The Fish I Catch Can Level Up-Chapter 223: Bringing Out the Big Guns

The Fish I Catch Can Level Up-Chapter 223: Bringing Out the Big Guns

Back home, after dinner, Chu Mingcheng first worked with Jiang Luoluo on editing the videos they'd shot in Nansha.
They'd already released two videos from the Nansha trip, but they had a large backlog that they'd worked on out of boredom on the boat.
There wasn't much left to edit, so the two of them slowly worked on it while their food digested.
Once they were done digesting, Jiang Luoluo went back to the dance studio to continue practicing. She'd already booked a time for her video shoot, which was in three days.
Chu Mingcheng cut up some fruit in the kitchen and went to the dance studio to keep her company, resuming their old life in Xiamen.
He sat cross-legged, looking up information about the club on his tablet.
To open a diving club, he needed at least one certified diving instructor.
Most people in the country went to Southeast Asia to get their instructor certification, as it was half the price of getting it domestically.
Originally, it would have been perfect for Chu Mingcheng to go on his international trip to Southeast Asia during the fishing ban and get his certification at the same time.
But that didn't fit with his plans. Compared to Southeast Asia, he was more interested in Australia for his first trip abroad.
He could get certified there too—it would just be more expensive.
But the price wasn't an issue for Chu Mingcheng. He could fish and spearfish there, shearing a few Australian sheep for funds, and maybe even bring some wool back home.
There was one big problem, though—he had no desire to be a damn instructor. He was fine with being one in name, but he didn't have the patience to actually teach students freediving.
"Looks like I'll have to push Zhang Wei and Chen Yang to get more exercise," Chu Mingcheng muttered to himself.
The club plan seemed difficult to realize in the short term, and Jiang Luoluo still had a long way to go before she could dance underwater. It seemed that when Han Baola arrived, he could only arrange for her to go fishing with Zhang Wei for the time being.
Of course, if she wasn't willing and wanted to leave, Chu Mingcheng wouldn't mind.
After Jiang Luoluo finished her evening practice, he prepared to head home and wait until midnight to go catch scavenger fish.
"Ah Cheng, wait a minute!"
"What's wrong?"
"Go sit on the sofa for a bit. I'm going to take a shower!" Jiang Luoluo pulled him over, pushed him down onto the sofa, and then ran off to her room to shower.
Chu Mingcheng was baffled, having no idea what she was up to. He could only take out his phone and play a game to pass the time.
About half an hour later, Jiang Luoluo's bedroom door suddenly opened.
Hearing the sound, Chu Mingcheng instinctively turned his head. A beautiful leg clad in a black stocking appeared in his line of sight.
Following that, Jiang Luoluo, dressed in a sexy off-the-shoulder short dress that showed off her ample cleavage, walked out of the room slowly and elegantly with a seductive expression.
Thud!
The sound of his phone hitting the floor snapped the stunned Chu Mingcheng back to his senses.
"Luoluo, what is this?"
"I bought it specially to wear for you. Do you like it?"
Carrying a fragrant breeze, Jiang Luoluo took the initiative to sit on his lap.
"I like it, I do." Chu Mingcheng held her delicate body, feeling more confused than lustful.
He couldn't think of anything he'd done recently to warrant such a reward from her.
"I'm glad you like it!" Jiang Luoluo smiled triumphantly, wrapped her arms around his neck, pulled him closer, and tilted her head up to offer him a fragrant kiss.
With his girlfriend going to such lengths, Chu Mingcheng naturally got into it, and the atmosphere on the sofa gradually heated up.
But he still stopped at the crucial moment.
However, Jiang Luoluo looked at him with watery eyes, wrapping her arms and legs around him, making it impossible for Chu Mingcheng to get up.
What man could withstand such intimate contact? Besides, the woman's hint was already crystal clear. Even if he were a fool, he would have understood Jiang Luoluo's meaning by now.
His heart immediately filled with excitement. After months of waiting, his girlfriend was finally willing!
But just as he was about to continue, Jiang Luoluo pushed him away again, saying shyly, "Go take a shower first. We'll go to the bedroom later."
"You got it!" Although Chu Mingcheng was worked up, he knew he should clean up.
So he picked her up, carried her to the bedroom, gently placed her on the bed, and then hurried into the bathroom.
However, the moment the water hit him, the fire that had consumed his reason was immediately doused by more than half.
Then he remembered his current plan—to go catch scavenger fish every night.
He chose to go at night precisely because he didn't want to be discovered and attract attention.
Besides, with Life Conversion, he could still go about his business during the day, like going out to sea to fish and make money.
But if he took Jiang Luoluo now, it was almost certain they would be sleeping together from then on.
How could he go catch scavenger fish at night then? How could he break through the limits of human physical fitness in such a short time?
If he did these things during the day, not only would it be neglecting his proper duties, but after a while, someone might film him and post it online, giving him the nickname "The Scavenger."
He was a bit conflicted, but after thinking it over, Chu Mingcheng ultimately decided to prioritize quickly improving his physical fitness.
Jiang Luoluo was here—he could wait another month at most.
He'd already waited for so long; there was no need to rush things now.
So after showering, he got dressed, walked out of the bathroom, and said to Jiang Luoluo with a serious expression, "Luoluo, I think we should save this for our wedding day. This is my respect for you."
With that, under her stunned gaze, he bolted.
Chu Mingcheng was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would lose control. The temptation was just too great.
"To hell with your respect!" Watching Chu Mingcheng flee, Jiang Luoluo was so angry she laughed, even letting out a curse.
She never expected Chu Mingcheng to hold back at the critical moment. From their close contact just now, she knew very well whether he was aroused or not.
Even while he was in the shower, she'd been lying on the bed feeling a little nervous, worried it would be too big and painful.
But she'd never, ever imagined this outcome.
This, however, sparked Jiang Luoluo's competitive spirit. She sneered in the direction of the door, "Tomorrow, I'm bringing out the big guns. I refuse to believe you can still hold back."
After running away, Chu Mingcheng didn't go back to his own apartment but headed straight for the underground garage.
He was afraid Jiang Luoluo would come straight to his place and pin him down. In that case, he definitely wouldn't be able to resist.
At three in the morning, Chu Mingcheng buried the last batch of scavenger fish.
Because he'd come out early last night, he finished his work relatively early today.
Today's location was quite far, in the Haicang District.
Chu Mingcheng rinsed his tools and prepared to drive back.
However, as he was driving along the coastal road, he suddenly remembered the moray eel he'd caught here before.
At that time, his Premium Aquatic Codex was only level two, and he'd been lucky enough to attract a moray eel. Now that it was level thirteen, the probability should be even higher.
Anyway, he still had a few hours until morning, and it was currently low tide, so Chu Mingcheng immediately turned the car around and drove toward the spot where he'd caught the moray eel before.
He didn't have a bucket or foraging tongs in the car, but he had a bag. After arriving at his destination, he took a large bag and went to the spot where he'd caught the eel before, activating the fish gathering function.
Turning on his headlamp, Chu Mingcheng searched the mudflat for what might be moray eel holes.
When he found a hole, he would stand beside it for a while, waiting for the creature hidden inside to come out.
However, his luck wasn't very good. After searching a dozen small holes, nothing came out of them.
As he was searching, after a short while, Chu Mingcheng saw a large, menacing crab scuttling sideways toward him.
He shone his headlamp on it and saw that it was a large mud crab.
The carapace on its back was as big as his palm, weighing at least one jin.
Chu Mingcheng scooped up a handful of mud and threw it directly in its face.
Such a large glob immediately sealed it in place.
The sudden attack scared the large mud crab into raising its two large claws in a threatening gesture, but with its eyes sealed shut, it couldn't get its bearings and didn't know that someone had already come up behind it.
Chu Mingcheng grabbed the crab's hind legs with both hands and then put it in a nearby puddle to rinse it off.
After roughly washing off the mud, he lifted the crab again and shone his headlamp on it to see if it was plump.
If the crab was too thin, he would have to release it.
But when Chu Mingcheng picked up the crab, he felt that it was quite heavy. After observing it for a while, he found that it was indeed very plump, and it was a female, so it would definitely have red roe.
So he pulled up a withered seagrass from nearby, managed to tie the crab's large claws, and put it in the bag.
Fortunately, this was Xiamen. If he were back home, the mud crabs would probably still be hibernating, and even the fish gathering function wouldn't be able to make them come out.
A wild female mud crab that had survived the winter, weighing at least one jin, maybe even reaching one and a half jin, could be sold for at least two hundred yuan per jin.
A single crab like this was worth more than an ordinary office worker's daily wage. At least he wouldn't be going home empty-handed this morning.
With one large mud crab in hand, Chu Mingcheng's enthusiasm was immediately rekindled.
With him as the center, premium aquatic creatures within a thirteen-meter radius would be affected. He only needed to stand in one place for a few minutes before moving to the next.
There weren't many creatures on the mudflat that reached the premium aquatic level, and with the fish gathering function only having a 13% chance at the moment, it was difficult for Chu Mingcheng to catch a large number of prey.
Half an hour passed. He'd already moved through six areas and hadn't found a single moray eel.
This made him wonder if there were any moray eels left on this mudflat. But the next moment, a snake-like creature delivered itself right to his feet.
He shone his headlamp on it and was delighted to see it was a moray eel.
Chu Mingcheng immediately grabbed it by the neck and put it in the bag before it could struggle and escape.
This moray eel weighed about one jin—a quick six hundred yuan in the bag.
By the time it was half-past five in the morning, Chu Mingcheng had only caught a second one.
However, the second one was larger, possibly reaching two jin.
Making two thousand yuan from a spontaneous trip relying on the fish gathering function, Chu Mingcheng had nothing to complain about.
It was about time, so he picked up the bag and started walking back along his original route, hoping he might get lucky and run into another one on the way back.
As it turned out, another moray eel did come his way, and he caught it.
It was clear that quite a few moray eels were living on this mudflat—it was just that the probability of the fish gathering function was too low to attract them in large numbers.
However, this attracted moray eel gave Chu Mingcheng an idea.
He stood in the adjacent area and waited for five minutes. Seeing nothing, he moved to another area thirteen meters away and waited for another five minutes.
Seeing no creatures attracted here either, he returned to his original position.
He was testing a theory—by repeatedly coming to the same area and repeatedly triggering the 13% chance, could he attract all the premium aquatic creatures in that area?
If it really worked, then he'd discovered a little trick.
In the future, reef spearfishing would become very convenient, as would foraging.
After three rounds, when a large mud crab crawled over, he knew his guess was correct.
The current attraction rate was low, but he could indeed spend more time to attract out all the premium aquatic creatures within the range.
Of course, this discovery was more friendly to foraging. For spearfishing, unless the resources in the area were poor, there was really no need to do this, as it was both time-consuming and exhausting.
Chu Mingcheng confirmed this little trick, mainly for the hard-to-dig and hard-to-find moray eels, as well as the troublesome-to-catch mantis shrimp.
He picked up the large mud crab, confirmed it was plump, then tied it with withered sea grass and put it in the bag. Then he carried the bag and walked toward the shore.
Back at the car, he took the half-full bucket of tap water, washed his mud-covered feet, and then drove home.
If he'd gone back at half-past five, he could have sold his catch at the market first.
But it was now ten past six, and he had to hurry home to avoid Jiang Luoluo discovering he wasn't there and having to come up with an excuse.
However, when he got home and walked through the door, Chu Mingcheng found Jiang Luoluo sitting on the sofa with her arms crossed. Breakfast was on the coffee table—she was clearly waiting for him.
"Where have you been?"
Although her tone was somewhat questioning, it was more filled with concern.
"I couldn't sleep, so I went foraging!" Chu Mingcheng was very grateful at this moment that he hadn't sold his catch first but had brought it home.
"Serves you right!" When Jiang Luoluo heard him say he couldn't sleep, she thought it was because he'd forcibly held back last night, and immediately rolled her eyes.
"..." Chu Mingcheng gave a helpless, bitter smile, knowing she was still upset about him running away last night.
"Don't just stand there. Come and eat breakfast!" Jiang Luoluo wasn't really angry with him. Seeing his disheveled state, her heart softened after all.
So she stood up, took the bag from his hand, and told him to go eat.
Chu Mingcheng had been active all night and was hungry. So he washed his hands and went to the coffee table, eating his breakfast standing up to avoid getting the sofa dirty.
Jiang Luoluo, meanwhile, opened the bag to see what was inside.
To her surprise, the first thing she saw was several moray eels, and her eyes immediately lit up.
Her plan to "bring out the big guns" wasn't some special seduction, but to cook a duck and moray eel soup to help him "replenish," and see if he could still hold back then.
She'd originally planned to go to the wet market this morning to buy some, but as it turned out, Chu Mingcheng had just happened to dig some up while foraging.
She got two buckets and sorted the mud crabs and moray eels.
Then she picked the smallest moray eel and put it in the sink, taking the rest to sell.
Chu Mingcheng naturally saw what she was doing and was immediately alarmed. "Luoluo, you're not thinking of making moray eel soup, are you?"
"That's right. I haven't made it in a long time. I want to see if I'm out of practice!"
"..."
Chu Mingcheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He knew exactly what she was thinking.
But precisely because he knew, he decided not to insist on improving his physical fitness first.
Jiang Luoluo had already gone this far—there was no need for him to refuse her again.
She'd taken the initiative twice now. If he refused again, he really wouldn't be a man.

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Chapter 223: Bringing Out the Big Guns