Chapter 380: They Are None of Them Good Birds

Walking into the logistics area, which was about twenty or thirty square meters, I saw bags of ingredients laid out on the counter, with Luo Qiqi and Yu Youwei confronting the young man opposite them.

The young man was plain-looking, his two small eyes revealing a hint of contempt and disdain, his thin lips pursed, giving off an arrogant and overbearing impression.

Even when facing over a dozen male students, he showed not the slightest sign of stage fright.

Standing beside him was a middle-aged woman, her face full of confusion and helplessness.

Meanwhile, Luo Qiqi and the other girl were flushed, their delicate bodies trembling slightly.

They were clearly furious.

"Class monitor, what happened?" Tang Song glanced at the young man and stepped forward to ask with concern.

Yu Youwei pointed at the young man, her eyes seemingly spitting fire: "This person is skimming our ingredients; I felt like the ingredients were short-weighted at noon..."

For this team-building event, Yu Youwei and Luo Qiqi were basically responsible for all matters, big and small.

Due to a lack of manpower, Luo Qiqi had handed the errand of purchasing ingredients to the campsite logistics, with the commission settled separately; Luo Qiqi had thought that since the campsite had been in business for so many years, their reputation shouldn't be an issue.

Therefore, when the ingredients for the barbecue at noon arrived, Luo Qiqi had only roughly weighed the corn, and finding no issues, she accepted the ingredients according to the list.

Never did she expect that they would later almost end up with the students going hungry.

Fortunately, there was that birthday cake to serve as a base to fill their stomachs.

The ingredients were clearly ordered strictly according to the number of people, so how could they not be enough to eat?

Feeling that there was something fishy going on, Luo Qiqi specifically pulled Yu Youwei along to check the ingredients for the evening.

5 jin of pork, 2 jin of chicken, 2 jin of beef, 3 jin of potatoes...

As it turned out, upon weighing them, almost all the meat had been reduced by twenty percent, while the cheap, filling ingredients hadn't been reduced at all.

Crucially, the ingredients weren't very fresh either.

This immediately made Yu Youwei and Luo Qiqi furious, and they questioned the young man about what was going on; Liu Mang was caught red-handed, yet he didn't look flustered in the slightest.

He curled his lips and said in a cavalier tone: "Maybe there was a mistake on the supplier's end; I'll call them and have them send the rest over."

Once could be called an accident, but how could it be an accident twice?

Luo Qiqi firmly believed that Liu Mang was cutting corners and intentionally taking kickbacks.

Liu Mang was clearly an old hand, claiming, "We've been in business here for so many years; this little bit of money from ingredients isn't even enough to get between my teeth. I'd have to be bored out of my mind to do something that ruins my reputation."

Hearing this, Yu Youwei felt it made some sense, so she persuaded Luo Qiqi to let the matter rest, as solving the dinner problem was the top priority.

However, Luo Qiqi didn't believe a single punctuation mark of what Liu Mang said.

This bit of ingredients really wasn't worth much money, and for one meal, the young man would at most earn a few dozen yuan, but it added up over time.

Moreover, the barbecue at noon was the big one.

In addition, there had been countless teams coming to visit before.

Some teams didn't discover the trickery and silently swallowed the loss, while for those that did, the young man could use the same excuse to brush them off.

If the other party had apologized nicely, that would be one thing, but he had to act in such a cavalier manner.

Luo Qiqi just wouldn't buy it and insisted he give an explanation.

After some back and forth, the two sides got into a dispute.

Liu Mang, getting impatient, shoved Luo Qiqi and clamored: "What's wrong with you woman? I already said there was a mistake on the supplier's end; are you going to keep nagging forever?"

Seeing that the other party was big and tall and his attitude was so vile, Luo Qiqi couldn't help but feel her anger surge, so she called the students over to back her up.

That was how the current standoff between the two sides came to be.

After figuring out the ins and outs, the students were all filled with righteous indignation, and voices demanding an explanation followed one after another.

"You guys are too unscrupulous; you even dare to skim the guests' ingredients."

"Exactly, do you really think we're three-year-olds who are easy to fool?"

"You must give us an explanation!"

As a qualified law student, one must rely on evidence for everything.

So, Shen Yan held his phone in his hand, facing backward, and secretly began filming the scene.

The noisy sounds caught the attention of the campsite owner, who walked in from outside.

After learning the situation, the owner frowned slightly, glanced obscurely at his nephew, and then squeezed out a warm smile, saying to Luo Qiqi: "This student, our campsite has always operated on the principle of integrity; it is absolutely impossible for there to be any corner-cutting. This time it was purely an accident. I will immediately notify the supplier to make up the ingredients; it will absolutely not delay everyone's dinner."

Luo Qiqi was not so easily fooled and immediately questioned: "Since the owner insists it's the supplier's problem, then may I ask, when the ingredients were delivered, why didn't you perform an inspection? Is this a procedure you never have, or was it just missed this time?"

Beautiful!

Shen Yan silently gave this girl a thumbs up in his heart; the question hit the nail on the head.

"Exactly, why don't you have an inspection procedure?"

"We handed the purchasing over to you and paid a commission; don't you need to supervise the process?"

"Owner, please give us a reasonable explanation."

The other students' eyes lit up, and they all began to voice their support.

The owner cursed inwardly; this was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and without a doubt, his own nephew must have been the one pulling strings.

To protect his reputation, this problem had to be solved as quickly as possible.

After choosing his words carefully, the owner responded: "Everyone, don't get excited. The inspection procedure is of course essential, but Liu Mang has only been on the job for two days, so it's inevitable there would be some oversight. I apologize to everyone here. Later, when the ingredients are replenished, I will send everyone two cases of drinks as compensation."

The owner was an owner after all; in a few sentences, he had extinguished eighty percent of the students' anger.

However, Luo Qiqi sneered and asked again: "Owner, don't tell me these ingredients were all sent by one supplier. You're in business; you shouldn't be that... that naive, right?"

Feeling that "stupid" was a bit insulting, Luo Qiqi kindly changed the wording.

Uh...

The owner was caught off guard by the question.

He had thought they were just a group of green college students and that he could just fool them with a few words, but who knew that this beauty in front of him would be as difficult to deal with as an ancient tree with tangled roots.

For a moment, he was a bit overwhelmed.

At this very moment, Shen Yan's eyes were full of approval, and at the same time, his opinion of Luo Qiqi had greatly changed.

Seeing this girl baring her fangs and brandishing her claws for the first time, her lethality was actually quite strong.

Her train of thought was very clear, and her insight far exceeded that of an ordinary university student.

No wonder she could manage the small shop and the driving school agency so successfully.

Seeing the boss stammering and unable to answer, how could the students not know what was going on? This boss was also no good, thinking everyone was easy to fool, and there wasn't a single word of truth in his mouth.

This immediately made the students burn with anger.

"Damn! The boss and the employees are in cahoots; not a single one of them is any good."

"This place is simply a crooked shop!"

"Let's call the police; we must properly deal with these unscrupulous merchants today."