Too Bad I Take Things Seriously

Chapter 883: Chapter 339: Releasing Fish Upstream, Catching Fish Downstream!

They’ve all seen Qing Lan and know about the relationship between Qing Lan and Qin Mu.

At this moment, their gossiping hearts are burning wildly.

With an expression of loving to watch the show regardless of the drama.

Qin Mu walked forward with a darkened face.

He opened the box Qing Lan had sent.

And surprise...

Inside was a banner.

The banner read, "Helping others without expecting anything in return."

The donor was Sun Hai.

"It seems... Sun Hai sent it."

Qin Mu gradually realized.

Previously.

Sun Hai said he wanted to give him a lawyer’s fee as thanks, but Qin Mu refused.

Unexpectedly...

He still had Qing Lan deliver a banner to him.

"Helping others? Without expecting anything in return? What’s going on here?"

"Xiao Qin, be honest with me, did you handle another case for someone?"

"What kind of case deserves a banner?"

"Xiao Qin, that’s not fair, having a case and not telling us? I shared all the contacts of those elderly ladies with you, when did you hide things from us?"

"..."

Zhang Qingyuan, Song Tiancheng, and others became instantly alert.

Crowding around Qin Mu.

Determined not to let him leave without explaining clearly.

Qin Mu coughed a few times.

Under the strong demands of these elders...

He narrated Sun Luoling’s incident once again.

"What? Even schools nowadays have such students? Not informing the parents to break their legs?"

"In our time, such things never happened. Being able to attend school was already a luxury."

"Luckily, those few received sentences, hearing about this just infuriates me, those people are undeserving of education!"

"If you ask me, their parents must have issues in education, the school can’t handle them, but the parents can certainly spend more time managing them!"

"Schools can teach you to read, but parents need to teach you how to be a person."

"..."

After hearing the story.

Everyone felt indignant and furious.

Luckily there’s a satisfying judgment outcome, otherwise, their high blood pressure might rise again.

Some children are the nation’s flowers.

But some children...

Are withered branches and leaves, they need to be pruned and forcibly corrected!

"By the way, Xiao Qin, don’t keep any cases from us in the future, we’ve been too bored lately without any cases."

"I went to the court yesterday, and Xiao Zhu told me the court hasn’t tried a major criminal case in two weeks."

"Now, courts are only trying trivial matters, either drunk driving or divorce lawsuits..."

"When will Jin City next have a sensational major case."

"..."

As the conversation continued.

Everyone again looked at Qin Mu, with faces full of thirst for "cases."

Qin Mu: "..."

Watching Old Zhang and others looking like they’re craving cases.

He hesitated, wondering if he should reactivate the [Hundred Fishing, Hundred Hits] skill.

Activating [Hundred Fishing, Hundred Hits], basically, he would encounter cases periodically.

"Uh? Where’s Mr. Li?"

Looking at everyone, Qin Mu suddenly asked.

In the courtyard.

Zhang Qingyuan, Song Tiancheng, Su Yongnian, and other elders were gathered.

But he hadn’t seen Li Weiguo for quite a while.

"He’s probably releasing fish into Jin River."

Zhang Qingyuan smirked and casually said.

Qin Mu paused for a moment.

The other elders chimed in: "Since he was deceived in donation last time, Mr. Li doesn’t donate anymore and is obsessed with releasing fish."

"Yeah, every once in a while he goes to the market to buy some fish and then releases them into Jin River."

"Yesterday he even told me he planned to release fish today, saying he’s accumulating good deeds."

"If you ask me, it’s all feudal superstitions, not worth it..."

"..."

Everyone was chattering.

They were not very supportive of Li Weiguo’s actions.

"Releasing fish...?"

Qin Mu’s mouth twitched, slightly speechless.

No wonder he hadn’t seen Li Weiguo recently, he is obsessed with releasing fish.

Actually.

This "activity" of releasing fish has suddenly become popular these years.

Many people, in their spare time.

Would buy some fish, turtles, and such living organisms and release them into rivers.

This behavior isn’t wrong.

But if some organisms are released rashly, it could cause ecological damage.

"By the way, what does he buy and release?"

Thinking of this, Qin Mu couldn’t help but ask.

Similar creatures like Brazilian turtles and alligator gars...

Are all non-native species.

With no natural predators here.

Once released, they can reproduce uncontrollably in the waterways and harm other aquatic species’ habitats, causing ecological chain disruption.

If severe.

It can even constitute a crime.

"It should be some crucian and carp, occasionally some black fish and silver carp. I accompanied him once to release and saw these."

Song Tiancheng thought for a while and answered.

Qin Mu nodded: "That should be fine."

These types of fish...

Are native species, and releasing them won’t affect the ecosystem.

The black fish are rather aggressive, feeding on other fish species, but they do have predators.

As long as one doesn’t excessively release them...

Occasionally releasing some is not a problem.

At that moment.

"Ring Ring—"

A ringtone of an old-model phone suddenly sounded.

Everyone instinctively checked their pockets.

Ultimately, they found it was Song Tiancheng’s phone.

Song Tiancheng took out his phone.

And realized the call was from Li Weiguo.

Slightly surprised.

But still answered the call.

"Hello? Old Song, is Xiao Qin with you? Let me tell you, there’s a case, a big case!"

The phone was just connected.

It immediately transmitted the excited and enthusiastic voice of Li Weiguo.

Song Tiancheng frowned slightly, somewhat displeased: "What’s going on? Tell me clearly."

But from the other side of the phone.

A noisy sound was heard, as if many people were arguing.

"Mr. Li? Mr. Li?"

Seeing that Mr. Li wasn’t speaking, Song Tiancheng’s expression changed slightly.

He anxiously shouted a few times.

After a while.

Li Weiguo’s voice came through again: "It’s like this—I was just releasing fish, and after I was done, I suddenly found that downstream there were actually seven or eight people with nets, fishing up the crucian carp I released..."

"I’m now trying to reason with them, asking them to release my fish, but they just refuse to..."

"Quickly go find Xiao Qin, ask him how to resolve this situation; they’re all ready to go home and I’ve already stopped them, waiting for you!"

Li Weiguo hurriedly explained the reason and then hung up the phone.

It seemed...

Keen on reasoning with those fishing people.

"This..."

Song Tiancheng put down the phone, somewhat dumbfounded looking at Qin Mu.

He thought the big case Mr. Li mentioned was something significant.

Unexpectedly...

It was just because of a few fish.

"Let’s go take a look first."

Qin Mu frowned slightly, not making any rash judgments.

However...

Since Mr. Li encountered trouble, he still had to go check it out.

"I’ll go too, how shameless those people are, daring to fish Mr. Li’s fish; I’ll go help demand an explanation!"

"Count me in, isn’t this clearly bullying us elderly?"

"When I was young, the only argument I lost in the village was to Widow Wang, today I’ll show them my prowess!"

"Mr. Li releases fish upstream, they fish downstream? Can you even play like this?"

"..."

Seeing this, the others.

All had somewhat excited expressions, wanting to follow along.

But since Qin Mu’s car could only fit four people.

They only brought those familiar with the way, Song Tiancheng, along with a few others keen on joining in like Zhang Qingyuan and Su Yongnian.

...

Half an hour later.

Qin Mu drove skillfully, finally arriving at the fixed section of water where Li Weiguo released the fish.

"It’s just ahead, the people from Jin City all release fish here!"

Song Tiancheng pointed ahead.

Qin Mu parked the car and led everyone towards the riverbank.

From a distance.

There was already a cacophony of noise.

"Why should we give it back to you? We fished it out of the river, it’s not your fish."

"Yeah, which eye of yours saw these fish are yours? There’s no name written on them, would they respond if you call their name?"

"Pfft! Move aside, we’re leaving!"

"We’re being considerate because you’re an old man, don’t push your luck!"

"..."

Not far ahead.

A group of bystanders were gathered by the roadside, watching the commotion by the river.

They saw...

Li Weiguo alone blocking three men and four women, trying to reason with them to release the fish from their buckets.

Upon closer inspection.

Each of them held a bucket.

The buckets were half-filled with fish.

"I just released fifty kilograms of fish upstream, and you were waiting downstream in shallow water to fish them out, don’t think I didn’t see it!!"

Li Weiguo was unwilling to back down, reaching out to block the seven: "I’m telling you, if you don’t release these fish from the buckets, you won’t leave today!"

Facing the seven who were aggressive.

He showed no fear.

Both sides were at a standstill.

And the surrounding onlookers started discussing.

"I often see these people around here; there’s a release point upstream, whenever someone releases fish, they’re waiting down here, this isn’t the first time."

"Good heavens, people accumulate virtue by releasing fish, and these folks intercept it?"

"This elderly man looks about seventy; maybe he should just let it go, it’s not worth arguing over this kind of person."

"Why should he let it go? I’m siding with this old man!"

"..."

The onlookers were all mocking and condemning the seven with buckets.

However...

Not a single one stood up to help Li Weiguo.

Instead, quite a few pulled out their phones, starting to shoot fifteen-second videos, posting them on social media.

Adding a few remarks.

Then...

Continuing to stay on and watch the show’s progress.

"Move aside!"

Among the seven people, a burly middle-aged man, scowling, finally lost his patience.

Approached Li Weiguo.

Reaching out his hand.

To push Li Weiguo aside.

And Li Weiguo still wouldn’t budge, firmly blocking the path.

"Stop!"

Qin Mu arrived at the scene with Song Tiancheng and the others, witnessing this scenario.

Quickly rushing up.

Stood in front of Li Weiguo.

"Oh? You’ve come to help?"

The burly middle-aged man saw Qin Mu and the elderly Song Tiancheng and others behind him.

Showed a disdainful expression.

Yet he didn’t resort to violence, instead ridiculing: "We caught the fish with our skills from the river, you all unreasonably demanding us to release them—isn’t that overly irrational?"

Qin Mu raised an eyebrow.

Surveyed the people in front of him.

Noticed each of them held a bucket and a fishing net.

Their bucket yield varying.

Some had half-buckets.

Some only caught a few fish.

And the tools they held...

Only a fishing net.

Judging that the fish caught were those released from the market.

Only such fish.

Usually low on oxygen, after being released, swept downstream by the current, depleted of energy, easily caught.

Or else with just a fishing net, it’s impossible to catch so many fish in the river.