Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 812 - 734 Venting Frustration

"Looking for compensation? Fine, but only after you’ve repaid the money you gouged from me!"

Su Ran grinned and playfully looked at the fisherman, even the nearby bananas seemed eager to see the fisherman’s embarrassing plight.

"Repay the money? Cough cough, my dear nephew, such serious accusations!"

The fisherman turned pale with alarm, quickly masking his shock with coughs, almost choking on his own spit. "My dear nephew, I am ashamed to say, all those gold coins you gave me have been spent!"

"Then what is there to talk about? While I’m still in a decent mood, leave this place at once!"

Acting to the hilt, Su Ran’s voice immediately turned cold, unwilling to waste more words with the fisherman, he took out his newly bought fishing rod, baited the hook, and began the preliminary preparations for fishing.

"Don’t be like that, my dear nephew, we’re so familiar with each other, isn’t it improper for you to be so heartless?"

The moment the fisherman heard this, he panicked. Judging by the looks of things, the dream of riches he had just concocted was about to shatter before it even started!

"I dare not become familiar with someone like you! Your knife is too quick, and you’re an expert at fleecing friends, anyone who knows you is sure to meet with misfortune!"

Su Ran remained unmoved, his tone indifferent. It was not hard to see that he had been deeply hurt by the fisherman’s extortionate demand.

"My dear nephew, it’s wrong of you to be so fixated on this minor issue. I, your uncle, have already lowered my head in admission of my fault; what more do you want?!"

The fisherman spoke with sorrow and indignation, as if he had suffered a great injustice, his facial expression completely convincing.

"Repay the money."

"Cough cough, my dear nephew, wealth is but an external possession; placing too much importance on it will only lower your personal qualities. Though I am but a simple fisherman, I see this quite clearly. I have dedicated all my gold coins to my career. Although my purse is thin again, my spiritual world is fulfilled!"

"Pah! To be shameless to this extent is quite the feat!"

Banana could no longer bear to listen, immediately exposing the fisherman’s true colors, speaking bluntly, "Sounds nice, but aren’t you just a fisherman turned fishmonger? Dressing it up all high and mighty, who are you trying to fool?!"

"So this is why you have the spare time to stand here arguing, you’ve been promoted! What now, planning to sell me fish at exorbitant prices again?"

Su Ran snorted disdainfully, revealing the truth directly.

"Don’t listen to that kid’s nonsense!"

Throughout, the fisherman’s face remained darkened, and he probably even harbored thoughts of killing Banana at this point, "I’m trying to make up for my mistake by helping you with a headache. I specially purchased a large amount of Tripartite Blood Fish and Magic Seahorses for you, my dear nephew!"

Having said this, the fisherman sneaked a glance at Su Ran, then, infusing his voice with emotion, he sighed slowly, "I originally directed my heart at the bright moon, but alas, the bright moon shines on the ditch~!"

"Whoa, turns out Uncle Fisherman is the brooding type, even knows how to recite a poem, that’s unexpected."

Su Ran chuckled and put away his fishing rod, then extended his right hand happily saying, "Uncle Fisherman, since you’ve been so thoughtful, of course I’m not going to hold a grudge! Uncle, bring forth the Tripartite Blood Fish and Magic Seahorses you specially purchased for me."

"Eh?"

The fisherman hesitated, his eyes darting around uncertainly as he asked, "My dear nephew, I’ve bought quite a lot of these fish and spent quite a bit of the initial investment, what do you think..."

"Why talk about money? It hurts the feelings!"

Su Ran shook his head, continuing to hang his right hand in front of the fisherman, "Uncle, we’re both so familiar with each other, do you really feel okay talking about money with me? Didn’t you just say that money and possessions are external things? With such high enlightenment, how could you care about money?"

Banana almost choked from holding back his laughter, covering his mouth to not let out a sound. He really saw it clear now—whenever Overturning Water got scheming, this poor fisherman didn’t stand a chance. He was completely led by the nose, round and round, utterly played by him.

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The fisherman immediately felt conflicted, hesitating in his words. He had made his intentions so clear already, but this foolish, money-loaded nephew of his wasn’t taking the bait!

Could this be what they call learning from past mistakes?

"Stop dilly-dallying, and just give me a straight answer. Give it to me, and I will take it, but if you still ask me for money, then forget it!"

Su Ran looked at the fisherman with impatience, "Anyway, my collection task is already complete. It doesn’t matter whether I take the fish or not; it’s no big deal!"

"What?"

The fisherman’s face turned ugly at these words. To think that he had put his all, even gambling his savings, to make a fortune off Su Ran, and yet he was left with nothing but disappointment on this young man! Thinking of this, he became flustered and hurriedly blurted out to Su Ran, "Nephew, you’re being unreasonable. Do you have any idea how much effort and energy your uncle has put in to help you, and you’re not even willing to give me the cost?"

Seeing the fisherman in such a flurry and panic, Su Ran felt extremely pleased inside. He really wanted to look up and laugh out loud—such a refreshing release of pent-up frustration!

"Cost? What cost are you talking about? When you were swindling me with nothing to start with, did you ever think about how you fleeced me?"

Su Ran sneered, looking at the fisherman with disdain, "Alright, I see it clearly now. You’re that type who won’t take action until you see the rabbit. Keep the fish for yourself; I don’t want it anymore, my lord!"

"You!"

The fisherman found himself speechless against Su Ran’s arguments, full of grievances with nowhere to vent. He was at fault first, utterly unable to retort! At this moment, he deeply regretted why he had to butt in—wouldn’t everyone envy him if he had just placed the more than one hundred and fifty gold coins safely in his pocket?

But his greed was not satisfied, aiming for more profit, which led to this passive situation!

A whole bagful of deep-sea fish, when would he ever manage to sell them all off?

Most importantly, the entire village knew about his purchase price. If he had to sell at a loss, the whole village would mock him to death. If it really came to that, how could he show his face and live in the village?

"Nephew, don’t be so final with your words. To tell you the truth, I bought these fish for 20 silver coins, and the Magic Seahorse for 30 silver coins. Just give me the cost, and I promise, I won’t earn a cent more from you!"

"Hey, Magic Seahorses that can be bought for 15 silver coins, you actually raised to 30? Knowing I was collecting them, you secretly inflated the price. Tell me, what are your real intentions?!"

Seeing the conversation had shifted to price, Su Ran’s demeanor turned grave, and he rebuked with a stern voice, "You reap what you sow! Since you like collecting fish so much, just keep them for yourself~!"

The fisherman completely collapsed, sitting on the ground with a thud, his dark face turning pale, his eyes lifeless, a stark contrast to his earlier demeanor.

"Haha, so satisfying, Overturning Water, you’re amazing! To talk an NPC down to this extent, you must be the first in the history of online gaming!"

Having enjoyed the spectacle, Banana was even more excited, feeling increasingly smart for choosing to follow Su Ran!