358: A laughing sea turtle

After finishing the food on the deck, the sea turtle raised its head and stared straight at Yang Qi.

"Is this... not full yet?"

Yang Qi looked at the sea turtle in surprise and asked somewhat suspiciously.

"Xiaoxue, get this big guy some more food. I didn't expect this fellow to be such a glutton!"

Bai Xue covered her mouth and giggled.

"Teehee, maybe it's been hungry for too long. I'll go get some right now!"

After saying that, she took Yao Shanshan with her and brought back some sea fish and green vegetables. She chopped them up and placed them in front of the sea turtle.

Only then did the sea turtle lower its head and start munching away. Finally, it seemed to be truly full, as it stopped touching the remaining fish chunks.

"How about I send you back now?"

Yang Qi spoke softly to the sea turtle.

The sea turtle opened its mouth and tilted its head while looking at him.

"Oh my! Hubby, why do I feel like this sea turtle is smiling?"

Bai Xue's eyes suddenly widened as she pointed at the turtle.

"Yeah! Yeah!! I saw it smiling too!"

Yao Shanshan also pointed at the sea turtle and spoke loudly.

Yang Qi leaned down to look closely at the sea turtle. Its mouth was indeed open, and its beak already had a slight natural curve; looking closely, it really did give off the feeling of a grin.

"Hehehe, what do you mean by this?"

The sea turtle shuffled forward a few steps, leaning closer toward him.

"What, you don't want to leave? That won't do. I don't want to end up 'stepping on a sewing machine' (going to prison)."

"If you live in this area of the sea, we might have a chance to meet again in the future."

"Come, come, I'll apply some more Povidone-iodine to disinfect your wound. I'll let you play on the boat for a little while longer!"

Yang Qi bent down and began applying medicine to the sea turtle again.

What happened next was quite strange; basically, wherever Yang Qi went, that turtle followed!

Even though it couldn't crawl fast without claws, it still tried its best to kick its flippers and follow him.

"Sigh! I say, you're a sea turtle, not a dog. Why do you keep following me?"

However, another thought occurred to him:

"Is there a possibility that it actually wants to get back into the sea quickly, and I'm the one who's overthinking and misinterpreting it?"

"Forget it, a sea turtle belongs in the sea. I should send it back sooner!"

So he called the three of them to use the crane to return the sea turtle to the ocean.

"Off you go! In the future, look more carefully when you're eating."

Yang Qi waved his hand at the sea turtle floating on the surface.

The sea turtle opened its mouth; he figured it shouldn't be cursing him at least. After all, he was the one who helped it out of its predicament.

Finally, after circling a few times, the sea turtle dove underwater and disappeared from sight.

"Was it saying goodbye to us just now?"

Bai Xue's eyes were filled with little stars.

"Who knows? Maybe it was saying our vegetables didn't taste good? Hahaha."

Yang Qi said jokingly.

"Teehee, is it possible it was cursing you for hurting it earlier?"

"That's possible!"

Yao Shanshan added with a laugh.

"Anyway, let's go find some schools of fish! We'll fish for one more day today and head back tomorrow morning."

Yang Qi suggested.

"Sure! Heading back tomorrow morning means we'll get home just in time the day after."

Bai Xue nodded in agreement.

Yang Qi turned the rudder and steered north. Along the way, the water was consistently three to four hundred meters deep. There should be plenty of big fish at this depth, but this wasn't his preferred spot.

He didn't want to wait blindly. What if there were no fish here, or not many? Wouldn't that be a waste of his special ability?

Although he had grown to enjoy the thrill of a 'blind box' catch, he still preferred to cast his line when he actually found a school of fish.

An hour later, the fishing boat arrived at a sea area sixty to seventy meters deep. There were three or four other fishing boats nearby.

Yang Qi took a few more looks at the underwater situation. Suddenly, he discovered four Tuna foraging on the seabed about seventy or eighty meters ahead. The first three were Bigeye Tuna weighing over two hundred pounds.

One spindle-shaped fat fellow deeply attracted him. "Found another Blue Fatty!"

"Judging by this Blue Fatty's size, it must be at least four hundred pounds. Let's get it!"

Yang Qi immediately found a suitable spot to stop the boat and quickly assembled his heavy-duty boat fishing rod.

Bai Xue and the others had been chatting on the flybridge sofa, but when she saw the boat stop, she came down immediately. She knew Yang Qi never acted without a reason!

"Hubby, did you find a school of fish?"

She asked while also assembling her own fishing rod.

"Yeah, I just happened to see a few big ones."

By this time, Yang Qi had already set up his rod and was hooking a Lalun fish weighing over four pounds onto the large hook.

Then, he cast it forcefully toward the path the Tuna were taking.

"Splash!"

A small splash appeared in the distance as the lead sinker and bait dropped into the sea.

"That far? Hubby, help me cast mine. I can't throw it that far!"

Bai Xue had just finished hooking her bait and said with some difficulty.

"No problem, leave it to me!"

He then casually cast the bait for Bai Xue and handed the rod back to her.

Then, his eyes stared intently at the movements of those Tuna.

As he slowly turned the reel, the Lalun on the hook was dragged along, looking as if it had come to life.

It was finally noticed by the Tuna, which quickly darted toward the bait.

The largest Bluefin Tuna among them came from behind and suddenly snapped its jaws down.

But just as it did, he happened to turn the reel, and by some stroke of bad luck, he perfectly avoided the big Bluefin Tuna's bite.

"Damn it!"

Yang Qi slapped his thigh in frustration, regretting his itchy hands!

Because a Bigeye Tuna following behind had taken the opportunity to bite the bait firmly.

As the Bigeye Tuna bit the bait, perhaps feeling the pain, it bolted sideways with all its might.

Yang Qi's fishing line instantly made a "whoosh" sound as it was pulled taut. The fishing rod bent visibly to the naked eye.

Less than ten seconds later, Bai Xue's shout came from beside him:

"I've got one! Such incredible power!"

Yang Qi looked closely and saw that it was the Bluefin Tuna from earlier; it had ended up biting Bai Xue's bait.

"This luck! It's truly something else!"

Yang Qi was thoroughly impressed by her luck.

"Xiaoxue, it's a big one! Put the rod in the Rod Holder. Don't try to hold it by hand."

He was afraid Bai Xue might get injured if she tried to reel it in manually, so he quickly reminded her.

Bai Xue always followed his words without question or hesitation.

"Okay!"

With Yao Shanshan's help, Bai Xue immediately loosened the brake slightly and then slotted the rod into the Rod Holder.

Yang Qi himself held his line and walked toward the aft deck. He was also afraid of the lines tangling and losing the fish.

Yao Shanshan immediately put the Fighting Belt on Yang Qi. With the help of the Fighting Belt, he could ensure he wouldn't get hurt and could reel in the Tuna faster.

Since there was still a large Bluefin Tuna waiting for him, he didn't hold back at all against the Bigeye Tuna on his line.