The entire ocean is my fishing ground.

115. Does an octopus even deserve to be called a congratulatory gift?

Lei Wanshan roared, and the Huo family guards in the courtyard immediately surrounded him, staring at Lin Chen with hostile eyes.

But just as they were about to make a move, Sun Heizi took a step forward.

Without saying a word, he simply stood there, and the murderous aura emanating from him, as if crawling out of a pile of dead bodies, made the guards freeze in their tracks, as if their feet were nailed to the ground.

"What, is it up to you, Chairman Lei, to decide the Huo family's birthday banquet?"

Lin Chen didn't even glance at the guards, his gaze skipping over them and fixing directly on Lei Wanshan's flushed face.

Seeing that look from him, Lei Wanshan got even angrier and rushed forward a few steps, his fingers almost poking Lin Chen's face.

"A bastard child who didn't even receive an invitation dares to talk to me about rules?!"

He suddenly turned around and pointed to the crystal ice coffin behind him, his voice full of smugness.

"See this? This is a congratulatory gift! A 150-pound wild yellow croaker king! What about you?"

He then pointed to the broken metal box that Sun Heizi was pushing and burst into laughter.

"This broken metal box? Is it filled with your dried salted fish, or some junk you scavenged from a garbage dump? Bringing this to the Huo family, are you attending a funeral or just trying to be funny?"

The surrounding guests also burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, Chairman Lei is right, this kid must be out of his mind."

"Exactly, they don't even know where they are. They dare to push their broken cart through here. They really don't want to live."

A wealthy man who was on good terms with Lei Wanshan walked over unsteadily, holding a wine glass, and glanced at Lin Chen sideways.

"Kid, I advise you to be smart now. Kneel down and kowtow to Chairman Lei twice, empty the garbage out of your broken box and eat it yourself. Maybe Chairman Lei will be kind enough to let you get out of here alive."

"That's right, today is the day your Dragon Ridge Fresh business dies! From now on, there will be no place for swindlers like you in the high-end markets of Beijing, no, not even in the whole country!"

In the corner, Tang Zhen's hands trembled violently, spilling the red wine in his glass. The faces of the provincial business owners next to him were all deathly pale.

But Lin Chen just stood there with his hands behind his back, his face expressionless.

He didn't even look at Lei Wanshan again, only glancing indifferently at the crystal ice coffin under the light.

"A dead body doesn't deserve to be called a congratulatory gift."

The moment those words were spoken, the entire room erupted in uproar.

Lei Wanshan's smile froze instantly, and then he became furious.

"What the hell did you say?!"

He was about to lose his temper when—

"The old man has arrived—"

A notification came from inside.

The noise in the courtyard immediately stopped, and everyone turned to look at the mahogany carved gate that was opening.

An elderly man with gray hair but full of energy slowly walked out, supported by the Huo family's head butler.

He is the true head of the Huo family, Huo Zhenxiong, also known as Old Master Huo.

Lei Wanshan's anger vanished instantly, replaced by a fawning smile as he quickly went to greet him.

"Elder Huo! I, Lei Wanshan, wish you boundless happiness and longevity!"

As he spoke, he turned around and pointed at Lin Chen, eager to complain.

"Old Huo, you've come at the perfect time! This brat named Lin Chen is so arrogant and ignorant. He barged into your birthday banquet without an invitation and even spoke nonsense, insulting the birthday gift I prepared for you! This kind of person is the scum of our seafood industry, specializing in using drugs to raise garbage fish to cheat people. Please, sir, do us justice!"

The group of Jianghai gang members behind him also started shouting, and the whole courtyard was filled with the sound of cursing Lin Chen.

But Old Huo didn't even look at Lei Wanshan.

His gaze pierced through everyone and landed directly on the young man standing there.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, Old Master Huo nodded slightly to Lin Chen.

At that moment, Lei Wanshan's heart skipped a beat.

His smile froze.

What happened...?

Old Huo...does he know this peasant?

No, impossible...

Just as Lei Wanshan's mind was buzzing, Lin Chen made a move.

Ignoring the stares of everyone around him, he walked up to the silver-white metal box.

"open."

He said to Sun Heizi.

Sun Heizi nodded, walked to the box, grabbed a red valve with both hands, and twisted it hard.

"laugh--"

A sharp, piercing sound of air being released suddenly rang out.

Then, a thick white mist shot out from the crack in the box and exploded, enveloping the box and the surrounding area for several meters, making it impossible to see anything.

"Playing tricks..."

Lei Wanshan's heart skipped a beat, but he remained defiant.

The guests craned their necks, staring intently at the ever-thickening white fog.

Finally, the hissing stopped.

The white mist began to slowly dissipate.

The side door of the silver-white metal box slid open by itself with a soft mechanical sound.

There's no ice.

No dry ice.

There wasn't even a speck of ice.

The box was full of clean water, still swaying slightly.

In the water, there was a large, golden creature, floating quietly. Its golden scales shimmered under the crystal lights in the courtyard, dazzling the eyes.

"This...this is..."

Lei Wanshan stared at the goldfish, which was even larger than the one in his ice coffin, and his mind went blank; he couldn't remember anything.

Just then, the sleeping fish seemed to wake up, and its big tail suddenly swung.

"Splash—!"

A loud bang.

The water splashed so high into the sky.

The 280-pound, century-old yellow croaker king leaped half of its body out of the water.

With a flash of golden light, the giant twisted its waist in mid-air, showing off its size.

The flying water drenched Lei Wanshan, who was standing at the front.

Cold water streamed down his stiff face, but he didn't even feel it.

He stared intently at the large creature swimming around in the water again, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets, his whole body standing there like a wooden stake.

The entire place was as quiet as if it were dead.

"Alive...alive..."

A trembling voice broke the silence.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Sun Peide, a national-level expert who had somehow ended up standing next to Huo Lao. He was now pushing through the crowd without any manners and rushing to the metal box.

He was lying on the side of the box, his eyes, which were wearing reading glasses, almost touching the water. His hands were shaking like leaves from excitement.

"Oh my god... Oh my god..."

A few seconds later, he suddenly stood up straight, his face flushed red with fanaticism, and roared at Old Master Huo with all his might:

"Alive! Old Huo! It's alive! A live, wild golden fish king weighing over 280 pounds!!"

He pulled a small testing device from his pocket, inserted the probe into the water, and the numbers on the screen jumped rapidly before finally stopping.

Looking at that number, Old Sun trembled with excitement.

"Cell viability...435%! My God! This is a miracle! A true miracle!!"

Lei Wanshan's face turned red and then white, eventually becoming the same color as a dead person.

In the deathly silence, Lin Chen slowly turned around, looked at Lei Wanshan whose face was ashen, and smiled.

He spoke slowly.

"President Lei, your dead fish act is over, isn't it?"

"Now, it's time to settle the score for poisoning Old Master Huo."