Chapter 183: A Day of Refreshing the Daily Luck Value Limit

Five o'clock.

The alarm rang on time.

Wu An turned off the alarm, lingered a while before sitting up; opening the door, he saw A Qing already squatting at the doorway, breathing out mist.

Wu An kicked him: "You came but didn't knock."

"Brother, if you didn't open the door you must still be asleep; I didn't want to disturb you."

"You little brat... fine, I'll wash my face and we'll go to the dock." Wu An said while fetching a basin of water, asking, "Have you eaten?"

A Qing shook his head.

Wu An washed his face, splashed the water casually, and said, "Alright, let's go straight to the dock; I don't know if there's food at this hour."

Arrived at the dock.

Alright.

The hanging heart finally died.

Nothing to eat was being sold.

A Qing didn't mind, looking left and right: "Brother, sister-in-law hasn't come yet."

Wu An shook his head and said, "Like this, let's wait on the boat; if that really doesn't work, we'll get something to eat on the boat."

The two walked toward the fishing boat; seeing a figure step out, he jumped and shouted, "Who's there?"

"It's me."

Wu Yingwei's voice was a little hoarse.

"Dad, what are you doing here?" Wu An startled, then asked puzzled, "Why are you all wet?"

"You... could it be that you came here last night to guard the fishing boat?"

Father's clothes were damp, his face full of fatigue, his eyes filled with red veins—a sign of staying up late—so he couldn't help but boldly guess.

Wu Yingwei coughed twice and said, "I'm just on routine patrol."

"But yesterday I ran into Lin Hu and Chen Gui."

"I checked, nothing's up."

Wu An frowned, quickly supporting Wu Yingwei's arm: "Dad, what are you doing? You know I installed surveillance on my boat."

"You're getting older; you really shouldn't stay up like this."

"Look, you're staggering when you walk."

Just then, Wu Ping and Mei Yueqin walked over yawning, each holding a lunchbox—obviously made by sister-in-law early in the morning.

Seeing Wu An and Wu Yingwei, Wu Ping waved and called out: "Dad, A An, I wondered why I didn't see you this early morning—turns out you're both here."

"You really came early."

Wu Yingwei said, "Early what early? Some fishing boats set out at one or two in the morning."

Wu Ping exclaimed, "They go out to sea that early?"

Actually, that's normal.

Going out early, by the time they reach the fishing grounds it's almost dawn; then they work—if early, they can return before dark; if late, they might not come back until night or even the next day.

Mei Yueqin brought little breakfast, thinking only Wu An and A Qing would be there, but Wu An took the lunchbox and first gave it to Wu Yingwei to eat.

She didn't say anything.

Wu Yingwei couldn't get out of it.

Thus, Wu An and A Qing naturally didn't eat enough.

Fortunately, Gu Anran arrived.

She not only brought breakfast, but also prepared some food; she had refrigerated it since last night, now it's still in an insulated box—take it out at noon, warm it up a bit, and it's ready to eat.

So thoughtful.

Wu An naturally accepted it with a smile.

Next, they performed a simple little ritual.

Set out to sea.

No room for carelessness.

They lit incense and paid respects to Goddess Mazu.

After finishing the routine, after a short wait, the Mai Jia grandfather and grandson arrived, also bringing plenty of bait—mostly worthless fish and shrimp.

They exchanged greetings.

Wu An's group boarded the boat; Wu An took the helm, the engine roared "rumble rumble", and the fishing boat slowly pulled away from the dock toward the vast ocean.

A Qing asked, "Brother, are we still going to that uninhabited island?"

Wu An shook his head: "No."

"This time we'll go farther."

"As far as possible."

"When we get there we'll find an uninhabited island, go ashore, forage, drain puddles, fish—do everything we can." Wu An shouted loudly, very domineering.

Why so domineering?

Because today's Luck Value is ninety-nine!

Although it hasn't reached three digits, it's still very good.

This is also his confidence for going out to sea today.

If he doesn't make fifty or sixty thousand, he'd be wasting the Luck Value the system gave him.

The fishing boat slowly disappeared into the horizon.

Gu Anran greeted everyone in a relaxed and generous manner; Mei Yueqin was fine, as always warmly chatting with Gu Anran.

On the contrary, Wu Yingwei and Wu Ping felt a bit uneasy.

They all knew Gu Anran was Wu An's girlfriend, and after greeting her they didn't know what to say.

After Gu Anran left,

Wu Ping asked, "Since they're already together, shouldn't we go find a matchmaker to ask?"

Wu Yingwei nodded, saying, "That's only proper."

"As the groom's family, we should take the initiative."

"I just need to look for a suitable matchmaker."

Mei Yueqin roughly repeated what Wu An had said to her earlier, and Wu Yingwei said, "Now A An is paying close attention."

"Since he said that, we should listen to him."

"But we can't let him have his way in everything."

"I think the lady is fine; if we settle things early, A An can also settle down."

Wu Ping said, "Or we could wait until after the New Year."

Wu Yingwei, smoking, said, "I think that's fine."

Mei Yueqin naturally had no objection, glanced toward the old house, and said, "Then we should also start preparing this new house early; I heard building materials are cheap this year, so let's buy and stock up."

Wu Ping said, "I think that's fine; we have some money at home now, we can buy."

Wu Yingwei: "That's your money."

"Dad..."

"Fine, I won't say more, I won't say more—you handle it as you see fit."

Wu An didn't know the family was already worrying about his marriage; they rushed to a deserted island, and Lao Mai said, "A An, how about we stop here?"

"Any farther deserted island, and we'd probably only reach it by noon; going back and forth would be too rushed."

Wu An checked the time; it was almost ten o'clock.

"'Lao Mai, I'll follow your lead.' Wu An slowly steered the boat toward the deserted island; this island was huge, like a big plate covering the sea."

"Around it were some reef clusters, like fragments broken off from the plate's edge, scattered around its perimeter."

"'There's some wind and waves now, and the tide is still rising—not suitable for landing; let's fish first.' Lao Mai, standing at the bow, looked around and shouted."

Lao Mai often went out to sea, experienced; his words, Wu An naturally listened to.

The four each took a fishing rod and spread out to find their spots.

Luck Value maxed out.

Daily Luck Value dropped to 65.

Cast the line.

Wu An gazed at the rolling blue sea, hoping for a bite.

He didn't know what kind of fish he'd catch, but if the price wasn't high, their boosted Luck Value would be enough to fish until afternoon.

He still hoped to use up the Luck Value quickly.

Since they'd found a deserted island, they naturally wanted to go ashore and have a look.

Wu An was the last to cast his line, yet he was the first to hook a fish—the rod tip bent sharply, with a large arc, and the fishing rod went taut.

The spool whined as the drag engaged, pulling line out continuously.

Wu An's eyes lit up; he lifted the rod to strike the fish.

Feeling the tremendous pull, he felt excited inside—this first cast had snagged a big one.

What a great start!