Chapter 160

Just now when he went down, he saw a Devil Fish leisurely swim past beside him.

Last time he didn't bring anything, he didn't dare to strike; this time he brought a Spear, he definitely won't let it go.

He thrust the Spear straight down, piercing its back, and speared this Devil Fish onto the Spear.

This Devil Fish is larger than the one he saw last time; stretched out it's about a meter long.

Seeing it was fish blood, Xiao Hu finally stopped, 'Scared me to death, I thought you got bitten by a shark down there.'

Ye Cheng said speechlessly, 'Where do all these sharks come from? It's not a movie; could there even be a great white shark?'

The two swam back together, Zhang Guafu stood there, frightened, patting her chest.

After Ye Cheng threw the Devil Fish up, Zhang Guafu skillfully pressed its back, then pulled out the poisonous spine and threw it away.

Without the poisonous spine, the Devil Fish really is just a pet.

The fish isn't dead yet, but it's close; Zhang Guafu simply tossed it aside, to deal with after it dies.

'Alright, I'll go pull the Fish Trap.'

Ye Cheng said and was about to go into the sea.

'Lao Er, wait, it's dangerous for you to go down now.' Zhang Guafu suddenly called out to Ye Cheng.

'Aunt, what danger?' Ye Cheng looked back; the wind was calm, waves still, nothing.

'No, what if that blood attracts sharks later?' Zhang Guafu pointed at the pool of blood left by the Devil Fish in the seawater.

Ye Cheng smiled, 'Just this little blood, where would sharks come from? You're overthinking. Alright, I'll go down and pull up the last one, then we're done.'

After saying that, Ye Cheng dove straight into the water, swimming toward the last Fish Trap.

Having swum just a few meters, Ye Cheng saw two black shadows in the distance swimming rapidly toward him, slender bodies.

They were swimming so fast, Ye Cheng wasn't sure what they were; he quickly took out his Spear and readied himself for defense.

Unexpectedly, these two things had no interest in Ye Cheng at all; they headed straight for the pool of blood from the Devil Fish just now, then plunged into the red seawater.

Damn! They really are sharks, Zhang Guafu was right.

Not knowing what species, to be safe Ye Cheng first surfaced and moved toward the shore.

'Brother, what is that?'

The commotion in the seawater here had already caught Xiao Hu and the other's attention.

'Don't know, probably sharks, they don't look big.' Ye Cheng had already neared the shore, relatively safe.

The two sharks bumped around in there for a bit, seemingly finding nothing, their force eased, and then the three could clearly see what they were.

Dog sharks, a small type of shark, have very obvious patterns on their bodies, relatively mild, generally they don't attack people.

However, fishermen who encounter them usually don't let them go, because they're still worth something, and according to coastal custom, patients with broken bones are to eat shark, usually this relatively mild dog shark.

Since they've come, Ye Cheng doesn't intend to let them go.

'Xiao Hu, bring a net over, and get them up.'

'Okay.'

Xiao Hu responded, knowing they were dog sharks, so he wasn't afraid; he was only afraid of other ferocious ones.

Holding the net Xiao Hu handed over, Ye Cheng slowly swam toward the two dog sharks, which were still immersed in the joy of the blood offering.

Ye Cheng seized the opportunity, aimed at one head and cast the net down, directly scooping it up in one smooth motion.

The other dog shark was startled and swam back into the deep sea.

Having one is not bad; Ye Cheng carried the net back swimming, this dog shark still lively and jumping.

Ye Cheng estimated it was about thirty centimeters long, weighing around four or five catties.

'See, Aunt said we'd run into sharks, and now we really have.' Zhang Guafu chuckled, scolding Ye Cheng a bit, proud of her foresight.

Bleeding can attract sharks; Ye Cheng couldn't help but want to create more fish blood.

'Brother, don't think like that, you're just lucky; normally where would you get so many sharks.' Xiao Hu saw Ye Cheng's expression, knew he had an idea, and quickly dissuaded him from that unrealistic thought.

'Ah? You wouldn't still want to attract sharks, would you? It's not that easy; if it were, Aunt would be tossing fish blood into the sea every day.' Zhang Guafu added, 'You're just lucky; there happen to be some nearby.'

Ye Cheng nodded, mainly just listening to advice.

But thinking about it, if it were that easy to attract them, there wouldn't be any ocean left.

This dog shark sells for several dozen per catty; casually attracting two a day would bring in over ten thousand a month.

After dealing with the dog shark, Ye Cheng headed back into the sea and pulled up the fifth Fish Trap; this one was also overflowing, and the three of them together hauled it up.

In this trap, the most numerous were White Eels, making up one third.

After Ye Cheng came up, he first found a secluded corner to put on dry clothes, then took a sip of white liquor to keep his body temperature, to avoid another fever.

After changing clothes, Zhang Guafu and Xiao Hu were still tidying up; Ye Cheng waited a moment.

This sort of tidying work, as they say, females do it more carefully and gently; Xiao Hu just tosses things around like sorting parcels, while Zhang Guafu distinguishes between light and heavy.

Since Zhang Guafu came along today, Ye Cheng will definitely give her a share; later he'll pick some stuff and give her something under 200.

Once everything was divided, the three carried their goods and headed toward the village.

On the way back, they also ran into several villagers; seeing Ye Cheng return laden again, each was jealous to no end.

'This Ye Lao Er still dares to go to sea; the old man said he offended the Sea Dragon King, tormenting himself like this, he'll eventually be taken by the Sea Dragon King.'

'Exactly, and this Zhang Guafu too; seeing someone with money she flings herself on them, a husband-killer, one who offends the Sea Dragon King, these two dog-like man and woman are absolutely something.'

Zhang Guafu also heard, but she didn't dare retort, just walked with her head down silently.

Originally Ye Cheng didn't feel like dealing with this group of gossip women, but since they said such nasty things, he let it pass.

Ye Cheng set down what he was holding, then walked straight toward the two gossip women.

The two saw Ye Cheng approaching, immediately retreated two steps warily, faces showing fear, pointing at Ye Cheng and saying,

'What are you trying to do? Offending the Sea Dragon King wasn't our saying, it was the old man's; it has nothing to do with us.'

Ye Cheng gave a cold snort, 'You also know it was the old man who said that; that has jack-all to do with you, mind your own mouths.'

Besides, it's already hard enough for Aunt Zhang to raise a child on her own, yet you're not thinking of helping her—you're just gossiping here.

What? You'll say your husbands died because you're husband‑killers?

Hearing Ye Cheng curse their husbands, the two women flew into a rage, pointing at him and shouting, "Pah! Pah! What nonsense are you spouting? How dare you curse our families!"

Ye Cheng put his hands on his hips, pointed back at them, and said bluntly, "I've given fair warning: from now on, whoever dares to gossip, don't blame me for telling the Sea Dragon King—I'll have you all fly away together."