As a Magnate, I Started Checking in at a Convenience Store - Chapter 789:
Chapter 789: Small Matter!
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After dinner, Zhou Chao had just sat down on the sofa when he received a call from Si Cong.
“Si Cong, did you install surveillance in my house? How did you know to call me right after I sat down?”
Si Cong was baffled on the other end. When did he ever install surveillance? Even if Young Master Zhou asked him to, he wouldn’t dare.
“How could that be, Young Master Zhou? I just saw it was around dinner time, so I called you then!”
Zhou Chao was just teasing Si Cong, so he didn’t want to dwell on this topic too much.
“Oh, then what’s the matter for calling me?”
Upon hearing Zhou Chao’s question, Si Cong became a bit serious. “It’s nothing important, just wanted to ask if Young Master Zhou has time to play some games tonight!”
“Just that?” Zhou Chao initially thought there was something important to discuss, but it turned out to be just a simple invitation to play games.
Si Cong hesitated for a moment, realizing he didn’t have anything else to say.
“Yeah, just to play games. Nothing else!”
Zhou Chao thought for a moment. He didn’t have any plans for the evening, and his expensive computer, which he had spent hundreds of thousands on, had been sitting idle most of the time.
“Sure, I don’t have anything planned for tonight. I can play with you. Is it just the two of us?”
Playing games sounded like a good way to relax.
“How about I invite Lao Piao?”
“Sure, the more the merrier!”
“Alright, I’ll call Lao Piao. Let’s meet up on YY channel later!” Si Cong hung up the phone.
Zhou Chao briefly informed Jiang Li that he might be playing games late into the night and advised her to rest early, then headed straight to the computer room downstairs.
Though it had been a while since he last played, the housekeeper had been keeping the computer clean, otherwise, who knows how much dust would have accumulated.
He skillfully turned on the computer and logged into YY, almost forgetting his password.
By the time Zhou Chao entered the channel, Si Cong and Lao Piao were already deep in conversation.
“Lao Piao, heard you went to the Foot Bath Chicken next door? How was it? Are the girls there particularly gentle?” Si Cong teased.
“Si Cong, should I spill the beans? The pretty girls at the Foot Bath Chicken are indeed very gentle. Their voices are soft, especially when they speak, I feel like I’m walking on cotton, incredibly comfortable!”
Even over the phone, Zhou Chao could imagine the “lewd” expression on Lao Piao’s face, after all, the title “Dong Zhuo” wasn’t for nothing.
“Oh, really? But I heard someone screamed like a pig in the haunted house. Wasn’t that you, Lao Piao?”
“Ahem, how could that be me, Si Cong? Look at the size of my fist, like a pot, could a little haunted house scare me?”
Even Lao Piao himself didn’t realize his tone was becoming less confident.
Zhou Chao chuckled, but Si Cong and the others heard him.
“Young Master Zhou, something wrong? You’ve been silent for so long. Do you also want to hear Lao Piao’s stories?”
“I just didn’t want to interrupt your lively chat. I happened to catch a snippet,” Zhou Chao said, emphasizing the word ‘snippet’!
This prompted Si Cong to burst into laughter, “Young Master Zhou, you haven’t seen Lao Piao’s video. I bet you’ll be rolling on the floor laughing. Wait a moment, let me send you the video!”
Lao Piao quickly exclaimed, “No, Si Cong, don’t do it!”
Seeing their reactions, Zhou Chao’s interest was piqued even more.
Soon, he received the short video from Si Cong and decisively clicked to watch it.
The video was quite long, about three to four minutes.
Hearing the sounds coming from the YY channel, Lao Piao knew there was no turning back and could only accept his fate.
Soon, Zhou Chao finished watching the video. Even Zhou Chao, who rarely laughed, burst into hearty laughter.
Lao Piao perfectly portrayed what it means to “talk tough, hit hard, and act cowardly!”
Before entering the haunted house, he was all tough talk, even comforting others not to be afraid. Since filming wasn’t allowed inside the haunted house, nobody knew what happened inside. All they knew was that when Lao Piao came out, his face was ashen, yet he still tried to explain bravely, “It’s not that I’m scared, it’s just that my friends accompanying me were too scared to continue. Otherwise, I would have definitely made it through!”
At this moment, Lao Piao sat slumped in his chair, looking despondent, staring blankly at the ceiling.
“What’s wrong? Did something happen?” Lao Piao’s wife, Minmin, leaned against the wall with a cup of coffee, looking at him and asking.
“Nothing major, just embarrassed myself in front of a big shot!” Lao Piao wore an expression of embarrassment and resignation.
“Haha! It’s okay, you don’t care about this!”
“Go on, I’m going to play games with the big shot. You’ll see how I deal with you later!” Mr. Mighty Lao Piao showed off his family “emperor” status.
“Pfft!” Minmin rolled her eyes at Lao Piao and left the room.
Unfortunately, Zhou Chao and Si Cong didn’t hear this, otherwise, they would have laughed at him again.
