Chapter 8: The Boy Who Caused Conflict
Plain cafΓ©.
When Shi Nuannuan rushed to the cafΓ© with her bag on her back, it was less than ten minutes before she went to work. She hurriedly changed into a work uniform in the locker room, but fortunately, as soon as she stood behind the counter, Sun Meitang walked over with her old face that had not changed for thousands of years.
She walked up to Shi Nuannuan, glanced at her and said, "Shi Nuannuan, I'm not a welfare home here, I'm not allowed to ask for leave casually in the future, do you hear!" β
"Got it." Shi Nuannuan didn't dare to refute her words, and answered honestly.
"By the way, your attendance bonus this month is gone!" After speaking, she didn't forget to "hum" and walked away with her high heels.
After she left, Zhou Manni came up and helped Shi Nuan Nuan: "Is there a mistake, you have only taken this leave since you came here to work, and this dead old woman even wants to teach you a lesson?" β
Shi Nuannuan smiled bitterly: "Forget it, it's not good to take two days off in a row." It's been a busy day in the store, right? It is estimated that there is not enough manpower, and of course she is angry. β
"That's all business is like that, it's okay. It's okay, we're busy. Zhou Manni said, as if she remembered something, and excitedly pulled her arm and said, "Hey, that's right, you didn't come yesterday so I don't know, let me tell you, there is a super handsome guy to apply!" β
"Super handsome?"
Shi Nuannuan disagrees with her statement, after all, she is a who will call others "handsome guys" as long as she has seen a man who can see it, and she thinks she is handsome in her eyes, so it is estimated that she is average.
Seeing that she didn't react, Zhou Manni "tsked" at her: "Don't believe it!" He's really handsome! It's called Chen Kaiyu, how about it, you feel handsome when you hear the name, right? β
"Okay, okay, very handsome, very handsome." Shi Nuannuan perfunctory a few words to her.
At this time, the wind chimes on the door of the store made a crisp sound, and a customer came in.
Shi Nuannuan quickly put herself into work, and greeted with a smile - "Hello, welcome." β
After skillfully ordering for the guests, Shi Nuannuan walked to the ordering machine to place an order, but saw a boy standing there operating, wearing the uniform of the store.
He was very tall, thin, with short black hair that was soft on his forehead, and a pair of curved black eyes under neat bangs, which made a good impression of him at first sight.
At this time, he frowned slightly, and his slender fingers clicked back and forth on the screen, as if he was in difficulty, and he hadn't placed an order for a full minute.
Shi Nuannuan walked to him, glanced at the screen to know what his problem was, and couldn't help but say: "The special meal should be ordered from here, and the amount displayed after the normal meal is discounted." β
"Oh, I see, thank you." He turned to look at her with a grateful smile.
Shi Nuannuan also smiled at him, seeing that his order was ready, he took the machine by the way and began to place an order for the guest just now.
After the receipt was printed, she turned around and found that he was still standing beside her and looking at herself, and couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that he didn't know the next process, so she pointed to the receipt in his hand and said: "After the receipt is printed, one copy should be given to the kitchen, and one copy should be handed over to the guest for verification, don't let the guest wait for a long time." β
"I see. I'm sorry, but I just arrived yesterday, so I'm not familiar with the process yet. He took the lead in introducing himself, "My name is Chen Kaiyu, and I am new yesterday. β
Chen Kaiyu?
This name that I have heard of makes Shi Nuannuan remember, is it him the "super handsome guy" that Zhou Manni mentioned to herself just now?
"Hello, my name is Shi Nuannuan, if there is anything you don't understand in the future, you can ask the old staff in the store." Shi Nuan Nuan also replied with an introduction to show politeness.
However, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Zhou Manni looking over here, said "sorry" to him, and immediately walked away, for fear that she would misunderstand what intimacy she had with the handsome guy in her mind.
Still, to see is to see.
After returning to the counter after Nuan Nuan finished entertaining a table of guests, Zhou Manni really pouted and came over to "settle accounts" with her: "Nuan Nuan, didn't you say that you are not interested in handsome guys!" What were you talking about at the dining machine at the two stations just now? β
"Uh, you see?" Shi Nuannuan smiled awkwardly.
"What do you say?!" Zhou Manni looked like she was caught and raped, standing in front of her and blocking her, "What did you say to him?" How to say it for so long! β
"Mannie, I didn't know it was him at first, seeing that he had been occupying the machine and couldn't operate, I was in a hurry to place an order to the kitchen, so I taught him a little bit." Shi Nuannuan hurriedly affirmed, "But don't worry, I definitely don't mean anything else to him!" Your handsome guy is still your handsome guy! β
"Hmph, that's good." Zhou Manni's warm eyes had remotely locked on Chen Kaiyu, who was entertaining guests not far away, with an obsessive expression on her face, "I haven't seen such a delicious handsome guy for a long time, God sent him to me, isn't it just hinting to me, you must let the two of us be together......"
Shi Nuannuan shrunk her neck, she didn't dare to agree with her sour statement, but she didn't want to refute it.
Because I've known her for so long, she has always been such a character who dares to love and hate, and never lets go of what she likes, and if she really doesn't like it one day, she will give up mercilessly.
The two were chatting in a low voice, Jiang Liequan sneakily walked over from the direction of the locker room, ran behind the counter, looked around for a while before standing up and tidying up the uniform on his body.
Zhou Manni saw him and glared at him: "Why did you come?" The old woman had just come to inspect before, but fortunately she patronized and said that Nuan Nuan didn't notice you, otherwise you would have died! β
"Thank you, thank you, I woke up a little late in the morning." Jiang Liequan said, and couldn't help yawning.
"Didn't you sleep well last night?" Shi Nuannuan looked at the two dark circles under his eyes and asked.
Jiang Liequan scratched his hair, let out an indifferent "hi", rubbed his sour eyes and said, "It's just that it's late to play the game, it's okay." β
"Go to bed early and wake up early to get better, you, don't always play games, waste money and time." Shi Nuannuan casually persuaded him.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Liequan really responded honestly: "Okay, it's so late not to play in the future." β
Shi Nuannuan didn't feel anything, just at this time, another guest entered the store, and she was busy greeting the guests.
But Zhou Manni's eyes scanned back and forth between the two of them a few times, and the thief touched him with her elbow and asked, "Hey, why did you listen to what Nuan Nuan said so much?" β
"Nuan Nuan is for my good, of course I listened." Jiang Liequan turned his head to reply to her, but she accidentally saw the roots of his ears that were slightly red when he said this.
Zhou Manni only thought that his appearance was weird, and she didn't think much about it, so she laughed at him twice: "Everyone knows that you are an Internet addicted teenager, and your mother can't persuade you, can what Nuan Nuan said still match what your mother said?" β
"You know the, go for it!" Jiang Liequan stiffened his neck and said stiffly.
The morning passed quickly, and the lunch times of the employees were all irregular, usually two or three people took turns to eat. Jiang Liequan is usually with Shi Nuannuan, while Zhou Manni is with other little boys in the store, and they have a tacit understanding for so long.
Due to Chen Kaiyu's appearance, Zhou Manni naturally would not let him go, and she tidied up her appearance early and prepared to invite him to lunch.
However, as soon as she reached the door of the locker room, she heard the last thing she wanted to hearβ
"Nuan Nuan." Chen Kaiyu was carrying an insulated lunch box and smiled gently at Shi Nuannuan who was standing in front of him.
Shi Nuannuan blinked, pointed to herself and asked, "Looking for me?" β
"Well, can I call you that?" Chen Kaiyu asked cautiously, as if he was afraid that calling her name like this would make her unhappy.
"Yes, that's what Mannie calls me." Shi Nuan Nuan really has no opinion on the salutation.
"That's good." He relieved himself and continued, "Thanks to you for helping me out this morning, because I only came yesterday and am not very familiar with everything here, and I don't know anyone else, so I am too embarrassed to ask, so do you mind if I have lunch with you?" I want to talk to you more during the meal and learn more about the work. β
His reasons were very sufficient, but when Shi Nuannuan thought of Zhou Manni's previous interrogation of herself, she felt that his invitation at this time was a little embarrassing for her, so she could only move Jiang Liequan as a shield: "But I have always eaten with others, I'm afraid it will ......."
"Did it embarrass you?" Hearing this, the smile on Chen Kaiyu's face was retracted, and there was a hint of loss in his tone.
It can be seen that he is a little hurt by Shi Nuannuan's euphemistic refusal.
Shi Nuannuan also felt embarrassed, because she was not a person who was good at lying, and just wanted to comfort him a few more words, she saw Zhou Manni standing at the door of the dressing room angrily looking at them.
Shi Nuannuan knew something was wrong and wanted to explain to her: "Mannie, I ......"
"It's warm!" Zhou Manni walked into the locker room with her high heels in a huff, and while looking at Shi Nuannuan, her resentful eyes also swept towards Chen Kaiyu behind her, but her words were to Shi Nuannuan, "Are you two so familiar with each other, and you only made an appointment for lunch on the first day we met?" Don't forget, Liequan is still waiting for you outside, who are you going to eat with?! β
Whenever Zhou Manni even called Shi Nuannuan's name by name, it meant that it was when she was angry.
In the name of Jiang Liequan, she dispelled Shi Nuannuan's original hesitant thoughts in a bright way - because Shi Nuannuan didn't want this new boy to destroy the friendship between her, Zhou Manni and Jiang Liequan.
Shi Nuannuan sighed slightly, and could only refuse Chen Kaiyu head-on again: "I'm sorry, thank you for the invitation, but Liequan is still waiting for me." You can eat with Mannie, who is also a veteran employee and can teach you the same. I'll go first. β
Then, she took out her lunch box from her cabinet and left this place of right and wrong.
Seeing her leave, Zhou Manni finally breathed a sigh of relief, but before she had time to put the corners of her mouth on her successful smile, Chen Kaiyu crossed her body and walked towards the door, without looking at her much, as if she was a non-existent air.
Zhou Manni, who was ignored, was very angry and stopped him: "Hey! Where are you going? β
Chen Kaiyu stopped but didn't look back, and his tone was not as gentle as when he spoke to Shi Nuannuan just now, but with alienation and indifference: "I'll go out to eat." β
"Hey, I'm with you!" Zhou Manni hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to hold him, but before her hand touched the corner of his clothes, he avoided it silently, and her hand froze in mid-air.
"No need."
Looking at his tall and arrogant back, Zhou Manni stomped her feet unwillingly, and snorted, although she wanted to catch up, but her self-esteem did not allow her to take the initiative, so she could only mutter: "What's the big deal, if you don't eat, you won't eat!" β