Ch 245: Guide to Running a Shop in Another World

Chen Jing hadn’t expected that the staff member across from her also didn’t anticipate Lu Yao’s decisiveness.

The figure of “ten million” wasn’t just pulled out of thin air; it was an amount calculated from various sources early on, a figure that could definitely hold this shop owner in check.

Aside from Lu Yao’s physical data and ability level, all records of her life and financial situation had already been filed away at the Supernatural Research Institute.

[Where are we supposed to get ten million?] the system grumbled.

The convenience store and tutoring center had indeed made some money; in less than two months since opening, there were hundreds of thousands in the account.

But it was still far from ten million.

Just after nine o’clock, Lu Yao’s phone vibrated.

She took a look and saw that thirty-four million Meng Coins had been transferred to her account.

Lu Yao murmured, “Isn’t that a bit cheap?”

However, being in a different world, the value of items might differ.

She had been too busy recently to keep an eye on other matters.

Now, the money problem was resolved.

System: [……]

The system suddenly recalled that a few days ago, Lu Yao had gone back to the nail salon and had Edward acquire some emeralds.

The vampire patriarch Edward had a pair of emerald-green eyes and loved green gemstones, especially emeralds.

His mansion housed many items set with emeralds—everything from hats to clothing, small decorations on his cane—everywhere was adorned with green gems, and he had several mines dedicated to emeralds.

Lu Yao had originally planned to get a piece of jewelry, of medium quality.

Edward had led Lu Yao to his mansion to choose, and just then, some of his people had delivered a batch of exceptionally good emerald stones.

Lu Yao changed her mind and said she wanted to pick out a stone instead of a piece of jewelry.

Even if it was still raw stone, being brought before Edward would reveal its exceptional quality and clarity.

Edward had initially wanted to send a truckload of gems to Lu Yao; the dragons in the store and even the necromancer were practically ready to offer their entire treasury to the shop owner.

Dragons inherently love shiny things, and the fire dragon, gold dragon, and black dragon often “bribed” the shop owner with gemstones, while Mumu secretly envied them.

He and Mumu had always been cared for by the shop owner but hadn’t had the chance to express their gratitude. Previously, Edward hadn’t considered this; after all, their family wasn’t without resources.

When the shop owner spoke up, he wanted to showcase his strength.

Especially with Mumu looking up at him with round, adoring eyes, Edward straightened his back, filled with the responsibility and pride of being a father, and waved his hand grandly: “All of this rough will be sent to the shop; think of it as our father-son rent.”

Most of the staff at the nail salon now lived in the employee dormitory above it, and Edward and Mumu had gotten used to that bustling environment, so they returned to the mansion less frequently.

Lu Yao had declined, only picking out two pieces.

As a result, Mumu secretly hid a lot in his body, which he then shook out when they returned to the nail salon, creating a small mountain of stones.

The quality of those stones was so good that even Tina and Si Jin were a bit envious upon seeing them.

When it was heard that they were gifts from Mumu to the shop owner, everyone teased him with comments, making Mumu feel a bit bashful.

With all the commotion, Lu Yao felt it would be rude not to accept, so she turned and stored the stones in her personal warehouse, giving Mumu a kiss, which drew a glare from Harold.

When the shop owner wasn’t around, Harold acted like a little boss, inspecting everything from the nail salon to the cinema.

Aside from the snack shop, all were accounted for.

After the time machine was created, Lu Yao used her own bones mixed with the scales of a little black dragon to make a key, which she gave to Harold.

No longer needing to repeatedly locate time-space coordinates, Harold could accurately find Lu Yao, who was in another world.

However, Lu Yao felt that Sanhua City didn’t require his help for the time being and, considering safety issues, coaxed him to wait until she summoned him.

The summoning medium was that dragon scale hairpin—when the shop owner gently stroked the surface of the scales, the little black dragon would know she was calling for him.

Harold had boasted about receiving the key for several days; now, the tables had turned.

Two days ago, Lu Yao selected a palm-sized piece of emerald stones and went to the iconic building of Sanhua City, the 66 Building.

There was an auction house beneath the glass flower house, and Lu Yao sent the stone there, signing a consignment agreement.

At this moment, it seemed that the stone had indeed been sold.

The shop owner was becoming increasingly meticulous in her dealings.

The staff member opposite her urgently consulted with their supervisor, and after a few minutes received a response: “Process it directly.”

With all the paperwork in hand, and Lu Yao able to provide the ten million, they certainly couldn’t continue holding the person.

After completing the “redemption” procedure, Lu Yao pulled out her bank card and handed it over.

Lu Yao’s identity documents and store procedures in Sanhua City were all uniformly processed by the system; she had obtained a bank card when she bought her phone.

The bank in Sanhua City was quite different from the ones she was familiar with, but their basic functions were generally the same.

This type of large transfer wasn’t as troublesome as it was on the shopping street; apparently, there were no restrictions on transfers and withdrawals within nine figures.

Lu Yao deeply felt the madness of this world.

When Lu Yao and Chen Jing came down from the fourth floor, Hu Jiao had just emerged from the health examination room.

According to the contract they had signed previously, today’s health examination results were out, and if all his physical indicators were qualified, he would receive a number and begin participating in drug trials.

Newly arrived test subjects mainly went through drug testing, including but not limited to drugs that stimulated or suppressed abilities, and drugs that temporarily increased ability scores…

Once an test subject’s body developed resistance to the drugs and could no longer provide significant feedback, they would be transferred to another group for more secretive experiments.

Hu Jiao hadn’t slept well last night and was thinking about his uncertain future. Upon leaving the examination room, he looked pale and lacked energy.

Coincidentally, he ran into that test subject from yesterday in the corridor.

52 approached with a smile, greeting him.

At that moment, the third-floor intercom announced Hu Jiao should return to his dormitory immediately.

52 watched Hu Jiao hurriedly leave, his expression flickering slightly.

Back in the dormitory, Hu Jiao was shocked.

The dormitory leader told him that his mother had come to the research institute to negotiate and had completed all the necessary procedures, including paying the fines in full.

In a word, he could leave.

Under the envious and jealous gazes of his roommates, Hu Jiao packed his things.

He didn’t have much; he had come with nothing but himself. Half of the bedding and daily necessities in the dormitory were provided by the research institute, and the other half were bought on a whim.

In fact, it didn’t matter whether he took anything or not.

However, Hu Jiao couldn’t calm his mind; he couldn’t understand why Chen Jing had come to pick him up.

The more he thought, the more anxious he became, and he simply stopped packing. With roommates not minding his used things, he gave everything away and, putting on his shoes, went straight downstairs.

When the elevator doors opened, Hu Jiao rushed out, looking around, but he didn’t see Chen Jing. He did see Lu Yao when he looked up, surprised: “Shop owner, why are you here?”

Lu Yao smiled and waved to him, explaining: “I came with your mother to pick you up. She said she was delayed buying the tickets, so she left first.”

As they went downstairs, Chen Jing had felt a bit uneasy.

She hadn’t sorted out her emotions yet and didn’t know how to face Hu Jiao.

Lu Yao also didn’t force it; last night’s tutoring had just begun to take effect, and Chen Jing would remain in a state of confusion for quite some time.

It was like the growing pains before maturing—hard to endure but necessary.

Lu Yao let Chen Jing leave but didn’t steal her thunder in this matter.

To discuss these things, Lu Yao and Hu Jiao still walked back to the childhood tutoring center together.

Once everything was said and done, Hu Jiao remained silent for a long time: “So she signed the paperwork, and you paid the money?”

Lu Yao nodded. “That’s not important. Your mother also accepted the childhood tutoring.”

Hu Jiao thought, how could that not be important?

Although Lu Yao didn’t say it explicitly, it must be a considerable sum.

His mother definitely couldn’t come up with it.

As for the latter part of the shop owner’s statement, he chose to ignore it.

Even if his mother had her reasons, it didn’t mean he had to forgive her.

Fortunately, Lu Yao didn’t try to persuade him; otherwise, he would have been even more confused.

Just as they were about to reach the tutoring center, Hu Jiao suddenly said, “That money is what I owe you; I’ll find a way to pay it back.”

He had saved some money from being a streamer for over a year, but he had also spent a lot.

Especially before climbing the sky bridge, he had pretty much squandered everything, leaving only a little for living expenses at the research institute, and now he was strapped for cash.

Lu Yao was considering this point as well, and hearing him bring it up, she took the opportunity to say, “I’m glad to hear you think that way. Why not come work at my tutoring center?”

Hu Jiao was taken aback. “You want to hire me?”

Lu Yao replied, “I’ve watched quite a few of your past live streams. To be honest, your abilities are very interesting and practical. If you’re willing, I’d like to hire you as a monitoring staff member at the tutoring center.”

Hu Jiao sensed that Lu Yao was genuinely interested in his abilities and not just pitying him. He averted his eyes, not daring to look at her, let out a long breath, paused for a moment, and finally said, “I’m willing.”

Lu Yao smiled and continued, “However, you’ll have to wait until your tutoring is finished before you can officially start.”

Hu Jiao was full of confidence. “Okay.”

…

As Lu Yao and Hu Jiao left the Supernatural Research Institute, the document handler on the fourth floor received the information about the emerald that the shop owner had sent for auction.

The staff member who had received Lu Yao earlier browsed through the details written in the documents, eyes wide with astonishment.

A top-tier emerald stone was sent to the 66 Building for auction, and after deducting taxes, it still netted over 30 million.

The transaction was completed last night, and the money was transferred to the account this morning.

The owner then spent one-third of it to redeem a test subject, who was a customer at her store.

Five thousand dollars for one tutoring session, having completed three sessions, the total income was 15,000.

Yet the shop owner had spent 10 million to help a customer rid themselves of their experimental identity.

The staff member was puzzled; it was all too bizarre.

This person had such deep pockets, yet chose to open that kind of store at the corner of Sanhua Road 66. Was there some conspiracy at play?

Unconsciously, the staff member even thought of X who was detained downstairs.

That was also a lunatic.

It was said that recently someone had suggested sending X to that shop, but could that shop owner really be trusted?

…

Tianji City.

The child diety walked through the night, from Tianshu to Tianxuan, and then to Tianji, deciding to take a moment to rest in Tianji.

In fact, he wasn’t tired at all; it was Ji Feichen and the others who were visibly exhausted.

Yesterday, he wanted to leave alone, but Ji Feichen started crying, and soon everyone else followed suit.

It was as if the sky would fall if he set off on his own.

“…”

The child remained silent for a moment, considering that she might need people, and patiently nodded.

The subsequent situation was that the child walked barefoot while the Ji clan chased after him in their cars, almost losing him in the process.

The news of the child arriving in Tianji somehow leaked out.

In less than half an hour, the temporary resting place of the child and Ji Feichen’s group was surrounded tightly.

After all, this was the diety. Usually, apart from the chosen divine envoy, no one else had the opportunity to see him.

The child stayed inside and did not come out.

Ji Feichen was about to be driven mad by these clan members.

The small group in the chat also became lively, with Ji Feiming and Ji Zhixin sitting in the pet cafe, spying on the situation.

Once Ji Feichen finished dealing with the clan members and went upstairs to report to the child, he found that he was gone.

Ji Feichen: “…”

Now the sky truly had fallen.

Ji Zhixin couldn’t help but curse in the group chat.

Some younger members who were already in Tianji, upon receiving the news about the child, went to squat outside the villa.

Having missed the chance to see the divine son, they were filled with disappointment and got an earful of scolding.

Ji Zhixin, being of the same generation as them, could tolerate the occasional airs, but this was unbearable day after day.

Some couldn’t help but retort, and the group became a cacophony.

Ji Zhixin and Ji Feiming exchanged glances, surprised for a moment.

“Pfft.” Ji Zhixin could no longer hold back.

Ji Feiming glared at him seriously: “…”

After a few seconds, he couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

They actually lost the child?

They had been given the opportunity, yet they were so useless!

Ji Feiming struggled to keep a serious face. While Ji Zhixin was just being mischievous, he was the former divine envoy and deserved some respect.

Before Ji Feiming could gather his thoughts, his phone rang.

The caller ID showed—Ji Feichen.

Ji Feiming smiled; he had called this number many times in the past few days, but none of them had gone through.

…

Lu Yao and Hu Jiao returned to the tutoring center, where there was a new guest in the tutoring room, and Bai Yi was serving tea.

Before Lu Yao could enter, the person who had just sat down stood up, smilingly walking over. “Miss Lu, we meet again.”

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