"New guy, do you sell potato chips here?"
Bai Yuze remained unmoved, still sweeping the floor!
"Hey! I'm talking to you!"
The customer shook Bai Yuze's shoulder and, finding that Bai Yuze had his eyes closed, lost interest and gave up asking.
Bai Yuze now realized that his ability to see with his eyes closed was not restricted by the rules. He breathed a sigh of relief, and the difficulty of the night shift instantly dropped a notch.
He then focused his attention on the customer and noticed something was wrong... The customer's head and body were facing opposite directions!
This meant that while the customer was communicating with Bai Yuze, his head was observing Gao Tianxiong, trying to catch someone breaking a rule.
Fortunately, Gao Tianxiong kept his head down, only moving when the customer came to pay.
When scanning items, the machine automatically announced the price, and customers paid by tapping their phone, just like them.
But after paying, the customer didn't leave. His head suddenly rotated 180 degrees to look at Bai Yuze, and his neck stretched out so long that it was directly face-to-face with Bai Yuze.
"You... couldn't possibly be looking at me, could you?"
Bai Yuze could feel the other party's breath on his face, and the other party's body suddenly shifted in front of him.
The customer reached out to Bai Yuze, but Bai Yuze didn't react at all.
"Is it just my imagination?"
The customer was very puzzled. Just as the other party was about to test his idea properly... he seemed to remember something and quickly ran out.
Ding dong!
Ding dong!
The doorbell rang twice, meaning the other party had left the convenience store and then returned.
"Hahaha, little brother, I'm back again, how about it?"
The customer smiled. His greatest pleasure was to tease these convenience store clerks, preferably making them break the rules, so he could tear them apart with his own hands.
Bai Yuze still stood with his eyes closed. All of the customer's actions were clearly visible to him. From the other party's behavior, he could deduce that the other party had to leave as soon as possible after paying, otherwise he would be punished.
This meant that the rules left them a way out, because if a customer bought something and then lingered, interfering with the clerk's actions, it would be better to just eliminate the clerk directly!
Speaking of a way out, Bai Yuze immediately recalled the fourth rule, which stated that customers should not communicate with them while purchasing items. Did this mean that before and after buying things, communication was allowed?
This involved wordplay. "Purchasing" and "during the purchasing process" are two different meanings. "Purchasing" includes selecting items and paying, while "during the purchasing process" starts from the moment the thought of buying arises... until payment is completed and the item is received.
This meant that the current customer's behavior was not restricted by the rules.
Conclusion: He could communicate with the customer who wasn't buying anything, even through body language...
"Esteemed customer, what would you like to buy?"
Bai Yuze suddenly spoke, startling both the customer and Gao Tianxiong. The customer smiled and said,
"Hahaha, little brother, there's nothing I want to buy, and even if there was, you wouldn't be able to serve me!"
With that, the customer reached out to Bai Yuze. At this moment, the customer's attention was entirely on Bai Yuze. Gao Tianxiong also took the opportunity to open his eyes. His mouth twitched, and he slowly reached into his pocket, intending to take something out.
But the next moment, the scene of the customer being unilaterally beaten and his wailing sounds left him utterly stunned!
Bai Yuze was sweeping the floor, which was normal. Seeing that the customer's face was dirty, he kindly used the broom to help the customer clean the dirt. That was also normal, right? The customer was very grateful to Bai Yuze, thanking him with snot and tears. That was even more normal, right!
"Stop, stop, stop! No more hitting! No more hitting!"
The customer was beaten black and blue in just a few dozen seconds, so much so that he began to doubt his ghostly existence. He quickly scrambled up from the ground and ran out of the convenience store.
As he ran, he wondered why this new clerk was so fierce. Which clerk before him hadn't cowered when they saw him! Could it be that he had been too arrogant, and the rules were starting to favor humans?
While Bai Yuze was helping the customer clean the dirt, Bai Yuze confirmed another guess.
The doorbell is one of the factors that distinguish customers, but customers all have a strong purpose. This means that those who come to buy things are customers, and those who buy nothing but purely annoy the clerks are guests.
The service for guests should be "thoughtful." Although Bai Yuze could see, he was in a state of having his eyes closed, so he could look directly at the guest, and guests were not restricted from communicating.
Now that two problems were solved, Bai Yuze was in a somewhat pleasant mood, while Gao Tianxiong's mood was like being on a rollercoaster... the kind with a broken track!
"You... are very good... very bold..."
Gao Tianxiong rarely praised Bai Yuze. He had lived in that school for so many years for a reason. When he saw Bai Yuze massaging the anomaly, he immediately understood the loophole in the rules.
"Just good luck, but 8 PM is when the real danger begins!"
Bai Yuze smiled, then walked behind the counter. He noticed that the computer time on the counter was garbled, but he didn't pay attention to it. Instead, he started searching for what he wanted. In his search, he found two flashlights.
Since the rules mentioned the lights going out, then the lights would definitely have problems. Finding them early could help him deal with the crisis sooner.
After confirming that the flashlights worked normally, Bai Yuze held one in his hand and left the other for Gao Tianxiong. He walked and stopped, sometimes sweeping the floor, sometimes observing if there were any changes in the convenience store. During this time, some customers came into the store, but no conflicts occurred. Those customers left after buying their items, not wanting to linger there at all.
Clang!
"8 PM! Officially open for business!"
The announcement at the entrance reminded Bai Yuze and Gao Tianxiong that the real danger was coming, and from now on, the two of them could not speak to each other.
Ding dong!
A customer entered. Gao Tianxiong still kept his head down and his eyes squinted, while Bai Yuze had his eyes closed.
But he saw a bizarre scene: the customer had a child with a distorted body on his back, and as soon as the two entered the store, the child jumped down.
Bai Yuze immediately became alert. Two anomalies entered the store, but the doorbell only rang once. This meant either one guest and one customer, or two guests.
But no matter how many guests or customers, such a strange combination meant that the other party wanted to cause trouble.