Zhao Xun continued softly, "And many college students only feel ashamed of certain things when they're doing them alone, but if they do them together, they'll follow suit even if no one asks them to—including but not limited to singing, dancing, and rapping in public, and doing the Yangko dance..."

In other words, once someone sees someone ordering only water in the store, if one or two people try ordering only water, then others will definitely follow suit, eventually turning it into a loss-making store where people only drink water and pet cats.

So the boss will thoughtfully give them a small dessert.

Ma Jiaojiao suddenly realized: "Sure enough, doing business requires brains—"

Zhao Xun let out a cold laugh.

Ma Jiaojiao smiled and praised again, "Senior, you're so smart..."

Zhao Xun continued with a cold laugh: "You're just stupid..."

Then his lips curled up even more...

—As for the fact that it was actually Lao Bei who told him this.

—It's not worth mentioning for now, there's no need to go into so much detail.

—All a big girl needs to know is that he's smart.

"Senior, aren't we just ruining their business by only ordering water? Isn't that a bit unethical?" Ma Jiaojiao whispered.

Zhao Xun remained silent for a moment.

"Actually, we figured he would bring us dessert, so we only ordered water. We just wanted to get a free meal and drink."

As he spoke, he quickly distanced himself: "These were all taught by Lao Bei. Besides, what good do you think this guy is up to?"

…

downstairs.

"Ladies, what would you like to order?"

After hearing the boss's question from behind the counter, the two finally turned their gaze away from the stairwell and looked at the boss with some shock.

The boss knew what the two were thinking:

"Is this your first time here?"

The girls nodded, then shook their heads violently: "But, we are not—"

"Don't worry, don't worry, this is a regular cat café."

The owner said, "It's not a lesbian bar or anything like that... those two are a bit special."

The two girls breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since this is your first time here, let me recommend some of our local specialties," the owner said with a smile.

The two girls exchanged a glance and nodded repeatedly.

After pointing to two signature desserts, the owner asked, "Are those two students from Jiangnan University? Are you two too?"

The two girls continued to nod.

The boss asked again, "What's your major?"

One of them said, "I am..."

The boss successfully used bamboo shoots and the female college student as a starting point to begin a pleasant conversation with the two female college students.

—Just as Zhao Xun said.

—Indeed, he didn't have anything good to say.

…

Lu Yibei looked up from the screen; it was almost 5 p.m., dinner time.