The landlord has multiple personalities and wants everyone to pay him.

"Don't miss the corner tea shop when you walk around the street corner."

"The store offers a wide variety of drinks, including dark roast lattes, refreshing fruit teas, and creamy milk foam teas, all available hot or cold."

"Handmade egg tarts, cream cakes, and crispy snacks are available all day long."

"Perfect for a break while shopping or afternoon tea at the office. A sip of tea and a bite of snack will cure all your worries."

The accompanying visuals, accompanied by voice-over, show a gleaming work surface, exquisitely prepared drinks, neatly arranged desserts in a glass cabinet, and profiles of customers chatting and laughing while holding their cups. The filming is indeed skillful.

The next second, the scene shifted to the side of the bar.

Ye Shu and Xiao Xue stood back to back behind the bar. Ye Shu was diligently making drinks at the counter, while Xiao Xue nervously greeted customers. Ye Shu would occasionally turn around to help.

At this point, a voice-over continued:

"More than the delicious tea drinks, what makes people visit the store frequently is the romantic atmosphere between the store manager and the female staff!"

"One is calm and meticulous in managing all aspects of the store, while the other is gentle and enthusiastic in greeting customers. They have a natural chemistry, working together to tidy up the counters in their spare time and helping each other out when things get busy. They subconsciously keep each other's preferences in mind, and their interactions are full of sweetness, rivaling any drink in the store. Enjoying tea while also appreciating this perfect couple!"

After he finished speaking, the camera froze on the moment when the two turned around and looked at each other. The camera zoomed in for a close-up, and then the video ended.

……

"How was it? I've been busy at home these past few days, cutting my hair for ages!"

Chen San San sat on a high stool outside the bar, pushed up his glasses, and was happily munching on a bag of spicy dried fish.

Ye Shu held his phone, and Xiao Xue leaned close to him, watching the video. Her face was already flushed, especially when she saw the close-up of the two of them looking at each other at the end. She was speechless.

She also thought the editing was really good, and seeing the interaction between the two in the video made her feel sweet.

But to post these images online... that's just too embarrassing!

Chen San San looked at the two people opposite her. One was cosplaying someone who gets hot quickly, and the other hadn't said a word for a long time. She was getting a little impatient and asked again:

"How did it go?"

"Forehead……"

Ye Shu grimaced, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"Okay...it's pretty good."

"but?"

Chen San raised an eyebrow, waiting for what was to come.

"The first half, which introduced the store, was really good, like a blockbuster movie. But didn't the second half go a bit off-topic?"

Ye Shu pointed to a close-up shot of the two people gazing at each other on the screen:

"This is a beverage shop, not a romantic drama. Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"Off-topic?"

Chen San San shook her head and sighed, giving Ye Shu a look that said, "How come you don't understand anything?" and even raised a finger and wagged it.

"No, no, no, shopkeeper, you don't know this."

She took her phone from Ye Shu, opened the account backend of Corner Tea Talk, found the comments, and handed it back to Ye Shu:

"See for yourself."

Ye Shu glanced down and saw that hundreds of comments were asking the same questions.

Are the store manager and the young lady real?

When do you open? I want to go and check it out!

Is this scripted? This acting is so fake.

When will it be updated? I'm waiting to watch it like a drama series!

Moreover, Chen San San replied to every single comment, and they were basically all "confirmed to be a real couple" and "welcome to the store to see the live version," truly putting herself in the role of customer service.

"A portion of our customers now come specifically because of you two!"

Chen San San took her phone back, placed it on the bar, and, holding a small dried fish, spoke to Ye Shu as if giving a lesson:

"These days, everything needs a gimmick. You sell drinks, I share candy with the customers, it's a win-win situation, you know? Look at those trendy shops, which one doesn't attract customers with their personal touch? Ours is genuine personal touch, much better than those staged photos."

She became more and more agitated as she spoke, even standing up. She picked up her phone, zoomed in on a clip, and showed it to the two people opposite her:

"Look at this frame! The way she looked at Xiaoxue when she was adjusting her apron straps—I was on insulin while editing this video! If this gets released, I guarantee it'll be a huge success! A masterpiece! Give me a round of applause!"

After Chen San San finished speaking, he even took the lead in clapping.

Ye Shu and Xiao Xue were also captivated by her impassioned speech. Although they didn't understand it, they felt it was amazing and clapped along in response.

"Alright, alright, the applause doesn't need to be so enthusiastic."

Chen San San waved his hand with a satisfied look, indicating that the two could put their hands down. Then he sat back down on the high stool, picked up the leftover dried fish from the table, and continued to nibble on it.

Xiaoxue blushed, looked down at her apron, and muttered softly:

"I...I completely forgot that Ye Shu tidied my apron...When did that happen...?"

After she finished speaking, she secretly glanced at Ye Shu, saw Ye Shu's profile, and remembered the eye contact in the video, so she immediately turned her head back.

Looking at the way the two were staring at each other on the screen, Ye Shu thought, "It really does... have a certain feel to it."

He looked up at Chen San, who was hissing and laughing from the spiciness of the dried fish, and said with a smile:

"So, my legitimate beverage shop has ended up being this kind of gimmicky business?"

"What's wrong with gimmicky stores?!"

Chen San San was immediately displeased upon hearing this. Her lips were smeared red with chili oil from the dried fish, and she inhaled sharply from the spiciness. She then said to Ye Shu:

"You gained traffic and sold drinks, I earned a salary and also ate candy, and the customers drank the drinks and also gained happiness. It's just a win-win situation."

She put down the dried fish and said to Ye Shu in a tone that suggested she had been through it all:

"What do people lack most these days? You really think you can make a fortune just by selling drinks? How naive! What people need most now is emotional value! Sweetness! Love! Love!!! As long as you and Sister Xiaoxue keep showering each other with affection, does it matter if the drink is sweet or sour? It doesn't matter! It's about the atmosphere, it's about the feeling!"

Her words sounded plausible and even reasonable, but Ye Shu felt that she was going in the wrong direction.

This seems a little different from when Sister Chen Xing handed the shop over to him...

Seeing that Ye Shu still seemed a little hesitant, Chen San San said to Ye Shu:

"Besides, look at yourselves. Don't you two look better standing together than those artificially saccharine actors? The masses have discerning eyes, so don't worry! I'm releasing this video right now, and you can just wait to reap this enormous fortune."

After saying that, Chen San San didn't wait for Ye Shu to say anything more and started tapping on her phone.

"Eh!"

Ye Shu was about to stop it when the video was already sent.

He and Xiaoxue exchanged a glance. Xiaoxue also looked confused and a little shy. Why did he feel so uncertain?