"Boss~"
Wearing a Sao Pink apron trimmed with lace, with a heart-shaped cutout at the chest, Tony looked delighted and excited, as though he was about to give Xu Ran a great big bear hug.
"All right, Tony, let's skip the welcome ceremony." Xu Ran pushed away his open arms expressionlessly, then unconsciously wiped his hands on his trousers.
"The Starfire Foster Shop in Cloud-Gathering City is almost due to open. Starting today, I'll be leaving its operations to you for a while."
"No problem, my darling boss~" Unbothered by Xu Ran's resistance, Tony used the momentum of being pushed away to spin in place, then quickly formed a heart with his thumb and forefinger. "I'll do absolutely anything you ask~"
The corner of Xu Ran's mouth twitched slightly. Only after watching Tony disappear on the spot along with the Black-Clothed Man and Green-Skinned Frog behind him did he breathe a small sigh of relief.
He suddenly felt that the two System Clerks who never opened their mouths were rather nice, even if they looked a little strange.
Coming back to his senses, Xu Ran could not help looking around.
Although the interior decor was no different from the Starfire Foster Shop in Cloud-Gathering City, his familiarity with his own shop in Qingzhou City allowed him to sense the difference clearly.
Returning here actually gave him a feeling of coming home that he had never experienced before.
"It really is..." Xu Ran shook his head with a soft chuckle, then gently placed the Alloy Box he had been carrying all along on the counter.
It contained the various monarch-rank resources the Three Little Ones had exchanged for yesterday, delivered early this morning by a powerful member of Cloud-Gathering City's Beast Tamer Association.
During their stay in Qingzhou City, these resources