"Sir, may I ask how much this clock costs? ”

"I don't know. ”

"I want this pocket watch, I don't know ......"

"I don't know, didn't you hear?"

"Sir, I would like to ......"

", no business today!"

After driving the sixth guest away, Uncle Monster instructed Ye Qingxuan with a cold face to close the door, hang up the 'temporarily closed' sign, and then continued to squat behind the front desk and began to stammering the alphabet.

On the side, Ye Qingxuan looked at the guests who were scared away by the uncle, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"How did this store survive to get to where it is now?"

This curiosity is really sincere.

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After staying in this store for two days, Ye Qingxuan also had a slight understanding of the situation.

Uncle Monster's name is 'Seton', he is not the owner of the place, he has no interest in clocks, and he usually doesn't bother to take care of the shop except for someone to clean it, just maintaining its current condition.

Business or something, just shit.

According to him, the owner of the place was not doing his job properly, and he was only invited to visit the store when he traveled abroad.

Speaking of this time, he was full of upset, and his expression was gloomy as if he was going to tear the 'boss' apart. The whole person exudes a violent atmosphere, and he can scare crying children when he walks on the street.

Ye Qingxuan understood from the bottom of his heart why the boss would look for Setun to come to see the store.

With such a fierce god here, without the size of two companies, I'm afraid that even the army would not dare to rush in, let alone the thief?

Aside from questions about spelling and letters, Seton doesn't usually talk much, maybe only three sentences a day, two of which are addressed to Lao Fei.

I really don't know why he is so interested in reading, and he is fascinated by reading a fairy tale all day long. He asked Ye Qingxuan to keep accounts here, but it was better to let him teach him spelling and reading.

Well, by the way, be a cleaner to use.

Ye Qingxuan was also happy to be idle, and when he had nothing to do, he squatted at the door to practice runes and chant syllables. Unfortunately, with little success...... No, if you put gold on your face, you don't benefit at all.

After a long time, he himself was a little sad, after all, the resonance rate between himself and the ether was too low.

Every time he thought of the neurosis of running naked on the streets that night, he felt a little hopeless...... That neurotic can make the ether ball glow when it vomits. Why can't I find a direction when I practice syllables every day?

In fact, he also knows the real problem.

Induction, damn aether induction.

He couldn't sense any aether's presence.

Standard syllables are things that need to be so strict that the time of exhalation and the number of vocal cord flutters are dictated. If you do it according to the standards, you may not succeed, but if you don't do it according to the standards, you will never succeed. If you can't sense the changes in the ether to adjust your voice, then you can only kill the rat by a blind cat......

But after such a long period of contact, tens of thousands of pronunciations, there should be a few chances of a blind cat encountering a dead mouse. I don't know why, Ye Qingxuan just hasn't seen it once.

"What the hell is going on......

He lay on the ground in frustration, eager to roll around like Lao Fei.

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"Hey, leaf, go and receive the goods. ”

Behind the counter, Seton said, "18 Queen Street, just look for the steward there, there is the goods ordered by the boss." ”

Seton slipped a pen into his pocket: "Just sign it, the goods are very expensive, you can buy ten children like you, don't steal anything, or I will personally take you to the hospital." ”

It's not once or twice that Seton doesn't speak politely, but there are only a few people like him who are as simple and straightforward.

He hates hypocrisy, so he believes in straightforward truth. Say this thing is expensive, this thing is really expensive. If you say that there are few things, you will personally send Ye Qingxuan to the hospital, and you will definitely send Ye Qingxuan to the hospital.

It is true that in this day and age, clocks and watches still fall under the category of luxury. The large table clocks and pocket watches were used by the aristocracy, not to mention the fact that everything in the shop looked like old works of art, and some of them were inlaid with enamel and small broken stones, which looked very valuable.

It's a bit exaggerated to buy ten kids when you take out a pocket watch, but it's always okay to buy eight.

"Uncle, I've only been here for the third day of work, and you're letting me collect such an important thing, isn't it?" Ye Qingxuan was a little helpless.

"That makes sense, but what am I leaving you for if you don't work?" Selton squinted at him.

Ye Qingxuan hesitated for a moment, stood still and did not move.

"What's wrong? Don't know the way?"

"Road...... It's a little bit of getting to know. ”

Ye Qingxuan organized the wording: "I heard that it is an aristocratic area, and nobles like to beat people, what if they beat me?"

"The kind of aristocracy you're talking about is already extinct in Anglo. Now it's fashionable to be a gentleman, and if you look pitiful, you'll be given two dollars. Seton said coldly, "Don't be lazy. ”

"It's not very safe to go there from here, in case you get into trouble along the way......"

Seton: "This shop has a name from the Avalon Police Department, and the owner of this shop is well spoken to in the House of Lords. You report the name of the store, and no one is so blind. ”

"Well, I'm not feeling well today. ”

Seton looked at him, and Ye Qingxuan was speechless. Seton put down his book and asked bluntly, "Where did you steal the money?"

"Nope. ”

"So you offended the people there?"

"Well, no. Ye Qingxuan's expression was bitter.

"What's the ink, then?" Seton squinted at him and raised his hammer-like fist, "Do you want me to send you?"

"I'll go at once!"

Ye Qingxuan fled in despair......

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"Just sign the list. ”

Outside the palatial hall, the old steward in a black dress pointed to the list and said. The old butler seemed very surprised by his arrival. He didn't shake his head until he finished signing.

"What's wrong?" Ye Qingxuan looked at his body: "Where am I dirty?"

"No, no, no. The steward stroked his beard and suddenly asked, "Isn't it nice to work under Seton?"

"Uh, it's okay, it's okay. Uncle is a good person. ”。

"Looks like he's very optimistic about you. ”

At parting, the old steward patted him on the shoulder in a complicated tone: "The future of young people is always immeasurable. ”

For some reason, Ye Qingxuan always had the feeling that he was undergoing hell training......

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In the blazing afternoon sun, he walked through the busy streets, always feeling a little tired.

Avalon is an island. It is built on this huge island, and the architecture is complex and dense, leaving almost no land left. Even the satellite islands of sixteen suburbs were occupied.

The town hall divides Avalon into three cities, upper, middle and lower, and subdivides it into nine rings. Queen's Road, on the other hand, is the most ornately decorated of all the ring areas.

The famous Ring Road in Uptown is located right in the middle of the Third Ring Road, the golden mile of Avalon. Thirty percent of the people in Avalon eat for the people of this Loop.

Silk and spices from the East, gold jewellery from the Tianzhu people, and the fashion of the Burgundy kingdom can be found everywhere here, and just being in it makes people feel dizzying.

But Ye Qingxuan only felt a burst of strangeness and familiarity when he came.

It's been so fast, it's been so fast, it's like a popular trend among the aristocracy, it's unpredictable. But the taste in its bones is still the same.

is like a charming lady, her eyes are wandering, which is addictive, but in her bones is an indelible cold atmosphere.

This breath was enough to bring back too many painful memories, and he felt uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't want to stay longer.

But when he thought of himself, he couldn't help but want to sigh.

"It's bad luck. ”

He pulled the aether ball out of his pocket, fiddled with it, and looked at its silence, thinking that he might not be able to handle it for the rest of his life.

"Why don't you shine?"

He held it up in the sunlight and looked at its transparent material, a little discouraged.

"Young Master?"

Someone asked softly behind him.

Ye Qingxuan's body stiffened, and he felt that familiar feeling of suffocation returning, making his expression a little ugly.

He took a deep breath and turned his head.

In the crowd of people in the streets, he saw an old woman with a basket of vegetables in her arms, dressed as a servant. She was as slumped as all old women were, walking slowly, her eyes cloudy.

Seeing the young man looking back, she was stunned, the vegetable basket in her arms fell to the ground, and the melons and fruits rolled to the ground. She seemed to be looking at something unbelievable.

"Is that you?" Master, are you back?"

She grabbed Ye Qingxuan's hand and said incoherently excitedly: "You are finally back, if the master knows, he will definitely ......"

"I'm sorry, you may have misidentified the wrong person. ”

The old maid was stunned, she looked at Ye Qingxuan in astonishment, speechless.

"I'm not a young master, maybe you're wrong. Ye Qingxuan bent down to help her pick up the tumbling vegetables and melons and fruits, and put them in her hands: "I still have something to do, please don't delay my time." ”

The old maid looked at Ye Qingxuan's appearance, her eyes gradually became disappointed, and she lowered her head in frustration:

"I'm sorry. ”

Without saying anything more, she hobbled away with the vegetable basket, and sometimes looked back at the young man's back, looking lost and sad.

After a long time, it was no longer visible in the crowd.

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"Is everything going well?"

When he got back to the store, Seton asked.

"Yes. ”

Ye Qingxuan smiled: "When I encountered some things, I suddenly found that Avalon is really a bit scary, and I always encounter things I don't want to encounter." ”

"If you don't want to go out, just look at the store. ”

"No need. Ye Qingxuan shook his head: "Originally, I thought it was very troublesome to go out, but now I feel that it is actually nothing." ”

"Oh, just get used to it. ”

"Where's Lao Fei, why don't you see it?"

"I went out by myself, like I lost something. ”

"Uh......"

Ye Qingxuan thought of something, and his expression became strange.

――Old Fei shouldn't be picking up any strange things again, right?

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As it turned out, Ye Qingxuan's concern was correct.

In the middle of the night, Ye Qingxuan was awakened by Lao Fei's screaming at the back door, and got up to open the door with a yawn. I can't help but lament, did Lao Fei return to this unlucky habit?

It used to be like that, and it always liked to run around at night and bring back all sorts of strange things.

For example, dead rats, dead rabbits, dead snakes, other people's children's toys, coins and change on the ground...... Not to mention, since Lao Fei developed this habit, Ye Qingxuan's pockets have been enriched a lot!

But what's bad is that what Lao Fei picked up is completely uncontrollable! Just like those mysterious little jars sold by the Tianzhu people, you have no idea what is hidden in it!

Woohoo!

Lao Fei was even more anxious, Ye Qingxuan was helpless for a while, and pulled the bolt of the door: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll open the door for you." Here, let me see what you've brought with you...... it!"

Outside the door, Lao Fei squatted on the ground, sticking out his tongue proudly.

Ye Qingxuan is petrified.