The Mysterious Bookstore's First Employee Morning Meeting

The weather in October had turned cool, and the autumn wind blowing Dubian Town brought a touch of chill to the ascetics living there.

Early in the morning, the backyard of the Mysterious Bookstore was filled with people, including Yun Qingyang, Zhang Yunji, Luan Feng, Chang Kong, Ba Jiu, Sky-reaching Ape Monkey, Zhang Caicai, and the new employee Liu Ying.

As for the vanished Liuli, everyone is already used to it.

It was only a little past eight o'clock, and there was still an hour before the Bookstore opened, but everyone was woken up. Even Zhang Yunji's family and Luan Feng were summoned over early in the morning by the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey.

They call it, "Holding a morning meeting!"

They had never encountered a situation like this before, with all the employees gathered so early in the morning. Everyone assumed that something important must have been announced. Even the old and steady Chang Kong had a serious look on his face, while the carefree Mysterious Bookstore Zhang Caicai had a playful smile, and the indifferent Yun Qingyang closed his eyes to rest.

New employees like Liu Ying, who had just joined the Bookstore, were quite nervous. Standing in the crowd, she was so nervous that she didn't know where to put her hands, looking around nervously. Finally, she glanced at her brother and took small, hesitant steps to walk over.

"Brother," Liu Ying called softly as she approached Zhang Yunji.

"Hmm?" Zhang Yunji put his hands in his sleeves, looked up at the sky with utter boredom, not even glancing at the Liu Ying.

"Brother, did you guys often have these morning meetings before?" Liu Ying's face flushed with excitement, and her voice trembled.

Before becoming Bookstore employee, Liu Ying would never have acted this way. But now that she's Bookstore employee, Liu Ying gets inexplicably nervous when faced with such situations. She doesn't even dare to look Ma Feifei, the bookstore owner, in the eye when she talks to him, and she instinctively avoids him, afraid of being bumped into.

That feeling was like a mouse seeing a cat—it was terrifying.

"I didn't know before, but as far as I can remember, this is my first time participating, ah~~ha~~!" Zhang Yunji yawned after saying Yawn. He had gone to bed too late last night and got up too early this morning, so he was sleepy.

"Is the shop owner usually rude to you when he's working?" Liu Ying asked nervously.

"This isn't your first time dealing with the shop owner. Don't you know how fierce he is?" Zhang Yunji gave Liu Ying a strange look. This girl seemed a bit off today.

"Oh dear! That's different." Liu Ying stomped her Stomping Tantrum, but she didn't know how to explain it to Zhang Yunji. In the end, she could only pinch Zhang Yunji's arm to vent her Lash Out before walking away.

"Ouch!" Zhang Yunji was pinched and hurt himself. He rubbed his arm, looked at Liu Ying's back, and looked completely bewildered.

"Crunch~"

Just then, Ma Feifei's room door opened, and everyone's eyes turned to Ma Feifei as she walked out of the room.

"Huh?" Apart from Liu Ying, the others all made this strange sound.

"The shop owner has finally changed his clothes," Zhang Caicai said softly.

Yes, today Ma Feifei abandoned his white Sage's Robe and put on a dark black long robe with a white patch on his stomach, on which was embroidered an open book.

As Ma Feifei moved, the dark black robe revealed some dark red embroidery, but the patterns were so intricate that no one could decipher them.

"Ahem~~" Ma Feifei came to the opposite side of the group and coughed slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a group of people, except for Yun Qingyang, stood in a row very sensibly. This made Yun Qingyang was originally completely indifferent, feel a little awkward standing in the middle. She looked at the straight line of people opposite her, and then at Ma Feifei, her face full of doubt.

Ma Feifei almost burst out laughing when he saw Yun Qingyang like this. He was about to beckon Yun Qingyang to stand next to him, but Yun Qingyang walked to the opposite side first and stood obediently.

"Pfft~" Ma Feifei couldn't help but laugh out loud, but she immediately suppressed it, leaving the employees opposite her looking completely bewildered.

"Well... I called everyone over this morning because I have something to announce." Ma Feifei straightened his expression, regaining his seriousness, and said.

The employees immediately straightened their backs and stared intently at Ma Feifei.

"As our Bookstore business has expanded, the Bookstore employees has also gradually increased, reaching a certain level. Now the Bookstore has eight employees, so..." Ma Feifei paused for a moment.

But those words made everyone except Yun Qingyang feel a chill in their hearts, and a thought suddenly arose in their minds, "Is the shop going to lay off staff?"

"It must be, otherwise why would they suddenly call everyone together?"

Thinking of this, the group became uneasy. Even Zhang Caicai was very obedient and didn't move, afraid of being caught as an example and being kicked out by Ma Feifei.

The atmosphere in the courtyard began to become heavy. Ma Feifei took a look and found it quite interesting, so he made up his mind that he should hold this kind of meeting every now and then to increase his authority as the shop owner.

Seeing that the atmosphere had been set, Ma Feifei slowly said, "Therefore, I think the Bookstore should standardize everyone's attire so that we can better serve the customers who come to the Bookstore to read."

"Clothing?" Everyone was taken aback, and then some people, such as Chang Kong Zhang Yunji, suddenly realized, while only those who were inexperienced, such as Yun Qingyang Sky-reaching Ape Monkey Ba Jiu, remained blank.

Although I was confused, I could still understand the general idea; at least the topic of today's meeting wasn't layoffs.

"Zhang Caicai, go and move the dining table out," Ma Feifei called out to Zhang Caicai.

"Yes, sir!" Zhang Caicai was overjoyed to see Ma Feifei ordering him around. He happily responded and ran to the kitchen, carrying out the dining table and placing it next to Ma Feifei.

"Is it clean?" Ma Feifei glanced at the table and asked casually.

"It's very clean, don't worry, shop owner," Zhang Caicai patted her chest and assured them.

Ma Feifei nodded, then flipped his hand and flicked it.

With a "whoosh," the shop assistant uniform that had been pulled from the Immortal Gift Pack yesterday appeared on the table.

"Everyone will receive two sets. Starting today, you must wear the store clerk uniform on all workdays. Violators will be Punishment according to the severity of the offense. Did everyone understand?" Ma Feifei said with a serious expression.

"Yes, I heard you!" the crowd responded loudly.

Ma Feifei then smiled with satisfaction and said, "Get your clothes. After you've collected them, find a room to change into them and get ready to open for business."

"Thank you, shopkeeper (sir)!" After the group thanked him in unison, they lined up one by one to take the two sets of shop uniforms. After the last eight people had taken theirs, only two sets of shop uniforms remained on the table.