"You can save it? You can save it my foot! The fish is dead! You pay for my fish, pay for my fish!" Xiao Feifei cried, hitting Ye Feng repeatedly.
The owner nearby chimed in, "This fish has no reaction even in the oxygenated tank. Even an immortal couldn't save it!"
But Ye Feng ignored them. He walked over and reached into the fish tank, continuously stroking the golden koi.
"What are you doing? Haven't you done enough damage?" Xiao Feifei snapped.
Ye Feng replied, "I once read some medical texts that described similar symptoms. This fish isn't completely dead, it's just in a state of suspended animation. If I give it a massage, it might come back to life!"
"What? Really?" Xiao Feifei stopped crying upon hearing Ye Feng's words, looking at him with a mix of disbelief and hope.
The owner, however, burst into laughter. "Haha, how is that possible? I've been raising and treating fish for so many years, and I've never heard of massaging a fish! Let alone a dead one!"
Xiao Feifei also felt Ye Feng was talking nonsense, but she couldn't help but hold onto a sliver of hope.
Ye Feng shot the owner a glance and said nothing, continuing to stroke the fish with an air of focused massage.
In reality, the massage was just Ye Feng's fabrication. There was no such thing. He was doing it to inject the Sea God's power into the fish.
The two watched Ye Feng massage for half a minute, but the fish still showed no sign of life.
"Alright, Miss Xiao Feifei, tell him to stop wasting time and just pay up! You can buy a better one from me," the owner said with a smile.
Xiao Feifei hesitated and said, "You pervert, can you do it or not? If not, just forget it!"
In truth, Xiao Feifei didn't really expect Ye Feng to pay. She was just upset because the fish she had raised for three years had died.
The fish had stopped eating a few days ago, and its condition had worsened today, prompting her to take it to the vet. Coincidentally, she had bumped into Ye Feng on the way.
Therefore, Ye Feng had merely accelerated the fish's demise.
"A man should never say he can't do it!"
Ye Feng said this and poured all his Sea God's power into the fish. Moments later, he felt a stir in the golden koi he held.
It worked! Ye Feng rejoiced inwardly.
"Then hurry up!"
Xiao Feifei no longer held any hope, assuming Ye Feng was just trying to save face.
But just as she finished speaking, Ye Feng pulled out the koi, handing it to Xiao Feifei. "Here's a lively golden koi for you. Hold it carefully!"
Ye Feng's action was so sudden that Xiao Feifei didn't have time to react before the fish was in her hands.
When she came to her senses, she was stunned. The golden koi was struggling powerfully in her hands, its strength unprecedented, almost making her drop it.
"Huh? It's... it's alive? It's really alive? How is that possible?" Xiao Feifei screamed in shock, quickly cupping the fish with her clothes.
The owner, who had been leaning against a nearby fish tank with a look of amusement, straightened up and widened his eyes as he saw the fish struggling in Xiao Feifei's hands.
"How is this possible? This... this must be fake!" The owner rubbed his eyes and pinched himself twice.
After doing so, he found that the fish was still struggling in Xiao Feifei's hands, looking as lively as ever. He was utterly dumbfounded.
He had been raising and treating fish for decades and had never heard of such a preposterous thing.
Let alone massaging a fish, he didn't even believe in the effectiveness of massaging people. Yet, such an absurd event was happening before his eyes.
"What's impossible about it? Isn't the fact right in front of you?" Ye Feng said calmly, with an air of profound mystery.
"I don't believe it. Let me see!"
The owner walked over and took the golden koi from Xiao Feifei. When he felt the fish's struggling strength, his shock was immeasurable.
However, his decades of experience in treating fish made him disbelieve it. He immediately placed the fish into a large tank. The golden koi darted around inside, as if having a grand time.
Seeing this, the owner stood frozen, as if his decades-old worldview had collapsed.
"Alright, can we go now? I'm in a hurry to get home!" Ye Feng urged Xiao Feifei.
Xiao Feifei stared blankly for a while before picking up her golden koi and putting it back into the fish tank, preparing to leave.
As they reached the door, the owner suddenly rushed over like a madman, shouting, "Young man, wait a moment!"
Ye Feng saw him and asked, "What is it? Is something wrong?"
"Um, you... can you teach me your magical massage technique!" the owner said, his face thick with embarrassment.
Ye Feng chuckled upon hearing this and asked, "Teach it to you? For what?"
"I'll pay ten thousand to learn from you. How about that!" the owner offered.
Ye Feng gave him a dismissive look. "Don't talk about ten thousand, I wouldn't teach you for a hundred thousand!"
Ye Feng remembered how the owner had been pouring cold water on him earlier. It was unlikely he would teach him.
More importantly, could he even learn it? Of course not, because the massage was all a lie. The real power came from the Sea God's power.
"You won't teach it even for a hundred thousand?" the owner asked, taken aback.
Ye Feng nodded. "That's right, I won't teach it!"
"Then what about three hundred thousand? Five hundred thousand?" the owner continued to ask, seemingly determined to acquire Ye Feng's massage technique.
Hearing this, Ye Feng was surprised. If this were truly just a massage technique, Ye Feng would have definitely taught it to him for five hundred thousand.
But it wasn't, so Ye Feng shook his head. "I won't teach it even for a million. Goodbye!"
Ye Feng then strode out, leaving the owner looking incredulous.
Just as Ye Feng and Xiao Feifei were truly leaving, the owner quickly called out, "Hey, hey, wait a moment! Young man!"
Ye Feng turned to look at him, impatient. "What is it now! I already said I won't teach you!"
"Alright! But can you leave your phone number? In case my fish have problems someday, I can ask you for help," the owner said with a smile.
Ye Feng nodded. "That's possible, but there's no such thing as a free lunch, you know!"
"I understand, I understand!" the owner said obsequiously.
Thus, Ye Feng left him his phone number, and then left with Xiao Feifei.
On the way back, Xiao Feifei's attitude towards Ye Feng finally improved. She said, "You pervert, how... how did you cure it? It's too miraculous!"
Ye Feng spread his hands and shrugged. "Massage, didn't you see?"
Xiao Feifei still didn't quite believe him, even though she had witnessed Ye Feng massaging the fish with her own eyes.
Soon, they arrived at the entrance of the Dragon King Hall. Ye Feng said, "Let's check the catch quickly. I'm in a hurry to get home!"
"Oh, okay!" Xiao Feifei said and immediately went to check Ye Feng's catch.
When she saw the catch in Ye Feng's electric tricycle, she was stunned. The coral trout and the Chinese mandarin fish were rare, top-tier seafood!
Suddenly, several men and women approached. One of the men strode forward and headed straight for Xiao Feifei.
Seeing this, Xiao Feifei's face immediately showed disgust. Her eyes darted around, and then she linked her arm with Ye Feng's and said, "Pretend to be my boyfriend..."