"Alright."
"Thank you, Cousin."
"Mm-hmm, go take a shower."
"Zhu Zi is showering in the bathroom right now."
"Then you'll have to wait."
"That's the only bad thing about [Essential Oil]. It feels weird on the body after the massage."
"Just bear with it. In two days, when the hot spring bath at home is renovated, it will be much more convenient for you to bathe."
"I want to eat hot spring eggs."
"Okay, I'll make them for you then."
After a while, Zhu Zi came into the back room, and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata got up and left.
Xia Zhi gave Zhu Zi the fat-reducing package.
"Boss, thank you!"
"You are welcome."
"Mmm, so comfortable~"
"How's your novel writing going?"
"I'm stuck. I don't know how to continue writing."
"You can put it aside for now and continue writing when you have inspiration."
"Okay!"
Next, it was Qiqi's softening package.
"Is it easy to gather herbs in the mountains recently?"
"It's not very easy. The weather is getting cold now, and most of the herbs have withered. I can only gather some special herbs."
"There's nothing we can do about the changing seasons."
"That's right."
"How is Doctor Baizhu?"
"Mr. Baizhu is obsessed with studying the Microscope. When I went to gather herbs at night, I saw the lights in his room were on. When I came back from gathering herbs in the morning, I saw that the lights in his room were still on."
"Staying up all night is not good for the body. Doctor Baizhu must know this, but it's probably useless to advise him. I'll make more instant noodles this week, and you can take some back to Doctor Baizhu. If he's hungry at night, he can have a midnight snack to nourish his body."
"Okay."
Then, it was Miss Chi Yu's Enjoyment package.
"Boss, when are you going to write the second volume of the novel?"
"I don't know."
"Hurry up! I'm going to die without your novel to read!"
"It was hard to revive you. If you die again, I don't have enough fruit to save you a second time."
"Ugh~"
"If you're really bored, you can read the first volume a few more times."
"I've already read it more than a dozen times! Every time I get to the last page and the plot is getting good, it just stops abruptly. I feel like ants are crawling all over me!"
"Speaking of ants, I'll make 'Ants Climbing a Tree' for you tomorrow."
"Ants Climbing a Tree?"
"It's minced meat with vermicelli."
"Oh! Aren't we having fried chicken tomorrow?"
"Yes."
"Boss, can you fry a little more? I want to take some back for Hu Tao to eat."
"Of course."
"Thank you, Boss!"
Then, it was Diona's fat-reducing package.
"Are you nervous about bartending for Miss Ningguang the day after tomorrow?"
"A little."
"It's normal to be nervous. Don't be afraid, believe in yourself. Your bartending skills, combined with our shop's Rainbow Juice, are absolutely..."
"Ugh~ Boss, don't touch my tail~"
"Ah, this is also part of the full body massage. You don't want your tail to become fat and ugly in the future, do you?"
"But~ the feeling of the tail~ is so strange~"
"Experience it a few more times. After you get used to it, you won't feel strange anymore."
"Mmm~"
After that, it was Shenhe's love package.
Xia Zhi massaged her whole body very gently and used the "[Enjoyment]" attribute on her.
Just like when they were looking for things upstairs earlier, it almost made hearts appear in her eyes again.
After the massage, Xia Zhi lowered his head and kissed Shenhe lightly. Shenhe responded to him for a while before leaving contentedly.
Okay, there's one employee left.
Xia Zhi raised his head and turned towards the door.
Ying'er was walking in.
"Boss..."
"Ying'er, do you want a massage today too?"
"Yes."
"What kind of massage do you want?"
"The same as last time?"
"The full body [Essential Oil] treatment. That's quite expensive, 1000 Mora."
"It's okay."
"Alright, come and lie down."
Ying'er climbed onto the small bed.
The last bottle of [Essential Oil] had just been used up on Shenhe, so Xia Zhi took out a new bottle.
The fragrance was naturally different.
Ying'er couldn't help but take a deep breath, her expression becoming a little intoxicated.
"Ying'er, how's the burn on your hand?"
"It's already healed! Boss, the ointment you gave me was so effective! There's no scar at all!"
"See?"
"Thank you, Boss. There's more than half of the ointment left. I'll return it to you later."
"No need to return it, keep it yourself."
"No, this ointment is too precious."
"Then put the ointment in this cabinet. If anyone in the shop gets injured again, tell them to come here and get it."
"Okay, Boss."
...
"By the way, you seem to have a scent of [Calming Incense] on you today."
"Boss, you finally noticed."
"Oh?"
"I analyzed your incense formula and made the same kind of balm!"
"I see. You were actually able to successfully reverse engineer the formula. Ying'er, you're very impressive."
"Actually, it was Miss Xia Ci who helped me. It was thanks to her guidance. Compared to your incense, Boss, although the balm I made smells very similar, it doesn't have that calming effect..."
"That calming effect is an additional effect. It requires some special and rare materials. It's natural that you couldn't make it. Don't worry about it."
"I see."
"To be honest, I'm already very surprised that you were able to do this."
"Next, I'm going to analyze the [Essential Oil] you developed, Boss!"
"Do you want me to give you some hints?"
"No! If possible, I'd like to ask you some questions about fragrances."
At this time, the massage service Ying'er ordered was almost complete.
Xia Zhi was about to tell Ying'er to ask questions later, when suddenly, in his "God's eye view", he saw a black iron-colored progress bar appear on Ying'er's body.
"Progress: [0%]."
Compared to Zhu Zi's situation, her "upgrade speed" was a bit fast.
It took Zhu Zi more than a month to become "Black Iron" level with the help of extraordinary items such as [Rainbow Juice] and [White Jade Honey].
And Ying'er, with the nourishment of [Essence of Sun and Moon], successfully "upgraded" to "Black Iron" after only two massages.
It can only be said that [Essence of Sun and Moon], as a product of a Diamond item, is truly overpowered compared to Silver and Black Iron items.
Since the progress bar was here, he might as well give Ying'er some extra time and fill it up.
Xia Zhi continued to massage and said to Ying'er, "Of course, ask away..."
Soon, the system's voice sounded in Xia Zhi's mind.
"Progress bar has reached 100%, reward: [Black Iron Treasure Chest]."
Adding Baiwen and Baixiao's treasure chests, he already had three [Black Iron Treasure Chest]s in his inventory.
With a little effort and saving, he could try to give each employee in the shop a [Black Iron Treasure Chest] as a year-end bonus during the Lantern Rite, ah no, during the Sea Lantern Festival.
Watching other people open boxes and stuff, this should be quite fun.
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