However, the shadowy figure didn't give them a chance and disappeared straight out of the store.
Xia Chuhe did the math: revenue was 25, tax was 10, wow, the tax rate was 40%! So all of it went to the tax collectors!
The energy value, which hadn't even warmed up yet, instantly dropped to only 14.
Bu Yi sighed helplessly, "It would have been better if you had just spent it sooner."
Xia Chuhe remained silent, thinking that it was best to spend the money quickly, as those two tax-collecting figures wouldn't be so easy to deal with.
Xia Chuhe wanted to go out and see what was going on at the other shops, but when he touched the door, he understood what "closed for a day" meant—the restaurant door couldn't be opened.
However, this saved them from worrying about whether to hire more ingredients; since the shop couldn't be opened, having ingredients was useless.
Several people took turns trying to open the door, but it remained firmly shut.
Left with no other option, Xia Chuhe and the others went out through the back door. As they opened the back door, they bumped into Li Qiusheng and Wang Yan, who were returning.
Li Qiusheng said, "Boss, it's good that we went to deliver it."
The two of them took turns telling each other what happened after the chick left the shop.
The chick left the shop and waited in the back street for a while. The duck came out and said that it had reached an agreement with the shop and would start work tomorrow night.
The chicks and ducklings walked outwards, passing through about five alleys, when they encountered a gang of tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves who demanded a toll of 10 energy points.
The chick said that the siblings only earned 1 energy point, and they were willing to give it all to them.
The tiger pinned down the duckling, the leopard pinned down the chick, and the jackal searched the body.
Unable to bear it any longer, Li Qiusheng picked up a pebble to test them, only to find that the tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves were of mediocre strength.
Wang Yan jumped out, wielding fireballs in both hands, burning the four evil creatures until they screamed and ran away.
After chasing away the bad guys, the two successfully gained the trust of the chicken and duck siblings, and decided to openly escort them home, even delivering the food and water gift package they bought to the chicks' door.
Three emaciated creatures with sparse feathers lay in the chick's nest, looking like they were about to die.
Li Qiusheng and Wang Yan didn't linger. Before leaving, Li Qiusheng didn't forget to sternly declare, "Don't tell anyone what happened at the shop today, or else... we'll know your home address!"
The chicken and duck siblings were almost scared to death.
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