The term "dark street" does not refer to any specific street, but rather to the underground trading area within the city.
Murder and robbery, and double-crossing among gangsters are common occurrences here.
Danger, chaos, and violence are the defining characteristics of this place.
Two-whiskered (shrimp-headed man) and Big Eyes (crab-headed man) blended in naturally with the atmosphere here.
The two of them made their way through a maze of twists and turns to a general store—
Fangfang General Store.
The shopfront was small, but unusually clean.
The roller shutter door that was pushed up was brand new, without a speck of dust or dirt.
The glass counter at the entrance was spotless and as clear as water.
Compared to the surrounding dirty and chaotic shops, Fangfang Grocery Store stood out like an anomaly.
However, the fact that such a place can maintain such pristine cleanliness alone is enough to show that the owner is no ordinary person.
The owner's surname is Fang, which is the same "Fang" character on the shop sign.
He is known as Lao Fang.
At this moment, Lao Fang was sitting at the workbench behind the counter, repairing a crystal furnace.
The various repair tools on the countertop were neatly arranged, and Lao Fang would put them back in their original positions after using them, without missing a single detail.
It's clear that this person has obsessive-compulsive disorder.
To his left, in a palm-sized flowerpot, a bulbous mushroom served as a lamp, emitting a bright but not glaring light.
"Old Fang, I've brought you some business."
With one hand in his pocket and the other elbow resting on the counter, Erxu leaned against it and called out to Old Fang inside.
Old Fang reinstalled the repaired crystal furnace before turning around.
He revealed a face that, despite his age, could still be described as handsome and refined.
Her long, half-white hair was tied into a low ponytail at the back of her head.
His beard was neatly trimmed, with each hair clearly separated.
What's most peculiar is his pair of eyes, one black and one white, like a pair of yin-yang beads.
The white eyeball is actually a mechanical eye.
Years ago, he injured one of his eyes, so he performed surgery on himself and installed a prosthetic eye.
Yes, he performed the surgery on himself.
In addition to repairing machinery, he is also very good at "repairing" human organs.
This is why, despite his low combat prowess, no one dared to provoke him in the underworld.
Fights are common in the dark alleys, and you never know when someone might lose an arm or a leg.
Then we'll have to ask Lao Fang for help.
Therefore, Lao Fang's status in the dark street was extremely extraordinary.
As he wiped his fingers, he asked, "What kind of business?"
Erxu took out his tube of nutritional paste from his pocket and handed it over.
"Name your price."
Big Eyes clutched the nutritional paste in her arms, her expression hesitant.
Should I sell it like Erxu, or take it back to share with my wife?
My wife had been saying for a long time that she wanted to try what those ridiculously expensive nutritional pastes tasted like and how they differed from what they usually ate.
Old Fang offered a price: "Same as always, 20% buyback."
Neither of them negotiated the price.
Firstly, Lao Fang is a fairly honest businessman; offering 20% buyback is already quite good.
Secondly, as everyone in the underworld knows, Lao Fang is a man of his word and doesn't like to haggle with people.
Whatever price he sets, that's the price. If you don't agree, then you'd better leave now.
Erxu: "Give me two more tubes of the cheapest nutritional paste."
The cheapest nutritional paste costs only 5 crystal beans, while the original price he just took out was 3 crystal coins, which is 300 crystal beans.
He can get 240 crystal beans by buying them back at 80% of the original price.
After deducting the cost of two tubes of nutritional paste, I received 230 crystal beans.
Once the money and nutritional paste were in hand, Erxu carefully pocketed them.
He nudged Big Eyes with his shoulder: "Are you going to sell or not?"
Big Eyes hesitated for a while at the shop entrance, then gritted his teeth and said, "Sell."
They're all nutritional pastes, so there shouldn't be much difference between the expensive and cheap ones.
When I have more money in the future, I'll buy an expensive one to try.
The two left together.
A small shadow flashed past overhead, following the two from a distance.
The figure was Xiaoming.
Most people wouldn't notice, but Lao Fang is no ordinary person.
His special ability is the Eye of Perception, also known as the All-Powerful Eye.
You can see the direction of the wind in the air;
To see the trajectory of the supernatural abilities released by others;
To see the various parts inside the machine;
You can even see the human body's internal organs and the flow of blood...
This ability is not offensive, but it is the best support ability.
Of course, very few people know about his special abilities.
As the two men left, he glanced outside and caught a glimpse of the tiny figure that flashed by.
Little Mingming?
How did he end up here?
Could it be that Xiao Tutu (Xuan Tu) has also come?
Old Fang scanned the surroundings but did not find any trace of Xuan Tu.
So, did Xiaoming come here alone?
At an intersection, Erxu and Dayan parted ways and went their separate ways home.
Xiao Ming remembered Xiao Li's instructions: "If the two of you break up, follow that shrimp-headed guy."
So he followed Erxu and went to his house.
The two must not be discovered from beginning to end.
He immediately closed the door and then began hiding the money.
Amidst the clattering and clanging, a pool of transparent, slime-like liquid slipped in through the crack under the door.
It coalesced into a figure with a fish head and a human body.
Erxu hid the money, then turned around and was startled to see the eldest brother suddenly appear in the room.
"Damn it! Dead Fish, Boss, what are you doing here in my room again without a word?"
The fish-headed man picked up a bunch of things from the only single sofa in the room, threw them onto the bed, and plopped down on it.
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