Chapter 241 Save the Game!

Early this morning,

Boss Zhou sat in his usual spot, as always.

Sunlight,

Newspaper,

Coffee,

Ge You,

Salted fish,

This was how Boss Zhou's day began.

Even with a lot on his mind from yesterday, Zhou Ze still managed to throw it all to the back of his head upon waking, contentedly enjoying the vitality of his morning.

Bai Yingying sat beside him, staring blankly at a pile of small fragments, looking rather dejected.

The old Taoist passed by and glanced at them, saying,

"Is this the mirror that was so blown away by the boss's handsomeness yesterday?"

As he said this, the old Taoist deliberately raised his voice, afraid that the boss wouldn't hear.

Bai Yingying looked up, pouting,

Having held it in for a long time,

She finally "pfft" laughed out loud.

She was actually still feeling sad and upset about breaking the mirror yesterday. She knew that her boss's family wasn't well-off and didn't have much of anything. It was hard enough to get something, and she hadn't even gotten to enjoy it before she broke it.

The old Taoist also sighed, leaned in, and whispered,

"Actually, the mirror was so disgusted by the boss’ face that it cried. Look at these cracks, don't they look like tear stains?"

"Snap…"

Zhou Ze closed the newspaper in his hands.

The old Taoist was shocked.

"The newspaper says that Tongcheng is at a crucial moment in its bid to become a civilized city."

"Huh?" The old Taoist was a little confused, but he had a bad feeling.

"Old Taoist."

"Yes, I'm here."

"Go contribute some effort. Sweep the road in front of the store."

"…" Old Taoist.

The old Taoist dejectedly carried the broom and mop outside. Zhou Ze also stood up and followed him out.

He lit a cigarette,

And stretched.

Just then, across the street, a crowd of people gathered, and a woman was shouting loudly inside, her voice extremely shrewish.

Early in the morning, Nan Street already had a large flow of people, so naturally, many rubberneckers gathered.

It seemed to be in front of an internet cafe, which had recently opened.

Boss Zhou slowly walked over, cigarette between his fingers, looking from behind like a lazy bum who never did anything productive and just liked to wander around and gossip.

"My son didn't do well on the midterm exams, and the teacher even called us parents, saying he hasn't been concentrating in class lately. I was wondering why, and look what I found today!

He told me he was going to school early for morning study, but he ran to an internet cafe to play games!

Damn it,

Who invented games!

Why doesn't the government throw all these damned game developers and internet cafe owners in jail?

Aren't they deliberately trying to ruin our children!

What does a child know?

He'll play whatever games there are.

He'll play whatever he finds fun.

This stuff is like a drug,

The children don't understand at all!"

The middle-aged woman kept shouting hoarsely.

In front of her stood a young man in a blue shirt, wearing black-rimmed glasses, very refined. When the woman spoke, he stood opposite her with a smile, without refuting or shouting.

Next to the two, there was a high school student with disheveled hair, his head lowered, his cheeks flushed, obviously feeling ashamed that his mother was shouting like this in public.

The woman grew tired,

And finally stopped,

Taking a mid-game break.

The refined young man finally found an opportunity to interject, saying calmly:

"Madam, if you want to educate your son, you can take him home or back to school and slowly educate him with the teacher.

This is an internet cafe, a commercial establishment. Your blocking and making noise here is already affecting our normal business."

"Bah! You still have the nerve to do business!

None of you internet cafe owners are good people, you're all just cheating children out of their money.

Everyone, judge fairly, I just went inside and looked, and it's all people playing games, their eyes glued to the screens.

And some of them are greasy-faced, clearly having played all night, not going to work or school, just focusing on playing games!

If their parents saw them like this,

How heartbroken would they be!"

"Madam, your son is already an adult. If he wants to come online, we can't stop him…"

"What dogshit about being an adult or not, my son is still a student, he's taking the college entrance exam next year!

Now I know why my son's grades have been dropping,

It's all because of this game,

It's all because of this internet cafe!

The government should shut down all game companies, they're just leading children astray, making us parents worry!"

The woman continued to shout.

The refined man reached out and adjusted his glasses, shook his head, and took out his phone, preparing to call.

"What do you mean? I'm reasoning with you!

Do you want to call someone?

Do you want to play gangster with me?

You ruined my child, made my child addicted to games and his studies declined,

And you dare to call people to hit me?

Let me tell you, I'm not easily scared, I'm also a local. Let's see if you dare to have someone lay a finger on me!"

"I'm calling the police."

"Calling the police?" The woman was stunned for a moment.

"You're disrupting my normal business."

"Get out, you shameless thing!" The woman raised her hand and slapped him directly. With a "smack," the refined man's phone was knocked down, falling to the ground, and rolling right in front of Zhou Ze.

"Still calling the police? My child won't be able to get into a good university next year because of dogshit like you opening internet cafes, I should be calling the police!

Everyone, judge fairly,

Is it easy for us parents?

Providing for our children to eat, providing for them to wear, providing for them to go to school, who doesn't want their children to succeed, who doesn't want their children to get into a good university.

But there are these bastard game developers, these black-hearted internet cafe owners,

Just thinking about making dirty money off of children,

They're ruining children!

God,

Save the children,

These damned games."

At this time, a young girl walked out from behind the man. She was probably an employee of the internet cafe. She first walked to Zhou Ze, squatted down, and picked up the phone, then pointed directly at the woman's nose and began to lash out:

"Save the children?

You have the nerve to mention that?

You can't educate your own children, you have no family education, you can't teach your children well, and you have the nerve to blame the game, you have the nerve to blame the internet cafe?

Your child is just an idiot, if he's addicted to games, it means he's an idiot, he's just mentally retarded, which means you're the parents of a mentally retarded person!

Damn it,

I'm going to shout,

Save the games,

Control these idiotic children,

Control you group of idiotic parents!

When we adults want to play a game, the blood can't even be red, it has to be green, violent and bloody scenes have to be cut, because it affects minors!

If a minor steals money or robs something, it's all the fault of the game,

So everyone in this world is a good person?

It's all the fault of the game?

Stop trying to shirk responsibility, this society has all kinds of people, some people can do well, and naturally some people have to be at the bottom, why aren't other people addicted to games? Why can other people do well in school?

Useless people who only know how to give birth but not how to raise,

Only know how to push responsibility onto others."

The woman was stunned on the spot,

Many of the onlookers actually cheered after hearing the girl's sharp rebuttal.

This made the woman even more unbearable, and she rushed up to fight the girl.

"You little slut, I'll tell you to scold me, I'll tell you to scold me!"

The two women fought together, and were quickly pulled apart by the surrounding onlookers.

Many people began to advise the woman to let her child go to school first and stop making a scene. The woman was also discouraged by the girl's scolding earlier, and after leaving a few harsh words, she pulled her son away.

Zhou Ze followed the woman for a while, and when the woman sent her child to the bus stop, taking advantage of the woman's scolding of her son, he walked up to the woman and brushed the woman's hair with his hand.

The woman turned her head to look at Zhou Ze, and probably thought that Zhou Ze was dressed decently enough and didn't look like a pervert, so she didn't pay any attention to it, and turned back to continue scolding her son while waiting for the bus.

Zhou Ze strolled back to the internet cafe.

There was no one at the entrance of the internet cafe, and it had returned to normal operation.

Zhou Ze walked up,

The environment of this internet cafe was really good, the machines were also very new, so even though it was early in the morning, there were quite a few customers inside.

The refined man was applying medicine to the girl's neck, which was probably scratched during the fight just now.

The girl was still indignantly telling the refined boss something,

But the refined man just smiled casually and flicked the girl's nose.

The girl pouted, turned her head, saw Zhou Ze, and immediately asked:

"Good morning, sir, please show your ID."

"I'm not here to use the internet," Zhou Ze put his hand on the counter and looked at the girl.

The girl frowned slightly, clearly thinking of Zhou Ze as a hooligan.

At this time, the refined boss came over with tea and was stunned when he saw Zhou Ze, saying:

"Sir, what can I do for you?"

"Actually, I supported you quite a bit during the argument just now," Zhou Ze said.

"Hehe, sorry you had to see that, sir. It's all over," the refined man said.

"I'm the one who owns the bookstore across the street. Seven or eight years ago, us selling novels received the same treatment as you internet cafes. We were both considered the culprits for leading children astray by the parents.

Times are changing, society is changing, many ancient cultures have been lost,

But the level of parents shirking responsibility from one generation to the next,

Has been completely inherited."

"Since you're a neighbor, come inside. I'll treat you to tea," the refined man said enthusiastically.

Zhou Ze raised his hand, indicating that he wasn't busy,

Then, Zhou Ze put a small black bug held between his fingernails on the bar.

The little bug was dying, like a maggot, but with colorful spots on its body.

Pointing at the little bug,

Zhou Ze slowly asked:

"Sympathy is sympathy,

Understanding is understanding,

I don't like that woman either,

But to let her die like this,

Isn't that a bit too much?"