718 The Aquarium Zone (1/2)

Chapter 718: The Aquarium Zone

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Reina went to comfort and encourage the mistreated employee. Zhang Zian stepped back and whispered to Reina, ”Why are you making such a fuss? Did that ball python offend you?”

After the Chinese customer took the ball python away, Fina turned its eyes towards the other snakes in the shop, such as the gold python, the green tree python, and more. Its eyes were as fierce as a knife and sharp enough to slice them open.

Fina glared at Zhang Zian and said coldly, ”I hate snakes. Every one of them deserves to die!”

Zhang Zian was astonished at Fina's words before he realized that, according to the legend, Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, died from a deadly snake bite. The movie followed the legend and ended in the same way. Could that be the reason Fina hated snakes?

Before he could think further, Reina called him up front. ”Jeff, come here. I'll show you the aquarium tanks.”

”Coming,” he responded, and winked at Fina to make it hold its temper. He then walked over to Reina with quick steps.

Zhang Zian was startled as soon as he arrived at the aquarium zone. A massive tank was standing at the entrance, which was essentially just a wall. He had never seen a fish tank of this size. More than that, he was very puzzled that there was only one fish inside the enormous tank.

Yet, after he clearly saw what kind of fish was in the tank, he became even more astonished. It was an Atlantic sturgeon, around 30-40 centimeters in length. It was a European sea sturgeon––not Chinese––but it was still just as rare. People were driven by their quest for caviar, which caused the Atlantic sturgeon to be almost extinct in the wild.

According to the label, this Atlantic sturgeon was from Poland and was sold at the price of 4000 euros. It was the superstar of the aquarium, without a doubt.

Its body was light grey, with a streamlined shape. Its eyes were so tiny that one might mistake them as nostrils. It was swimming swiftly in the tank like a cloud of smoke.

In fact, there were some small fish in the same tank, but they appeared to just be food for the sturgeon. It chased after them like a sword, biting them with small, sharp teeth, and swallowed them swiftly into its stomach.

Zhang Zian finally understood why there was only one fish in this massive tank––it was because this fish could reach two to three meters in length.

”What do you think? Do you like my Atlantic sturgeon?” Reina asked in a high-spirited tone. ”If you are interested, I can keep an eye out and get one for you. I'm sure it will draw a lot of customers to your pet shop.”

”I like it,” Zhang Zian answered earnestly. ”But no, thanks. I can't claim a free meal ticket that's valid for 20 years.”

Behind this massive fish tank was a small pond built with pebble stones. Hundreds of Koi fish, after they saw people approaching, swarmed over, stretched their mouths out of the water, and blew bubbles. The water stirred so vigorously that it almost seemed to be boiling. Red, white, yellow, and black… a few bright colors mixed together and looked very pretty.

As they walked, the Koi fish followed them, waiting patiently to be fed. They only swam back to the bottom of the water in disappointment after Reina and Zhang Zian were far from the pond.

It seemed as though Koi fish were just as popular among the Germans as they were with the Chinese.