[That's right, it was the Dragon Maiden's appearance that alerted our lord. You all possess dragon energy, though very faint, we could still detect it.]

You guys are too poor, you need to make more money, hurry up and start your online business.

As soon as Su Chengguo finished speaking, he heard the sound of the basking shark, and he immediately felt a little embarrassed.

But thinking about it, it's true that it was unfair for a dragon girl to be born into their family.

"Regardless of whether Tian Tian is a dragon girl or not, we will treat her well. Su Luo is my own daughter and your own sister. We will help her as much as we can without feeling too much pressure or burden."

Su Dahai looked at his two sons seriously. No matter what Su Tiantian's identity was, they both loved her the same.

As family members, they would all take care of her.

"Don't worry, Dad, we understand. We can set up the net now."

Su Chengguo nodded repeatedly, then patted his bottom and got up.

Su Chenggong also got up to help set up the net.

As expected, another mackerel net has been swamped.

Su Chengguo is very energetic, with inexhaustible strength, as if she is not afraid of getting tired.

In their spare time, the two brothers would eat sugar cakes and fish balls, casting net after net.

They didn't stop until they were too tired to lift their hands anymore; the hold already contained over a thousand pounds of fish.

"Baby Shark Poseidon, we're so tired we can't move anymore, we need to go home."

Su Chengguo lay on the deck, waving her hands repeatedly at the sea.

At that moment, a dorsal fin was seen cutting through the water and gradually disappearing into the distance.

The proud basking shark never spoke another word to Su Chengguo.

Su Dahai watched as the basking shark knelt down on its dorsal fin and respectfully kowtowed in thanks.

"Let's rest for a while, then we'll go home."

Su Dahai felt a pang of heartache seeing his two sons exhausted, but he also felt joy at the sight of the ship full of cargo.

Su Dahai took the helm and returned, while the two brothers, Su Chenggong and Su Chengguo, rested.

It took them a while to recover.

As they drew closer to the coastline, Su Chengguo couldn't help but excitedly shout, "Awooooo—"

Su Chenggong laughed and said irritably, "Why are you barking like a dog all of a sudden? You scared me."

This younger brother is always like this, occasionally letting out strange cries to express his excitement. I've seen it so many times that I'm used to it, but I still get a fright when he suddenly shouts out.

"Brother, your description is wrong. How could I be barking like a dog? I'm clearly expressing my heroic spirit!"

Su Chengguo was indignant. How could he be described as a dog? If he was a dog, then what was his older brother, his father, and his whole family?

My brother is really something. He can scold anyone, but he can't even spare himself.

“I think your older brother is absolutely right, his description is very accurate.”

Su Dahai couldn't help but laugh. He had watched his two sons grow up, and as they got married and became more mature and steady, he felt gratified to see that they still retained their childhood innocence.

Indeed, it's the teenagers who kill men.

"Dad, you'd better think this through. I'm just barking like a dog, but what about you? What about our whole family?"

Su Chengguo grinned mischievously, noticing his father and older brother's constipated expressions, and immediately pouted and started yelling, "Awoooooo!"

He's such a clever little devil.

Su Dahai rolled his eyes. What was he talking to this silly boy about?

Su Chenggong was speechless and simply stopped talking to Su Chengguo.

When they arrived at the port, Liu, the fish collector, was waiting for them.

Seeing them stop their boat, he jumped aboard. Liu, a burly fisherman weighing over 200 jin, was so big that his jump caused their boat to sink considerably.

Liu, the fish buyer, said with a smile, "Wow, you've got another haul of mackerel today! That's amazing. It's not even the season when mackerel are at their fattest, but every single one of these mackerel is top-quality."

Spanish mackerel are most abundant in autumn, when they migrate to coastal waters and grow during the summer, resulting in more succulent and delicious flesh.

However, the mackerel that the Su family father and son encountered were already at their fattest and most delicious.

Recalling the myths he had heard today, Liu, the fishmonger, looked at the three Su family members with even greater respect.

"Thank God, we're all exhausted, let's weigh ourselves quickly."

Su Dahai smiled and said.

While instructing the workers to collect the goods, Liu, the fish collector, offered cigarettes to Su Dahai and his son.

"Wow, this is a good cigarette."

Su Chengguo glanced at it and said with a smile, "Hongtashan cigarettes, a pack costs more than one yuan."

The brothers rarely smoked, and when they did, it was just like Su Dahai – they smoked dry tobacco, simply rolling up some tobacco leaves and smoking it.

They smoke more to stay alert.

"Good cigarettes for good people, it is an honor for the cigarettes."

Liu, the fish collector, smiled and made polite remarks.

He lowered his voice and said, "Did you fight with the Wang family boat today?"

Liu's words made the three members of the Su family frown; they hadn't expected the Wang family to bring this up.

Su Chenggong smiled calmly and said, "To be honest, Brother Liu, we did have a bit of a conflict. What did the Wang family say about us?"

After exhaling a smoke ring, Liu, the fish collector, said, "They say you bully your neighbors and use evil magic to control sea monsters. This evil magic will feed the sea monsters and turn them into demons, which will eventually devour all the fishermen who go out to sea."

When the Wang family returned, there were many people around. What they said was reasonable and well-founded, which frightened many people, and everyone looked rather unwell.

More than anything, it was jealousy.

Those who had a decent harvest left without saying a word.

But those who reaped little or even nothing were convinced that their recent bad luck was caused by the sea monsters.

Liu, the fish collector, told the Su family father and son about this, mainly because he was curious whether the Su family father and son really worshipped the sea beast and whether they could really control the sea beast, which was why they had been so lucky lately.

"Damn it, if I had known they were this vicious, I should have beaten them up earlier!"

Su Chengguo spat out a curse in anger.

The Wang family's return has spread rumors about them; it's infuriating!

"Today when we went out to sea, the Wang family followed us, trying to seize our territory. They took advantage of their numbers to bully us. We don't know what they have on their boat, but they provoked a great shark to attack their fishing boat, and they think we were the ones who sent the shark. Who would believe that?"

Su Chenggong smiled and spoke frankly to Liu, the fish collector.

“There are plenty of cases of fighting over territory at sea. They just want to find a legitimate reason for their beastly behavior. If my son and I hadn’t stood up for us today, who would have known if they had really killed us at sea?”

Su Chenggong looked at Liu, the fish collector, with a wry smile. The fact that his family had a dragon that could talk to the sea god, the Great White Shark, was naturally a secret.

Hearing Su Chenggong say this, Liu, the fishmonger, also felt a pang of sadness.

"They're just jealous, you can ignore them," Liu, the fish collector, said with a smile, trying to smooth things over.

That's just how people are. Most people can't stand seeing others do better than themselves because they get jealous, and they don't want to admit their own incompetence.