Chapter 179

She had managed to get by, and many people would give her a few dollars. After deducting her 50/50 split with the platform, if she still had 500 left... Hua Xin's face suddenly turned serious. Wait. If she earned 500 a day... then wouldn't she be able to... earn... 15,000 a month?! The girl gasped, a disbelief washing over her at the number. How could she have so casually overlooked 500? Hadn't she already earned her life savings hidden under her mattress in less than an hour? Go to school... go to work... what school, what work?! The girl's breathing quickened slightly, then she rubbed her eyes, staring intently at the number. She closed and reopened the window several times. The numbers and data remained unchanged. Hua Xin silently got up and collapsed onto the bed. Suppressed cries of joy emanated from under the covers as she rolled around, completely disregarding her image. Work is too tiring. I only played two games today and I already feel exhausted... But even at work, I didn't do much... After all, the shop that suddenly appeared across the street already gave them plenty of time to slack off. Speaking of work... A glint flashed in Hua Xin's eyes, and then she turned her head to look at the living room with a slight upturn of her lips. "Ignore..." "Ignore..." "Ignore..." There she saw Chun Qiu had gone from being incredibly fat to just being somewhat "robust," doing some strange... ritual on the sofa? If the slender and agile Chun Qiu had been doing somersaults before, it might not have looked too out of place, but now that he was this fat... Anyone who didn't laugh was definitely depressed. "Hahahahahahaha..." Hua Xin suppressed her laughter and lowered her head. Chun Qiu, who seemed to have noticed the girl's mockery, walked over with a black line on his face. While suppressing a laugh, she took a cat treat from the bedside, tore it open, and fed it to Chun Qiu. Then, she said seriously, "Chun Qiu, get out of here." "Whether we can eat or not depends entirely on you." Right now, she still needs to deal with the competitor's predicament first. Let's put the live stream on hold for now. —————— Meanwhile, at Li Xue's home, Landmine, looking completely innocent, was facing Li Xue saying the same words. 140. This time, Li Xue seemed to have triggered the curse, yet it also seemed not to. "Boss, that shop across the street is in such a sorry state. It opened before us, but now it's so deserted that there's no one there." A weak female voice rang out, carrying a hint of lament. "Sigh... It's not that I want our competitors to die, it's just that when they sent us here, I didn't expect there would be another cat cafe across the street when we were renovating." "Nobody put up a signboard first, so there's nothing we can do." "If you can't keep customers, you can only rely on your own abilities. It's just across the street." "Less than three days apart, it's survival of the fittest..." A somewhat familiar man said with great emotion, his hands behind his back, clearly full of confidence. Behind him, many men and women were surrounding their prized possession, constantly exclaiming in amazement... "Xiao Hu!!!" The sounds of praise and satisfaction from being overwhelmed by cuteness rose and fell, completely different from the desolate and miserable scene of their competitors across the street that the two men saw through the glass. A sense of victory welled up inside them, as if the ridiculous "Sacred Fire Meow Cult" across the street was just an unsightly stinking fish. Do they even understand the value of a cat with 300,000 followers?! (Tactical lean back.) If a shop doesn't have anything worthwhile to offer, then it will only be eliminated. "Luckily, we had that investor..." "Otherwise, this luxurious two-story renovation would have cost us a lot more money..." The man suddenly narrowed his eyes meaningfully and sighed softly. If Xia Yan or Hua Xin were present, they probably wouldn't recognize this man, since they had never met him before. But they would likely remember the shop assistant next to him. It was during their first date, a "lottery" that created shared memories. Xia Yan and Hua Xin won the Hatsune —a Hatsune Miku figure—at the anime merchandise store. And the shop assistant who handed them Hatsune Miku figure was the same one standing next to the man now! "But that... why doesn't he invest in the 2D store anymore..." the shop assistant asked cautiously, seemingly reluctant to give up her job that would soon lead to a team leader position. "Maybe he suddenly likes cats," the man said seriously, without a trace of doubt in his eyes about his wealthy benefactor. The word "loyalty" practically overflowed from his eyes. Then he turned his head slowly, looking at the shop assistant beside him. "Or maybe it's because the grand prize we were using to attract customers was taken by someone else." "Uh..." The shop assistant's face stiffened, a hint of confusion appearing in her eyes: "But this isn't exile to Lingnan..." "Why did you get a raise?" "Kids know too much, it's useless. Don't ask what you shouldn't ask." The man frowned, waved his hand behind his back with a flourish, and then walked towards the Xiao Hu that was playing music and doing hand gestures with its owner. [Ch???? c cái lànhi? t tình s? ng? o??...] Xiao Hu:????????????????????????? "Alright, alright, esteemed guests, Xiao Hu needs to rest for a while too. Please go play with the other cats~" It's hard to imagine a grown man squinting and speaking in a tone more like a magical girl. But the guests, with a touch of regret, politely went to their seats. The top cat was meant to be admired from afar, but the kitten in their arms was their final destination. The man, still with his squinting expression, returned to his seat at the front desk. Although he seemed harmless and exceptionally familiar with the business, he was actually just a "parachute" employee who had been working for a few days. He only found out when the shop was renovated, when the collaboration with this internet-famous cat named Xiao Hu to open the cat cafe, and even the staff and business... in the last two days. The man's face suddenly became somewhat heavy. He still remembered the day he accompanied his "sugar daddy" on an inspection of 2D merchandise stores. It was a few days after Xia Yan and Hua Xin had taken the prize money. That extremely wealthy woman, who had always only received messages from higher-ups, had inexplicably come alone for the inspection. To be fair, his instructions usually had to go through seven or eight people before reaching his phone. But this sudden inspection made him feel emotions he had never experienced before. The man's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, then he sighed softly.