Abyssal Invasion, I Wield Dark Authority – Chapter 30

Ch 30: Selling Fish

Having easily left the school, Qin Jin-Nian looked at the pitiful sixty-odd yuan in his phone’s wallet and sighed.

After thinking for a moment, he went to the bus stop.

After changing buses several times, and spending about an hour, he got off the bus at Qinghe Lake.

Although his mind was filled with thoughts of the black market, it wasn’t the time to go now; he planned to go again at night.

According to Mu Bai’s words today, the black market was still very dangerous; things could easily get out of hand.

He had to make some preparations first.

In fact, the so-called preparation was just to disguise himself.

First, he didn’t plan to expose his ability; using his ability after disguising himself would make him feel more at ease.

Secondly, it was… this black card was very likely the road permit.

But it was obtained from that weird youth.

God knows if he had accomplices?

In case of any accidents, disguising himself was somewhat of a guarantee…

Well, in fact, disguising himself might not even be useful; in this era with so many Espers, he might still be exposed.

But in fact, Qin Jin-Nian just wanted to seek some peace of mind.

Since last night, after being glanced at by that unspeakable thing and almost dying, the confidence he had gained after obtaining his ability began to wane again, and the sense of unease once again occupied the high ground.

He had to find a way to make himself feel at ease.

Even if it was very likely self-deception.

So he first came to Qinghe Lake… He only had sixty-odd yuan left, so he had to earn some money…

Large-scale fishing was definitely not feasible; it would make too much of a commotion, which would make Qin Jin-Nian very nervous.

But if he just happened to catch one or two big fish, others would at most think he was lucky; they wouldn’t make wild guesses.

Thinking of this, he walked towards the side of Qinghe Lake.

Passing by the place where the old men usually played, he saw a group of little old men basking in the sun, chatting and gossiping.

An old man just happened to see Qin Jin-Nian, raised his eyebrows, and then shouted, “Little Qin? Come over here.”

Qin Jin-Nian was stunned for a moment, then walked over with a smile: “Grandpa Wang.”

“Why aren’t you in class today, boy? Hasn’t the short holiday already ended?” Old Man Wang asked curiously.

“Eh, Grandpa Wang knows so clearly?” Qin Jin-Nian raised his eyebrows in surprise.

“Don’t talk nonsense, did you skip class?” Old Man Wang asked with a frown.

“With my situation, Grandpa Wang, you know it too, going to school is useless, it’s better to come over and play with you guys.” Qin Jin-Nian spread his hands helplessly.

“You…” Old Man Wang was stunned, and just said “you,” but then, looking at Qin Jin-Nian’s thin body, he was stunned again, frowning and didn’t speak.

“Haha, Old Wang, have you relapsed with your occupational disease again? Little Qin, don’t pay him any attention; this old man has been retired for so many years, and he still often relapses with his occupational disease, wanting to manage everyone he sees.”

Another little old man laughed out loud.

Old Man Wang was also a close friend who often played chess with Qin Jin-Nian, and unlike Old Man Xu, who had a child’s personality, laughing and scolding without any proper form, Qin Jin-Nian could also be ‘informal’ with him.

But this Grandpa Wang had a certain aura about him, obviously, he used to be in a high position; now he had retired, but that aura was still there.

Although he was also very gentle with people, Qin Jin-Nian, who had grown up among grandpas, could see that Grandpa Wang was a relatively traditional old man at heart; you couldn’t say he was rigid, but he also paid more attention to traditional rules and etiquette and things like that. So, to him, Qin Jin-Nian always put respect in front.

You had to have different methods and approaches for different old men.

Qin Jin-Nian knew the score.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to develop a friendship with these little old men.

Hearing this, Grandpa Wang was silent for a moment, just looked deeply at Qin Jin-Nian, and didn’t speak again.

Qin Jin-Nian didn’t notice; he smiled and greeted some of the old men around him, and then said in surprise: “Eh, where’s Old Man Xu? Why didn’t I see him today?”

Several old men waved their hands and said: “I don’t know, I haven’t seen him all day today; Old Wang went to his house in the morning, and heard that he wasn’t feeling well, so he didn’t come.”

“Ah?” Qin Jin-Nian was stunned, and then looked at Grandpa Wang and frowned: “What’s wrong with Grandpa Xu? Not feeling well?”

Old Man Wang waved his hand: “Nothing, a little ailment… You know, he’s old, it’s inevitable.”

“Is there nothing serious?” Qin Jin-Nian couldn’t help but worry.

Old Man Xu was the most like his grandfather, and also the closest to him among this group of old men; he was still a little worried.

“Don’t worry, he won’t die. He’ll be fine in a couple of days.” Grandpa Wang waved his hand with a smile.

Qin Jin-Nian hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he could only nod his head and say: “Alright… but if something really happens to Old Man Xu, you grandpas can’t hide it from me. No matter what, I’ve called him Grandpa for so long, if something really happens, I’ll have to go and take a look…”

As soon as he finished speaking.

“You stinky boy, are you hoping that I’ll kick the bucket soon?”

A voice filled with exasperation rang out from behind.

Qin Jin-Nian was stunned, and with a turn of his head, he saw an old man glaring at him, his beard bristling.

But who was it if not Old Man Xu?

After sizing him up and down, Qin Jin-Nian breathed a sigh of relief… The little old man was in good spirits.

“That’s what you say, if you really have an accident, wouldn’t I have to send you off?”

“Stinky boy, you…”

Old Man Xu was furious, and with his cane, he was about to hit Qin Jin-Nian. Qin Jin-Nian laughed and dodged, and the other old men also watched with a chuckle.

After playing around for a while, Qin Jin-Nian smiled and said: “Alright, everyone, you guys play, I’ll leave first.”

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“Won’t you play a few games?” Several old men who were setting up the chessboard raised their heads.

“No, I have something to do today, I’ll play with you next time.”

Hearing Qin Jin-Nian say this, the old men didn’t say much, and after happily saying goodbye, they watched Qin Jin-Nian walk away.

“This mischievous boy…”

Old Xu looked at Qin Jin-Nian’s back, and couldn’t help but mutter.

Old Man Wang walked to his side, looked at Qin Jin-Nian’s back, hesitated for a moment, and then said: “This boy’s body seems a bit strange…”

Old Xu looked at Old Wang, and then said slowly: “I saw it a long time ago. But this boy clearly doesn’t want to talk about it, so we’ll pretend we didn’t notice… Why are you, an old man, worrying so much?”

Old Man Wang looked at Old Man Xu, and finally shrugged: “Okay, I’ve relapsed with my occupational disease, alright? Come, come, come, today Qin Jin-Nian isn’t here, I have to teach you a good lesson too.”

“Oh, you’ve become capable? Come, come, come, let me see how you’ll teach me a lesson…”

Before long, the sound of fighting here was deafening…

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Qin Jin-Nian arrived at the lake and looked up at the sky.

“It’s still early, so I’ll accumulate some more stat points first.”

Thinking, the shadows under his feet, probed into the lake…

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Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, the sun had set.

Qinghe Lake Park was already packed with people.

“Wow, Mommy, look, such a big fish!”

A child exclaimed in surprise.

“This must be at least fifty or sixty catties, right? I heard that there haven’t been any big fish in Qinghe Lake these few days, isn’t this nonsense?”

“Young man, is this fish yours? You put it here… are you going to sell it?”

Some tourists discovered that on the park road, a group of people were gathered around, and in the crowd, in front of a thin young man, there were three big fish.

The smallest one was also over thirty catties. The big ones must have been over fifty catties.

Such big fish were still quite rare, and immediately attracted a lot of people to watch.

“Yes, uncle, I was lucky today and caught these three big ones. I’ll keep one, and the rest I can’t eat, so I want to see if I can exchange them for some pocket money.”

Qin Jin-Nian said with a smile.

“That’s great, such big black carp, and they’re lake fish, which is still relatively rare… How much? I want one.”

“You can offer whatever you think is fair, I’m not doing business, just exchanging for some pocket money.”

“Haha, alright, I won’t take advantage of you either, the market price for lake fish is about ten yuan per catty, I see this fish is about fifty to sixty catties… I’m too lazy to weigh it, let’s just calculate it as sixty catties. I’ll give you six hundred, how about it?”

“Alright, thank you, uncle.”

The middle-aged uncle decisively wanted a big one, and scanned the QR code to pay six hundred.

“I want the remaining big one, this is about forty catties, let’s calculate it as forty, is that okay, young man?”

“Okay.”

Qin Jin-Nian didn’t mind that this fish might be a catty or two more.

Soon, the second person also paid, and took the two big fish away.

One thousand yuan was easily earned.

“Young man, give this one to me, okay?”

In the blink of an eye, two fish had been sold. A middle-aged man who was a step late quickly spoke, wanting the third fish.

Qin Jin-Nian had already stood up and said with a smile: “I’m sorry, uncle, I have to keep this one for myself to eat.”

Saying this, Qin Jin-Nian stood up, lifted the third black carp, which was about thirty catties and had its gills pierced with a grass rope, and after smiling at the crowd, he squeezed out of the crowd and left…

As expected.

Just a few fish, wouldn’t attract any attention at all.

“Let’s go back first, give the fish to Sister Yun, and then prepare, to see if I can find that so-called black market…”

Qin Jin-Nian still remembered that he had said yesterday that he would bring fish to Ningning.

Thinking, he walked towards the outside of the park.

But when he called Sister Yun, an unexpected message came.

“What did you say? Ningning is missing?”