CHAPTER 743: CHAPTER 740: GHOSTS FRIGHTEN PEOPLE

Apricot left, and so did Plum.

Only Dou Dou and Duoduo were left in the store.

You look at me, I look at you.

"Are you going back?" ×2

The two asked each other in unison, and Lin Jianming and his wife found it amusing and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"If there’s nothing to do, just stay here and play." Song Qingwei said.

"Are you inviting me?" Dou Dou asked excitedly, looking toward Song Qingwei.

Song Qingwei was taken aback by the question, just about to answer when Duoduo quickly stood in front of her, and said to Dou Dou, "No way, you should go back quickly."

"You’re so petty." Dou Dou squinted at her.

Song Qingwei crouched down, smiling as she hugged Duoduo to her chest, then said to Dou Dou standing opposite, "Don’t listen to Duoduo’s nonsense. You are good friends, you should get along well and not quarrel."

"We’re not quarreling." Duoduo quickly defended.

"Alright, you two play now. You can play hide-and-seek in the store, host guests, or go play on the beach opposite..."

Children’s matters are best resolved by children themselves; Song Qingwei stays out of it.

"Host guests?" Dou Dou, upon hearing this, became very interested.

In the past, at home, she’d often line up her toys and pretend to be the shop owner while having her parents act as customers buying things.

For this, Jiang Wenxin even bought a lot of play money for teaching purposes, specifically for making transactions, taking the opportunity to teach Dou Dou how to recognize monetary values and do some simple calculations.

So now that Dou Dou heard what Song Qingwei said, she naturally got interested and immediately ran to the shop entrance to see if there were any customers coming in.

Duoduo, seeing this, also quickly followed.

However, it was just an ordinary small shop, with not many customers coming by, though the surrounding hotels and the fact that the coastline was a tourist attraction nearby did mean many passersby.

Dou Dou looked left and right, seeing no one coming, got anxious; how could this be?

She began to showcase what she believed to be her superb customer-attracting skills.

"Oh my, miss, it’s so hot today, would you like to buy a drink and have a refreshing sip..."

"Oh my, grandpa, you’re walking so slowly, did you not eat well? Would you like to buy something delicious from my shop..."

"Auntie, you’re so pretty, you look like my mom, the sun will tan you, come rest in the shop and browse around..."

"Oh my, handsome guy, you look fantastic, would you like some spicy strips? We have delicious spicy strips in my shop..."

"Grandma, you look so kind; I’m so pitiful. If you don’t buy anything, grandpa and grandma will scold me, boo hoo... I’m such a poor thing..."

...

It must be said, this move by Dou Dou was truly effective. Although not everyone would be drawn in by her, quite a few groups entered after a short while. Even though they just bought a bottle of water or some snacks, they were still transactions.

Lin Jianming and his wife laughed merrily but then stopped laughing and quickly explained to others that they were not mistreating the children.

Duoduo, annoyed, immediately tried to pull Dou Dou away, not wanting her to continue making things up.

But unexpectedly, because of their quarrel, more tourists gathered to watch.

Some people naturally came into the store to browse, and since the shop’s products were quite unique, many people ended up buying something, which led to more business.

"Dou Dou, you’re the hero today! Thanks to you, our business improved a lot today."

During a break, Song Qingwei expressed her gratitude to Dou Dou, although the fabricated stories had caused some trouble.

"Of course, I’m a top-notch salesperson; my parents have praised me for it."

After saying that, she gave Duoduo a sideways glance and teased her: "Not like big sister, just sitting there like a little dog that doesn’t bark."

Lin Jianming and his wife wanted to laugh at this.

Because Dou Dou wasn’t wrong; Duoduo always sat on the threshold, blankly watching people go by, like a fortune cat that couldn’t bring in money.

"You little rascal."

Duoduo, at a loss for words, didn’t want to talk to her anymore, ran back to sit on the threshold sulking, but the more she thought about it, the angrier she got, returning to point at Dou Dou, uttering a string of incomprehensible words, almost turning into Tang Tang.

Lin Jianming and his wife were amused by this and burst out laughing.

Song Qingwei took out Dou Dou’s beach tools stored at the shop and led the two of them to the beach opposite, letting them play with sand to avoid any more arguing.

The beach was bustling with tourists, mostly from inland, so they were filled with curiosity about the sea, walking barefoot on the sand to feel the waves wash over their feet, taking photos, collecting shells, digging sand pits, all with joyful smiles on their faces.

There weren’t many children because it wasn’t summer or winter break yet, just a couple, too young to even be of kindergarten age, so Duoduo and Dou Dou naturally had no interest in chitchatting.

But just because they weren’t interested in chatting with others didn’t mean others weren’t interested in them.

The two little ones had just dug a small sandpit when a couple of curious college students approached.

"How old are you both?"

"You’re both so cute, what’s your name?"

"Who are you here with? How come it’s just the two of you?"

"Where are your adults? Just the two of you, aren’t you afraid of encountering bad people?"

...

The one speaking was a round-faced girl with two small dimples on her cheeks, looking sweet and innocent like the girl next door.

The other was a long-faced girl who didn’t talk much, with prominent features and quite pretty, though her makeup was too heavy, making her appear slightly unnatural. She was constantly taking selfies, perhaps the makeup was for this purpose.

"You can’t take photos of us." Dou Dou looked up to remind.

She meant well, afraid of startling the other.

"Oh, a bit of a temper, don’t think you’re hot stuff just because you’re cute. I’m pretty too, and I only take pictures of myself." The long-faced girl said.

These two were none other than Shen Shiyun and Liu Xueyi, whom Shen Siyuan had encountered at the Longmen Grottoes.

Both were in their final year of university and meant to start internships, but since their families were relatively well off, they decided to have fun first and think about it after the New Year.

Now that it was winter, with the north being cold, the south naturally became their primary choice.

Liu Xueyi hadn’t planned to take photos of the little ones, but Dou Dou’s comment piqued her interest.

Seeing how adorable they were, she turned the phone camera on them.

But she was immediately shocked, finding nothing of the two girls in the lens.

She quickly thought there was an issue with her phone, so she moved slightly, and Shen Shiyun appeared in the frame.

At this moment, a chill ran up Liu Xueyi’s spine, and a cold sweat covered her back; she slowly lowered her gaze to the shadows on the ground and realized that the two girls in front of her had no shadows at all.

In that instant, even under the blazing midday sun, Liu Xueyi felt surrounded by chilliness.

Meanwhile, Shen Shiyun continued to cheerily interact with the children.