After finishing the business and receiving Su Le's money, Xia Xinying's mood was slightly better, and her tone was a little softer: "Our city is good, except for the business district, most places are quiet and peaceful. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Su Le breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Yes, everyone has a smile on their faces. ”

"And how long are you going to stay here? I can take the time to be your tour guide~"

"Don't bother, I'll just take a look at it myself. It's much smaller than the northern capital, and even if you just walk on your legs, you can finish shopping in two or three days, and you don't even have to take a bus. ”

Hearing Su Le's words, Xia Yingying's mood turned cloudy again, "Only small cities have good taste, there are no locals as guides, just looking at the flowers." ”

"That'...... I'd better be respectful than obey. Su Le put the book down and handed Xia Yingying a card: "This is the hotel where I am staying temporarily, and it has a phone number on it...... My room number is 9527. ”

"Hotel chains?! There's no human touch at all in that kind of place, so you might as well live in my house! Saying that, Xia Xianying took a piece of paper and wrote down a number, handed it to Su Le and said, "This is my home phone number, but if you want to find me, you can usually meet it in the store in the afternoon." ”

"I see." Su Le took the piece of paper and said, "I still have some things to deal with, and I'll come back tomorrow afternoon." ”

"Well, I also have to plan and plan my trip, and I'll talk about the details tomorrow afternoon."

…………

Su Le estimated that he would have to stay in Seattle for a while longer, and he had to communicate with Amurori from the Northern Capital about the situation, and after learning that everything was going well there, he was relieved to prepare for a visit to Seattle.

Compared to the scale of the northern capital, this city in the United States is much smaller, except for looking for traces of Microsoft, Su Le really can't think of anything to see. The next morning, he took a car to prepare, and then rushed to Xia Yingying's bookstore.

The female shopkeeper dressed up a little today, giving people a refreshing feeling, and Su Le hurriedly praised and said, "This dress is newly bought, right?" It fits perfectly. ”

"Thank you for the compliment, but it's not a new piece of clothing, it's just that I rarely wear it." Xia Yanying said lightly.

The conversation went smoothly, Su Le took out a beautifully packaged book, handed it to Xia Xianying and said, "This is a gift for you"

Xia Xianying opened the package and felt a little surprised, ""The Moon and Sixpence"? ”

In fact, Su Le didn't read many books, but he heard by chance that this book has a wide range of adaptability, so he bought it and gave it to Xia Yanying, which can be regarded as an apology.

"Thank you, I love this book, but there are already several."

"What about Pride and Prejudice?" Su Le took out another hardcover book, which he was going to give next time.

"There were, too." Xia Yanying took "Pride and Prejudice" and asked puzzledly: "Since you brought it, why don't you send it together?" ”

"I feel like it's better to do this kind of thing gradually, hehe." Su Le touched his ears embarrassedly.

"Huh...... I remember you weren't such a shrewd person. Xia Xianying also smirked, and then returned to her usual slightly arrogant appearance and said, "The visit plan has been drawn up, but I only have free time in the morning and evening." ”

"No problem, I'll pass the time by myself in the afternoon, then you can accompany me tonight......"

Su Le found that what he said was inappropriate—there was ambiguity in that regard......

Xia Yingying also noticed it, but she didn't get angry, "I encountered this situation again...... It's really nostalgic. ”

"Can we start touring the city tonight?" Su Le asked weakly.

"Yes, there's a market in the old city tonight, let's go and have a walk."

…………

The Seattle of this world is indeed quite flavorful, and while conforming to the development of the times, it also retains a lot of traditions, without Xia Xinying's guide, Su Le would not be able to see it.

In the days that followed, the two visited many places in the city. In the afternoon, Su Le spent most of his time with Xia Yingying in the travel bookstore, and it could be seen that the sales were not good.

"Business isn't good here, is it?" Su Le couldn't help but ask, "You were obviously very optimistic in the email before?!" ”

"Why did you talk about this again?!" Xia Yingying was a little surprised, and she didn't think the business was bad: "You think it's your business that the store is in a bad state, and I'm very satisfied with the current sales." ”

"Is it because there is a large chain of bookstores in the business district?"

"......" Xia Yanying hesitated for a moment and did not answer positively, "In recent days, the passenger flow has decreased. ”

Which pot is not opened and which pot is mentioned, Su Le regretted asking about it. "Looks like I'm not here at the right time......"

"The small bookstores in the neighborhood have closed down one after another, do you have any way to help me reverse the decline of the small bookstores?"

"Nope." Su Le said bluntly, "The trend of the times is like this, why don't you also open a big chain bookstore?!" I can help you figure it out when it comes to funding. ”

"That's so boring! I just want to keep a piece of pure land for those who like to read quietly...... By the way, we provide a professional shopping guide. ”

"Actually, it's not completely impossible, it's just ......" Su Le thought for a while and said to Xia Yanying: "But you also have to make some changes, it's the electronic age." ”

"Electronics and books?! To tell you the truth, I don't think reading a book on a computer is boring, and it can't compare to reading the ink on a paper at all. ”

"You can't have the exact same reading experience, but you can make your own unique experience while trying to simulate what it's like to read a paper book."

Su Le plans to launch an e-paper book, and since it is more appropriate for this business to start in the United States, let's use that English name, and change it slightly - it can be changed to Kinddle.

Amazon Online Bookstore has not yet appeared, and the plan for e-paper books seems to be putting the cart before the horse, but it should not be a big problem......

"Actually, the chain bookstore is also quite good, how about we go and spy on the enemy?" Su Le proposed.

Xia Yingying was actually reluctant to go, but seeing that Su Le was very interested, she still agreed, "Let's go tomorrow morning." ”

The next morning, Xia Xianying and Su Le had breakfast at the agreed place, according to the custom, Su Le treated, and bought two cups of coffee to repay the host's tour guide service.

"You take a break, I'll go buy coffee."

"Wait!! Not today, competitors will invite us. ”

"Do you want to go to that big bookstore chain for coffee?"

"yes, it doesn't taste very good, but it's good to drink it for free once in a while."

It can be seen that Xia Yingying hates this giant competitor very much, but she has always rarely shown her feelings, and she still can't see much hatred from her appearance, but in fact, she already hates it in her heart.

Su Le is not as strict with coffee as Xia Yingying, and since he can save some trouble running back and forth, he is also willing to try free coffee.