Chapter 253: Chapter 251: Principal Wang Was Tricked
At this thought, everyone’s perception began to change.
It seemed Huaxia wasn’t as backward as they had previously thought. Some random young man, just because of a single taunt, had casually waved his hand and acquired a company.
What kind of guts was that? How badass was that?
Huaxia was unfathomable!
Fang Chenyi, however, thought nothing of what had just happened. After leaving the coffee shop, he continued observing the distribution of "scrap" in the area while taking out his phone to call the head of his Xuanji Animation Technology Development Co., Ltd.
After waving away the man’s string of compliments, Fang Chenyi cut straight to the chase. "I just acquired Stick Comics. I need you to start preparing for the merger as quickly as possible. After the merger, Stick Comics will operate as a subsidiary. And have them change their name to ’Huaxia Xuanji Group Stick Country Subsidiary.’"
’The emphasis on "subsidiary" was, of course, intentional. The Chinese word for it literally translates to "son company." Or grandson company, that worked too.’
Ignoring just how shocked the head of Xuanji Technology must have been, Fang Chenyi simply smiled and shook his head, muttering, "You brought this entirely on yourselves."
After strolling around for a while, Fang Chenyi had thoroughly familiarized himself with the area around the hotel.
He checked the time. After all that activity, it was already noon.
After returning to the hotel, he, Principal Wang, and Qi Xiaotian found a fairly authentic local restaurant and headed inside.
Since Principal Wang had been here many times before, the important task of ordering was left to him.
A dozen or so minutes later, Fang Chenyi was left speechless as he stared at the uncooked dishes being brought to their table. Pointing a finger at a plate of still-twitching sashimi, he said, his stomach churning a little:
"I mean, you just eat this stuff raw? The parasites probably haven’t even been killed yet, right? Especially with that nuclear leak a few years back..."
Fang Chenyi shook his head and trailed off. Hearing this, Principal Wang, who had just been reaching for a piece with his chopsticks, froze. He subconsciously pulled his chopsticks back, unnerved by Fang Chenyi’s words. All of a sudden, he couldn’t bring himself to eat the sashimi, which was usually his favorite dish.
Qi Xiaotian, on the other hand, was completely unfazed.
He picked up his chopsticks, grabbed a big piece of sashimi, dipped it in the sauce, and stuffed it into his mouth without a second thought. As he chewed, he even managed to shovel some rice into his mouth.
Seeing him eat like that, Principal Wang couldn’t help but gulp. He pointed nervously at the sashimi and asked Fang Chenyi,
"Brother Fang, we can’t be that unlucky, can we? To get the one batch with parasites..."
Before Fang Chenyi could answer, Qi Xiaotian, having just swallowed a mouthful of food, chimed in.
"C’mon, we’re grown men. No need to be so picky. This stuff has been cleaned, what’s the big deal? When I was on a mission in the jungle, we got so hungry we caught a snake, bit its head right off, and drank its blood. You think that didn’t have parasites? But we turned out just fine, didn’t we?"
GAG~
It would have been better if Qi Xiaotian had kept his mouth shut. As soon as he finished speaking, Principal Wang immediately felt a wave of nausea.
As if on purpose, seeing Principal Wang’s nauseated expression, Qi Xiaotian grinned and continued.
"What’s wrong, Brother Wang? Don’t believe me? Forget raw snake meat—we’d catch rats, earthworms, and stuff like that and just toss them straight into our mouths. But I gotta say, the tastiest thing I ever ate was still the snake meat."
SMACK!
Fang Chenyi irritably rapped Qi Xiaotian on the head. He could feel his own stomach churning a little as he glared at him.
"What the hell, we’re eating here!"
After getting smacked by Fang Chenyi, Qi Xiaotian gave an embarrassed grin and fell silent, turning his attention back to the food and starting to wolf it down.
Seeing this, a resigned Principal Wang put down his chopsticks.
"Um, Brother Fang, you and Xiaotian go ahead. I’m not really hungry yet, so I’ll pass for now... Uh, I’m just gonna run to the restroom."
With that, he stood up and headed for the restroom, presumably to vomit from the disgust.
Seeing this, Fang Chenyi shook his head helplessly. He then shot a glare at the sheepish Qi Xiaotian and snapped,
"Are you a reincarnated hungry ghost or something? Slow down and leave some for me!"
After speaking, he reached out with his chopsticks, picked up a few pieces of the still-twitching sashimi, dipped them in sauce, and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing heartily.
Seeing this, Qi Xiaotian, who was sitting opposite him, froze. Chewing his food, he looked at Fang Chenyi in confusion and asked,
"Brother Fang, I thought you were afraid to eat this?"
Fang Chenyi shoveled a mouthful of rice into his mouth while picking up another type of sashimi. He replied irritably,
"A real man can’t be so picky. This sashimi is pretty good. If you’re not gonna eat it, pass it over."
"No way! Who said I wasn’t gonna eat it?"
...
Fang Chenyi had indeed been a little hesitant at first. But unlike Principal Wang, after hearing Qi Xiaotian’s words, he felt that a real man should be just as he described. Picky eating was for wimps.
Of course, the main reason was that he had his trash tongs and woven bag with him.
It was precisely because of this that Fang Chenyi dared to feast so heartily.
’It was no joke. With these two items on my person, any viruses, bacteria, or even parasites—all harmful substances and filth—would be automatically eliminated within a five-meter radius of me.’
’To put it bluntly, even if I grabbed a couple of bats, they’d become perfectly clean in my hands. Of course, not that I would ever do that.’
When Principal Wang returned from the restroom, he saw Fang Chenyi and Qi Xiaotian stuffing their faces. Looking at the total mess of empty plates and cups on the table, he felt for a moment that something was off.
After a moment of stunned confusion, it hit him. ’Those two said all that on purpose! Their goal was to keep me from fighting them for the food!’
’That’s it, it must be! I’ve eaten this stuff plenty of times before and I was always perfectly fine!’
Thinking this, he irritably sat back down, picked up his chopsticks, and prepared to join the fray.
But just as he reached out with his chopsticks, the images conjured by Qi Xiaotian’s stories flashed through his mind. Instantly, his stomach churned again. ’Dammit, I’m not eating!’
Defeated, he had no choice but to put his chopsticks back down again.
"You’re back, Xiaocong. Come on, eat up! This sashimi really is good!"
[To be continued...]
