Are there really stupid fish that would rush to offer you a fish head with chopped chili peppers?

While the little dumpling was still daydreaming about the sky, Huo Qin quietly loosened his grip and silently watched as the crucian carp, having successfully made its way ashore on its own, struggled to turn over and then crawled unsteadily toward Chaochao.

It writhed eerily in the shadows, in the dampness.

"..." Huo Qin's brow furrowed even deeper, as if he had just momentarily hallucinated a chubby little bird doing weight loss training in his yard.

Ever since the suspected "eye contact" incident, the system couldn't help but glance at the villain more often, and naturally noticed the man's cold, downcast gaze.

System: "...Eh?...Uh..."

This fish looks incredibly cunning.

After the initial euphoria subsided, upon reflection, the system realized that the fish was indeed unusual, and out of curiosity, it switched to a wide-angle view.

A dense school of fish surrounded the boat from all sides, enveloping it completely. The fish mouths rose and fell above the water, opening and closing and blowing bubbles.

The sluggish system: "...?"

It desperately wanted to share the wide-angle view with Hochin at this moment.

Good heavens! They're surrounded by fish and shrimp!

Perhaps it was influenced by this wild crucian carp that seemed to have become a spirit.

The lake remained calm, but Huo Qin sensed an eerie calm beneath. The man silently lowered his eyes, all his emotions hidden in his dark expression.

The ship suddenly swayed slightly.

Huo Qin immediately helped the little dumpling in front of him.

The fish that was about to twist to Chaochao's feet on the boat deck slid far away because of the shaking, even further than when it first came ashore.

The fish remained still for three seconds, then suddenly twitched its tail, and then lay still on the spot, never to move again.

system:"……"

For a fleeting moment, it seemed to hear the fish crying and screaming in despair.

Huo Qin glanced indifferently at the dejected fish on the ground, then straightened up Chaochao, who had stumbled slightly.

"What just happened?" The jolt woke Chaochao from her daydream. She grabbed Huo Qin's arm, her almond-shaped eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

My mind raced through all sorts of rumors about underwater monsters that Jiang Chi had told me.

Huo Qin really didn't know what that strange noise was.

The system, with its enhanced perception, knows! It knows!!!

It was the daring, wild fish crowding the bottom of the boat that lifted it up!

Huo Qin interrupted Chaochao's internal spellcasting: "She may have hit a rock, or something else."

If it were a creature from the water, Huo Qin wouldn't entirely dismiss it.

After all, mysterious and enigmatic things do exist.

I'm just worried that if a child with an overactive imagination goes home and has nightmares, I might end up having a whole series of nightmares.

With a half-believing look, Chaochao let out a "boom" and, when talking about the things in the water, she seemed to have forgotten something. Then, her eyes met those of something on the ground that was shrouded in a faint aura of death.

Oh, it's a fish.

Chaochao paused for a second.

She caught the fish!

"My little fish! I'm coming, hang in there!"

She immediately ran over, picked it up with heartache in her eyes, and apologized sincerely: "I'm so sorry, I just forgot for a little while, really, really."

The crucian carp, which had been lying on the ground pretending to be dead not long ago, suddenly opened and closed its gills and swayed its smooth tail rapidly, as if it had been instantly infused with true energy.

Chaochao gently stroked the fish's body with her small hands, her appreciation evident in her words, and she showered it with sweet and sincere praise.

"Wow, your scales are so shiny, just like diamonds! Your body feels so smooth, like jelly! You're just the right amount of flesh, and you're so energetic. You must swim and exercise often, right?"

Chaochao stroked up and down with its two paws, and its soft little mouth made sweet, babyish noises that were quite endearing to the fish.

To get a sense of how much the fish was moving, you can refer to the fins of a certain fish that were practically flapping their wings and creating afterimages.

The system silently lit a cigarette for the ignorant and naive fish in its heart.

Child, maybe they're just after your body?