Chapter 72

Ancient Sir hesitated for a moment and said, "Alright! But what if you don't pay me later? I don't even know you."

Meng Decai laughed and said, "If I don't pay, you can tow away my car."

"How much is your car worth?"

"Take a look and you'll know." Meng Decai then smiled at Fang Tianfeng and said, "If we win, your charity fund will have another million."

At that moment, many police officers approached from a distance, with the leading officer looking stern.

Fang Tianfeng glanced at Ancient Sir and said, "You said this is your territory, so you should have a way to handle this, right?"

Ancient Sir snorted coldly, struggled to stand up, and said, "I'll handle it."

As they approached, a police officer asked, "What are you doing here?"

The entire scene fell silent. Fang Tianfeng said, "We're buying fish!"

"Buying fish!" Over a hundred people echoed, causing a few young police officers to jump in fright, while the leading officer remained calm but still looked displeased.

Ancient Sir looked at the leading officer and said, "What wind blew Chief Chen here?"

Chief Chen glanced at the scene, about to scold Ancient Sir, but noticed that Ancient Sir was injured, and most of his people were lying on the ground, while those surrounding Ancient Sir were security guards and workers.

Chief Chen laughed and said, "Isn't this Ancient Sir? How come your people were practicing their knife skills and ended up hurting themselves?"

Fang Tianfeng and the others almost burst out laughing; this chief was really sharp-tongued.

Ancient Sir, feeling humiliated, said angrily, "Chief Chen, speak more politely!"

Chief Chen was in a great mood and directly labeled the incident: "I heard a group of lively civilians were bullying the market in the aquarium, smashing shops, and then the security guards and workers fought against the evil forces. Is that what happened?"

"Yes!" everyone said in unison.

Ancient Sir immediately said, "No such thing! We didn't fight at all! No one reported it, so you can't file a case. Chief Chen, don't kick a man when he's down."

Chief Chen laughed, "It's a rare chance to kick a man when he's down. Would it be fair to you if I didn't?" As he spoke, he pointed at several of Ancient Sir's key people.

"Handcuff them and take them to the police station for questioning."

The police officers behind Chief Chen immediately took out handcuffs and started cuffing people.

Seeing that not many people were being arrested, Ancient Sir felt somewhat relieved. He had connections, and Chief Chen had always been unable to do anything to him. Now, he just wanted to make him uncomfortable.

After Chief Chen and his people left, the crowd slowly dispersed. Meng Decai told the security guards and workers to go back and said he would pay each of them 300 yuan as a subsidy.

Gangbo's people were picking and choosing in Brother Hu's shop, taking all the fish they could eat, with each person taking at least two fish.

Xiao Tao was carrying a large plastic bag containing the dinner that Gangbo had picked out for Fang Tianfeng earlier.

Fang Tianfeng called A Li over and said to Ancient Sir, "This is A Li from Longju. You should give him the 300,000 yuan."

A Li quickly said, "No, no, this is your money. I can't take it."

Fang Tianfeng said, "You're Sister Xin's friend and introduced me to the dragon fish. You might need to help me in the future. This time, your shop got into trouble because of me, so take the money."

A Li still didn't dare to take it.

Meng Decai smiled and said, "How about this: Master Fang will take 100,000 yuan as a debt collection fee. The remaining 200,000 yuan will go to A Li. No one will dare to do anything to you. If anyone covets your 200,000 yuan, Master Fang can make them spit out 2 million!" He then glanced at Ancient Sir.

Ancient Sir had no choice but to say, "I'll send the 300,000 yuan to Longju tomorrow."

Fang Tianfeng patted A Li on the shoulder and walked out.

Brother Hu's shop was in a mess, with glass shards all over the floor and fish tanks knocked over. The most noticeable was a severed hand.

Gangbo's people followed behind Fang Tianfeng, each carrying dead dragon fish, with some still struggling half-dead.

The merchants and customers in the aquarium were well aware of the price of dragon fish, but seeing these people carrying them like carp, and some even using ropes to carry them by the gills, their faces were all twisted.

"These are dragon fish! Look at that red dragon, it's worth at least 20,000 yuan!"

"I'm about to break down! Look at the last few people, all red dragons, overback, and golden heads. I'll have nightmares! My favorite dragon fish!"

"This is too overbearing! Are they planning to cook hundreds of thousands of yuan worth of dragon fish together?"

"Did the price of dragon fish drop? I need to sell mine quickly." Those who had just arrived at the aquarium were still unclear about what was happening.

Fang Tianfeng remained calm and chatted with Meng Decai about the dragon fish competition on the way.

Meng Decai knew more about it than Fang Tianfeng.

"Indonesia and Malaysia are the original habitats of red dragons and overback golden dragons, respectively. The dragon fish competitions held in these two places are the best in the world. Next is Japan, but Japan places more emphasis on koi. Last year wasn't the Year of the Dragon, but dragon fish were very popular. The level of the dragon fish open competition in China has surpassed Japan and is second only to Indonesia and Malaysia. Unfortunately, the champions in each category are still from Indonesia or Malaysia."

"Our Yunhai dragon fish competition has been held twice, and this year is the third. Anyone in the province can sign up. The competition is divided into three categories: red dragons, overback golden dragons, and golden-headed golden dragons. Each category has three subcategories: under 30 cm, over 30 cm, and special category."

After Meng Decai finished, he asked Ancient Sir, who was walking out with them, "There are nine subcategories. How should we compete?"

Ancient Sir replied, "Three days before the competition, you choose the subcategories, and I'll be ready to accompany you."

Meng Decai smiled and said, "I'll have my fish participate in the competition with Master Fang. Is that okay?"

Ancient Sir immediately said, "No problem."

Outside, Fang Tianfeng and Mr. Meng got into the car. Seeing it was a Bentley, Ancient Sir's eyes twitched, thinking to himself that it was fortunate he hadn't been stubborn. If he had refused to pay, he might have ended up worse than Brother Hu.

One of Ancient Sir's confidants whispered, "Sir, that fat man is very rich, able to afford a Bentley. His dragon fish must be extraordinary."

Ancient Sir whispered back, "Do you know who the organizers of the Yunhai dragon fish competition are?"

The man shook his head.

Ancient Sir smiled and said, "Besides the provincial aquarium association, 'Aquarium World' magazine, and the provincial news group, there's one more important one: the provincial aquaculture promotion station."

"Do you know someone at the provincial aquaculture promotion station?"

"I don't, but the provincial aquaculture promotion station is under the provincial agriculture department, and the head of the provincial agriculture department's aquaculture management office has a connection with me. What kind of connection, you'll know later."

"But Mr. Meng and Master Fang are not ordinary."

"I know they are rich, but this isn't about money! No matter how rich they are, I'll still ruin them! Damn, do they really think my 300,000 yuan is easy to get? I'll make them pay back with interest! Let's go to the hospital to see Brother Hu."

Back at Chang'an Garden, Fang Tianfeng said to Xiao Tao, "Since Ancient Sir is willing to bet, it means he has a lot of confidence. Find out if he has any connections with the organizers or judges of the dragon fish competition, and check his relatives and official connections. If you can't find anything, ask Gangbo for help."

"Sure thing!"

Not long after, An Tian Tian contacted him with a sobbing voice.

"Master, I'm out of town and can't come back tonight. Oh, why are you punishing me like this! My sweet and sour dragon fish!"

"This time, there are too many dragon fish to eat in one day. I'll make it for you when you come back tomorrow. Actually, I asked the fish seller, and dragon fish taste similar to ordinary carp. This thing is just for novelty. If it were really delicious, the Chinese would have eaten it long ago."

"That's true, I feel more balanced. Thanks, Master. Did you go to the fish farm specially to buy them for me? You must have done it to please this beauty, right?"

"An Tian Tian, I want to tell you something very, very important that might affect our future."

After a long pause, An Tian Tian said, "Go on!" Her tone was a bit strange.

Fang Tianfeng said, "You should stop being so self-centered and vain."

"Ugh! Master, I hate you!"

In the evening, Xia Xiaoyu contacted Fang Tianfeng, saying she was having a great time at the training school and sent a photo of her with the children, inviting Fang Tianfeng to dinner.

After asking in detail, Fang Tianfeng learned that the training school was quite large, mainly targeting students and children. Besides tutoring middle school students, it also offered various dance, calligraphy, and piano classes. Xia Xiaoyu usually greeted parents and took care of young children if the parents were late.

In the photo, Xia Xiaoyu's smile was very bright, but Fang Tianfeng liked the little girl in her arms even more, as she was almost enveloped by Xia Xiaoyu's chest.

In the evening, Shen Xin came over, and the two had a warm and expensive dragon fish feast.

After seeing Shen Xin off, Fang Tianfeng started practicing the Heavenly Destiny Technique. Around 10:30 PM, after washing up, he sat on the sofa in the living room, bringing a large cup with him. He was close to the two fish tanks and wanted to see the results the next day.

Before he could go to bed, An Tian Tian suddenly called.

"Master! Help quickly, Xiaoyu is in trouble!"

"What happened?" Fang Tianfeng asked.

"Her father got drunk and kicked her out of the house. She fell and got hurt, and she has no money. She called me from a small supermarket downstairs. I'm out of town and can't come back. Please help her and take her to the villa for the night."

"Okay! Give me the address."

Fang Tianfeng immediately wrote down the address, put on a short-sleeved T-shirt and shorts, and took all the money from his wallet and put it in his pocket. He then ran out with his phone and hailed a taxi.

The sky was full of stars, and the lights were scattered.

Fang Tianfeng quickly arrived at the neighborhood where Xiaoyu lived and, according to An Tian Tian's description, found a small supermarket. Not far from the supermarket, in the shadows, a pink figure was squatting on the ground, sobbing softly.

Hearing Xiaoyu's sobs, Fang Tianfeng felt a surge of sympathy and ran over, "Xiaoyu, don't be afraid, I'm here."

Xiaoyu was startled and shrank back, saying in a panic, "No, don't come closer."

Fang Tianfeng looked closely and saw that she was wearing an old short-sleeved nurse's top, squatting on the ground, with her pink nurse's uniform covering her. Only her small, dusty feet were visible. The part of the nurse's uniform covering her knees was stained with blood.

Fang Tianfeng thought An Tian Tian was too careless for not explaining the situation clearly. He immediately took off his T-shirt and handed it to Xiaoyu.

"My shirt is bigger and can cover you. Put it on first."