Chapter 215: Chapter 187 Temporary Farewell Chapter 215: Chapter 187 Temporary Farewell An afternoon passed, and the two of them together caught about forty to fifty kilograms of yellow croakers, unfortunately, none weighed more than one and a half kilograms.

Chu Mingcheng’s plan to gift a particularly large yellow croaker was temporarily thwarted, but this was normal.

After it got dark, the two temporarily stopped fishing and sorted the yellow croakers caught in the afternoon according to size.

Then they wrapped them in cling film and put them in transparent packaging bags they had bought specifically for this purpose.

The wrapped fish were placed in foam boxes and layered with ice for preservation.

There were a few that didn’t look as good, as if they had escaped from a net cage, but they also somewhat resembled wild ones.

Chu Mingcheng decided to keep these for the time being; they could be sold for a low price, but there were only a few, and he felt it was better to just keep them to eat himself.

To a fisherman like him, yellow croakers were just so-so, nothing he would regret eating.

Thus, Chu Mingcheng steamed three of them that evening. He and Jiang Luoluo had one each, and the rest of the flesh was stripped off and fed to the cat – that’s how extravagant they were.

After tidying up from dinner, Chu Mingcheng checked the fish finder.

The school of fish from the afternoon had left the area, so he had to start the fishing boat to search for a new fishing spot.

Most fish like to move and forage at night, and yellow croakers are no exception.

After searching for more than half an hour, Chu Mingcheng found a dense school of fish near another reef, even more than in the afternoon.

The water here was only seventeen meters deep, and the fish finder showed the school was mainly concentrated between ten to fifteen meters.

These fish were all staying at the bottom, whether they were yellow croakers was hard to say, but encountering fish, one must try fishing first.

The fishing rods from the afternoon were just set aside, not put away; all that was needed was to hook the sand worms and start fishing.

After a little while, Jiang Luoluo caught one first.

She was now quite proficient at fishing. Seeing the fish bite, she immediately lifted the rod, accurately stabbing the fish.

Except this time, the feel seemed a bit different. She let out a slight exclamation, “It doesn’t feel like a yellow croaker. The sensation is somewhat different?”

“Is that so? Then these might not be yellow croakers down there. Reel it in and see if it’s a valuable fish. If it is, we’ll continue fishing here; if not, we’ll move to a different spot,” Chu Mingcheng said, not having caught a fish himself, he just placed his rod into the holder and moved closer to Jiang Luoluo.

She said it felt different, but the fish wasn’t very big. You could tell by the bend of the rod.

After a short wait, a yellow fish was pulled up.

The fish weighed about seven or eight taels, and Jiang Luoluo directly pulled it up by the line.

Since the water was shallow, the fish’s swim bladder didn’t pop out.

It was still lively, thrashing its tail, with its mouth opening and closing, making a grunting noise.

Originally, Jiang Luoluo thought it wasn’t a yellow croaker, but it suddenly made the same sound as one, which made her uncertain.

“Ah Cheng, is this a yellow croaker? It looks a bit different, but it can also grunt!”

Chu Mingcheng picked up the fish and examined it, shaking his head: “This is a Yellow Three, some places also call it Yellow Granny Chicken or Chunzi Fish. But its actual scientific name is yellow croaker, belongs to the Stone Head Fish family, and its swim bladder can make sounds.”

“Is this fish expensive?”

“It seems quite good. The fish we catch ourselves always sell for more than those caught with nets. This kind under a kilogram, I remember they were sold for more than a hundred per kilogram before, and over a kilogram was two hundred. I don’t know if they’ve gone up in price now.”

Seafood prices fluctuate every few days, not to mention now, at year’s end, the prices are changing daily.

Thus, Chu Mingcheng had to look up prices online after coming ashore recently, or he’d get the prices from the fishmongers.

If the price of yellow granny fish was similar to that of Little Huang, Jiang Luoluo wouldn’t be interested in fishing for them.

But hearing that the minimum price for sea fishing was at least a hundred, she immediately decided, “Let’s just fish here, going to another place might not yield any yellow croakers either, and it would waste oil and time.”

“That works,” Chu Mingcheng nodded and agreed.

However, they only fished for two hours that night before calling it a day. There were still fish left, but neither of them wanted to continue.

Jiang Luoluo felt sad thinking about having to return home the next day and spending quite some time apart from him.

So at nine in the evening, she pulled Chu Mingcheng back to the cabin. After washing up, they snuggled together.

“Ah Cheng, when do you plan to visit my parents?”

“That depends on your performance! Whenever you can get your future in-laws to agree to see me, I’ll go.”

Visiting them should definitely be informed in advance to prepare them, showing up unannounced was too abrupt and could cause discomfort.

Although Chu Mingcheng seemed to push all the issues onto Jiang Luoluo, she really had to take the initiative and introduce him to her parents first.

She herself understood this, but she was still somewhat nervous about it.

Knowing her own parents, her mother, once she learned of Chu Mingcheng’s earning potential, wouldn’t oppose him even if he was a fisherman.

But as for her father, who had doted on her since she was little, she had concerns.

Jiang Luoluo had a reasonable mother, which prevented her from being spoiled rotten.

Therefore, she was indeed worried about her own father.

The two of them discussed this topic until late at night before finally falling into a deep sleep.

The next morning, when Jiang Luoluo woke up, Chu Mingcheng was already setting sail, just as he had done before.

He first went to shore to refuel, then headed out towards Hangzhou Bay through the Qiantang River estuary.

Jiang Luoluo’s home was in West Lake District, and she could directly reach her destination along the Qiantang River.

Along the way, Chu Mingcheng saw many fishermen catching fish.

The sudden appearance of a fishing boat also garnered the attention of these fishermen.

As Chu Mingcheng got closer to the West Lake District, he also saw some pleasure boats.

By ten o’clock in the morning, the boat stopped at a small dock in West Lake District where they could go ashore.

It was time to part ways, and Jiang Luoluo was increasingly reluctant to leave. She even started acting like a spoiled young girl and clung to him, not wanting to let go.

Chu Mingcheng hugged her with amusement and stroked her long hair which had become very smooth after conditioning, “Actually, it’s quite convenient for me to come over by boat. Just call me whenever you miss me and I’ll come over to pick you up, how about that?”

Jiang Luoluo’s eyes lit up, and she raised her head playfully, “Then you better not find it troublesome!”

“Of course not!” Chu Mingcheng saw her adorable expression and finally couldn’t resist bowing his head to taste her sweetness.

After a while, the two of them parted, both breathing heavily.

No matter how reluctant they were, they eventually had to say goodbye.

Chu Mingcheng called a taxi online, helped her put all her luggage in the car, including a box of yellow croakers, along with three black goldfish and one Pepper Diao, “Remember to call me when you get home.”

“Mm…” Although Jiang Luoluo was reluctant, thinking that Chu Mingcheng had a boat and could come to see her anytime made her feel less upset.

It was normal for lovers in the heat of passion not to want to part. At this time, couples wished they could stick together every day.

Watching the car drive away, Chu Mingcheng then set off to return by boat. He had to go home first today.

After getting things in order, he planned to take Chen Yang and Zhang Wei out to sea to fish.

Next year’s fishing moratorium would last for several months, so naturally, they had to work hard at the end of this year.

Meanwhile, Jiang Luoluo quickly arrived at her own residential complex.

After unloading her suitcases and the box of fish, she first called Chu Mingcheng to tell him she was home and to put his mind at ease. Then she found her father’s number and dialed it.

Jiang Bo had nothing to do today and was at home, nagging his wife about when their precious daughter would come back.

She was annoyed by his nagging and immediately said, “Why don’t you call and ask, what’s the use of nagging me about it?”

Jiang Bo thought it made sense and immediately took out his phone.

Just as he did so, the screen lit up with a call displaying “Precious Daughter” in bold characters.

He quickly answered, his voice extremely gentle, “Hello~ Luoluo, your mom and I were just discussing when you would be coming back — and then you call.”

Jiang Luoluo hadn’t expected her parents to be discussing this, so she playfully said, “Really? Then Dad, guess where I am now?”

Jiang Bo was startled, the suggestion seeming to be that she had already left Xia City!

“Are you at Hangzhou Airport?”

“No, guess again!”

“Xia City Airport?”

“Also not right…”

“Downstairs?”

“…”

Jiang Luoluo held her forehead; he had guessed downstairs, so why couldn’t he guess she was at the gate of the complex?

“I am at the gate of the complex, and I have quite a lot of luggage, it’s hard for me to carry it alone!”

“At the complex gate?” Jiang Bo’s voice suddenly rose eight octaves, almost reaching the pitch of a woman’s voice.

He glanced at his wife Li Ying, who had come to sit beside him, and hurriedly said, “Wait there for a moment, Dad’s coming right away.”

After hanging up the phone, he told Li Ying that their daughter was at the complex gate, and then the two of them hurried over.

Jiang Luoluo put away her phone and had only waited a little while when she saw her parents walking towards her quickly.

She immediately reached out to greet them, and seeing this, Jiang Bo happily opened his arms. But his daughter bypassed him and hugged her mother, instantly freezing the happy smile on his face.

As if that wasn’t enough, after Jiang Luoluo hugged her mother, she saw her father’s expression and wrinkled her little nose: “Dad, I’m grown up now, do you still have the nerve to hug me like you did when I was little?”

Jiang Bo awkwardly retracted his hands, looking at his still beautiful and radiant daughter, he said sadly, “My daughter’s grown up and doesn’t love her dad anymore!”

“How could that be! I will always be your precious daughter!” Jiang Luoluo, seeing him like this, eventually stepped forward and gently embraced his arm, showing her affection.

“That’s right!” Jiang Bo’s smile returned to his face.

Li Ying shook her head, lamenting that her husband was destined to be wrapped around their daughter’s little finger.

But it wasn’t surprising, given how beautiful Jiang Luoluo had grown up to be, one could imagine how cute she was as a child.

As a doting father, with such a cute little darling, wouldn’t he always be carefully protective?

“Alright, you two stop standing at the gate. Bring the luggage and let’s head back!”

The father and daughter then parted ways, ready to take the luggage back home.

However, upon seeing the foam box, both Jiang Bo and Li Ying were puzzled and curious about what was inside.

But fearing that asking now might lead to an endless conversation, they decided to keep their curiosity to themselves for the time being.