992 Door-to-Door Appraisal (1/2)

The aquarium Welder Zhao went to was an old one, and had been open in Binhai City for more than ten years. It had a very good reputation––their relationships with the higher-ups and their customers was very good, and their scale of production was slowly increasing. If it was not for the Palytoxin incident blowing up, the shop most likely would not have closed down.

Because the scale of the shop was quite large and the aquatic animals were all quite small in size, even if they sold everything at super low prices, the things in the shop would not sell out that fast.

Welder Zhao had heard about the shop location and had taken the electric bicycle to quickly find it.

Just like what was said in the group, even though it was late at night, the shop was busy like it was the morning. The main door was sealed up by the joint law enforcement stickers and could not be entered, but the back door was open wide. There would occasionally be fish lovers that came and went, having bought many things.

The shop was clearing stock secretly and did not dare to be too obvious. They did not even dare to open the main light in the shop. Whether it was shop employees or those who came to buy fish, they were all holding torchlights or using their phones for light. It resembled the headlights that underground workers used.

Quite a few people drove their cars over, buying the fish tanks and the equipment for keeping their fish like they were free of charge.

Welder Zhao looked at the situation and became even more anxious, scared that he had come too late. He was worried all the good things had already been taken.

He had not kept saltwater fish for a very long time, and he could only recognize the commonly seen aquatic animals. At that moment, the shop was very dark and a mess. There was no time to observe how the fish looked, and his eyes, which had presbyopia, could not clearly see the words on the labels for the fish tanks. He could only guess the type of the fish based on the price.

The employees were yelling to clear out their stock and mark down their prices, not giving receipts and not talking about prices. Their hands were continuously collecting payment from the customers, so they did not have the time to bother with him.

Seeing the fish lovers in the shop increase, and the items in the shop decrease, Welder Zhao gritted his teeth. Based on how much money he had in his secret stash of money, he chose ten fish that he had never seen before, found a shop employee, and paid for the fish.

Because Welder Zhao did not have a car, it was not convenient to bring the precious and expensive fish home. The employee promised that they would have someone deliver the fish to his house and told him not to worry.

When Welder Zhao heard the promise, he felt that it was not suitable. When he left the house earlier, he had not told his wife that he was going to buy fish. If they were sent over, wouldn't that expose him? He could not bear to part with the fish that he bought, so he gave them Electrician Wu's address and had the employees send the fish to his house the next day.

The next day, when the employee sent the fish to his house, Electrician Wu was very confused. His wife had thought that it was edible fish that their son and daughter-in-law had bought and almost cooked it.

Electrician Wu had guessed that there was an 80 percent chance it was Welder Zhao who bought it. When he called to ask, his suspicion was confirmed.

Welder Zhao talked about his trouble and told the happenings of the situation to Electrician Wu. After he went back home from the aquarium the previous day, he had tried to test the waters with his family members, and had hinted about wanting to buy a fish. His family members all rejected the idea, however, thinking that the Palytoxin incident had just been resolved. They did not want him to buy more aquatic animals so quickly… They didn't want the neighbors to gossip.

He had no choice. He could only ask Electrician Wu if he could temporarily leave the fish at his house. After a few days, when the whole problem was over, he would bring the fish back home.