Chapter 018: The baby didn't eat the little goldfish

The entire mall is built in an elliptical shape, with circles going up, so there is an open space at both ends. The open space is in a good location and can be seen when you take the escalator up.

Xie Luoshu also noticed this stall. The owner is a very friendly looking auntie. Sitting by the pool, she has a smile on her face and smiles at everyone she sees. She makes people feel very friendly for no reason.

The swimming pool is an inflatable one, not too big. It fits perfectly on the empty space. You can see all kinds of small goldfish swimming around in the inflatable pool.

There is also a plastic basket with turtles lying quietly on the side. The turtles' shells are of different colors, some are dark green, some are gray-brown, and some are brighter pink and red, and some are even mixed together.

Behind the boss was a shelf, on which was a plastic tank in the shape of a goldfish house, as well as fish food and fishing tools. The whole stall was filled with a faint fishy smell, very faint, so it was not unpleasant.

"Baby, let's go fishing." Xie Luoshu squatted down with Yanyan in his arms, "Boss, how do we play?"

In the inflatable pool, goldfish of various colors sway their nimble tails, which is particularly pleasing to the eye.

"Three nets for ten yuan." The boss walked over quickly. "How many do you want?"

"Let's start with six." Xie Luoshu thought for a while.

"Okay." The boss moved quickly, taking out six paper nets, two plastic baskets for goldfish, and three small stools for Xie Luoshu and the others.

"Thank you." Xie Luoshu took it, took out one and gave it to Yanyan, took one for himself, and put the other four on the bench at the side, "Baby, let's have a competition."

Yan Yan was just about to catch fish when she heard Xie Luoshu's words and shook her head.

No, I am not a little fool. I am small, and my father is big. I cannot compare to my father.

"Hmm?" Xie Luoshu didn't expect Yan Yan to refuse. "Zizi doesn't want to compete with Xiaoba."

Yanyan shook her head heavily. No!

"Okay, okay." Xie Luoshu didn't force Yanyan, "Then be careful, kid."

This is Xie Luoshu's first time to catch a goldfish. I saw on the Internet that the paper nets used to catch goldfish are very fragile and you have to be very careful.

Xie Luoshu leaned forward slightly, staring at the goldfish swimming in the water, holding the paper net tightly in his hand. He gently put the paper net into the water, and when the goldfish approached the paper net, his hand trembled slightly, trying to pick up the goldfish, but the goldfish swiftly slipped away from the edge of the net.

"Hiss..." Xie Luoshu didn't expect the goldfish to be so cunning. He adjusted his posture again and put the paper net into the water more carefully. This time, his eyes and hands were quick and steady. With a turn of his wrist, he caught a small golden goldfish.

Xie Luoshu put it into a plastic basket, turned around and saw Yan Yan holding a paper net in his hand. He stretched out his hand and placed the paper net in the water, motionless.

"Baby, why don't you move?" Xie Luoshu poked the chubby arm of the baby, "The paper net will break if it soaks for too long."

Yanyan held her breath and concentrated, and with her chubby hands she managed to catch a goldfish. But before Yanyan could be happy, the goldfish struggled and tore the paper net, and the whole fish returned to the water smoothly.

"It's okay, it's okay." Xie Luoshu comforted Yanyan, took out the broken paper net, took a new one and stuffed it into Yanyan's hand, "We have several. Yanyan, don't wait so long, hurry up."

Yanyan nodded seriously. Okay, I understand! This time, I will definitely catch a goldfish.

Yanyan grabbed the paper net and threw herself back into the "battle" of catching goldfish.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin." Steward Lin stepped forward and said softly, "The manager will be here soon."

"Yeah." Xie Luoshu looked at Yanyan's profile as she concentrated on catching goldfish, and said to Yanyan, "Baby, Daddy has something to do over there, and will be back soon. You can catch the goldfish here, okay?"

Yanyan nodded twice randomly. I don't know how much Yanyan, who was concentrating on catching goldfish, heard, so he also told the boss.

"Don't worry." The boss waved his hands, "I'll keep an eye on it for you, just go and come back soon."

"Thank you, boss."

The manager came by elevator, and Xie Luoshu and the others were just in a position where they could see him. He was a middle-aged man, a little fat, with not much hair, and wearing a suit. He looked respectable. But he walked over with his hands behind his back, looking very superior, which made people feel uncomfortable.

When Liao Zhipeng saw Steward Lin as he approached, he quickly restrained himself, trotted over, bent his waist, and stretched out his hands: "Steward Lin, why are you here? Could it be..."

"This is Manager Liao Zhipeng, Manager Liao, and this is Mr. Xie Luoshu." Steward Lin passed by Liao Zhipeng's outstretched hands, turned sideways and introduced, "President Gu's..."

"Could it be Mr. Gu's wife?" Liao Zhipeng was very perceptive and quickly stretched out his hand, "Madam."

"Just call me Mr. Xie." Xie Luoshu stretched out his hand.

Just as Liao Zhipeng was about to shake his hand, Xie Luoshu's hand passed over Liao Zhipeng's hands and pointed at the claw machine shop: "The owner of that shop is you..."

"Uh..." Liao Zhipeng stuttered, "Hi, yes, he's my nephew."

"Your nephew." Xie Luoshu's tone was so light that no one could hear it.

Liao Zhipeng understood that something had happened to his nephew again. In the past, he, the manager, would be implicated and the matter would be left unresolved. But this time, he met Xie Luoshu...

"Manager Liao's nephew's store is really big." Xie Luoshu sighed as he walked towards the store.

Liao Zhipeng fell behind: "It's okay."

"Manager Liao, why are you holding your cell phone? Is there something important?" Xie Luoshu suddenly turned around.

Liao Zhipeng paused while holding his phone: "Nothing..."

"Since Manager Liao has something important to do, let's get it over with quickly." Xie Luoshu walked quickly to the store door.

Liao Junzhe was playing with his mobile phone behind the counter and saw Xie Luoshu, but did not see Liao Zhipeng behind Xie Luoshu.

"Hey? Why are you here again?" Liao Junzhe slammed the table and stood up. "I tell you, I won't return the money if I say so."

"Really?" Xie Luoshu said, "I remember it was written in the customer guide of Gu's Mall that even if you bought something, you can return it within three days without any reason. And for products with quality problems, you can return them unconditionally without any reason."

"What kind of rule is this!" Liao Junzhe's eyes rolled, and it was obvious that he felt guilty.

Xie Luoshu threw a booklet on the counter and said, "Read it yourself."

Xie Luoshu saw this when he was at the gate, so he picked it up and took a look at it.

"So what!" Liao Junzhe said loudly, "My uncle is the manager! I..."

"Manager Liao." Xie Luoshu turned aside and asked, "What do you think we should do?"

When Liao Junzhe saw Liao Zhipeng clearly, he stopped talking immediately: "Uncle...Uncle."

"Shut up." Liao Zhipeng scolded Liao Junzhe, and then said to Xie Luoshu with a smile on his face, "Of course you are following the rules of our Gu's Mall. Return the money!"

Seeing that Liao Junzhe didn't move, Liao Zhipeng slapped Liao Junzhe's arm hard in frustration.

"Hiss..." Liao Junzhe gasped in pain and covered his arm, "How much...how much money?"

"One hundred game coins, all refunded." Xie Luoshu slammed two plastic baskets full of game coins on the counter.

"Hey!" Liao Junzhe pointed at Xie Luoshu, "Didn't you use a few..."

"Tsk!" Liao Zhipeng was simply dumbfounded by Liao Junzhe's IQ, "Retreat! Everyone, retreat! Quickly!"

Liao Junzhe had no choice but to withdraw all his money.

"Then Mr. Xie... here I..." Liao Zhipeng rubbed his hands nervously.

"This store owned by Manager Liao's nephew..." Xie Luoshu looked at Liao Zhipeng with a half-smile, "It looks much bigger than the toy store next door."

Liao Zhipeng was sweating profusely: "A little bit, a little bit."

"Really?" Xie Luoshu raised his eyebrows. "It seems to me that this store is as big as two stores."

"Haha." Liao Zhipeng forced a smile.

"Has Manager Liao ever come to this store to catch dolls?" Xie Luoshu's incoherent question made Liao Zhipeng a little confused.

"No. Of course not." Liao Zhipeng shook his head, "These are just children playing..."

"Then Manager Liao can go and play." Xie Luoshu took the cart from Manager Lin and pushed it in front of Liao Zhipeng. "How about this, the young master wants the dinosaur in the claw machine, Manager Liao can help him."

"This..." Liao Zhipeng's palms were sweating.

"What?" Xie Luoshu chuckled, "Manager Liao doesn't want to? I see Yanyan really likes that dinosaur. But unfortunately I don't have the skills to catch it. If you caught it..."

"Since the young master likes it!" Liao Zhipeng raised his voice, "Then of course I will help the young master catch it."

"Will it not interfere with Manager Liao's work?"

"No delay, no delay!" Liao Zhipeng shook his head repeatedly, "I don't have any urgent work! Helping the young master catch the doll is the most important thing!"

"That's good." Xie Luoshu nodded with satisfaction, "You have to catch it yourself. If you take it out, it will be meaningless."

"I know." Liao Zhipeng pushed the cart, "I'll go get the doll for the young master now!"

"Butler Lin." Xie Luoshu watched Liao Zhipeng return to the claw machine shop, "I'm sorry to trouble you with this matter."

"I've already told Mr. Gu." Butler Lin said, "Don't worry, Mr. Xie."

"That's good. Let's have someone check the bill later and send the dolls from this store to those people, saying thank you for your continued support of Gu's Mall." Xie Luoshu nodded, "The rest will be sent to the welfare home."

"Okay, Mr. Xie." Butler Lin felt like he wasn't a butler anymore. Instead, he was more like... an assistant?!

"Let's go. Let's go see Zaizai." When talking about Yanyan, Xie Luoshu's tone was relaxed.

Xie Luoshu turned around and saw Yanyan standing up not far away. The boss was sitting aside, watching Yanyan dutifully.

Yanyan held the paper net in one hand and the edge of the inflatable pool in the other. She stood on tiptoe, stretched her neck, and tried hard to catch the goldfish. Unexpectedly, Yanyan's body moved forward.

Xie Luoshu felt something was wrong, a little too far forward, so he quickened his pace. Don't fall in.

"Blast!" Water splashed everywhere.

Xie Luoshu ran over and said, "Baby!"

The boss at the side rushed forward, grabbed the baby by the clothes, and lifted the baby up like a chicken.

Xie Luoshu hugged Yanyan tightly and said, "Are you okay, baby? Did you not eat the little goldfish?!"

Yanyan hadn't reacted yet. When she heard Xie Luoshu's words, her eyes widened, her mouth moved, and then she shook her head.

No, Zaizai didn’t eat the goldfish.