A Custom-Made Ring

After a comfortable time at the Ilidari Estate, Long Ling returned to the Livo Continent alone.

She asked the mermen to introduce her to a craftsman who specialized in making rings, paid a deposit, and added more money to urge the craftsman to speed up the production.

Then, she returned to her own tavern to wait.

Compared to the snowy world of the Odd Continent, the Livo Continent barely had a few days of light snow, and then it stopped snowing altogether.

If she hadn’t been flipping through the calendar on the table, Long Ling would have even thought that the current weather was still autumn.

Her tavern was doing very well now.

Since the combination of braised dishes and beer became a hit, Long Ling turned the glowing green algae she bought from the mermen into rice balls and added them to the tavern’s menu, making the tavern even more popular than before.

Many customers came and went every day, and the employees were already too busy.

Long Ling hired more staff and rotated them on early and late shifts.

She had discussed living on the Odd Continent with Violet, and the tavern also needed to hire a new manager to help her manage the tavern in the future.

Long Ling told Modai her thoughts.

Modai sighed, “Have you decided to be with Violet? You’re still so young, you can consider marriage a few years later.”

Violet didn’t have much security, and she wanted to make Violet happy every day.

Long Ling’s eyes were firm, “I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. Violet is very good to me, and she’s someone I sincerely like.”

Modai looked at Long Ling’s bright and dazzling eyes and respected her daughter’s thoughts,

“If you live on the Odd Continent often in the future, and the tavern is handed over to someone else to manage, remember to come back and see your mother often.

Your mother will miss you very much.”

Seeing Modai’s eyes turn red as she spoke, Long Ling hugged her mother and comforted her,

“I will definitely come often. If Violet has free time, I will bring her with me.”

When Modai heard that Long Ling was going to bring Violet along, she immediately waved her hand,

“No, I really don’t have anything to talk about with her. It would be awkward if we met.”

Perhaps this was a case of two tigers not being able to share a mountain.

Long Ling had to change the subject, “Christmas is coming soon. Violet said she would bring her grandmother over then.

Are Mom and Mommy free? Our family can spend Christmas together.”

Mentioning Long Ling’s grandmother, Modai opened the floodgates, “Your grandmother must be very happy, living in the Duchess’s estate. The old lady has been bragging about it for half a year.

I’ll go back and ask Shelley. If we’re free on Christmas Day, we’ll go over and be with you.”

Long Ling’s eyes were full of anticipation. Modai had other business to attend to, so she left the tavern first.

Long Ling posted a recruitment notice, one on the door of her tavern and another on the bulletin board in the nearby street.

In less than half a day, several people came to the tavern to apply for the job.

Long Ling talked to them for a while and found that none of them were very suitable.

She could only observe for a period of time.

If she really couldn’t find anyone, she would choose the most suitable one from the current tavern employees to be the manager.

Long Ling sent the applicants away, took a few sips of water to moisten her throat, and suddenly an employee came to find her again.

“Boss, the light in the back kitchen suddenly went out.

Holt accidentally broke a stack of plates just now, there’s only one bar of soap left, and there aren’t enough rags either.”

The tavern didn’t have a manager for the time being, so Long Ling had to arrange these small matters herself.

Long Ling walked to the back kitchen, checked all the current inventory of the tavern, and found a repairman to inspect all the lamps in the tavern and carry out unified repairs.

She also selected Garnis, an employee with the best work attitude, and assigned some tasks to her to observe for a period of time.

Before long, Garnis returned with the purchased items, and the price was similar to the price Long Ling usually purchased at, and she was very considerate in her work.

Long Ling nodded slightly and asked Garnis to study by her side alone.

In fact, running a tavern wasn’t very difficult. As long as you could mobilize and manage other people and keep the tavern running normally, that was enough.

The employees of the tavern were already very familiar with the tavern itself, so getting started shouldn’t be a big problem.

“You can write a management log for me every day.

If you do a good job in the coming period, you can be the manager, and your salary will be tripled.”

Garnis was a demi-human, and when she heard this, her round ears trembled a lot.

If she could earn a lot of money, she could buy many jars of sweet honey and eat them with small round breads, and she could eat until she was full every day.

Garnis straightened her yellow duckbill cap and immediately said, “Boss Long, I will definitely work hard!”

Long Ling looked at the strong bear beast person in front of her, and didn’t know why, but when she was called Boss Long, she felt like she had suddenly aged a lot.

She patted Garnis on the shoulder and encouraged her, “Keep it up!”

Garnis nodded vigorously, recording all the tasks assigned by the boss in her notebook.

Finally having some leisure time, Long Ling walked to the lobby of the tavern, looked around to see if there was anything that needed to be reorganized, and suddenly there was a knock on the door.

It wasn’t the tavern’s normal business hours at this time.

It was six o’clock in the morning, and customers usually came more often at noon or in the evening.

Long Ling walked over and opened the door, and found Annie standing there prettily, holding a small gold-rimmed box in her hand.

As soon as she saw Long Ling, her eyes lit up, and she couldn’t help but happily shouted, “Sister Long Ling!”

At the engagement banquet last time, Long Ling left halfway, feeling guilty and thinking that she would never be able to be friends with Annie again.

Long Ling was a little surprised, “Annie, how did you come here?”

Annie shook the box in her hand and explained to Long Ling,

“I’m here to return the gifts you gave me as compensation. You gave too much, I can’t accept them.

It was originally me who asked you to help, and it’s not your fault.

I know, if Duchess Violet hadn’t come and asked you to leave, you would have fulfilled your promise and completed the engagement ceremony with me.”

Although it was Violet who came to find her, the choice was always on her. She didn’t want Violet to take the blame.

Long Ling knew that Annie had always had some good filters on her, but in fact she wasn’t a very gentle sister.

For the person she liked, she was also a selfish dragon.

Yes, Annie, it was my own choice to leave. I’m really sorry about what happened last time. I should have come to apologize to you in person, but I didn’t know how to face you, so

Annie looked at Long Ling, a trace of hurt flashed in her eyes, and she quickly recovered her usual sunshine, “It doesn’t matter, anyway, the problem is solved.

No matter what, I still have to thank Duchess Violet. My mother won’t let me find an Alpha to marry right away.”

She put her hands on her hips, full of energy, “I’m so rich now, I can support many young and beautiful Alphas. I can choose whatever I want.

My eldest sister and second sister were always bossy at home, ordering me to do things like a little maid. Now they all have to please me!”

Long Ling’s eyes were dyed with a smile, “That’s good.”

Long Ling’s smile was brighter than the spring sunshine, and Annie’s heart couldn’t help but throb again.

Now she had suddenly become rich and could choose many types of Alphas, but Long Ling’s type of Alpha was very rare.

She felt most comfortable when she was with Long Ling, and she didn’t have to pretend to be a lady.

Annie accepted the territory given by Violet, and the resources were very good, so she didn’t want to think about Sister Long Ling anymore.

On the way here, her mother had told her a hundred times, and her ears were almost calloused.

She only needed to return the apology gift.

If she could reject the conditions offered by Violet, maybe…

Annie didn’t continue to think about it, returned the box to Long Ling, and said softly,

“I’m returning this apology gift to you, Sister Long Ling. In the future, we can still play beach volleyball together.”

Long Ling looked at the box that Annie handed over, and then looked at her eyes, and took the box into her hands.

The box was heavy, filled with the gold coins she had given to Annie before.

Long Ling smiled, “I recently launched a few new dishes in the tavern, including braised goose and soy beef, and rice balls made of glowing seaweed. Come in and try them.”

Annie walked with light steps, followed behind Long Ling, and said happily, “I’m just hungry.”

They entered the store together, and Long Ling arranged for Annie to sit in the best position, poured her a glass of the store’s best-selling rum, and Annie added some ice cubes.

Long Ling brought out the heated braised meat from the back kitchen, one of each, filling the entire table.

When these dishes were brought up, they were still steaming. As soon as Annie smelled the aroma, she couldn’t help but exclaimed, “Wow, Sister Long Ling, so this braised goose is what you sell!”

Long Ling sat opposite her, raising her eyebrows slightly, “Sounds like you’ve already eaten it?”

Annie said happily, “Yes, someone sent me a copy. I tasted it and it was delicious. I was still thinking about where to buy it. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, and I finally got it!”

Long Ling said softly, “If you like to eat it, I can pack some for you to take with you on the road when you leave.”

Annie happily said, “Sister Long Ling, you are so nice to me, hehe, I will bring people to patronize your tavern often in the future.”

Long Ling supported her chin with her hand, smiling and pushing the food to Annie,

“Okay, you are welcome at any time. If you think it’s delicious, eat more.”

Annie picked up a knife and fork and couldn’t wait to eat.

Long Ling looked at Annie eating with relish, and couldn’t help but think of Violet, wondering if Violet was eating well at home.

When she was by Violet’s side, Violet had a good appetite and could eat more.

The engagement ring hadn’t been made yet, and she couldn’t go back immediately.

Long Ling couldn’t help but worry about Violet’s health.

Long Ling and Annie were having breakfast together in the tavern, and the dragon guards hiding in the secret places in the shadows recorded it with a magic communication crystal.

After a day of work, Violet wanted to see what her little strawberry dragon was doing.

She picked up the magic communication crystal on the table and accidentally saw the scene of Long Ling chatting happily with another Omega.

The little strawberry dragon told her to go back to take care of the tavern business, and it had only been a few days of peace.

How did she run into Annie again?