Signing the Contract

Suppressing the fury in his heart, he looked at his brother-in-law. "Did the kindergarten have anything to say about Niuniu being beaten?"

"What could they say? The person who hit her is someone the kindergarten can't afford to offend. I know the principal, too. He told me to let it go and not pursue it any further."

"Who was it?" Ye Yuan finally asked what he wanted to know.

"The richest man in our county, Zhang Gui," his brother-in-law said through gritted teeth.

After thinking for a moment, his brother-in-law spoke again. "Xiao Yuan, I think we should just let this go. Our family has only just started to improve. Don't let this matter..."

He trailed off, feeling somewhat embarrassed. After all, the old man inside was still lying in bed. As the son-in-law, he should not have said such things, but the other party's influence was simply too great. Their family truly meant nothing in the other man's eyes.

Ye Yuan understood his brother-in-law. In his mind, his brother-in-law had always been a very calm person, but this time, Ye Yuan did not intend to let it go.

Ye Yuan entered the hospital room. His father was already awake and refused to stay in the hospital, clamoring to return to the island. No matter how they tried to persuade him, he would not listen, so they could only take Father Ye back to the island. Niuniu went with them as well. Ye Yuan told his sister that Niuniu would stay on the island for the time being and let their parents look after her.

At the same time, he told his father about Li Hui. His father agreed to let Li Hui take charge of the fish farm. From then on, he would only be responsible for mixing feed, leaving everything else to Li Hui.

After returning home, Ye Yuan secretly gave his father some Spatial Lake Water to drink. He believed that after drinking it, his father would recover soon.

After handling all this, Ye Yuan sought out his brother-in-law to ask about Zhang Gui in detail. His brother-in-law did not know what Ye Yuan intended to do. He only knew that his brother-in-law was completely different from before, so he told Ye Yuan about some of Zhang Gui's past.

Zhang Gui's parents had died early, and he had been raised by his older sister since childhood. In high school, he had already been a small-time hoodlum in the county, idling away his days. Later, for some unknown reason, his sister married a foreigner. With the capital she gave him, he began reselling seafood and made quite a bit of money.

In recent years, Pinghai County had contracted out a large number of deserted islands, and he had leased one of them: Ren'an Island.

By coincidence, Ren'an Island was not far from Ye Yuan's Fishing Bay Island. It only took about an hour by boat.

Ren'an Island was not large. It was a reef island, well suited for farming certain commercially valuable fish.

So he had enclosed a large stretch of the surrounding sea with layered nets and started aquaculture.

He had originally been a county hoodlum, and after gaining money, he gathered a group of lackeys under him. Over the past few years, Zhang Gui's business had grown larger and larger, and he had already extended his reach into Blue Island City. It was said that many major hotels in Blue Island City got their supplies from him.

After learning all this, Ye Yuan wore a cold smile. "You really won't die unless you court death. A fish farmer actually dared to bully me?"

Since he could not make a move against him openly for the time being, he would start with his business.

That night, Ye Yuan went alone to the shore, found a spot where he was unlikely to be discovered, and quietly entered the sea. After swimming for half an hour, he arrived in a stretch of waters. A four-meter-long Sawshark appeared in the water. It was Little Shark, the pet Ye Yuan had recently acquired.

Little Shark was delighted to see Ye Yuan and immediately circled around him.

After the man and shark played for a while, Ye Yuan climbed directly onto Little Shark's back and directed him toward Ren'an Island.

Sharks were extremely fast in the water. Within half an hour, they reached the outskirts of Ren'an Island. There were only a few stone guardhouses on the island, with faint lights glowing inside.

Ye Yuan took Little Shark directly down to the seabed. A vast area around Ren'an Island had been enclosed in layers with nets. Ye Yuan took out a dagger and cut the nets apart, then swam inside with Little Shark. After gesturing for a while, Little Shark understood what Ye Yuan meant, and man and shark each swam off in a different direction.

Ye Yuan had come to wreak havoc this time. He spared virtually nothing that could fit into his space. Even fish fry that had only recently been stocked were taken into the space by Ye Yuan.

For the time being, he did not exchange them for points and simply kept them in the space. Ye Yuan had no immediate need for points, so he was not in a hurry to exchange them. After all, there were still ten of those high-point "stones" in the space that Ye Yuan had not exchanged.

In the blink of an eye, two hours passed. Ye Yuan and Little Shark circled the fish farm twice. Once they discovered that there were basically no fish left in it, they left with Little Shark in high spirits.

He instructed Little Shark that the fish farm would be his cafeteria from now on. Whenever he was hungry, he could go there to eat, but he had to be careful not to get discovered. Little Shark humanly raised half his body out of the water and nodded.

Blue Island City's Fu Xiang Ju was one of the oldest seafood restaurants in Blue Island City and was practically a household name there.

In the general manager's office, a beautiful young woman in her early thirties sat behind her desk, looking at a document sent over by the purchasing department.

Wang Yueshan, from the Wang family of Shangjing, had opened a seafood trading company in Blue Island a month ago. Recently, he had launched two consecutive batches of seafood onto the market.

For this latest batch, it was said that there was not only Bigeye Tuna, but also rare Stonefish and large yellow croaker. With so many premium goods, Su Mei really wanted to know where he got them.

She had also tried to communicate with Wang Yueshan, but he clearly had no intention of selling this batch of premium seafood to her. He only agreed to provide her with some ordinary catches.

After asking around, she learned that the man had actually sold all that premium seafood to first-tier cities.

Not only that, it was said that he had recently been contacting Hong Kong Island to prepare for an abalone auction. These were all things that made Su Mei uneasy. How long had it been since the purchasing department had bought any premium seafood?

Fuxiangju Restaurant had been painstakingly established by her mother. In her early years, her father had rarely concerned himself with family matters because of work. Her mother had taken over a fairly decent small restaurant from her grandfather all by herself.

Step by step, through her own hard work, she had made the brand famous throughout Blue Island. Now, due to her mother's health, she could only take it over herself. Yet ever since she had taken charge, the restaurant's revenue had continued to decline.

Many old customers had gone elsewhere because they could no longer get premium seafood here.

The supplier who had been providing her with seafood had suddenly announced that he was emigrating. Su Mei had not slept well for several days because of this. Fortunately, yesterday the purchasing department contacted a major aquaculture supplier from Pinghai County, who had come today to discuss a supply contract.

Just as Su Mei was thinking about these matters, her secretary walked in. "President Su, the supplier from Pinghai County is here. Should I send him in?"

"Please send him in." Su Mei rubbed the bridge of her nose.

The office door opened, and a fat man in his thirties walked in. When he saw the beautiful young woman before him, he extended both hands as he approached. "I'm Zhang Gui. I've long wanted to make President Su's acquaintance. To have the chance to meet you today is truly the honor of three lifetimes."

Su Mei politely shook his hand, then sat behind the desk. This man had given her a very bad first impression. There was something strange in the way he looked at her.

The two sat down and began negotiations...

"Happy cooperation." The two parties signed the contract.

Because of what had happened with the previous supplier, Su Mei had specifically included breach-of-contract clauses this time. If he failed to deliver the agreed amount of seafood on time, the compensation would be staggering.

Zhang Gui walked out of Fuxiangju Restaurant, looked at the contract in his hand, and lightly slapped it. "That little bitch is really damn tempting. If I get the chance, I'll definitely... hehehe."

He took out his phone and dialed a number. "Brother Lu, the contract has been signed. I'll need you to take good care of me from now on."

"No problem, no problem. I won't make things difficult for you."

"Use premium catches for both."

"That's right, the ratio is five to two. We'll split the extra profit fifty-fifty."

After saying that, Zhang Gui hung up. He looked up toward Su Mei's office and muttered to himself, "Didn't expect that, did you? Your purchasing manager sold you out long ago."