I can dream about my own death.

The sun was setting outside the window, and a busy day had passed by in a blur.

After getting off work, Chen Wensheng did not go home immediately, but instead took a long detour to the vegetable market.

Upon arriving at the market, he walked up to a familiar fish stall and called out with a smile, "Old Zhou, give me a tilapia."

Old Zhou, who was smoking, looked up and saw that it was his regular customer, Chen Wensheng. He held the cigarette between his fingers, which were covered in small fish scales, shook off the ash, and asked, "I remember you said that tilapia is not a native fish species, and that the taste of the fish is too bland and not tasty?"

"Native fish like grass carp and silver carp do taste much better, but they also have a lot of small bones. I'm worried that children might accidentally choke on fish bones if they eat them. So, tilapia, which doesn't have many small bones, is more suitable."

"Oh, a child has come to visit. Tilapia will do. How big do you want?" Old Zhou said, putting his cigarette back into his mouth.

"For two people, about 1.5 jin (750 grams) is enough."

Old Zhou, who originally wanted to catch a big fish weighing two or three pounds, immediately changed the direction of the net and caught a smaller tilapia instead.

Old Zhou threw the fish on the ground, then picked it up and skillfully removed its gills and scales.

While gutting the fish, Old Zhou, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, said, "The stray cats and dogs on the street have been really aggressive lately. Be careful not to get scratched by these beasts."

Old Zhou was speaking with a cigarette dangling from his lips, making his words somewhat unclear. Chen Wensheng didn't quite catch what he was saying, but he noticed the ash falling from Old Zhou's mouth and reminded him, "Old Zhou, be careful. Don't drop the ash on the fish. I don't want it dirty."

Old Zhou then turned his head, spat the cigarette butt, which was about two centimeters long and not finished smoking, onto the ground, and then spent more than ten seconds cleaning the fish. He tore off a red plastic bag, put the fish in it, and said, "One and a half pounds, eight yuan per pound, twelve yuan."

After paying by scanning the QR code, Chen Wensheng left with the fish.

After buying some more scallions, ginger, and garlic from other stalls, he went home.

On his way back, Chen Wensheng encountered several stray cats and dogs, and there were significantly more of them than before.

This scene reminded him of what Old Zhou had just said, and he frowned, saying, "Why are there so many stray cats and dogs on the street?"

Just as Chen Wensheng was wondering, he heard a cat hissing.

Following the sound, Chen Wensheng saw a small tabby cat hissing at a large yellow dog five or six meters away, showing no fear whatsoever.

Normally, a kitten would instinctively run away when it sees a big dog.

But now, this little tabby cat isn't afraid of the big yellow dog at all, which is really abnormal.

He remembered what Lao Zhou had said before, that the stray cats and dogs in the neighborhood were very irritable, which made him think of rabies, a terrible animal disease.

The cat and the dog started fighting. The tabby cat was quite strong and managed to hold its own against the big yellow dog.

A wealthy woman adorned with gold and silver is walking a husky.

Huskies were originally sled dogs, and they are not only unafraid of the cold winter, but also have exceptionally high energy levels.

Upon witnessing the fight between the cats and dogs, it broke free of its leash and joined the battle.

The rich woman didn't stop them and even loudly ordered the husky to fight.

Chen Wensheng didn't understand the strange habits of the rich, but he knew that rabies vaccines were expensive, so he took a detour and walked away quickly, successfully returning to the Morning Star low-rent apartment.

He entered Building 3 and walked to Xu Xiaoqi's door, where he found five or six people gathered.

"What do you do?" Chen Wensheng asked as he stepped forward.

Everyone immediately turned around, and one of them asked with a grim expression, "What's your relationship with this family?"

"The owner of this house, Xu Pingshi, entrusted me to take care of his daughter," Chen Wensheng replied coldly.

"Xu Pingshi killed our family member, and we're here to demand compensation. You're not even related to him, so get out of here," the man shouted.

Chen Wensheng was silent for a moment, then said, "Don't get so agitated. You won't get the results you want here. Xu Pingshi is already in the detention center, not in this cheap rental house. If you want to negotiate compensation, you should go to the detention center and negotiate with Xu Pingshi himself."

"We went to Jiang Yanhui, the contractor for the Qingfeng Construction Team. Jiang Yanhui said that Xu Pingshi wasn't a worker on their team, but just a driver who transported construction waste for them, and that he and Xu Pingshi only had a business relationship. So the dump truck overturning had nothing to do with him. He gave us Xu Pingshi's home address and told us to go there to demand an explanation. And now, you want us to go to the detention center to find Xu Pingshi? Isn't this just passing the buck?"

The family member of the car accident victim spoke very excitedly, and the others joined in the commotion.

Chen Wensheng immediately raised his hand and gently pressed it down, signaling everyone not to get so excited.

After the crowd quieted down, Chen Wensheng spoke up: "I'll tell you the truth. This dump truck brake failure wasn't an accident; someone tampered with the truck's brakes. This means it's a criminal case, and the culprit is someone else. This also means the person primarily responsible isn't Xu Pingshi, but the one who tampered with the truck's braking system. Therefore, the person who will make the main compensation to you is the one who tampered with the braking system."

"Isn't this just another one of your attempts to shirk responsibility?" a family member of the car accident victim asked suspiciously.

Chen Wensheng took out his work ID from his pocket and said seriously, "I'm a staff member of 749 Media. I knew the truth beforehand, so I had no reason to lie to you. Also, Xu Pingshi is very poor, and this accident doesn't meet the conditions for compensation under car insurance in any way. The insurance company won't compensate the third party. If Xu Pingshi is primarily responsible for the accident, given his family's financial situation, you probably won't receive any compensation. However, if the person primarily responsible for the accident is the one who tampered with the brakes on the dump truck, you can receive a considerable amount of compensation."

Chen Wensheng took a few steps forward and continued,

"Furthermore, there is only a little girl with a serious heart condition living in this house. If your debt collection activities frighten her and cause an accident that leads to a heart attack, you will be responsible for her expensive medical treatment. Therefore, you should go home and wait for compensation. The relevant departments will contact you later."

749 Media is a well-known company, and everyone present had heard of it, so they believed Chen Wensheng's words.

After getting Chen Wensheng's contact information, they left one after another.

After all the debt collectors left, Chen Wensheng, his face full of anger, cursed, "That contractor Jiang Yanhui is a real scoundrel! The dump truck was severely overloaded; Jiang Yanhui couldn't possibly have been unaware of that. Therefore, since the dump truck caused the accident, Jiang Yanhui must bear some responsibility. To avoid trouble from the victim's family, he directly exposed Xu Pingshi's home address, sending a group of people to harass a little girl with a heart condition."

Chen Wensheng took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, calming his anger, and then gently knocked on the door: "Xiaoqi, open the door. I bought you a fish; we'll have fish for dinner tonight."

Xiaoqi opened the door immediately, without a second to spare.

Chen Wensheng asked in surprise, "Were you standing behind the door eavesdropping the whole time?"

"Hmm! They can't affect me," Xu Xiaoqi replied indifferently.

Faced with this precocious little girl, Chen Wensheng didn't know how to respond, so he said, "I'll go steam the fish."