Chapter 620: Pier Turbulence

Now the pier only allows entry, no exit.

Fishing boats arriving at the pier are met by law enforcement officers in patrol craft who approach to communicate, arranging for them to leave as soon as possible; as for those wanting to go out to sea, sorry, the pier is under temporary martial law.

Asking when the temporary martial law will end.

One sentence: wait for notice.

Faced with this situation, everyone can only stare helplessly.

There's nothing we can do.

The law enforcement on scene isn't just the maritime police; there are also fisheries administration, public security, and some other officers in different uniforms—multiple departments conducting joint enforcement, making quite a show.

Those who had planned to go out to sea could only leave obediently; the vendors at the pier could only temporarily close shop, and although many couldn't work, they didn't leave.

Instead, they stayed to watch the excitement.

From morning until noon, they still couldn't see what was going on.

Some people left.

But some who liked to join the fun refused to leave; besides, having watched for so long, if they saw nothing, how could they brag when they went back?

The entire pier was sealed off.

Police cars were everywhere, along with law enforcement officers in various uniforms—there were municipal police, maritime police, and some wearing white shirts whose demeanor was clearly out of the ordinary.

"Any inside news?"

"How could there not be? I heard it's to catch a river pirate."

"Get lost, you bastard—saying you're catching escaped criminals I might believe, but a river pirate? What nonsense, any greenwood heroes?"

"Looking at this scene, it doesn't seem like a capture; it looks more like they're welcoming some big shot."

"I think so too."

"Boss Gao, you're here too—your little brother is coming back?"

"Yeah, should be soon." Gao Qiangqi checked the time; Wu An's phone had a signal, indicating he wasn't far from the pier.

Although Wu An said he couldn't take on cargo for now, he simply couldn't stay put, so he came to the pier to watch, hoping to see Wu An as soon as possible.

"I heard that kid's recent hauls have been great; the market's auctions are all being held for him."

"Heh, that's not false."

"Tsk tsk tsk."

The person who chimed in smiled; Gao Qiangqi spoke seriously, but to others it sounded like he was joking.

"It really makes people envy his excitement."

"Yeah, if we're talking about our town, the only one who got rich from fishing is probably your little brother."

"The marine goods unloaded from the boat really make people's eyes turn red."

"Damn, you guys on this point I..." Gao Qiangqi cursed with a smile; as they say, fellow traders are enemies—fishermen may make money, but can they earn more than us merchants?

These people wore smiles on their faces, but what they were saying were all digs at him.

Another person picked up the thread: 'Usually when your little brother comes to the pier, a crowd gathers to watch the fun, but today everyone has to stand to the side.'

Gao Qiangqi smiled: 'That's not necessarily true.'

Someone said: 'Not necessarily; the fishing boats that returned earlier were all arranged to one side to unload, and they still had to queue.'

"Even if Wu An is capable and his catch overflows the warehouse, that just makes him impressive in our circle; the law enforcement officers couldn't care less."

"Everyone says a big shot is coming back."

"Seeing that even the senior leaders from the city are waiting obediently, maybe it's a senior leader from the province coming for an inspection."

"What's there to see in our place?"

"You wouldn't understand; this is called caring for the people's livelihood."

Gao Qiangqi listened to everyone's discussion, almost laughing out loud; when people asked him for his opinion, he just gave a few 'uh-huh' nods.

Can't say more.

The more these people talked, the more ridiculous it got; if he said he was waiting for his little brother to come back, they'd probably all gang up to criticize him.

As they were discussing, someone with sharp eyes pointed at the sea and shouted: 'I think that boat looks like Boss Gao's little brother's boat.'

Someone picked up a binocular: 'Exactly, exactly, exactly, that's right.'

Getting a bit closer, Gao Qiangqi could see clearly that beside Wu An's fishing boat trailed a law enforcement speedboat.

"Huh, Wu An's fishing boat is still heading this way."

"This kid couldn't possibly not have noticed the trailing law enforcement boat; he probably saw that over there they'd have to queue for a long time, so he ignored the law enforcement boat and insisted on docking here."

"He couldn't possibly be thinking that Boss Gao could help him smooth things over with the law enforcement boat, could he?"

"Boss Gao, hurry up and call your little brother, remind him to obey the law enforcement boat and quickly go stand by to queue."

"Also laughable, thinking that just because his catch is big he can get special treatment?"

"Well now, later he'll definitely be given a lesson in how to behave."

"He might even be arrested and given a stern talking-to."

"Boss Gao, why aren't you hurrying to call and persuade your little brother?"

Some people began to gloat.

Gao Qiangqi smoked, not speaking to these people; A Jin couldn't take it and shouted back: 'You all just have mouths to flap, don't you?'

"You don't know anything about the situation, yet you're spouting nonsense here."

"I'll see who's talking rubbish and take note of everyone."

Having said that.

He also took out a little notebook.

Seeing his demeanor, everyone muttered quietly under their breath, and A Jin had worked them up into a state of irritation.

Wu An's fishing boat docked.

A group of white-shirted people boarded first; Yu Kai Lang and Liu Long were assigned to accompany them, since they had the most dealings with Wu An and were most familiar with him.

Wu An led everyone, already waiting on the deck.

"Are you Comrade Wu An?" The old man in the white shirt walking at the front approached Wu An, smiling and extending his hand.

Wu An wiped his hands, then shook hands: "Hello, Leader, I'm Wu An, sorry to keep everyone waiting."

The white-shirted old man chuckled and said: "Eh, what's a little wait?"

Wu An smiled: "Leader, I'm not good with words; I don't know how to address you."

"Zhang Haifeng, you can call me Old Zhang." At that moment, several technical staff in white coats walked over, and he said: "That bionic fish..."

Wu An turned around, gesturing for Mei Wu and A Qing to bring it out.

Soon.

The bionic dolphin was brought out, and the few white-coated staff carefully placed it on a stretcher.

Two of them squatted and studied it for a while, then exclaimed in amazement: "Leader, this bionic fish is highly advanced, it's top-tier foreign technology."

"We've long heard of this technology; finally we get to see the actual thing."

"With this actual item, we can at least avoid many years of detours."

The technical staff were very excited.

Zhang Haifeng nodded with a smile: "Good."

After the technical staff took the bionic dolphin away, Zhang Haifeng shook hands with Wu An again: "On behalf of everyone here, I formally thank you."

Everyone immediately applauded.

Wu An took out the camera and said: "This isn't just my achievement; it's something everyone on the boat did together."

Zhang Haifeng said: "All of you are great."

Zhang Haifeng handed over the camera, the video was played on site, all the white-shirted people gathered to watch; the video isn't very long, but the shooting angle is odd, as if someone were swimming on the sea surface while filming.

"Wu An, I'm curious, why did you do that?"

"On impulse." Wu An thought seriously, then said: "At the time I just felt I should do something; it was also quite a coincidence, and I happened to capture the evidence."