Chapter 127: Missing a Fish Trap

Ye Guowei's situation is also not good; his feet can't touch the ground, he can only half-swim, and he must also resist the waves' scouring; plus Yuan MazI?'s stamina hasn't recovered, his stamina consumption is huge.

Ye Cheng didn't act rashly; he held the rope with one hand and slowly approached, then when the time was about right, he aimed and dove down.

The seawater instantly enveloped his whole body—this isn't pool water, which is still; it's seawater that actively rushes at you, surging into your mouth and nose.

Ye Cheng vigorously waved his arms; in the murky seawater he didn't dare open his eyes, relying only on feel to grope forward.

His left hand suddenly touched something—a person's foot.

But there was no seaweed beneath it; he guessed this was Ye Guowei's foot.

Ye Cheng held his breath, pulled Ye Guowei's foot and felt sideways; this time he felt another foot and knew without doubt it was Yuan MazI?'s.

Because his whole lower leg was bound with seaweed.

Ye Cheng had been underwater for over 20 seconds; he first floated up, took two deep breaths, then sank again.

He grabbed the seaweed with his hand, and the blade in his hand began to cut.

The seaweed felt like kelp, a big mass, hard to control direction in water; Ye Cheng went down twice before cutting all the seaweed.

Once freed from the seaweed, Yuan MazI? moved on his own; this little foot almost kicked Ye Cheng in the face.

So, rescuing people in this water isn't exactly safe.

After shaking off the seaweed, Ye Guowei signaled Xiao Hu to quickly pull the rope.

Xiao Hu slung the rope over his shoulder and headed toward the shore.

Once on shore, Ye Guowei and the two others collapsed onto the ground, exhausted to the point of near collapse.

Ye Cheng's chest heaved violently; while panting heavily he said to Yuan MazI?, "I say, Yuan MazI?, you're lucky; we have many people, but if we were missing even one, you'd have to go see the Sea Dragon King."

Yuan MazI? had recovered his strength, sat up, and with a grateful face said to the three, "This time I really thank you; otherwise I really would have ended up here, as Lao Er said."

Ye Guowei waved his hand, "Uncle, we're from the same village, it's only right, but you shouldn't go alone—your life matters."

"Mm, mm, I won't go; I'll head back early and come back tomorrow daytime to have a look." Yuan MazI? was also still frightened.

After Yuan MazI? rested a while, he picked up his bucket and went back; Ye Guowei also went back, as he needed to fetch the cart.

With Yuan MazI?'s incident, Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu also didn't go into the water; if they got tangled in seaweed again, who knows what could happen.

After the two rested there a while, they began to sort out the two fish traps.

The catch was rich—small miscellaneous fish, shrimp, larger sea cucumber and squid, plus sea snails and crabs; it was practically enough to open a seafood buffet.

At night it was pitch black; the two didn't bother to sort finely, just roughly divided and called it done.

Soon Ye Guowei also returned, having gotten a small tricycle, clattering along the coast; the road was uneven, there was nothing to be done.

Upon arrival, a person jumped down from the back of the tricycle—it was Jiang Yunxiang.

"Sister-in-law, how did you come? Where's Dou Dou?"

Jiang Yunxiang, wearing work clothes, casually said, "Dou Dou is asleep; he's sleeping soundly, it's fine."

"Your brother said there's a lot of stuff, so I came over to lend a hand."

"Mm, I see there's so much stuff that even our few hands aren't enough, so I had your sister-in-law come too." Ye Guowei added.

"Alright, sister-in-law, you first load the cart; we'll look again next time, there are still three fish traps."

Ye Guowei also didn't bring the snakeskin bag; he guessed it wouldn't fit anyway, and planned to just load the fish traps onto the cart and be done.

Jiang Yunxiang began organizing the stuff; the three men tied up the rope and then went into the water.

Starting from where they'd just found the two fish traps, the three continued feeling along the shore.

After walking about 50 meters, they found another two fish traps, still full of catch.

As night deepened, there was still one fish trap they just couldn't find.

The three together moved everything onto the cart, then lit up cigarettes and rested.

"A Cheng, if we can't find the last one, just forget it." Ye Guowei said.

"Mm, brother, Yuan MazI? had four and only found one; us six losing one is also normal."

Xiao Hu also felt it was about enough.

Ye Cheng was a bit undecided; mainly because today's Luck Value is 100, he's a bit reluctant to give up.

Just then, suddenly the sea surface rolled up a strong wind, waves surged again, the tide rose, pushing the water level up a bit.

The three had no choice but to retreat a bit.

"A Cheng, forget it, looks like the wind is picking up again." Jiang Yunxiang also began to worry.

"We seek wealth in danger, but we also have to weigh whether it's worth it; now it feels a bit dangerous, so Ye Cheng no longer insists."

"Alright, brother, this way: I and Xiao Hu will walk another loop from here, you and the sister-in-law stay above pulling the rope; if there is, we get it; if not, we don't."

Ye Cheng still wanted to try again; besides, Ye Guowei and his wife were above pulling the rope, and nobody objected.

Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu tied up the rope and went into the water.

The water level indeed rose considerably; after just a few steps it was already over their calves.

The two continued toward deeper water; in the dark night, the wind grew louder, kicking up spray; when they reached waist-deep they dared not go further.

In such deep water, hands were basically useless, so the two used their feet to step and kick below.

After walking several tens of meters, they still hadn't found that fish trap.

Ye Cheng also planned to give up.

Just then, suddenly a big wave surged over, smashing them in the face head-on, instantly pressing them into the wave.

"A Cheng, Xiao Hu, hurry up, another wave is coming." Ye Guowei called anxiously.

"Okay, we're coming." Ye Cheng wiped his face, got rid of the bitter seawater, and opened his eyes.

"Damn, this seawater really is, the flavor is strong enough; if you added a spoonful of seawater, you wouldn't need any salt."

The seawater taste in his mouth hadn't fully gone away when another big wave came, knocking the two about sideways.

For no known reason, the sea surface suddenly churned up.

The two hurriedly walked back.

After walking two steps, Ye Cheng grabbed Xiao Hu, pointed at something on the sea surface and said, "Xiao Hu, does that look like a fish?"

Under the moonlight, a half‑meter‑long thing was rolled up by a wave, then instantly pressed down, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

Xiao Hu choked on a mouthful of seawater, shook his head, "Brother, never mind, let's hurry up."

He couldn't take it anymore and went up himself.

Ye Cheng looked it over; it looked like a fish no matter how he looked, not as big as the tuna he had caught before, but about ten catties.

A luck value of 100! Let's go all out!