Chapter 2532: Rustling Down (27)

Raven sat on the sofa and began to explain to Schiller what they did today with great excitement.

Except for a little episode at the beginning, the rest went as smoothly as if helped by God, or rather, the professional quality of the Robins was indeed excellent. Although Batman didn't let them be assistants for a few days, their talent was there, and school also allowed them to learn more common sense knowledge and exercise their thinking, so their brains were sharper.

At first, they followed the list Killer Croc made to move, and then they soon found that there were many people moving around one of the households on the list.

Because just like the situation Schiller encountered, when the environment of a community changes due to new urban development projects, it is destined that not only one resident will choose to move away.

And if the decline of the supporting facilities around this community is inevitable, then almost everyone will choose to sell their houses and move to a new home at the same point in time. That is to say, one person moving means many people around him are moving.

Now Killer Croc owns a small moving company, and the Robins also drive a small truck, which cannot be compared with those large moving companies with one large box truck after another.

It was fine when they went to the first house; several small moving companies didn't interfere with each other. But when they went to the second house, those large moving companies parked their large trucks across the door, ready to grab their jobs and move together.

How could Jason's violent temper agree? But other small moving companies around could only admit it, because once the truck was parked across, their cars couldn't get in. It was impossible for people to move furniture from so far away. The large moving company just saw this point and dared to be so unscrupulous.

The Robins didn't indulge their bad habits. They directly let Raven use telekinesis to lift the car, fly over the large truck to enter the community to move, and then fly out with the car and furniture. Having magic is just amazing.

The large moving company didn't dare to do anything to them either. The cost of breaking the law now is indeed high, and it is the time to make money. If they are caught by the police, they will lose a lot. Moreover, they are also afraid that they can't beat this group of strange boys, so they just let them go.

Anyway, they only move one family per job, which doesn't affect the large moving company's business much, so there is no need to care about them.

But the biggest trait the Robins learned from Bruce is to climb up the nose and face. Seeing that the large moving company didn't care about them, they began to promote to the neighbors next door: We only charge half the price of the large company, one-tenth of their time, and 200% of the safety, so why choose them instead of us?

Some residents heard this and thought, that's right. In this era, no one's money comes from the wind. If you can move with a cheaper price, why not? And this ability to let furniture float can indeed reduce losses. No matter how you calculate it, it is a more cost-effective deal.

So some residents canceled their contracts with the large moving company and asked the Robins to help them move.

In this way, the large moving company was unhappy. This is blatant robbery of business. They asked the residents who signed the contract before to pay them liquidated damages, but Dick instructed Raven to seize the opportunity to directly move the residents' furniture away with telekinesis, forcibly hang it outside the car, and forcibly move it to the destination.

By the time the large moving company and the residents themselves chased the furniture to the destination, the furniture had already been neatly placed outside the courtyard of the destination.

At this time, Dick and the others instigated the residents to call the police, saying that someone had snatched their furniture and forcibly placed it in their new home. When the police came to investigate, the residents checked the furniture and found no losses, and then reconciled with the Robins.

Because there are many minors among the Robins, the punishment for them is very light. Even if it is robbery, as long as no one is hurt and no property is lost, and the other party's understanding is obtained, the most they will be sentenced to is community service, and they don't have to work immediately; it is accumulated time.

Under the strong request of the residents, even community service was not sentenced, and a verbal warning was enough.

And because the residents' furniture was snatched by the Robins, theoretically, the residents were victims and encountered robbery, so they could not fulfill the contract. The responsibility did not lie with the residents, so naturally, they didn't have to pay the liquidated damages to the large moving company.

This made the people in charge of those large moving companies furious, but they couldn't do anything about this group of brats. They finally turned into a legal business. If they caused a death, the business wouldn't be able to continue.

After several times in a row, the large moving company had to admit defeat. They had to choose to negotiate with the Robins.

And the Robins were waiting for them to admit defeat, because this was not a way to go on. Their cars were not big enough, and many furniture could only be hung outside the car. But if they did this, Raven would be more tired, and she couldn't move many times a day.

If they had a large vehicle, Raven would only be responsible for moving the furniture up, and the situation would be much better, but they could neither afford to buy a car nor rent one, so they could only choose to freeload off a large company.

They signed contracts with those large moving companies, equivalent to them being mercenaries for movers. They would get one-third of the money for following a truck for one trip, without having to take orders and drive themselves.

So they frantically followed the trucks of major moving companies to move within an afternoon. Raven moved too fast, and with telekinesis and magic, if they encountered a traffic jam, they would fly over directly, not delaying any time.

And because the large moving company has large trucks and many vehicles, they can receive those large-scale moving projects. Some companies and factories move once for hundreds of dollars. Even if they only take one-third, the income is quite considerable.

From 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM, they moved for 8 hours. They got more than 1000 dollars just in commissions. Because Raven was the one who contributed the most among them, they decided to give half of the money to Raven. Raven alone got 500 dollars.

After Schiller heard the whole process, he nodded and said, "I didn't expect you to choose to cooperate with them."

"Actually, they cursed very badly at first, and we were also very angry." Raven pouted and said, "But there is no way to go against money. Fortunately, we earned money in the end, otherwise I would want to beat them all up."

"Learning to bow to money is the first step of growth." Schiller said with some emotion, "At this time, except for the commercial area, most of the storefronts are closed, but I know there is a night market two streets away. Do you want to go shopping?"

Raven's eyes lit up immediately. Schiller put away the envelope, put on his clothes, and took his umbrella, saying, "I haven't been there either. I think we can go shopping together."

After getting in the car, Raven fell into a strange silence. Schiller asked while driving, "What's wrong?"

"That, I was thinking, maybe I should pay the rent first." Raven had obviously calmed down. She said, "After all, this house is yours now, and I can't live here for free."

"No rush." Schiller said, "I just learned that the school has prepared a bonus for paper publication, and I happened to have accumulated some articles to publish, so I should be able to earn a lot of money."

"Then aren't you going to hold a party? Dick said holding a party will cost a lot of money, because you have to arrange the dining table, buy food and decorations."

"I am just planning to go see the decorations." Schiller said, "The night market will sell some party lamps. I think you can help me pick some, something trendy."

"Do you mean popular? But I don't know what's popular either." Raven shook her head and said, "I haven't attended any parties."

"Didn't you let them invite you?"

"They only have parties at school, and I am not their classmate. But they showed me photos of the parties they held before. Maybe I can try."

The car soon drove near the night market. Schiller found a place to park the car. When the two of them walked out, they found that the night market was lively at this time.

This is a comprehensive night market that integrates small commodities, snack stalls, and second-hand goods markets. It can also be considered a relatively old night market. In the early days of Cat Getan's development, this was a second-hand goods trading market for nearby communities. Later, some people set up stalls here to sell food, attracting more young customers and manual laborers, making this place more prosperous. Finally, a street was specifically designated to be used as a fixed night market.

The night market is a whole long street. In addition to street lamps, a series of small light bulbs are hung between each row of street lamps, illuminating the place brightly, and the market atmosphere is very strong.

"Have you had dinner?" Schiller asked.

"We wanted to have a big meal to celebrate, but something happened to one of Jason's friends, so they rushed over. We agreed to meet tomorrow."

So Schiller began to look for snack stalls. The snack stalls here are much the same, either Mexican hot dogs, American burgers, or Indian food and sushi. Cat Getan's local food is basically some spicy seafood.

After looking for a long time, Schiller finally found a Chinese wonton stall in a corner in the center of the night market. It looked relatively light and very suitable for a midnight snack.

Just as they sat down near the small stall, Schiller saw a familiar figure. He immediately grabbed Raven, who was looking at the menu, and said, "Suppress your power, don't make a sound later."

"Oh, Professor Schiller, why are you here?" Sivana looked very surprised, as if he hadn't expected this encounter at all, but Schiller knew he must have come prepared.

Schiller looked around, and indeed saw many familiar faces. The community he was in was really too close to here, and many neighbors would choose to have a midnight snack here.

Sivana must have known this, so he came to such a crowded place to try his luck to see if he could find the person he wanted to find.

Raven looked up at him and immediately knew why Schiller asked her to stay vigilant. This person's right eye was very wrong, emitting an extremely ominous power.

Schiller was not nervous. He stood by the small stall and chatted with Sivana, talking about Sivana's experience in Hong Kong, commenting on Chinese snacks, and soon led the topic to the housewarming banquet later.

Schiller mentioned slightly that he came to buy lamps. Sivana immediately pointed the way to Schiller enthusiastically, saying that he saw many party supplies in the second-hand market over there.

Sivana naturally noticed Raven, but because Raven's dress was too ordinary—she was wearing a jacket, ordinary washed jeans, and sneakers, with a head of red hair, looking a bit tired, and no different from those children seen in middle school—so he took this as Schiller's relative.

"Your daughter? Professor."

"No, a distant niece of mine. Her mother passed away, and her father has a bad temper, so she came here to rely on me. I am looking for a school for her."

"Is that so? It happens that I plan to have dinner with the principal of Carmela Middle School tomorrow. Maybe I can..."

"In fact, I already have a choice. She plays with the child of one of my students, and she wants to go to the same school as them..."

Raven had already quickly picked up her mobile phone to check the photos of the previous party, behaving like a very ordinary middle school girl, which dispelled Sivana's suspicion of her. Sivana left soon.

"He came to find me." Raven grabbed Schiller and said, "His eyes are very evil. Never let him get my power."

"Rest assured." Schiller said, "Eat first."