Chapter 552: Auction Encounter

They went out.

Wu An and A Qing took off running.

Feeling good?

Feeling great—beating them up like this is even better than hearing they got their legs broken earlier." A Qing paused, then said worriedly, "Brother, I've gotten you into trouble."

Wu An rubbed his head: "Nonsense."

Your affairs are never a problem.

Brother.

Get lost, get lost, get lost—don't make me cry again.

I'm moved.

Go, tell Aunt Li Juan, let her be happy too.

They came back.

Wu Yingwei asked, "Did you take care of it?"

Wu An nodded: "I gave them a beating."

Wu Yingwei glared: "Who told you to handle things like that?"

Wu An chuckled: "This is a permanent solution—after I go all out with them, they definitely won't bother us again."

Although it's the same village, we didn't really interact much, so offending them is just offending them.

It's nothing.

I was already annoyed because of that brat Shen Nan, and then the Luo brothers happened to show up.

Then I'll give them a beating to vent my anger.

Feeling good is enough.

Wu Yingwei frowned: "That whole family are tough nuts to crack."

Wu An slumped in the chair, legs crossed, and said, "I don't give a damn."

I have people on the road.

I have people at the office.

In the village, my father is the village head.

A Qing, who's the most domineering in Xixi Village now?

A Qing stared, still pondering what 'domineering' meant, then blurted out, "It's you, brother."

Eh." Wu An smugly took a sip of tea.

Wu Yingwei frowned.

After a moment's thought, damn, Wu An's words are asking for a beating, but they're also true.

A Qing took out the video and said, "Brother told me to record it; although I didn't catch anything, it can still prove we were acting in self-defense."

Wu Ping took a look and said, "This can't serve as evidence."

Wu An chuckled: "Even if it's not evidence, it doesn't prove I one-sidedly beat the Luo brothers."

Anyway, if it blows up, we'll just wrangle over it.

At worst, it's just a mutual beating.

At most, a few days in lockup and we're out.

He's no ordinary street rascal now; if it blows up, he might be fine, but the Luo brothers will surely suffer.

The Ji Hua family aren't saints, but they're not fools either; once they figure this out, they definitely won't kick up a fuss.

Li Juan listened, her eyes turning red.

Wu An acted nonchalant; she knew this favor was a huge debt.

"Having you as a brother, A Qing, is the blessing he earned over several lifetimes."

"Aunt, we're one family, not two separate households."

Hmm.

Huh?

Wu Yingwei puffed on his cigarette, mulling over Wu An's words, feeling something was off but couldn't pinpoint what.

The next morning they still had to go out, so they didn't chat too long; after tidying up, Aunt Li Juan and A Qing got up and left.

……

Early morning.

Wu An opened his eyes, checked his phone—it was only 6:30 a. m., the sun had already risen; he pulled back the curtains, sunlight flooded in, he'd slept well and woke up feeling refreshed.

After washing up.

His sister-in-law had already placed breakfast on the table, steaming hot, just looking at it whetted the appetite.

After breakfast.

Gao Qiangqi had A Jin drive a car over; Wu Yingwei, Aunt Li Juan, and A Qing rode in his vehicle.

The older brother and his wife went with him.

Gu Anran drove.

They had also invited the elderly lady, but going back and forth in the market would be taxing; her health might not hold up, and she wasn't keen either, so they dropped the idea.

Besides family, Wu An also called Lao Fu Tou to invite him to come check out the auction.

Lao Fu Tou said he had something come up and couldn't make it.

Arriving in town, they headed straight for the aquatic products market.

The market was huge; after parking, A Jin led them on a walk for a while before they reached the scene.

The auction has already started.

A Jin reported his name, at the Gate someone had received instructions, they were waiting especially for them, gave each person an entry card with a number, allowing them to participate in the auction.

The auction was inside the seafood Market.

There was a dedicated hall.

The decoration was ordinary.

It wasn't very clean either.

After all, it's a seafood business; no matter how tidied up, it couldn't be as brisk as a proper auction.

Not long after.

Gao Qiangqi came over, greeted everyone in a round, and nobody was left out.

"How's it going?"

"Average."

"You kid always speak the truth; for a makeshift setup, pulling this off is not bad."

"Brother Qiang is impressive."

Wu An saw it was mainly divided into two areas: one the live section, mainly Shrimp Crab, as they are vigorous; the other the fresh-frozen section, especially highlighted by the bluefin he caught, which stood out the most.

It was obvious that this bluefin should be the highlight of today's auction.

Hope it can fetch a sky-high price.

Wu An muttered to himself, turned around, and indeed there were many good things; in the fresh-frozen section he also saw a Large yellow fish, drawing constant glances; heading to the live section, he saw various Groupers—East Star Grouper, Rat Grouper, Abalone, Sea cucumber, Lobster, Zebra skin shrimp—these common types had many varieties, some oddly shaped, not to mention the rarer ones; without the labels, Wu An couldn't even name them.

Some even arranged for staff to give explanations.

Naturally it wasn't free; doing this simply hoped to attract more bidders, so these seafood could fetch higher prices later.

Not only did Wu An comment approvingly, everyone was also very interested; whether they sold or not didn't matter—it was all about gaining experience.

At first they stayed together, but as they walked they scattered; Wu An initially looked around, but later he couldn't be bothered.

They were all adults, so they wouldn't get lost.

At first the auction items were all ordinary, nothing worth seeing.

The prices of those Rock lobsters and Nine-section Shrimp were only slightly above market prices; nobody was foolish, no one joined the auction to be a sucker—but once the premium seafood auction segment arrived, things were different.

The bidding became obviously much more intense.

Wu An saw that the bidding for the bluefin would still take a while; he had gone to bed early last night and rushed out this morning, still hadn't taken care of personal hygiene, so he asked staff and went to the second-floor restroom.

He had just sat down when he heard the Gate being kicked open forcefully.

Immediately after, a familiar voice came: "Right, other catches can be forgone, but that bluefin must be secured!"

"Mr. Tengye has been yelling about this for a while; if I get this bluefin and give it to him, he'll surely be delighted."

"Then the benefits will definitely be huge."

"Send the card over."

"Right away."

Immediately after came a sporadic, intermittent sound of urination.

He probably had prostate problems.

Wu An furtively opened the Gate, saw it was Jing He, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he gave a cold smile.

"Damn."

Are you going to sell his fish to curry favor with Japan?