Chapter 291

Speaking, Ye Cheng treaded water, hugged the dolphin, then smiled at Xiao Hu on the deck; Xiao Hu also took the opportunity to snap a few photos.

"Alright, Bro, aside from you being ugly, there's nothing wrong." Xiao Hu glanced at his phone and said teasingly.

"I'm ugly, you're ugly too. Don't bullshit, hurry up and throw the stuff down; I'll help clean the remaining barnacles below."

Xiao Hu passed the shovel down, and Ye Cheng began cleaning the white dolphin in the seawater.

Needless to say, aside from not being able to stand steady in the seawater, cleaning the barnacles was much smoother than on shore; Ye Cheng spent about half an hour washing the white dolphin from top to bottom.

He applied some disinfectant to the larger wounds, then felt relieved watching the white dolphin swim back into the sea.

After all that, it was already noon; they hadn't caught a single fish all morning, but Ye Cheng was still happy, after all, he'd done a great deed.

He pulled out a selfie with the white dolphin, "Damn," he still looked handsome, but compared to the white dolphin he seemed a bit lacking.

The two had worked a morning and were tired, so they simply ate lunch; having rice and meat made it enjoyable, and Xiao Hu also drank a bottle of beer.

Just after finishing his meal, Xiao Hu stared at the distant sea surface.

"What's wrong?" Ye Cheng turned his head to look, only to see a small dot appear on the distant sea surface, gradually growing larger.

"Bro, it looks like a dolphin."

"It couldn't be that white dolphin from earlier, could it?" Ye Cheng also stood up.

The small dot quickly approached Ye Cheng's fishing boat; sure enough, it was the white dolphin, with a mark on its neck—exactly the same one from before. What does it mean that it left half an hour ago and came back?

The white dolphin swam to the side of Ye Cheng's fishing boat and began repeatedly leaping out of the water and calling, looking a bit anxious.

"Bro, could it be coming to repay the kindness? People say dolphins repay gratitude."

Ye Cheng had also heard this saying; sometimes after rescuing a dolphin, it would carry a fish back to reward the fisherman.

But this white dolphin had nothing in its mouth; could all this jumping mean it wants to lead us somewhere?

Ye Cheng decisively started the boat; seeing the boat start, the white dolphin swiftly swam back the way it came, deliberately leaping out of the water to let Ye Cheng see its position.

Regardless of whether it was coming to repay kindness, Ye Cheng intended to follow and see; he pushed the boat to full speed and trailed behind the white dolphin.

After less than ten minutes of sailing, Ye Cheng saw a huge school of fish appear on the distant sea surface.

"It really is coming to repay the kindness—such a huge school of fish, damn, we're going to get rich!" Ye Cheng shouted excitedly.

"Xiao Hu, drop the net!" Ye Cheng shouted; Xiao Hu quickly threw the net overboard, and then Ye Cheng turned the boat and pulled toward the fish school.

"Bro, I don't know what kind of fish these are; I wish they were big yellow fish." Xiao Hu rubbed his hands, eyes gleaming with excitement, not minding the sea spray hitting his face.

"There's no way there are that many big yellow fish; this is probably pomfret, and they look sizable." Ye Cheng made a rough judgment.

The trawl net smoothly reached the fish school and followed it as it was pulled along.

The white dolphin suddenly turned and darted toward the fish school; startled, the fish collectively swam backward toward Ye Cheng's trawl net.

"Bro, it's helping us drive the fish."

"I see, this guy is really righteous—saving it wasn't in vain." Ye Cheng also sped up and widened the trawl net opening.

Soon, a huge force came from the trawl net behind, causing the boat to jerk and sway left and right.

This meant fish were hooked; Ye Cheng reduced speed, fearing the net would snap.

The force on the trawl net kept increasing; Ye Cheng estimated that although they'd only been pulling for ten-odd minutes, with the white dolphin driving the fish, the net should be nearly full.

Ye Cheng steadied the throttle and shouted at Xiao Hu behind him,

"Xiao Hu, haul in the net—if we don't, the fish will get away!"

Xiao Hu quickly pressed the button; the winch emitted a harsh grinding noise as it began slowly hauling the trawl net up, the rope shaking as it reeled, showing how violently the catch struggled below.

Soon the trawl net broke the surface, revealing a net densely packed with big fish.

"Bro, it's horse pomfret again." Xiao Hu recognized it at a glance.

"Horse pomfret is fine too—this haul is much bigger than our last one." Ye Cheng said excitedly.

Having help underwater (the dolphin) makes a difference—it's faster and better; driving fish, they're professionals.

The new winch lived up to the boss's promise, hauling up such a huge net of fish as usual; horse pomfret spilled everywhere with a splash, leaving Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu no room to stand, and because there were so many fish, a few near the edge jumped straight back into the sea.

"Holy crap, that's way too much."

The two had no time to think about it; they hurriedly flung the fish into the hold—this haul was estimated at four hundred catties, filling the previously empty hold to about eighty percent.

"Damn, bro, this net is awesome." Xiao Hu laughed happily; fishermen love this moment—seeing a full catch, who wouldn't be happy?

"Xiao Hu, keep dropping the net, there's more." Ye Cheng pointed at the distant water; the white dolphin was still chasing the fish school, preventing them from fleeing, though this time the school had obviously shrunk considerably.

Seeing there really was still a fish school, Xiao Hu quickly shook out the net and swiftly cast it.

Ye Cheng was also used to it this time; just ignore everything and head for the fish school—anyway the white dolphin will drive the fish into the net for you; this is pure money‑picking, money‑picking, big money, piles of money being picked up.

This time the fish‑hooking speed was faster than before, likely thanks to the white dolphin; after just a few minutes Ye Cheng felt the boat's speed drag, as if weight had been added aft.

However, the drag wasn't as great this time, suggesting the catch wasn't as large as the previous net.

Ye Cheng looked back; behind the boat, the white dolphin occasionally leapt out of the water, circling the trawl net's position—sometimes left, sometimes right—keeping the fish school contained within that area.

This net had been pulled for over twenty minutes before the white dolphin returned, swimming a loop around Ye Cheng's boat, lifting its head and calling twice, then swimming straight off into the distance.

"Bro, it's probably gone." Xiao Hu said from aboard the boat.

Ye Cheng lifted his head, pinched his throat, and shouted loudly at the white dolphin,

"Little White, remember to come back and see me."

Xiao Hu behind him looked speechless: "Bro, what's that voice?"

"It's from Crayon Shin‑chan—you haven't seen it?"

Xiao Hu shook his head.

"Next time I'll show you— in Crayon Shin‑chan, the little white dog is called Xiao Bai; I named the white dolphin Xiao Bai too, hoping it'll come back to find us."

Xiao Hu silently turned away, muttering, "One moment Big Yellow, the next Little White—are you planning to start a zoo?"

And what's this Crayon Shin‑chan nonsense, what weird stuff.