Chapter 186 — Sold Out, Stall Closed
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At the bookstore, watching Wei Zhao buy a Xu Shilan concert DVD, Kang Xiaobo was a little surprised. "Boss, you like Xu Shilan too?"
"Oh... hah..." Wei Zhao didn't know how to answer. "I like her a bit..."
"A bit?" Kang Xiaobo blinked. If it was only a bit, why go all the way out here to buy the genuine copy?
"Actually, it's a gift for a friend," Wei Zhao could only explain it that way.
Fortunately, Kang Xiaobo didn't press further, and the topic shifted to Xu Shilan herself. "Boss, I like Xu Shilan too. I heard she's one of the rare pure and innocent girls in the entertainment industry..."
Pure and innocent girl? Wei Zhao curled his lip. How many so-called innocent girls had been proven otherwise? That kind of surface image couldn't be trusted.
The two of them ate beef noodles downstairs from the bookstore, then headed back to school.
When they reached the snack street, they were surprised to find that Tang's mother's stall was gone. The other stalls were still there, and it didn't look like any law enforcement had come to drive anyone off—besides, the snack street had the street office's approval, so under normal circumstances no one would come to chase them away.
Wei Zhao was puzzled. "Xiaobo, was it right here just now?" He pointed to the spot where Tang's mother had set up her stall.
"Yeah, so why is it gone? Boss, hold on, let me ask someone." Kang Xiaobo walked over to the barbecue stall at the very front of the snack street and asked, "Uncle, quick question—where did that Tang's Barbecue further in go? Wasn't it just here a moment ago?"
A flicker of resentment crossed the stall owner's face. He said coldly, "Sold out, stall's closed. Buying from me is the same."
"Never mind then, yours isn't good anyway." Kang Xiaobo said it offhandedly and turned to leave.
"Damn it," the barbecue stall owner cursed. He was about to explode with rage. Today, almost all his customers had been stolen by Tang's Barbecue. His stall, the very first one on the snack street, had sold two-thirds less than usual, and it infuriated him.
Before, when Tang's Barbecue hadn't been doing so well, he hadn't paid it any mind. But now he was burning with jealousy. He'd been selling barbecue on this snack street for years—he was one of the "old-timers" here. Otherwise he wouldn't have gotten the spot at the very front.
And yet this "old-timer" had been beaten by a "newcomer" like Tang's mother, which made Zhang Biaogan furious. Seeing another student come looking for Tang's Barbecue and even saying his own barbecue wasn't good, Zhang Biaogan's face immediately darkened.
And this was only the first day—plenty of students still didn't know about it. If this kept up for a few more days, how would he have any business left? Zhang Biaogan felt he had to do something.
After all, before today, his family's barbecue had sold the best on this snack street. But ever since Tang's mother got hold of some new recipe from who-knows-where today, the whole situation had flipped in an instant.
With a dark expression, Zhang Biaogan walked over to another barbecue stall. "Old Wang, how's business today?"