"I Became a Witch, but Now Everyone's in Love with Me!"

Chapter 70: Focus on the Benefits of Glasses
 

The Monkey King left, and Jiang Cha's campus life finally returned to normal.
"Long time no see~ Senior Anzi, did you get into an accident again?"
Arriving at the Alchemy Club early in the morning, Jiang Cha almost laughed out loud when she saw the familiar social-phobic witch standing behind the bar. She approached and waved her little paws.

Xingzi was so startled she took a half-step back and tensed her body.
"Senior, your half-step back caused great harm to my young heart."
The girl pouted and looked angry, which was very cute.

"No... no... it's not..."
Xingzi muttered something nervously, but ultimately failed to overcome her fear and utter a complete sentence. She could only look at Shi Lan with tears in her eyes, begging for help.
"Okay, Jiang Cha, stop teasing her."

Shi Lan sighed, but still stepped forward to rescue Xingzi.
For people with social anxiety, a beautiful girl with a personality like Cha Bao is probably the most difficult type to deal with, right?
Obviously, she’ll come up to you and say hello in a friendly manner, but you also know very well that she’s like this to everyone and you’re not the special one.

You admire her and are vaguely attracted by her pretty face. You fantasize about having a conversation with her and secretly make preparations. But when the moment comes, you’re so nervous you can’t even say a full sentence.
"Eh— but Kyoko-senpai is really interesting."
"Your character can be subtly bad sometimes."

Shi Lan complained, then turned to look at the white-haired lady who was elegantly drinking black tea in the lounge area.
"Senior Mephisto, please take care of her."
“How can I manage her?”

Mephisto put down the teacup in her hand and asked curiously, tilting her head.
But she didn’t need to take the initiative to do anything. When the girl saw her, her eyes lit up instantly. Star-like patterns flickered in her beautiful red eyes, and she came closer on her own.
"Senior Mephisto~ Long time no see."
Well, she just needed to divert Jiang Cha’s attention.

"Long time no see, Junior Sister Jiang Cha. You’ve made great progress. I’m glad you haven’t been led astray by your aunt."
"Hey, it’s not that great."
"No, this little brat won’t be led astray. She’s already bad enough on her own."

Looking at the two of them getting along harmoniously, Shi Lan silently complained in her heart.
It was tiring being the only sober person, so she chose to pretend she knew nothing.
Anyway, Jiang Cha wouldn’t really do anything bad. She had seen through this little one and knew she was just mischievous and ultimately harmless.

"Ah! What did Senior Shi Lan ask me to do today?"
After chatting with Mephisto for a few sentences and seeing that the conversation deck was nearly exhausted, Jiang Cha smoothly switched conversation partners.
The timing was clever—it didn’t make anyone feel awkward or left out.

"Can’t I call you over even if there’s nothing important?"
"If Shi Lan-senpai wants to date me, I don’t mind... but I have a boss now, so she might object, right?"
"Boss?"

Shi Lan was stunned. She didn’t expect that after a holiday, Jiang Cha had found herself a boss.
She was from the Huaxia region and understood the hidden meanings behind certain terms. It wasn’t usually a good sign when a young, pretty little witch suddenly had a new boss.
"Annie’s Maid Cafe. I’m working there now?"

“Oh, I see.”
For some reason, Shi Lan seemed a little disappointed upon hearing such a mundane answer. The burning fire of gossip in her heart was extinguished instantly, and she coughed twice to change the subject.
"Actually, I asked you to come here because of the [Focus Glasses] project. Let’s talk about the benefits first."

Shi Lan, in business mode, was still very serious. She seemed to be the successor of the Alchemy Society and had quite good capabilities.
"We conducted trial sales in ten pilot locations on College Island, and the results were quite good. Our next goal is to develop more styles and work with more merchants to expand—so your earnings last month weren’t as high as they could be."
"Oh~"

Jiang Cha nodded. She understood, but didn’t take it too seriously.
She seemed more interested in the cat Mephisto had brought.
It was just an ordinary ragdoll cat—elegant and noble, but not well-behaved. It lay in Jiang Cha’s arms restlessly, trying to "escape" at every opportunity, flustering the girl so much she nearly spilled the red tea.

"Okay, okay, all of you are hands-off managers... I shouldn’t have taken this job in the first place."
Shi Lan sighed and reluctantly took out a bank card.
"There’s 50,000 witch gold in it. Your job for the next two months is to design more glasses styles—you know the current ones don’t look high-end enough, and that’s hurting sales in the witch society."

With glasses, as long as the design is good enough, the price can skyrocket.
Compared to their practical value, the price is more about ornamentation and status, especially in the witch society.
The basic model Jiang Cha designed before—tacky black-framed glasses—couldn’t command a high price, which affected sales. Many little witches would rather buy useless but pretty glasses than wear something unfashionable.

That’s why Jiang Cha’s first-month share was only 50,000.
Because they couldn’t sell for a premium.
"I know~ Hehe, excuse me, senior?"

Of course, she knew why Shi Lan was explaining the business details. One reason was to clarify profit-sharing, the other was likely to prepare Jiang Cha to take over as the next business manager of the Alchemy Society.
She had the talent—among the freshmen, Jiang Cha was probably the most suitable.
But the girl clearly didn’t want this troublesome job, even though it came with a high salary. Yes, college club jobs actually paid, distributed as material quotas.

For example, Shi Lan had a 30,000 material quota per month—a great salary for a little witch.
Jiang Cha’s gig of earning 5,000 a day on "dates" wasn’t normal work. It was, in theory, just a youth-based side hustle.
In general jobs, little witches earned about 20% less than great witches due to differences in power, experience, and—most importantly—connections.

Great witches simply knew more people and could offer more in a workplace.
Little witches had smaller social circles, so they brought less to the table.
But Shi Lan was an exception.

She was practically guaranteed to become a great witch. Her current job was just to gain social experience and build networks.
Like a rich intern, doing it for a school certificate. Driving a three-million-yuan Ferrari to sell insurance for 3,000 a month. When the internship ends, even if [N O V E L I G H T] the boss begs her to stay, she’s gone without hesitation.