brows are slightly relaxed, and there is a smile on his face: "Speaking of eating, the snacks of the old street generation are more authentic... Hey, why don't you go?"

The best friend suddenly stopped, looked at the phone screen and frowned: "Strange, why can't I find that shadow bookstore?"

"No way?" Lu Min took the phone, "Did you make a mistake?"

The best friend shook her head: "Here, look for yourself, the map clearly shows that there is no 'Shadow Bookstore' around here, the only bookstore is called Friendship Bookstore."

Lu Min also took out his mobile phone: "I'll check another map."

1 minute later.

"On my map is the Friendship Bookstore..." Lu Min said in surprise, "Ah Xin, do you think you got the address wrong?"

Zhou Xin opened the phone's address book: "I'll ask my cousin."

Hanging up the phone, Zhou Xin looked at Lu Min with a strange expression: "Xiao Min, my cousin said that the Friendship Bookstore is the Shadow Bookstore, and it was redecorated and renamed not long ago, maybe because the map hasn't had time to update it, so I can't find the current one. name."

Such a down-to-earth name...

The corner of Lu Min's mouth twitched: "...I don't know why, I don't really want to go."

"Come on, we're almost here, so let's take a look, okay? I heard from my cousin that the clerk in the bookstore is super handsome! It's like the Chen XX who has been super popular recently." Zhou Xin pulled Lu Min and said coquettishly.

Lu Min knew that Chen Moumou was the leading actor in a popular youth idol drama recently. He was famous for his sunny looks, handsome smile and simple healing. In addition, his actual age was relatively young and his personality was soft and cute, so he was very popular among the crowd. Girls who claim to be mother fans and sister fans like it, and Zhou Xin is his passerby fan.

Lu Min cast a sideways glance at Zhou Xin: "Ah Xin, no wonder you've been encouraging me to 'go shopping' in the bookstore, saying, do you have impure motives?"

Zhou Xin blushed, avoiding Lu Min's gaze, and stammered, "Wh-why..."

Lu Min: "..." Is it all written on your face?

Zhou Xin coughed lightly to cover up her embarrassment, and took her by the arm: "Let's go, let's go, we're all here, just take a look!"

Zhou Xin dragged and pushed Lu Min towards the direction of "Friendship Bookstore" on the map.

"Xiao Min, look there!" Turning around a flower shop at the intersection, Zhou Xin's eyes lit up, and she excitedly whispered in Lu Min's ear, "Do you think that's the Shadow Bookstore?"

Lu Min was already ready to see a boring old bookstore, but when he heard this, he raised his eyes a little, glanced casually, and immediately froze in place, muttering: "This..."

The neighborhoods of this generation are relatively old, and the shops opened are either snack bars or various grocery stores, hardware stores or small clothing stores. Except for the decoration of clothing stores, which will be more fashionable, other shops look like they are covered with a layer of quilt. Dusty yarn, lacking color.

Because of this, the store that is sandwiched by a dry gray store is particularly conspicuous.

"Go over and have a look." Lu Min ran away - the long-term shop radar told her that this store must be unusual!

Zhou Xin was stunned: "Xiao Min, wait for me!"

"Huh——Xiao Min, are you running too fast?" Zhou Xin finally caught up with Lu Min, gasped for breath, looked up inadvertently, and couldn't help being surprised, "This word is so well written! Eh , This is really a shadow bookstore!"

Zhou Xin couldn't hear Lu Min's answer for a long time, and Zhou Xin was a little surprised. Turning his head, he saw Lu Min's dull face, and said in shock, "Xiao Min, what's wrong with you?"

"Good, so handsome..." Lu Min's voice seemed to be in a dream.

So handsome?Zhou Xin was stunned, followed Lu Min's line of sight, and immediately understood: Xiao Min has met his favorite type.

Inside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the bookstore, there was a tall, thin man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. The man was wearing a simple white shirt and black cropped pants, and a brown apron that didn't quite match his temperament was tied on his chest.But this apron did not detract from the man's elite temperament in the slightest. On the contrary, it made the man look more homely.

Lu Min likes men with glasses, especially men with glasses who look gentle and restrained. Her good friends know this special liking, and Zhou Xin is no exception.

In Lu Min's words, when a good-looking man wears glasses, he will have a "gentle scum" temperament, which is simply irresistible.

In the past, Zhou Xin couldn't understand what "gentle scum temperament" was, but now when he saw this man in the store, he understood everything.

Zhou Xin's throat moved, he couldn't help swallowing, and said to Lu Min sincerely, "Xiao Min, I can finally understand your aesthetics."

Lu Min was very forthright and gave her a big roll of eyes without hesitation.

As if feeling the burning gaze of the two, the "gentle scum" who was leaning against the wall with a notepad in his hand and doing calculations suddenly stopped writing and slowly looked towards this side.

Lu Min felt that he was about to suffocate, and screamed like a groundhog in his heart, his cheeks were flushed, and he squeezed Zhou Xin's hand tightly: "My God, Ah Xin, What to do, he came over!"

Zhou Xin's face was also red - Lu Min's fingers hurt so much!She managed to save her fingers from Lu Min's "magic claws". While looking at her pinched blood-congested fingers distressedly, she reminded helplessly: "Xiao Min, be reserved, wipe off your fingers." Drool, don't embarrass yourself in front of handsome guys." She was so nervous that she almost didn't dare to move.

Zhou Xin still prefers Chen Moumou's little milk dog type. Although he also covets the beauty of the "gentle scum", he just finds it amazing, so he won't lose his composure.

Of course, if Chen Moumou was standing in front of her at this moment, I'm afraid she would not be so calm.

"What should I do? I'm so nervous!" Seeing that the "gentle scum" simply put down his notepad and walked towards the window, Lu Min's expression became more and more stiff, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

As soon as the words fell, the glass door of the bookstore was opened from the inside, and the "gentle scum" leaned out half of his body from inside, and said to them with a smile: "Are you two here to buy books? Why are you standing at the door? Come in and take a look?"

Even the sound is the magnetic and charming subwoofer that I like!Lu Min felt that he was about to melt into a puddle of water.

Zhou Xin put his hands on Lu Min's back calmly, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Be good!"

Lu Min came to his senses, collected himself, and smiled what he thought was the most perfect smile at the "gentle scum", and said in an extremely delicate voice, "Okay!"

As he said that, Lu Min walked into the half-opened glass door with an extremely ladylike attitude.

Zhou Xin: "..."

"Isn't this lady coming in?" Miser asked Zhou Xin curiously, holding the door with his hands.

"Ah? No, no, I want to come in too, thank you." Zhou Xin blushed and apologized to the miser, and quickly entered the bookstore.

"I'm Linse, you can just call me Arthur." Miser smiled and handed Lu Min and Zhou Xin small coffee-colored baskets, "Do you two want to take a look around, or do you need me to introduce you? "

Normally, when Lu Min and Zhou Xin are shopping, they hate shopping guides who follow them and talk endlessly, but today is a bit different. The two exchanged strange eyes and said in unison: "That's troublesome is you!"

Lin Se raised her lips slightly, and asked again, "What do you two want to buy? Books? Or stationery?"

In fact, they didn't really want to buy anything, they just came to explore the store...

Of course, this is embarrassing to say so, Lu Min casually grabbed a pocket book and put it in a small basket, glanced at Lin Se, then glanced again, and asked shyly: "Arthur, are you from this bookstore?" Boss?"

Lin Se's smile remained unchanged: "No, I'm just a shop assistant here."

"Oh..." Lu Min was a little disappointed. When she thought that such a good-looking person was just a wage earner, she felt a little sad—why not enter the show business circle with this look, it would be a waste of such invincible beauty to stay in a bookstore .

Zhou Xin was a little surprised: "Are you a clerk? Then there is another cute boy who is the boss?"

"A very cute boy?" Linse's eyes fluttered, as if he was thinking about something, he quickly realized, and raised his eyebrows, "You mean happy? The one with two canine teeth?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes!" Zhou Xin was a little excited. Her cousin secretly took a photo of the clerk for her to see, which gave her the idea of ​​visiting the store in person.

So he called happy?It's a very special name... Zhou Xin had an aunt's smile in the corner of his mouth, and his face was full of shyness.

"Oh, he, he is also a clerk, but he is not on duty today." Linse said.

Zhou Xin was a little disappointed: "That's it..." It's a pity that I won't see the little milk dog anymore.

"If you want to find him, you can come on Monday or Friday. He is on duty during those two days." Lin Se seemed to see Zhou Xin's loss, and added thoughtfully, "He is here all day."

"All day?" Lu Min half-jokingly said, "Could it be that he's here at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night?"

Lu Min was joking, but Lin Se nodded and said, "Yes."

Lu Min was shocked: "What? What time does your store close?"

Lin Se's smile did not change: "Our store is not closed, it is open 24 hours a day."

Do not close the bookstore?Lu Min and Zhou Xin looked at each other, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes——

In recent years, many bookstores have introduced the concept of "no closing time", but they are usually big bookstores in big cities. So far, they have not heard of such a bookstore in Xingzhou.

"Is it really not closed?" Zhou Xin was worried, and confirmed again, "It is open all day? You can come in any time?"

Lin Se confirmed with a smile: "Yes, our store is staffed 24 hours a day, and both of you are welcome to come whenever you want."

"But you can't make much money this way, right?" Lu Min put himself in the bookstore's shoes, "Xingzhou is not a big city, and the nightlife is not too rich. Even if some people want to spend the night, they choose KTV nightclubs. How many people will come? From the bookstore?"

There is another point that she didn’t say: if you don’t close for 24 hours, it means that electric lights and other electrical appliances have to be turned on all the time. Commercial electricity is not cheap, and the wages of night shift employees have to be paid. Will it really not lose money? ?