Those people guarding in front of the store immediately took out their mobile phones and cameras, swarmed over, and surrounded Lin Jiu to take pictures.
Some people were filming and explaining, "I'm in the old street of Xicheng in city A now. We caught up with the boss. It's already past ten o'clock and he just showed up. He's doing business very casually. I'm afraid there won't be any unscrupulous people being taken advantage of. Today we're going to expose the true face of this black shop! Let's find out who gave the boss the confidence to do so!"
Lin Jiu got off his bicycle and looked around at a group of young people who were taking photos and talking to themselves. Many of them didn't look very old, probably middle or high school students. They held up their phones and took photos close to their faces.
"We can see that the boss should be very young. He always wears a hat and a mask. Is he afraid to see people, or has he done something wrong and is worried about being beaten when he goes out? Do you want to see the boss's true face?" A young man said a few words to the camera and reached out to pull Lin Jiu's mask, but Lin Jiu quickly dodged.
"Hahaha, he still wants to hide? Expose him, expose him, and see who gave him the confidence to open a black shop so blatantly!"
A group of people surrounded Lin Jiu and tried to snatch his hat and mask. Lin Jiu had nowhere to hide and his hat was blown off. He wanted to step back, but someone kicked his bicycle.
"Boom!" The bicycle and the incubator fell to the ground together. The lid of the incubator broke and the ice and seafood inside all fell to the ground.
"Quickly take pictures, quickly take pictures, these are the ingredients used by the black shop, what are these? Oh ~ so disgusting, these sticky and soft things, are they all rotten? I want to call on the Food Hygiene Organization to conduct a strict inspection of this shop!"
The scene was very chaotic. Some people were taking pictures of the seafood on the ground, and some were pulling Lin Jiu and trying to take off his mask.
Lin Jiu was enraged, and pushed away the people who were entangled with him, with a cold look in his eyes, "These ingredients are worth hundreds of thousands, think about how to compensate."
Lin Jiu's voice, with its special rhythm, made the troublemakers feel dizzy, vague and unclear. They couldn't hear clearly, but they knew clearly what Lin Jiu was saying.
When they came out of their dizziness, someone suddenly shouted, "What? You still want to hit us? Go ahead. If you dare, we will send you to the hot search in minutes!"
"What are you doing?!" A stern shout came from next door, and Uncle Xu walked over quickly. "You are gathering together to cause trouble in broad daylight. Do you still have any law?! Get out of here immediately! If you don't, I will call the police!"
"It's better to call the police. Let's see who they will arrest when they come!"
Some people were not afraid at all, but some were a little worried. They had already filmed the material they wanted. The only pity was that they failed to capture the boss's face. Many people chose to leave immediately, and the rest were worried that the police would really come, so they all ran away.
Lin Jiu stood silently on the street. Uncle Xu was a little worried. "Are you okay?"
Lin Jiu shook his head, "I'm fine."
Uncle Xu looked at Lin Jiu's face and said, "Go to the infirmary to clean yourself up. Your wound is bleeding."
Those people kept trying to take off Lin Jiu's mask, but Lin Jiu protected it. His face, eyes and neck were scratched by his nails, some of which were bleeding and needed to be cleaned and disinfected.
"What's going on? What happened here?" Old Master Song walked over step by step with a cane. He didn't sit in a wheelchair today. He felt full of strength. He walked slowly but steadily. He firmly believed that it was the seafood that gave him nutrition, so he came here again.
It took him quite some time to walk from the parking lot to here. Secretary Kim followed him carefully, worried that he might fall.
Lin Jiu looked up and saw that it was Si Shen's grandfather. It was not good to let the old man see him in such a mess. "Sorry, lunch may be late today. Can you wait a moment?"
Lin Jiu took down the thermal box, picked up the bicycle, pushed it to the window, and then packed up the ice and seafood.
Old Master Song looked at the bicycle that had fallen to the ground, the overturned thermal box, the ice cubes and seafood scattered all over the floor, and the many scratches on Lin Jiu's face and neck. He immediately became furious. The young boss was his grandson's life-saving talisman, and nothing could happen to him.
Secretary Jin has already asked Uncle Xu about what happened and learned that a group of young people wanted to expose the Magic Fish Shop as a black shop and also wanted to expose the boss himself. They surrounded the shop and took pictures. They kicked the car over and broke the incubator. It was really infuriating.
Mr. Song was so angry that he called his grandson immediately.
When Si Xu received the call, he was still in the car. He and Wen Qin were going to Washington, and he needed to confirm some details about the concert. As a result, he received a call from his grandfather.
Old Master Song said, "Ah Xu, come to the Magic Fish Shop right now. The boss has been beaten up, and all the seafood is thrown on the ground. Come quickly."
Si Xu was shocked. "Is he seriously injured? Did you call an ambulance?"
Old Master Song said angrily, "It's not serious, his face is just scratched and bleeding, and he might be disfigured. Those people kept surrounding him and taking pictures, saying they wanted to expose the Magic Fish Shop as a shady shop."
"Okay, I'll be there right away." Si Xu asked the driver to turn around and go to Xicheng Old Street.
Wen Qin saw that he was anxious, "What's wrong?"
"You check for any news about the Magic Fish Shop." Si Xu said as he opened his phone to check.
Type in "Magic Fish Shop" and some videos pop up immediately. Those who surrounded Lin Jiu were very dedicated. They posted the videos they shot online on the way back, trying to seize the initiative, fearing that they would fall behind if they were slow to post.
Si Xu clicked on the video to check. Lin Jiu was surrounded by a crowd. The person filming was laughing and trying to lift up Lin Jiu's hat and take off his mask. Several girls were trying to pull off his mask. His bicycle was kicked over and the incubator was broken, with the ice and seafood inside spilling out. The person filming began to film the seafood on the ground, saying that the seafood was rotten, sticky, disgusting and other slanderous words.
Si Xu also heard a recording in the video, which was what Lin Jiu’s neighbors said to them.
Neighbor: "The Magic Fish Shop is indeed quite shady. The prices are very scary. A normal portion of seafood costs tens of thousands of dollars. But they have many wealthy friends, so they probably don't care about this little money."
Photographer: "What do you think of the character of the owner of the Magic Fish Shop?"
Neighbor: "To be honest, it's not that great. I get angry when I talk about this. There used to be an old couple living next door. Because something happened at home, they urgently needed to sell the house to raise money. We are old neighbors. I thought that since the old couple was so short of money, why don't I buy the house and help them out? As a result, we had already negotiated and were just about to pay the money. Suddenly, the owner of the Magic Fish Shop intervened and somehow persuaded the old couple to sell the house to him. That's not all. He is a very petty person. He secretly delivers seafood to the store every day for fear of being seen by others. I have never seen anyone do business like this in all these years..."
Si Xu's face was gloomy. "Record all the people who posted the video and then find out the cause of this incident."
It is impossible for a shop to be labeled as a black shop overnight without a reason.
"Okay." Wen Qin responded, "Do these videos need to be processed?"
"Record it first and keep it as evidence, then ask them to delete the video." Si Xu paused, "Remember to find out who the neighbor in the audio is. I'm worried that the Magic Fish store is too small."
Wen Qin quickly traced the cause back to Mi Youyou. She had posted a scarf slandering the Magic Fish Shop openly on her Weibo.
After comparing the data, it was found that many accounts that besieged Lin Jiu to shoot videos had left messages to Mi Youyou, insulting the black shop together and threatening to expose it. Not only did Mi Youyou not stop them, but she cried about how miserable she was and how many blisters she had on her feet, which broke her heart for her fans, leading to today's besieging incident.
Si Xu called Jiang Ge and told him about this.
Jiang Ge has many drinking buddies and playboy friends. He promoted Lin Jiu in his circle of friends, which did have a promotional effect, but it also brought trouble.
Jiang Ge called back quickly. Probably after watching the video, he was so angry that he cursed Shao Yunxi for being more of a hindrance than a help.
"Brother, don't worry. I'll contact that bastard Shao Yunxi right now and ask him to contact that woman. If this matter isn't resolved, I'll beat him so hard that his mother won't even recognize him!"
Wenqin has been making phone calls to deal with the video issue. Most people were afraid of being sued and deleted the video immediately. Only a few refused to delete it and their attitude was very tough.
As a gold medal agent, Wenqin has seen a lot of things like this. They dare to be so arrogant, and it is obvious that they have something to rely on. Wenqin asked his professional team to handle this matter and make sure to find out what they rely on.
Si Xu and Wen Qin hurried to the store, and all the ice and seafood at the door had been cleared away.
Mr. Song, Secretary Jin and Mr. Xu were invited to sit in the store, and a sign saying "Temporarily closed" was hung on the door of the Magic Fish Shop.
All the seafood fell to the ground and could not be eaten. This behavior was judged as food waste by the demon hunting system, and 10 magic points were deducted from Lin Jiu, which made Lin Jiu very sad and angry.
The shop never keeps overnight seafood in the refrigerator. The seafood taken out on the same day is eaten on the same day and will not be kept in the refrigerator overnight, so there is no extra seafood in the shop. Lin Jiu steamed the chalcedony rice and went home again on the pretext of getting seafood. He brought back another insulated box. Not long after he arrived at the store, Si Xu and Wen Qin arrived.
Si Xu stood in front of the bar, "How is it? Is the injury serious?"
Lin Jiu looked up and was stunned when he saw Si Shen suddenly appear.
Si Xu was also stunned when he saw the Band-Aids on Lin Jiu's face, eyes and neck.
"Is the wound deep? Do you want to go to the hospital?"
"It's okay, just a little scratch, it's nothing serious." He had already cleaned it himself when he went home to get the seafood.
Wenqin's phone rang, he went out to answer it and came back soon.
"How is it?" Si Xu asked in front of Lin Jiu without hiding it from Lin Jiu.
Wen Qin said: "We found out that those people are small bloggers with a certain number of fans. They also do things for money."
Lin Jiu heard it and looked at them with a pair of clear black and white eyes.
Si Xu told Lin Jiu the whole story. Lin Jiu's reaction was indifferent. He just nodded to show that he understood, without any further reaction.
In Si Xu's eyes, this was Lin Jiu's decision to endure the grievance. Such a Lin Jiu could always touch Si Xu's softest heart, just like back then, when he saw little Lin Jiu silently shedding tears, Si Xu always wanted to protect him at all costs.
In fact, Lin Jiu is not that fragile, nor that magnanimous. His experiences from childhood to adulthood have taught him that when he cannot resist, he can only endure, and when he has the ability to resist, he does not have to care about so-called kindness.
Besides, he had already taken revenge himself.