Chapter 128 Mermaid Cruise
After the body was fished out, not only did the people on the boat fall silent, but even the live broadcast room fell into a brief silence.
But then the barrage of comments began to flood the screen like an explosion.
【……】
[…]
[What the hell? What the hell? ]
【HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA】
[Corpse? Grass? Corpse? ? ]
[Grass corpse? Does the person above have such a strong taste? ]
[Help me, haha ...
[I remember now! Does he have a title of corpse fisherman? When he was fishing for people at night, wasn't Xiao Baiwan always fishing for corpses? ]
【Haha ...
[This title is awesome. Fortunately, this is the sea. If this were a dungeon where you fish corpses out of a river, Xiao Baiwan would be surrounded by corpses, hahahaha]
[NPC: You are awesome! You are amazing! ]
[Hahahahaha, I really didn't expect that this kind of negative BUFF title could be used to trick NPCs hahahaha]
On the fishing boat, everyone looked at the body that was swollen by the sea water and looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Even Weiluo had a gloomy face.
No one expected that they would be able to catch a dead body in today’s competition!
You have to know that this is the sea, not a small pool. It is not easy to fish out a corpse in such a complex and vast sea. What kind of luck does this require?
While everyone was shocked, Xu Zhiyan opened his task panel.
I was so busy fishing that I almost forgot about the special scenes.
[Congratulations to the player for entering the special scene - Guests who like sea fishing]
[Difficulty: A]
[Note: Fish and the sea are inseparable. There are always people who like to challenge their limits. This is much more exciting than fishing on the shore. But not all boats are safe. Be careful on the return trip.]
[Task: Find a way to participate in the fishing competition and win. ]
[Tip: This fishing boat may not be strong, so players should give reminders to the NPCs to return home as soon as possible.]
[Reward: Fisherman’s gift.]
Xu Zhiyan stared at the prompt for a long time before looking away.
The boat is not strong, be careful when returning.
Does that mean the ship might sink on the return voyage?
Seeing that Uncle Yu was the only one wearing a life vest on the entire boat, he silently took out the Ouroboros ring from his bag and put it on his ring finger.
The black snake ring and the black round ring go surprisingly well together.
After making preparations, Xu Zhiyan had no intention of reminding the NPC and turned his attention back to the guests and their lackeys.
Before Wei Le could say anything, Alman couldn't sit still anymore. He pointed at Xu Zhiyan's nose and said angrily: "No! This doesn't count! What you caught is not even a fish!"
The blond man's tone turned savage. He seemed to have never expected his friend to lose and was trying his best to get back at his old self.
"It was just an accident and it doesn't count as a result of the game."
After he said this, the other people who were watching and fishing together also echoed him.
"Yes! Mr. Armand is right."
"That's right, this filthy lowlife is just causing trouble! He must be killed!"
"You're right, he's here to cause trouble!"
“…”
To Xu Zhiyan, these meaningless scoldings that were repeated over and over again were like wind passing by his ears.
He just looked at the man named Weiluo who looked like a marble sculpture, waiting for his response to the corpse he had fished up.
The task is for guests who like sea fishing, and the reward is also a gift from the fisherman.
Since the system has not issued any props now, it means that this "fisherman's gift" is given by Wei Le.
Next, it depends on whether the other party acknowledges his victory.
Anyway, if they don't admit it, he will just fish a few more times. As long as there is a corpse in the sea, he is confident that he can catch it!
The swollen corpse still lay on the deck. If it had been conscious, it would probably be embarrassed to be stared at.
But Xu Zhiyan didn't wait too long.
Weiluo, who was facing him across the swollen corpse, finally spoke.
"You win."
“I certainly haven’t fished for a carcass.”
Xu Zhiyan was a little surprised to hear the other party admit it so openly.
Although he had expected that Wei Le would acknowledge his victory, the fact that he admitted his defeat so directly, and in front of other guests and fellow anglers, was considered a great honor.
When the others heard what Vile said, they immediately lost their temper. Only Alman was still complaining and pointing at the corpse with a look of exasperation on his face.
"Hey, hey, Will? Are you crazy?"
He looked at Wei Le, then at the plainly dressed low-class person opposite him, his fingers trembling with anger: "You actually want to admit that you lost to an inferior person? I really don't know what's going on in your head!"
"Isn't it just something new?" Alman said harshly, pulling over a fellow angler who had just been beside him.
"You! Get down and bite the hook!"
“…”
Xu Zhiyan opened his mouth but said nothing.
Although his mind told him that it was time to give Wei Le a way out and reconcile with the other party, after listening to this man's previous remarks, Xu Zhiyan was somewhat curious about how the other party would respond to Alman's words.
"That's enough, Alman."
"I'm willing to accept the loss."
Weller interrupted the blond man who was almost going crazy and stopped him from throwing the trembling fishing companion overboard, thus ending the ridiculous competition.
Xu Zhiyan remained silent, questioning the guest named Wei Le in his mind.
The farce is over and the game is over.
The body was thrown back into the sea, and the anglers on the boat simply dispersed. After coaxing Alman, they started today's sea fishing activity with the cursing blond man.
Xu Zhiyan had already been in the spotlight and was sitting alone at the bow of the boat.
Willer, who had dropped his fishing rod, came over.
"Lowman, do you like fishing? What reward do you want?"
Xu Zhiyan, who was still estimating the reward, frowned as he listened. No wonder Xiao Baijin kept calling him an inferior. It turned out that even after getting recognition, all the guests here would still call him that?
However, considering the other party's identity, he immediately replied: "Of course I like it. I am an expert in fishing on the shore, but this is my first time to go sea fishing. What can you give me as a reward?"
When Wei Le heard that the other party also liked fishing, he was delighted at first, then hesitated for a moment and asked: "Money? Jewelry? Fish?"
It was his first time losing a fishing contest.
Although the man in front of him didn't seem to be very good at sea fishing, he was the first person who took the initiative to come to this place to fish after so many times on the boat.
Xu Zhiyan pondered for a moment.
Although he wanted money very much, there were actually limited places to spend money on the ship, and it was mainly to ensure survival.
"Material things are like leaves on the roadside to me, and are of no use to me." He shook his head and said calmly, as if the usual stingy profiteer was not him.
"I am more focused on improving myself in other areas. Money and jewelry are not attractive to me." No wonder.
Xu Zhiyan was already thinking that if this person had a lot of jewels, he would have to find an opportunity to make a fortune from it later.
The audience in the live broadcast room were fooled by Xu Zhiyan's pretense and scolded him for being shameless.
[Damn, these words coming out of Xiao Baiwan's mouth make my ears feel so hot! ]
【Hahahaha how shameless! 】
[Little Millionaire: I don’t like money, go away! Disgusting stinky money! ]
【Hahahahahahahaha! Waiting for a fresh emoticon pack! 】
【［Go away! Go away, stinky money.jpg]】
[Hahahahaha that’s too mean! Joke of the year]
As expected, Wei Le was fooled by Xu Zhiyan, but he believed the lies of the profiteer.
The curly-haired man pulled out a dolphin brooch from his pocket and carefully placed it next to Xu Zhiyan.
"If I lose, I will definitely give you a reward. When you need it, you can bring the brooch to me to exchange for the reward."
Xu Zhiyan took the brooch and a system pop-up window popped up.
【Get new items! 】
【Name: Fisherman's Gift】
[Note: You can ask for help from the current NPC in an emergency]
Chaotic neutral NPC?
Xu Zhiyan put away the brooch and looked at Wei Le with raised eyebrows.
However, it seems that since they met, although the other party failed to stop Alman from slicing meat from the girl, it seems that the only harsh word he has said is to let him be bait.
"I thought I would be tomorrow's bait." He said jokingly, trying to test the other party's attitude towards other inferior people.
After hearing this, Weiluo shook his head.
"Human flesh is not delicious, and fish don't like it either. Except for that guy named Alman who can't catch any fish, he will try some crooked tricks. I don't approve of other people using human flesh to fish."
Suddenly thinking of the harsh words he had said before, Wei Le said a little embarrassedly: "I have never used humans to catch fish."
If Alman wasn't a person who liked to have fun, he wouldn't even need so many fishing companions.
"In fact, when it comes to sea fishing, fake baits are better than real baits." As he said this, Wei Le took out his various fake baits from the fish box and happily introduced them.
What is squid fishing, what is moray fishing…
Xu Zhiyan listened quietly for a while, and finally determined the attributes of the NPC Wei Le.
No wonder Uncle Yu asked him to apologize when he thought he couldn't catch any fish, saying that he might be let off that way.
The Ville in front of him looked like a decent human being with a cool face, but in fact he was a fanatical neutral fisherman. He was indifferent to anything except fishing. He would welcome anyone who came to fish with him, even if it was a pompous idiot like Alman.
The anglers on the boat seemed to be used to it. No one came forward to disturb him. They all gathered around Alman and no one dared to go to the bow of the boat.
After chatting for a while, the fishing activity ended.
Uncle Yu began to call on the crew to start the boat, preparing to catch up with the cruise ship.
The specially made boat was flying on the sea, but it was unclear what source of power it used.
Just after they caught up with the cruise ship, but before the cruise ship lowered the rope, the boat suddenly shook, and the bottom of the boat seemed to be hit by something, making a "bang" sound.
The entire boat was hit and bent, and crashed heavily into the cruise ship.
In an instant, the sound of the hull cracking rang in everyone's ears. The scene was in chaos, with some people crying and shouting, and some falling into the sea.
Xu Zhiyan stood swaying at the bow of the ship that had not yet sunk, pretending to casually observe the performance of the sinking shipowners...especially the two guests.
The moment Wille and Alman entered the water, they struggled violently, like rinsing a mop, up and down, up and down, and drank several big gulps of sea water.
Some of the people fishing with me could swim, while others couldn't.
Some people were clinging to drifting wood and screaming, while others were trying to swim towards the struggling guests in an attempt to rescue them.
Xu Zhiyan watched Uncle Yu struggling to grab Alman's collar and not daring to let him go even when he was pushed into the water. He began to think about something.
If the guest drowned, then there was a high probability that all the lower class people would be in trouble.
However, the scene before him was somewhat different from what he had imagined.
To be honest, before this, Xu Zhiyan thought that the "guest" was a transformed sea monster.
Being able to use strange sounds to summon marine life is a skill beyond human capabilities.
In order to confirm his guess, after learning that the boat was not strong, he did not tell the fishing boat to return immediately, but allowed it to stay at anchor on the sea.
But now seeing the two people almost drowning, Xu Zhiyan was a little unsure.
Will the sea monster drown?
Are these guests really human? What is the identity of the guy at the ticket counter? How can barnacles grow on human hands?
There are more and more questions and I have no clue.
Before Xu Zhiyan could think clearly, the bow of the boat under his feet had already sunk into the water. Fortunately, the summer sea water was not that cold.
He dived into the water, kicked hard on the wooden board at the bow, then reached out and broke off a piece of wood from the hole he kicked.
Holding the wet wood, Xu Zhiyan was deeply moved.
Damn, is this power?
I didn't expect that Xu could actually kick a hole with one kick. It turns out that the stronger the fist, the more powerful the truth.
Swimming to Wei Le's side, Xu Zhiyan handed the wooden board to him and whispered, "I haven't used your reward yet. I saved your life again. I hope you will be generous when I ask you to exchange it for it."
Unexpectedly, Wei Le, who emerged from the water and was clinging to the wooden board like a dead dog, suddenly stared at Xu Zhiyan blankly.
Seeing the other person's strange expression, Xu Zhiyan subconsciously touched his hair.
Oh no... my previously messed up hair got soaked, and because it blocked my view too much, I subconsciously pushed it aside, revealing my face.
Fortunately, Wei Le is a neutral fisherman who only has eyes for fish.
After seeing Xu Zhiyan pulling his hair down in panic, Wei Le didn't say anything else.
Rescuers arrived and the chaos in the sea was transferred to the deck.
All the people who were fished out were wet.
Now it was getting close to sunset and it was no longer as warm as before. Xu Zhiyan took a quick look at the deck of the fishing spot while the weather was chaotic. After making sure that the player from before was not there, he sneaked away.
When Wei Le and Alman changed their clothes and came back here, they could no longer find Xu Zhiyan.
Walking through the busy corridor with noisy footsteps, Xu Zhiyan, covered in water, finally arrived at the room before dark.
When he entered the room, he found no one inside and Xu Zhiyan thought Bai Jin had not returned.
But he had just taken off half of his wet shirt when he bumped into the young master who came out of the room.
“…”
“…”
Both of them were surprised, but their reactions were different.
Xu Zhiyan picked up the still dripping shirt and greeted him with narrowed eyes: "You're back? I thought you weren't back."
As he asked this, he was thinking about how to ask for his salary later.
“You! You! You…”
Bai Jin originally had a lot to say, but ended up meeting Xu Zhiyan, who was soaking wet.
The other person seemed to have taken a dip in the sea. His hair was wet and stuck to his face. There were water stains on his eyelashes. Round water droplets slid down his slender neck to his bare chest...
He couldn't help thinking of the love letter.
His slightly childish face turned red again, and he spoke for a long time before he uttered a complete sentence.
"You, you shameless lowlife!"
As for what he originally wanted to say, Bai Jin had completely forgotten it. After he received the letter in the morning, he could hardly control himself.
Worried that he would be found if he went back, his mind became even more confused, so he simply gave up the idea of going back to his room and went to soak in the sea water to calm himself down completely.
After returning to the room, he saw the note left by Xu Zhiyan...
"Yeah, I'm a shameless inferior." Xu Zhiyan nodded perfunctorily, twisted his clothes, and his shoes had been thrown away somewhere long ago, leaving the water droplets hitting the instep of his feet.
Seeing Bai Jin staring at the stained carpet with his face turned away and not daring to look up, he resisted the urge to tease him and reached out his hand to ruffle his neatly combed hair.
"Be good, I'm going to take a shower first. When I come out I want to have a good chat with you." Xu Zhiyan said.
Bai Jin finally regained his senses.
Hearing this blushing inferior wanting to chat with him, he finally remembered what he wanted to say.
But seeing that the young man was soaked, and his round shoulders were shivering slightly as the water evaporated and the heat was lost, Bai Jin nodded: "That's right, I also have something to talk to you about."
Perhaps because he had something on his mind, Xu Zhiyan quickly washed himself, put on a bathrobe and walked out.
Waiting for him was the familiar feast set in the side hall and Bai Jin sitting at the table.
The boy changed his clothes, and although his face was still a little red, after the experience of the last meal, Bai Jin was no longer so stiff.
An envelope was placed next to him.
"Well, this is your first day's salary." Bai Jin said in a low voice, pushing the envelope out.
Xu Zhiyan did not refuse. He walked over, picked up the envelope and opened it. There was 500 yuan in it, exactly the same salary as mentioned at the beginning.
He couldn't help but rub his temples, he felt mixed emotions.
The main thing is that this little slice is so thoughtful.
He originally planned to have a chat with Bai Jin to see what he could teach him and then discuss the salary, but this Slice was stupid enough to just give it away for free.
"I haven't taught you anything yet, but I'm charging you money. I feel bad."
Although he said so, Xu Zhiyan still put the money back into his pocket without any hesitation.
"Forget it, let's eat first."
With the experience of starving the young master last time, seeing that Bai Jin wanted to say more, Xu Zhiyan waved his hand to indicate that they should eat first.
This kid is extremely naive, but he can do things from his heart. Since he has decided to be nice to the other person, he won't go too far.
The whole meal was spent with Bai Jin seeming to want to say something but hesitant.
It was not until they finished their meal and the waiter took away the food that the two finally found an opportunity to chat again.
"What do you want to learn? I can teach you."
"Is what the love letter says true?"
The two spoke at the same time and fell silent at the same time.
As expected, what is coming will eventually come. Xu Zhiyan held his forehead with one hand, signaled Master Bai to shut up with his eyes, and started to think about how to explain the love letter.
In the live broadcast room, the audience laughed and said that Xu Zhiyan had found this himself.
【Hahahahahahahahahahaha that’s right! 】
[It’s so funny, let Xiao Baiwan continue to talk nonsense. ]
[I want to see how Xiao Baiwan explains it! ]
[Hahahahaha, this young master has always been interested in him. He must be hard after reading this letter.]
[Shashasha, Yanyan's wife licks me! I want to read the love letter too! ]
[@Admin, please fork the above thread. ]
[You will be punished for fooling an innocent boy! You can survive if it's God's will, but you can't if it's your own fault, hahahahaha]
[Xiao Baiwan actually still remembers that he is a teacher. He is really so sad.]
[But speaking of which, aren't you all curious about what props can control the young master so well? ]
[+1, very curious, I also want to eat seafood feast while my fellow travelers eat mud! ]
[@Anonymous, big guy, can you please reveal it? I don’t believe what Xiao Baiwan said. I always feel that he is talking nonsense and deceiving my feelings.]
However, the anonymous person who was mentioned in the live broadcast barrage did not answer, and these messages were quickly brushed up.
Inside the Yunshan old house, everything was as usual.
Ever since Xu Zhiyan entered the dungeon, the monsters have once again fallen into dire straits.
After two days of the dungeon, many monsters keenly discovered that compared to the previous dungeons, this time as long as the young Bai Jin appeared in the picture, the ghosts and gods would become more silent and low-pressure than before.
Because they have a backup device to watch the live broadcast, most of the monsters are also aware of the game progress of the safe house heirs.
But this time the slices were very well behaved and obedient!
So why are ghosts and gods even more angry?
After everyone discussed it together, no one could figure it out.
Some monsters think Mr. Xu and Slice are too close, some monsters think Mr. Xu is too casual with Slice, and some monsters think Mr. Xu trusts Slice too much...
There are all kinds of guesses, but no monster knows what the truth is.
In the end, the safe house system lost the game of Landlord, and with the hope of the whole house, I was ready to ask for help.
In the hall, the ghosts and gods who were watching the live broadcast were in a bad mood.
Especially when he heard that Xu Zhiyan was going to teach Young Master Bai something, his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking of piercing through the talisman paper.
Sensing that the system was lurking around, the ghost's voice was slightly impatient.
"What's up?"
After Xu Zhiyan left, He was in a very anxious state, especially when he saw the slices.
The system felt a little regretful, but since it had been discovered, it could only bite the bullet and ask.
[Master Ghost, um, everyone is very worried about Mr. Xu, especially seeing that you have been frowning recently... So what happened?]
After all, it was a system that Xu Zhiyan had used before. In an emergency, its intelligence actually improved a lot. Finally, before the CPU temperature reached red temperature, it thought of a brilliant question.
However, the ghost did not give a direct answer. Instead, he stared at Xu Zhiyan, who was smiling in the live broadcast, and asked.
“What do you think of this slice?”
[Why? ]
The system was confused by the question and answered honestly.
[I think he’s pretty good! He’s good and obedient, simple and easy to deceive, rich and young and easy to coax…]
I wanted to say that this slice was simply the slice chosen by God, but after feeling the low pressure from the ghosts and gods, the system shut up halfway through.
The air was heavy and sticky.
Just when the safe house system was about to collapse, the ghost spoke again.
"Don't you think there's something wrong?"
[……]
The system felt that its thermostat was about to alarm, and it couldn't figure out what was wrong with the slice.
The ghost sighed, not knowing who he wanted to tell.
“There are no coincidences in the world.”
The character currently revealed by this slice seems to be tailor-made for Xu Zhiyan, and almost every aspect of it can impress him.
Thinking of this, He laughed softly.
"He's bait."
"But it didn't seem to occur to him that he was a runaway bait."
[……]
The system was confused and felt that its CPU was about to burn out.
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