Chapter 324

Red dot fish: (⊙_⊙)

Cheng Hui's mouth twitched. Okay, he looks sick too.

He tentatively waved to the red-spotted fish: "Hello?"

Red dot fish: (⊙_⊙)

Cheng Hui's mouth twitched. "Okay, he doesn't look that smart..."

Small red-dot fish swam around, not too close, but not too far away.

Cheng Hui ignored him, threw down a handful of bait, and waited for the moonlight fish to take the bait.

But for some reason, the moonlight fish today seemed unexpectedly smart. Apart from the ones thrown by Cheng Hui, which were scrambled to eat, no one paid any attention to the ones on the bait.

Cheng Hui couldn't help but mutter to himself, "No way, are these fish so smart? They even know how to learn from their mistakes?"

Lin Qingyang spread his hands helplessly. At that time, he only got a recipe and had never actually applied it. He was not quite sure what the habits of this moonlight fish were.

Just as Cheng Hui was looking at his empty fishhook in distress, he saw the little red fish suddenly jump out from the water and bite the bait fiercely.

Cheng Hui shuddered and reflexively picked up the fishing rod.

"Oh wow!" He held up his fishing rod, grinning at the little red fish, and poked its body. "Little fool, you got fooled yesterday, why are you still here today? Look, this is the result of greed."

He was about to pick the fish off and put it into the bucket when the fish suddenly turned into moonlight and disappeared from his hand again.

Cheng Hui: ...

Depend on!

This is simply unbearable!

He glared at the little fish that had returned to the sea and swore, "Hey, you little liar! Don't ever try to cheat me out of food and drinks again!"

The little red-dot fish wagged its tail and swam away slowly.

Cheng Hui was furious, but what could he do? The Moonlight Transformation move was truly impossible to defend against. Aside from the Red Lotus Karma Fire, he couldn't think of anything else that would work.

However, once the Red Lotus Karma Fire is ignited, these moonlight fish will be burned to ashes directly, which is contrary to Cheng Hui's purpose.

Helplessly, Cheng Hui could only point at the red fish, signaling him to be quiet, and then cast the hook again.

This time, he caught a moonfish very smoothly, and after catching this fish, the remaining moonfish began to stay away from him.

Cheng Hui looked at the moonlight fish in his hand, then looked at the small fish with red dots, and seemed to be thinking about something.

He said to Lin Qingyang: "Qingyang, do you feel that the little red fish is helping me?"

"Um?"

Cheng Hui explained, "You see, it was the same yesterday. After I caught the small red fish, the moonlight fish took the bait. And after one moonlight fish was caught, the rest of the moonlight fish refused to come near."

Lin Qingyang recalled that it was indeed the case. He pondered and said, "We can try it again."

"good."

Cheng Hui sprinkled the bait again. This time, he stared at the little fish with red dots. No matter what he did, the little fish refused to come close.

After all the trouble, Cheng Hui gained nothing except a handful of bait. He lay back dejectedly in Lin Qingyang's arms.

Lin Qingyang stroked his slightly messy hair with amusement and kissed him gently: "Why are you so depressed?"

“I can’t catch any fish… Why is this lousy fish so…” Cheng Hui was speechless.

To say they are smart, they are not really, otherwise there wouldn't be those stupid fish taking the bait. To say they are stupid, they can learn the lesson immediately after losing a companion... This is really speechless.

"Okay, we've caught a fish today, not bad. Let's try again tomorrow." Lin Qingyang held Cheng Hui's head with a smile and kissed him on the forehead.

Cheng Hui sighed.

Okay, so what if it doesn’t work? These fish have learned their lesson and won’t take the bait. I can only try again tomorrow.

I hope these fish are just like what is said on the Internet, with bad memories. Maybe I can catch another one tomorrow.

The next day, he appeared in this sea area again.

However, this time, the moonfish did not appear. For several days in a row, they had to return empty-handed.

It was not until five days later that they saw the moonfish again.

It’s strange to say, but when Cheng Hui looked at the densely packed moonfish, he felt a strange feeling in his heart.

Was it... an illusion? Why did he feel that these fish looked different from the last ones?

But when he saw the familiar little fish with red dots, he suddenly felt that he might have seen it wrong.

There's no running away, it's this little rascal, is he here to get free food and drinks again?

"Little rascal!" Cheng Hui scolded with a smile, but when throwing the bait, he couldn't help but throw a few pellets at the little fish with a red dot.

The red-dotted fish opened its round eyes and mouth wide: (⊙o⊙)? But it still quickly swallowed all the bait.

Cheng Hui started fishing again. Maybe it was the good luck brought by the red fish, or maybe the memory of these moonlight fish was really not long-lasting, but after a while, a very fat moonlight fish was caught.

Looking at the fat belly of the fish, Cheng Hui couldn't help licking his lips. It looked... delicious.

No, no, this fish is used to overcome tribulations. Even if you want to eat it, you have to wait until you break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Cheng Hui looked away, wondering if any fish would be fooled, but suddenly he saw Lin Qingyang move in his peripheral vision.

He skillfully killed the fish, cut open its belly, cleaned out the internal organs, and stuffed in a bunch of spices. While Cheng Hui was still in a daze, he had already started the fire.

Cheng Hui: ...

He asked in embarrassment, "Was it that obvious?"

Lin Qingyang chuckled and gave him a look, letting him understand.

Cheng Hui: ...

Oh, forget it. Fishing doesn’t seem to be that difficult now anyway. It just takes a little more time. As a monk, I don’t have much else but plenty of time.

After all, they've gained a lot more from traveling around the country and practicing compared to practicing in seclusion, so it's no big deal to waste a little of the time they saved, right?

So Cheng Hui stopped fishing and squatted beside Lin Qingyang with a well-behaved look on his face, watching him grill the fish seriously.

Cheng Hui looked at the fish and then at Lin Qingyang.

After a while, he looked at the fish again, and then at Lin Qingyang.

After a while, he simply stopped looking at the fish and just stared at Lin Qingyang.

It is said that men at work are the most handsome. The ancients were right. Cheng Hui stared at Lin Qingyang with wide eyes.

Although the aroma of grilled fish kept coming into his nose, he didn't want to look away at all.

Hehehehe...my wife is so beautiful...

Cheng Hui thought secretly, and the image of Lin Qingyang in a red wedding dress, sitting on the wedding bed, looking at him with a smile emerged uncontrollably in his mind.

Slurp...(?﹃?)

"You're drooling..."

Lin Qingyang pretended not to notice Cheng Hui's strange look and said with a chuckle.

"Ah?" Cheng Hui shuddered and wiped it reflexively with his hand... Uh, dry?

"Hahaha……"

Lin Qingyang's laughter echoed far away in the quiet night. It was rare to hear him laugh so freely. Cheng Hui, who was obviously teased by him, couldn't help but laugh along with him.

The laughter of the two people dissipated with the wind in the night, and the sticky sound of water rose up, until the aroma of grilled fish mixed with a hint of burnt aroma woke the two people who were immersed in it.

"My fish..." Cheng Hui cried sadly.

The surface of the fish skin had already turned a burnt color. Lin Qingyang quickly picked up the fish and peeled off the skin quickly.

Looking at the tender white fish meat, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, only the outer layer was burnt. The fish meat inside was not affected and even had a hint of burnt aroma.

"I just said no, no..." Cheng Hui's mumbling complaints disappeared in Lin Qingyang's teasing eyes.

He touched his nose and secretly hated himself for being useless.

I never thought I was obsessed with looks before, but why can't I control myself when looking at Lin Qingyang's face?

It must be Lin Qingyang's fault! It's all because he's so handsome!

Cheng Hui thought righteously, then bit off a large piece of fish and put it into Lin Qingyang's mouth.

This wasn't about being mesmerized by beauty, this was... sharing! Yes, sharing. Cheng Hui wasn't one to eat alone!

Lin Qingyang chuckled while holding the fish in his mouth. Cheng Hui couldn't help but blush...

Okay, okay, he is just a beauty-obsessed person who has no resistance to beauty, okay?

Cheng Hui: _(:з」∠)_

I felt like I was completely dominated by Lin Qingyang...

Well, just eat it. He is used to it anyway.

The taste of moonlight fish is... just so-so. Anyway, with Lin Qingyang's superb cooking skills, as long as the ingredients are acceptable, it can't be particularly unpalatable.

Although he didn't taste anything particularly amazing, it was still a satisfying meal. Cheng Hui lay there for a while, feeling satisfied, then got up and started fishing again.

The moonfish did not go far away, and the small red fish was circling near the stern of the boat.

Cheng Hui tried to cast the rod again, but still no moonfish took the bait.

Ah, this...

Cheng Hui was a little distressed. Is it true that he can only catch one fish at a time?

After counting on his fingers, he and Lin Qingyang needed ten in total, which was basically the limit of using moonlight fish. Any more would be useless.

If you catch one fish at a time, you will only encounter a school of fish every three to five days. If you calculate this way... wouldn't it take one to two months?

This is the case when everything goes well. If something unexpected happens along the way and the fish no longer dares to take the bait, or simply moves to another place, he will be dumbfounded.

He thought for a moment, then saw the little red fish again from the corner of his eye. An idea struck him. He walked to the stern of the boat, sprinkled some bait, and negotiated with the little fish: "Look, little rascal, I'll give you bait that's suitable for you, and then you help me trick a few fish... No, I'll trick a few of your enemies who are competing for food. What do you say?"

Red dot fish: (⊙_⊙)

Cheng Hui felt that he was completely crazy, as he actually discussed with a moonfish how to deceive its companions.

For fish that live in groups like this, when one fish is in danger, it would be eager to pass the news to the entire group. How could they possibly "go along with him"?

"Oh..." Cheng Hui sighed. It seemed that he could only pray that his luck was not too bad.

Just as he was sighing, the little red-dot fish suddenly jumped out of the water and spit at Cheng Hui.

Cheng Hui: ???

"No, I gave you food, why are you spitting at me?" Cheng Hui was annoyed. He had just fed the fish, and although it wasn't very kind of him to trick someone into betraying their own kind, it hadn't worked... Spitting on me was too much!

Cheng Hui kept talking, which was considered as a way to find joy in suffering.

Unexpectedly, the little fish with a red dot suddenly flicked its tail and swam towards the school of moonlight fish not far away, as if it was too lazy to listen to your nagging.

Cheng Hui was at a loss for words and could only point in the direction where the little fish was swimming, then once again threw himself into Lin Qingyang's arms for comfort.

Lin Qingyang smiled without saying anything, and decided in his heart that he would give this clever little fish a snack next time!

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