Chapter 616 Haining Cat Island (26) [VIP]

Unfortunately, Guan Hongyan's words were too late, and the business war virus had already begun to spread.

"Wait a minute, if you must say that, this seems to make more sense!" Wu Meng seemed to have seen a new world, "Otherwise why would two groups of people come to pick trouble for no apparent reason in one morning?"

"Look, we are just an ordinary pet shop, located on a small island far from the mainland. The only means of cash flow is the advertising revenue from our own media accounts and the income from the pet shop business, right?" Wu Meng said with reason, "If our store has offended anyone, it can only be our peers in these two fields."

Regardless of which competitor it is, isn’t this behavior malicious competition?

The Son of God next to her gave her an admiring look.

Guan Hongyan urgently spoke up to withdraw her praise: "Maybe someone has a grudge against Brother Li, but it's definitely not a business war, absolutely not!"

It would be fine if Du Zhongsheng's business warfare tactics were normal business warfare, but the little tricks he learned from Chao Yougan are definitely something that makes people's eyes go dark.

She didn't want to see a team of mercenaries diving and swimming hundreds of miles to Haining Island in a few days.

And let's take a step back...even if we really want to hire mercenaries, where will Du Zhongsheng get the money?

Are you really going to preach and make money in this unknown space?

Guan Hongyan twitched her lips, glanced at Du Zhongsheng beside her in horror, and quickly put aside the horrific idea in her mind. She asked the camera of Wu Meng's phone: "Brother Li, did you offend someone on Haining Island? These people want to retaliate against you, so they attacked Maode Academy."

"Me? Let me think..." Brother Li thought for a while and actually uttered a lot of names. "When I was in elementary school, I didn't get along with Wu Wuwu from the class next to me. Does that count? He nicknamed me "Cicada Bug" and I nicknamed him "Crybaby"?"

"That... doesn't count," Fang Xiang retorted. "That happened in a previous life. How could someone ruin someone's business after growing up just because of a nickname in elementary school?"

Although it is said that revenge is never too late, this kind of revenge is a bit too far-fetched.

"Then let me think about it..." Brother Li pondered for a long time, "When I was in junior high school, I had a conflict with a math representative named Wu Yuzi. Does that count? My math grades were not good, so I had to copy my deskmate's homework every morning when I went to school. After collecting my homework, she would snatch it away and give it to the teacher without waiting for me to finish copying it!"

"Well?" Wu Meng muttered, "Aren't you just causing trouble for others?"

The class representative collects homework but there is a fixed time for submission. If Li Ge copies the homework and fails to hand it in on time, the teacher will scold the class representative.

"So I haven't had any contact with her since I graduated..." Li Ge touched his nose guiltily and thought for a while, "As for other people... When I was in high school, there were two brothers named Wu Wuran and Wu Gonghai in the team next to me. When we played basketball, we often fought for the court. At that time, I relied on my uncle being a physical education teacher and always reserved the court. They threatened to beat me up several times, so I asked my uncle to go to the best place to catch the fight, and finally made them write a thousand-word self-criticism. Does this count?"

What a shitty name! How do people on your island name themselves?

Guan Hongyan twitched the corners of her mouth and forced herself to suppress the urge to complain.

"You were really wicked when you were little, Brother Li," Yu Changlin couldn't help but said, "Did you have any interactions since that time?"

Compared to the previous two "enemies", this one sounds a little more decent.

After all, one happened at a similar time, and the other involved a physical conflict.

"Ah? No more." Brother Li spread his hands cheerfully. "After they wrote a thousand-word self-criticism, the fact that I always asked my uncle to help me get backdoors was exposed, so my mother broke my leg. It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, and I spent more than half a year recovering from the injury. From then on, no one competed with them for the court."

Everyone: ...What a martial god, Li Ge’s mother.

Okay... okay, that's not a bad solution.

But in this case, it seems that the feud between Brother Li and these two people has been settled. After all, one side only wrote a thousand-word self-criticism, while the other side actually spent half a year recuperating from his injuries.

"Why are all your enemies your schoolmates?" Guan Hongyan asked, "Don't you have any enemies that you made recently or after you became an adult?"

"Yes, there are, but these people are not on Haining Island," Li Ge said, feeling even more aggrieved. "I went to college in another place. After graduating from college, I worked outside for a few months and then came back to open a shop. Of course, the local enemies on Haining Island are only my elementary school, middle school and high school classmates."

That is true...

But in this case, the enemy theory doesn’t make sense. These inexplicable targeting can’t really be business wars, right?

In fact, if we put Chao Yougan aside, the current situation does seem like our competitors are deliberately making trouble.

Guan Hongyan's heart was wavering, and the balance in her heart began to tilt uncontrollably towards the direction of business war. For a moment, she couldn't help but glance at Du Zhongsheng several times.

It's strange to say, why has Du Zhongsheng been silent since he proposed the business war theory? Shouldn't he actively respond to the call of Chao Yougan, the founder of business war, and start the plan of summoning mercenaries?

Perhaps her gaze was too obvious. After a few times, Du Zhongsheng, who was the center of her gaze, turned around and gave her a strange look: "Why are you looking at me?"

Guan Hongyan: ...She can't say that she wants to see if you plan to start summoning mercenaries, right?

She pondered for a while: "...Do you have any idea about Li Ge's enemies? Those classmates of his in elementary school, middle school and high school?"

"Ideas? No," Du Zhong replied calmly, "I haven't been to school."

Guan Hongyan: ???

Guan Hongyan: !!!

Guan Hongyan: "You never went to school?!"

Bai Jinshu:?

"Yes," he glanced at Guan Hongyan strangely, "I haven't been there."

Why did Guan Hongyan react so strongly? Has she ever seen a cult organization that dares to let its core members attend nine years of compulsory education? Do you think brainwashing yourself is not troublesome enough, so you increase the intensity?

Isn't it obvious that Du Zhongsheng has never been to school?

Guan Hongyan's focus was strange: "You are actually illiterate!"

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The one who looks most like a wildly grown Cthulhu world specialist in them [0106] is a graduate of a well-known Ivy League school abroad, and is suspected to have the highest degree in the organization. However, Du Zhongsheng, the saint of the cult who hangs out with the corporate boss and god of business war Chao Yougan, is actually a bastard who has never even attended elementary school.

Even more confused than Guan Hongyan is the barrage:

[I can’t accept this. 】

[The Cat Saint is actually a husband, I can't accept it. 】

[Husband’s education… No, I can’t accept husband’s education…]

[Suspected to be the least charming episode of the Cat Saint since the beginning of the exploration of [Haining Cat Island], why don’t you go to school? Why don’t you go to school! ]

[Every time I feel like we are all from the same culture, and the desire to learn is ingrained in us.]

[After all, most people can't accept that Du Zhongsheng doesn't even know the characters? ]

[Well, do you remember that Du Zhongsheng was invisible in the original world? He couldn't read, right? ]

[Oh, now that you mention it, I feel much better.]

[It's impossible to be literate in the first place, so that's fine. ]

[Damn, what a miracle doctor! Du Zhongsheng can’t read to begin with.]

[Thank you, Master. I recovered in no time and can continue to be Du Zhongsheng's dog. ]

【？ 】

…

Amid the chaotic barrage of comments, on the screen, Guan Hongyan was briefly shocked, but had to admit that the two fraud cases that Maode Academy experienced this morning were probably inextricably linked to business wars.

Now we don’t know whether the people who started these business wars are colleagues who also want to open a pet hospital on Haining Island, or they are colleagues who want to operate in the same field as the self-media account in Li Ge’s hands.

As for Li Ge’s “enemies” from elementary school, middle school, and high school… Everyone twitched their lips and ignored them. Only Li Ge was left on the other end of the phone, yelling in dissatisfaction: “Hey, you’ve made me remember this for so long, what do you mean these are unimportant people?”

"This only shows that you are too narrow-minded. You have kept such a trivial matter in mind for so long," Guan Hongyan retorted casually, "You are also a local. Why don't you ask your family, besides you, who else was a famous cat doctor on Haining Island?"

Investigating the targets of business wars is not their main task, but it would be very time-consuming if someone comes to Maode Academy to make trouble from time to time. Although everyone wants to help Brother Li find out who is behind this, it is impossible to let them do all the hard work on their own.

Speaking of asking about his family, Li Ge's mood on the other side of the video obviously became depressed: "Hey, don't say anymore."

"What's wrong?" Wu Meng asked.

"It's my mom. I just asked her if there are any old men or women on the island who like to scam others. After she found out what happened, she asked me to find out who it is," Li Ge's face showed a trace of annoyance. "In the end, I don't know who she asked. Anyway, when she came back, she told me very seriously that I was not allowed to continue to open the store."

"Not allowed?" Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows slightly.

Why did Li Ge's mother suddenly not allow him to open a store? This doesn't sound like something that can be achieved through ordinary business battles.

"Yeah, I asked her why but she didn't answer," Li Ge muttered something in dialect, and it sounded like he was complaining about his mother. "I don't know what her friends told her, but I feel that if someone wants to destroy our Maode Academy, it's definitely not someone from the Internet."

If the ones engaging in the business war were their own media colleagues, then as outsiders who are unfamiliar with the area, it would be impossible for them to mobilize so many old men and women on Haining Island to act for them.

Based on this calculation, most of the people who want Maode Academy to close down are local people.

"For the locals, it's probably like Western medicine impacting Chinese medicine," Li Ge drank a sip of water depressedly. "After all, before the opening of the Cat De College, the doctors on the island who could treat cats were barefoot doctors without licenses. There was no such thing as sterilization, and there were no special equipment for pets."

All this happened after the opening of Maode Academy.

The pet hospital on Haining Island seems to be a blue ocean market, but in fact the demand for pet medical treatment here is not that great, and this small demand was occupied by traditional doctors before they came.

As soon as Maode College opened its doors, the barefoot doctors' clients flocked to their more modern and professional hospital, so it's no wonder they fought back.

"No wonder the scammers were all elderly this morning," Guan Hongyan turned around and sat on the sofa. "The scammer was an old lady, and the five people who brought the cat also came because they received a call from their parents."

The doctors on Haining Island are all locals who were born and raised on the island. It is natural for them to mobilize some older people to come here to make trouble or persuade Li Ge's mother.

"Oh, forget it. My mother is not an unreasonable person. I will do her work this afternoon and try to get some information out of her." Li Ge scratched his head. He did not think the current situation was difficult to deal with. "Let's deal with it as it comes. If there is anything in the afternoon, please notify me in time."

"But it should be..." Li Ge hesitated for a few seconds and said the last sentence hesitantly, "It should be nothing...right?"

*

"Bullshit!" Guan Hongyan's raised voice echoed in the Maode Academy. "Don't blackmail me, I'm telling you! I feed this cat every day. How could this long-haired ragdoll cat come from? If you do this again, I'll call the police!"

"Get out of here! Why are there so many troubles in one day? Do you think we are outsiders who are easy to bully?"

A few newcomers hid in the bathroom, washing the cat while observing the battle situation through the mirror and whispering.

"Sister Hongyan... is so amazing." Wu Meng murmured.

"What's going on?" Fang Xiang was frantically trying to catch the cat that was trying to escape from the pool. He didn't have time to look up. "What's happening outside?"

"A few big, burly men came in just now," Yu Changlin answered as he mixed pet shampoo. "As soon as they came in, they said they were here to pick up cats. Sister Guan thought they were the adopters who had made appointments on the opening day, so she took them to the foster room next door without any precautions."

“As a result, after they went in and looked around, they insisted that a long-haired stuffed doll they had fostered here was missing, and they wanted us to compensate them for the cat,” Wu Meng continued, “Then Sister Guan got mad… Shit! Fang Xiang, what’s wrong with you!”

Wu Meng had just said half of his words when he was drenched from head to toe by a wave of cold water. At the same time, a chaotic noise came from the bathroom.

"Catch it! Catch it!"

"I can't hold it. It's so slippery after applying shampoo! Ouch! Didn't you trim your nails before you went in the water?"

"I cut it. Didn't I say you come with your hind paw? I'll go test the water temperature first!"

"I didn't hear it!"

It's chaos.

Wu Meng barely wiped the water from her eyes with her sleeve, and saw that the not-so-small bathroom had become a mess. Her two teammates were covered in foam, jumping up and down in a panic as they chased a wet cat. One of her teammates, Yu Changlin, had a particularly conspicuous fresh wound on his arm.

The whole room is just a mess... No, there is still one corner that is very tidy.

Wu Meng turned his head silently and saw Du Zhongsheng sitting in the corner of the bathroom, with the leopard cat on his head, looking at the mess in the bathroom with his head tilted, looking out of place in the peaceful life.

Barrage:

[Oh my god, the cat saint is so cute. ]

【As long as your face is there, the country will be there! 】

[Baby, you are a baby with a cat on your head...]

[Every time I shop online, I don’t fill in my real name. I always fill in Du Zhongsheng. When the courier delivers the goods, he asks: “Excuse me, is Du Zhongsheng here?” I always say: “No, I’m his dog.”]*

[Glad to meet you, beautiful lady. I should enjoy my life in the rivers and lakes! Let me drink a pot of muddy wine! How happy I am! ]*

【? Enough, I said enough. There are already enough species in this unknown space. Du Zhongsheng’s dogs, Du Zhongsheng’s moms, and Du Zhongsheng’s grandmas have become one. Get out of here, you ancient-style young man! 】

[This is not the time for you to dislike his husband! ]

[Then… the master said that it was impossible for him to recognize words. Besides, he has been in the unknown space for such a long time. I believe that the Cat Saint must be able to read! ]

The situation in the unknown space is as chaotic as the bullet screen.

"Brother Du! Brother Du, help me, Brother Du!" Fang Xiang howled miserably while chasing the cat, "Brother Leader! Brother! Help me, brother! Help us catch the cat again! Lead us to victory again! Please——"

Bai Jinshu: ...

What a shameless teammate. It's really unbearable to watch.

Huai Jiamu obviously thought so too. Bai Jinshu felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and expressed the three words "it's too blind to watch" in a very concrete way.

"Help! Help! Brother Master!" Fang Xiang had obviously thrown all his pride out of the window after entering the foundation. Now he was particularly good at pretending to be a coward. "I'll go buy you five boxes of faucets tonight. No, ten boxes!"

Bai Jinshu felt his vision suddenly brighten.

The next moment, countless tentacles swept past his head in an instant. In just a moment, the cat that no one could catch just now reappeared in the pool.

Judging from its big, blank eyes, it didn't even know what was happening.

The overwhelming blood-red tentacles only appeared for a moment, and before everyone present realized what had happened, the entire room returned to its usual tranquility, as if nothing had happened.

"Wow——" Fang Xiang looked at the cat in the pool in shock, "Brother Master, you are so cool! Brother Master, you are simply my brother!"

"Brother Leader, you are just like my brother." Yu Changlin repeated it, and before the cat could react, he quickly trimmed its claws.

Both of them looked at Wu Meng at the same time.

Wu Meng:?

Wu Meng probed: "...Brother Leader, you are literally my brother?"

The two people looked away with satisfaction.

——That’s why Bai Jinshu appeared in this room while the three newcomers were washing the cat.

"I'm really impressed," Guan Hongyan pushed open the bathroom door with one hand, "Where are you guys washing?"

"This is the last one," Fang Xiang looked up, "Sister Guan, has the troublemaker outside just now left?"

"He left," Guan Hongyan rolled her eyes in annoyance. "After I scolded him, he finally left. I wonder who started this business war? When I find the mastermind behind it, I'm going to stuff a long-handled umbrella into his dermatitis and then open it!"

The three newcomers present shuddered in unison.

This afternoon at Maode Academy was not as uneventful as Li Ge had hoped. Quite the contrary, not long after they hung up the phone, they were greeted by the third wave of scammers.

The third wave of scammers claimed that they bought out-of-date food at Maode College, but they could not produce the corresponding purchase records. The surveillance video also did not show their figures during the time period they claimed to have purchased the food. Finally, after a lot of unreasonable demands, this group of people were driven out.

And then, it was like opening a Pandora's box. People who tried to scam them came one after another, saying that their cats were lost after being fostered here, or that their cats were bitten to death by their owners and did not recover well after surgery, and some even came up and accused them of charging false fees...

In short, there are people doing all kinds of things, and the only thing these people have in common seems to be that they want to cause trouble for Maode Academy.

For the entire day, Maode Academy had no income and spent two thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars, and the two thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars was the examination fee for the first batch of old ladies who came to commit fraud.

"Hurry up and wash it," Guan Hongyan was a little tired after being bullied all day, so she leaned against the door and waved her hand weakly, "After we wash this one, we'll quickly close the shop."

No matter whether it is time to get off work or not, just get off work first. Otherwise, if you continue to operate, who knows how many people will come to commit fraud.

At this moment, she understood Chao Yougan infinitely, and really wanted to hire a team of mercenaries to put long-handled umbrellas behind all the friendly merchants Pi Yan who came to the business war.

As expected... people will eventually become the things they hate the most.

With such an inexplicable melancholy mood, Guan Hongyan glanced at Chao Yougan's colluding partner Du Zhongsheng and sighed with regret.

It's been so long, why haven't you hired mercenaries yet? After all... you are not our god of business warfare. You are just doing nothing but learning the essence of business warfare.

Receiving Guan Hongyan's complicated look, Bai Jinshu said:?

What does this look mean?

He is not Yun Guang, and he does not have the ability to read words from Guan Hongyan's eyes.

Guan Hongyan, who failed to send a signal to urge the mercenaries to take up their positions, sighed and closed the bathroom door. Fortunately, the god of luck was on their side for once, and the next wave of scammers did not appear until closing time.

It was not until everyone got off the bus that they all breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that they had finally gotten rid of the shadow of fraud that was lingering over their heads.

"I don't mean to say that this needs to be resolved quickly," Guan Hongyan jumped off the bus and pounded her waist. "If so many people commit fraud every day, who can bear it?"

Even if most of these frauds are just baseless photos, there are still a lot of people doing this 24/7.

"Let's see if Brother Li can solve it tonight." Bai Jinshu also sighed in his heart.

"Oh, Brother Li!" Guan Hongyan suddenly stopped as if she remembered something, "Our TV!"

Yesterday, they used the excuse of breaking the TV set to meet Li Ge's mother, but they didn't expect a series of things to happen today, and in the end they forgot the most important thing -

They haven't agreed on a time to meet yet.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow," Wu Meng dragged out his voice and yawned several times, "I don't think Brother Li can come out today."

His mother didn't know who she listened to, but now she is not allowing Li Ge to go to Maode Academy. In order to prevent him from sneaking out, she herself is determined not to step out of the house.

This afternoon, Brother Li was so anxious that he wanted to climb out the window. Finally, he opened the window and saw his mother standing at the door below the window.

"That's true. Today..." Guan Hongyan twitched her lips. Before she could finish her words, she suddenly heard a noise coming from the front.

"Why won't you let me stay here? I'm going to file a complaint against you!"

It was the voice of folk singer Zheng Feng. It seemed that there was a quarrel in the B&B next door.

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