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nTranslator: Legge Editor: Legge

nIn the afternoon.

nAt the Ximachang branch 1 of Lotte Mart.

nA loud explosion came from the food section.

nBoom!

n“Ah!”

n“The fluorescent lamp exploded!”

n“It’s falling, it’s falling!”

n“Be careful!”

n“Quick, run!”

nThe fluorescent lamp exploded, and a large tube cover fell down. Coincidentally, someone was standing right under it. Needless to say, it was Zhang Ye!

nZhang Ye also got quite scared. It was a good thing he was prepared for it as he hurriedly used his skillful and nimble moves to jump to the side. With a crash, the tube cover landed on the floor. If that had landed on Zhang Ye’s head instead, it might not be enough to give him a concussion, but he would still get a large amount of swelling on his head.

nWith that dodge, his face mask fell off.

nThe shopping crowd immediately recognized him.

n“Zhang Ye!”

n“It’s Face-smacking Zhang!”

n“That gave me such a scare!”

n“How dangerous!”

n“The light fell down? Why did it happen to Teacher Zhang again?”

n“Yeah, didn’t he just fall into a well?”

n“Pfft, he’s too unlucky!”

nThe supermarket’s staff hurriedly came over to clean up the scene.

nThe general manager also rushed over upon hearing that something had happened. He was thinking that this was really bad timing for the accident to happen. Why did it have to drop on this bastard of all people? This guy was well-known throughout Asia for being unreasonable, and he was the biggest hooligan in the entire Asian entertainment industry. If this fellow were to insist on holding their Lotte Mart responsible, they would definitely have a lot of trouble on their hands. Hai, how unlucky!

nBut never could he imagine that Zhang Ye did not even seem to have any intention of pursuing the matter.

nThey only saw him wiping away his sweat before quickly making his way to the other sections of the supermarket.

nThe general manager was stunned. Eh, something didn’t feel right. This wasn’t Zhang Ye’s style, was it? When did this fellow become so understanding and reasonable? This wasn’t what his temperament was like.

nA staff member came over. “Manager, this—”

nThe general manager said, “It’s alright.”

nThe staff member cautiously asked, “Do we have to compensate anyone?”

nThe general manager curled his lips. “No one was injured. What’s there to compensate?”

nThe staff member replied, “Understood.”

nWith this minor episode over, business went on as usual.

nBut when the general manager returned to his upstairs office, another incident happened in the supermarket!

nAn employee came running upstairs in a panic. “Manager! Something bad has happened!”

nThe general manager frowned. “What happened?”

nThe employee said anxiously, “The escalator malfunctioned. It suddenly moved in the opposite direction!”

nThe general manager was so alarmed he stood up. “What did you say? Was there anyone on the escalator?”

nThe employee said, “There was one person on it. When the malfunction happened, he rolled down the escalator—Zhang Ye!”

nThe general manager said in shock, “What? Why is it him again?”

nOn the second floor of the supermarket.

nAt this moment, Zhang Ye was dusting himself off with a lingering sense of fear. He had taken a bad tumble just now when the escalator that was going up suddenly changed direction and moved backward. Even though Zhang Ye had learned Taiji, he couldn’t balance himself and fell backwards and rolled down twice. It was a good thing that he was agile and managed to recover by quickly stabilizing himself. Otherwise, he would have rolled all the way down from the second floor to the first floor. That was terrifying to imagine!

nThe crowd was at a total loss for words.

nFalling into a well?

nGetting attacked by a falling tube cover?

nFalling down the escalator?

nWhat kind of luck was this!

nDid you check the almanac before coming out today?

nFrom far away, the general manager shouted, “Teacher Zhang, are you OK?”

nZhang Ye waved it off.

nThe general manager exclaimed, “What’s with this? Who is responsible for the escalators’ operation? Quickly call their manager over!” He was very scared, but it was really lucky that nothing had happened to Zhang Ye. If anything bad happened to him, that would have been terrible. Then the general manager said, “Teacher Zhang, this has to be a malfunction. It might be due to the aging equipment, but rest assured that we will check it carefully, as well as that hanging light that fell earlier. This sort of thing definitely won’t occur again. I guarantee it!”

nJust as he finished speaking.

nA several-meter-tall shelving unit gave way and crashed to the floor. All the goods placed on and on top of it plummeted off.

n“Ah!”

n“Run!”

n“It’s falling!”

n“Run! Fuck!”

nThe surrounding people scattered!

nThe general manager also jumped aside and dropped to the ground in a very unglamorous action.

nHow quick was Zhang Ye?

nHow agile was Zhang Ye?

nThis guy could clearly run faster than the others, but he just had to choose the wrong direction to run toward. There wasn’t anything wrong with the direction he made his escape in at the beginning, but then the falling goods crashed into the shelf across it, and a row of four or five shelves tumbled over in a domino effect. After making a circle, it came to where Zhang Ye was, and he had absolutely nowhere left to escape to. It ended up with him diving into a small space under the shelves that were falling, which saved him from being crushed under them. However, he was trapped underneath them and couldn’t crawl out!

n“This is bad!”

n“Help!”

n“Zhang Ye has been crushed again!”

n“Hurry up and call 119!”

nThe general manager was almost in tears. What was going on! What the ** was going on here!

nThe emergency response team arrived very quickly.

nBecause it was in the same area, the firefighters were the same group of people from earlier.

nWhen the chief firefighter saw Zhang Ye browsing his Moments under the fallen shelves, he was floored. “Teacher Zhang, why is it you again?”

nZhang Ye looked up. “Ah, yeah, it’s me.”

nThe firefighter wiped away his sweat. “We’re rescuing you for the third time today.”

nZhang Ye gave a dry laugh. “It’s been hard on you, but great work, my comrades.”

nThe firefighter sighed. Hai, it’s meaningless to say anything else. Just start the rescue!

nAfter more than ten minutes of hard work by the firefighters, they finally managed to get the trapped personnel out.

nAt the same time, Lotte Mart was evacuating the customers from the premises. The falling light or even the malfunctioning escalator might not have affected anything too greatly, but for so many of the shelving units to collapse, there was clearly no way they could keep going on with their business operation. They immediately took the necessary measures and temporarily closed the store. The customers did not dare stay around either. How was this a place for shopping? They’d be risking their lives just by being in there! Luckily for them, all of the unfortunate things happened to Zhang Ye today. This scourge was very hardy and wouldn’t die that easily, but that wasn’t the case for them. They were all normal people who couldn’t smash a bulletproof car window with their bare hands.

nThe customers left.

nThe fire department left.

nThe supermarket staff clocked out.

nBut now the general manager discovered Zhang Ye still strolling around on the first floor of the supermarket near the cashiers’ checkout area. It seemed like he couldn’t find the way out.

nThe general manager pointed. “The exit is over there.”

nZhang Ye acknowledged, “Oh, I’m not in a rush. I’m gonna stay around for a while longer.”

nWhen the general manager heard that, he nearly fainted!

nYou still want to stay around for a while longer?

nGet lost!

nHurry up and get lost!

nEverything was fine before you came in!

nZhang Ye spent a long time strolling aimlessly around in the supermarket.

nThe general manager and the security guards nearly broke down. They were all trembling in fear while staying close to Zhang Ye, afraid that something bad would happen again. It wasn’t until after they begged him to leave that he finally did so.

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nAt 1 o’clock in the afternoon.

nZhang Ye came out of the Ximachang branch of Lotte Mart.

nWhat should he do now?

nWas there anywhere else he could go?

nEh, were there other branches of Lotte Mart around here?

nZhang Ye remembered that and took out his cell phone to check. Whoa, there are a total of 13 branches of Lotte Mart in Beijing? Well, alright then! It’s not like this bro is trying to rip you guys off, but that I really have nowhere else I can go to!

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