The Door Was Opened? The Filial Grand-Nephew

"Ladies, was there something else?"

After Tang Ya put that cup of Luckin Raw Coconut Latte into her storage ring, she did not leave. Instead, she stood there, hesitating as if she wanted to say something.

So Bai Ran simply spoke first.

"Um, little brother Bai Ran, are you hiring here?"

Because of Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan had lost her work-study slot.

It was extremely difficult for her to find a suitable job in a short time.

"Sister Xiaoya, you want to work here?"

Bai Ran had indeed considered hiring someone for the front desk to help share his workload, but with the current intensity of work, he did not need one for the time being.

"No, no, no, not me. Nannan wants to find somewhere she can work part-time."

Logically speaking, for a civilian genius like Jiang Nannan, who had innate full soul power and no backing from any force, the management of Shrek Academy would provide a certain degree of investment.

Unfortunately, Jiang Nannan had caught the eye of the young sect master of the Mysterious Underworld Sect. Given the cooperative relationship between Shrek Academy and the Mysterious Underworld Sect, Shrek Academy could only give up on sponsoring Jiang Nannan.

After all, in the future, she would be taken away by the Mysterious Underworld Sect rather than remain in the academy.

The academy's higher-ups were not fools either. They would not do something like making wedding clothes for someone else for no reason.

That was also why the owner of the small supermarket had chosen to fire Jiang Nannan after seeing Xu Sanshi.

It was no exaggeration to say that the current Jiang Nannan was a hot potato. Any man who dared get close to her would be targeted by the Mysterious Underworld Sect.

"Why should I help you?"

Others might fear the Mysterious Underworld Sect behind Xu Sanshi, but Bai Ran was not that afraid.

To begin with, the Mysterious Underworld Sect was a hidden sect. If it were truly powerful, would it have chosen to hide from the world?

Secondly, to Shrek Academy, the Mysterious Underworld Sect was only one of many partners, and most of the pills that sect sold were only effective on low-level soul masters.

In contrast, Bai Ran's uncle, Ye Tian, was a proper senior graduate of Shrek's inner courtyard. He currently held a position in the inner courtyard, the dishes he made could even help Titled Douluo, and in the future, there was an extremely high chance he would break through and become a food-type Titled Douluo.

Within Shrek Academy, there really were not many people with stronger backing than Bai Ran.

However, Bai Ran generally would not do anything without any return.

For the sake of a woman he did not know well, provoking unnecessary trouble—Bai Ran was not stupid to that extent.

Being young had its advantages. At the very least, he would not let lust go to his head.

Bai Ran: Honestly, mature beauties are just so-so. Besides, I think women start looking old once they're over eight.

"Little brother Bai Ran, just help us out. Nannan is really pitiful."

Tang Ya played the sympathy card, and there was already a faint hint of moral coercion in it.

"Sister Xiaoya, wait a moment."

Bai Ran took out a Communication Talisman from his storage ring.

"Okay, okay."

A few minutes later.

"Jiang Nannan, fourth-year outer courtyard student of Shrek Academy. Martial soul: Soft-Bone Rabbit. Rank thirty-five agility-attack battle Soul Elder.

Born a commoner. She once had a transaction with the Mysterious Underworld Sect. At present, she is the target being pursued by the young sect master of the Mysterious Underworld Sect..."

Tang Ya: Holy shit, doxxed.

"No, little brother, you dug up Nannan's whole household registration!"

"I was just learning about the situation."

Even if he had not dug it up, Bai Ran still knew Jiang Nannan's real circumstances.

To be honest, Bai Ran had absolutely no desire to get involved with a woman whose problems were this complicated.

In Douluo II, the people who wanted to marry Jiang Nannan were probably the same as those in Douluo I who wanted to marry Zhu Zhuqing. Basically, their brains were connected to the stars, and their lower halves did the thinking.

Besides, he could not see what was so strong about the Soft-Bone Rabbit martial soul. In the original work, Jiang Nannan did not have any particularly eye-catching battle record either, and compared with other girls, her showing was quite lacking.

Rather than spend a huge price to marry a vase, Bai Ran felt it would be better to use the same energy to equip himself with a set of high-grade soul tools.

"Xiaoya, let's go."

Seeing that there was no possibility of anything coming from staying here any longer, Jiang Nannan grabbed Tang Ya's hand and prepared to leave.

Having her past sorrows brought up—if Bai Ran were not so young, Jiang Nannan would already have swept a whip kick at him.

"Wait, ladies, don't be in such a hurry to leave."

"Little brother, what else do you want?"

There was already a trace of displeasure in Jiang Nannan's tone.

"Sister Nannan, can you do odd jobs in the kitchen?"

Bai Ran knew very well that starting like this was an extremely impolite thing to do.

If he had not prepared in advance, he never would have done something so likely to offend people.

"Little Bai Ran, what do you mean by this?"

Tang Ya was so thrown by the whole thing that she was a little confused.

"My uncle needs an assistant. Sister Nannan, if you're willing to go, I'll tell my uncle and have him arrange it for you."

Bai Ran truly had no interest in Jiang Nannan.

But when he thought of his single uncle, he felt it was time for him to lend a hand.

Compared to those old turtledoves, his uncle would probably prefer someone young and pretty.

Bai Ran: I'm six, and Jiang Nannan is almost sixteen. I don't accept older-girl-younger-boy romances. (Three-Eyed Golden Lion: Our ages are recalculated after soul beasts take human form, so in your eyes, does that make me a loli?)

Ye Tian: Six hundred sixty-six. Set up by my own nephew.

"Your uncle?"

"Nannan..."

Before Jiang Nannan could ask more, Tang Ya pulled her aside and began whispering with her.

A little while later, Jiang Nannan returned to the front of the coffee shop with a smile on her face again. She said she had started learning to cook at three, and from the age of five, she had been responsible for three meals a day for her whole family. She hoped her junior schoolmate could give her a chance to try.

Meanwhile, Ye Tian, who had just finished processing the eighty-thousand-year Purple Lightning Python-Snake, received a message from his nephew through a communication talisman, saying he had found him an outer courtyard student on a work-study program to help him with some tasks.

Ye Tian did not take it seriously at all. The inner courtyard cafeteria was so big that never mind one person, even arranging a dozen or so work-study students would not be a problem.

But when the next day came, and he saw the belle of the outer courtyard's Martial Soul Department appear in front of him...

My assistant is actually the aloof campus belle of the outer courtyard? (The first thing to do is uninstall that trashy Rotten Tomato novel app from my phone.)

Ye Tian: Is this right? Little Bai Ran, you're really being so filial you're killing your uncle.

Bai Ran's motive was simply that he felt a spineless guy like Xu Sanshi really did not deserve Jiang Nannan. (Are you sure it's not because the author dislikes Xu Sanshi?)

As for whether his uncle took a liking to Jiang Nannan, that was no longer something he could worry about.

The world of adults was not something children could understand.

"Luckin Coffee, delicious Luckin Coffee. Want a cup?"

"If there's no one, I'm getting off work."

Bai Ran's voice was not very loud, making it clear that he did not have the slightest desire to work overtime.

He had a shattered air about him, like someone who had been forcibly ordered to work by the store manager.

Bai Ran: Wait, I think I'm the boss.

At that thought, Bai Ran stopped even pretending and began packing up, ready to leave the cafeteria and go back to his dorm to sleep at any moment.