Scientific Travel

Deng Yincai will not be swayed by beauty!

But people should be polite, so Deng Yin softened his voice and stopped being as loud as he had been at the beginning.

"Your shop is clearly called Watermelon Cake Shop, Tenth City Branch, but why do the cakes taste different from those sold in Shimu City?"

The woman smiled gently, showing no sign of nervousness at Deng Yin's words.

"Our shop isn't a branch of that shop in Shimu City, so how could the taste be the same?"

Deng Yin: "?"

They use the same name, sell the same products, and even their interior design is practically a copy-paste.

So, it's still just a branch of that shop?

Deng Yin understood. She said that everyone in Shi Ni City was wealthy and powerful, so it was impossible that no one had ever eaten the authentic version.

So it's just playing word games.

They make money off people who haven't tried it before.

Even if they know the product is not as advertised, because the original manufacturer has stopped selling it, those who like it can only swallow their anger and continue to buy pirated copies.

"Then whose branch are you?" Deng Yinqi chuckled, a hint of amusement in his voice. "If you can open a branch in Shi Ni City, then the city where the main branch is located must be just as good, right?"

It seemed she had met a tough opponent, but the woman remained completely calm.

Without strong mental fortitude, you simply can't succeed in this line of work.

"That's not necessarily true. Who can guarantee that food in big cities is always better than food in small cities?" the woman said. "I only ate at the main store once and thought it was delicious, so I decided to learn the craft from the manager and open this branch in Shi Ni City after I came back."

"That boss is quite enthusiastic," Deng Yin sneered. "He's willing to pass on his skills to anyone, not even afraid that if he teaches his apprentice, he'll starve to death."

“Yes,” the woman sighed, seemingly unable to distinguish between good and bad words. “She is indeed a good person. Although I spent a hundred gold coins to have her teach me this skill, as you said, she is willing to pass on her cooking skills to outsiders, so she is a good person.”

The people downstairs couldn't stand it anymore and shouted at Deng Yin, "You're from out of town, aren't you? You're always making a fuss. We all know her cakes taste different from the ones sold in Shimu City, so what? But why is it that only her family can sell them, and others can't?"

“You make a good point,” Deng Yin agreed. “Although that shop chose that name because it sold both watermelons and cakes, who says that a shop can’t have that name if it doesn’t sell watermelons?”

A small crack appeared on the woman's face, but it was quickly repaired.

"Our shop is named this because the person who taught me this skill liked to eat watermelon. I added these two characters before the name to thank her."

"Oh~~~" Liu Ding said, drawing out the last syllable of her voice, her voice filled with emotion, "Then you are such a grateful person! Although your way of thanking someone is not by adding her name before the shop's name, nor by giving her something practical, but by having her name her favorite food after your shop, you are still so grateful!"

“That’s right!” Deng Yin grasped Liu Ding’s hand, pretending to wipe away tears. “I’m so moved! If there were a contest for the most touching people here, she would definitely be on the list!”

"She's not just on the list! She's definitely at the top!"

The two of them sang in unison, making it seem as if they were praising her.

But it sounds like...

That's so strange...

The man who had stood up for the woman earlier fell silent. His punch seemed to have hit dough; it not only lost its force but also bounced back.

The woman's smile was almost bursting out, but she still had to pretend to be kind.

"Now that things have been explained, I'll be leaving if there's nothing else."

"Fine, you can go now," Deng Yin said in a low voice. "Anyway, you can't solve the problem of it being unpalatable."

The surroundings were completely quiet, with only Deng Yin's voice in the entire shop. Although she deliberately lowered her voice, everyone nearby heard her clearly.

Liu Ding quickly rebuked her, saying, "Hey, how can you talk like that! You should at least wait until she leaves before saying it tastes bad!"

Deng Yin never expected Liu Ding to be this kind of person!

That's so clever!

"Oh right, right, it's my fault, I spoke without thinking." Deng Yin said to the woman feigning concern, "You're not angry, are you?"

If a woman still can't tell that these two are deliberately looking for trouble, then she's wasted all these years of her life here.

She stopped smiling and her face turned cold.

To be honest, her cold expression actually looked quite fierce.

"If a customer raises a problem, I'm happy to resolve it. But if someone is deliberately causing trouble..."

The gatekeepers standing at the entrance each carried a stick and went inside together.

"...Then don't blame me for being impolite."

"How exactly are you being impolite?" Liu Ding asked. "You can't even complain if the food you sell is bad, but you're being impolite? What gives you the right to be impolite?"

Deng Yin chimed in: "Because her cooking is terrible."

For business people, reputation is the most important thing.

Once a reputation is ruined, it's hard for anyone to want to eat there anymore.

So even though the two men clearly came to cause trouble on purpose, the woman still couldn't take direct action.

It must be based on reason and evidence.

"If you think it tastes bad, you can just say so from the beginning, and I will definitely give you a refund without saying a word."

"But you just suspected us of having a connection with the watermelon cake shop in Shimu City, and you said our cakes aren't as good as theirs. I've already explained it to you, but you still won't listen. Aren't you just deliberately trying to cause trouble?"

The war of public opinion, to put it bluntly, is nothing more than empty talk.

This is also Deng Yin's forte.

"Don't twist the truth. With a name like that, isn't it obvious that you're trying to scam other shops?"

"It's not just the name that's similar, the layout of your store is even more similar."

"Yes, you can say it's all a coincidence. The names seem like a coincidence, the furnishings seem like a coincidence, even the fact that they sell the same things is a coincidence. But what about the bird?"

Deng Yin pointed to the wooden bird in the container downstairs and said, "People put wooden birds in containers to keep cool, but you've copied that too."

Do the people here really not know what the woman's intentions are?

Everyone's not stupid, how could they not know?

Her rhetoric can only fool truly naive people.

For example, the one who spoke up for her at the beginning.

Even if most people know it's fake, they'll just not come; they're unlikely to argue about it.

First of all, there is no concept of plagiarism here. Everyone sells similar things, so how can you say that I am plagiarizing you just because I sell the same things as you?

Secondly, I felt it was unnecessary.

Whose time isn't precious?

It's not worth spending money on something like this.

Fortunately, Deng Yin's time is not precious; she feels that as long as it's time she won't regret looking back, it's enough.

All worth it.

Fortunately, all the time she has spent since birth has been worthwhile.