novelraw Chapter 406 - 425: Beauty Attack
Chapter 406 - 425: Beauty Attack
"The hovercar has stopped, right next to the Sea Treasure Elderly Activity Center. The young employees from Changhai Group are all getting out. Let’s go down too and see if we can interview them."
The reporter quickly got out of the hovercar. Just as she stepped out, she noticed that the group, who looked like they were heading for the elderly activity center, suddenly took a turn. The entire crowd just... left.
Reporter: ???
She froze, completely stunned.
The reporter couldn’t process it at first, and by the time she snapped out of it, the group from Changhai Group was already far in the distance.
She hurriedly led her assistant after them. After crossing a small patch of woods and seeing a public hovercar station, the young reporter was dumbfounded.
The Sea Treasure Elderly Activity Center was already on the outskirts of the main city. It was a quiet, secluded place, far from the hustle and bustle. Most of the time, only the elderly were active here. Only on days off would children come to visit their parents.
She had been here once before to do a feature story on the elderly activity center. Back then, there was hardly anyone around the periphery. But today—
Besides the 1,300 people from Changhai Group who had just surged in, there were probably already over a thousand people here.
A dense, dark sea of people.
After walking a little further in, the young reporter discovered that the people weren’t just standing around randomly. They were lining up in front of three stalls!?
’It seems I’ve found the reason why this station is so lively.’
"Follow the Streamer, Get Free Ancient Earth Food?"
’People from all over seem to have gathered for this free Ancient Earth food. Could it be that the Changhai Group employees also came all this way just for this?’
’It must be incredibly delicious for them to come all this way!’
"Let’s go interview the owners of the stall and see what’s going on."
"Hello."
There were too many people, and the Ju person was running around like crazy. "Sorry, no cutting in line. If you need something, please go to the back of the line. We’ll be serving until the very end today. Everyone in line will get something; as long as you wait, we promise we’ll get to you."
"I’m not here to line up, I’m a reporter from the Haiyun Evening News. I..."
A reporter?!
The moment they heard "reporter," someone immediately looked up.
At once, the gazes of all five people fell on the most handsome young man on the far left, the one frying tofu.
He was very young, looking to be only eighteen or nineteen. At such a fresh-faced age, even his hair seemed soft.
"Y-yes? Are you here for an interview?" the handsome young man asked in a soft, gentle voice, his face even turning slightly red.
’Originally, an interview wasn’t necessary. After all, today’s feature was on the after-work lives of young employees. I just needed to ask where the stall came from, and the main focus of the interviews should still be on the Changhai employees behind me—’
"Yes." The boy, looking quite embarrassed in front of the camera, explained the stall’s origin, who it was for, and what Ancient Earth food they were giving away. He also added, "Actually, for this event, we originally wanted to use other dishes. For example, the tender, fragrant, and glistening braised coo-coo meat, or the firm, springy, and delicately refreshing fish balls would have been great. It’s just that none of us know how to make them, so we could only make tofu, which isn’t too difficult."
He gave a long-winded introduction. The young reporter said, "Oh," and then asked, "When did you guys set up your stall? That group of young people who came later, were they here yesterday?"
"We got here this morning. As for the people who came later, I don’t know. I just got here today, too."
"Oh, I see. Well, we have a good understanding of the situation now. Thank you for your cooperation with our interview."
"No, we should be thanking you. After you’re done with your interviews, miss, you can come over. We’ll give you something to eat for free."
After speaking, he waved and returned to his stall.
The young reporter stood in place for a moment, had her assistant get another shot of the stall’s sign with the remote camera drone, and then started walking back to interview the Changhai Group employees.
But she had only taken three steps when her gaze swept across the teeming crowd. She stopped abruptly and took three steps back.
Her assistant was about to ask what was wrong when she suddenly approached a kind-faced elderly man and asked in an excited tone, "Professor Liu! What are you doing here?"