Chapter 138: Too Expensive!

"Right! Now keep your promise to eat our catch raw. Even though it's a little tough, I heard the meat is pretty delicious," one of the women said while holding back laughter.

The audience started laughing. Did that person want to eat turtles in this place? His teeth might break just trying to crack the shell.

"I won't eat it," the man shook his head quickly.

"Ah! You want to retract your own words?" The women couldn't digest what he meant. This man was the one who teased them first, and now that he had lost, he wanted to run away. What kind of man was he?

"It's not a fish," the man said.

"Turtles are considered seafood!"

"What I mean is turtles are slow, very easy to catch. Our agreement is a fish, so it can be considered that our stakes are not fulfilled," the man said.

Chloe was really angry when she heard that. "These turtles are clearly marine animals weighing more than 20 kg. Don't think that this turtle is more stupid than you. It can swim faster than humans in the sea,"

"Ha ha ha!" Suddenly, the audience laughed when they heard her. The woman's words had some truth.

The man's face was red with anger. However, Ryan casually said. "Okay, I'll go again and catch the fish according to the criteria,"

"No need!" Some females wanted to get in Ryan's way.

Ryan just smiled at them. "Just relax, I won't be long,"

After that, Ryan dove into the sea again. This time, he didn't need that long. And this time he took a big fish with him.

"This fish should be more than 20 kg," Ryan threw the fish he caught. When they saw the fish, everyone gaped at the sight.

The man was also shocked, his face was really messy.

This must be a dream, right?

However, the big fish was under his feet and many people witnessed Ryan's action.

"What other reasons do you want?" Chloe quickly stood in front of the man.

"I... I give up," the man said in a languid tone.

"Hurry up and eat! You said to yourself that you wanted to eat our catch raw!" Someone exclaimed.

That man's face was really bad. He just said what came to his mind without thinking. He did not expect that he would lose.

"Yes, that person has received his lesson. I hope you won't do this again," Irina tried to intervene.

Seeing their wise superior, everyone agreed to let the man go. However, only one person didn't let go that easily.

"Get down on your knees and apologize to them," Ryan said with a grim face.

...…...

"Hahaha, did you see his face earlier?"

A group of females were seen walking and chatting happily as they discussed the look of shame and fear on the man's face when he apologized to them.

"Mr. Ryan is amazing! By the way, do you have a girlfriend?" Chloe's eyes were filled with adorations. She seemed to have found her horse prince.

Hearing this question, the other women started laughing. However, Valerie and Irina had different expressions. Valerie's heart clenched while Irina coughed hard without stopping.

"Ah! Mrs. Irina are you okay?" Chloe asked.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm just choking," Irina said with a smile.

Ryan himself was confused about what to say, this question was really hard to answer.

"Ha ha ha." Ryan just laughed and then added, "It's a secret."

For some reason, Valerie was disappointed with Ryan's answer. Meanwhile, Irina just stared at him sharply. The relationship between the two of them didn't seem to have been exposed to the public yet. Although rumors had spread throughout the company, nobody was certain of it.

"Ah! From your answer, I think it must be a yes!" Chloe looked disappointed. "Too bad, I was interested in you though,"

"I also want to!" One of them shouted. "I also want to be Mr. Ryan's girlfriend,"

These women were like wolves surrounding a rabbit— Ryan was totally cornered.

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Now that the day had changed to noon, they had all eaten and changed their clothes. Since they had to go home tomorrow morning, today would be their last day for sightseeing.

The last day of their holiday, the last chance they had to use their freedom to do whatever they wanted and of course, girls should definitely go shopping!

Hearing the word shopping, Ryan's heart clenched. Women's stamina when they shopped was so strong, almost terrifying. Even Nergal the god of war himself would be so lazy when he had to keep a woman company when they went shopping.

Ryan made excuses to run away while they were still having lunch. But he did not expect to be asked by his subordinate. "Mr. Ryan, don't you also want to come with us?"

Before Ryan even answered, Irina casually said, "Of course he's in. This guy has nothing to do in the meantime,"

Since his wife had said that, how could he run away?

Ryan finally accompanied them to shop.

The streets on Squirtle Island were very clean and a festive atmosphere always filled it almost 24/7. 

Since the island was famous for its sea, of course the accessories, clothes, pants etc. that were sold here had sea nuances. Also, their prices were much cheaper than in the city of Avalerion!

While looking left and right, they explored this small town.

"Wow, this shop has great stuff! Come in!"

"Come on, come on!" All the women looked enthusiastic when they entered the souvenir shop. Ryan, of course, was not interested and waited outside.

After a while, the women got out and walked back to the other shops. Then what about Ryan? He followed them and carried their groceries with a tired face.

This was what he feared when accompanying women shopping, what a hell!

"Bring this," at this time, Irina came out of the shop, gave her groceries' bag and walked back to the other shop without looking at Ryan. Ryan could only see a small smile on Irina's face.

Irina would not waste this good opportunity to take advantage of her husband!

Ryan usually tricked her. But now it was her turn to play him!

Ryan could only gawk and follow the ladies walking ahead of him.

The shopping atmosphere was still lively, the women were not tired of visiting one shop at a time. When they were about to enter, a man stopped them.

"Hey beautiful sisters, I have something good here. Take a look first," the man said in a sweet tone.

"What is that?" The ladies were getting curious.

The man took out a small wooden box from under his shirt. And when he opened it, there was a little necklace.

"What is that?" Chloe was curious.

"You know when the Dutch VOC boats were still sailing, one of their ships carrying treasures sank in the sea around here," then the man pointed at the necklace. "This is one of those treasures!"

"I'm in trouble and need money quickly so I'm offering this treasure to you, dear beautiful sisters. From your appearances, I think that you can buy this treasure easily."

Ryan watched the man's play with a cold gaze. It's really sad.

Today's con artists were becoming more and more skilled.

The necklace was really small, even the jewelry part showed that it was made of glass. The item shouldn't cost more than 20 dollars.

"I don't think we can afford anything that fancy,"Chloe and her friends clearly couldn't be fooled easily.

"I don't think you understand the meaning of this necklace," the man said. "It is said that the shipwreck carried a lot of treasures to be brought back to its home country. This thing really has historical value,"

"If I don't need money, I won't sell it. If you give me one million then this item is yours," the man pretended to be sorry, he was trying to earn their trust and build a connection with them. 

Hearing the word 'historical value', some became interested but at the same time doubted. "One million is really too expensive,"

"Then what price do you want? I'm in need of quick money, if you bid too cheap then I'll find someone else."

When Valerie saw the necklace, she also wanted to buy it. Her father was fond of historical objects so he would probably be pleased.

"But your price is really too high, I hope you can lower it," Valerie said.

The man saw Valerie's interest in the necklace. He quickly said, "Then, how about 900 thousand? I can't lose that much,"

"Still too expensive," Valerie shook her head.

"Then 800," the man looked away, as if he was not willing to sell it. "Sorry that's my limit."

"Are you kidding? 800 thousand for that junk?" At this moment, Ryan opened his voice. "That necklace is really just trash that you picked up, right?"

"How could you say that? This is a necklace obtained from a ship that sank hundreds of years ago, how could this thing not be expensive?" The man was angry.