285: Encountering the Rat Spot Again

Yao Shanshan looked at Yang Qi and Bai Xue, who were eating like crazy, and a phrase suddenly popped into her mind: "good-for-nothing."

During the time they were cooking and eating, because the setting sail had its lights on, the surrounding fish schools gathered more and more.

Since the water was crystal clear and the nearby depth was only about seven to ten meters, even Bai Xue and Yao Shanshan, who had no special abilities, could vaguely see the silhouettes of fish schools underwater.

Yang Qi already knew the fish species below; the upper-middle layers had mostly Wrasse, Mackerel, scad, and so on, while the seabed had various Groupers. He had seen Mouse Grouper earlier, and there were also a few East Star Groupers.

Because the water was relatively shallow, there weren't many large fish species; most were still around two to three jin. He barely saw any over ten jin.

"How about you two fish on the boat while I go into the sea to catch fish?"

Yang Qi said to the two women.

"Alright! You go catch some for a while; we'll fish first!"

Bai Xue nodded and said.

Yang Qi returned to the cabin to change into his wetsuit, equipped his diving knife, and went down into the sea with a few mesh bags.

After he sank into the sea, he searched along the coral reefs. There were many small ornamental fish, but he had already caught a lot last time, so he didn't bother this time.

There were various Sea Bream, and even a few two-jin Black Seabream, which he chose to ignore.

At this moment, he saw a three-jin Three-Knife Fish. This one he could take. He remembered the first time he caught a Three-Knife Fish was in the East China Sea.

There, it was considered a very rare premium catch, but in the South China Sea, it was very common.

The Three-Knife Fish was quite expensive, much more so than ordinary Grouper, so Yang Qi decided to start with it.

When he shined his diving light on the Three-Knife Fish's eyes, it seemed to be paralyzed, staying still.

Yang Qi reached out his gloved hand, grabbed it, and put it into the mesh bag. One thousand five hundred yuan in hand, how delightful!

The next thing that caught his eye was a Mouse Grouper weighing about two jin. Seeing its white body with black spots and its highly arched back, Yang Qi was happy.

Even though the fish's head looked very much like a mouse, he still found it beautiful.

"Don't struggle, get in quickly!"

Yang Qi grabbed the Mouse Grouper and stuffed it into the mesh bag.

"Hehe, East Star Grouper, where do you think you're going?"

Yang Qi continued to search for premium seafood in the sea. He was basically too lazy to catch fish smaller than Wrasse.

Occasionally, he would put Large Whelk and Coconut Shell Snail, and large tower snails into his mesh bag. Large Abalone, Sea Cucumber, and oysters would also be taken.

He didn't have time to bother with large Crab for now, leaving them to the traps he had set in the afternoon. He would pull them up tomorrow morning to see; if there were any, great; if not, so be it.

He was just being laid-back now, whatever happens, happens!

"Oh! A four to five jin big lobster! Where do you think you're running?"

Yang Qi saw that all three mesh bags were full and was about to surface when he spotted a large lobster trying to escape.

He shined his diving light on the lobster, pressed down on it with both hands, holding it firmly on the seabed no matter how much it struggled.

Finding an opportunity, he grabbed its head with one hand and surfaced.

Yang Qi climbed onto the setting sail, dragging a few mesh bags, and went to the live fish tank, emptying his catches into it.

"Oh! Yang Qi, so many!"

"Yeah, they're full. I'll put them away first. How's your fishing going?"

Yang Qi nodded and asked.

"Husband, we've already caught five Mouse Grouper, three East Star Grouper, ten Wrasse, and the rest are various other Groupers and some other fish."

Then she looked at Yang Qi with anticipation, like a primary school student waiting for praise from her teacher.

To be honest, the current Bai Xue was sometimes very different from before. Especially when it was just the two of them, she would often act spoiled and playful.

They say women are love-struck, and their IQ is zero when in love. Yang Qi didn't know if this saying was true or false.

But he felt he enjoyed it, and that was enough.

"That amazing? More than my catch. Come, come, let me massage your arms."

Yang Qi transformed into a waiter, went to get two bottles of drinks, and gave them to the two women.

Even though she knew he was joking, Bai Xue still giggled.

Then he started massaging Bai Xue's arm. Yao Shanshan rolled her eyes at the sight.

At this moment, Yang Qi noticed a plump Mouse Grouper near Bai Xue's fishing spot, hiding under a reef, vigilantly observing the various fish schools scrambling for food in front.

Not far behind it, there were also many Mouse Grouper leisurely swimming in and out of the reef crevices, foraging.

It seemed these Mouse Grouper were attracted by the smell of the Shrimp scraps.

However, they were all hesitant, observing, not daring to approach immediately. Finally, these Mouse Grouper couldn't resist the temptation and slowly moved closer.

One of the Mouse Grouper, weighing over two jin, hesitated for a moment, then rushed forward to bite the hook first.

"Fish on, wife!"

Yang Qi said to Bai Xue, who was enjoying his massage with her eyes closed.

"Oh, oh."

After Bai Xue frantically raised her rod and set the hook, the Mouse Grouper's mouth was pierced. It thrashed left and right in pain, trying to get into the reef crevices to escape the hook.

Bai Xue steadily controlled the fishing rod; after all, a two-jin fish was no match for an experienced angler like her.

In less than a minute, she pulled the Mouse Grouper out of the water.

"Damn it, does this guy want to eat alone? Damn, it swallowed the food and ran off without a trace."

The fellow Mouse Grouper underwater cursed this guy for not having team spirit and eating alone.

Yang Qi stood by, extended his mesh bag, and scooped up the Mouse Grouper. Just after putting the fish into the live fish tank and returning, he saw that Yao Shanshan had also hooked a fish.

Her luck was also very good this time; she had hooked an East Star Grouper weighing about three jin.

"Hehehe, another East Star Grouper. How delightful!"

Yao Shanshan was a little smug. By constantly looking at her phone and studying materials these past few nights, she had learned a lot about marine life.

"Not bad! About three jin!"

Yang Qi walked over and scooped up the fish.

The next moment, Bai Xue caught another Mouse Grouper weighing about three jin. Yang Qi estimated that the Mouse Grouper below would likely face a grim fate.

"Oh my! Husband, this Mouse Grouper is too small, less than half a jin. It's still a baby! I'm throwing it back."

Bai Xue said dismissively, looking at a freshly caught Mouse Grouper.

"Throw it back! Let it go call its mommy and daddy, grandpa and grandma over."

Yang Qi thought even less of such juvenile fish, so he nodded and said.

"Little fish, hurry home and call your mommy and daddy, grandpa and grandma over. I'll take them to a hot spring."

Bai Xue muttered a few words and then tossed the fish back into the sea.

After fishing with Bai Xue for four or five fish, Yang Qi continued his solo hunting journey.