A-Cai beamed as he praised them. "Impressive! You actually caught something this big! I'll make a few more calls and see which restaurant offers the highest price."
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows. "Why not just call Hongsheng?"
Hongsheng Hotel was the largest hotel in town and offered the widest range of services. After dealing with them a few times, he had a pretty good impression of their Young Master. The man was generous!
"I can't. After Hongsheng's Young Master bought that Large Croaker last time, the other restaurant owners I know said I'd let them down by not notifying them. They told me I had to let them know next time I had something good. Whether they buy it is their business, but if I don't notify them, that's on me."
"Go ahead, then. Having more people bidding is good, too. There's more good stuff on the boat. We'll go carry it over."
A-Cai's hand stopped flipping through his phone book. He looked at them in surprise. "More good stuff? What else? How does it compare to this Giant Grouper?"
"Just as good," A-Guang said smugly. "Wait here. We'll bring it over."
"What is it?"
"You'll know when you see it."
With that, the two headed back toward the shore. A crowd of curious onlookers followed, asking as they went, "What else have you got? You had quite a haul this time, huh?"
"More grouper? Or some other big catch?"
The two gave a perfunctory no, then boarded the boat one after the other, planning to carry down the basket of Three-Stripe Grunt first. But the moment they climbed aboard, they saw one lying on the deck, more than a meter from the basket.
Ye Yaodong bent down and picked it up, frowning. "Someone's been on our boat?"
How else