After rolling the woven bag back up, Fang Chenyi was pulled by Bai Menghan straight into the nearest shop that sold bedding.
The female streamer behind them froze for a second when she saw the name of the store they walked into. Then, she mumbled to herself, speechless:
"That scavenger guy really has some nerve. That's the flagship store for 'How's the Needle Fabric?', the famous bedding brand from France. Their stuff isn't necessarily the best, but it's definitely the most expensive! Aren't those two just asking for embarrassment by going in there?"
After muttering to herself, the streamer found a bench in front of the "How's the Needle Fabric?" store and sat down. She kept her camera aimed through the glass window at Fang Chenyi and Bai Menghan inside. "Alright, my dears in the stream, let's just wait here for a bit. I bet that scavenger guy will be out in no time."
The streamer didn't follow them in because she knew, with their apparent means, they couldn't possibly afford to shop there. She'd just end up following them in and right back out, so she might as well wait.
The viewers in her live stream completely agreed with her:
"Holy crap, that scavenger guy's got guts. My family uses this brand of bedding. A single bedsheet from there easily costs eight hundred to a thousand."
"Jeez, the guy above is a real whale. Confirmed!"
"Whale! Can I just humbly ask... do you have room for another hanger-on?"
At that very moment, in a run-down residential complex somewhere in Qinhuang Island, a rather sleazy-looking fat guy was lying on a wooden plank bed, enjoying a cheap inflatable doll he'd bought for 9.99 with free shipping while watching the stream. Seeing the barrage of comments all praising him, a smug look spread across his face. But it seemed he got a little too carried away; he must not have controlled the strength in his hand, because with a loud POP, the poor doll in his grasp exploded.
As for Fang Chenyi and Bai Menghan, they came out together in less than ten minutes, just as the streamer had predicted.
Seeing them empty-handed without a single bag, the streamer was even more certain of her assumption. "Hee hee, looks like the scavenger guy got scared off by the prices. But a big brand is a big brand. Look how polite that saleswoman is, even to a scavenger guy like him. She's even personally seeing them out."
"Wow, it's true! Big brands really are different. Look, even the saleswoman is gorgeous! I'm gonna go take a stroll in there later. Not to buy anything, just so that pretty lady will see me out."
"Where's the whale? Where's that whale from before? If a scavenger guy gets this kind of treatment, what kind of service do you think our whale brother would get if he went?"
The comments kept calling for the whale from earlier, but at that moment, the "whale" they were talking about was mourning the accidental destruction of his beloved doll.
Ignoring the streamer and her audience, let's turn back to Fang Chenyi and Bai Menghan.
The person seeing them out wasn't just any saleswoman; it was clearly the manager of the bedding store.
"Mr. Fang, Ms. Bai, please take care. We will be sure to deliver the batch of bedding you ordered on time. Thank you again for visiting the 'How's the Needle Fabric?' flagship store. If there was anything lacking in our service, we ask for your understanding."
Fang Chenyi smiled, waved a hand, and said the service was great before striding away with Bai Menghan. The streamer, who had just rushed over with her live audience, heard this exchange and was completely dumbfounded.
"Holy crap! Folks, did Little Cutie just hear that wrong? What did that saleslady just say? Did she say 'the batch you ordered'? Did that scavenger guy really place an order here?"
Because of the phone's limited microphone range, the viewers in the stream hadn't clearly heard what the beautiful store manager said. But after the streamer repeated it, they were all dumbfounded too.
"What's going on? Little Cutie, are you saying the scavenger guy actually bought something? Are you sure you heard that right?"
"No way. I swear on a toilet, if that scavenger guy really bought bedding from here, I'll live-stream myself taking a crap while doing a handstand!"
"Holy shit, the guy above is brutal! But I agree, there's no way the scavenger guy can afford it. How about this: if you really live-stream yourself taking a crap on a handstand, I'll eat nothing but steamed buns and pickled vegetables for a month just to tip you a 'Duck-stravaganza'!"
"Little Cutie, hurry up and go ask that saleslady!"
"Yeah, yeah, go, go! You must be getting old and your hearing's going."
Looking at the comments, the streamer cursed internally. 'You're the one who's getting old! Your whole family is old.'
Of course, she couldn't say that out loud. On the surface, the streamer just pouted with a reluctant look on her face. "F-fine. You guys are the ones making me ask, okay? It's not my fault if I embarrass that guy."
As she spoke, the streamer trotted with small steps over to the front of the famous bedding store.
The store manager had been watching the two young whales leave and was about to head back inside when she turned around and was stopped by a woman's affected voice:
"Um, hello, miss. I'm an outdoor streamer on TikTok. Uh, could I bother you for a second and ask you a quick question?"
[To be continued...]
PS: Third update of the day.
This is a bonus chapter for the 100,000-point donation from the big shot, 'Yasuo' of the 'Heaven-Blasting Gang'! Because of my day job, I only managed to write half of this during my lunch break and just finished the rest on my phone. Sorry it's a bit late, and I hope you guys understand!
To the big shot, I still owe four more chapters. Don't worry, Xiao Youzi will definitely deliver!