47: Chapter 47 Zhilong is terrified

Cao Mo followed Tong Jingchen and the staff to start the room inspections.

Besides the two staff members, Lulu and Xiao Er were also called along.

However, this time they really didn't confiscate cigarettes or snacks; they only took the fans.

But after following along, it was clear that Brother Tong was scouting the environment and testing the waters; he was clearly suspected of baiting the trap.

Sure enough.

When everyone gathered in the small courtyard in front of the homestay, Tong Jingchen saw that the meal would take a while to prepare, so he said, "Captains, come over here for a second!"

At the same time, Tong Jingchen instructed the staff to guard the courtyard gate.

The moment of truth had arrived. Tong Jingchen stopped pretending and called out to Susu, "Call the staff and come with me to inspect the rooms."

Upon hearing this, some of the team members immediately tried to run out of the small courtyard.

But they were stopped by the impartial staff.

Cao Mo was currently sitting on a chair in the courtyard resting. Tong Jingchen, holding the gimbal, shouted directly, "Master Mo, let's go. Time to close the net and inspect the rooms."

"Heh! I knew he was just pretending earlier. Everything before was just baiting the trap," Cao Mo laughed.

After everyone left the courtyard, Cao Mo glanced at the three captains and asked, "Where did Brother Jie run off to again?"

"What about A-Deng! A-Deng is gone! A-Deng is gone again!" Zhilong shouted, slapping his thigh.

Tong Jingchen instructed the staff again, "Watch them closely. No one is allowed to come out."

Following that, he motivated Susu, Lulu, Xiao Er, and the staff: "Search as hard as you can. For every pack of cigarettes you find on them, I'll reward you with twenty yuan."

"You got it!"

"Really!"

Clearly, Susu and Lulu were immediately motivated.

"A-Deng is gone! A-Deng is gone!" Zhilong shouted again.

"Forget about him. anyway, we're going to search his place too," Tong Jingchen replied.

From the moment Tong Jingchen mentioned inspecting the rooms, the Livestream Room's chat began scrolling like crazy:

"Closing the net! Closing the net!"

"The main event begins!"

"As expected, everything before was just to confuse them."

"Old Deng ran away."

"Old Deng is still sneaky."

"Hahahaha!"

"The bad guy has grown old."

"I knew it wasn't that simple. Sure enough, they started searching."

"Old Deng definitely went to hide cigarettes."

...

At this point, Tong Jingchen said to the three captains—Zhilong, Tian Jiu, and Zisheng: "Let me emphasize this! All four of you captains have paid me a deposit. For every pack of cigarettes we find, we deduct one thousand. If you hand them over voluntarily, then we'll let it slide. So, we'll give you one chance to turn them in voluntarily."

"If you want to smoke, come to me and buy them with duck coins," Xiao Er said.

Tong Jingchen then used Zhilong as an example and said to him: "Suppose I search your place and find one pack of cigarettes, I'll fine you one thousand. When I return your deposit, if we found five packs, I'll return forty-five thousand."

"Got it! I understand," Zhilong nodded and replied.

At this moment, Brother Jie came over from the homestay side.

Ying Xiaojie really hadn't gone to his own house to hide anything.

"If we find it on the team members, does it also get deducted from his share?" Cao Mo asked.

"Yes! Anything found on the team members is also deducted from the captain's share," Tong Jingchen said.

"The team members' count towards mine too?!" Zhilong was suddenly a bit panicked.

"Of course! You are the captain, and I only collected the deposit from you four captains," Tong Jingchen said.

"But I don't know if they hid any or not," Zhilong said.

"That's your problem. You can ask them!" Tong Jingchen said.

"Zhilong, you go look for yourself first and hand them over voluntarily. Once you're sure there aren't any left, then we'll go in and search," Cao Mo said to Zhilong.

"Fine!" Zhilong went into his room first.

At this moment, Lulu, Susu, and two staff members were eyeing his small courtyard like tigers watching their prey.

Zhilong entered the house and first took a few packs of cigarettes out of the small drawer in the living room's mahjong table, then took a pack down from above the lampshade, and then went to the eaves of the ditch by the back door to retrieve another pack.

He was truly an old hand; he really knew how to hide cigarettes. So much for saying he was very honest and didn't hide any cigarettes!

Now, after being scared by the one thousand per pack penalty, he brought them all out.

Ying Xiaojie saw this and said, "Why are you still hiding cigarettes! You knew they would be confiscated, yet you still brought cigarettes. Why can't you learn your lesson!"

"Heh! Brother Jie, that's easy for you to say, but you're going to be searched too," Cao Mo laughed.

"I'm not afraid! I didn't bring any cigarettes. I knew for sure we'd be searched," Brother Jie said, looking unperturbed.

"That's it. That's all I have," Zhilong said.

"What about the team members'? If we find it on the team members, it still counts towards yours," Tong Jingchen said.

"How would I know about the team members'!" Zhilong said.

"You can go search them yourself! Or call them and ask," Xiao Er said.

Helpless, Zhilong had no choice but to start searching the team members' rooms.

"Baobao! Where exactly did you hide them? Did you hide any or not!"

"It's one thousand yuan per pack if they find them."

"If they're gone, we can just buy more with duck coins!"

"Second Brother, did you hide any or not! Where are the cigarettes you hid on yourself earlier!"

"What kind of signal is this! It keeps lagging to death."

"What kind of shitty signal is this! Lagging! Lag, lag, lag."

"Do you have them or not! Take them out!"

Zhilong kept calling his two teammates; he was clearly anxious.

The audience in the Livestream Room went wild with laughter seeing this scene:

"Hahahaha!"

"He's really anxious!"

"Zhilong has been scared old."

"Hahahaha! Scared him twenty years older."

"One thousand a pack really scared the hell out of Swill-Dragon."

"Zhilong's assistant must have cigarettes everywhere."

"They even have an assistant! Maybe the cigarettes are with the assistant."

...

Cao Mo looked at the Livestream Room's chat and suggested to Tong Jingchen, "Brother Tong, to prevent them from hiding cigarettes, let's just have the shop only sell one type of cigarette that they don't have. During this period, they can only smoke this one type. If we see them smoking others, it must be something they privately hid."

"Hey! That's a great idea. If we see them smoking different cigarettes, or find different cigarette filters in the rooms, we'll arrest them immediately and fine them in duck coins. Heavy fines on the spot, starting at ten duck coins," Tong Jingchen said.

"Then let's go with Jipin! Only you, Master, and Brother Mo smoke Jipin, and if this cigarette isn't from Jiangxi, you generally can't buy it in stores. Let's just sell this brand. I brought a few cartons," Xiao Er said.

"Good! Jipin it is," Tong Jingchen agreed.

"What about those who smoke slim cigarettes!" Zhilong said.

"What kind of conditions are you asking for! You're lucky to have cigarettes to smoke, and you're still being picky? If you can't get used to it, then don't smoke," Tong Jingchen said.

"Zhilong, you're done handing them over, right? Then we're starting the search," Tong Jingchen said to Zhilong again.

"anyway, that's all I have. Whether they have any wishful thinking, I'm not sure," Zhilong said.

"Good!"

Tong Jingchen replied, then said to the staff: "You can go and search now. Snacks, fans, all of these must be confiscated. Especially cigarettes; for every pack you find, I'll give you fifty."

Upon hearing this, Susu and Lulu were the most enthusiastic.

Seeing this, Tong Jingchen added, "Women search the women's rooms, and men search the men's rooms."