What should life be like?

Nobody has given a definitively correct and singular answer, but mostly—

Childhood, grow healthy and strong.

Adolescence, study and learn.

Young adulthood, find a partner and marry.

Middle age, work to support the family.

Old age, be healthy enough to help with grandchildren, be unwell and you’re in the hospital or staying at home...

Then mix in everyone’s personal interests and hobbies, and that makes up the lives of many people.

For the vast majority of people in Ke Chen City, initially, the main rhythm of life wasn’t too different from the above tempo.

But now, it’s gradually changing.

One thing has integrated into their common life—

"Happy Milk Tea is open, let’s go drink milk tea!"

Although Ke Chen City experienced some chaos due to "food safety issues" and the "White Impermanence sightings" incidents.

Still...

Drinking milk tea is a new fashion in Ke Chen City life.

No event can interrupt Ke Chen City people drinking milk tea!

People’s production and life are closely connected with milk tea.

Having milk tea when discussing business can improve the deal rate.

Having milk tea during divorce can lower the divorce rate.

Having milk tea when seeing the doctor,...

Oh, right.

For the people of Ke Chen City now, milk tea is divided into two types: Happy Milk Tea and other milk tea.

If you can drink Happy Milk Tea, then other milk tea is simply unnecessary...

However, other milk tea still has a survival space now, the main reason that good currency hasn’t expelled bad currency is because Lin Hao makes milk tea daily and it’s limited; Lin Hao must ensure production at a normal human pace.

Therefore, occasionally, even if Lin Hao isn’t tired, he has to take a break.

Moreover, some self-media bloggers, while chasing "Happy Milk Tea" traffic, use the number of Happy Milk Tea cups sold today as a "gimmick", so Lin Hao has to pay more attention to his speed of making milk tea.

And these bloggers who chase "Happy Milk Tea" traffic, when confirming how many cups of milk tea are sold, also simultaneously estimate what the day’s revenue of Happy Milk Tea is, then...

Attempt to report tax evasion to see if they can form a good breaking point and become the first person to eat crab.

Moreover for them, if they can bring down the Happy Milk Tea store, not only can they grab traffic income, but also get some extra "reward money".

The source of those reward money, not to be spoken of to outsiders.

As for whether these bloggers need to pay taxes if they make money?

Of course not!

They feel the companies that need to pay taxes should do so, as they, the self-media, contributed to Ke Chen City, putting in such a huge labor effort, making the companies pay taxes, therefore the money earned through their own labor is more than just money, it includes merit!

Why should they be taxed?

Unfortunately...

The event asking Happy Milk Tea to "pay back taxes" has never been implemented.

Of course, many people targeted other events related to Happy Milk Tea that couldn’t be implemented either.

Including but not limited to trademark hijacking, supply chain blockade, market supervision inspection...

Happy Milk Tea is like a seamless egg, even if there are flies, they can’t sting it.

Many people are puzzled, Happy Milk Tea is clearly a newly opened company, why in business, legal affairs, finance aspects, did they invest massive resources right from the start?

Shouldn’t normal company operations experience a wild growth stage?

Unable to handle Happy Milk Tea from business, legal affairs, finance, now wanting to bring down Happy Milk Tea, or shift Happy Milk Tea’s income to themselves, the only way is to poach the store’s "core"... Milk Tea Master!

"Teacher Lin, I am from Ke Chen Ju Li Investment, we are very sincere, willing to invest three million in the first phase, only to supervise, not to participate in actual business management, allowing you to have full control over operations..."

"Teacher Lin, I am from Halloween Square, we provide you with space, you don’t need to worry about anything, base salary above minimum wage, high commission..."

"Teacher Lin, I am Ke Chen Daily’s reporter Nima Teqian, we’d like to interview you, are you available..."

"..."

Transported by the business car arranged by Li Chuchu to the commercial street, Lin Hao got out of the car holding the dog, and a group of people surrounded him, offering business cards, microphones were the basic operations.

The dignified Residual Pill Ancestor, "passing through ten thousand flowers without a single leaf sticking" can be achieved, when faced with the chase and block of these people, you see the extraordinarily handsome Lin Hao, spinning, dodging, rubbing, you can’t catch me...

And when Lin Hao smoothly approached the shop door, the nearby grandpas and grandmas buying milk tea spontaneously cleared a path for Lin Hao to enter, then closed ranks—

"No cutting in line!"

"Young people, don’t lose your manners!"

"Have young people gone bad?"

"..."

All were stopped by grandpas and grandmas.

Want to squeeze?

If someone happens to be knocked down, things could get interesting.

And now at this point, those who can come here to queue for milk tea are wealthy and leisurely grandpas and grandmas, characters who receive pensions.

This represents, when they were young, the units they joined were absolutely law-abiding and compliant...

Appreciate it, savor it.

Lin Hao entered the shop smoothly, looking at Li Chuchu’s slightly teasing gaze, Lin Hao smiled:

"Aren’t you afraid I’ll be poached?"

"I have a keen eye for people."

Li Chuchu, hands behind her back, took a step forward, slightly tiptoeing to gaze into Lin Hao:

"Nobody can offer better conditions than my own!"

Is Li Chuchu flirting with Lin Hao?

No!

This is Li Chuchu giving her employees an opportunity...

Click!

Click!

Click!

To the staff specializing in photography, this was the boss lady indicating she’d give out bonuses!

Workers possess an extremely keen professional sensitivity!

They relinquish many things but will never give up the chance to get a bonus!

"What are you doing! Come with me to the back!"

"Okay, okay!"

The worker says: I’m familiar with this scenario! Isn’t it just punishing me with overtime, giving me extra overtime pay, and then a bonus?

...

River Debris City.

Joyful District.

White Horse Business Club.

A woman dressed in casual clothing, wearing an apron and holding a child in her left hand, stands quietly at the doorway.

The child is also well-behaved, neither crying nor causing trouble.

A middle-aged man stands opposite the woman, his face showing embarrassment and anger, wanting to take her away.

"Go back, talk about it at home!"

"Be sensible! I’m here for serious business!"

"If you’re coming, fine, but why bring the child?"

"I didn’t do much, don’t make a big deal out of it!"

"..."

No matter how the man speaks, regardless of his attempts to lead his wife away, the woman shakes off the middle-aged man’s hand and says coldly:

"I’m here to find my husband."

"That’s me! What do you want! What exactly do you want!"

After multiple unsuccessful negotiations with his wife, the middle-aged man raises his voice, his brows furrowing deeper.

He wants to explode in anger, but with many people around, his wife may not care about dignity, but he does!

In this place, there are his business partners watching, and it seems he can hear whispers, mocking him for being unable to control his own wife.

The manager of the White Horse Business Club steps forward gently, speaking softly:

"Dear sister, if there’s any misunderstanding, let’s go inside to talk. Standing at our door always presents some inconveniences."

Saying this, the manager slowly crouches and smiles at the slightly reserved little boy: 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"Little brother, there’s good food and fun stuff inside. Would you like to come in with sister?"

The manager is already skilled at handling these kinds of events.

If only the man’s wife shows up, it might turn ugly, but when there’s a child, things become more manageable...

The child’s face lights up with hope, but before he can express his desire to go inside to his mom, he sees her forcefully push the seemingly nice sister down.

"What are you doing!" The middle-aged man barks fiercely at his wife.

"President Liu, it’s okay. Sister must have misunderstood me about something, let’s go inside to talk, clear it up, and it’ll be fine." The manager of the White Horse Club stands up slowly, instead calming the middle-aged man.

"Look at her, then look at yourself!"

The middle-aged man feels more vexed, after helping the manager of the White Horse Club up, he says softly:

"I absolutely won’t cause you any trouble."

Then, the middle-aged man grabs the woman’s arm fiercely, pulling her outside regardless of her struggle!

Middle-aged man: "Let’s go! Move!"

Woman: "I want to wait for my husband!"

Middle-aged man: "Are you crazy? That’s me!"

Woman: "I want to wait for my husband!"

The middle-aged man drags the woman, and the woman holds the child, who starts crying in fear...

Hearing his own child’s cries, the middle-aged man feels even more irritated.

Instinctively raising his hand, he fiercely aims it at the woman’s face.

The woman closes her eyes instinctively, but the slap never lands.

When the woman opens her eyes, she sees her husband’s hand being tightly gripped by someone:

"Buddy, no matter what, hitting a woman is always wrong."

Speaking was a very young-looking person, his voice playful:

"I think if you wipe the lipstick off your face, your wife will find her husband."

The anger that the middle-aged man had stewing suddenly extinguished at the young man’s words.

The middle-aged man frees his hand from the young man’s grip, opens his phone, and takes a look at himself...

On his cheeks, neck, earlobes...

The air hangs with an awkward tension.

...

The young man feels his ’mission accomplished,’ heads towards the White Horse Business Club, looks at the familiar manager, and smiles:

"I’m back again!"

"I have no other purpose here; just seeking relief from a love quandary for fifteen days."

The manager watches the middle-aged family walk away, then glances at the young man, smiling gently:

"Alright, Xiyu, we’re honored to have you here!"