Chapter Five: Urine in the Same Pot

  "Oh, then go find someone else!" Magistrate Nangong turned around and left.

  "Ah? Don't!" Zhang Tingting's face fell, and she hastily grabbed hold of Shang Guan Nengren, smiling apologetically: "This matter is still best handled by you."

  Shangguan Nengren pried open Zhang Tingting's hand, raised an eyebrow: "Forget it! Since you can find someone else to help, am I not that important? Go ask someone else then! I'll play for a bit longer!"

  "Ah! Ah!" Zhang Tingting chuckled and said: "I was just pretending earlier, actually this matter can't be done without you, if it were someone else I wouldn't feel at ease."

  Zhang Tingting is very clever and has grasped the essence of "asking for help while making the helper feel grateful". Unfortunately, Officer Gao knows her too well and isn't falling for it.

  "Oh?" Officer Neng looked at Zhang Tingting's face and saw that her expression was not fake, so he rubbed his chin: "First tell me what's going on?"

  Seeing the initiative being taken away by her superior, Zhang Tingting felt disheartened and said: "Actually, it's not a big deal. My sister has a classmate who is very good at fishing, and recently she's been bragging about how great her classmate is, how handsome and cool he is, as if she's fallen in love or something! That little girl is still in middle school! As her older sister, I couldn't just watch her go down the wrong path, so I educated her a bit. But that little girl wouldn't listen, saying I was discriminating against her classmate."

  Speaking of this, Zhang Tingting sighed: "Children in their rebellious period are really difficult to manage."

  Shangguan Nengren recalled his own rebellious period two years ago and deeply understood: "Yes! Even the most obedient child will have a rebellious period, if not managed properly during this time, it's easy to get into trouble."

  "Right!" Zhang Tingting's eyes lit up and she said, "I think so too, that's why I'm worried something will happen to her. In the end, after much effort, that little girl made a bet with me - if I could find someone who can beat her classmate at fishing, she'll listen to everything I say, but if I lose to her classmate, then I won't be able to interfere in her affairs again. Isn't it infuriating?"

  "I reserve my opinion." The superior officer shook his head, this kind of thing is completely a matter of "each has their own reason", from Zhang Tingting's perspective, she was trying to prevent her sister from going astray, and from her sister's perspective, it was about fighting for her own legitimate freedom, it can't be said who is right or wrong.

  "But it shouldn't be hard to find someone who's good at fishing, right? You go to the riverbank often, there are many people fishing, you'll definitely be able to find an expert." Upper Official Neng suggested.

  "It's too late." Zhang Tingting shook her head and said, "This little girl is very cunning. She was afraid that I would really find someone formidable, so she made a bet with me yesterday to set the time for tomorrow afternoon. Now that school is busy, how could I have the time to go find a fishing expert? So I can only look for you now!"

  "Hmm... but I'm just average at fishing!" Although Shangguan Neng was good at fishing and had decent skills, he couldn't compare to an expert. Zhang Tingting was being a bit too pushy.

  "Don't be modest, last year's spring outing you were the fishing champion of our class, catching over ten fish in just one hour!" Zhang Tingting was full of confidence in Shang Guan Nengren.

  Last year, the whole class organized a spring outing to the northern suburbs forest. At that time, Shang Guan was able to take advantage of good luck and went fishing with more than ten boys in the class. In just one hour, he caught as many as ten big fish, taking the lead by six fish over the second place and won the championship, which was really glorious.

  Others think that Shangguan is good at fishing, but only the people in his family know what's going on. It's not that he's particularly good at fishing, it's just that when he goes out, he steps on dog poop and has a great stroke of luck. It's like buying lottery tickets - someone else spends 1 million yuan and doesn't win a single cent, but then there's the person who spends 2 yuan and wins 5 million. What can you say about it?

  Shang Guan was able to laugh bitterly and say: "That time was just luck, if it happens again, who knows?"

  Ting Ting's tone weakened at these words, but there was no time to lose. She steeled herself and continued: "Anyway, I have no choice but to ask for your help this time, great expert, please help me!"

  It's rare for Shang Guan to see Zhang Tingting ask someone for help, but now, in the cold wind and rain, Zhang Tingting would rather freeze in the car shed waiting for him, just to ask for his help. Whether or not she has entrusted the wrong person, this trust in him is enough to move Shang Guan.

  After a moment of contemplation, Shangguan Neng nodded: "Alright! I'll help you!"

  "Really?" Seeing Officer Nengren nod in agreement, Zhang Tingting felt a weight lift off her shoulders and smiled all over her face: "Great Officer Nengren, thank you so much!"

  "Don't thank me yet, it's still uncertain whether we can win!"

  "No matter if I win or not, I want to thank you." Zhang Tingting insisted that success or failure was one thing, but helping oneself was another, and the gratitude that should be had was absolutely indispensable, this was the most basic morality.

  Shangguan Nengren chuckled: "We'll talk about it later!"

  "Tomorrow afternoon what time? Where?"

  "Three o'clock, at Ming Shui Lake." Zhang Tingting asked: "Do you have fishing gear? Do you want me to help you prepare?"

  "It's okay." Officer Nang waved his hand and muttered to himself: "Ming Shui Lake, it's actually a good place."

  "What?" Zhang Tingting didn't hear clearly.

  "It's nothing." Officer Nang shook his head and looked at the rain outside the car shed, which seemed to be getting smaller.

  "Alright, I'll be there tomorrow at 3 pm sharp. Let's hurry while the rain is light!" Officer Nang opened the car lock and held up an umbrella: "It's dark and stormy, do you want me to give you a ride?"

  To be honest, it's so late and raining outside, Zhang Tingting is a little scared. As soon as Shang Guan can speak up, Zhang Tingting feels relieved and smiles: "Great! Let you be the guardian for once, isn't it nice!"

  "It's not like we're sending off a daughter-in-law, just a simple egg! Hurry up, if you're late, there won't be any hot water at home."

  "Heh heh, if you were a bit taller, richer, and more handsome, I'd marry you." Zhang Tingting said with a mischievous grin as she sat on her bicycle.

  "Ugh! You only know about being tall, rich and handsome. Let me tell you, those pretty boys are not kind-hearted, men with money become bad, a big horse is valuable but a grown man is worthless!" At this moment, Shang Guan was extremely resentful of the tall, rich and handsome guys, as well as the beautiful rich women who had all run off with them. What about us poor wretches? I curse those tall, rich and handsome guys, curse you to not have Li Gang as your father in your next life!

  "Hey, Da Nengren, don't be jealous, I think you're pretty good too. You've grown taller and look more handsome now. As for money, you're still young! The future is full of possibilities, and you'll definitely have a prosperous day. I support you." Zhang Tingting patted Da Nengren's shoulder, holding up an umbrella with a 'I'm granting you power, you're Xi Man' kind of look.

  "What's wrong? You really want me to be your daughter-in-law?" Shang Guan Neng Ren curled his lips: "Let me tell you, we're not on the same path, we can't even pee in the same pot."

  "It's so uncivilized to talk like that, who wants to have a pissing contest with you!" Zhang Tingting scolded, pinching Ouyang Neng's arm and said coquettishly: "You want to pee? I won't let you!"

  "That's for the best." Officer Nangeng was very disappointed, white rich and beautiful ah! You really don't belong to me.

  Thanks to 'gui mo' and 'gu hui ji mei nan sheng' for each rewarding 100 starting points.