Dragon Raja: I practiced Naruto ninjutsu next to Lu Mingfei.

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Unless, sell it to people from other places... that's one way to go!

"I'm lucky today, let's try three more draws." After saying that, Gu Ran took out more money and went to the other figurine lottery. After the draw, he found that he had drawn only A and S prizes!

Upon seeing this, the boss immediately realized that he had encountered a tough opponent today. He also recalled the incident when Gu Ran asked about the incorrect number of the prize pool and immediately concluded that the other party was giving him a warning.

The boss was a shrewd and pragmatic person. He immediately took out all the prizes that Gu Ran had won without a single complaint.

He also took out the final prize Gundam set that Gu Ran had won earlier, gave it to Gu Ran, and whispered:

"Uh... here, um, it was my fault, I did something wrong, I'm sorry, I, I won't dare to do it again next time, please be lenient and give me some food."

Gu Ran said expressionlessly, "I'll let you off the hook for now, but I'll be coming here often. If I find out you're cheating again... then I'll have to find a team to come here every weekend to participate in the lottery. If I win the lottery, your store won't dare to hold any more lottery events."

"Yes, yes, I won't do it again, I promise I won't do it again, I'll never dare to do it again!" The boss was sweating profusely, and then immediately asked an employee to help Gu Ran pack her things, and also asked the employee to help take the things to the parking lot.

In the car, Gu Ran drove home this time. Liu Miaomiao, sitting in the back seat, said with some dissatisfaction, "Are we just going to let him off like that? I smoked quite a lot at that store. No wonder I haven't won the A prize yet. Turns out he was hiding tickets. How despicable!"

She wasn't a stupid girl, and she had overheard what the boss had whispered to Gu Ran.

“It would be too ugly for us to confront him in the street, I don’t want to do that.” Gu Ran smiled. “Of course, I don’t intend to let him off so easily either.”

Su Xiaoqiang knew that Gu Ran was always very resourceful; if he wanted to mess with someone, he would definitely find a way to make things chaotic for them.

Since he won't say, we'll just wait and see.

*……*……*

A short while later, the three returned home. Gu Ran pushed the luggage and carried Liu Miaomiao and his own figurines into the house. As soon as he entered, he saw a figurine of Hirasawa Yui holding a guitar on the entryway cabinet.

Further inside, more and more figurines appeared, including those from Fruits Basket, YuruYuri, and Lucky Star.

"What's going on? Has the good girl moved in?" Gu Ran asked Su Xiaoqiang from the living room.

Meanwhile, Liu Miaomiao was excitedly unpacking the box with a utility knife, preparing to admire the figurines she had bought...

Although Gu Ran had previously discovered that Liu Miaomiao loved reading otome manga, he never expected her to become a fan of anime and manga, let alone a hardcore otaku.

"Her standards are too high, she can't find a boyfriend, and she finds reality too boring, so she joined the world of anime and manga..." Su Xiaoqiang pointed to an electronic keyboard on the balcony, "See that keyboard? It's the same model as Kotobuki Tsumugi's. She specially asked someone to buy it from Japan. She even wants me to learn bass!"

Gu Ran looked at the figurines on the living room; they were all either otome or light yuri.

He said, "Well, being a homebody is pretty good too. I know a trader on Wall Street who is worth tens of billions and likes to read romance light novels."

"Is it that Su Enxi?" Su Xiaoqiang pulled Gu Ran aside and asked.

"You've met her before?" Gu Ran was taken aback. She didn't recall ever meeting her before.

“We had a transfer from Wall Street to our company before, and the account that sent the money was in her name.” Su Xiaoqiang pouted slightly. “Just from her name, you can tell she must be very good-looking.”

"Indeed," Gu Ran nodded, stating the facts.

Chapter 547 Monday is missing?

When Su Xiaoqiang heard Gu Ran praising another woman in front of her, she immediately turned around and glared at him.

Her alluring eyes widened, and she poked his chest with her finger.

"You'd better give me a clear and detailed explanation!" she said, emphasizing each word.

“Su Enxi is indeed quite pretty!” Gu Ran said, feigning innocence. “Maybe it’s because I feel a sense of familiarity with her. Every time I see a girl with the surname Su, I think of you, so I’ve come to think that every girl with the surname Su in the world is both pretty and cute.”

Hearing this, Su Xiaoqiang smiled, reached out and pinched his cheek, giving him a disgruntled look.

Gu Ran smiled and reached out to hug her slender waist, a mischievous and triumphant expression on his face.

Su Xiaoqiang looked at him with affection and wrapped her arms around his neck.

The two locked eyes and their lips drew closer... but were interrupted at the last moment by a small light bulb.

"You two, could you please get me, a single dog, some food?" Liu Miaomiao said while unpacking the box. "I'm already pitiful enough staying at your place all by myself... and I don't even have dinner tonight, waaaaaah..."

Finally, she pitifully faked a few sobs.

Su Xiaoqiang gave Gu Ran a wink, and Gu Ran immediately understood and went to prepare dinner.

Then she went over to help Liu Miaomiao unpack the box and coaxed her best friend.

"Alright, alright, this is your home too, and you're the owner of this place. How can you say you're just staying here?" Su Xiaoqiang said.

“Ah, a lofty soul wandering in the mortal world needs no place to depend on.” Liu Miaomiao quoted a famous line from “Oregairu”.

Gu Ran chimed in from the side: "So, that means wandering ghosts don't need graves!"

"Tsk!" Liu Miaomiao clicked her tongue, glared at Gu Ran, and then looked at Su Xiaoqiang. "Look at him, he's been talking nonsense ever since he got back!"

"Apologize now." Su Xiaoqiang glared at Gu Ran.

"Okay, okay, I apologize," Gu Ran said. "I saw the Sichuan restaurant downstairs, and the food looks pretty fresh, all made with ingredients from that day, not frozen products that have been frozen for two years. How about we have braised pork intestines and blood curd for dinner tonight?"

Su Xiaoqiang and Liu Miaomiao had no objections, so Gu Ran called the Sichuan restaurant and asked the owner to buy a watermelon for dessert.

Currently, food delivery platforms are only being promoted on campuses and have not yet been rolled out to other areas. It will take some time before they can cover Shanghai.

Therefore, most restaurants now offer their own delivery service. They cater to local residents and deliver to their door, providing restaurant tableware instead of using takeout containers.

Of course, this is something only local residents can do; that's how business with acquaintances comes about.

Gu Ran rinsed the rice and steamed it, then helped Liu Miaomiao unpack the box while chatting with the two of them.

Liu Miaomiao asked, "Are you really not inviting any outsiders to your engagement?"

Gu Ran seemed to see through her thoughts: "Do you want me to invite Senior Brother Chu?"

"Oh? Senior Brother Chu!" Liu Miaomiao seemed surprised to hear Chu Zihang's name, and asked casually, "He should have graduated from university this year, right? Will he stay abroad afterward? Or will he... come back to China to develop his career?"

Hehe, you proud little sister, if you didn't care, you wouldn't ask so many questions at once.

“Senior Brother Chu has decided to go to a research institute in Northern Europe to continue his research on prehistoric reptiles,” Gu Ran said. “He should come back for a while this summer.”

“Oh… Scandinavia…” Liu Miaomiao seemed a little disappointed. She poked the head of the figurine Enma Ai with her slender fingertips and thought to herself, Scandinavia is too far away, it’s almost on the other side of the earth.

“Sometimes, the distance between people is farther than the distance between people and dogs,” Gu Ran said leisurely.

"Tsk!" Liu Miaomiao glared at him again. "You're the puppy!"

About half an hour later, the Sichuan restaurant brought out a large plate of braised pork intestines and blood curd, along with a big watermelon, and very generously waived the money.

As any business owner knows, the most important thing in doing business is to build a good reputation and avoid confrontation with customers; that's a very foolish thing to do.

*……*……*

Two days later, one morning, the owner of the figurine shop woke up groggily.

The owner is in his thirties. A few years ago, he discovered the huge consumer market for anime and manga in Shanghai. He rented a shop to sell anime and manga items such as figurines, blind boxes, models, and toys. Over the years, he has made a decent living in Shanghai.

Making money in the world of anime and manga is so easy. Take lotteries, for example. In Japan, a single lottery draw costs about 30 to 40 RMB, but in China, the price rises to 60 to 80 RMB. And even at such a high price, people still come to try their luck.

So even if he were to run a legitimate business, he could still make money from these lotteries.

But who wouldn't want to make more money? So he had a crooked idea: he picked out all the big prizes and then sold them to third-party collectors.

This way, you can earn an extra sum of money.

He was always pleased with this little trick, and had been doing it for three or four years.

However, a few days ago a boy caught him doing something wrong, so he had no choice but to back down for now and deal with it later.

He previously made a net profit of nearly several hundred thousand yuan using this trick. The profit margin for these anime and manga items is that high. He even knows a boss who made his fortune selling Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.

After getting up, the boss washed his face and brushed his teeth. He yawned and felt a little tired, as if he had done something very tiring yesterday.

This boss still lives alone. He is not from Shanghai. Now, non-locals are subject to purchase restrictions in Shanghai. Fortunately, he has accumulated enough points in Shanghai over the years. However, housing prices have been rising, and he doesn't know if they will fall.

He simply couldn't afford such high housing prices, so he planned to buy a house back in his hometown and also get married there.

With his current resources, he owns a shop in Shanghai and has several hundred thousand yuan in savings. He could easily afford to buy a house in his hometown, a small county.

Alternatively, if his business can last, it wouldn't be out of the question to take out a loan to buy a property in the suburbs of Shanghai.

Or... buying a set on Chongming Island would be a good idea.

At nine o'clock in the morning, he went to the underground mall to open his shop as usual, and the shop assistants were already there.

The shop assistant is a young woman in her early twenties, a local, a vocational school graduate, of average appearance, slightly chubby, but with very fair skin.

The boss had feelings for her, mainly because she had local residency. If he married her, his children could also register their residency there, and after a certain number of years, he could also register his own residency there.

When the shop assistant saw the boss come in, she immediately greeted him and then asked him in surprise, "Boss, I never expected you to do such a good deed! You're such a kind person!"

"Huh?" The boss looked completely bewildered. "How did I become a good person?"

He hasn't even started pursuing that girl yet, and he's already been friend-zoned?

The young woman smiled and said, "Boss, it's so kind of you to do a good deed without leaving your name! But if you're not coming to the store in the future, could you please let me know in advance so I can go to the warehouse and bring more goods to the store? Otherwise, I'll be busy managing the store and restocking all by myself."

"Huh? When did I not come to the store?"

"You weren't here all day yesterday, why are you asking this when you already know the answer!"

After saying that, the girl went to the shelves to check the goods, and then went to the warehouse to get more stock.

The boss's eyes widened. Why couldn't he understand human speech today?

He took out his flip phone and glanced at it, only to find that the date on it was Tuesday.

Huh?

Isn't today Monday?

How did it become Tuesday?

He clearly remembered that yesterday was Sunday night, but when he woke up it was Tuesday?

What about Monday?

He thought he had misread it, so he checked the time on the computer in the store, and it was Tuesday.

He still didn't believe it, so he went to the watch shop to take a look. The electronic time there was also Tuesday... and the radio in the watch shop was even chiming the time.

"Tuesday, 10:00 AM, China Time!"

That way, the boss has nothing to question; today is indeed Tuesday.

What about Monday?

Where did you go on Monday?