"..?"
After listening to his words, Caroline was stunned.
The words that she had been holding back were suddenly stuck in her throat.
She didn't know whether to spit it out or swallow it. It was also uncomfortable to hold it.
It was very uncomfortable.
'Next time? Does this mean that I've been rejected?'
Caroline found it hard to accept.
After all, she had worked in the office for about two to three years.
This was the first time she had met an adventurer who rejected her so bluntly.
Especially a male…
Caroline had always been very confident of her image.
After all, before this, many people had commented on her, saying that she had a beautiful face and a sweet voice.
Many adventurers who had come to do business in a bad mood and walked into the hall with a sour expression on his face...
After finishing their business with Caroline, when they went out, they looked happy.
For this reason, Caroline even received the title of "Most Popular Clerk of the Year" from the Gran Town Hero Association.
But now, she was actually directly rejected by this ordinary, newbie male player?
Caroline was still frozen in place. By the time she reacted, she saw Lu Qingge standing up from her desk.
He turned around and walked towards the door.
"Hey! Mr, Mr Lu!"
Caroline couldn't care less about her image and rules.
If not for this 'Customer Rating', she had no way to prove that she was the one who recommended him.
This was a live and active KPI for the entire industry!
It was like a big fish that had been hooked after pulling for an entire day. How could she let it go so easily?
The other adventurers in the hall were shocked. They all looked towards the source of the voice. They saw the female clerk in a formal dress walk out from behind her desk in her high heels.
She walked quickly. She was a little anxious and a little embarrassed as she chased after a young man.
"Mr Lu!"
Caroline stopped Lu Qingge and said with a bitter smile, "I'm sorry, I'm really counting on you!"
"This is really important to me!"
Looking at the female clerk who looked a little pitiful, Lu Qingge scratched the side of his face and said awkwardly, "Miss Caroline, it's not that I don't want to help you. It's just that this evaluation survey of yours seems to be a little troublesome."
"I've already arranged for strength training tonight. If I were three minutes late, I wouldn't be able to make it on time."
After listening to these words, Caroline fell silent.
A "?" appeared on her face.
'Three minutes…? Good heavens. Can you think of a more reliable reason?'
Was there any difference between this and "My phone's battery is at 99%, it's time to go home and charge it"?
At this moment, Caroline understood everything.
"As expected... It must be because I didn't treat him well enough before."
A strong sense of regret welled up in Caroline's heart.
She suddenly remembered what the master had told her before.
Treat every customer with sincerity and patience, regardless of whether the other party is poor or noble.
"Master is right."
"It's just that I didn't think about it. In the end, I still became a shallow person who judged people by their appearances."
"Actually, the impatience I tried to hide has already been seen by him. But he never pointed it out. Instead, he always treated people with a smile. But in fact, he's been quite dissatisfied with me for a long time."
She thought silently. Caroline's smile became even more bitter. She took a deep breath and looked up at Lu Qingge.
Her eyes were sincere and sincere as she said,
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Lu. I apologize for what happened before. But I sincerely ask you to help. I'm willing to compensate you to the greatest extent within my means."
Lu Qingge was speechless.
What the hell…
What happened before?
What was it?
He couldn't understand what Caroline meant at all.
At this moment, Lu Qingge only had one thought in his mind.
'If I don't go home now, it'll be late for strength training!'
If there was nothing necessary or meaningful to do.
It was important to complete the plan on time.
Self-discipline and persistence were things that could only be done zero or countless times.
As long as he slacked off once, it would be easy for him to slack off twice, thrice, and countless times!
Damn it!
This kind of thing was too terrifying just thinking about it!
Therefore, in order to prevent such a thing from happening, even though it was just a small matter, Lu Qingge could only choose to refuse.
And to be honest... Actually, Lu Qingge didn't have a deep impression of Caroline.
The only thought in his mind was that…
This woman's hands and feet were quite agile, and her speed of doing business was also relatively fast.
Normally, it would not delay his jungling and training time.
Therefore, he was more willing to do business with Caroline.
However, he was really a little slow today. It almost messed up his training plan.
Thus, Lu Qingge had rejected Caroline's plea without hesitation.
However! This woman seemed to have mentioned something just now.
'Compensation?'
'You should have said so earlier!'
'If you say this, then I won't be hesitant anymore…'
After some thoughts appeared in his mind, a smile appeared on Lu Qingge's face. "You said just now that you'll give any kind of compensation ?"
Caroline froze. Her legs, which were wrapped in stockings, unconsciously tightened.
...
Two minutes later.
"Uh..."
"Mr. Lu. So you mean... You just want to apply for an individual business license?"
In front of the work station, Caroline, who was slightly relieved, looked at Lu Qingge and asked in surprise.
"Yes. Is that not okay? Then forget it."
Lu Qingge got up and wanted to leave.
"Wait!"
"Yes, Mr. Lu!"
Caroline exclaimed.
She looked at the strange gazes of the players around her. Caroline wanted to cry.
Did this guy have to be so anxious?
The so-called "individual business license" was actually a type of document issued by the Hero Association.
With this document, individual adventurers could stay within the [Urban Area] and reasonably and legally open a shop for free trade, also commonly known as "stall setting".
And if there was no license for small businesses and hawkers, they could only take advantage of the time when the city management was not around, or go to some relatively remote neighborhoods to set up stalls.
But it was not very easy to get this license.
It wasn't that the difficulty was too high, but that the process in the middle was a little cumbersome.
In Gran Town.
Many people who wanted to start a small business went to apply for a permit.
Under normal circumstances, it would take a few months to half a year.
Only then did they manage to get the approval.
This was a pain in the *ss.
But if...
If you could establish a good relationship with the people in the association, then this is not a difficult problem.
Therefore, after thinking about this, since Caroline said that she would compensate him, Lu Qingge naturally couldn't be bothered to stand on ceremony.
But this was not what surprised her. What she found strange was…
This guy usually paid no attention to the outside world and focused on farming until he died.
All of a sudden, he needed a business license. Why?