Secret Snow Ice Cream launched fruit-flavored iced drinks, and with the support of a large-scale advertising campaign and a catchy promotional song, sales soared.
Every day, long lines form at its various chain stores.
With sales soaring, Li Kaile, who managed the business, was overjoyed and reported the daily profits to Zhou Chen immediately.
Zhou Chen wasn't surprised. He had told Li Kaile in advance that fruit iced drinks would be sold separately in the future, with one focusing on pure milk tea and the other on fruit iced drinks.
While surprised, Li Kaile did not question Zhou Chen's decision. He followed Zhou Chen's instructions and immediately began working on the independent brand.
As for Zhou Na's fruit milk tea shop
Zhou Chen didn't interfere. With his strong push, Zhou Na's business was bound to be bad, that much was certain.
That is indeed the case.
With its plush toys, catchy songs, and new product launches, Mi Xue Ice City's three-pronged approach has had a significant impact not only on Zhou Na's milk tea business, but also on other newly established milk tea shops.
Because this was a method never before seen in the milk tea beverage industry, everyone was caught off guard.
Zhou Na attempted to salvage her reputation and revive her business through charitable causes. Initially, this approach was indeed effective, winning her praise from some people. Even the school extensively publicized her deeds, making her a campus celebrity.
This caused her to attract attention wherever she went.
But soon, Zhou Na's smile vanished, because the scene she least wanted to see reappeared: online, negative stories about her emerged one after another, spreading rumors that she was an ingrate and about the actions of Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan, which naturally reached the school.
The envious and admiring glances that were once directed at them began to take a turn for the worse.
Some people asked her directly if she had done anything wrong to Zhou Chen with Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan, and even accused her of plagiarizing Zhou Chen, etc.
Even her roommates were discussing it behind her back, and even making sarcastic remarks to her face, frequently mentioning Zhou Chen.
Zhou Na could no longer stay in the dormitory and had to move off-campus.
Despite her unwillingness to admit defeat and her reluctance to lose to Zhou Chen, she was still dragged into the mess and became the target of gossip because of what Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan had done before, even though she hadn't been involved in some of the events.
The fruit milk tea business, after a brief period of recovery lasting a few days, declined again.
Business is getting worse every day.
Compared to Zhou Chen's Secret Snow Ice City, Zhou Na felt extremely depressed.
The only thing that gave her a little comfort was that Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan didn't show up again. She thought that with the business getting worse, Zhou Ling, whom she had refused to invest in, would come and make sarcastic remarks, but neither Zhou Ling nor Zhou Chuan came.
And at that moment,
Zhou Na received a call from Uncle Hat, who said that he had found the mastermind behind hiring people to throw dirty things into her shop.
Upon learning the truth, it turned out that Zhou Ling and Zhao Kun were behind it all.
Zhou Na's feelings were extremely complicated.
She had considered that the person who ruined her business might be Zhou Ling, but since there was no real evidence, she still felt that Zhou Chen was more likely. However, the appearance of the surveillance video left Zhou Ling with no way to deny it.
After leaving the police station, Zhou Na immediately dialed Zhou Ling's number. She wanted to ask Zhou Ling in person why she did this. Was it because she refused to invest?
only,
I dialed the number for a long time, but no one answered.
She thought Zhou Ling might be avoiding her, so she immediately called Zhou Chuan, but no one answered on Zhou Chuan's end.
Are they deliberately avoiding her?
Zhou Na guessed the most probable possibility.
Little did they know,
This time, she was truly wrong.
...
"Why, why, why did they do this to us?"
"We are their own flesh and blood, how could they bear to part with us!"
Zhou Chuan looked down at his abdomen, his eyes filled with confusion and disbelief; this was a question that had always troubled him.
"I thought it was just a test, but it turned out to be real. Haha... My dear parents, you are so heartless."
Zhou Ling's face was full of sarcasm. She thought she was the winner, but in the end, she became a laughing stock.
One of his kidneys was removed from his body.
Although she received 200,000 yuan in exchange, it was for an organ, which was taken by her parents. This made Zhou Ling extremely angry. She just wanted to ask them directly why they were so heartless.
How could they do such a heinous thing?
After a brief two-day rest, Zhou Ling realized that she had been inexplicably dismembered and that an organ had been removed from her body. She also discovered that Zhou Chuan lived next door and was similarly wrapped in bandages.
The two then realized that there was no test at all, and it was all just their imagination.
Zhou Haide genuinely wanted their body parts.
The shared circumstances brought the two, who were originally at odds, back to the same side. Now, all they wanted was to meet with Zhou Haide and Li Meihui.
However, for three or four days in a row, apart from seeing Secretary Wang, Zhou Haide and Li Meihui were nowhere to be seen.
Secretary Wang gave each of them 200,000 yuan.
But how could a mere 200,000 yuan satisfy the two of them? They had lost a kidney.
They learned from a doctor and a nurse that losing a kidney, while not fatal, would significantly reduce their quality of life.
Unable to engage in strenuous exercise, avoid overexertion, or stay up late, etc.
As the door opened,
Secretary Wang entered the ward.
Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan both looked up at Secretary Wang angrily, expressing their desire to see Zhou Haide and Li Meihui.
If they can't find him, they will call the police.
Seeing this, Secretary Wang had no choice but to turn around and say he would go and relay the message, asking the two to wait a while. A short while later, the door opened again, and it was no longer Secretary Wang who entered, but Li Meihui, who had a serious expression on her face.
Upon seeing Li Meihui, Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan all called out "Mom".
"I'm not your biological mother, I have a son!"
"Our Snapdragon processors are a hundred times stronger than yours."
Li Meihui stopped pretending. She had only acted to obtain organs from the two men. Now that she had achieved her goal, she would no longer act like a loving mother to them. All she felt now was disgust.
Upon hearing this news, Zhou Chuan and Zhou Ling were stunned for a moment.
Li Meihui is not their biological mother.
Who is their mother?
"Where is our mother? Why did you lie to us?"
After regaining her senses, Zhou Ling quickly asked a question.
Zhou Chuan also realized this, his face filled with anger at being deceived, staring intently at Li Meihui.
"Because I need to save my son."
"Of course, to some extent, you can call me Mom, but I'm your stepmother."
Li Meihui remained indifferent and unmoved, speaking calmly.
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