As soon as the three children saw the two "Stelles" standing behind the booth, their eyes lit up instantly.
Especially Lyle, who immediately broke away from the originally orderly formation and凑 (còu - moved close) to the booth in a few steps, rubbing his hands familiarly, with a big smile on his face.
"Wow! It's really the Stelle sisters! I knew the style of this booth setup looked familiar! It's just like your... uh... home... home..."
Lyle's expression gradually twisted, and Sora beside him sighed softly.
"It's Hmoe Random Play... which means Homu Random Play..." Sora reminded him helplessly, "If Lyle studied properly usually, he would definitely be able to read it."
"Oh~" Natasha's long drawn-out tone came faintly.
"Aiya! I just didn't remember the name! It's not that I can't read it!" Lyle was terrified!! "I just have a bad memory! Yes, just a bad memory!"
Shu was stunned for a moment, then remembered their brief encounter at the breakfast shop before.
Mmm... he clearly remembers a meeting that only happened once, but can't remember two English words?
A smile naturally appeared on his face: "It's you guys, everyone from the Bunny Team, and Teacher Natasha, long time no see."
The phrase "Bunny Team" made Lyle nod with great satisfaction, and even the poker-faced Adam smiled. Even Sora didn't say anything, just deliberately turned her head and looked at Project Bunny shyly.
Immediately, Lyle lowered his voice again, with a hint of complaining and showing off.
"Stelle sisters, let me tell you, if it weren't for Natasha the old wit... uh, Teacher Natasha watching us too closely and packing our schedule, I would have sneaked out to support your shop long ago! Even if I had to skip class!"
He thought his voice was very quiet, but he didn't expect Natasha's ears to be very sharp.
"Lyle~" Natasha's voice drifted over again, not too loud and not too quiet, but this distance made Lyle's heart go cold.
"Regarding skipping classes and certain impolite forms of address, we can have a good discussion about the adjustment of the Bunny Team's training plan when we get back."
Lyle shrank his neck. Just as he wanted to open his mouth to argue something, Adam beside him pounced on him and put him in a headlock.
"My training just ended with great difficulty, Lyle!!"
"Best friend! It's just a joke! A joke! Teacher is joking with us!! Best friend! I can't breathe!!"
Natasha hummed noncommittally, her gaze turning to the Kiana merchandise on the booth, a trace of appreciation flashing in her eyes: "Did you make these? Very exquisite."
Lyle, who had broken free from Adam's chokehold, was soon attracted by the exquisite figures again, a seamless transition.
He lay on the glass counter, his eyes shining.
"Wow! This figure of Senior Kiana is so cool! This standee is also beautiful! If only Teacher Natasha could have such merchandise..." He muttered softly, his face full of longing.
Adam, who was still a bit indignant, also came over, "I heard that these figures seem to be made by the 'Stelle' sisters... I wonder if you can make one for Teacher too?"
Lyle suddenly reacted.
"That's right! The Stelle sisters made them!" He immediately turned around and looked at Shu with sparkling eyes, "Stelle sister! Can you make a figure for Teacher Natasha too? I can use my allowance! And my New Year's money!"
Adam mercilessly dismantled the stage from the side.
"It's not even New Year yet, where did you get New Year's money? And... according to last week's financial settlement, your allowance has been deducted by Teacher Natasha until three months later."
Sora also covered her mouth and chuckled, gently delivering the final blow.
"Not only New Year's money, there's actually no allowance either, Lyle. You are currently in a state of financial deficit."
A bolt from the blue!!
Lyle petrified instantly.
He pointed at Adam and Sora, trying to counterattack in annoyance: "You, you guys!"
Damn it... since it's come to this... no one is going to have a good time!
"Adam, aren't you secretly saving money to buy that super expensive tactical visor model!
"Sister Sora, you're also saving money, wanting to buy new books for everyone in the orphanage! Woo, everyone obviously has no money, I just made the same mistake as everyone else!"
Adam didn't change his expression, "But I do have savings."
He took out his communicator, pulled up the personal account balance interface, and shook it in front of Lyle.
Sora also smiled and nodded, "Mmm, I also have some savings, remuneration for helping organize supplies in the infirmary and taking care of the small garden."
Lyle wilted completely, like an eggplant hit by frost.
Shu looked at Lyle's depressed appearance of being defeated by poverty, and the complaint in his heart about "why are acquaintances coming again" was gradually replaced by warmth.
These children and their Teacher Natasha were all partners who had struggled to survive together in ARC City.
Although the Bunny Team in the past was also restless, the three of them at that time were able to manage the children of the entire "Nest" when Natasha went out to search for supplies.
Now seeing them able to bicker and worry about these "small things" in a relatively stable environment was actually... quite nice.
"Cough," Shu cleared his throat and spoke under Lyle's hopeful yet pitiful gaze.
"Customizing a figure for Teacher... it's not impossible."
He remembered the "side job" he had promised Rita before. Too much debt is not a worry... ah no, it's business expansion.
Lyle resurrected instantly: "Really?!"
"Of course..." Shu changed the subject, "But since Sora and Adam have savings, they will pay for the material costs and part of the design fee.
"As for you, Lyle..." He looked at Lyle whose eyes lit up again, "Have you heard the saying, contribute labor if you have no money?
"For the next period of time, if the shop needs help running errands, moving things, or simple work like cleaning, you have to be on call and use 'labor' to pay off your share, how about it?"
Lyle immediately puffed out his chest and patted it loudly: "No problem! Leave it to me!"
Sora and Adam looked at each other and nodded in agreement with a smile.
Natasha watched the children's spontaneous decision, and a smile appeared on her face which was usually filled with coldness.
She wouldn't dampen the children's initiative. No matter what they wanted to do, as long as it didn't endanger their lives, she wouldn't intervene.
Natasha nodded slightly to Shu.
"Sorry to trouble you, just calculate the price according to the normal standard."
"No trouble." Shu agreed with a smile, silently making a note in his heart.
Mmm, Natasha custom figure x1.
Okay, this is clearly Kiana's booth, but the private custom orders are increasing.
After sending off the jubilant Bunny Team and the gently smiling Natasha, Shu and [Shu] looked at each other and saw a trace of fatigue in each other's eyes.
But more than that, there was a sense of fulfillment that made them laugh and cry.
"This booth of ours," Shu rubbed his temples, "is it a Kiana support center, or an acquaintance merchandise customization workshop?"
[Shu] silently counted the pending orders in his mind.
The Kiana series needed restocking; Mei alone had taken away a large portion of the inventory.
The Bianca & Rita & Theresa trio set was only half done, and Rita's requirements were simply dazzling.
Now there was a Natasha single custom order...
[Shu]'s expression twisted just like Lyle's.
"It's all of them... and, I suspect it's not over yet."