Chapter 498: 325

Li Jianye looked at Chu Mingcheng, smiling and teasing, “Yo, Old Jiang, your precious son-in-law is back!”

The unexpected guests at his father-in-law’s house took Chu Mingcheng by surprise, but he still took the initiative to politely greet him, “Mr. Li.”

Li Jianye waved his hand, in a somewhat more familiar tone, “Just call me Uncle Li.”

Chu Mingcheng was momentarily stunned, then glanced at Jiang Bo, who was smiling and lightly nodding his head. He then corrected himself and called out, “Uncle Li.”

Jiang Luoluo actually didn’t know Li Jianye either but followed suit and called out after seeing the situation.

Li Jianye responded to the two younger people, then proceeded to bid Jiang Bo farewell, “It’s getting late, so I’ll be heading back for today.”

“Hey, hey, hey, where are you going? Stay for dinner. Ah Cheng always brings us lots of seafood whenever he comes over, you should stay and try some, so you know what it’s like,” Jiang Bo promptly urged him to stay.

The latter part of this statement left Chu Mingcheng a bit puzzled, but since his father-in-law had asked, and he indeed brought a lot of seafood with him, he naturally chimed in with a few words of encouragement.

Li Jianye did intend to leave; after all, someone else’s son-in-law and daughter had come home, and he was an outsider warming the bench.

But hearing that Chu Mingcheng had brought lots of seafood, his interest was indeed piqued.

“Then I’ll just shamelessly mooch off your son-in-law’s seafood meal.”

“Look at you talking…”

Afterward, both men eagerly approached the boxes Chu Mingcheng had brought in.

Two small fish boxes, one wooden box and a large foam box.

Jiang Bo was also surprised by these few boxes, “Ah Cheng, is there seafood in all these boxes?”

“Not everything, I put some tools in these two boxes,” Chu Mingcheng shook his head, naturally picked up a small fish box, and Jiang Luoluo lifted the other, and they moved them into her boudoir together.

The two men didn’t ask further but focused their attention on the remaining two boxes.

Chu Mingcheng often sent seafood over, which led him and Li Ying to enjoy many rarely purchasable or too expensive to buy regularly seafood treats.

Mainly, every time they opened the boxes, at least some of the seafood was not repeated, giving them a surprise each time like unboxing a blind box.

Of course, they had called before and asked Chu Mingcheng not to spend so lavishly.

But this dutiful prospective son-in-law would always agree verbally, and then the seafood would be shipped over again.

They roughly knew how much Chu Mingcheng earned, and knew these bits of seafood really weren’t much for him, so ultimately they gladly accepted.

This large foam box had Jiang Bo equally curious about what was inside.

As soon as they opened it, the sight of wriggling bugs nearly made the two grown men shudder and almost let slip a curse.

Fortunately, at their ages, they had seen plenty of big events and wouldn’t be frightened by a dozen unsightly bugs; the shaking was just an instinctual reaction.

“What kind of bug is this, can it be eaten?” Li Jianye curiously picked up a King Isopod, examining it closely.

“I have no idea!” Jiang Bo also shook his head; not being a seafood industry person, how could he know such a niche seafood item.

Moreover, not many in the seafood industry even knew of the King Isopod, which is related to the place of origin.

At that moment, Chu Mingcheng walked out of the room, Jiang Bo’s eyes lit up, and he eagerly called out, “Ah Cheng, come and give us an introduction, what kind of seafood is all this?”

“This is the King Isopod, a deep-sea creature, tastes quite good, not inferior to lobster,” Chu Mingcheng came over upon hearing them and started introducing them to the rarer seafood in the box.

This time, his catch included a variety of seafood such as Ise lobster and different types of groupers.

Li Jianye nodded along, contemplation in his eyes.

After Chu Mingcheng finished introducing, Li Jianye inquired, “Ah Cheng, do you catch various kinds of seafood? Aren’t you specialized in spearfishing for Golden Spearfish?”

“My main focus is indeed Golden Spearfish. However, my customers have a large demand for deep sea fish, various kinds of groupers, and some types of shrimp, and I also like to try catching some seafood that I haven’t come across before, so I always make a point to catch some,” Chu Mingcheng explained.

“I see!”

Li Jianye pondered for a moment, then asked, “Here’s the thing, my son recently opened an Omakase restaurant in Hang City, which is currently being renovated and has not officially opened.”

“This kind of menu-less Japanese cuisine requires a lot of Golden Spearfish, and they were planning to directly source from the Modu Golden Spearfish market.”

“Just so happens, I got to know about your championship in the fishing contest, and after my son heard from me, he wanted to collaborate with you to source from you.”

“My visit to the Jiang Family today was to let Old Jiang ask about your thoughts. It’s just a coincidence that you happened to return…”

Chu Mingcheng realized then why Mr. Li suddenly appeared at his father-in-law’s house.

After all, he had only gone fishing once, and from what he could see on the side, his father-in-law and this Mr. Li had only common business dealings and were not very familiar with each other.

So it was sudden for them to become so affable today, and for Mr. Li to become Uncle Li, the reason lay here.

As for the reason his son wanted to source from him, Chu Mingcheng naturally knew.

Sourcing regular Golden Spearfish from the market wasn’t an issue, but the ones of higher quality like Bluefin Tuna and some top-grade Big-eyed Gold Spearfish would go into auction with competitive bidding.

In that case, the price would naturally be higher than normal purchasing rates, and if people bid together, getting the fish would result in a much higher cost estimation.