40 Developing New Business (1/2)
Chapter 40: Developing New Business
Translator: Nyoi_Bo_StudioEditor: Tennesh
If speaking of giving a cat a bath, Zhang Zian had heard many horror stories.
When Zhang Zian was still in high school, one night he was doing his homework in his bedroom on the second floor. Suddenly, he heard some terrible screams from downstairs. The screams were as harsh as a ghost’s night cry. It scared him so much that he dropped his pen and almost had diarrhea in his pants!
At that time, some neighbors who slept earlier had to get up, turn on the lights, open the windows, go out the door, and look around with flashlights in hand. Some people were even carrying tennis rackets and crutches in their hands.
What was happening?
”Horrifying sounds!”
”I think a night owl was howling.”
”Was there a homicide...?”
”Everyone, please be careful. I will call the police!” a neighbor said while holding a cell phone.
The door of the closed shop opened, and Zhang Zian's father walked out wearing a waterproof apron. He was wearing rubber gloves, and his hair was soaked and tightly clinging to his head. Right away, he apologized to the neighbors, ”I'm so sorry! Sorry for disturbing everyone! Please don’t panic. We were just giving a bath to our cat...”
Many people certainly did not believe him. ”Giving the cat a bath, Mr. Zhang... So that scream was from a cat?”
”It didn’t seem like that. I heard a young woman's scream...”
”Huh? I felt like it was a child’s voice...”
Zhang Zian’s father hadn’t yet had a chance to explain when another tragic wail came from the first floor. Everyone heard it very clearly this time, as the glass door was open, and it made people’s faces change color.
”Mr. Zhang, is that really a cat?”
Zhang Zian’s father wiped his face, which was drenched in hot water and sweat, and responded, ”If that was not a cat, what could it be?”
Most neighbors were decent people, but some were not afraid to make things worse when they saw some excitement. ”That is impossible! I think it is certainly a homicide!”
”Let’s go inside and check it out!”
”Let’s all go together so we will not be scared!”
Some conservative neighbors also tried to follow the crowd and said to Zhang Zian’s father, ”Mr. Zhang, let us go and take a look. It will put everyone at ease.”
It seemed that Zhang Zian’s father couldn’t win over the crowd. He had to make a decision. ”Well, if you do not believe me, please come inside and check for yourselves.”
Everyone followed as his father walked into the store while a young Zhang Zian walked down the stairs from the second floor.
Following the screams, everyone walked toward the pet’s bathroom. Before his father could remind them not to open the door, someone had quickly done so.
An adult Dragon Li cat, whose whole body was drenched in water, slipped out the door and rushed into the crowd, frantically waving its claws like Li Yuanba[1] and attacking anyone in its way!
”Be careful! This cat is crazy!”
”Run fast! You can’t deal with this cat logically!”
In the crowd, there were a few arrogant men that had never backed down before, but this time they were screaming like little girls after being scratched by the cat. The people standing behind them did not know what had happened, but they tried to run as well, following those men. Some people were almost pushed down to the ground and injured, as they were a little bit slower in their actions.
At that time, Zhang Zian’s mother walked out from the pet’s bathroom soaked, wearing a waterproof apron and rubber gloves and feeling helpless looking at such a chaotic scene.
As was routine after receiving a call, a police car with flashing lights stopped in front of the shop. The police were shocked to see a big crowd running out of the shop like crazy and sensed there might be some big crimes happening, so they picked up their phones. ”Here is 034! Please send more help to Zhonghua Road South Exit! Please send more police to Zhonghua Road South Exit!”