Faced with a circle of large dogs and four men, the two intruders no longer dared to play dumb. They collapsed on the spot, kneeling on the ground with woeful faces, and pleaded, "Have mercy, heroes! We really didn't mean it. We just came to check out the situation for a bit of money. Who knew we’d stumble onto the riverbank by accident?"
"Bullshit!" Yu Jie snapped, immediately exposing their lie. "My pond is surrounded by a small fence; anyone would stop when they saw it. You bastards stepped right over it and you call that an accident?"
Zhao Tiezhu had paid good money, so he expected quality work. The fence had been installed to keep chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, and pigs away—who knew what might happen if they started eating the fish? He had also set up mousetraps along the bank to prevent outsiders from getting close. These two had definitely approached with intent; otherwise, they wouldn’t have ended up where they were.
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