Chapter 455: Hit It Off

Gao Kang immediately had a wicked idea.

His demand was actually simple: first, he wanted to vent his anger, so he spent money to have Gu Jianfa arrange a blind date; but Gu Jianfa screwed them over, and some even accidentally leaked the news—now they're just waiting to lose face.

Second, he wanted to recover the losses.

Right now, isn't this a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone?

He was already planning to go after Gu Jianfa, and he could also make some extra money.

Why not?

Gao Kang asked, "Buddy, you look pretty unfamiliar."

A Jin glanced at him, his eyes icy, and said coolly, "Don't pry into things you shouldn't."

He was imitating a movie hitman's look—I don't know how good it was—but seeing Gao Kang's reaction, he must have scared him.

Gao Kang nodded vigorously: "I get it, I get it."

A Jin waved his hand: "Anything else?"

Gao Kang shook his head, then nodded, and said, "Buddy, we share a common goal—as the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

"I think we can cooperate—you need help, we have plenty of people, and when the time comes, we can split the money fifty-fifty."

"You take half as one person, and we, so many of us, take the other half."

A Jin snorted: "Cooperate?"

"What good are you street punks?"

"Go play somewhere else."

Gao Kang said, "As the saying goes, a strong dragon doesn't crush the local snake."

"Buddy, don't get the wrong idea—I'm not threatening you."

"I'm just saying, even if you're a professional outsider coming here to deal with locals, you might not be as effective as we are."

A Jin wanted to laugh.

He had done some disguise, even deliberately changed his accent, and had been speaking Mandarin all along.

The locals here actually have a heavy accent, and frankly you can't find many who speak Mandarin fluently—but he's different; his Mandarin is extremely smooth, which is why Gao Qiangqi values him.

Around here, anyone who speaks Mandarin that well is definitely an outsider, basically someone from the interior.

A Jin still didn't respond, looking distrustful, and said, "You're going to teach me how to do things?"

The more he acted that way, the more energized Gao Kang became—he had never doubted A Jin, moved closer, and said, "You said you've got your eye on Gu Jianfa; do you know where he is now?"

A Jin said nothing.

Gao Kang's lips twitched up slightly as he continued, "Gu Jianfa got beaten up by us, knows we're not done, and has gone into hiding."

"I'm sure you can find him, but it'll probably take a long time."

"But we're different—we can find him easily."

A Jin's expression eased a bit, and he said, "You locals really do have an advantage when it comes to finding people."

Gao Kang said, "Right?"

"Or how about this: to show sincerity, I can first track down Gu Jianfa, give him a beating, then send you the video and photos; you hand them to your boss behind the scenes to get paid, and then you give us our cut."

A Jin snorted, "You're not afraid I'll just run off with it?"

Gao Kang said, "You're in this line of work—I trust you to follow the rules."

"To be frank."

"I also want to get into this line of work, but I've never had a way in."

A Jin's eyes remained as icy as ever, and he said, "We'll see how you perform."

Gao Kang's face lit up: "So you're agreeing?"

A Jin nodded: "Thirty‑seventy split."

Gao Kang: "I get seven?"

A Jin stared at him intently.

Gao Kang gave an embarrassed laugh: "Just kidding—you get seven, you get seven."

A Jin said, "The boss wants to torture Gu Jianfa."

Gao Kang nodded: "Understood."

"Actually, if we really crippled or killed someone, we wouldn't dare."

"But when it comes to fighting, we're more than capable."

A Jin proposed exchanging contact info; the phone number he gave Gao Kang was from a randomly bought anonymous SIM card, and he even had someone go to the county to buy it specially, just to be absolutely safe.

After exchanging contact information, A Jin stubbed out his cigarette and said, "I'm going to eat."

Gao Kang immediately stood up: "Take your time eating."

After Gao Kang walked away, A Jin immediately lowered his head to shovel rice into his mouth—he was lucky, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

That's settled.

Eat well.

A Jin rose to leave, exchanged a glance with Gao Kang at the door, nodded, and walked out.

He went to the public restroom, changed his outfit, then returned to the market, where Gao Qiangqi was also present and asked, "Did it work?"

A Jin nodded: "Very smooth."

"It's not much different from what Brother An had guessed earlier."

"With profit as motivation, Gao Kang's gang will definitely hound Gu Jianfa like a rabid dog."

"Gu Jianfa is in for a rough time."

Gao Qiangqi said, "Then have someone keep an eye on Lao Tan to see if Gu Jianfa will go to him for a loan."

A Jin nodded: "If Gu Jianfa goes to borrow money from Lao Tan, then Wu An is really capable, flawless."

Gao Qiangqi said nothing; there are too many uncertain factors, he lowered his head to work.

A Jin seeing that, left the office to attend to matters.

……

Wu An thinks Gu Jianfa will go borrow money from Lao Tan, of course not baseless, but because of Guang Liangjun.

As the saying goes, "Those who associate with vermilion become red; those who associate with ink become black."

Having Guang Liangjun as a friend is Gu Jianfa's "fortune."

When Gu Jianfa is at his wit's end, he will surely think of "warding off disaster by spending money", and the ways he can get money are just a few; borrowing from Lao Tan is the most likely to succeed.

Of course.

Planning is up to people, success is up to heaven.

Whether it can go as he expects still depends on the will of heaven.

Now he has no time to worry about these; after sleeping and waking up, he first checks his Luck Value, which is not bad, 302 points, and moreover, the Luck Value of the Crab Pot has been completely used up.

First, have breakfast.

After eating, he immediately heads straight to the small island near the Crab Pot.

The Crab Pot's catch is okay: there are shrimp, crabs, some small miscellaneous fish, the most abundant actually being sea snails; the harvest isn't great, but given the failure of the Longline Fishing, A Qing and Mei Wu are quite satisfied with the Crab Pot's catch.

After finishing the Crab Pot, everyone sits down to sort the catch.

Lao Fu Tou asked: "A An, should we change location?"

Wu An nodded.

Definitely need to change.

This trip is similar to last time, Luck Value also used quite a bit, but the catch's value is probably less than half of last time; it's best to leave, no need to stubbornly stay here.

He thought for a moment and said: "Let's go to the side where the White Butterfly Clam was discovered."

"After we finish, we'll head back."

Lao Fu Tou nodded and went to start the boat.

Although we're going farther, the resources there are stronger than here.

Wu An and the other two also weren't idle, they hurriedly sorted the catch.

Upon reaching the target sea area, they finished organizing the catch and then immediately deployed the Crab Pot again without pause.

After setting the Crab Pot, they saw the time was just past 10 a. m.

Wu An thought it over and decided to first return to the dock; the fishing boat is small and cannot store the catch for long, so they need to head back promptly.

On the way halfway.

Encountered Hu Zi.