Chapter 500: Chapter 500

The next day, Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao both slept until nine, finally waking up naturally, exhausted.

After just one day of work, they both felt the hardship was almost too much to bear.

When they got up and saw it was already nine and remembered they had to leave for the store at half-past ten, the two girls sitting on their beds sighed in unison.

Ye Qingcao said, "Sangzhi, how come I don’t feel like going to work after just one day?"

Pu Sangzhi actually felt the same way, but she patted Ye Qingcao’s shoulder and said only, "Hang in there today and tomorrow, and we’ll rest the day after."

Fortunately, their shift pattern was three days on, one day off, which gave them something to look forward to every day.

With that thought, the two girls managed to muster enough energy to get out of bed despite feeling exhausted.

With only an hour and a half to get ready, excluding washing and eating, Pu Sangzhi also had to prepare lunch and dinner for Chen Huifen.

As long as she was at home, Pu Sangzhi was in charge of preparing all three meals.

Therefore, even though she had started working part-time, Pu Sangzhi still had to shoulder the responsibilities she was supposed to take on.

The one and a half hours of preparation time could only be described as quite rushed.

"Xiaocao, help me prepare the meals later, okay? We don’t have much time, we need to hurry up," Pu Sangzhi said while she stood by the wardrobe, quickly picking out a set of sportswear.

Ye Qingcao, who was rummaging through her suitcase for clothes, responded loyally, "Sure! Let’s be quick!"

In less than five minutes, the two had changed their clothes and hurried out of the room, one after the other, heading to the bathroom to get ready.

As they passed through the living room, their gaze unintentionally passed over to the dining room, where they saw Huo Feng, wearing an apron, carrying a freshly cooked dish into the dining room.

Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao both stopped in their tracks, exchanging glances filled with delight!

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Huo Feng had also spotted them and called out to the pair, "Come and eat after you brush your teeth. The food’s all ready, just waiting for you!"

Huo Feng’s invitation made the two girls smile happily, suddenly feeling like they had plenty of time on their hands!

"Feng, you’re the best! Thumbs up!" Ye Qingcao gave Huo Feng a thumbs-up.

"Thank you," Pu Sangzhi also expressed her gratitude.

After their cheerful exchange, the two girls walked hand in hand into the bathroom, full of joy.

Seeing their cheerful appearance, Huo Feng raised an eyebrow and couldn’t help muttering to himself, "I cook for her all the time and she never makes a fuss. Today she says thank you, tsk tsk..."

With Huo Feng’s help, the morning was no longer a rush for Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao.

They leisurely brushed their teeth, washed their faces, had breakfast, and leisurely washed the dishes. After all the chores, they still had ten minutes to spare before they needed to leave at half-past ten!

They loved this unhurried pace; thanks to Huo Feng’s help, Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao started the morning in high spirits! They believed they could face the day’s work with the most positive attitude!

At 10:30, Huo Feng rode them to the store on his electric scooter.

So, a new day of work began.

The day was like the previous one, with a slow start at noon, followed by an increase in customers from three-thirty in the afternoon. Then came the rush, keeping them busy until eight-thirty...

Today, Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao worked hard at sales, using all their persuasive skills to coax customers into buying clothes.

One was attractive, the other was talkative; assigned to the women’s and men’s clothing sections, they each used their advantages to sell forcefully!

They each achieved a considerable sales performance for the second day in a row!

At nine o’clock in the evening, when the store quieted down, Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao took the initiative to find the manager to check their performance for the day.

The manager pulled up their sales performance for them to see and showered them with ceaseless praise.

Today, the manager gave special praise to Pu Sangzhi, "Sangzhi, I observed your sales approach today. You did well, knowing how to use your strengths to sell. Beauty is an advantage, those young boys calling you ’Miss Sister’ and specifically looking for you to switch sizes is indeed impressive!"

The manager’s praise was spot on.

Pu Sangzhi had been at the men’s clothing section since she got busy yesterday.

Although she was initially at the women’s clothing section, for some reason, she started interacting with more male students and went straight to the men’s section, and there she stayed.

Pu Sangzhi was gentle and polite to every customer, speaking softly and always with a smile, no matter how busy she was.

Moreover, her sales approach wasn’t about serving many customers but about focusing on a few targets, under her strong recommendation, to sell several outfits!

The customers that Pu Sangzhi handled almost all bought two or more sets of clothes.

Today, a young man shopping with his mother bought three outfits plus a vest, and two pairs of pricey sneakers, all at once, spending over 1800 yuan in the store!

Therefore, during the peak times, Pu Sangzhi did not serve a large volume of customers. But nearly everyone she did handle ended up spending quite a bit!

The young man seemed to be particularly fond of Pu Sangzhi, asking her if he looked good every time he changed his outfit.

He even affectionately called her ’Miss Sister’!

Witnessing all of this, the manager came to a conclusion: beauty is justice!

Pu Sangzhi’s face was simply too attractive, irresistible to the modern youth—a brazen fruit of divine favor!

Therefore, Pu Sangzhi’s sales performance for the day still exceeded six thousand yuan!

This was comparable to the older staff, and even some of them couldn’t reach her level of performance...

"You two are treasures that I’ve unearthed," the manager said.

The store manager spared no effort in praising the two of them, "Work hard, and your performance will surely improve! The commission will definitely be higher!"

Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao both beamed with joy, "Thank you, manager!"

The pitiful thing was...

In the store, the boy named Han Lei still maintained a steadfast zero sales performance! You could say he was quite "exceptional"!

After praising the two of them, the manager went out of his way to say to Han Lei, who was counting stock, "Han Lei, you... keep it up tomorrow."

Meanwhile, Han Lei paused in his counting, his expressionless face turning to the manager, "Oh."

He was still just as taciturn.

So reticent that it was hard to gauge his mood...

Pu Sangzhi, Ye Qingcao, the manager, and all the other staff were beginning to find him a bit odd.

However, apart from not being able to sell or speak well, he did all the other tasks quite proficiently.

For instance, counting stock, organizing the warehouse, restocking on time, tidying up disordered clothes, and other trivial tasks--he did them quite well.

Every day, he also took care of the cleaning in the store and took out the trash.

His style was that of an unsung hero, a dedicated supporter behind the scenes.

So seeing him work so earnestly, the manager was still undecided about whether to let him go.

"Sangzhi, you take him under your wing tomorrow."

The manager told Pu Sangzhi, "Teach him some of your sales techniques, try to get him to talk a bit more."

Pu Sangzhi nodded, "Okay."

The manager then called out to Han Lei, "Han Lei, learn something from Sangzhi tomorrow. Or from Qingcao; both of them are quite skilled. You’ve got to step it up too!"

The manager was speechless at his lackluster attitude, "If you’re still this bad tomorrow, you’ll go out and hand out flyers. We’re having a big promotion these two days, go get some customers from the streets."

Han Lei was silent for a while, then, still expressionless, replied, "Oh..."

Because his face was always devoid of expression, everyone couldn’t tell what he really thought about being treated in such an unwelcome manner.

Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao were both quite curious about this inarticulate young man; they even whispered about him when they went to the bathroom together.

But it was always just private conversations.

They weren’t familiar with Han Lei.

Two days had gone by...

Even sitting together at meals, they hardly exchanged a few words.

p.m., and it was time to get off work again.

Huo Feng and his little electric scooter were waiting as usual at the store’s entrance for the two of them to come out.

The happiest moment of the day was probably right then!

Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao both sat on Huo Feng’s little electric scooter, with Pu Sangzhi behind Huo Feng and Ye Qingcao behind Pu Sangzhi.

The three of them were fairly slim, so even on the same scooter, they didn’t feel cramped.

"Are you tired today?"

On the way home, Huo Feng asked them both.

Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao replied in unison, "Tired."

Huo Feng let out a heartless chuckle, "Oh dear, what to do, I’ve been bored to death today! Played games all evening with Yan Ji! Even went swimming with my ’sons’ again!"

From behind, Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao’s little fists landed on his shoulders!

"Feng Bro, you’re too much!" Ye Qingcao said.

"Shut it, we don’t want to hear it!" Pu Sangzhi added.

Huo Feng laughed loudly up front, "Oh, I’ve got a basketball game and steak dinner planned for tomorrow! Yan Ji and my ten ’sons’ are all coming, what to do! You two can’t join, huh!"

Once again, soft little fists rained down on Huo Feng’s shoulders from behind!

"Feng Bro, you’re going too far!" Ye Qingcao complained.

"You’re not allowed to talk anymore!" Pu Sangzhi declared.

Huo Feng’s laughter grew louder, "You girls... are truly enigmatic!"

The day’s work was exhausting...

But the journey back home was full of joy.

Pu Sangzhi liked these moments spent with her Huo Feng...