Chapter 56

Brother, what are you playing at? Xiao Hu laughed.

Playing with your sister? Come over quickly.

My sister? I don't have a sister. Xiao Hu scratched his head, then trotted over and helped Ye Cheng stuff the red-spotted fish into the pocket.

To keep this ancestor from dying, Xiao Hu dug a 300-square-meter large flat on the beach, filled it with seawater, and let it enjoy a fish's life.

Brother, you're awesome, you can even get this red-spotted fish.

This is only the first one; I feel there's a lot in the tide today, let's go stand by the sea later.

Alright, damn, red-spotted fish, the danger is worth it.

This time Xiao Hu didn't complain; as a shore-forager, with a haul he could hollow out a boat, and in this regard shore-foragers and anglers are evenly matched.

Wherever there is water, whether in the heavenly court or the nine springs of the underworld, you'll always find the shadow of anglers.

The current haul: a whole bag of red-lipped fish, half a bag of nine-spined fish, a large sea eel, and a red-spotted fish.

Ye Cheng now feels the snakeskin bag is less practical; next time he'll get a water tank that holds more and is less likely to kill the catch.

The two moved slowly along the ebbing tide toward the beach, picking up several more nine-spined fish on the way, which were as abundant as a flood.

Brother, where should we stand? Going further feels a bit dangerous.

Wait a moment, let me check.

Ye Cheng moved a little toward the sea, and when he had shifted about half a meter more, the system popped up: 【Alert, detected danger of the host being swept away by the tide again.】

Fine, that's how it is.

Since we have danger perception, let's make full use of it.

Ye Cheng stepped back one step, and the alert system was deactivated.

To be safe, he retreated another small step, then turned to Xiao Hu and said, "Stay roughly at my level; don't wander too far, so I can rescue you if anything happens."

Xiao Hu snorted a puff of true fire from his nostrils disdainfully, "Cut, you'll save me? Last time it was me who saved you; you were dead."

Get lost, just watch the sea, who knows...

Before Ye Cheng finished speaking, the tide came in; he quickly planted his stance, steadied himself, then nervously turned to Xiao Hu and said, "Be careful."

Xiao Hu had been calm, but suddenly his pupils constricted, he pointed behind Ye Cheng and shouted, "Brother, watch out!"

Ye Cheng turned his head, and suddenly his vision filled with blood red; a blood-red tail in midair struck his face with a nine-hit combo.

Papapapa—

After the strikes, that red hue fell straight into Ye Cheng's embrace; he instinctively wrapped his arms around it and then gave it a chokehold via a body slam.

Let you hit me, let you hit me—I'm still young, I haven't even married yet, and you dare strike my face.

The red big fish, held in Ye Cheng's embrace, kept struggling and twisting, trying to escape, but...

Brother, this is a chokehold, you know.

Ye Cheng even used his feet in the end, at least managing to pin it down firmly.

The tide receded from Ye Cheng's chest, and the choked brother was revealed.

As soon as he saw its appearance, Ye Cheng leapt up and hugged it like an ancestor; his attitude was like that of a sycophant.

Red-spotted fish, Xiao Hu, another red-spotted fish! Ye Cheng shouted excitedly, soaking wet.

Brother, how are you so good? This fish seems to be heading straight for your face, as if rushing to offer itself to you.

That's right—who am I, buddy? Who wouldn't want to sell me?

I don't want to! Xiao Hu raised his net, which held two nine-spined fish; he had been pleased earlier, but now he didn't even want to glance at them.

The red-spotted fish beneath Ye Cheng was a bit larger than the previous one, definitely over five catties.

The two cradled this little ancestor, then arranged another 300-square-meter flat for it.

Seeing the two ancestors living in mansions, Xiao Hu worried, "Brother, are we still shore-foraging? Leaving these two here makes me uneasy."

Then you stay here and guard them; I'll keep going.

Although the outbreak is almost over, now that we've just caught two red-spotted fish, Ye Cheng simply can't stop.

As soon as he heard he had to stand guard, Xiao Hu immediately pouted, "No way, brother, my haul today isn't bad either; I also want to keep going."

Then keep going, what else do you want?

The two, in cahoots, immediately agreed, grabbed their nets and charged—continuing their assault toward the beach.

But this time they didn't get any red-spotted fish, only some nine-spined fish, and Xiao Hu also scooped up a smaller sea eel; he was thrilled, it was impossible to contain his joy.

Brother, brother, look, this is what I scooped up; it came straight for me, hard not to catch.

Fine, fine, you're handsome enough, especially your butt crack—they love your butt crack.

What butt crack butt crack, brother, where did you learn that word?" Xiao Hu listened with a bewildered expression.

Ye Cheng shook his head, proudly saying, "I used to tell you to study foreign languages well; you didn't, so now you can't understand, huh?"

Is butt crack a foreign language? I've studied school, football, etc.; brother, tell me what butt crack means in Chinese.

Ye Cheng's face darkened: "Who told you butt crack is English? It's Shaanxi dialect, meaning your two butt cheeks."

Xiao Hu:...

Shaanxi dialect counts as a foreign language?!

The two chatted nonsense as they returned to the shore; Xiao Hu went to prepare the sea eel, and just as he lifted the bag holding the sea eel, he screamed.

Brother, it's gone, the sea eel is missing.

What? Ye Cheng hastily put down the fish, walked over and took a look.

The snakeskin bag that had held the sea eel now had a big hole torn in the bottom; this guy had broken out.

Over there! Xiao Hu suddenly pointed into the distance.

On the beach, a slender figure was writhing desperately, swimming toward the open sea as if flying.

Before Xiao Hu could even stand up, a small wave came and swept it back into the sea.

"I lost out, I lost out, brother, if I had known I wouldn't have gone." Xiao Hu said regretfully.

"Alright, it's not a big deal, just sew up the tear, isn't there still a small one?"

"That big one, brother, I'm totally screwed."

"Then you're watching?" Ye Cheng looked at him with a grin, "I definitely won't be watching."

Xiao Hu, while mending the tear, muttered, "I won't watch; otherwise I'll go call Zhang Guafu to watch."

Ye Cheng thought for a moment, "Alright, go call and see, 100 yuan, no more, just to watch."

"Okay, I'll go, you first help keep an eye on it."

"Yeah, I'll smoke a cigarette first, you hurry up; when the cigarette burns out will be the day we meet again."

Xiao Hu glanced at Ye Cheng, Ye Cheng had already lit his cigarette, and with a shout he rushed out.

"Men's damned bored competitiveness and gambling urge need no reward, need no prize."