Debut Day

Today, Qiu Feifei and Li Xiaodie took advantage of the ongoing holiday at Beizhou Academy to visit the Friendly Mall for a change of scenery.

They had learned from the school’s announcement that Senior Eve, who had gone to Changkong City for practical combat training, had actually passed away.

Both Qiu Feifei and Li Xiaodie were exceptionally shocked.

From Eve’s death and the vampire raid on the Northern Border Defense City, they had finally experienced firsthand the cruelty of war with the vampires.

“Why are so many people gathered over here?”

While wandering through the Friendly Mall, Qiu Feifei suddenly noticed a crowd of customers on the third floor, surrounding a spot so densely that it was impenetrable.

Having frequented the Friendly Mall, both of them knew that this was originally just an ordinary cosmetics counter.

The brand wasn’t famous enough to attract such a large crowd.

“Let’s go take a look.”

In any case, the two of them were out to clear their minds and had no other destination in mind.

Since this place was so lively, there was no harm in staying to see what was happening.

After agreeing, the two of them squeezed their way into the crowd.

“This girl is so beautiful! Is she a celebrity? Why haven’t I seen her online?”

“Superhumans are generally very good-looking. She must be a superhuman, right?”

As they pushed their way into the crowd, they listened to the discussions around them and pieced together a general idea of the situation.

There was an exceptionally beautiful girl here who had caused the customers on site to stop in their tracks, leading to the place becoming jam-packed.

The words of the crowd piqued their curiosity.

Just how beautiful was this girl?

Because both of them were superhumans, they had seen far too many beautiful faces.

…Xiao Ran-meimei, that level of heavenly beauty was what truly counted as beautiful.

After much effort squeezing through the surrounding crowd, Qiu Feifei and Li Xiaodie finally found a spot where they could see clearly.

The shop assistants who had initially surrounded Su Ran had now become her line of defense, preventing the excited crowd from rushing forward all at once.

And Qiu Feifei and Li Xiaodie were just outside this human wall of shop assistants, observing the girl who was generously displaying her smooth, flawless back to everyone.

‘If one could place a couple of fire cups on it, it would be a textbook-level model.’

Upon seeing the girl’s perfectly proportioned back, Qiu Feifei’s hands suddenly itched with the desire to go and discuss with her whether she could perform cupping on her.

Seeing the light in her friend’s eyes, Li Xiaodie at her side knew that her hands must be itching again.

She quickly tugged at the corner of her clothes, reminding her to be mindful of her conduct.

And just at that moment, the girl with her back to them turned around.

Seeing the girl’s face clearly, both of them were greatly astonished, exclaiming in unison.

“Xiao Ran!”

As Su Ran faced the surging crowd before her, trying to keep these curious customers calm, she was also looking for an opportunity to slip away from the scene.

Just as she was about to turn and leave, to head back to the shop, she suddenly heard two rather familiar voices call out the name “Xiao Ran.”

The name Xiao Ran was one she had chosen for herself to be a play-along.

She never thought fate would play such a trick, and now she truly had become Su Ran.

Only two people knew her by that name.

Su Ran looked towards the source of the voices and saw a rich and generous young lady, and another relatively less generous young lady, looking at her with astonishment.

“Are they acquaintances of yours?”

When Qiu Feifei and Li Xiaodie approached, Winnie had already sensed the magic essence fluctuations from them.

But it had little to do with her, and there was no obvious malice in their auras, so Winnie didn’t pay it much mind.

“I’m a play-along for Narukami, and they’re my clients.”

Su Ran briefly explained to Winnie how she had met the two of them.

“Clients from your play-along service can also be developed into customers for the Sakura Cafe.”

Speaking of which, Winnie seemed to remember something.

“Since they’ve already called out your nickname, now is a good opportunity.”

“What good opportunity?”

Su Ran didn’t quite understand what Winnie meant.

“A good opportunity, of course.”

Leaving a meaningful smile in her wake, Winnie walked to the center of the crowd.

“Everyone!”

Hearing Winnie’s words, the voices of the onlookers quieted down as they silently watched Winnie, wanting to hear what she had to say.

“I believe everyone has met Xiao Ran. Next week at the Sakura Cafe will be Xiao Ran’s debut day. Please remember to come and show your support.”

Winnie’s words, after the customers who didn’t know about the Sakura Cafe learned what it was, caused a wave of reactions to rise and fall throughout the scene.

This included the shrieks of female customers and the wails of male customers.

After all, the Sakura Cafe was a maid cafe that catered exclusively to women.

Upon learning this news, the male customers who had been fantasizing about hearing Su Ran call them ‘Master’ were instantly shattered on the spot.

“Manager, what are you doing, Manager! What is this ‘debut day’ you’re talking about?”

After Winnie finished her announcement, Su Ran pulled her aside and hurriedly asked, as she knew nothing about any ‘debut day’.

“The first day a new employee at our Sakura Cafe appears is their debut day. It’s specially designed to let you present yourselves to the customers, giving them a chance to compete with each other for your company. If someone takes a liking to you, the number of customers requesting you will increase in the future.”

Winnie patiently explained to Su Ran.

“And you just mentioned being a Narukami play-along yourself, which means your skills are up to par. It’s no problem for the Sakura Cafe to set up a special Narukami play-along service just for you.”

“That’s not…”

Just as Su Ran was about to object, Qiu Feifei and Li Xiaodie had already arrived by her side.

Winnie took a step back, leaving the scene to the two of them, and found a corner for herself.

‘Regarding Su Ran’s debut day, I’ll still have to hear Her Highness’s thoughts.’

‘After all, no matter what, the first session on Su Ran’s debut day definitely belongs to Her Highness.’

‘Even if Her Highness is far away in the imperial city, communication hasn’t been cut off, and her words can still be conveyed.’

“Xiao Ran, I never expected to meet you offline here. Are you planning to quit being a play-along and become a maid instead?”

Listening to the familiar voice, Su Ran could already tell that the rich and generous person before her was Qiuqiu-jie.

This was a difficult question for Su Ran to answer.

After all, the reason she became a play-along was to top-up in the Witch Game, and she joined the Sakura Cafe because she could earn more.

Judging from the recent seclusion packages, the amount of money needed for the Witch Game was gradually increasing.

Relying solely on being a play-along might not be enough to cover her top-up amounts.

“It was sort of a coincidence that I ended up joining the Sakura Cafe.”

Su Ran struggled for a long time before squeezing out a sentence.

“Since it’s Xiao Ran, we have no reason not to come on your debut day.”

Upon hearing the nature of the Sakura Cafe, Li Xiaodie’s eyes instantly lit up.

She had already made up her mind that the chance for the first session absolutely could not go to anyone else.

At most, she would share it with Qiu Feifei.