Chapter 13

The shop owner said, not forgetting to promote his business. Upon hearing the shop owner's words, the girl immediately spoke up: "Then give me another blood-red dragon."

The shop owner, upon hearing this, immediately put on a helpless expression. "Miss, do you know that this blood-red dragon has won awards? Where can I find such a premium one for you? Why don't you look at some others?"

"Without an 800,000 yuan fish, you still have the nerve to show me others? The fish in your place don't even qualify to be in my father's aquarium."

After saying this, the girl turned and walked out the door.

She loudly said to the people around her, "Whoever can help me find such a fish, I'll give them 50,000 yuan."

Wow! This made the vendors in the flower, bird, and fish market restless, and they all came over with photos on their phones to show the girl. At first, the girl looked at each photo, but after a while, she lost interest.

She shouted at everyone, "You're all fish sellers. You know the price of this fish. Don't try to fool me with trash fish."

Seeing the girl say this, no one came to sell anymore.

Suddenly, the girl's phone rang.

After answering the call, she didn't show any expression, just coldly said, "I know," and hung up.

The girl, who had been anxious just a moment ago, now had a cold gleam in her eyes.

Ye Yuan had been watching the blood-red dragon all along and didn't notice the girl's change.

Ye Yuan thought to himself that his fish farm had a significant effect on fish growth, but he didn't know if a fish that was about to die would come back to life in his fish farm.

When he thought of this, he saw the girl getting into her car and preparing to leave. He quickly walked a few steps to the car door and said to the girl, "Miss, may I ask how you plan to handle this fish?"

The girl glanced at Ye Yuan and spoke irritably, "Your whole family is a bunch of misses, watch your words."

Ye Yuan, despite being insulted by the girl, didn't get angry.

Ye Yuan had to change his address, "Madam, how do you plan to handle this fish? If possible, I'd like to buy it. Of course, I won't offer a high price, given its condition."

"Can you cure it?"

"No," Ye Yuan answered without hesitation.

"If you can't cure it, why do you want to buy it?" the girl continued to press.

"To eat."

Ye Yuan answered straightforwardly.

"I've never eaten such an expensive fish before. It must taste good."

The girl never expected such an answer from Ye Yuan.

After hearing this, her originally cold face softened a bit, and she said to Ye Yuan, "If you like it, take it. I don't need it anyway. By the way, help me get rid of the fish tank too, it's useless now."

With that, the girl got into her car.

Ye Yuan hurriedly took the fish tank from the car. Before he could say thank you, the girl closed the car door and had the driver start the car.

Watching the SUV drive into the traffic, Ye Yuan shook his head. There are really a lot of rich people in Beijing, buying an 800,000 yuan fish and then just giving it away.

Ye Yuan didn't waste any time, got back into his car, and with great effort, placed the fish tank on the back seat.

Finding a place with fewer people, Ye Yuan put the fish directly into the fish farm space and followed it in.

Ye Yuan had recorded himself entering the space, so from the outside, it looked like he was sleeping. This is why he dared to enter the space in the car.

When Ye Yuan entered the fish farm, a prompt sounded:

"Detected a creature with nearly depleted vitality. Do you want to treat it?"

"Yes."

"This treatment will cost 50 points."

Ye Yuan didn't expect the system to have this function. He directly asked, "System, can humans or other animals in this state be treated?"

"No."

With the negative answer, 100 points were deducted.

"If only it could save people," Ye Yuan thought.

Looking at the dragon fish, it was still the same as outside when it entered the fish farm.

After the system deducted the points, a gentle white light enveloped the fish. The light entered the dragon fish's body, gradually diminishing until the dragon fish absorbed all the white light.

Looking at the dragon fish again, it was not only more lively but also longer than before.

Ye Yuan placed the dragon fish in the pond next to the stone monument and then left the space with peace of mind.

...

Today was the day of Ye Yuan's black pearl auction. In the past few days, Ye Yuan had visited all the flower, bird, and fish markets in Beijing but didn't sell this batch of ornamental fish.

Ye Yuan was a new face in Beijing. Although the ornamental fish he had were of high quality, the fish vendors only offered extremely low prices.

Later, Zhao Chuan gave a suggestion. The fish would be sold by Lao San Deng Kai's flower shop, which was already inside the flower, bird, and fish market. They just needed to set up a section for ornamental fish at the entrance.

If sales were good, they could continue. If not, Ye Yuan planned to return to Blue Island to find a fixed sales channel. He couldn't keep coming to Beijing just for some ornamental fish.

The fish were tentatively split 50-50 with Lao San Deng Kai. Initially, Deng Kai disagreed, but after hearing that Ye Yuan had a black pearl to auction, which could sell for several million, he didn't insist, as his family wasn't very wealthy.

The auction was in the afternoon, and in the morning, there was a raw stone exchange event in the suburbs of Beijing. Zhao Chuan took Ye Yuan and Lao Er, while Lao San had some family matters and didn't go.

The so-called raw stone exchange event was actually a form of gambling with stones.

Gambling with stones is a term in the jewelry industry, a method of trading jade raw stones, popular in the border area between Yunnan and Myanmar, with a gambling nature. When jade is mined, it is covered by a weathered layer, making it impossible to know its quality until it is cut. Initially, this activity was called "gambling trade."

In recent years, gambling with stones has become very popular in Beijing, and a profession called "stone gambler" has emerged.

A stone gambler needs several qualities: a great challenge, a spirit of adventure, and rich experience. In the stone gambling market, there are stories of people becoming rich overnight, but more often, people lose everything.

Zhao Chuan drove for an hour with Lao Er and Ye Yuan and stopped in front of an old factory in the suburbs of Beijing. The factory looked very dilapidated from the outside, but the inside was completely different.

Inside, there were many stalls, each displaying various sizes of stones. In the center, a large area was left for stone cutting, where several professional stone cutters were chatting.

Ye Yuan and the others arrived early, and there weren't many people yet. Zhao Chuan introduced a middle-aged man who was looking at raw stones in the distance to Ye Yuan and Lao Er. This man was Zhao Chuan's family's dedicated stone gambler, surnamed Nie.

After exchanging greetings, Zhao Chuan asked Ye Yuan and Lao Er, "Do you want to play on your own or with me?"

"I'll walk around on my own. You take Lao Si, no need to worry about me."

Ye Yuan said he would look around, and Zhao Chuan went with Master Nie to select raw stones.

PS: Thank you to all the friends who have been reading my book. I know some of you are really reading it, and I will try to improve my writing skills. This is my first time writing a book, and many parts are still immature. I also thank those who have voted for my book, especially friend 08a, whose continuous support has given me a lot of motivation.