Ling Zhenfei looked in the direction of the voice and saw Old Qiao smiling as he made his way through the crowd toward him.

It turned out that Old Qiao had taken a great liking to Little Tanyue Ling Zhenfei, whom he had just met. After hastily wrapping up the business at the venue, he immediately came to find Zhenfei.

"Little Brother Ling, this fish... did you buy it?" Old Qiao approached, and when he caught sight of the Golden Arowana in Ling Zhenfei's tank, he couldn't help but look startled.

"Old Qiao, what's wrong with our boss? He knows this fish is sick and can't even eat, yet he insists on buying a sick fish..."

Before Ling Zhenfei had a chance to reply, Fatty hurriedly interjected, clearly anxious.

At the same time, Fatty put on a look of concern for Ling Zhenfei, condemning the vendor, "You're not being ethical, knowing my boss has no clue about fish and still deceiving him."

"Hey, that's not right, Fatty," said the vendor, content with having sold the fish and now with time to argue with Fatty, "Business is about willing buyer, willing seller. This young man was willing to buy my fish, I was willing to sell, it was a free transaction. How can you call that a deception!"

"You can deceive anyone you like, but if you dare to cheat my boss, I won't stand for it. Today, you must give the money back, or I won't be polite to you," Fatty heatedly demanded.

"The deal has been struck, how can it be returned? No refunds, no refunds!"

The vendor was determined not to spit out the meat that was already in his mouth, promptly crossing his arms and steadfastly refusing to give the money back.

"Oh, it seems I have to show you my skills, or you wouldn't know that Lord Ma has three eyes," Fatty declared, rolling up his sleeves to confront the vendor.

Observing the growing crowd, Ling Zhenfei immediately shouted sternly, halting Fatty in his tracks.

Then, he turned to Old Qiao, speaking amicably, "Old Qiao, you're an expert in appreciating fish. Why don't you take a look and tell us about this one?"

Actually, Ling Zhenfei had already seen through the secret of the fish. Having noticed Old Qiao quietly observing the fish, Zhenfei intuited that Old Qiao must have noticed something too and sincerely asked for his opinion.

"Heh heh heh..." Old Qiao lifted his head, his eyes filled with admiration for Ling Zhenfei, and then he said with a light smile, "This Golden Arowana with a purple base and high back has average quality. I guess its market price wouldn't exceed ten thousand yuan..."

"I knew it, boss, you must have been conned by this unscrupulous crook. Even Old Qiao says this fish isn't worth ten thousand yuan..."

Fatty, who had been listening intently, didn't wait for Old Qiao to finish speaking before he immediately assumed an expression of understanding.

Just as Fatty was about to flaunt his "profound" knowledge again, he caught a severe glare from Ling Zhenfei, which made him swallow his words and step aside.

Ling Zhenfei had stopped Fatty, but he didn't speak himself; instead, he glanced at Old Qiao. He knew there were more words that Old Qiao hadn't said yet.

"Although this Golden Arowana isn't worth much, the thing in its mouth is certainly valuable!"

As expected, after smiling, Old Qiao walked over to the tank and, in front of everyone, gently pried open the fish's mouth.

Everyone's eyes were glued to the scene, uncertain about Old Qiao's intentions. Only Ling Zhenfei stood by with his arms crossed over his chest, looking calm and as if he had anticipated this all along.

At that moment, the entire venue seemed to fall silent, all eyes fixed on Old Qiao's hands, unaware of what the next second might bring.

Old Qiao's hands were like those of a magician. No sooner had he opened the fish's mouth than a miracle appeared!

As soon as the fish's mouth opened, a number of small Golden Arowanas could be seen wiggling out.

What... What's going on? There were so many little fish living inside its mouth?

Witnessing this scene, everyone's expression was stunned, truly unable to believe what they were seeing.

Especially the vendor who had been so smug just moments ago; seeing so many lively little fish swimming out from the fish's mouth, he was so shocked that he practically went dumb.

However, as an old hand who had mixed in the fish market for many years, he quickly understood the reason behind it.

It turned out that Arowanas have a unique breeding method. Normally, after the female lays eggs, the male will then hold the eggs in its mouth to incubate them for 40 days. During this period, the male does not eat or drink, continuing until the tiny fish hatch.

This breeding method is usually only seen in wild Arowanas because it's difficult; the survival rate for the small fish is low. Moreover, the male often starves to death during the breeding period as it neither eats nor drinks.

Latterly, during artificial breeding, the caretakers would usually take the eggs out of the male's mouth and place them in an incubation tank for hatching.

Only professional breeders were familiar with this method of hatching little fish inside the fish's mouth. The vendor was merely a middleman and had only occasionally heard about it, never having witnessed it himself.

Now that he saw so many little fish wagging their tails in the fish tank, the vendor not only went stupid, but he virtually turned green with regret.

"Damn, this is really magical; big fish producing little ones from its mouth, I've truly never heard of such a thing!"

Fatty, who had been upset about Ling Zhenfei being swindled just a moment ago, now suddenly saw the situation reverse and could hardly believe his own eyes.

"Heh, now you should understand why Little Brother Ling was so calm and collected," said Old Qiao with a chuckle, looking at Fatty and casting an admiring glance at Ling Zhenfei at the same time.

"Boss, you're really amazing! You knew there was another mystery inside the fish's mouth, and that's why you bargained with that fool on purpose, right?"

At this moment, Fatty's admiration for Ling Zhenfei grew tenfold, as he laughed and patted Ling Zhenfei on the back while casting a mocking glance at the unlucky vendor.

The vendor's face was filled with regret. After all, those tiny Golden Arowana fry were not cheap! He estimated that there were about twenty or thirty little fish that had come out of the fish's mouth. Even calculating conservatively at five thousand yuan each, he had just lost over a hundred thousand yuan. He had taken a huge hit!

"Uh, this, this..."

With a downcast face and trembling hands, the vendor held the ten thousand yuan that had not yet warmed in his embrace as he said to Ling Zhenfei with great dejection, "Young man, about the transaction just now... can we... cancel it?"

Perhaps he himself felt his behavior was too despicable as his voice was as soft as a mosquito's hum.

Hearing these words, Ling Zhenfei let out a cold, indifferent chuckle, and the crowd around them, watching the excitement, also looked at him with contempt.

This guy was shameless to the extreme, daring to flaunt the lower limits of his intelligence.

"What? What did you say? Can you say that a bit louder?"

Ling Zhenfei sneered and didn't bother with the vendor. Fatty, however, couldn't hold back and, clenching his fists eagerly, walked towards the vendor.

"I... didn't, didn't... I didn't say anything..."

The vendor immediately retracted his head, scared by Fatty's stance, and didn't dare to make a peep. His wretched appearance instantly drew a burst of hearty laughter from the crowd.

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