“Customer?” The cute shop owner blinked her big eyes, looking at the dazed Kells, that guy who was grinning foolishly with a face full of excitement…

  Kells didn’t hear the cute shop owner’s call; he was still immersed in his own world.

  That cute shop owner, seeing the customer still had no reaction, called out again: “Customer… Sir…”

  Kells, sunk in his fantasy world, seemed to hear the cute shop owner calling him “big brother.” In a moment of excitement, he happily grabbed the cute shop owner’s hands.

  “Ah, customer, what are you doing!” Kells’ action made the cute shop owner scream loudly.

  “Uh…” That loud sound immediately pulled Kells back to reality. Coming to his senses, he suddenly realized he was holding the cute shop owner’s hands! This was no small matter. Nervous, Kells quickly let go, “I… I…” He stammered, wanting to say something but couldn’t get it out!

  “This is it, I’m done for. If this were in Anda, I’d definitely be chased and beaten again. Looks like the job application is ruined. Sigh… What was I doing! How could I grab the boss’s hand! But speaking of it, that hand felt really nice to touch, soft and tender, oh, I wonder what style of little panties she wears…” Kells’ guilt lasted only a minute, after which his thoughts turned entirely to lewd things…

  “What exactly do you want to eat, customer? You don’t need to be so nervous; it makes me nervous too…” The cute shop owner looked at Kells with a pitiful little expression. She didn’t seem angry and even wondered if she had grabbed his hands because she was nervous. “There’s actually such a silly yet adorable girl in this world…” Kells was delighted. In the entire town of Anda, he hadn’t found a pretty girl easy to fool, but as soon as he arrived in Locco, he ran into one!

  “Could it be that my, Kells’, spring has come?” he said to himself inwardly.

  “Customer…” The cute shop owner called again. This customer was just too strange—if he wasn’t grabbing her hands out of nervousness, then he wasn’t saying a single word. This way, she couldn’t do any business. She slightly furrowed her brows.

  Kells was now clear-headed and heard the cute shop owner’s voice, but being taken for a customer was a misunderstanding. Kells quickly explained, “I’m not here to eat. Earlier, I heard that you’re hiring here, so I came to try. I’m very capable and can do anything.” Actually, he also wanted to say this: “Including comforting the lonely shop owner!”

  “…”

  “…”

  The cute shop owner looked at Kells and stayed silent for quite a while. Her emotions gradually became unstable, her eyes seemed a bit teary, as if she was about to cry…

  “No way… Do I, Kells, look that ugly? Looking at me actually makes her want to cry… Beauty, I want to cry too!” It was the first time Kells had met someone who wanted to cry upon seeing him. Could it be her brother had passed away, and he looked a lot like her brother, so seeing him made her want to cry? Kells was imagining possible reasons.

  “Wuu… Wuu…” Finally, the cute shop owner cried! And she cried quite loudly, which threw Kells into a complete fluster. “A cute girl crying right in front of me, what should I do?” He didn’t know what to do either, just subconsciously raised his hand and lightly patted the cute shop owner’s shoulder.

  “Shop owner, why are you crying…”

  “Wuu… Dad is gone, and the others, the others took the money and… left. Only I’m left. Although I posted a job advertisement, I don’t have money to pay you wages. But… please don’t leave. I will definitely earn… earn money to pay your wages… Wuu…” As she spoke, the cute shop owner cried again. Probably, before, some people had come to apply but definitely left upon hearing there was no wage, which is why she was so sad.

  “No wage… My mercenary equipment, my beauty mercenary group, I might as well change places…” Upon hearing there was no wage, Kells’ first reaction was, of course, to leave. He came to Locco to work and earn money to buy a decent set of mercenary equipment. If he stayed here, it would all just be a dream!

  However, the cute shop owner’s pitiful expression deeply attracted Kells… This shop owner looked only about eighteen or nineteen years old. She was already so cute now; in a few more years, she’d be incredible. Kells suddenly started calculating in his mind. In others’ eyes, this shop owner was just a child. In this situation, definitely no one would help her. Those people before probably deceived her. The savings of such a large restaurant would definitely not be depleted just because of the staff’s wages.

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  If he left this pitiful cute girl alone, something would definitely happen. First, she’d been deceived out of money, and then, if she met some weird uncle or something, wouldn’t her body be taken too? “Better to benefit myself than to benefit others!” He made up his mind. What kind of person was Kells? As long as it was a girl over eighteen years old, none could escape his discerning eye. This shop owner would definitely be a beauty when she grew up!

  “Shop owner, it doesn’t matter if there’s no wage. I will help you! Until this shop is revived!” Kells said seriously.

  “Really… really… Sir! Thank you so much!” The cute shop owner, as if seeing a savior, cheered and jumped into Kells’ arms!

  “Oh! Spring has come!” With a lecherous smile, Kells reached his hand toward her bottom.

  Just when that hand was a hair’s breadth away from the cute little bottom, the cute shop owner left Kells. She excitedly said loudly, “Let’s start working! Today, Eliya is full of energy!”

  Although it was a pity, Kells learned the name of the cute shop owner. “Eliya, what a beautiful name. Girls from big towns are indeed different.”

  But what exactly to do when starting work? This place seemed to have been cleaned… “No way, it’s a complete mess!” Kells didn’t know until he looked, and when he did, he was shocked! Tables and chairs were all piled up haphazardly, and there were many broken bowls and plates on the floor. If one walked in, they would definitely get their feet pricked. No wonder such a large restaurant had no customers; in this state, no one would enter.

  “Miss Eliya, why is it so messy here!” Kells asked.

  “Kind sir, please don’t call me Miss Eliya, just call me Eliya. I did clean here properly. What’s wrong? Is it not clean? I’ll clean it again!” Saying this, Eliya stepped toward the inside, but before she had taken two steps…

  “Thud!” She fell again! It was already very messy, and before she even started tidying up, it became even messier!

  “Ah! I’m sorry, there are so many things to trip over here!” Eliya said embarrassedly.

  “How could she not trip? It’s so messy here. It seems the situation upstairs is similar; otherwise, this cute girl wouldn’t have fallen so many times! With so many fragments of bowls and plates, if they cut her cute little face, it would be a pity. Today, I’m just unlucky!” Thinking of this, Kells said, “Eliya, you just watch from the counter, don’t run around. I’ll tidy up here!”

  “Ah, how can that be!”

  “I’m your shop assistant, and you’re the boss. If I don’t work, should the boss do it instead?” Kells asked with a smile.

  “But you… I don’t have money to pay your wages. Our statuses are equal!”

  “Wages don’t necessarily have to be paid in money. Just let me live here and provide three meals a day, oh, and food for this guy…” As he spoke, Kells lifted the still-sleeping Fat Dragon out of his bag.

  “Wow, a little raccoon, so cute! Is it real?” Girls generally have no resistance to fluffy animals, especially chubby ones like Fat Dragon, which are even more likable.

  “It’s real, genuine, and quite a big eater. Just call him Fat Dragon!”

  “Fat Dragon… hehe, what a cute name. By the way, I haven’t asked yet, sir, what’s your name?”

  “My name is Kells. If you like, you can call me Brother Kells, or just brother, or big brother, that’s fine too.” What was Kells’ lecherous mind thinking? You know…

  “Hehe, you’re older than me, and I don’t have any family left, so I’ll call you brother.” Eliya said sweetly, her voice very alluring, especially that “brother.”

  “Hmm? What did you call me?” Kells pretended not to hear.

  “Brother.” Eliya lowered her head and repeated it shyly. Calling someone she had just met so intimately made her inexplicably blush.

  “Ah? What?” It seemed this guy still didn’t hear…

  “Brother!” Eliya thought her voice was too soft and had to call again a bit louder.

  “Ah?” Kells was still playing dumb.

  “Brother! Brother!” Eliya was a bit annoyed and called loudly several times.

  “Dad! Mom! So cute! Your son’s heart is racing! So fast! This feeling is amazing, being called brother by such a cute little girl feels so good! Spring, indeed spring has come!” Kells was ecstatic inside, while Eliya was puzzled, wondering why this kind brother kept spacing out.

  “Could he be an idiot? Only an idiot would work for me without wages! So pitiful. When the shop gets better, I must take good care of this silly brother!” Eliya couldn’t help but think this way.

  After spacing out for a while, Kells remembered what he was supposed to do. He handed Fat Dragon to Eliya to take care of and rolled up his sleeves to get to work. Kells wasn’t bragging; his body was indeed in great shape, thanks to his daily exercise. Running several streets a day, how could his body not be good?

  In no time, Kells had cleaned up both floors of the restaurant spotlessly!

  “Ah! Brother is amazing! It looks just like the restaurant originally did. I could never clean it up by myself. Thank you! Thank you, brother!” Eliya ran over and hugged the dust-covered Kells. Since the obstacles on the floor had been cleared by Kells, Eliya didn’t fall once, probably because she was a bit nearsighted and couldn’t see the obstacles on the road.

  “Hehe, it’s nothing, this is what I should do!” Kells’ lecherous hand reached toward Eliya’s little bottom again…

  At that moment! Kells’ lecherous hand was only half a hair’s breadth away from that tempting little bottom!

  What a pity! Eliya left again…

  “Brother, actually… actually… I don’t know how to cook any dishes, wuu… wuu…” She cried, very sadly.