Chapter 479: Business is Bad

Hu Xiner couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, another teenager who has dropped out of school."

Come to think of it, if the young man hadn't been unlucky and was caught by them, they might not have had the opportunity to extort money from the merchant!

Thinking of this, she smiled and asked the boy, "What's your name? Where do you live? If you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me."

The young man ignored her and just walked faster.

It’s strange to say, but generally speaking, businesses will choose to open stores in places with large traffic, which will help business development.

One reason is that people walking on busy streets are easily attracted by shops. Even if they don’t buy anything, it is good to walk in and take a look, which can increase their popularity.

Secondly, if the place is too difficult to find, it will dampen the enthusiasm and initiative of buyers. Over time, they will want to go to a store that is easier to get to, rather than to the store that they have to go through a lot of trouble to see.

However, the comic book shop in front of me is located in a remote and winding corner, exuding a bleak atmosphere of old age.

"Is this a comic book shop?" Hu Xin'er was completely shocked. She never thought that her shop would be like this!

There were no pedestrians within a radius of ten miles. Although there were a few households, they were all inhabited by elderly people.

On the wooden plaque, there was a little bit of gleaming red paint, as if it could still show his former status, but now the wooden plaque has faded, and there are two dead leaves on it that came from nowhere.

The boy shrugged. "That's it! I told you not to come here, didn't I? Who told you to chase after me?"

Hu Xin'er looked at the words on the plaque. "Mu Xin? It seems the owner of this shop is quite particular and didn't just copy the name of my comic shop."

The boy explained simply and crudely, "No one visits this small shop anyway, so we might as well choose a name that makes us feel more comfortable."

Hu Xin'er asked, "Are you familiar with the owner of this shop?"

The boy suddenly shut his mouth again, as if he didn't want to be questioned.

Hu Xiner thought about it and agreed. What kind of relationship could a bookseller like him have with the boss?

"Why is the comic book shop closed in broad daylight?"

Hu Xiner muttered to herself and pushed the door tentatively, only to find that it didn't move at all.

The young man took the opportunity to say, "Why don't you let me go now? I've already taken you to your destination."

"No." Hu Xiner shook her head and tried a few more times.

"What do you want me to do to let me go?" The young man saw that his tough stance was not working, so he softened his tone and said, "Sister, you are about to have a child, your family is so harmonious, and your husband is so handsome, so please let me go~"

But after saying this, before Hu Xin'er could forgive him, he received Mu Qing's displeased look: "Boy, be honest!"

Hu Xin'er found it a little funny: "He's just a kid, why are you so jealous?"

When the young man saw that although Mu Qing was scary, he never attacked him, he knew that Hu Xiner should be the head of the family.

He quickly promised Hu Xin'er, "Good sister, if you let me go this time, I promise to turn over a new leaf and never do such a bad thing again!"

"Then throw away all the pirated books you have." Hu Xiner said when she saw that he was speaking sincerely.

The young man showed hesitation: "Ah?"

Hu Xin'er laughed: "Don't you want to mend your ways? I'll give you a chance."

"But..." The young man had spent a lot of effort to purchase such a complete collection of pirated books. If he gave up easily now, all the initial costs would be wasted.

How could he be willing?

He thought for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Sister, do you want to take this book back to read? But don't you think this pirated book is too crude and unsightly?"

Hu Xin'er deliberately said, "Indeed, this book is of no use to me."

The boy tried to suppress his excitement, women are easy to coax.

Just when he thought Hu Xin'er would let him go, Hu Xin'er suddenly changed the subject: "Then you should return all these books to the merchants!"

"Huh?" the boy was dumbfounded. "But isn't this Mu Xin Comics Shop also not authentic?"

Hu Xin'er naturally knew this, and she just wanted to tease the boy, so she urged him, "Hurry up and release it. By the way, what's your name?"

The young man hesitated, then actually walked forward, muttering as he walked, "Returning the pirated books to the comic book shop, are you trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and then reap the benefits after the comic book shop investigates the pirated books? Women are really cruel!"

Hu Xin'er smiled without saying anything, letting the boy imagine. Of course, the boy didn't know that she was not a subordinate of the eldest princess at all, and she came here just to extort money from the comic book store.

The young man had not taken two steps when he suddenly heard footsteps in a quiet alley. He looked to the side, but his face changed and he ran away.

Mu Qing easily carried him back, and at Hu Xiner's signal, the three of them hid in the alley together.

Two scholars came out of the alley, banged hard on the comic book shop door a few times, and then shouted, "Zhao Si, you coward, do you dare to come out and fight us head-on?"

The comic book shop was quiet, as if there was really no one inside.

The two scholars shouted for a long time, their mouths dry and their tongues parched. Seeing that no one answered from inside, they shook their heads, posted the manifesto at the door of the comic shop, and then left.

Their discussions could be heard from afar.

"Isn't the comic book shop selling new products today? Why is Zhao Si still keeping the door closed?"

"Tsk! His comic book shop is located in such a remote corner. What difference does it make whether it's open or not?"

"That's true. Then how does he keep his bookstore running?"

"Who knows? Maybe he's a second-generation rich kid from a wealthy family who's come out to squander his fortune, or maybe he has a wealthy sponsor... Hahaha!"

The two scholars laughed in unison, "His books are of poor quality and he doesn't know how to run a business. Everyone says they're immoral. He might as well be selling them from door to door instead of opening a store like this!"

The two scholars gradually walked away. Hu Xiner looked at the closed comic shop and couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.

According to them, this Mu Xin Comics Shop is actually doing very poorly?

This doesn't fit her perception.

At this moment, the boy suddenly rushed out, threw his coat at the door of the bookstore, and ran away.

Only Hu Xin'er and Mu Qing were left staring at each other in the bleak autumn wind.

Mu Qing said gently, "Xin'er, it's getting late. Do you still want to go shopping?"

Hu Xin'er shook her head and said unwillingly, "I really want to pry open the door of the comic book shop and see what's going on inside!"

Mu Qing rubbed her head and said, "I've memorized the way here. If you really want to vent your anger, how about we come here next time?"

Hu Xin'er was reluctantly pulled away by her husband, and she was in a deep struggle...