CHAPTER 433: CHAPTER 3: YEZI COMES KNOCKING (PART 2)

The two people asking were Yezi and Uncle Lu, who had come over just for some errands. They had been staying in the crab pond for the past few months, enduring daily exposure to wind and sun, their skin sunburned to a deep red. They didn’t know they would have the chance to meet Xiao Xian today and wore only stall-bought shorts and a sweat-stained tank top, looking more like rough workers. The students in the school were all exemplars of both character and learning, so how could they know such a person?

The security officer weighed the situation and was even less willing to help, "Go on, get out. We don’t have that person here, don’t block the way, you don’t look like you mean any good."

His gestures and tone, as if Yezi were some garbage on the roadside, wishing he could sweep him as far away as possible.

"You," Yezi, sensing the disgust from the other party, became furious, and raised his fist, wanting to slap the security officer.

"Yezi, don’t be impulsive, let’s go back first and think of another way." Uncle Lu knew well that the security guards at reputable institutions like Meixin Middle School were not to be trifled with, as they were typically from formal security companies or martial arts schools. If they really fought, Yezi was at a disadvantage.

Ever since Yezi switched the batches of Hairy Crab from Miyun Reservoir, to prevent people from Huang’s Breeding, especially those from Huang Tengchong, from finding them, Yezi and Uncle Lu found a remote freshwater reservoir in the outskirts of Beijing and were raising crabs there all day. Recently, the crabs in the reservoir seemed lackluster. Yezi went into the water to check and said the aquatic plants in the local reservoir were not adequate.

Rearing crabs, especially good crabs, required quality aquatic plants, which Uncle Lu had heard about before starting his breeding efforts. The two then decided to go to the flower and bird market in the city to see if there were any suitable aquatic plants. After a trip to the market and returning without finding aquatic plants, they stumbled upon some unsettling news.

Last month, at the end of May, people from Huang’s Breeding had been sent to the local flower and bird market to buy all the better aquatic plants, and they declared that anyone coming to buy aquatic plants, especially those for rearing crabs, must report to Huang’s.

Upon hearing this news, Uncle Lu knew trouble was brewing; most likely, Huang Tengchong had discovered the switched crab seedlings. Yezi, however, didn’t care about those issues and just told him to relax, saying he wasn’t afraid if Huang Tengchong really came knocking.

Uncle Lu was worried, yet he was aware that every time Yezi came to the city, he would inquire about Zhu Xiaoxian’s school. After casually asking around, they unexpectedly found Sacred Heart Middle School, resulting in the near conflict with the security guard just now.

"Really judging by appearances," Yezi felt indignant, and Uncle Lu pulled him to a snack bar not far from the school gate, where they found a seat. The two had set out to buy aquatic plants and had only encountered bad news along the way, having no appetite, their stomachs were already empty.

"Yezi, continuing like this isn’t a solution. Why don’t we place a missing person notice?" Uncle Lu ordered some duck heads and a bowl of two-sided noodles, and opened four bottles of beer to persuade Yezi to cool off.

"Placing a missing person notice? That would cost quite a bit of money," Yezi, having lived in Beijing for nearly half a year, knew well that this was a place where having money means getting things done, "Uncle Lu, since Huang’s has already discovered the swapped crab seedlings, you may face trouble selling the Hairy Crabs in September. Better save the money for transporting and selling them elsewhere."

Yezi indeed wanted to find Xiao Xian, but he hadn’t lost his senses. For the past few months, he had been living with Uncle Lu’s family. To raise money for the crab seedlings, Uncle Lu’s family of six had squeezed into a temporary house of just over twenty square meters. If they couldn’t recover the capital this time, Uncle Lu’s entire family might end up destitute. At this moment, he had no intention of spending money on placing a missing person notice to find Xiao Xian.

"Ah, Yezi, it’s all because I am useless," Uncle Lu sighed, grabbed a bottle, and took a big swig of beer.

Worried that he might harm his health by drinking on an empty stomach, Yezi hurriedly asked for the food and drinks to be served.

The owner of the snack shop responded and was about to bring over a few duck necks when he was halfway there, only to be stopped by a few bleached-blonde hoodlums sitting at the entrance. They snatched the plate of duck necks and cursed, "Where is the food going? We’ve been waiting forever and haven’t seen anyone," These people arrived later than Yezi and were swearing up a storm as soon as they entered, clearly no-good types.

Yezi was already in a bad mood and this unprovoked provocation by a bunch of thugs made him want to confront them, but Uncle Lu held him back to his seat.

"I’m telling you, are you sure that just by having seven or eight people sit at Sacred Heart Middle School’s entrance watching a little girl, we’ll get paid?" said a young man munching on spicy necks, spitting out a few bones.

"That’s what Jin Zhu said, otherwise why would I involve you guys," the person sitting opposite him threw a peanut into his mouth.

"Who cares, as long as there’s money to be grabbed. Just don’t know what kind of student managed to offend Huang’s Breeding and the Xu Family, those are some big shots," it turned out the group sitting together were thugs from two factions. One group had been previously tasked with shadowing Xiao Xian and reporting her and Xuerou’s whereabouts 24/7.

Because Huang Tengchong had said there was a new task for them to do, they brought in these additional people.

"Who knows, as long as we get the money, not to mention watching a middle school student at the school entrance, even if we were told to keep an eye on the King of Hell in the underworld, we’d still go," they said, starting to drink up.

After a while, one of them who seemed to be the leader made a phone call: "Hello, Boss Huang, yes, we have confirmed it, it’s the same family, I recognize that couple, they came last time to pick up the girl student. Alright, you can count on us, we’ll get a carload of people tonight and burn that damn farm blocking your fortune to the ground."

Every word they spoke was overheard by Yezi and Uncle Lu.

Uncle Lu listened and frowned, putting down his cup on the table, making a thudding sound. The Huang’s Breeding they were talking about was Huang Tengchong’s company.

Seeing Uncle Lu’s expression, Yezi guessed mostly correctly, "Uncle Lu, it’s that Huang’s Breeding again, huh, we let them off easy last time, not so easy this time."

"Yezi, what are you thinking? Beijing is under the Emperor’s nose, police are tough, don’t stir up trouble recklessly," Uncle Lu worried, fearing Yezi might cause some trouble, just by the tone of those thugs’ conversation, it seemed Huang Tengchong was up to something despicable again.

"Whatever they do, we’ll do the same, let’s send them a ’big gift’," Yezi grinned rather "innocently."

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