422: chase

Under Yang Qi's command, Bai Xue quickly started the fishing boat and headed toward the buoy of the last net.

Yang Qi gripped the Gaff in his hand, his eyes fixed tightly on the buoy, and stretched out both hands to hook it.

Then he pulled it over and tied it to the gunwale.

"Little Snow, speed up."

Bai Xue had been keeping an eye on Yang Qi from the Cockpit and saw that he had already secured the fishing net.

The moment Yang Qi spoke, she quickly pushed the engine telegraph, and the boat's speed increased rapidly.

By this time, Yang Qi could already see that a patrol vessel was fast approaching them.

The patrol vessel's speed was clearly superior to that of the setting sail, so the distance between the two was gradually closing.

Ten minutes later, Yang Qi could even see the glaring red Rising Sun flag painted on the patrol vessel's superstructure.

"Screw you, japanese!"

Just like that, the setting sail ran ahead, with the japanese patrol vessel in hot pursuit.

The two dogs, perhaps sensing Yang Qi's inner agitation, began to bark fiercely at the distant patrol vessel.

Ten minutes later, Yang Qi could already see a few people on the opposite deck jumping up and down at them.

At the same time, unintelligible gibberish came over their loudspeaker.

Yang Qi didn't understand a single word.

But he guessed it wasn't anything good.

"Damn it, can't you speak a human language?"

Yang Qi also cursed loudly back at them.

The two dogs, not to be outdone, barked wildly at the other side to show their defiance.

Unexpectedly, a few phrases of broken Chinese came from the other side.

The meaning was to tell them to stop the boat for inspection.

"Stop my ass! japanese!"

Yang Qi stood on the deck, holding a fish-killing knife in his hand.

The two dogs stood on either side of him, baring their teeth at the other side, instantly making their stance look much more formidable.

He wasn't trying to threaten the japanese with the knife; he was worried that the propellers of the encroaching japanese patrol vessel would get tangled in the underwater fishing nets.

If that happened, he wouldn't just sit there and wait for death; he would have to cut the nets and flee.

"That's not right! At this distance, we should have entered our country's territorial waters. Why haven't the japanese slowed down?"

"Damn, those japanese bastards have no sense of honor!"

By now, Yang Qi could already see the furious, frustrated faces of the japanese on the opposite deck.

"Husband, husband, we've already entered our country's territorial waters. Why are the japanese still chasing us? What should we do?"

At this moment, Bai Xue's slightly panicked voice came through the walkie-talkie.

Yang Qi immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and comforted her:

"Don't worry, Little Snow, just keep driving like this. They won't dare to chase us too far. At worst, we'll just dive into the sea! Don't be afraid!"

If it were just him, if pushed to the limit, he would actually dare to ram the boat into them.

At worst, he would lose the fishing boat, and he could just dive into the sea.

But obviously, it hadn't reached that point yet.

"Damn it, japanese, we've already entered our country's territorial waters. If you keep chasing, I'll fight you to the death."

Yang Qi secretly made up his mind, preparing to go and reassure Bai Xue.

At this moment, he noticed that the speed of the japanese patrol vessel had clearly decreased; presumably, they also knew they couldn't enter another country's territorial waters too far.

After waiting for a while, the helpless patrol vessel turned around and sailed away.

The two dogs became even more arrogant, jumping up and down at the departing ship, perfectly illustrating their arrogance by relying on their master's backing.

"The japanese are truly bullying us too much, actually chasing us into our own territorial waters."

After seeing the japanese patrol vessel leave, Bai Xue slowly stopped the boat and came out to help Yang Qi pull in the nets, saying indignantly.

"Hehehe, Little Snow, I was just thinking, if they had kept chasing, we should have learned from Boss Zhan and rammed them. Would you dare?"

Yang Qi said with a smile.

"Why wouldn't I dare? At worst, we'll just dive into the sea. Besides, once we're in our own territorial waters, there's no need to fear them."

"The main thing is that our fishing boat is too small and doesn't have much force; even if we rammed them, it wouldn't cause much damage. If it were that scientific research vessel, I would have wanted to ram them a long time ago. It's so infuriating!"

Bai Xue still felt somewhat resentful.

"Hahaha, don't be angry. Once that scientific research vessel is refitted, we won't be in such a sorry state."

"Alright! Coal, Gold Bar, the enemy has run away, so stop barking."

Yang Qi said while starting to pull in the nets.

Just now, the setting sail had been running frantically for half an hour dragging these two nets; who knew how many yellowtail amberjack were left in them?

When one fat yellowtail amberjack after another was pulled out of the sea, both of them broke into bright smiles again.

There were certainly losses, but they shouldn't be too significant.

However, it was estimated that the fishing nets were ruined; the two nets were already tangled together.

Most of the fish were tightly wrapped by the two nets.

"Forget the nets; cut them open and get the fish out!"

Yang Qi said.

"Yeah, that's the only way!"

The two of them put all the yellowtail amberjack that weren't damaged much into the Live Well.

That was great; with the catch from this second school of fish, the setting sail was full again—a true, full capacity.

Not only was the Freezer Hold packed full, but the four Live Wells, large and small, were also densely packed with yellowtail amberjack.

All the live fish tanks had their oxygen pumps running, and they were also filled with yellowtail amberjack.

Even the live bait tank was filled with seawater and held five yellowtail amberjack weighing about seven jin each.

There were also two yellowtail amberjack on the kitchen cutting board, ready to be prepared.

Now that there was no external danger, combined with the full catch and the overnight and morning of overloaded, high-intensity work.

The two of them, already physically and mentally exhausted, decided to treat themselves to some good food, along with the two dogs who had been acting tough.

Yang Qi and Bai Xue, these two gluttons, had only eaten two bowls of noodles in the middle of the night, and by now, they were so hungry they were famished.

First, they heated up the stewed steak and clear-stewed lamb they had brought from home.

After a bowl of lamb soup went down, their stomachs finally warmed up.

Next was processing the two yellowtail amberjack; the famous yellowtail amberjack sashimi was naturally a must.

Although Yang Qi didn't particularly like eating raw food, he couldn't stop Bai Xue from liking it.

So he cut a full portion.

The rest was prepared according to their preferences, made into pan-fried and soy-braised dishes.

The two fish heads and bones were stewed into a large pot of fish soup.

After the two of them enjoyed their meal and fed the dogs, they went to sleep.

When they woke up, it was already past four in the afternoon.

After Yang Qi got up, he immediately checked the Live Well and found that all the yellowtail amberjack were fine, which set his mind at ease.

He also went to check on the two dogs who were still sleeping, then went to the Cockpit to start the setting sail and headed home.

Around eleven o'clock at night, Yang Qi, who was driving the setting sail, discovered a huge school of Beltfish.