Chapter 312: The Dorm Convenience Store Incident

At 8pm, just as Harvard University nightlife was kicking off, Ming Zhou and ** left the dorm and walked down the road to the Charles River, where they were met by their teacher, Ms. Jela.

'Mr. Ming Zhou, it's not very gentlemanly to make a lady wait for you,' was Ms. Jela's first comment upon seeing Ming.

'Indeed, I did something quite improper. I can apologise to you, Ms. Jela, and promise that it will never happen again.'

Zhou Ming nodded gently and then asked her in return, 'I just don't know what Ms. Jela wanted to see me out here at night for.'

'I don't understand why you are in such a hurry, Zhou Ming. Or is it that all Chinese people are like this, lacking in gentlemanly manners and not at all romantic? Don't you think walking along the Charles River can better soothe your emotions?' said Jie La.

Zhou Ming also retorted to Jie La, 'This is indeed very helpful for improving emotions. I myself don't care much, but I'm worried that it will have a bad influence on you, Miss Jie La. After all, you are such a beautiful teacher, and many students like you very much.'

Jie La realised that everyone walking along the river in pairs was in a good mood. No wonder Zhou Ming said it would have a bad influence on her. She was worried about being misunderstood as having a teacher-student romance, which at Harvard could have very serious consequences and even lead to expulsion. Jie La's pretty face flushed, and she wondered why she had thought to invite Zhou Ming to the river. Had she sent him a bad message?

Zhou Ming could see from Jie La's expression that the pretty teacher was very embarrassed, so Zhou Ming said again, 'Teacher Jie La, I think we'd better get down to business, otherwise the other students will really think I'm bullying you if you keep looking like this, and then I'll become the enemy of the people.'

'You're the one bullying me!' Jie La blurted out.

Zhou Ming was stunned the next week. Originally, when Zhou Ming said that, it was just a teasing remark. He never expected Jie La to actually say such a thing. Even if Zhou Ming was clever, he was afraid he wouldn't know what to say. And as Zhou Ming looked at Jie La's resentful expression, he suddenly remembered Lin Muqing in Gangcheng, who had never broken the ice with him.

Zhou Ming was shocked: Could it be that this beautiful teacher also has those feelings for him? But why?

If Jie La could read minds and knew what Zhou Ming was thinking at this moment, she would definitely want to kill Zhou Ming with a knife: she is not saying that she is pretty, but she is not bad-looking either. Whether she was a student or a teacher now, she would receive a lot of love letters and roses on Valentine's Day. There are also a few quite successful young men chasing her outside of school. How come you are so unappreciated?

Of course, if other Jie La's admirers learn of Zhou Ming's thoughts, there will be more and more people who want to kill him. You are being typical and ungrateful for the good things you have received!

But fortunately, no one can read minds in this world, and Jie La also knew that she had just made a slip of the tongue, so she quickly adjusted her mentality and said, 'Zhou Ming, in fact, what I want to say is very simple, and it is about your dormitory convenience store. Today, I overheard Brook chatting with his friends, and he may do something bad to your convenience store. You should prepare for it.'

After Jie La finished speaking, before Zhou Ming could comment, his phone rang. Zhou Ming answered the phone and heard the voice of Li Yang, the vice monitor, saying, 'Teacher, there's been an accident at our dorm convenience store!'

'I know, I'll be right there.'

Zhou Ming hung up after saying these words in a light tone, and then said to Jie La, 'Teacher Jie La, it seems that you told me a little too late, because it's already happened.'

'What?' Jie La was very surprised. "Is Brook acting so quickly? I only heard from him this afternoon. What exactly did he do? Did he do it?'

Hearing Jie La's barrage of questions, Zhou Ming spread his hands helplessly and said to her, "Teacher Jie La, I don't know the answer to your question. You'll only know when you go to the scene.'

After saying this, Zhou Ming got up and hurriedly walked in the direction of the Colland Academy. Jie La was first stunned, and then she reacted, secretly cursing Zhou Ming for being 'un-gentlemanly' and then following him.

Colland College was some distance from Zhou Ming's dormitory, but not far from the Charles River where he was. It was only ten minutes later that Zhou Ming arrived at the scene, and when he got here, there were already a lot of people gathered, and shouts were still coming from the apartment building. Zhou Ming couldn't help but frown: what exactly happened?

Just as Zhou Ming was puzzled, a voice suddenly came from a short distance away, 'Zhou Ming, I guarantee you are the most ungentlemanly person I have ever met!'

Zhou Ming turned his head and saw Jie La standing behind him. She was holding her waist and panting, her towering breasts rising and falling, arousing fantasies. However, Zhou Ming had no time for those impractical fantasies at this time. He was just wondering why Jie La had followed him, which completely took him by surprise.

But since he was no longer being a gentleman, it didn't matter what happened next. Zhou Ming said to Jie La, 'I'm sorry, Miss Jie La, I didn't know you were following me. I'm just anxious about my dormitory convenience store, so I hope you can understand.'

After saying this, Zhou Ming did not wait for Jie La to reply, but once again set off running towards the dormitory. Jie La watched Zhou Ming's movements with wide eyes. She hatedfully stamped her foot and muttered, 'This damned Chinese Zhou Ming, am I really that bad? You can't even spend a little more time with me and say a few more words without it killing you? No, I must also go up there and demand an explanation from you!'

Jie La said, without even catching her breath, and ran towards the inside. Some people around her recognised her and wanted to come over and say hello, but she always ignored them, just to find Zhou Ming.

'You Chinese people are a cunning and vicious bunch. I should have known that there must be something wrong with your products. Otherwise, with your greedy habits, how could you open such a dormitory convenience store? You even threw a reception. All of this is a conspiracy to sell these things you make without any permits! If it wasn't for eating your stuff, how would my friend be so sick!'

Inside, in front of the dormitory convenience store, a black man was blocking the entrance to the dormitory convenience store. He pointed his finger at the convenience store and cursed loudly, while he was also holding another black man who was moaning.

There were a lot of people gathered outside the dormitory convenience store, and the corridor was so jam-packed that people couldn't walk through. These people all pointed at the dormitory convenience store as they followed the black man's words.

Li Yang stood right in front of the dormitory convenience store's entrance, facing the situation around him. Li Yang also loudly explained, 'That's not the case. Everything sold in our dormitory convenience store is purchased through regular channels and is guaranteed to be of high quality. Our burgers are supplied by a burger chain brand authorised by the university, so there will never be any quality issues. There must be another reason for this student's situation!'

'It must be a problem with your dormitory convenience store!' The black man continued to shout, "You say your products are guaranteed, but then show me the guarantee. Do you have a hygiene license and business license?'

Li Yang flinched, and the black man immediately followed up, "See, I knew you didn't have anything. You are basically an underground black shop here, deceiving the trust of all the students. Your goal is to sell hamburgers and sandwiches that you got from somewhere, and cheat us out of our money!'

'No, please believe that this is absolutely not the case!'

Li Yang desperately tried to explain to everyone, but no one listened to him at all. They all just joined the black man in pointing at Li Yang and calling him a liar. Some even pushed their way towards the dormitory convenience store and started smashing things with their hands.

'No, you can't smash things, this is America and there are laws!'

Li Yang desperately tried to defend himself, but no one paid any attention. Everyone just became angrier and angrier: 'You are just an illegal underground shop. Your goal is to cheat us out of our money. Some of our classmates have already fallen victim to you. We are doing this to teach you a lesson. You Chinese people should not try to deceive us with these vicious tricks!'

When Zhou Ming pushed his way through the crowd and arrived at the door of the dormitory convenience store, he saw this chaotic scene. Dozens of people were crowded at the door of the dormitory convenience store, angrily rushing in and smashing things. Those who couldn't get in from the outside found everything they could find and threw it in. In addition to this, some people took advantage of the chaos and kept stealing the daily necessities from the convenience store.

Damn, what the hell is going on?

Zhou Ming walked up to them and shouted, 'Stop!' His voice was like a thunderbolt that shook the scene. Everyone looked at the suddenly appeared Zhou Ming.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted, 'He is the founder of this dormitory convenience store, he is the culprit, everyone, beat him to death!'

With this shout, everyone came towards Zhou Ming like activated toys, with the intention of dismembering him, but they couldn't touch him, and **stood up first to block them. You have to know that **was an elite soldier chosen from millions in China. After knocking a few people over with a few punches and kicks, and after a few people lying on the ground, no one else dared to come forward, and only then did Zhou Ming manage to shock the scene.

'What the hell is going on here? Why are you smashing my dorm convenience store for no reason? Are you all lawless thugs?' Zhou Ming said.

'We are not thugs, the real thugs are you Chinese!' the black man shouted at Zhou Ming, 'My brother became like this after eating a burger from your store, and when he was taken to the infirmary he said it was food poisoning.'

'Zhou Ming, you're here, that's great, these people smashed our store for no reason!'

At this time, Li Yang saw that everyone had stopped and also walked out of the dormitory convenience store. When he saw Zhou Ming, he hurried over, his eyes filled with tears, as if a child who had been away for many years had finally found a home.

Zhou Ming comforted Li Yang a little, and Li Yang told Zhou Ming everything that had happened. Then Zhou Ming stepped forward and said, 'I can tell everyone that our dormitory convenience store is absolutely reasonable and legal. Everything we sell is also purchased through regular channels, and there is absolutely no quality problem, and there is absolutely no deception!'

As soon as Zhou Ming finished speaking, a faint voice came from somewhere: 'Zhou Ming, I'm afraid you don't even believe what you're saying, do you?'

Zhou Ming turned his head and looked: "Brooke, it really is you."