Chapter 367 - Chapter 367: Chapter 224 Call from Qingzhou City l (1/2)
Chapter 367: Chapter 224 Call from Qingzhou City l
As it turned out, Xu Ran had been overthinking.
Upon returning to the foster shop, he saw Fang Yuling’s three beasts that were sponging off his food. She hadn’t stopped lodging her pet beasts in the shop just because he had stolen her first place.
This put Xu Ran at ease.
“Dinner is served!”
Accompanied by the clanging sound of the iron pot and spoon echoing throughout the foster area, Xu Ran, who had just ascended with the three little ones to the top of the Beast Master Leader rankings, returned to his role as a foster shop owner, serving nutritious and delicious food to the well behaved, lined up pet beasts.
With a smile in his eyes observing every foster care resident’s mental and physical condition, his gaze finally rested on a vacant piece of land.
Over the past half a month, this piece of land belonged to a somewhat special pet beast that suppressed its own nature due to its deep sense of guilt, ultimately gaining its own chance here.
“Combat Furball has left, huh.” Xu Ran sighed softly.
Unless there are any unforeseen circumstances, its Beast Master will no longer let it be fostered.
With the assistance of the Beast Master Association and the Transcendent Evolution Department, they will no longer encounter difficulties.
He wondered if he would have the chance to meet it again in the future.
“Let’s go, let’s go upstairs.” After the three little ones had helped clean up the food bowls of the foster care residents, Xu Ran spoke softly.
One person and three pets, carrying the exhaustion of the day, walked from the basement to the first floor shop. Just as they were about to go up the stairs to the second floor, a crisp and pleasant sound was heard.
“Ding dong-”
“Whose phone is it?” Xu Ran instinctively pulled out his own phone. Seeing that there were no notifications on it, he suddenly came to his senses.
No, wait!
This ringtone isn’t from his own phone!
Xu Ran swiftly turned his head to look at the landline phone sitting on the counter of the foster shop – an antiquated and mysterious model that appeared to be no more than a decorative piece.
Indeed, over the past half month of operation, this landline phone was basically just a decorative item.
Up until now, only one person could get through to it.
Teacher Tony!
What’s happened in Qingzhou City?
Xu Ran looked at the three little ones, then swiftly walked over to the landline and picked up the receiver.
From the other end of the receiver, came Tony’s familiar and clear voice, carrying its usual buoyancy and deep resonance, “Hey- Boss, it’s been half a month, have you missed me?”
“Not really.” Hearing Tony’s off-key greeting as always, Xu Ran suddenly calmed down, “You are calling because?”
“As the first system store manager appointed by the boss, I must show my loyalty from time to time, so now your faithful store manager Tony is going to report on the operation of Starfire Foster Care Shop in Qingzhou City for the past half month!”
“Oh? That’s good.” Xu Ran nodded slightly.
Although he’s constantly receiving the store’s income from Qingzhou City foster shop in the form of pleasure value, skill points, physical points, and skill fragments minus employee share; he is indeed somewhat concerned about what’s been happening in Qingzhou City foster shop over the past half month.
Anyway, that was the shop he personally ran for two to three months, the place where it all began.
“Go ahead, what has been happening with the shop in Qingzhou City in the past half month?”
“Alright!” Hearing Xu Ran’s approving response, Teacher Tony’s voice raised even higher as if he was injected with chicken blood, “Next, your beloved Tony will give you a rundown on the operations.”
“In the past half month, the shop has provided pet beast cleaning and caring services 596 times, including 142 times for small pet beasts, 197 times for medium-sized pet beasts, 188 times for large pet beasts, and 69 times for super large pet beasts.”
“In the past half month, the shop has added 87 new residents, including 54 residents who have been staying since then, and currently, there are 97 foster residents.”
“In the past half month, the total training time for the pet beasts in the shop reached 5298 hours, successfully completed new skill teaching 12 times, successfully achieved skill proficiency breakthroughs 28 times!”
“And all of this, is thanks to the boss!”
Xu Ran: “…6.”
Before this, he had always thought that people who fawn over their superiors were detestable, but at this moment, he suddenly experienced the joy of being the boss.
“Oh, by the way.” After reporting the situation, Tony paused for a moment, then slowly spoke, “There’s one more thing I need to report to you.”
“From the time you left Qingzhou City to start operating Starfire Foster Care Shop in Xieyun City, a total of 92 customers have expressed their longing for you.”
“These customers are: Su Xiaoxiao, Zhang Yun, Du Heng…”
Holding the phone, Xu Ran patiently listened as Tony recited all ninety-two names, his expression gradually changing.
Among the ninety-two customers, there were those Xu Ran was very familiar with, and those he was not very familiar with, but remembered.
All of them, without exception, were customers Xu Ran had once served in the Starfire Foster Care Shop in Qingzhou City.
Originally, he had always thought that since he was an orphan, besides himself, probably the only people who would care about him were the three pet beasts he spent his days with.
He never expected that so many people in this world would remember him, and even miss him.
“Tony, can system clerks teleport?” Xu Ran suddenly asked.
“Yes, they can.” Tony’s voice came through the phone, “Both system clerks and system store managers have the ability to teleport to any shop, but this ability can only be used with the boss’s permission.”