After much reassurance, Zhao Xing finally managed to dispel Uncle Lu’s doubts.

The law enforcement officers still needed to go inside and do a walkthrough. Although it looked extremely clean from the outside, they couldn’t skip the required procedures.

They took out the disposable shoe covers they carried with them and put them on, their expressions a little strange.

Under normal circumstances, their shoe covers were cleaner than the shop kitchens they inspected. This was the only time they were a little worried their shoe covers might dirty the kitchen floor…

The hotel owner still hadn’t given up. He stared intently, holding his phone up high, the camera aimed squarely at every corner of the kitchen.

He refused to believe it! He refused to believe this place didn’t have a single dirty corner! If he could just capture one speck of filth…

The law enforcement officers split up, each heading to a different area. Their white-gloved hands wiped the corners and crevices. The corner of a cabinet—clean. The wooden barrels were scrubbed clean, with lids as shiny as new placed on top, not a trace of any odor.

The team leader nodded in satisfaction. He was already thinking about how to report this shop’s kitchen as a model example of sanitation supervision. He had never encountered such a high standard of hygiene in all his years of work.

The guests outside were also very surprised. “I knew the guesthouse’s sanitation would be fine, but I never expected it to be this clean!”

“There’s not even a speck of grease. Is this still a kitchen?”

“This is cleaner than my own house! I need to take a picture to show my mom. She’s always saying that food made outside is dirty!”

“If only the guesthouse offered takeout. With food this clean and delicious, it would put a whole bunch of other restaurants out of business…”

The hotel owner’s hand, which was holding the phone, began to shake. Beads of sweat formed on his forehead.

He never thought this shabby guesthouse could achieve this level of cleanliness! Was it necessary?

He just had to ask, was it necessary?!

We’re all in business here, what’s the use of cleaning so thoroughly every day! Don’t you need to cut down on labor costs?!

The owner’s already fleshy face began to contort. He subconsciously looked at the bullet comments on his live stream, wanting to say something to save face.

His live stream only had about a thousand viewers, mostly bitter and unsuccessful greasy men who got happy seeing others suffer. That’s how he had attracted them in the first place.

Therefore, he wasn’t worried about any backlash from his viewers. After all, a handsome, upstanding, and successful young man like Zhao Xing was the type of person they hated the most… Huh?

He took one look and was nearly stunned. The number of online viewers was actually thirty thousand? Had he accidentally gone viral?

But when he looked closer, his face darkened.

The bullet comments, which had been filled with profanity and had been cursing the Immortal’s Rest Inn along with him, were all gone. Or rather, they had been pushed down.

The current bullet comments were all:

“Boss Zhao, Boss Zhao, Boss Zhao! I heard Boss Zhao is in this live stream?”

“Came here after hearing about the handsome guy! Whoa, which shop’s kitchen is this? The floor is so clean it’s reflective!”

“You’re dumb, person above. This is Boss Zhao’s guesthouse kitchen! The idiot streamer reported Boss Zhao and is getting his face slapped live!”

“Handsome and a good person, we need more guesthouse owners like this!”

…

The hotel owner was furious. He had actually just done free advertising for his competitor! His already narrow mind was about to explode with rage.

He didn’t know that Zhao Xing’s popularity hadn’t died down yet. His live stream reporting the Immortal’s Rest Inn might not have been known by many, but the moment Zhao Xing appeared in the stream, it had attracted attention.

Several public accounts that were waiting to ride on his traffic immediately promoted his live stream.

Over on the other side, the law enforcement officers had finished their inspection and came out after changing their shoe covers.

The team leader solemnly shook Zhao Xing’s hand. “This inspection has found that the sanitation conditions have met the standard, and have even exceeded it. You’ve worked hard, Boss Zhao. Please keep it up.”

The younger colleagues behind him exchanged glances.

Their captain had been working for decades and was famous in the bureau for his high standards and strict requirements. He usually only ever criticized. They never thought they’d see the day he would praise someone… Of course, this shop really did deserve it.

Zhao Xing smiled and expressed his thanks, his eyes catching the hotel owner who was sneakily trying to get into his car and escape. “You’ve all worked hard today. However, I also have a shop to report.”

The team leader said seriously, “Go on.”

Zhao Xing took out a flyer from his pocket. A guest had found it and given it to him earlier. “I am reporting the Youfu Hotel for unfair competition, illegally setting up blockades to stop passing customers, and for failing to meet sanitation standards… Hmm, as for the rest, we’ll see depending on the situation. The address is,” he looked down at the flyer, “No. 325, Liuhe Street.”

The hotel owner had a bad feeling the moment he saw him take out the flyer.

After hearing what he said, he felt the blood rush to his head. “You’re full of shit! When did I ever engage in unfair competition?!”

Zhao Xing snorted and also took out his phone, clumsily opening a live stream and pointing it at him. The meaning was clear: a taste of your own medicine.

The sweat on the hotel owner’s forehead immediately started to drip. He knew his own business best.

He hadn’t expected Zhao Xing to emerge unscathed from the law enforcement team’s inspection, much less that he would have the energy to report him in return.

So he hadn’t made any preparations at all! If the law enforcement team were to show up at his door now…

He quickly put on a fawning smile. “Officer, please don’t listen to his nonsense. He’s just reporting me out of revenge. You can’t encourage this kind of vengeful behavior! My hotel is running just fine. If you show up at my door, how am I supposed to do business?”

The moment he said this, several of the guests couldn’t hold back anymore. “Are you nuts? How does a visit from the law enforcement team stop you from doing business? They’re just inspecting according to regulations! They can inspect your place even without a report!”

“What revenge? If you were as clean as Boss Zhao’s place here, what would you be afraid of?”

“I’m reporting this hotel too! When I was coming here, I passed by this hotel, and their kitchen waste was just piled up at the entrance. It looked so dirty!”

“I’m reporting it too! He did engage in unfair competition! He did stop my car!”

The team leader waved his hand, silencing the crowd. “I have heard all of your voices. I will forward the investigation into the unfair competition to the relevant departments. For now, we are accepting the report and will proceed to inspect the food and sanitation conditions of the Youfu Hotel. Public supervision is welcome.”

The guests immediately cheered. Who doesn’t love a good reversal drama!

The owner of the Youfu Hotel, Sun Youfu, felt his back go instantly wet with sweat. He collapsed on the spot, not wanting to move.

It was only after being pushed and shoved by the crowd that he got into his car to lead the way.

Actually, there was no need for him to lead the way. The town wasn’t that big. With an address, it wouldn’t take ten minutes to find the place.

As for Zhao Xing, although he didn’t have a car, he couldn’t stop his guests from not only having cars but also being enthusiastic lovers of drama. He casually got into one of the guest’s cars and left.

The other guests behind him didn’t want to miss this opportunity to “eat melon” either and actually all drove after them, not minding the size of Sun Youfu’s funeral procession.

This conflict also stirred up a small storm online. The local netizens, like little fish caught in a current, first flooded into Sun Youfu’s live stream.

After discovering that Zhao Xing had also started a live stream, they all swam over to Zhao Xing’s.

There was even a particularly shameless local public account that started a poll: “Old-School Hotel VS Internet-Famous Guesthouse, Who Do You Support?”

This made even people who didn’t know about the Immortal’s Rest Inn want to come and see.

Zhao Xing had originally started the live stream just to scare Sun Youfu and hadn’t expected many people to watch. But after getting into the car and glancing at his phone… the number of online viewers was nearly forty thousand?

The bullet comments were so dense that he couldn’t even see the screen clearly.

Zhao Xing quickly contacted the little robot to handle it for him, clearing out the irrelevant bullet comments.

After explaining the cause and process of the incident, the car stopped at the Youfu Hotel.

Several cars had stopped at once, including the Supervision Bureau’s car. In a small town like this, it was very conspicuous, and some of the neighbors gathered around.

The group got out of the cars and immediately saw the trash can at the entrance of the Youfu Hotel.

It was a large green trash can, already overflowing with kitchen waste. Although the weather wasn’t hot enough for mosquitoes yet, a foul smell was already emanating from it.

Having gotten used to the sparkling clean kitchen of the Immortal’s Rest Inn, suddenly being confronted with this made everyone feel a little nauseous.

Sun Youfu trembled as he approached the law enforcement team, bowing and scraping. “Officers, we’ll get this trash can taken away immediately. We’re short-staffed, so sometimes we’re not timely with taking out the trash…”

He then shot Zhao Xing a fierce glare. “…We’re a small business, not as rich as Boss Zhao, who can hire special people to clean!”

The few guests who had come with Zhao Xing were not happy to hear this. “What do you mean by that? Is it wrong for Boss Zhao to be clean? Are you only satisfied when everything is dirty?”

The team leader signaled to his colleague. This situation definitely needed to be recorded.

Sun Youfu could only suppress his anger and lead the group inside.

Zhao Xing took a moment to look at the bullet comments and found that the viewers in his live stream were all disgusted, demanding to see the Immortal’s Rest Inn again to wash their eyes.

Zhao Xing looked up at the sky. Do I have a cloning technique? How am I supposed to show you?! he thought.

There were no customers in the hotel. The first-floor lobby was set up with tables and chairs.

A young-looking waiter was mopping the floor. Seeing the group of them come in, he was a little surprised and cautiously called out, “Boss.”

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the law enforcement officers finished inspecting the lobby.

The situation was barely acceptable. This was normal; most shops that were open for business wouldn’t be too dirty in the areas that customers could see.

Ignoring Sun Youfu’s fawning invitation to a meal, the law enforcement officers forcefully entered the kitchen.

Unlike the open kitchen of the Immortal’s Rest Inn, this hotel’s kitchen was enclosed, even having an aluminum door with a “Staff Only” sign.

However, no one needed to go inside. Just by standing at the entrance, they could see the green mold growing in the cracks of the door.

Sweat immediately poured down Sun Youfu’s face. He stammered, not knowing how to stop them. This was like lighting a firecracker in his hand and not being able to throw it away.

As he hesitated, a pleasant voice said, “A friendly reminder: I advise anyone who is eating to put it down right now. You can’t even imagine how dirty a shabby old shop like this can be. There are probably rats and cockroaches nesting in there.”

The speaker was none other than Zhao Xing.

Sun Youfu was about to retort when he realized the words sounded familiar. He then remembered that these were the exact words he had said during his own live stream earlier. His face turned red with anger, and he was speechless.

The other guests couldn’t help but laugh.

On one hand, they felt that Boss Zhao was quite vengeful.

On the other hand, they felt that Sun Youfu looked even more like a pig’s head now.

The law enforcement team didn’t waste any time. They put on their shoe covers and pushed open the door.

A foul stench of rotting food immediately wafted out—