Pet King

Chapter 405: An Unexpected Visit

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Zhang Zian was speechless looking at these photography club members shamelessly asking the girls in the store to pose for their cameras.

Even if Zhang Zian was not a photographer himself, he knew that instead of making a scene, photographers usually just went out on the streets and captured fleeting highlights. Instead, these people were basically raiding his shop!

With a self-complacent look on his face, Luo Qingyu waved the SLR camera in Zhang Zian’s face, boasting about his marvelous photographing techniques and how his photo had won over the hearts of the judges at his school…

Zhang Zian was fed up with hearing him talk about himself so much. Just when he was about to find an excuse to leave, he suddenly heard an intense argument break out.

His heart tightened, unsure of what happened. Today was the reopening ceremony of his shop, and the last thing he wanted was any trouble whatsoever, so he hurriedly walked through the crowd to find the source of the bickering. Luo Qingyu followed him.

When he arrived at the scene, Zhang Zian saw that Snowy was standing confused, surrounded by several members of the photography club quarreling with each other.

Snowy’s fans obviously had misunderstood the photographers. A few young male fans were standing in front of Snowy to protect her.

"What's going on?" Zhang Zian asked Snowy.

"Well… Mr. Store Manager, I do not know either," Snowy said blankly. "They said they would like to take a few pictures of me. I agreed, and they ended up quarreling."

Zhang Zian frowned, looking back at Luo Qingyu as if complaining about the members he had brought with him.

Luo Qingyu scratched his head awkwardly, pretending not to see what was happening in front of him.

Zhang Zian realized that Luo Qingyu was a president that had no real power, and that none of the members of his photography club cared to listen to his words.

Desperate, he had to walk over to hear what they were bickering about.

Three young men were holding different types of cameras, pointing to their LCD screens and desperately trying to prove which one of them had photographed Snowy the most beautifully.

"You said my photo was too yellow? Guess what, as an Asian, her skin should be yellow! What’s the matter with that?" One of the boys was holding a Sony camera, showing the camera screen to the crowd. Eyes full of firm belief, he said seriously with righteousness, "And I can photoshop it anyway!"

Another boy was holding a Canon camera with a faint smile on his face. He said pointedly, "Photoshop it? Just admit you made a technical problem and underexposed it! I don’t even need to edit my photo. Girls love my pictures directly from my screen! Look how rosy Snowy’s face is! How can you dare to let her look at your photo?"

The former member immediately blocked his camera screen as if he suddenly lost his confidence. "I don’t care what you say… I just won’t let you look at my screen!"

The third person said disdainfully, "Shame on you! Do you even know what exposure latitude is?" He raised the Nikon camera in his hands and proudly said, "You keep repeating ‘delighting you always’, the slogan of Canon, and you are always praising how impressive Sony is, but do you know that most established photographers in this world have chosen Nikon? With a century’s commitment in producing cameras, Nikon lenses are the best! Our president won the competition because he also used a Nikon!"

Zhang Zian speechlessly glared at Luo Qingyu. Are all your members relying only on the equipment? he thought.

Luo Qingyu knew very well that these members had joined the club only to flirt with girls, and none of them had grasped photographic skills at all.

"Well… they just like to quarrel with each other like that. They will stop naturally when they are tired… I think…" he said awkwardly.

Zhang Zian said coldly, "They must stop, or they will scare away my guests."

"They won’t listen to me." Luo Qingyu smiled, "There were a few junior girls that intended to join the photography club, but were scared away by their fighting."

Zhang Zian was so angry that he wanted to kick him in the ass. If they are so disobedient, why would you bring them places to cause other people trouble?!

"Hey, what are you doing here and why are so many people gathering?"

An unfriendly yet familiar voice was heard from behind. Zhang Zian wondered who it could be.

He looked back and saw that a police vehicle had parked on the roadside. Sheng Ke grabbed a hat from the passenger seat, put it on, and stepped towards the crowd with big strides.

Seeing that a police officer had arrived, the three quarrelling members closed their mouths immediately, pretending they were not fighting.

"Captain Sheng, what brings you here?" Zhang Zian was surprised to see him and whispered, "Did someone call the police?"

He knew that Sheng Ke was so busy that he even worked on weekends, so it was unlikely for Captain Sheng to have had the time to learn about his pet shop’s opening ceremony. The bickering had probably gotten so loud that some neighbors had called the police.

Sheng Ke asked seriously, "What for? Is there anything I should know?"

Zhang Zian, relieved, said that he was just joking. Even if someone had called the police, it wouldn’t require Captain Sheng to handle such a minor issue.

"Captain Sheng, are you here for my opening ceremony today?" he asked.

"Of course," Sheng Ke glared at the three people who were fighting over their equipment, "Wait here, I have to fetch something from my vehicle."

Everyone in the pet shop stopped talking at once, wondering what was happening that required a police officer.

Captain Sheng took a rolled-up red cloth with sticks and yellow tassels on it out from the vehicle and solemnly handed it to Zhang Zian, "Open it."

As instructed, Zhang Zian unfolded the cloth. He was stunned.

This was a banner, on which was embroidered in golden characters, "Police and people work together to build a harmonious society" on the red cloth, under which was inscribed "A gift from the Police Station of Binhai City", as well as the date of the creation of the pennant.

As president of the photography club, Luo Qingyu instinctively felt that he should capture this moment of the banner being given to Zhang Zian. He looked at the LCD screen to review the shot. If he sold this photo to the press, how much money could he earn from this?

"This..." Zhang Zian asked Captain Sheng, "Is this for me?"

Captain Sheng solemnly said, "Yes. A while ago, you assisted the police in solving a long-term complicated case, and on behalf of the police force, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to you by presenting you with this banner! I hope that you can continue working with the police force to maintain social order and build a harmonious society. "

An uproar broke up in the crowd.

"When did the perverted Store Manager help solve a case for the police?"

"I have never heard of it… I can’t believe the pretentious Store Manager kept it so low-key!"

"Is this a real police officer?"

"Nonsense! Did you not see he got out from an official police vehicle?"

Everyone was curious about what case Zhang Zian had solved.

Captain Sheng whispered to Zhang Zian, "Sorry for sending it a bit late. That case was somewhat bizarre, and I had difficulty reporting it to my superiors..."

Zhang Zian helped find a series of lost properties that had been stolen in the downtown area, but the suspects had never been caught, so the superiors in the police station had complaints. After Captain Sheng repeatedly promised that such a case would not happen again, the superiors thus reluctantly agreed to close the case. After that, Sheng Ke immediately commissioned a manufacturer to make the pennant and hadn’t had time to deliver it to Zhang Zian until today.