When Bai Yu and Wang Hai returned to Ocean University, Li Shuang and Lu Sheng were already waiting at the school gate.
As soon as Bai Yu and his group got off the bus, Li Shuang and his companion rode over on electric bikes. They each took one of the children and rode off towards the back street.
At the end of September, Ocean University once again welcomed a new batch of freshmen. The students of the Class of 2018 stepped into the school gates, and Bai Yu and others have become senior students.
Over the past few years, starting from their sophomore year, Bai Yu and Wang Hai have rarely attended classes at school. They are either competing or on their way to competitions every day.
However, whether they spend a long or short time at school, it will not affect their relationship with Li Shuang and Lu Sheng.
Whenever they don't have a competition and have a short break, the two brothers would go back to Ocean University of China to meet up with Li Shuang and the others to go beachcombing or fishing at sea.
The same thing happened this time. Bai Yu planned to invite Li Shuang and the others to go fishing at sea, or even just go beachcombing. As long as they could make money, that was fine.
However, the place Li Shuang took them to was not the dock they had imagined, but a buffet restaurant on a back street.
"Brother Yu, this meal is on us, Ah Sheng and I, to celebrate your back-to-back Asian Championship titles. Eat whatever you like, no matter how much you eat, Ah Sheng and I will happily pay the bill!"
After taking their seats in the restaurant, Li Shuang sat opposite Bai Yu and said with a grand gesture.
"Eat whatever you want? And you can even pay the bill with a smile? Shuangzi, did you not sleep well last night? This is a buffet, do you expect me to be taught how to eat if I don't eat whatever I want?"
He even smiled and paid the bill. What, you think you can get into a buffet without paying? Everyone pays first before they come in to eat, right?
However, you're absolutely right about one thing: I am indeed the two-time Asian Championships 10,000-meter champion. The only downside is that your welcome banquet was a bit low-class. A buffet costing 200 yuan per person—are you really going to fob me off?
Bai Yu looked around the restaurant. If he remembered correctly, the restaurant Li Shuang brought them to was a buffet, and not even the most expensive buffet on the back street.
This is supposed to be a welcome banquet for him, a two-time champion? If you didn't know better, you might think that his two-time championship was some kind of neighborhood competition. How come the welcome banquet is so low-class?
"Brother Yu, look what this is! This restaurant has lobster, and it's the barbecue flavor you like. Why don't you try it and see what you think?"
Just as Bai Yu was looking on with ill intent, preparing to squeeze another big meal out of Li Shuang, Wang Hai, who had gone to get food, returned with a pile of things.
You might think he'd come back, but as soon as he sat down in the chair, he casually stuffed a grilled baby lobster into Bai Yu's mouth, intending for the latter to taste it.
Distracted by Wang Hai's words, Li Shuang immediately stood up from her seat and walked towards the ingredient section to make her escape...
Bai Yu shook his head and smiled, not particularly concerned.
Although Li Shuang said on his phone before returning to China that he would treat him to a big meal if he won two championships, that big meal turned into a buffet in the blink of an eye.
Although the difference between the two may be a bit big, it doesn't matter. The buffet is pretty good too. Can't you see Wang Hai is enjoying his meal right now?
As for the title of two-time champion...
Since the Universiade ended two years ago, Bai Yu decided to join the provincial team and participate in international competitions. He has participated in all the Asian Athletics Championships in the past three years.
Including the year of the Universiade, which also served as a selection process for various Asian Championships, Bai Yu, who won three gold medals, was naturally qualified to represent the country.
The subsequent results were obvious. Ever since Bai Yu participated in the Asian Championships, he has won medals in the 3,000-meter, 5,000-meter, and 10,000-meter long-distance running events at every Asian Athletics Championships.
The Asian Athletics Championships are held every two years. Bai Yu participated twice. He won three gold medals the first time and two gold and one silver medal the second time due to the competition format.
During the meal, Bai Yu also inquired about Li Shuang and the other person's recent plans, asking if they had time to go fishing at sea together.
For the four seniors, their time is relatively flexible. As long as they are confident in passing their final graduation thesis and defense, they can actually leave school now to start their internships.
For Li Shuang and Lu Sheng, who are both top students, the thesis and defense were very simple and easy tasks.
However, the internship issue has always been a problem that has been troubling them.
Because they studied marine science, finding a job in that field won't be easy.
The most stable and prestigious job in this field is naturally to work within the system, whether it's fisheries administration in coastal cities, seawater monitoring departments, or marine research departments.
Getting into the system is no easy feat; it requires real skills and connections, and unfortunately, neither Li Shuang nor Lu Sheng had such connections.
If we take another step back, the next option is to work for a marine-related company, which offers a wider range of choices.
Li Shuang and his friends do not yet have a clear direction in this regard, and they are still full of confusion about their future.
So when Bai Yu asked them, the two of them only said that they didn't have any plans to do internships for the time being, and that they still had plenty of time.
As for going to sea, that's definitely not a problem; it can be done anytime.
After lunch, Bai Yu and the other three went back to their dormitory together.
Bai Yu also took out his phone and called Brother Li. In the past two years, whenever Bai Yu wanted to go fishing at sea, he would definitely call Brother Li to ask if he had time to go out to sea.
Unfortunately, Bai Yu's luck wasn't too good this time. When he called Brother Li, the phone number showed that it was out of service area.
It seems that Brother Li is working at sea, where there is no signal and he can't receive calls. As for making satellite calls, sorry, Bai Yu's SIM card doesn't have that function enabled.
Since Brother Li didn't have time, Bai Yu then called his shipping company to inquire if they had any fishing boats going out to sea recently.
If there are enough spots, then reserve four for them. If not, then just wait a bit longer. When Brother Li comes back, let him gather a boatload of fishermen, and then we can go out to sea.
Perhaps because the fishing season has only just begun, the shipping companies are quite busy and there are no available boats to take them out fishing in the short term.
Bai Yu and the others had no choice but to wait until the other party had available boats or until he contacted them again.
After telling Li Shuang and the others the news, Li Shuang's eyes lit up and he came up with an idea.
“Brother Yu, you said Brother Li’s company doesn’t have any empty boats, so why don’t we switch to another shipping company? We’re not just familiar with this one company. There’s another company back in your hometown, right? Why don’t you ask them if they have any empty boats?”
“Hometown? You mean the boat rental company in our town? Okay, I’ll call them and ask.”
The company Li Shuang mentioned was the one Liu Tianyu used to take them to rent boats; it also had fishing boats and fishing dinghies.
In the past two years, Bai Yu and his friends have rented a boat a few times to go fishing at sea together. However, in the past, Liu Tianyu was always there. They would rent a whole boat and have Liu Tianyu drive it to take them out to sea.
This is the first time I've asked the other party if they have any fishing spots, and there are four of them.
Ten minutes later, Bai Yu received a satisfactory reply: the other party had a fishing boat available for a seven-day trip to sea the day after tomorrow, and if Bai Yu and his companions were interested, they could join them.
A seven-day fishing trip is a very long time, and according to information gathered from Baiyu, this time they're going to the open sea.
According to their plan, they will stay in the South China Sea for two days before sailing away to the Pacific Ocean to fish.
Upon hearing this news, to be honest, Bai Yu's eyes lit up, and he sailed away from the South China Sea into the Pacific Ocean.
He had never experienced anything like this before; every time he went fishing at sea, it was always in the South China Sea.
Although the South China Sea is indeed rich in resources and products, its space is still limited, and there are many ships of various kinds.
It is not as vast as the Pacific Ocean, or in other words, the South China Sea is simply a part of the Pacific Ocean.
After consulting with Li Shuang and the others, Bai Yu asked them to reserve four spots for them so they could go out to sea together and experience fishing in the Pacific Ocean.
"By the way, Brother Fisherman, seeing how enthusiastic you are about going out to sea for fishing, is it because you've almost saved enough money, and you're just a little short of it?"
Seeing Bai Yu's enthusiastic attitude towards going to sea, Li Shuang asked a question that seemed to puzzle him.
This question may seem puzzling, but Bai Yu and the other three all knew what he was asking.
"That's about right, I can afford it just a little short of the bill."
"Have you decided which type, which brand, and which model you want to buy?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. I plan to wait until I've saved up enough money, then go home and ask my dad and his family for their opinions. It's such a big deal, so I definitely need to tell them."
"Tell Uncle Bai? I remember you told us before that no one in your family would work as a sailor anymore. Now you're suddenly buying a boat. Aren't you afraid Uncle Bai will beat you up?"
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That's right, Bai Yu is preparing to buy a boat, and he has even saved up almost enough money to buy it.
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