Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 32: Chapter 30 Unlucky Shop Owner

Suddenly earning 3.6 million, this was truly an unexpected joy.

Huo Sining felt very pleased, she hadn’t expected to become a millionaire just a week after arriving in S City.

Moreover, she still held several giant pearls in her hand, the few that were the size of ping pong balls and quail eggs would definitely be even more expensive.

However, Huo Sining didn’t plan to sell them right away, she wasn’t short of money at the moment, and those large pearls were priceless treasures; once sold, it would be difficult to encounter them again, she felt she should keep them.

After selling the pearls, Huo Sining thought for a moment and decided to go to the Flower, Bird, Insect, and Fish Market she had visited before to buy an improved Rainbow Fairy Fish as compensation for Mrs. Xu.

Several days had passed, and it seemed that Mrs. Xu would not be able to hold back from asking about it soon.

Huo Sining spent five thousand yuan in the same store she had previously inquired in to buy a blue-green German angelfish, which looked quite similar in size, shape, and color to the one Mrs. Xu had.

The owner gave Huo Sining a small aquarium, and she walked out carrying it. She hadn’t gone far when she heard a clamor not far away. Following the noise, she saw a crowd of onlookers packed around the entrance of a fish shop.

Driven by curiosity, Huo Sining couldn’t help but squeeze her way through, and it was a shop named “Yule.”

The shop wasn’t very large and was filled with several aquariums, but, for some reason, all the fish appeared to be listless.

The shop owner stood at the entrance arguing with a few people, and his complexion looked very unpleasant.

Feeling puzzled, Huo Sining couldn’t help but pull a person aside to ask, “What’s going on? What happened?”

“Oh, isn’t it all about money! This Boss Cai was previously in the aquatic product business, saw a few aquarium fish businesses making money, and despite having a good business, he had to switch over, also diving into the aquarium fish trade. No one knows where he got his supply from, but he got some good stuff and business was indeed booming for a while.”

“Once you have a bit of money, your confidence inflates. This Boss Cai, upon hearing about a fighting fish tournament, wanted to show off. He ended up trapped and bought two dyed Flower Monkfish at a high price, losing 1.5 million just like that.”

“That’s not even the worst of it. After losing money, Boss Cai took out a high-interest loan to get a big shipment of good fish from his previous supplier, hoping to recover his losses. But this time, there was a big problem; soon after those fish arrived at the shop, they started having issues. Look, all those fish are suffering from fish plague, no one knows what’s wrong with them, even experts are at a loss. The loan sharks heard about this and came over to collect the debt. I think Boss Cai might really be done for this time. When misfortune pours, it’s like even drinking cold water may cause your teeth to stick together; trouble always comes in spades.”

The person finished speaking and shook their head. Someone next to them couldn’t stand to watch any longer and said with schadenfreude:

“What misfortune? I think he had it coming. He was only ever jealous of others’ things. He had a good aquatic produce business and shouldn’t have come to compete in someone else’s market!”

Without knowing the specifics and solely based on a few people’s words, Huo Sining didn’t feel it was right to judge.

Plus, from that person’s words just now, she sensed something amiss. It was one thing for the Flowerhorn Fish to be a scam, but how could a batch of perfectly good fish get the plague out of the blue?

Huo Sining felt that there was more to it and suspected that this might be a series of calculated moves, one after another. Perhaps this Boss Cai had offended someone?

Just then, an unexpected twist occurred. It was unclear if they failed to come to an agreement, but those circling the shop owner suddenly started to scuffle. One man, looking menacing with a hammer, without saying a word, charged out and began to smash the store.

Before the people could react, they heard a loud “bang,” as an aquarium filled with water was smashed, creating a large hole through which the already sick fish spilled out onto the ground.

Seeing that reason was not an option, the shop owner wasted no time tangling with those people and promptly started to call the police with his cell phone.

Seeing the trouble they were in, the hoodlums threw down their tools and prepared to run away. The last one stared down the shop owner with a vicious look, “You better pay back the money within three days, or you’re dead!”

Once those people fled, Boss Cai looked at his shop, which was in complete disarray, and was near tears. The onlookers had also scattered.

Huo Sining was also about to leave when just then, the shop owner’s wife, who had been hiding inside, ran out crying. She checked her husband for injuries and consoled him, “Old Cai, if we really have no other way out, let’s just sell the shop.”

Boss Cai bowed his head without speaking, but the expression on his face clearly showed interest, indicating he too was considering selling the shop.

Huo Sining’s heart stirred, and she subconsciously glanced around.

The shop was located on a street full of flower, bird, insect, and fish shops not far from the city center; although it was in the urban area, it was not particularly noisy.

Visitors here were mostly elegant people who even walked gently, as if afraid to disturb the creatures in the shops on the street.

The smooth cobblestone pavement, the exquisite covered walkways, and the flourishing purple-flowered crape myrtles and camphor trees had a charm that the French plane trees in the city center couldn’t match.

The ancient street was quiet and simple, exuding an antiquated aroma, giving off a sense of great seclusion in the midst of the city; Huo Sining fell in love with the place at first sight.

She couldn’t help but look up at the shop a few more times; it was two stories high with a storefront that seemed to be about fifty square meters.

If she wasn’t mistaken, the upper level must be a small suite, which, although not large, would suffice for daily living and resting.

Huo Sining calculated in her mind that if she bought this shop, the arrangement to have a store below and living quarters above would not interfere with each other and seemed quite suitable.

As for the source of the stock, Huo Sining wasn’t worried at all; there were plenty of fish in Yellow River Sea, and she could get free stock as long as she was diligent enough to catch them.

And if it really came down to it, she could also buy from other shops and modify them, even if it meant using some Spiritual Energy and would be somewhat troublesome.

However, Huo Sining only had a total of about three million seven hundred thousand in assets at the moment, and she wasn’t sure whether that would be enough to take over a shop like this one.

It was then that Huo Sining sighed to herself; she had previously thought that three million was a considerable sum, but now she realized that in a place as expensive as S City, that amount of money really wasn’t very significant.

It’s rare to come across such a good opportunity, and Huo Sining was indeed interested in this shop, so she decided not to let it slip by.

Stepping forward, she asked forthrightly, “Boss Cai, are you really thinking of transferring your shop?”

Boss Cai hadn’t expected Huo Sining to have heard his wife’s words; although he needed money, he was still somewhat hesitant about selling the shop. Seeing Huo Sining inquiring, his face showed a hesitant expression, “Well…”

Seeing this, Huo Sining knew that he hadn’t made up his mind yet, but since she was just asking, she wasn’t in a hurry upon seeing Boss Cai’s noncommittal response and smiled, saying, “I happen to be looking to buy a shop, and I’m very interested in yours, Boss Cai. If you decide to transfer the shop, could you consider letting me have a look first? Here’s my phone number.”

As she spoke, Huo Sining took out a sticky note from her bag, quickly wrote down her mobile number, and handed it to the shop owner.

Boss Cai hesitated for a moment but accepted the phone number from Huo Sining.

Huo Sining did not ask any further and turned to leave.

Loan sharks always collude with the underworld thugs, and such people simply should not be provoked.

Moreover, they had already issued a final warning, and if Boss Cai kept failing to repay his debts, sooner or later big trouble would ensue.

Huo Sining was convinced that Boss Cai’s shop might not last much longer.

Sure enough, Huo Sining’s wait was not in vain, as just two days later, she received a call from an unfamiliar phone number.