287: Chapter 287 His Entrepreneurial Venture Collapsed Before It Was Halfway Through

The weekend arrived in the blink of an eye.

Lin Xiao also met Yang Yong's beautiful girlfriend.

She looked much like her photos—a petite girl with a soft, delicate appearance.

Her name was Qian Ling, and she was also from the School of Liberal Arts at A University.

She seemed to have a good personality and was quite cheerful.

As promised, Lin Xiao and Zhang Xiaofu followed Yang Yong and Qian Ling to visit Qian Ling's relative's home to see what exactly had happened.

Unexpectedly, Qian Ling's relative's home was actually on an island!

And it was an island in a tourist area, at that!

Upon hearing the news, Zhang Xiaofu packed bags and bags of things.

He even put on a colorful island-style outfit.

Wearing sunglasses and a sun hat.

He looked exactly like he was going on vacation.

The sense of crisis he had felt earlier from hearing Lin Xiao's inner thoughts was completely gone, replaced by pure anticipation for this trip.

Lin Xiao, on the other hand, only carried a small bag and didn't bring much else.

However, to their surprise, they were stuck as soon as they arrived at the ferry terminal.

The terminal was packed with long lines of people.

They only then realized that today was the first day of a short holiday.

Yang Yong and Qian Ling bit the bullet and went to queue at the ticket window.

Unsurprisingly, they didn't get any tickets.

"Ahem, um, sorry about that. If I had known so many people would be traveling today, I should have bought tickets earlier."

Yang Yong looked embarrassed.

"Huh? No tickets left?"

Zhang Xiaofu took off his sunglasses and asked in surprise, "Then what do we do? Are we not going?"

"We're going, we definitely have to go."

Qian Ling also felt a bit embarrassed.

She pointed to a spot not far away and whispered, "We can charter a fishing boat over there, though it might be a little..."

"It's fine, it's fine! As long as we can get going, that's all that matters!"

Zhang Xiaofu's desire to head out to sea had reached its peak.

He didn't care how they traveled; as long as he didn't waste his outfit today, anything was fine!

But he soon realized that he had thought things were too simple.

The four of them arrived at another small pier not far from the main port.

Several small fishing boats were docked there, and three or five dark-skinned fishermen were waving and shouting at passersby.

"Need a boat? Fast speed! Cheap price!"

"These are professional fishing boats!"

"Guaranteed safe! Don't worry!"

"..."

Zhang Xiaofu looked at the small fishing boat, then looked back at the large cruise ship not far away.

He was completely stunned.

"Do we... have any other options?"

"No."

Yang Yong scratched his head in embarrassment.

He had asked Lin Xiao for help this time, so logically, he should have treated him well.

He hadn't expected to run into a problem right from the first step.

Seeing Zhang Xiaofu's look of disdain, he felt even more embarrassed.

However, Lin Xiao didn't seem to have any objections and teased Zhang Xiaofu, "You could always choose to swim there."

"I think I'll stick with the boat."

Zhang Xiaofu curled his lip, "It'll just be a bit rough on the way; once we arrive, it'll be fine."

He consoled himself with this thought.

Just then, a younger man saw the four of them approaching and immediately rushed over.

"Boss, need a boat?"

"Yeah, how much to charter the boat?"

Yang Yong asked.

"My boat is a bit smaller, two thousand! The bigger one over there is five thousand! If it's just you four, my boat is enough."

The young man grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

Yang Yong's expression changed instantly upon hearing this, "Two thousand? Are you robbing us?"

"That's way too expensive; wasn't it eight hundred before?"

Qian Ling couldn't help but frown.

The young man pointed at the people still queuing at the port nearby and patiently explained, "There are a lot of people today, and there aren't enough boats. If you don't take this one, there won't be any boats left in a while, and no matter how much money you spend, it'll be useless!"

Yang Yong gritted his teeth, "Give us a discount; if it's cheaper, we'll take it!"

The young man hesitated for a moment, "Eighteen hundred is the lowest."

"Lower."

"Really, I can't!"

"..."

Listening to the two of them haggling, Zhang Xiaofu felt a massive headache.

Seeing that it was getting late, he took out his phone directly, "Eighteen hundred is fine, I'll pay!"

"Huh? That's not good."

This was probably the first time Yang Yong didn't want to take advantage of Zhang Xiaofu.

"It's fine, it's fine, I just want to get going right now!"

Such a small amount of money meant nothing to Zhang Xiaofu.

After quickly paying, he walked toward the boat first.

It was such a small boat, he didn't know how many people it could actually hold.

He had to go pick the best seat first.

Yang Yong and Qian Ling exchanged a look.

Yang Yong shouted with a smile, "Then thank you, Brother Zhang! I'll treat you to seafood once we get on the island!"

After saying that, they followed him onto the boat.

After boarding, Zhang Xiaofu and Lin Xiao discovered that the small fishing boat wasn't as dilapidated as they had imagined.

Luckily, there weren't many waves today, so it wasn't very bumpy while sailing on the sea.

With the breeze blowing, all four of them were quite comfortable.

The young man chatted with them while steering the boat.

Before long, they could see the coastline of the island opposite them.

By visual estimation, it was still a few kilometers away.

But just at this moment, Zhang Xiaofu's expression turned unpleasant.

"Um, I need to pee..."

"Just go ahead."

The young man pointed to the sea.

"This, that's not really appropriate."

Zhang Xiaofu thought about standing by the side of the boat and unzipping his pants in front of the endless ocean, and felt an indescribable sense of weirdness.

The young man teased, "What? A grown man and you're still shy?"

"This is called having civic virtue! I can't ruin the marine environment!"

Zhang Xiaofu forced a defense for himself.

The young man shook his head helplessly and leaned over to rummage through a storage box.

A moment later, he took out an empty mineral water bottle, "Then why don't you pee in this?"

"..."

To tell the truth, Zhang Xiaofu hadn't peed in a bottle since he was ten years old.

But now, there was no better way.

He could only take the bottle, intending to find a secluded corner.

At this moment, he suddenly heard Lin Xiao's inner thoughts.

[Heh, go ahead and pee. When you get stuck in the bottle later, I'm just going to get off the boat myself.]

[Don't anyone say I know this embarrassing guy!]