Chapter 47: The Cabbage Thief?

  "Caught the vegetable thief!" Xiao Ping's mind flashed with this thought, and he immediately put on his clothes and rushed out.

  Xiao Ping had only run a few steps out of the house when he saw Hei Bao and Yuan Bao by the goldfish pond. They were circling two people with menacing eyes, ready to pounce at any moment, occasionally letting out a threatening cry.

  The black leopard and Yuanbao are very smart, they will react accordingly based on the situation. Usually, villagers would occasionally enter the farm's range without realizing it, and they would only bark a few times to warn them, as long as the other party doesn't continue to advance, both sides would be fine. But now these two people have already arrived at the front of the Jinli Pond, which is equivalent to entering the central area of the farm, no wonder the black leopard and Yuanbao are furious.

  Don't look at Hei Bao and Yuan Bao, they don't bark wildly at strangers like ordinary dogs, and their bodies aren't too big either. But now their behavior is quite intimidating. Even Xiao Ping, their owner, can feel a faint murderous intent, and has no doubt that if the two intruders make even the slightest movement, Hei Bao and Yuan Bao will pounce on them without hesitation and bite their throats out.

  Two vegetable thieves wore a set of black clothes and wore a black ski mask that only exposed two eyes, looking very professional. However, what made Xiao Ping puzzled was that the vegetables were all planted in the ground, and they ran to the Koi pond here, would they still plan to rob the house?

  The vegetable thief caused significant losses to Xiao Ping, and he was deeply resentful of these guys. Now that they had finally caught one in the act, Xiao Ping would not be polite, casually picking up an iron rod used by a construction team from the ground, lightly tapping his palm: "Well, you're quite bold! Come over here first and let me hit you with a few rods, then report to the police!"

  When Xiao Ping wanted to call the police, one of the vegetable thieves instinctively ran out. But as soon as he moved, Yuanbao had already let out a low growl and rushed forward, knocking him heavily to the ground. The vegetable thief was immediately stunned and dazed, instinctively wanting to struggle to get up, but Yuanbao opened his big mouth and clamped down on his throat.

  He felt Yuan Bao's teeth lightly pressed against his skin, and the thief was so scared that all the hairs on his body stood upright, not even daring to move. This dog was really too scary, coming up and biting at his throat, this one bite would be fatal.

  The black leopard didn't even glance at Yuan Bao, still staring tightly at the vegetable thief in front of it. The tacit understanding between the two small dogs was really unspoken, staring at the vegetable thief one-on-one, not giving each other a chance to escape.

  "What good dogs!" Looking at Yuanbao and Hei Bao, who were whimpering softly, Xiao Ping couldn't help but praise them silently, deciding to reward them with an extra meal later.

  However, for the time being, Xiao Ping had to deal with these two thieves first. He playfully looked at the vegetable thief who was knocked down by Yuan Bao and said: "Hey, do you still want to run? Yuan Bao, bite his legs a few times first!"

  "Woof woof!" Yuanbao understood his master's words and opened his big mouth to bite the guy's thigh.

  The man in black couldn't hold it in anymore, opening his mouth with a strange tone and saying: "Xiao Sang, don't!"

  "Halt!" Xiao Ping stopped Yuan Bao and looked at him suspiciously, saying: "I only know one person who speaks with this strange accent... Takahashi Hideto?!"

  Anyway, it's already been recognized, Takahashi Hideto took off his ski hat and hung his head in shame: "It was me!"

  Xiao Ping couldn't help but say: "Gaoqiao, you're still a Japanese friend, how could you do such a thing? Even stealing a few vegetables?"

  "Stealing vegetables?" Takahashi Hideto asked in confusion: "What vegetables? I'm here to steal fish!"

  Takashi Takaeda didn't panic, he wasn't interested in anything else on the farm, he just came for Xiao Ping's brocade carp. After failing to buy the brocade carp with 200,000 yuan, Takashi Takaeda sent the video back to the president to watch. Hiroshi Kōgen watched the video and immediately instructed that a large sum of money could be spent to buy these two pairs of fish. Originally, Takashi Takaeda was going to negotiate with Xiao Ping again, but his translator, Wang Hao, had a bad idea, suggesting that they could sneak into the farm and steal the fish away.

  Wang Hao came up with this idea to embezzle the money for buying fish. Takahashi Hideto, on the other hand, wanted to buy the goldfish at as low a price as possible and show off his ability in front of the company president. The two reached an agreement and thus staged this farce.

  Xiao Ping only then realized that he had fallen into inertial thinking, and had mistakenly assumed that Takahashi Hideto was a vegetable thief. However, even if it was fish being stolen, it was still unacceptable to him, as these four koi were worth at least 200,000 yuan, and the loss would be greater than if someone had stolen his vegetables.

  Xiao Ping's mood worsened at this thought, and he coldly said to Takahashi Hideto: "I really didn't think that you Japanese people would be so despicable, unable to agree on a price in business, so you resort to stealing! I not only want to report the police, but also inform the media, let them see the true face of you guys!"

  Takashi Takaishi was frightened by Xiao Ping's words. When Xiao Ping said to call the police, Takashi Takaishi wasn't too worried, after all, he had a foreign friend identity, and the police wouldn't make things difficult for him, at most they would just give him a warning and let him go. But if this matter was known by the media, then it would be disastrous, his affair would definitely spread back to Japan quickly. The head of the department of Konosuke Kondo Corporation actually came to China to steal, and even stole things for the president! This not only damaged Takashi Takaishi's own reputation but also brought a heavy blow to the reputation of the entire Konosuke Kondo Corporation. At that time, Takashi Takaishi would not only be ruined but also have to bear the wrath of President Guangyuan, such severe consequences were really too frightening!

  Koizumi Takahashi glared at Wang Hao fiercely, then pitifully said: "Xiao Sang, this matter is indeed my fault, please don't spread it out. You Chinese have a saying... private settlement, yes, let's settle it privately!"

  Takahashi Hideto softened, and a hint of a smile also appeared on Xiao Ping's face. Sending this Japanese man to the public security bureau, or even calling the TV station to take a shot, would be quite satisfying, but what good would it do for Xiao Ping? Takahashi Hideto suggested settling the matter privately, which was exactly in line with Xiao Ping's intentions. He said slowly and calmly: "Actually, we can also be considered friends, so settling this privately isn't out of the question."

  "Right, right, Sino-Japanese friendship!" Hearing the implication in Xiao Ping's words, Takahashi Hideto hastily reddened his face and said: "To express my apology, I am willing to compensate 50,000 yuan as your spiritual loss fee. What do you think?"

  "Oh dear, Mr. Takahashi is too polite!" Xiao Ping immediately helped Takahashi Hideto up and asked with a smile: "But I only accept cash, okay?"

  "No problem, I'll let Wang Hao go back to the city right now!" Takahashi Hideto just wanted to settle this matter, and other issues could be negotiated.

  Wang Hao quickly drove back to the city with a long face, it's not easy to get cash at this late hour, but who let him fall into someone else's hands now, no matter how difficult it is, he has to go and deal with it.

  Watching Wang Hao leave, Xiao Ping warmly hugged Takahashi Hideto and said: "Mr. Takahashi, we Chinese people have always attached importance to credibility when doing things. I received so much money from you, after all, I should leave some evidence!"

  Xiao Ping's words sounded reasonable, but Takahashi Hidehito keenly sensed danger and looked at him uneasily, asking: "Xiao, what kind of evidence do you want to leave?"

  "It's easy!" Xiao Ping smiled brightly at Takahashi Hideto and then whispered a few words to him.

  In the quiet farmhouse, Takahashi Hidehito's dissatisfied voice soon rang out: "This won't do!"