Ruanruan looked over and said softly, “Hello, Cousin Uncle!”
Only then did Liu Dazhuang snort in satisfaction. “That’s more like it. Otherwise I’d definitely have a word with Su Ting! By the way, you two have been fishing here for so long—have you seen anyone suspicious?”
Ruanruan shook her head and asked curiously, “Cousin Uncle, you’re the most suspicious person here. Uncle and I have been fishing here the whole time!”
Liu Dazhuang choked and glared at Lin Ruanruan. This little girl was really asking for a beating!
“Forget it. What could a little girl like you see anyway? Girls are useless,” Liu Dazhuang said as he prepared to leave.
Ruanruan had already managed to fool him into leaving and didn’t plan to argue further. But hearing what he said made her pull a long face.
“Were you the ones talking in the small grove by the rocks earlier?”
When Liu Dazhuang heard that, a chill ran down his back.
No way… had this little girl really overheard them?
“Ruanruan, what did you hear?”
Ruanruan spread her hands. “I didn’t hear anything. But since you asked, it must mean you said something secret and someone overheard it! Cousin Uncle, I advise you not to do bad things. You’re too stupid—you’ll definitely get caught!”
“You!” Liu Dazhuang raised his hand in anger, about to slap Ruanruan just like he did his own daughter Liu Qianqian, but Chen Hai stopped him.
“That’s enough! What are you doing? Hitting someone else’s child right in front of me?”
Liu Dazhuang immediately behaved. “Sorry, President, I…”
“Get lost, get lost! I’m having fun fishing right now. Don’t stay here and ruin my mood!”
“Yes, yes, I’ll leave right away!” Liu Dazhuang nodded repeatedly and hurried off.
After he left, Chen Hai looked meaningfully at the soft little child.
“You did that on purpose.”
Ruanruan puffed up her cheeks but didn’t deny it. “Their whole family are big bad people!”
Chen Hai nodded. “You’re still a child. If you run into an adult, you’ll definitely suffer a loss. If anything happens, just come find me.”
Ruanruan nodded obediently.
Watching her little pigtails bounce with her nodding, Chen Hai couldn’t resist reaching out and pinching her chubby cheek.
“I wonder how your family raises you. My wife feeds my son all kinds of supplements, yet he still hasn’t gained much weight!”
Ruanruan blinked her beautiful watery eyes innocently and said, “My mom is pretty, so I’m pretty too. I was born this way.”
Chen Hai laughed, feeling even more envious of Lin Dayong.
How did that guy manage to have such a beautiful little daughter?
For a moment he even wanted a daughter himself—but then he remembered how mischievous his niece was and quickly came back to his senses.
Not all kids were as obedient and adorable as Ruanruan.
Evening came.
Liu Dazhuang’s ranking had climbed from outside the top hundred to the top twenty.
“Dazhuang, you’ve suddenly gotten the hang of it. You caught up so quickly.”
“That’s fishing for you. If you’re lucky, you get a big haul. If not, you can’t even catch a shrimp.”
Ruanruan had already weighed her fish and gone home in the morning. She had come back now specifically to see the “fish” Liu Dazhuang caught.
Hearing the people around praising her father, Liu Qianqian puffed out her little chest proudly.
Seeing the envious looks from other children made her feel even more pleased.
Then she noticed Ruanruan in the crowd and immediately ran over.
“Ruanruan, why are you here?”
Before Ruanruan could answer, she continued,
“I know! You must have heard about my dad’s ability and got scared!”
Ruanruan didn’t even bother responding.
How could a little koi like her be afraid of someone who only knew how to cheat?
“Don’t go! Do you dare compete with my dad to see who’s better? You’re just a kid yet you joined a competition with adults. That’s shameless!”
“Why aren’t you talking? I know—you’re scared, right?”
Liu Qianqian had disliked Lin Ruanruan for a long time. Seeing her seemingly speechless made her smile in satisfaction.
She would definitely tell Su Xiaomei about it later so she could be happy too.
Ruanruan walked to Liu Dazhuang’s bucket and glanced at the fish inside while asking the system in her mind.
“System, is the inspection finished?”
Yes—she had asked the system to analyze Liu Dazhuang’s “fish” to gather evidence.
Otherwise, if she accused him of cheating without proof and he denied it, she’d have no way to clear her name.
【Ding. Inspection complete. There is a mud carp in Liu Dazhuang’s bucket. This fish only lives in freshwater.】
Ruanruan immediately spotted the mud carp.
Those hundred system points were well spent!
“Ah!” she suddenly cried out, reaching her chubby little hand toward the fish in the bucket.
When Liu Dazhuang heard her voice, an uneasy feeling rose in his heart.
He had a bad feeling that this troublesome girl was about to ruin his plan.
He quickly spoke first.
“Ruanruan, it’s getting late. Go home for dinner. Don’t keep playing outside. Yesterday you didn’t go home and Su Ting was worried sick. She even beat Su Xiaomei because of you.”
Liu Qianqian had been following Ruanruan and, hearing her father’s voice, instinctively shrank nervously.
She tried to hide behind Ruanruan but accidentally fell into the bucket.
Suddenly she swallowed a mouthful of seawater—bitter and salty—and began flailing her arms and legs.
With a loud thud, she fell to the ground along with the bucket, sending fish scattering everywhere.
Ruanruan was shocked.
Was Liu Qianqian trying to stop her from exposing Liu Dazhuang by eating raw fish?!
Luckily, the mud carp had fallen out.
She bent down, picked it up, and looked at everyone curiously.
“What kind of fish is this? It’s so pretty! I want to buy it and keep it as my pet!”
How could anyone there not recognize a mud carp?
The expressions on their faces immediately became strange.
Liu Dazhuang had clearly cheated!
Seeing the fish in Ruanruan’s hand, Liu Dazhuang nearly lost his soul in fear.
Heavens!
That was a mud carp!
His mind raced desperately.
If people confirmed he had cheated, how could he show his face again?
Just then Liu Qianqian sat up.
She was soaked, smelled strongly of fish, and even had fish scales stuck to her face.
She glanced at her father pitifully, only to realize he wasn’t looking at her at all.
Then she turned and glared at Ruanruan.
“Waaah—!” she burst into tears.
“Ruanruan, why did you push me?”
Liu Dazhuang sighed in relief and quickly spoke up.
“That’s right! Ruanruan, how could you bully someone like that?”
Ruanruan said innocently, “I was standing with my back to Cousin Sister just now. How could I push her? Cousin Uncle, are you saying that because you don’t want to buy my pretty fish?”