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Chapter 123 Can be saved
Cheng Mai watched him fish, resting her chin on her hand. She got so bored that she fell asleep. She could barely hear what Shang Xingjian said to her afterward. By the time Shang Xingjian turned around to look at her, she had already fallen asleep.

Shang Xingjian raised his hand and set up a barrier, enclosing the person inside so that she could get a good night's sleep.

Without Jane's permission, Smith dared not approach easily; he could only get close from a distance.

Some say that the boss of Xuanhe Technology is a truly capable person, but few people have actually seen him make a move.

Some people say that the boss of Xuanhe Technology is just an alarmist and that he is nothing at all.

But Smith dared not draw any conclusions now; this businessman was far too calm and collected, and he really could go to places that others couldn't.

Water gurgled out of the fishing hole, turning from cold seawater into light green foam. Shang Xingjian remained calm and composed while fishing, as if he had not noticed the strangeness under his feet at all.

The cracks were getting bigger and bigger, as if some enormous creature was approaching. Cheng Mai, who was sleeping next to Shang Xingjian, scratched his nose. Shang Xingjian's gaze fell on the cracks not far away.

With just a glance, the raised mark vanished instantly.

Smith watched as the ice calmed down, and his gaze towards Shang Xingjian became even more certain; Shang Xingjian was a man of great ability.

"Mr. Smith, if you're so eager to see, why don't you come over yourself?" Shang Xingjian said calmly, the cave beneath his feet having returned to calm.

The sound wasn't loud, and theoretically it shouldn't have reached Mr. Smith's ears, but Mr. Smith heard it clearly.

I said this specifically to him.

Mr. Smith thought for a moment, then walked over.

"Boss Shang."

Shang Xingjian held his fishing rod and fished slowly. "Do you really want to save him?"

"of course it's true."

"No need to answer me so quickly, think it through before you speak." Shang Xingjian shook his fishing rod and caught a shark the size of his palm.

That's right, it's a shark.

Shang Xingjian held the shark in his palm for a moment, then threw it away. "With such a wicked heart, it's a waste for it to have any sense. I might as well take it back."

The shark fell into the sea in the distance, grew into a huge creature, smashed through the ice, and finally fled in a sorry state.

Smith dared not say anything, watching as the business manager calmly carried out all of this.

"Can you really save him?" Smith asked, his voice more respectful than ever before. "If it really requires my heart, I'll give it to him if it can save him..."

Merchant Jian put the fishing rod back down and finally looked at Smith. "Why did the orca come here from the deep sea? Or rather, what do you want the orca for?"

This time, the merchant's questioning was much more serious. If Smith really wanted to save people, he wouldn't have lied this time.

Smith saw through his current predicament, so he answered without much thought, “More than 20 years ago, our company hired a marine scientist. After getting drunk, he said that he had seen an orca in the Arctic that was probably tens of thousands of years old. This is amazing not only in the scientific community, but also in the whole world. So I started coming to the Arctic at that time to try to find that orca.”

While fishing, Shang Xingjian listened, which made more sense than before.

"The marine scientist came with me at first. We explored many places and finally confirmed the exact location of the orca, but the orca lives in the deep sea and we couldn't reach that place."

Shang Xingjian tapped the fishing rod lightly. "So you're trying to lure it out using ultrasound?"

Smith nodded.

"Was it also the suggestion of that marine scientist?" "Yes."

"Then where is he now?"

Smith shook his head. "It took us five or six years to lure the orca out completely, but the orca is a demon, and we were no match for it. All the hundreds of men I brought died in the mouth of the orca. In the chaos, he ran away. Later, Lan saved me."

When Si Lan was mentioned, Smith's eyes showed obvious grief.

Shang Xingjian moved his fishing rod slightly, but this time there was nothing.

"What's his name?" Shang Xingjian asked again.

“Her employment application only had one word written on it: Business,” Smith said, glancing at the business manager with a hint of hesitation.

Shang Jian scoffed, raised his hand and swept it across his face, which then transformed into Shang Jianxing's likeness. Smith froze for a moment, instinctively taking a step back and slumping onto the ice. "It's you."

Shang Xingjian reverted to his original demeanor, ignoring the startled Smith. "It really is him. He's gotten addicted to pretending. He really thinks he's a scientist."

Seeing that Shang Xingjian had returned to his usual self, Smith still didn't dare to get up, but looked at Shang Xingjian warily. Looking at him now, he felt that the person from back then actually resembled Shang Xingjian somewhat.

"I understand. You can go back now. Si Lan is my friend, so I will naturally save him. However, someone will also come to collect the karmic burden you are carrying." Shang Xingjian waved for Smith to leave, as if he couldn't catch any fish because Smith was there.

Upon hearing this, Smith scrambled away.

Cheng Mai didn't wake up until Smith had run far away. She had fallen asleep leaning on Shang Xingjian's shoulder. She was still a little dazed when she woke up, and after calming down, she asked, "Did you catch any fish?"

"You can't rush fishing; you can't rush fish soup," Shang Xingjian replied with a smile.

Cheng Mai: "...If you can't catch it, just say you can't catch it. Why make up excuses?"

Anyway, she didn't expect Shang Xingjian to actually catch any fish. Rather than waiting for Shang Xingjian to fish, she might as well go ask Smith for lunch.

Shang Xingjian saw what she was thinking and tapped her on the head. "What's the rush? We'll catch a fish soon."

The merchant explained that they were blatantly cheating, using magic to fish.

Cheng Mai was dumbfounded. He had seen shameless people before, but he had never seen anyone as shameless as this.

Shang Xingjian didn't think he had done anything wrong at all. He placed the big crucian carp he had caught in front of Cheng Mai and said, "Look, isn't it a big fish?"

Cheng Mai looked at Shang Xingjian with disdain, but Shang Xingjian smiled brightly and started a fire to grill the fish. "One shouldn't be too concerned about the process; the outcome is the most important thing. As long as you can fill your stomach, that's enough."

"I can fill my stomach even without your fish." Cheng Mai scoffed, but still stared at Shang Xingjian's grilled fish. This was the only thing Shang Xingjian's cooking skills were worth mentioning.

The grilled fish at the restaurant is grilled with care.

Cheng Mai looked at the spot where Smith had been standing; he was no longer there.

"Smith left?" It's rare that he didn't continue following us.

"You're not leaving and you still want to freeload?" Shang Xingjian said indifferently. "Not everyone can get a taste of my cooking skills, so you should be grateful."

Cheng Mai didn't want to eat, so she wasn't very satisfied.

(End of this chapter)