Old Man Qian rushed over in a fury. When he saw that Mark had no intention of selling the Caterpie, he finally relaxed.
After briefly learning what had happened, Old Man Qian angrily drove Profiteer Niu Xin away.
Notably, while chasing Profiteer Niu Xin off, Old Man Qian forcibly demanded ten thousand yuan from him as compensation for emotional distress caused by fraud. His reasoning was that if Profiteer Niu Xin refused to pay, he need not bother doing business in Clear Stream Village again.
After driving Niu Xin away, Old Man Qian returned to the village entrance and immediately began berating the nearby villagers.
"A bunch of short-sighted fools!"
"Fan Lao Wu, did you think you were being kind by helping Mark negotiate and asking for 250 yuan per Caterpie? I think you're a damn idiot! Let me tell you, even if that fatty Niu Xin offered a thousand yuan each, they still couldn't be sold!"
"Do you know why he was willing to buy Mark's Caterpie at such a high price?"
"No? Of course you don't!"
"All of you—when you were young, you wouldn't study no matter how much you were told to. Fine, whatever. But now you don't even care if your children study properly. All you do is think about making your debut through the Bug-Catching Contest. Now someone's come to dig up your very foundation, and you're even helping him count his money. What a bunch of idiots!"
"Fan Bai, don't stand there looking unconvinced just because I'm talking about your father. Didn't you say the things Little Sun Teacher teaches you at school are useless? Then tell me, why can't the Caterpie be sold to Niu Xin?"
Seeing Old Man Qian's furious expression and his trembling face, bug catching boy Fan Bai shrank his