A god-tier fishing spot, anglers lined up to give me money.

"Can't I come?"

Liu Ruyan placed her hands on the table and looked up at Gu Shang.

A single glance from the beauty broke Gu Shang's defenses.

"Oh dear, Ruyan, you..."

"When will Tianyu's matter be resolved? That Bai family brat is infuriating me." Liu Ruyan questioned. Other people's sons are incredibly handsome, while her own son, chubby and bald like the sun, makes her angry.

"If you can't give me back my handsome son, then we should probably create another account."

"Hiss, has Sisi forgotten? What, is it wrong to have a daughter?" Gu Shang retorted.

"No, Sisi is great, but a family needs someone to hold up the sky. Right now it's you, but if it's Sisi in the future... I don't want her to suffer. Tianyu really..." At this point, Liu Ruyan sighed, revealing the expression of a mother.

Gu Shang stood up, came to my side, patted me on the shoulder, and said, "I need to find a way to treat Tianyu's illness. If you're worried, fine, I'll listen to you and let him practice another one."

Liu Ruyan let go of her domineering nature and collapsed into Gu Shang's arms.

Who is Gu Shang? He is the powerful figure in the Gu family of the capital, the top leader both openly and secretly.

How could you not know their strength?

"Okay, I'll wait."

"Old Gu, tell me, which is stronger, the Bai family's giant yellow catfish or your dragon-shaped koi?"

"I'm strong."

"Pfft... You're strong, fine."

Gu Shang's gaze was resolute as he looked out the window into the distance, muttering to himself: I am strong, and will only ever be strong. The Bai family, the Ye family, the Liu family—they are nothing but...

...

Seven days later.

Tianyun Villa, basement

Gu Shang stood in front of the observation window, his hands behind his back, his knuckles white from gripping them so tightly.

The room was brightly lit, and in the center lay a fat man on a specially made alloy bed.

All that could be seen were transparent tubes inserted into his arms, legs, waist, back of the neck, and all over his body.

A pale golden liquid flowed through the tube, which connected to the 1800-pound dragon-shaped koi at its end.

Its entire body is pure gold, with long whiskers and horns on both sides. It lies motionless in a 6-meter fish tank filled with 30 centimeters of water.

Turning his head to look at Gao Wei in front of the control panel next to him, he was staring at the dense data stream on the screen.

There were six screens, hanging side by side on an entire wall, with red and green curves bouncing around.

The largest one in the middle displays a real-time synchronized graph showing the vital signs of the fat man on the bed and the dragon-shaped koi in the fish tank.

"Gao Wei," Gu Shang began, "are you sure it can succeed?"

Gao Wei didn't turn around. His fingers typed a series of commands on the keyboard, and the data on all six screens was refreshed simultaneously.

He pushed up his glasses: "The success rate of the gene transplantation project is 90%."

"And the remaining 10%..."

Gao Wei turned around and glanced at the fat man, Gu Tianyu, on the bed through the glass. "The remaining 10% depends on the young master's willpower. But the pain isn't too great; any normal person could get through it, so don't worry, Mr. Gu."

The pain wasn't too great... Gu Shang murmured these six words and didn't ask any further questions.

"it is good."

Gu Shang took a deep breath and made up his mind: "Let's begin."

"Yes, Mr. Gu."

Gao Wei turned and walked towards the disinfection chamber. He changed out of his white coat and put on a fully enclosed protective suit, including a head cover, gloves, and shoe covers, wrapping himself up tightly in layers. Even his breathing tube was connected to an independent oxygen supply system.

He gave Gu Shang an "OK" sign from inside the hatch, then pushed the door open and walked into the core area of ​​the laboratory.

One by one, the instrument lights next to the alloy bed lit up.

The dragon-shaped koi in the tank suddenly moved. Its body, which had been still, raised its dorsal fin and its whiskers became taut.

The unicorn was blown up.

Gao Wei walked to the control panel at the foot of the bed and pressed his palm on a red button.

Looking back at Gu Shang outside the window, his lips moved, forming the words: "It's begun."

Press the button.

The flow rate of the pale golden liquid in the tube suddenly increased, and golden light threads surged into Gu Tianyu's body along the tube.

The fat man on the bed shuddered, his chubby fingers gripping the sheets tightly.

The person was still unconscious, but the eyeballs under their eyelids were moving wildly.

The dragon-shaped koi in the tank began to thrash violently, its tail slamming against the tank wall with a "bang," causing the entire glass surface to vibrate and hum.

The progress bar popped up on the big screen and started climbing from 0%.

10%、30%、60%，90%……窜到95%的时候速度明显放缓，但还在稳步攀升。96、97、98……

Gu Shang held his breath, bracing himself on the observation window's countertop with both hands, leaning forward to look.

99%.

A slight smile appeared on the face beneath the high-dimensional protective suit. Was it about to succeed?

Reaching for the spare stabilizer bottle beside him, his fingertips barely touched the bottle opening...

Suddenly, the numbers on the big screen jerked violently. 99% plummeted downwards in an instant.

98%, 95%, 60%...

Gu Shang watched helplessly as the red line plummeted, finally reaching 10%.

Gao Wei froze, his hand still hanging in mid-air.

He grabbed the stabilizer bottle abruptly and tried to shove the stopper into the injection port, his movements a bit erratic.

Gu Shang slammed his fist on the observation window. Was he about to fail?

"Gao Wei, what's going on?!"

He yelled at Gao Wei through the glass.

Gao Wei couldn't hear anything; his fingers flew across the control panel, and sweat trickled down his face and into the collar of his protective suit.

Push the stabilizer into the injection tubing and reach out to adjust the valve at the output end of the dragon-shaped koi fish.

……

Just then, Gu Shang's phone rang.

He took it out and glanced at the caller ID. His finger hovered over the hang-up button for half a second before finally swiping to answer.

Liu Ruyan's voice came through the receiver: "Old Gu, the Bai family is here. They say they want to see the dragon-shaped koi. Bai Yiteng came with his father, Bai Nuowen, along with Ye Xuan and Bai Ningbing. The four of them are sitting in the living room right now. I've stalled for 10 minutes, what do you think?"

"roll!"

Gu Shang roared, "Tell them to get out! I'm not in the mood right now!"

There was a full three and a half minutes of silence on the other end of the phone, before Liu Ruyan's voice rang out again: "Gu Shang, have you taken the wrong medicine? Why are you yelling at me?"

Gu Shang snapped out of his daze, lowered the hand holding the phone, and wiped his face with the other hand.

She put the receiver back to her ear and sighed, "Ruyan, Tianyu might be in trouble. Tell them to get lost."

"What?"

Liu Ruyan's voice instantly changed tone: "Tianyu? Old Gu, calm down! I'll handle things with the Bai family. You absolutely must stay calm. Tianyu can't be allowed to get hurt, do you hear me?!"

"Okay." Gu Shang replied with only one word.

The phone hangs up.

Liu Ruyan stood outside the Gu family's reception room, clutching her phone.

I had to take three deep breaths to calm my turbulent emotions.

She raised her hand to tidy the stray hairs at her temples, her expression shifting from anxious to cold and stern, before pushing open the door and walking inside.

There were four people sitting on the leather sofa in the living room.

Shirai Ito sat most casually, with his legs crossed and a cup of untouched Longjing tea in his hand.

Beside him was his father, Bai Nuowen, a refined-looking man with a perpetual smile on his lips.

Ye Xuan was sitting opposite him, and Bai Ningbing, Ye Xuan's wife and Bai Ruowen's sister, was sitting next to him.

Liu Ruyan stepped through the door and stood directly in front of the four people.

His gaze swept from Bai Yiteng to Bai Nuowen, and finally to He Yexuan and Bai Ningbing.

"The four of you may leave now."

Bai Nuowen paused, holding his teacup, and looked up at Liu Ruyan.

"Madam Gu, we just want to see that dragon-shaped koi fish, is there any inconvenience?"

"Please leave."

Liu Ruyan said coldly.