Chapter 42

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Xiaoming looked at his brother-in-law, "Didn't the kindergarten say anything about Niu Niu being beaten?"

"What can they say? The person who hit her. The kindergarten can't afford to offend them. The principal, whom I actually know, told me to just let it go and not to pursue it further."

"Who is it?" Ye Yuan finally asked the question he wanted to know.

"The richest man in our county, Zhang Gui," his brother-in-law said through gritted teeth.

After thinking for a moment, his brother-in-law continued, "Xiao Yuan, I think we should let this go? Our family has finally started to turn things around. Don't ruin it because of this..."

At this point, his brother-in-law felt a bit embarrassed, as the elderly were still in bed, and as a son-in-law, he shouldn't be speaking like this. But the other party was just too powerful, and his family was not even in their eyes.

Ye Yuan understood his brother-in-law. In his heart, his brother-in-law had always been a very calm person, but this time, he didn't plan to let it go.

Ye Yuan entered the ward, and his father was already awake. He refused to stay in the hospital and insisted on returning to the island. After several people tried to persuade him, they could only take Ye Father back to the island. Niu Niu also went with them, and Ye Yuan told his sister that Niu Niu would stay on the island for now, to be taken care of by their parents.

He also told his father about Li Hui. His father agreed to let Li Hui manage the farm, while he would only be responsible for the feed formulation, leaving other matters to Li Hui.

After returning home, Ye Yuan secretly gave his father some space lake water to drink, believing that after drinking the space lake water, his father would recover quickly.

After dealing with these matters, Ye Yuan found his brother-in-law to inquire about Zhang Gui's specific situation. His brother-in-law didn't know what Ye Yuan was planning, but he knew that his little brother-in-law was completely different from before, so he told Ye Yuan about Zhang Gui's background.

Zhang Gui's parents died early, and he was raised by his sister. In high school, he was a small-time thug in the county, doing nothing all day. Later, his sister married a foreigner and, with the capital provided by his sister, he started trading seafood, making a lot of money.

In recent years, Pinghai County has leased many islands to outsiders, and he also leased one, Ren'an Island.

Coincidentally, his Ren'an Island was not far from Ye Yuan's Fishing Bay Island, about an hour's boat ride away.

Ren'an Island was not large, a rocky island, very suitable for raising some economic fish.

So he enclosed a large area of the sea with nets and started a farm.

Being a thug in the county, and with money, he had a group of followers. In recent years, Zhang Gui's business has grown larger, and he has even extended his reach into Lanyu City, where many of the city's major hotels buy their goods from him.

Knowing this, Ye Yuan's lips curled into a cold smile, "It seems that if you don't court death, you won't die. You have a farm bully coming after me?"

Since he couldn't openly move against him for now, he would start with his business.

At night, Ye Yuan came to the seaside alone, found a place where he wouldn't be easily discovered, and secretly entered the sea. After swimming for half an hour, he arrived at a sea area where a 4-meter-long saw shark appeared in the water, which was the new pet, Xiao Sha, that Ye Yuan had recently acquired.

Xiao Sha was very happy to see Ye Yuan and swam around him in circles.

After playing for a while, Ye Yuan rode on Xiao Sha's back and directed him to swim towards Ren'an Island.

Sharks swim very fast, and it took only half an hour to reach the outskirts of Ren'an Island. There were only a few stone houses on the island for duty, with faint lights.

Ye Yuan took Xiao Sha down to the seabed. A large area of the sea around Ren'an Island was enclosed with nets. Ye Yuan took out a dagger and cut the nets, then swam in with Xiao Sha. After gesturing for a while, Xiao Sha understood Ye Yuan's meaning, and they swam in different directions.

This time, Ye Yuan came to cause destruction. Anything that could fit into the space was not spared, even the newly placed fish fry was taken by Ye Yuan into the space.

He didn't exchange the points for now, keeping them in the space. Currently, Ye Yuan didn't need the points, so he didn't rush to exchange them. Don't forget that there were 10 pieces of high-point "stones" in the space that Ye Yuan hadn't exchanged yet.

Two hours passed in a flash. Ye Yuan and Xiao Sha circled the fish farm twice, and after finding that there were no fish left in the farm, they left with Xiao Sha.

He instructed Xiao Sha that the fish farm would be his cafeteria from now on, and he could go there to eat when hungry, but to be careful not to be discovered. Xiao Sha nodded with half his body above the water, looking very human.

...

Lanyu City, Fuxiangju, one of the oldest seafood restaurants in Lanyu City, is well-known throughout the city.

In the general manager's office, a woman in her early thirties sat behind the desk, looking at a report from the purchasing department.

Wang Yueshan, from the Wang family in Shangjing, opened a seafood trading company in Lanyu City a month ago and has recently launched two batches of seafood to the market.

The latest batch reportedly includes bigeye tuna, as well as rare stone fish and yellow croaker. So many premium items. Su Mei wanted to know the source of his supply.

She had tried to communicate with Wang Yueshan, but he clearly had no intention of selling these premium seafood to her, only agreeing to provide some ordinary fish.

After investigating, she found out that this guy had sold all the premium seafood to first-tier cities.

Not only that, but he was also reportedly in contact with Hong Kong, planning a sea cucumber auction. These were all things that made Su Mei uncomfortable, as the purchasing department hadn't been able to procure premium seafood for a long time.

Fuxiangju was founded by her mother through hard work. Her father, due to his job, rarely asked about family matters, and her mother took over a small restaurant from her grandfather, which was doing well at the time.

Through her own hard work, she turned the brand into a well-known one in Lanyu City. Now, due to her mother's health, she had to take over, but since she took over, the hotel's revenue had been declining.

Many old customers, unable to eat premium seafood here, had switched to other places.

The seafood supplier who had been supplying her recently suddenly proposed to immigrate, and Su Mei hadn't slept well for days because of this. Fortunately, the purchasing department had contacted a large seafood farmer in Pinghai County, and they were coming today to discuss a supply contract.

While Su Mei was thinking about these matters, her secretary walked in, "Ms. Su, the supplier from Pinghai County is here. Should I let him in?"

"Please let him in," Su Mei rubbed her temples.

The door opened, and a man in his thirties walked in. Seeing the beautiful woman walking towards him, he extended his hands, "I am Zhang Gui. I have long wanted to meet Ms. Su, and today I have the honor of meeting you."

Su Mei politely shook his hand and sat behind the desk. Her first impression of this man was not good; his gaze was a bit strange.

They sat down and began negotiations...

"Let's have a pleasant cooperation," they signed the contract.

Due to the previous supplier, Su Mei specifically included a breach of contract clause in the contract. If the supplier did not deliver the agreed amount of seafood on time, the compensation would be significant.

Zhang Gui walked out of Fuxiangju, looked at the contract in his hand, and patted it lightly, "This little lady is really damn attractive. I will definitely... hehe."

He picked up the phone and dialed a number, "Brother Lu, the contract is signed. I will need your help in the future."

"No problem, no problem, I won't make it difficult for you."

"Use top-grade fish for everything."

"The ratio is 5:2, and the extra profit will be split 50-50."

After saying this, Zhang Gui hung up the phone, looked in the direction of Su Mei's office, and muttered, "Didn't expect it, did you? Your purchasing manager has already sold you out."