"Why??" Huahua and Cat asked in unison.
The demand for wages transcended racial barriers and brought them to a rare stand on the same front.
But Xia Ye was already prepared for this problem: "Because your efforts will be needed the day after tomorrow. When the time comes to settle the matter together, you can get more magic, okay?"
"Meow? Can you get some more magic?" The cat was really shaken.
But Hua Hua immediately exposed Xia Ye's erratic tricks: "Idiot Xiu Ji, you have to work hard the day after tomorrow. Of course you can get more magic. It's just that you merge what you should get together and it looks like more."
"Ouch! I almost fell into the trap of my master, meow~"
"Tsk..."
"You just made a 'tsk' sound, right? It was indeed intentional, meow~"
"No!" Xia Ye firmly denied it and at the same time came up with his real plan:
"As long as you agree to pay Mo'er the day after tomorrow, I will count your tasks the day after tomorrow as overtime. But if you give it now, the day after tomorrow will only be calculated as normal wages."
"How are overtime wages calculated?" Huahua asked.
"Three times normal."
Both the flower and the cat agreed immediately.
But Xia Ye didn't feel that she had suffered a loss. If the situation the day after tomorrow develops according to the worst possibility, the effort required by the flowers and cats will definitely be more than three times the usual.
Similarly, it was precisely because of the meeting the day after tomorrow that Xia Ye did not withdraw all the Mo'er in one go, because that would not only repay all her overdrafts, but also turn the number of Mo'er into a positive number.
And this may lead to some unexpected changes and is an uncontrollable factor.
There are already enough uncontrollable factors now, and Xia Ye doesn't want to add one more.
Next, she needs to make some preparations to give herself a little more protection.
She started the broom and flew towards home.
…
afternoon.
After eating the "Screaming Leaf Tomato Sauce and Bolognese Noodles" made by Lillian, and taking a short rest, Xia Ye called Lillian out and went out together.
But not shopping.
It was Xia Ye who had a task that needed to be completed, and Lillian was there to help her complete the task.
——The mission, which was supposed to be once a week, was interrupted twice because of going to sea, but this time since I was asking for help from the other party, it was obvious that I couldn't escape.
Xia Ye wished she could fall asleep right now and sleep until the day after tomorrow.
However this is obviously impossible...
Twenty minutes later.
"Victoria, long time no see, let's try on clothes!"
Before she even entered the door, Lillian shouted excitedly into the store.
After a while, the tall Victoria slowly walked out of the small room behind the counter.
"Hey, isn't this Xiao Xiaye? Why did you come here so proactively this time? Could it be that, after the first two experiences, you have already fallen in love with the feeling of wearing different clothes and having more than a dozen soft rulers rubbing around your body? "
It's okay if the other party didn't say it. With such a description, Xia Ye's body suddenly trembled like a conditioned reflex.
"No, no! How is it possible..." She blushed and firmly denied it.
"But your body clearly trembled."
"That's when I was shaking with rage just thinking about doing something nasty."
"Oh, okay...the morning's speech was good." Victoria suddenly changed the subject.
"Huh?"
"I watched the video." Victoria pointed to the crystal ball in her hand.
"video??"
"Yes, there are videos of your speeches all over the Internet now. After listening to your speech "We Choose to Hunt the White Whale", I suddenly burst out with inspiration, so I have just been drawing design drafts of new clothes in the room."
"Can I get inspiration from this?" Xia Ye was a little curious, "Can I see the design draft?"
"I'll get it right away."
Someone wanted to appreciate her masterpiece, so Victoria was naturally very enthusiastic. After a while, she ran back with a roll of drawing paper.
She carefully spread out the design draft in front of Xia Ye.
Xia Ye watched carefully for a while.
"What is this?" she asked, pointing to something that looked like a helmet.
"The witch hat I designed specifically for this costume," Victoria replied proudly.
"...But this looks like a helmet no matter what, right?"
"You can call it a helmet. In fact, I designed this hat based on the skull of a whale. What's even better is that its raw material is whale bones! Don't you think that after wearing this hat, there is a sense of Is it the beauty of the wilderness? Polishing a part of the enemy's body and wearing it on one's own body can give people a dangerous, cold and fearless feeling?!"
"No!"
Xia Ye couldn't help complaining: "I think the person wearing it should feel quite safe. After all, the whale's bones are very hard, and even bullets can't penetrate it... But I don't need it."
Because there is no head at all.
"You can't understand the connotation of my design?" Victoria shook her head regretfully, "But it doesn't matter. Anyway, you just need to be my clothes hanger. Come on, during the time you are gone, I can be I have accumulated a lot of inventory, hehehehe~"
"Wait!" Xia Ye shouted hurriedly, "I still have something serious to say!"
"What serious business can there be? Obviously the next thing to do is the business..."
Victoria was approaching the summer night step by step, with soft rulers like poisonous snakes poking their heads out from under the hem of her skirt.
Seeing that she was about to be stripped off her clothes, Xia Ye suddenly thought out loud and shouted: "Victoria, you don't want the clothes hanger you finally found to get broken, do you?!"
"Huh?" The other party stopped as expected, "What do you mean?"
"I am going to attend a meeting the day after tomorrow, but I am worried that my life will be in danger, so I want to make some preparations in advance. Otherwise, if I am killed, your clothes hanger will be gone."
"Dead people can also make clothes hangers." Victoria seemed to be joking, but not quite.
"What if I die without my body intact?"
"Okay..." The other party finally nodded, "What do you want me to help you with?"
"First of all, can you sell me the two remaining contracts from last time, namely the 'Thunder Spear' and the 'Thunder Knight'?"
"anything else?"
"Also, can you be my bodyguard? You don't have to follow me the whole time, or even show up. Only when a very extreme situation occurs, you need to rescue me." Xia Ye said.
Victoria looked at her, thought for a while, and then asked: "Who are you having a meeting with the day after tomorrow?"
"Venture Capital Department Seven." Xia Ye didn't hide it. "It is a venture capital subsidiary of 'Ether Exploration'."
"I know them," Victoria said.
She thought seriously for a while and said:
"First, you can sign the 'Thunder Spear' now, but I don't recommend you sign the 'Thunder Knight' right now."
"Why?" Xia Ye frowned. In fact, the "Thunder Knight" was what she mainly wanted, because it was an explosive contract and was very suitable for dealing with extreme situations.
"Because it is very difficult to master. No matter how adaptable you are, it will take a long time to become more proficient in using it. But your meeting is the day after tomorrow, and it is obviously too late."
"I heard you say that...have you signed a 'Thunder Knight' contract?" Xia Ye asked.
"I didn't, but I saw others signing it, so I know."
"Oh..." Xia Ye didn't ask any further.
Victoria continued: "Second, why do you think I have the ability to be your bodyguard? After all, I am just an ordinary tailor in the lower city."
Xia Ye suddenly had a new understanding of Victoria's ability to tell lies with her eyes open.
"Um... 'tailor' shouldn't be a code name, right?" she asked with a weird look on her face.
"Um?"
"Those particularly powerful killers, executioners, punishers, etc., don't they usually have a code name? You said you are a tailor, does it mean that your code name is 'tailor'?"
"You have a very rich imagination," Victoria said.
"..." Xia Ye continued to stare at her suspiciously.
But Victoria pretended not to see it and continued: "Anyway, it's not impossible for you to want me to be your bodyguard, but my appearance fee is quite high."
"How many?"
"The deposit is 5,000 moles. The fee will be based on my actual contribution and will be deducted directly from the deposit afterwards."
(End of chapter)
