"How about I buy you the best seafood tomorrow? Lobsters and tuna are fine. If there's any seal meat or whale jerky, I'll buy it for you too? "Luke asked tentatively.
The dog suddenly raised its head and barked. It arched its body and scurried around the room, clearly very satisfied with the reward.
Luke watched it scamper around with a smile, before he grabbed its head and pulled it in front of him. "But remember, protect Selina. Otherwise, you know what will happen."
Everything was fine as long as Selina was safe.
If anything happened to Selina, he would definitely beat the crap out of the dog.
The dog pretended to shiver, but it didn't really care.
It was a fact that the fiend doted on Selina the most. It was in despair too.
The next day, Luke and Selina got up early and left before dawn. They even brought breakfast with them in the car.
They went to the Saigon Seafood Market in the Chinese district of San Gabriel Valley.
This was the best place to buy seafood in the Los Angeles area. Many old stores operated here.
They were here to buy a gift for Gold Nugget, and Luke would also buy a lot of seafood to try out for new dishes. It was killing two birds with one stone.
It was rare for him and Selina to specifically buy these things. Most of the time, they went to supermarkets.
But the supermarkets they usually went to didn't have as much seafood as this professional seafood market, and it was even harder to buy high-quality seafood.
After they entered, most of the stalls were bustling with activity.
It was still the darkest hour before dawn, but the stalls in the market were all brightly lit.
People were walking back and forth everywhere. Some were bargaining with the bosses, some were exchanging pleasantries with their peers, and some were dragging their harvests out.
The ground was covered in puddles of water, and the strong smell of the sea filled the air. It looked a little dirty and messy.
But this place was full of vitality and life.
These were all people who were working hard to live their lives.
Selina was shocked by the scene. "Oh my god! I never knew that so many people in Los Angeles got up so early. Are they here to buy fresh seafood? "
Luke smiled and put his arm around her as they walked to the stalls. "Of course. Those who really work hard know what Los Angeles is like at four in the morning. "
Selina subconsciously looked at her watch. "Isn't it already half past five?"
Luke shrugged. "But we got up at four and drove for almost an hour to get here."
Selina slapped her forehead. "My bad. Thank you for your hard work, darling. "
As the two of them chatted idly, a certain alien dog head was extremely anxious. It tugged at Selina's pants with its mouth and didn't forget to whine crazily.
The two of them didn't even need to look at the dog's expression to know what it meant: Hey, didn't you say you would buy me a gift? Hurry up, or they'll all be snatched up.
In fact, the business here was indeed booming.
The people who came here were either foodies or staff in the food and beverage industry.
The gluttons were there to satisfy their cravings, while the staff in the food and beverage industry were there to earn hard work and professional money.
Many of the items here could be sold at a Chinese supermarket's ice fresh counter. The price would increase by 50% or several times, depending on the scarcity of the goods.
However, Luke and Selina didn't have to fight over it.
Luke wasn't obsessed with expensive ingredients. Instead, he focused on what he liked and how it tasted.
Price wasn't a factor that he needed to consider.
Thus, he decisively gave up on ingredients that many people were fighting over. With his Sharp Nose, he could also ensure that the ingredients he bought were all fresh and authentic.
Gold Nugget didn't stop drooling.
It really liked seafood, but Luke didn't make much, nor did he buy much.
Compared with pigs, cows, and sheep, buying seafood was too troublesome.
Luke wasn't interested in low-quality seafood, and was determined not to buy it.
Now that the fiend had come to this place of his own accord and said that he was buying it especially for it, it was really overjoyed.
Similarly, Gold Nugget didn't care about how expensive the ingredients were. It chose them purely based on its own preferences.
Selina and Gold Nugget had already developed a tacit understanding. She only needed to listen to its whine and look at where it was looking to know what it was interested in.
Gold Nugget's sense of smell was also very exaggerated. Dollar's big nose wasn't for nothing.
They bought a lot of fresh prawns, lobsters, grouper, and tuna, and only bought crabs and sea urchins in moderation.
These were what Gold Nugget liked, and Luke and Selina only tasted them.
But there was one thing that both Selina and Gold Nugget were interested in.
That was king crab.
Generally speaking, king crabs in the Bering Strait were only harvested in September or October every year, while king crabs in Chile were on the market in July every year.
It was only June 10th, but a small number of Chilean king crabs were already on the market.
However, the price was still a lot higher than it would be a month later.
Listening to the Chinese owner introduce the delicacy of the "one and only" Chilean king crab, the two gluttons next to Luke opened their mouths at the same time. Dollar's saliva flowed out crazily and mixed into the puddle at the entrance.
Selina was a little better. She finally remembered to swallow, but she also cast a longing gaze at Luke.
Luke waved his hand. "I want all of them."
With that, he leaned closer to the Chinese owner who was in his forties and said in a low voice, "I won't bargain with you, but give me ten more of these."
The Chinese owner gave a mysterious smile. "Really, just these two."
Luke raised an eyebrow. "That's the current price. I'll pay in cash." As he spoke, he took out two rolls of hundred-dollar bills and tossed them to the lady boss at the counter two meters away.
The Chinese owner's smile froze.
The lady boss, who was also Chinese, ran through the bills faster than a money detector before she nodded at the owner.
She gripped the two rolls of bills tightly in her hands, clearly unwilling to let go.
The Chinese owner's smile suddenly grew even brighter. "Then wait a moment. I'll ask elsewhere for you."
Luke nodded with a smile and watched as the owner called out to the lady boss before he went to the back of the shop.
Selina found that odd. "Didn't he say that these things are rare? Where can he find them? "
Luke whispered in her ear, "Why would you believe him? That old man is very evil. He has stock in the back of the shop, but if he puts them all on display, how can he say that they're the "one and only" king crabs? How can he drive up the market price? "
Selina was lost for words.
The price offered by the owner was on the high side, even for a rare item. Otherwise, she wouldn't have seen the king crabs.
It was a good thing that Luke had already told her on the way here that he had made a fortune on this trip to the South Pole, or she would've grumbled all day about how wasteful he was.
Well, even if they were very rich, Selina had never been wasteful since she was a child.
Very soon, the "old man" returned and said something like, "It wasn't easy to gather all the goods."
Luke couldn't be bothered to say anything more, and interrupted him. "Alright, I've already paid you. Do you still want to raise the price?"
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