Chapter 403: Sister-in-law, just follow what we agreed last night

I don't know if you have the skills, but your tone is really big. And hey, uncle, your mouth smells like you ate shit—why is it so foul?

Ye Cheng fanned the air with his hand.

Chen Jinhai's rare bit of composure was gone because Ye Cheng pissed him off; his face sank and he glared at Ye Cheng hatefully.

"All right, uncle, if you're not doing anything, stop getting in our way of making money—let's go, it's time to head out to sea." Ye Cheng shoved Chen Jinhai aside and walked straight toward his own boat.

The people on the dock were enjoying it, they love watching this; I'd heard long ago that Baiyun Village was on bad terms, and now it's clear there's no mistake about it.

Several bosses looked at each other, their eyes full of anticipation.

Two big ships—could they still replicate a hundred-thousand feat? Tsk tsk, just thinking about it is exciting.

Chen Jinhai stared at Ye Cheng's back, grinding his teeth, and said,

"Jinfa, you must show your skills and make him 200,000, let this brat see that there's always a higher sky, damn it."

Chen Jinfa rolled his eyes and immediately replied loudly,

"Jinhai, rest assured, it's guaranteed."

But inside he was silently cursing, "200,000, you idiot, why don't you just go rob?"

On board, Qian Shen said with an unhappy face,

"Lao Er, the Chen family is shameless, they're competing with us for crabs."

Ye Cheng smiled,

"Aunt, there's nothing to fight over—crabs are in the sea; if they have the skill they'll catch them, if not they'll just shout uselessly."

"Yeah, aunt, let's just do our own work—hurry up, tidy things up, then whoever should sleep, sleep."

Duan Chunsheng called out, and after everyone skillfully tidied up a bit, they all went back to sleep.

On the way, Ye Cheng was still in charge of steering the boat; in the quiet night, everything suddenly fell silent, Ye Cheng's thoughts began to wander, and he occasionally turned to look at the cabin door, wondering if Han Xiaotao would come out.

Han Xiaotao was also torn inside—afraid that if she didn't go out Ye Cheng wouldn't ask her to work anymore, but afraid that if she did go out something might really happen.

She hesitated for a long time.

In the end she still lost her reason.

She tiptoed out, and as the sea breeze blew, her heart began to pound fiercely.

Ye Cheng heard the movement, turned his head and glanced, his brows first rose then furrowed.

"Brother Cheng." Han Xiaotao called softly, thinking about what she was about to say, her face instantly flushed.

Ye Cheng gave a faint hum; at this moment it's best not to say anything.

Han Xiaotao shifted awkwardly, then lightly leaned in, standing beside Ye Cheng.

"Brother Cheng, I..."

"Sister-in-law Han, no need to say more—just do as we agreed yesterday, it's fine."

Ye Cheng interrupted her, afraid that Han Xiaotao would tie her hair again for money, which he could barely tolerate.

So he wanted to tell Han Xiaotao that yesterday he'd already said 500 was the wage, plus a red envelope, and he was only giving the amount agreed yesterday—not extra because of what she did yesterday.

To dispel those worries.

That's what Ye Cheng thought, but hearing it from Han Xiaotao's mouth it wasn't like that.

She had originally just wanted to come thank Ye Cheng alone, but Ye Cheng so bluntly said to follow yesterday's arrangement.

Yesterday's—wasn't that just her coming on to him voluntarily?

She bit her lip; yesterday was indeed her voluntary act, and the other side's request doesn't seem wrong either.

"Fine, just this once," she reached back, tied her hair, and then went straight down into a squat.

Ye Cheng thought they'd already settled it, but he didn't expect Han Xiaotao to suddenly squat down and place her hand up, frightening him so he lost his balance and staggered back a few steps.

Han Xiaotao squatted on the ground, her face flushed, looking at him bewildered.

"Sister-in-law Han, sister-in-law Han, that's not the place." Ye Cheng hurriedly explained.

Han Xiaotao stood up, looking confused, "Didn't you say to follow yesterday's arrangement? Did I hurt you?"

Ye Cheng wore an expression of wanting to die from embarrassment,

"I meant according to yesterday's agreed wage—I gave you 6000 yesterday purely as wages, wages, with no other meaning."

Only then did Han Xiaotao realize she'd misunderstood; she wiped the corner of her mouth, her face flushed to the point of almost dripping.

"Then... I'll go back to sleep, you... you want to come together?"

"Ah, no, I mean, do you want to sleep?"

Han Xiaotao panicked and spoke incoherently.

Ye Cheng pointed to the helm,

"Sister-in-law, I still have to steer the boat—you go sleep first, rest assured, the wages will still be paid as usual."

After saying that, Ye Cheng hurried back to his post—damn it, he scared Baobao half to death.

Baobao seemed a bit chilly, a hissing sound—

Fortunately Han Xiaotao didn't get up again behind him, but Ye Cheng kept seeing that thick, long ponytail of hers in front of his eyes.

That night's work remained uneventful; the catch from the first two nets was okay, slightly better than yesterday.

Logically, with today's luck value so high, we should have caught more, but we didn't.

Ye Cheng summed up the reason: probably there are too many fishing boats.

"Lao Er, look—today the sea is full of ships." Duan Chunsheng, who had already finished sorting the crabs over there, gazed at the points of light on the sea surface and sighed.

Indeed, the past two days when Ye Cheng and they were dragging nets they hadn't encountered so many ships, but today, after a few hours of netting, they'd occasionally run into one.

Even, they saw the Chen family's boat, with Chen Jinfa on board looking smugly at the ship and even giving himself a middle finger—what a damn idiot.

"It's fine, uncle—we already made money the past two days, at most we'll earn a little more later."

"Heh, that's true, but I think the Chen family's haul looks a bit miserable—what I just saw of their net wasn't as much as a small boat pulls, your trick is really nasty." Duan Chunsheng gave Ye Cheng a thumbs-up.

This isn't my fault; it's their own greed. They thought they had as much funds as I do, wanting to raise crayfish on one hand and buy big ships on the other. In business, it's never about who makes more money, but about who has stronger risk resistance. People like them, with just a little turbulence, will meet utter ruin.

From ancient times to now, many who do business are like this.

After making money, they want to expand production, they want to cross over to another track.

When real estate and finance were good earlier, many companies abandoned their main business to invest there; at first they made money, but later when the economy downturned, many companies went bankrupt directly.

The Chen Family is now like this, mobilizing the whole clan's strength to expand production; once profits fall short of expectations, problems will immediately arise.

However, this has nothing to do with Ye Cheng.

Later, when the two nets were cast, the system's power finally showed; both nets were full of bursting catches, and everyone watching was delighted.

After the fourth net was done, they began returning; when they reached the dock, Ye Cheng also couldn't be bothered to sleep, standing proudly at the bow of the boat.