The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 266

Chapter 266: Chapter 266: "Take money, do work. It’s no hardship.

When she heard the news that Boss Jin’s wife and children were all dead, Shen Lu was stunned for a few seconds.

But she quickly recovered and remarked, "Well, that’s pretty tragic."

Ma Laosan clicked his tongue. "Do you know who blew up the villa?"

"Who was it?" Shen Lu was also quite curious.

She had indeed said it was time for the Jin family to fall, but she never intended for Boss Jin’s wife and children to be killed in an explosion.

"It was Boss Jin’s old arch-nemesis. His surname is Gu, and his name is Gu Tongwei."

Ma Laosan had, after all, been around Gold Street for many years and knew all the old stories like the back of his hand. "About ten years ago, Boss Jin’s business wasn’t this big, and he wasn’t the head of the Commerce Association. The head back then was this Gu Tongwei. Boss Jin used some tricks to force Gu Tongwei to step down, then bought up several of his shops for a low price, leaving Gu Tongwei’s family ruined and scattered. So, you see, for a gentleman, ten years is not too late for revenge. Gu Tongwei specifically chose the exact same time, ten years later, to blow up Boss Jin’s villa."

Ma Laosan was vague about some of the details, feeling that a young girl like Shen Lu shouldn’t hear things that were too bloody and violent.

Various thoughts swirled in Shen Lu’s mind. She quietly asked the system, ’If I hadn’t used the Word Spirit Technique, would last night’s events still have happened?’

[If the Host had not used the Word Spirit Technique, the event would still have occurred, but it wouldn’t have gone so smoothly. It would very likely have failed.]

[Host, please do not doubt the power of the Word Spirit Technique!]

Shen Lu didn’t doubt the power of the Word Spirit Technique. In fact, she really wanted to have this ability for herself!

It was even more formidable than the 100% damage reflection. It was an offensive tool; you could bring about someone’s miserable end just by moving your mouth.

So, besides wanting to quickly max out her shop’s defense, Shen Lu now had a new hope: to draw the Word Spirit Technique privilege, even if it was the lowest tier.

’Even having to recite some overbearing CEO lines would be acceptable!’

"Also, it wasn’t just Boss Jin’s villa that got hit. You’ve probably heard of Fragrant Sky, right? The fast-food chain with several locations? Three of their stores were blown up too!"

’No wonder there are more customers today,’ Shen Lu thought. ’It’s because Fragrant Sky got blown up.’

Shen Lu said, "Gu Tongwei did that too?"

"Yep. Back in the day, Fragrant Sky’s bosses, General Manager Chen and Mr. Sun, were thick as thieves with Boss Jin. They had a hand in his miserable downfall. Gu Tongwei held back for ten years; if he was going to get revenge, he was definitely going to spread the pain around." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Ma Laosan chattered on for half an hour before taking a call and leaving, looking like he still had more to say.

In truth, he had wanted to say more.

For example, the reason he hadn’t been coming to Shen Lu’s place recently was that he had no choice. Boss Jin had sent someone to have a word with him, telling him to cause trouble for Shen Lu.

Ma Laosan was just a small fry. When the head of the Commerce Association gave an order, how could he dare to disobey? However, Shen Lu’s shop wasn’t rented, but owned. Besides, the unfinished building housing Little Deer Cuisine wasn’t technically part of Gold Street, so Ma Laosan’s reach didn’t extend that far.

At most, he could only manage the street in front of the shop.

But Wang Daguo kept that stretch of street clean every day, leaving Ma Laosan with no opening. After thinking it over, he decided to just stop eating at Little Deer Cuisine and go to Fragrant Sky instead.

Fragrant Sky was owned by a member of the Commerce Association, so by eating there, he was, in a way, showing his goodwill to Boss Jin.

Shen Lu had just gotten all the juicy gossip. She understood that the crisis with Boss Jin was over for now, but she didn’t know if he would come back for revenge after cleaning up his mess.

’I have to cut the weeds and pull out the roots.’

After the lunch rush, Shen Lu found a spare moment to talk with Xue Can.

"One hundred thousand Star Coins to buy Boss Jin’s life. Is that enough?" Shen Lu got straight to the point.

Xue Can nodded. "It’s enough."

Shen Lu transferred the money. "Thank you for your trouble."

"I get paid to do a job. It’s no trouble."

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