Si Ren closed his eyes, enjoying the masseuse's massage while asking, "If that's the case, why didn't you just move somewhere else?"
"It's not that those of us running shops in the mall don't want to leave. It's that we can't. The mall opened this June, and even the former mayor of Lianhua City, Zhang Wei, attended the opening event. Zhang Wei kept boasting about Fuyang Trading being a conscientious enterprise and strongly recommended that the public come here to spend their money. All the shop owners listened to him, pumped themselves up, and rolled up their sleeves, eager to make a big splash. The foot traffic was huge during the first week, but starting from the second week, the crowds dwindled rapidly. Even the members who registered for store cards with us never came back a second time. They didn't even care about the money left on their cards. We called our card-holding members to ask why, and the customers told us that every time they visited the mall, they would fall seriously ill after returning home. They felt the mall was unclean and haunted by dirty things. We thought those customers were just being overly sensitive, so we called other customers to check. The answers we got were basically all the same."
Si Ren opened his eyes, a look of mild puzzlement on his face. "Then why are you all fine?"
Chapter 185