Chapter 139: Chapter 131: Directly into the Subject?
However, he hadn’t expected Jiang Luoluo to be such a tough opponent; the more they argued, the angrier he beca.
After all, he was just bullying a young girl here, confident that he had nothing to fear.
If Chu Mingcheng had been present, he would have simply left if they couldn’t agree on the price.
Now, after being pushed and nearly falling over, the thin, dark man beca even more aggressive, “Ouch, my back is bad, and you’ve made it worse by pushing just now. Not only do you curse people, but you also hit them; today you either sell the fish or pay compensation.”
“Picking a quarrel and provoking trouble should warrant a few days in detention, right? We don’t need you to call the police; we’ll do it! Luoluo, make a call, there’s surveillance at the dock!” Chu Mingcheng said with a cold laugh.
The thin, dark man seed quite old, probably around fifty years old.
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Given his behavior, it seed like he was still living in an earlier era!
Did he really think he could gain an advantage by making a scene and being unreasonable?
“Hey, I’m calling the police right now!” Jiang Luoluo hadn’t called the police before because she was afraid the thin, dark man would take the opportunity to climb aboard the boat.
Now that Chu Mingcheng had returned and told her to call the police, she naturally did not hesitate.
Upon hearing about the surveillance and the police, the already anxious thin, dark man imdiately tried to leave.
But Chu Mingcheng had no intention of letting him off so easily; he imdiately grabbed him by the collar.
He had plenty of ti now, and even if it ant dealing with this until midnight, he was ready to see it through.
“Hey, what are you doing? It’s bad enough that you curse and hit people, and now you won’t even let soone go?”
“Where was your consideration when you were bullying my friend?” Chu Mingcheng said with a cold laugh while also looking around.
The people surrounding them were clearly fishern and fishmongers who had quite enjoyed watching the quarrel. So had even egged the thin, dark man on, encouraging Jiang Luoluo to sell the fish.
Chu Mingcheng might not know who they were, but he at least wanted the people at this dock to understand that just because they were young didn’t an they could be easily bullied.
They all made a living from the sea, and with tens of thousands of yuan worth of catch on his boat, it was not surprising that so people with poorer characters were jealous.
Chu Mingcheng didn’t an to disparage the people from the previous era, but back then, those who made a living from the sea were mostly from small local fishing villages.
So rural areas at that ti were quite chaotic, with low levels of education and even illiteracy.
It wasn’t surprising that such people could do preposterous things, and the wickedness of so could be staggering.
Of course, there were also honest folks, and not a few of them. It wouldn’t be fair to tar everyone with the sa brush.
Seeing the thin, dark man being forcefully detained by Chu Mingcheng, a lady nearby spoke up, “Young man, that’s enough. You just had a little argunt; there’s no need to call the police.”
Once one person spoke up, another quickly joined in, turning the tables, “Why are you holding soone against their will? You were the ones who started the physical fight and the insults. Isn’t that bullying?”
“Exactly, young people nowadays really lack manners!”
Chu Mingcheng looked at the few who spoke up and chuckled, “No wonder there’s a saying that it’s not the old who’ve beco bad, but the bad who’ve grown old. Those of you speaking up probably weren’t up to any good back in your days, right?”
A wave of mockery made the onlookers laugh, while those few who had spoken up were put on the defensive, cursing in return.
The thin, dark man, realizing his chance, tried to slip away, but just then the nearby cops arrived.
It wasn’t a big deal, and the police had co rely to diate.
Chu Mingcheng’s previous talk about calling the police and security footage was just a bluff. He assud there would be surveillance at the dock but wasn’t sure whether it had captured anything.
The main point was to warn the other party about his willingness to report their provocation. Even if there was no evidence and nothing could be filed, at least the people working at this dock would know that troubling him would be a hassle.
As long as he showed strength, the docks would be much quieter for him in the future, and he didn’t rely on fishmongers for his business.
As luck would have it, this dock was not so minor port.
There really was surveillance installed to prevent ships docked here from being maliciously damaged without a way to identify the culprits. Almost every berth was within cara range, and obtaining evidence turned out to be this simple.
The thin, dark man was taken away, while those who had been loudly complaining earlier had already slipped away upon sensing the shift in the situation.
Chu Mingcheng himself was supposed to leave to make a statent as well, but after talking with the police, they agreed to let him sell his fish first.
As for Jiang Luoluo, she had already gone ahead.
The transport company had actually arrived early, but they had waited a while because of so issues that had happened on Chu Mingcheng’s side.
After the police left, Chu Mingcheng quickly started to package his goods, and the ordered catch was rapidly dispatched.
Half an hour later, the manager of the Seafood Restaurant arrived on a pickup truck with two waitstaff, making a belated appearance.
The remaining five mackerels, four of which were ter-long, weighed a total of ninety-six jin, and sold for five thousand seven hundred sixty yuan.
The one-and-a-half-ter mackerel weighed thirty-seven jin and nine liang, priced at eighty yuan per jin, summing up to three thousand and thirty-two yuan.
There were eight jun cao fish, uniformly priced at forty yuan per jin. The one that was one ter three didn’t receive any special pricing; even at one ter five, the price remained the sa.
The total weight was two hundred and seven jin, and the total ca to eight thousand two hundred eighty yuan.
Chu Mingcheng enjoyed doing business with this partner, so he didn’t mind this detail.
The swimming crabs had to be classified by gender, and the prices varied accordingly.
The males sold for eighty yuan per jin, and the females for one hundred. The total of twenty-seven jin sold for two thousand two hundred seventy yuan.
The smaller ones were sold together, priced at sixty yuan per jin, and the total for sixteen jin was nine hundred sixty yuan.
Chu Mingcheng calculated his inco for the day and found it had unexpectedly reached forty-eight thousand yuan, and his savings had suddenly exceeded one hundred thousand yuan.
Afterward, he drove Jiang Luoluo’s car to the police station to make his statent and to pick her up afterwards.
As for the thin and dark man, he showed a good attitude in admitting his wrongs.
However, his actions still constituted forcefully taking soone else’s property, insulting and intimidating others, and causing a commotion in a public place, leading to disorder.
But the situation wasn’t serious, and according to what the police said, one would likely be detained for one to six months; the specific result would still take so ti to co through.
The incident involving Chu Mingcheng pushing soone had also been captured by the surveillance caras, so he was warned as well, fortunately without any serious consequences.
In any case, in today’s society, it’s better to talk things out than to resort to physical action, quite the opposite of past norms.
Once their statents were taken, the two left the police station.
By this ti, it was completely dark outside, and their stomachs had been protesting for a while.
Chu Mingcheng drove the car, glancing at Jiang Luoluo sitting silently in the passenger seat, thinking that the afternoon’s events had frightened her, and thus feeling a mix of sympathy and guilt.
“Luoluo, I made so much money today, whatever you want to eat, just say it; my treat!”
At these words, Jiang Luoluo’s previously vacant eyes suddenly sparkled, clearly having been zoning out, and as for whether she had been scared by the afternoon’s events, only she knew.
She tilted her head adorably, considering for a mont, “I want to eat barbecue skewers with beer, you’ll have a few drinks with tonight!”
“Let’s buy it and go ho to eat, I don’t want to drink outside.”
“Sure, whatever you say!”
Jiang Luoluo gave him the address, and they made their way to an open-air barbecue stand, which was very busy, indicating that the owner’s grilling skills must be impressive.
“Boss, give twenty mutton skewers, ten corn skewers, five chicken heart skewers, two racks of lamb…”
Jiang Luoluo burst out with a long list upon approaching, her gusto such that one might think she was set to devour a mountain.
But actually, the portion size of skewers in so southern regions can be quite disappointing.
In so northern regions, a hundred skewers might fill up more than five southerners.
However, a hundred skewers in the south might not even satisfy one northerner.
It seed like Jiang Luoluo had ordered a lot, but in reality, it only cost Chu Mingcheng just under two hundred yuan.
Once the food was prepared to takeaway, Chu Mingcheng also bought a case of beer, and they headed ho.
“Cheers~”
With a clink, two cans of beer touched.
The two were now back at ho, sitting on the couch in Jiang Luoluo’s living room, with the skewers and beer set on the coffee table.
After a couple of sips to wet his throat, Chu Mingcheng began his feast.
One bite per skewer, a frustrating and unsatisfying eating experience. Don’t the owners of these southern barbecue places understand the joy of eating big chunks of at?
Jiang Luoluo had started eating quite elegantly, but seeing him eat as if he were reincarnated from starvation, she abandoned any pretense of image and joined in the scramble for food.
“You’ve already eaten over a dozen lamb skewers, leave the rest for . Wuu, my dried tofu is mine…”
But how could a woman eat as fast as a man? Jiang Luoluo, who couldn’t beat him, beca frustrated and started punching Chu Mingcheng.
“Chu, you’re going too far, you promised to treat to dinner!!!”
Chu Mingcheng laughed and lay back on the sofa, allowing her to playfully pound on him, “Didn’t I treat you?”
“You ate more than half yourself, how does that count as treating to dinner?”
“I only take care of the inviting…”
“I don’t care!”
A little while later, Jiang Luoluo, tired from punching, caught her breath, straightened her disheveled hair, and returned to her seat to continue eating her skewers.
However, while eating, she noticed Chu Mingcheng pretending to look like a victimized little bottom and burst into laughter, almost spitting out the at in her mouth.
“Hey, what’s with that expression?”
“Don’t people in TV dramas act like this after being bullied?”
“Not as exaggerated as you.”
“Ah, seems like I have no talent for acting. Otherwise, with a face just slightly worse than the readers’, wouldn’t I outshine all the pretty boys in the entertainnt industry?” Chu Mingcheng sat up, straightened his clothes, and sighed.
“Your shalessness is already overwhelming to over ninety percent of the country, let alone just a few people in the entertainnt circle. That counts for nothing!” Jiang Luoluo rolled her eyes dismissively, though her smile widened a bit.
Seeing her reaction, Chu Mingcheng knew she mustn’t have been affected by the afternoon’s incident, and sobered up.
They chatted, drank, and watched a soccer ga, occasionally mocking the national team.
But after finishing the barbecue and halfway through the beer, Jiang Luoluo “collapsed.”
Looking at her trembling eyelashes, Chu Mingcheng sighed quietly; was this a test for a cadre?
As it was getting late, he stepped forward and carried her in his arms.
She subconsciously wrapped her arms around his neck; Chu Mingcheng’s lips curled into a slight smile, good act indeed!
Indeed, carrying a hundred jin of fish could wear you out, but lifting a hundred jin of womankind felt effortless.
He carried Jiang Luoluo into her room, which had a youthful vibe, and turned on the light.
After gently placing her on the bed, he ant to leave.
But her arms remained wrapped around his neck, not letting him go.
Chu Mingcheng raised an eyebrow; was she skipping formalities and diving straight into the main event?
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