Chapter 243: Chapter 243: A Bunch of Lunatics
It was truly a blessing in disguise that these people targeted the wrong person.
"Exactly!"
The other girls quickly agreed.
"What right do you have to seduce the Wolves? He’s everyone’s!"
"I suggest you smarten up and break up with the Wolves quickly, and never appear in front of us fans again. Stick to delivering your takeout!"
"Are you guys nuts?" The female store clerk couldn’t help but speak up, "Do you even understand your position? You’re just fans, what right do you have to interfere in the Wolves’ private life? I despise fans like you! Crazy obsessed fans don’t even deserve to be called fans."
"Bullshit! We’re girlfriend fans, how are we not real fans? Since he is our male idol, he ought to keep himself clean!"
"And don’t forget, Wolves isn’t even in the entertainment industry; he worked his way up through real skills. Don’t impose your entertainment industry standards on him."
The female store clerk was truly infuriated.
She had only encountered such obsessed fans online before; this was her first encounter in real life.
Ashley Shaw gently patted the female store clerk’s back to console her, then looked down at those girls forced to squat on the ground.
She looked through each one of them, her gaze seemingly carrying weight.
"Even if I were Leon Zeller’s girlfriend, I haven’t stolen or robbed, what right do you have to just start attacking me?"
"You’re not three-year-olds. Do you not know that causing a disturbance is illegal?"
"Have you ever thought that by doing this, you might be ruining your own future?"
"Do you not have a brain?"
One of the girls dismissed her comments, saying, "Ruining our future? What a joke! We’re not ordinary people, especially Sean Langley. Here’s some advice: you’d better apologize to her quickly, or else... you’ll definitely get into huge trouble!"
Hearing this, Sean Langley’s face once again showed a sense of superiority.
This bunch of lowly workers dared to treat her like this; they would pay dearly! Particularly this Ashley Shaw.
Ashley Shaw’s expression turned cold.
A bunch of crazies!
"I don’t see any point in talking to you all. Let’s just call the police!"
The girls were momentarily stunned but soon said dismissively, "Go ahead and call the police! I’d like to see what they’ll do to us."
Ashley Shaw initially hoped to reason with them and make them realize their mistakes so they could correct them in the future.
But now, seeing that none of them were reasonable, she couldn’t be bothered to waste more words on them.
She took out her phone, preparing to call the police.
The female store clerk gently tugged on her sleeve at that moment, speaking in a low voice, "Ashley, they seem to have some backing. Would calling the police be disadvantageous for us?"
The female store clerk spoke very softly, but the store was so small that those girls couldn’t help but hear her.
One smirked, "Go ahead and call the police! I’d like to see if they come to arrest us or you!"
With someone taking the lead, the others swiftly chimed in.
"Exactly! Call the police! If you don’t, it means you’re scared!"
"You accuse us of causing a disturbance, but we’ll accuse you of illegal detention!"
"So stupid! If we dare to come over, of course we have the right to come. Do you think we’re idiots?"
The female store clerk’s face turned even paler.
Yet she felt even more unsure about whether to call the police.
After hesitating for a moment, the female store clerk bit her lip and said, "Ashley, maybe we should just drop it and let them leave quickly!"
The other clerks disagreed, asking, "Why not call the police? We’re not the ones who did anything wrong."
"Yes, it’s clear they started the trouble, and they made the first move... right, Ashley?"
Ashley Shaw nodded.
It was indeed the other party who made the first move, and only then did she kick them.
Someone asked, "Should we ask Ms. Grant how to handle this?"
"No need, Ms. Grant is occupied these days, no need to disturb her. Just call the police directly. Justice will prevail; truth has its righteous course. No matter how powerful their parents are, they can’t escape the truth," Ashley Shaw’s eyes were resolute.
She never shunned trouble but wasn’t someone who feared it either.
She just couldn’t believe that with reason on her side, she couldn’t hold her head up high.
The assistant manager also said, "Let’s call the police. Otherwise, they’ll keep causing trouble without end."
He personally wanted these troublemakers to pay a price.
He just regretted that they were all girls. If they were guys, he would have beaten them to their senses long ago.
Ashley Shaw nodded and dialed the police number.
"Hello, I’d like to report a situation..."
"Yes, I’m at The Pastoral Patisserie. There’s a group of people causing trouble and physically attacking others."
"Alright, I’ll wait for you to arrive."
Sean Langley listened as Ashley Shaw called, a smirk forming at the corner of her lips.
She was worried she couldn’t find an out, but now, with the police coming, her father would soon know she was forcibly detained here and would come to get her.
The little vixen is doomed!
The store door was marked with a "Closed" sign, just waiting for the police to arrive.
...
On the other side.
Spectator Tower.
Just as Assistant Lowell had predicted, as the "contestants" woke up and began searching for water and food, the show’s popularity climbed to a new high.
The Spectator servers crashed once but were quickly repaired after Warren Prescott dispatched a team from the Prescott Group, restoring normal operations in no time.
Everyone was busy without a single moment’s rest.
But the good news was that the online reviews for "Survival in the Wild" were overwhelmingly positive.
—Except for the part where Leon Zeller leaked his relationship.
Public Relations head Mr. Cheney sighed.
"He’s still young. Couldn’t he wait until the show ended to announce it? It would have saved us a lot of work!"
Meanwhile, Assistant Lowell was rather optimistic.
"Didn’t you notice, with his revelation, although he lost a lot of girlfriend fans, he gained a lot of casual fans?"
"Casual fans?"
"Yes, many casual viewers praised him as a real man. Most rational fans even said that openly acknowledging the relationship is better than those who date secretly while claiming to be single."
Assistant Lowell paused, then reminded, "And don’t forget, he’s an esports player. The majority of gamers are male."
"Meaning, most of his fans are male, and his endorsed products are mostly male-targeted. Male fans won’t care if he’s in a relationship, as long as his gaming skills remain top-notch. So, losing a few extreme female fans doesn’t really affect his commercial value much."
Mr. Cheney shook his head disapprovingly.
"But he could have gained more female fans and followed the path of becoming an internet celebrity. Female fans are much more valuable than our male fans. Don’t underestimate women’s purchasing power; the financial reins in households are in their hands. Our male fans? They’re insignificant. Ten male fans don’t equal a single female fan in terms of spending power."
Assistant Lowell shrugged.
"That depends on his performance in this show. If he does well, he can still attract female fans. Female fans aren’t just girlfriend fans; there are also mother fans, career fans..."
"Stop it! You’re giving me a headache!"
Assistant Lowell was about to continue when he suddenly saw a post in Leon Zeller’s Super Topic.
The post was a photo of the facade of The Pastoral Patisserie.
Attached below was text.
[Pastoral Patisserie, gather up! Little rivals, charge at the little vixen!!!]