Chapter 210: Screwed Over by Wang Defa

Xiao Hu was still playing games in the room; seeing Ye Cheng return, he casually asked,

"Brother, what does Brother Zhao want with you? Another competition?"

"Not a competition." Ye Cheng took a bottle of happy drink from the fridge, "It's Young Master Cui, wanting me to go salvage a sunken ship."

"Huh? Salvage a sunken ship?" Xiao Hu's skills slowed, he turned to look at Ye Cheng, "When are we going? Take me, I want to go play too."

"I didn't even agree to go, why are you bothering? Use your skills, use your skills, or we'll all die, damn it." Ye Cheng said while directing Xiao Hu to fight monsters.

Xiao Hu quickly pressed a few skills, cleared the minions, then turned to Ye Cheng and said,

"Brother, they say there's treasure in the sunken ship, do you know where it is? Otherwise we could go get some ourselves, and no one would know."

Hearing Xiao Hu say that, Ye Cheng's face darkened, he pointed at Xiao Hu and said,

"Well, I warn you, don't have such thoughts. Those sunken ships under the sea belong to the state; we can salvage and turn them in, but selling them is illegal.

Listen clearly, it's illegal, you could be sentenced.

Our life is good now, no need to do such things."

Rarely seeing Ye Cheng so serious, Xiao Hu honestly nodded and went back to playing games.

Ye Cheng rubbed his chin, "Damn, oh, I should ask where it is, I could go down and check myself."

Seeing Xiao Hu still hacking monsters, Ye Cheng said, "I'll tell your Second Uncle later, we'll continue going out to sea with him tomorrow."

"Oh, still going to that coconut crab island?"

"Right, go early, we'll set traps as soon as we're up there, we'll definitely catch a few more."

Ye Cheng was already imagining a scene of coconut crabs covering the ground; although there won't be that big "good" person Young Master Wang anymore, we could still sell them for a good price.

However...

He forgot, some things aren't that simple.

Next morning.

Luck Value: 70+20

Points: 2890. (The Earth Dragon still gained quite a few points.)

Savings: 60,000, External Debt: 40,000, Mortgage: 300,000 (including interest)

Luck Value is good, there must be good loot.

Called Xiao Hu and rushed to the dock, Wang Defa was already there, the sky still dim.

"Lao Er, why are we heading out to sea so early this time?" Wang Defa asked casually.

"Yeah, go early, more time to set traps." Ye Cheng said, "We'll go to that island where we caught coconut crabs last time."

"Ah... ah, okay, let's go there." Wang Defa gave a weird expression and gave a vague reply.

"That, Lao Er, can you give me the boat fare first? Recently Second Uncle is short on money."

"When are you not short on money?" Ye Cheng complained, but still handed over 200 bucks, not a big amount.

Wang Defa took the money, chuckled, "Wish you good luck today, we agreed—if you don't catch coconut crabs, I won't refund the boat fee."

"Second Uncle, why so much nonsense today?" Xiao Hu couldn't stand it.

"How is this nonsense? I'm just making things clear first."

Wang Defa pulled Ye Cheng and the two set off toward that small island from last time; the trip went smoothly, the weather was nice, and everyone's mood improved.

After they arrived, they unloaded their stuff and agreed to be picked up at 4 p. m.

As soon as they got on the island, the two followed the plan and headed to the island's center; it was only just past 8 a. m., after setting up good traps, they'd come to catch at 3 p. m., surely a bountiful haul.

The two pushed aside the grass, Ye Cheng began assigning tasks, "Later you'll still handle coconuts in the morning, I'll go find sticks, remember to get plenty, we can also eat some ourselves."

This time they brought no dry rations, planning to eat coconuts directly.

Ye Cheng was saying that when Xiao Hu suddenly tugged him and pointed at the sky.

Ye Cheng looked up at the sky, blue sky, white clouds.

"What's up? You planning to write a poem?" Ye Cheng asked.

Xiao Hu shook his head, shifted his finger, "Brother, the coconuts are gone."

"What?!" Ye Cheng followed Xiao Hu's finger and looked.

Holy shit!

How are the coconuts on the coconut trees gone!

Only a bare coconut tree remains.

At first, from a distance we didn't notice, but now that we've gotten closer we can see clearly.

Xiao Hu had just been calculating which tree to climb, he looked around and there wasn't a single coconut left.

"Come on, let's see what's happening in the coconut grove."

Ye Cheng's heart sank, he took Xiao Hu and ran to the coconut grove; when they got there and took a look, they were dumbfounded.

The ground was littered with coconut shells, sticks, chaotic footprints, and trampled hermit crabs.

What a battlefield!

The surrounding rock caves also showed signs of being pried open; obviously someone had been here.

And there weren't few of them.

Ye Cheng thought a moment and understood; he looked at Xiao Hu and said, "No wonder your Second Uncle was talking weird today, damn, it must be him.

He'd already told others we were catching coconut crabs here.

Ye Cheng was furious; he should have realized earlier—selling those coconut crabs for twenty thousand at the dock was so flashy, of course someone would be jealous.

Plus Wang Defa is that kind of money‑grubbing guy; he definitely brought more than one group up here.

No wonder his face looked better today.

Moreover, moreover.

This guy first took the boat fare from both of them today, and then said that if they didn't catch the coconut crab, the boat fare wouldn't be refunded—he did it on purpose.

Ye Cheng angrily pointed at Xiao Hu and said, "You damn second uncle, you're really sly, too sly!"

Xiao Hu scratched his head, "Brother, you already know he's like that."

"Not okay, I have to get him to come pick us up; now we don't even have coconuts, we don't even have enough water."

Speaking, Ye Cheng called Wang Desheng; I don't know if Wang Desheng blocked him or if there really was no signal at sea, but after dialing for over ten minutes, no one answered.

"Brother, stop calling; with my second uncle like that, he definitely won't come back to pick us up."

Ye Cheng hung up helplessly, feeling suffocated inside with nowhere to vent—really frustrating.

"Brother, what should we do, still go for coconut crabs?"

Ye Cheng looked at the mess on the ground, nodded, and said, "Do it; handle things according to whatever conditions there are."

I have a system, and today my Luck Value is high; as long as there are still living coconut crabs on this island, I should be able to catch them.

Since Ye Cheng said to do it, the two started looking for coconuts.

They actually found a few coconuts that weren't smashed open, probably thought they were too small.

Xiao Hu smashed the coconuts open; there wasn't much meat inside, but it was barely enough.

The two cleaned up some broken coconut shells and coconut meat on the ground, just in case something came out; after eating a couple bites of the scraps they'd head back.