After Reincarnating as the Dragon King, I Made a Fortune with Seafood – CH71

Chapter 71

Meanwhile, in faraway Xinluzhou.

In a certain courtyard, Song Zhou slid his pen into the pen holder. Halfway through, he suddenly raised his head and looked northeast, a trace of amusement appearing in his eyes.

He saw that above a certain ship out at sea, an abnormal rain was falling.

Beneath the curtain of rain, Lu Ao’s expression was relaxed and faintly smug.

Just as he was about to withdraw his gaze, a handsome young man walked in from outside. As soon as he looked up, he happened to meet Song Zhou’s eyes and was startled. “What are you smiling about here all by yourself?”

“Nothing. What do you need?”

“Nothing serious. The kitchen sent over some steaks, so I was planning to make a late-night snack. I came to ask if you wanted me to make an extra portion for you.”

“No need today.”

“Hey, why not?” The man raised an eyebrow. “No need to bring food back today to feed your little friend?”

“The little friend has gone out.”

The man smiled with schadenfreude. “Oh? No wonder you’ve been working overtime until so late recently. So even if you went back, you’d just be guarding an empty room alone?”

Song Zhou lifted his eyelids and glanced at him. “Since you have so much free time, have you finished repairing the crack in the Realm Gate?”

The man hurriedly raised his hands. “All right, all right, I won’t say anything. If the Realm Gate were that easy to repair, would it still be called the Realm Gate?”

Song Zhou did not say much, only, “Put more effort into it.”

“I know.” The man leaned closer and suggested, “Hey, when are you going to invite your little friend over as a guest? As the last dragon, his status is more than enough.”

“He’s not coming. Don’t disturb him.” Song Zhou’s tone carried a warning. “Tell Youze and the others to put away their curiosity too.”

“Got it. Your little friend belongs to you alone, right?” The man reminded him, “If you really like him, you’d better mark him as within your sphere of influence sooner. Otherwise, they’ll definitely be curious.”

Song Zhou’s voice carried a chill. “Let them try.”

The man did not dare try. In this world, no one dared play petty tricks within this big shot’s sphere of influence.

He quickly raised his hands. “Let’s not talk about that anymore. I’m making a late-night snack. Are you eating or not?”

“No. Don’t make my portion.”

“Seeing you carry things back all the time lately, I thought you’d already fallen in love with human food. Turns out you’re just accompanying someone while he eats?”

Song Zhou looked at him. “Are you very idle?”

“No, no, no. I’m leaving now.” As the man spoke, he hurriedly backed out.

Song Zhou withdrew his gaze, slowly put away his things, and vanished from where he stood.

The next second, he appeared beside the small river outside Luwu Village.

The geese Lu Ao raised were resting by the river. Sensing Song Zhou’s presence, the flock stood up uneasily and honked as they fled upstream.

Song Zhou swept them with a glance. Seeing that the number of geese was correct and that none of them were hungry or sick, he left.

He returned once more to Xinluzhou, appearing in a well-known wealthy district there.

For nearly a hundred years, Song Zhou had lived here.

Within a hundred meters of his villa, there were no other buildings, only lush green mountains and forest.

If he were not working at the little courtyard of their abnormal affairs regulatory agency, Song Zhou could stay at home and not see a single person for a month.

After returning home, Song Zhou washed up simply, lay down, and casually turned on his phone.

His phone was empty. On his contact list, there was only one friend: Lu Ao.

Lu Ao had not messaged him today, and the list looked gray and quiet.

Song Zhou stared at the phone for a long while, the expression in his eyes unclear.

Lu Ao had no idea Song Zhou was looking through their chat history. He was already out on the open sea, where his phone had no signal at all.

After bathing, he curled up in his sleeping bag and soon fell asleep.

The wind at sea was strong. It blew over and carried away all heat and restlessness.

To Lu Ao, the rushing wind was white noise.

He slept deeply in the sound of the wind, all the way until dawn.

When he woke, Lin Manzhang and the others had already gone spearfishing. Only Lin Qiyan remained on the boat, making breakfast for everyone.

Lu Ao went out. “Morning.”

“Good morning.” Lin Qiyan stood in the morning light, watching the pot. “The food’s almost ready. Want a bowl?”

“Sure. I’ll wash up first.”

Lin Qiyan’s cooking was not bad. One pot of rice and three pans of dishes, even stir-fried on an induction cooker, smelled very fragrant.

Lu Ao filled a bowl with rice, piled a layer of vegetables on top, and asked, “Did you all get up very early?”

“Not really. I got up around four. I wanted to film some sunrise shots. Zhang-ge got up at five, then Lin Gongshang at five-twenty. Tan Junhao and Lin Guixiao both got up at five-thirty.”

Lin Qiyan carried a bowl and sat opposite him, explaining, “I actually wanted to wake you this morning, but then I thought, since we’re floating on the sea all day anyway, fishing is fishing no matter when we do it. Sleeping a little longer is more comfortable, so I didn’t wake you.”

Everyone’s stamina was limited. It was impossible to spearfish twenty-four hours a day. Usually, eight hours of spearfishing in a day was already the limit. Getting up earlier or later did not make much difference.

Lu Ao nodded. “I’ll go spearfishing after I finish eating.”

“I’ll try going down after I eat too.” Lin Qiyan said, “I want to see if I can film some underwater footage. But I’ll have to wait until they come back and watch me from the boat before I dare go down.”

Lu Ao looked at him. “If you’re not in a hurry, I’ll go down with you after I finish fishing.”

“Sure!” Lin Qiyan had not expected such an unexpected bonus. His eyes instantly lit up, and he quickly said, “Mine isn’t urgent. I’m just filming material. Any time is fine. I’ll follow your schedule.”

Lu Ao glanced at his phone. “I’ll probably spearfish from eight to eleven. After I come back, I’ll need lunch and a nap. I should be free from around two-thirty to three-thirty in the afternoon. I’ll swim with you then.”

“No problem!”

After breakfast, Lu Ao went down to spearfish and discovered that Lin Guixiao and Tan Junhao were hovering around the place where he had fished yesterday.

He did not mind. He chose another spot, roughly two hundred meters away from the large boat.

This place was already near the edge of the sea island. There was a small underwater cliff here, and the depth suddenly increased from over ten meters to more than a hundred meters. The light was much dimmer too.

The terrain here was complicated. It was dangerous, but there were truly many fish.

Lu Ao fished for more than two hours. By then, twenty-three fish were strung at his waist, and all of them were large fish of more than two jin.

Too lazy to continue, he swam back.

Everyone had returned from spearfishing and was now sitting on the deck fishing with rods. Seeing him come up, they hurried over. “What did you catch this morning?”

“The usual. Black porgy, white seabream, green grouper, red grouper, spotted scat, honeycomb grouper—” Lu Ao listed them all in one breath, then sat down tiredly on a chair. “I’ll come up and rest first.”

“That’s already a very good income for one morning,” Lin Manzhang said. “Catch your breath first. We’ll fish up something for lunch.”

Lin Gongshang helped him carry the fish into the cabin to freeze them. Lin Qiyan brought out a large bottle of chilled coconut juice, twisted off the cap, and handed it to Lu Ao. “Drink some juice first. Replenish your strength.”

“Thanks.” Lu Ao took it and drank more than half the bottle in one go, then reminded them, “The underwater fish have been disturbed by us for two days. They don’t dare come up at all now. If you want to fish with rods, you’ll have to move the boat farther out.”

Lin Gongshang played wise after the event. “That’s what I said too.”

“You said nothing.” Lin Guixiao came over. “I just said we’d been fishing here for ages and hadn’t caught anything. You insisted it was because my luck was bad.”

“Ahem, it could also be a technical problem. Look, Zhang-ge caught quite a few fish.” Seeing Lu Ao, Lin Gongshang grew confident again. “Lu Ao was still spearfishing underwater just now. We couldn’t very well leave him and drive the boat away.”

Lin Guixiao glanced at him. “Good and bad words have all been said by you.”

It was true they could not catch much fish here. Lin Manzhang asked for everyone’s opinion. “Then should we drive the boat farther out and fish there?”

No one objected. After all, going a short distance would not use much fuel.

Lu Ao looked around, pointed in a direction, and said, “Go southeast. The wind is blowing southeast now. There should be more fish there.”

Lin Manzhang agreed readily. “All right. We’ll listen to you. Let’s see whether going southeast today helps us catch anything good.”

Lin Guixiao and Tan Junhao went to raise the anchor.

Lin Manzhang drove the boat.

Their boat slowly headed southeast.

Lu Ao tried hard to sense the situation underwater. After they had sailed for quite a while, he felt there were more fish nearby and told Lin Manzhang to stop.

Lin Qiyan quickly called out, “Stop—Zhang-ge, Lu Ao says we can stop around here.”

“Okay.” Lin Manzhang maneuvered the boat to a stop.

Lin Qiyan went to fetch Lu Ao’s fishing rod and thoughtfully brought the bait over too.

Lin Gongshang felt something was off. “Lin Qiyan, you’re especially attentive today!”

“Of course I’m attentive when I want something.” Lin Qiyan lifted his chin, his eyes full of laughter. “Lu Ao promised to take me into the water this afternoon.”

“Tsk, you finally found someone willing to take you.”

“That’s right. Even if you won’t take me, someone else is willing.” Lin Qiyan glanced at him. “Clearly your skill level isn’t good enough, yet you still complain that I’m clumsy underwater.”

“Wronged. My skill level is at least above average, okay? If Lu Ao dares take you, it means he’s highly skilled and bold!”

As Lu Ao listened to their usual bickering, the rod in his hand suddenly sank.

He felt it out. The fish that had taken the bait should not be small. The rod felt solid in his hand.

“Stop arguing,” Lu Ao interrupted them. “Fish. Bring the net.”

“So fast?” Lin Qiyan was startled.

Lin Gongshang said nothing. He happily trotted over with the landing net.

They were both flattering him, but Lin Gongshang did not use words. He showed it through action, clearly a level above Lin Qiyan.

Holding the net, he glanced at Lin Qiyan, his brows and eyes full of smugness.

Lin Qiyan was a step slower. Seeing his childish expression, he was just about to speak when he suddenly saw the fish that had already broken the surface. He could not help exclaiming, “Mackerel! It’s mackerel!”