The Fish I Catch Can Level Up-Chapter 205: I Have a Fishing Permit!
Carrying several bags of gifts, Jiang Luoluo walked into Zhao Chunyan's yard. The woman happened to be right by the door.
The Zhao couple were dressed in new clothes and looked like they were about to head out.
When they saw a girl as beautiful as a fairy carrying things and looking around their doorway as if searching for something, they walked out, curious.
When Jiang Luoluo saw them emerge, she thought,
Perfect timing
, and hurried forward. "Hello, Auntie. Do you know Chu Mingcheng? Could you tell me how to get to his house?"
Hearing such a beautiful girl asking about the Chu family, Zhao Chunyan's heart skipped a beat.
Just yesterday, her future daughter-in-law had visited, and she had just finished showing off to An Xiuwen. She hadn't expected to be paid back so soon.
Sure enough, before she could tell Jiang Luoluo how to get to the Chu house, An Xiuwen had already hurried over.
Zhao Chunyan had braced herself for the woman to show off in return, but the result was somewhat surprising.
An Xiuwen wasn't petty at all. Instead, she took the bags from Jiang Luoluo's hands.
"Luoluo, why did you come over by yourself? Auntie's house is over here—it must have been hard to find!"
With that, she took Jiang Luoluo's hand and looked at Zhao Chunyan, whose expression was a bit complicated. "Chunyan, are you two heading out?"
"Yes, my son's uncle is hosting a banquet this year," she nodded.
"Then you two should get going—don't be late."
"Alright." Zhao Chunyan looked at Chu Yongxin's family—the couple was harmonious, and the two kids looked so well-matched together. Suddenly, she felt a sense of release.
"She is truly beautiful, no less so than you were in your youth. It seems Ah Cheng is even more fortunate than my Ah Teng."
An Xiuwen smiled. "Ah Teng's fiancée is wonderful, too. You just wait to be a grandmother next year!"
Hearing this, a smile finally appeared on Zhao Chunyan's face. "You won't be far behind me."
The two women suddenly seemed to have buried the hatchet, leaving a bewildered Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo to exchange glances.
"Mom, what's going on?" he couldn't help but ask after the Zhao couple had left.
Just yesterday, she had been complaining about them nonstop, looking so angry. Why did she step in today and stop Jiang Luoluo from carrying out the plan?
Weren't they supposed to give her a taste of her own medicine?
"You two kids..." An Xiuwen sighed and shook her head. "Actually, your Auntie Zhao is just very competitive. She just wants to compare everything with me."
Then, as Chu Yongxin's face turned awkward, she explained the reason.
It was only then that Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo understood. It turned out that the neighbor, Auntie Zhao, was his father's childhood sweetheart.
If things had gone as expected, there was a high probability they would have ended up together.
But then Chu Yongxin met An Xiuwen by chance and was instantly captivated by her beauty. He finally understood what it meant to truly like someone, and just like that, his childhood sweetheart was no longer appealing.
Chu Mingcheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing the story. He never would have thought his father had such a melodramatic past.
This was the main reason An Xiuwen didn't take the opportunity to let Jiang Luoluo get revenge and mock the woman.
After all, she had already won so completely. The other woman had competed with her for a lifetime and had never once come out on top.
With that understanding, Chu Mingcheng took Jiang Luoluo home to prepare for the New Year.
For years, the Chu family had always celebrated the New Year at home by themselves. They didn't need to go visiting relatives, and this year was no different.
They didn't have any customs like ancestor worship, so although the holiday was quiet, it was also more relaxed.
That evening, after the New Year's Eve dinner, Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo lay on the second-floor balcony.
The island didn't allow bottle rockets to prevent forest fires, so neither of them was in the mood for firecrackers.
"It feels so much more relaxed celebrating the New Year here. At my family's gatherings, my unmarried cousins and I always get nagged by the elders about getting married. It's so annoying."
"You don't have to worry about that anymore, do you?"
"Ha, that's true." Jiang Luoluo glanced at Chu Mingcheng and leaned against him.
"Bang! Bang!"
Although the island was quiet, the town was quite lively. Fireworks bloomed in the sky, and they had a perfect view.
In stark contrast to the quiet here, a certain villa in Xiamen was bustling with activity. Wei Jianguo's sons and grandsons were all there today.
And at that moment, in the center of the courtyard, lay a four-meter-plus behemoth.
"How about this swordfish? 4.21 meters, 833 jin. You won't find a bigger one in the country, right?"
"Dad, did you catch this yourself?"
Wei Jianguo's grandson immediately started flattering him. "Of course! Grandpa is still as sharp as ever. Don't be fooled by the fish's size—Grandpa handled it with ease."
Wei Jianguo chuckled and waved his hand, neither confirming nor denying. In any case, in front of his whole family today, he stood tall and proud.
...
The year passed by simply for Chu Mingcheng.
This was his last year of leisure. By next year, he and Jiang Luoluo would surely be married, and then the New Year would be spent visiting relatives everywhere, with no time for relaxation!
The first few days of the new year were spent visiting relatives.
Once he knew Jiang Luoluo had some free time, Chu Mingcheng drove to Hangzhou, planning to stay for a couple of days.
He was so familiar with the Jiang family home now that it was like returning to his own.
His main purpose today was to take Jiang Luoluo on a date. Hangzhou had many fun places, and even West Lake was a great spot to visit—none of which he had ever been to.
But when he arrived at the Jiang house, he found Jiang Bo sitting on the sofa with a gloomy face, sipping tea. Li Ying was sitting beside him, seemingly trying to console him, too preoccupied to even notice Chu Mingcheng.
"Luoluo, what's wrong with Uncle?" Chu Mingcheng pulled Jiang Luoluo aside and asked curiously.
"Ugh, it's because my dad was bragging after drinking too much," Jiang Luoluo sighed and explained the situation.
It turned out that Jiang Bo had been treating a client to dinner the previous night, and one of his important clients happened to be a fishing enthusiast.
Since his future son-in-law was in the industry, he had become somewhat familiar with fishing and started chatting with the client about it.
Somehow, in the middle of the conversation, he had suddenly made a bold promise, inviting the man to go fishing at West Lake.
And now, sober, he remembered what had happened last night and was in a total panic.
Having lived in the West Lake district for over twenty years, Jiang Bo knew exactly what kind of people were allowed to fish in West Lake.
The time for the appointment was fast approaching, and he was stressing out about how to apologize to the client!
"Well... what a coincidence. I happen to have a West Lake fishing permit!" Chu Mingcheng had been carrying the permit with him ever since he got it, and who would have thought it would come in handy today?
"Ah Cheng, how do you have a fishing permit?" Jiang Luoluo's eyes widened in disbelief.
Chu Mingcheng smiled smugly, then started spinning a tale.
"I was out for a morning run a while back and saw an old man fishing at West Lake, so I went over and asked him about it. Then, with the old man's enthusiastic guidance, I went to the fishing association and got a permit."
"..." The other three people in the room were speechless.
They all knew the Chu family's situation. They were truly curious about how he had managed to get the permit.
But everyone had their secrets, and since Chu Mingcheng didn't elaborate, they didn't press the issue.
However, his fishing permit was a huge help. This client of Jiang Bo's was very important. If he had a good time, there would be no worries about future business.
And so, an hour later, Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Bo were at the designated spot by West Lake where fishing tickets were sold, waiting for a rather robust-looking middle-aged man.
When Jiang Bo saw him, he immediately went up to greet him warmly, then introduced Chu Mingcheng.
Hearing that the fishing permit belonged to Chu Mingcheng, the man was quite surprised. "President Jiang, your son-in-law is no simple man!"
"Not at all, not at all. He's just a young man who really likes to fish," Jiang Bo said with a chuckle.
The middle-aged man hadn't planned on coming today. He had dismissed Jiang Bo's words from the previous night as drunken talk and hadn't taken it to heart.
But to his surprise, the man had actually invited him to go fishing today, and he really did have a permit.
Even though it belonged to his son-in-law, they were still family, and that was enough to make him take notice.
After all, anyone who could get a West Lake fishing permit couldn't be an ordinary person. But he never would have guessed that there really was an ordinary person who had managed to sneak into a den of tigers.
Chu Mingcheng bought two fishing tickets, then led them to the designated fishing spot.
He was just here to tag along today and accompany the two of them.
Jiang Bo held a newly bought sea rod, the line set already prepared for him by Chu Mingcheng.
He clumsily baited the hook with a large river prawn and cast it into the water.
Chu Mingcheng had taught him a few times, and he could now manage short casts without any problem.
After the bait hit the water, he followed what he had learned, reeled in the line two turns to tighten it, and only then did he have a moment to turn to his client. "President Li, what kind of fish are you hoping to catch today?"
The man, addressed as President Li, was much more skilled than Jiang Bo. He was using a lure rod. After baiting it with a prawn, he flicked his wrist, and the bait was easily cast forty or fifty meters out.
"Me? I just want to catch a large black carp to keep in the fish tank in my office."
"Ha, then I wonder if President Li's tank is big enough. The black carp in West Lake are quite large."
"Looks like I'll have to get a new fish tank today, then?"
As the two men were joking, President Li's rod was the first to get a bite.
His face lit up. He expertly set the hook and began to reel in the line.
But after just two turns, a look of disappointment crossed his face. The fish was a bit small.
When he pulled it to the bank, he found that it was only a grass carp of about three jin, which he had to release with regret.
The fishing ticket only allowed you to take one fish. If he kept this grass carp, his fishing for the day would be over.
Next, it was Jiang Bo's turn.
He was using a heavy sea rod, which could theoretically cast very far.
But he was a novice, and his cast only went about twenty meters. Naturally, he wouldn't hook a big fish.
Sure enough, when he reeled it in, it was a carp, and not a very big one either.
After that, it seemed the two men were on a "small fish" streak. Not a single big one took the bait.
"Ah Cheng, you're the expert. Come on, catch a big black carp for President Li." Jiang Bo was at his wits' end. He couldn't believe their luck was so bad, and finally, he had to turn to Chu Mingcheng for help.
"Alright, I'll give it a try!" Chu Mingcheng wasn't very confident he could catch a large black carp.
But watching others fish had made his hands itch, so he took the rod without hesitation.
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Chapter 205: I Have a Fishing Permit!
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