LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 55
Chapter 55: Butler X Maid
“I was wondering why you suddenly mentioned the café owner last night.”
“Turns out that part-time job you mentioned is this…”
Ning Chu followed Wen Yang with a helpless expression, while Zhang Shaoqing came along for the fun.
“Don’t want to do it?”
“Of course I do! It’s a few hundred a day! With her few customers, it’s basically free money, why not take it?”
A café could never compete with the bubble tea shop; it wasn’t mainstream among college students. He’d noticed there were usually only two or three customers when passing by, so the café owner being a part-time server was more than enough.
But it also makes one an easy target for rich ladies.
Unless the owner had some weird quirks… well, that could be acceptable~
Crossing the zebra crossing, Ning Chu stopped at the café door, looking at the poster stuck on the glass door.
“Back-to-school season third event… they’ve already done three.”
On the left side of the poster was a boy in a butler outfit, looking like a character from “Black Butler,” elegant and handsome.
On the right was a girl in a short skirt maid outfit; the café owner wore maid outfits every day, so the maid on the poster was quite normal.
It was probably because of this event that she needed two part-time servers.
“Let’s go.”
Without time to examine further, Ning Chu entered the café under Wen Yang’s urging.
At eight in the morning, the café hadn’t opened yet. The owner was busy tidying up tables and chairs. When she saw the three enter, her warm smile greeted them.
“You’re here~”
This nearly thirty-year-old café owner was still in that black and white low-cut short skirt maid outfit, exuding mature charm as she approached: “You two, go change in the back. Have you eaten breakfast? I can make some for you.”
“This guy… here for a part-time job too?”
Zhang Shaoqing waved his hand and casually chose a seat: “No, I’m just here to hang out, bored alone in the dorm.”
“I see~ Just tell the two servers what you want later,” the owner replied with a smile, then noticed the two part-time servers still dazed at the back. “Go change already!”
“Sis, where do we change?” Wen Yang scratched his head, a bit confused.
“I’ll take you two.”
The café seemed small, but when the door next to the counter opened, there was a little storage room, bathroom, and a break room in the back.
The owner led them to the break room. She went in first and retrieved two unopened uniforms, handing them to Wen Yang and Ning Chu, advising: “You have half an hour before opening; today’s event will have plenty of customers, so prepare well. You can leave at nine tonight.”
“That long…?” Ning Chu grumbled.
“Five hundred a day; you both can take ten percent of what you sell…”
“So much?!”
What the heck! Five hundred a day?! Fifteen thousand a month?! Which café pays servers this high?!
Seeing his astonished expression, the owner chuckled, covering her mouth: “But there’s a condition; you have to call the guests ‘Master’ when they come in.”
“……”
Ning Chu fell silent, instinctively turning to Wen Yang for his opinion, but saw Wen Yang’s eyes twinkling with excitement, nodding eagerly to accept the owner’s condition.
“Money-loving…”
He mumbled and nodded in agreement.
“Alright, let’s sign an agreement so you don’t run off halfway through; you need to work at least three days~”
Why so formal?
After signing, as the owner left, Ning Chu pursed his lips and stepped into the break room first.
Inside the break room were only wardrobes and a bed; he locked the door, leaned against it, feeling relieved as he patted his chest.
“Good thing the owner seems normal this time.”
At least she wasn’t like last time, hitting on him and making him nervous, thinking she was some desperate perverted rich lady.
Though she still had a bit of a twisted side, it was somewhat acceptable.
It was just a matter of calling ‘Master,’ right? High salary just meant buying that little pride of his!
He suddenly had a strange sense of déjà vu, feeling like the current situation resembled some plot he’d read in a doujin before.
“Put a magic wand on the girl and have her work at a maid café while occasionally boosting the power… Mmm, how did I not write such a thrilling scenario back then?”
Ning Chu mumbled as he opened the uniform packaging, spreading it out, and in the next moment, his eyes widened.
What lay before him was an identical maid outfit like the one worn by the owner.
“Hiss~ So the owner really is a pervert!”
Thank goodness he didn’t write a magic wand maid plot! Otherwise, this could’ve been happening to him today!
“Ning Chu, hurry up!”
Wen Yang’s voice urged from outside, but Ning Chu burst out of the door, red-faced, pointing at the maid outfit in his hands, demanding: “Why is my set a maid outfit?!”
Wen Yang looked at Ning Chu’s flustered, furious, red face, stunned for a moment before quickly shifting the blame: “I don’t know, why don’t you ask.”
“Owner!”
“What’s wrong, what’s wrong?” The owner rushed in, looking confused, “What’s the urgent matter?”
Ning Chu continued pointing at the maid outfit, fuming: “My uniform!”
“Mm?”
“It’s a maid outfit!”
“Of course.”
“Of course, what?!”
The owner’s smile broadened, joy practically washing over her face as she struggled to hold back laughter: “Otherwise, I’d just pay you five hundred to be a server, right?”
“……”
“I’m done.” Wen Yang pushed open the break room door.
He was dressed in black pants and a black shirt with a white collar underneath, the pure black making his figure look straight and tall, a light smile on his face adding elegance to his already handsome looks.
On a regular day, he already attracted girls’ attention, but now, they were probably drooling.
Ning Chu turned to look, unimpressed as he scoffed.
Why’s he trying so hard to look good! Trying to charm girls?
“Ning Chu, hurry up.” Wen Yang urged again.
“I’m not doing this; it’s just a part-time job, and I have to wear women’s clothing…”
“For work.”
Hearing that righteous tone, Ning Chu suddenly raised his head, staring straight at Wen Yang: “You knew this all along, didn’t you!”
Wen Yang sheepishly scratched the back of his head: “I didn’t know…”
“You little brother~ need to be more dedicated; we agreed on this.” The owner linked her arm through Ning Chu’s shoulder, her perfume wafting to his nose, her voice sultry, “If you leave now, where will I find another server?”
Hiss~ Could you back off a bit?! Bad woman!
“Quick, quick! You wouldn’t want Wen Yang to handle all those customers alone, right?”
“Plus, you signed the agreement.”
The agreement… so that’s what was waiting for him here?
Ning Chu stiffened, being pushed back into the break room.
“If you don’t change into a good outfit, you can’t come out! Don’t forget to wear stockings too!”
This is bad!
He sighed, awkwardly spreading the maid outfit on the bed.
Plopping down, he grimaced, slowly lifting his leg to slip on the sheer black stockings.
For some reason, he felt a bit of excitement creeping in!
No, no! I’m a man! What are you getting excited about?!