With the sports meet over, Bai Yu's university life returned to normal.
It can't be said that things were completely calm, after all, Bai Yu has become quite a celebrity at Ocean University after this sports meet.
He didn't know much about the other campuses, but in the campus where Bai Yu and others were located, which was also the largest campus of Ocean University, Bai Yu was really famous.
Every day when they walked around campus, people would come up to them and Wang Hai to say hello, and countless others would ask for their contact information, mostly girls from freshmen to seniors.
This made Li Shuang and Lu Sheng envious, and they both asked Bai Yu if their current training was still useful and if they could achieve the same results as the two of them.
Strictly speaking, it's never too late to start training, but it's best to start from a young age. After all, there are age requirements for sports competitions, and the twenties are the best time to start, when explosiveness and endurance are at their peak.
However, after Bai Yu led them on a five-kilometer run once, they gave up and decided to just run three or four laps every day for exercise instead.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's the end of 2015, and we're about to step into the new year.
During this time, Bai Yu and his three friends had a great time. Every day, besides attending classes, they would go beachcombing. Occasionally, when there were enough people on the fishing boat, they would also go out to sea to fish.
Although not every fishing trip at sea is profitable—once, all four of them went out to sea but only managed to earn enough for one person's boat fare—they still enjoyed it immensely and would go whenever they had the chance.
As we approach December 31st, the last day of 2015 in the Gregorian calendar, 2016 will begin.
"Brother Yu, the new year is almost here, how about we celebrate tonight? Let's get a few people together and go out to eat?"
On the 31st, right after finishing class, Li Shuang returned to her dormitory and made a suggestion.
Although the Gregorian calendar year is not the actual New Year, thanks to the New Year's Eve galas on various TV stations in recent years, the whole country still gets lively when the Gregorian calendar year arrives.
Ocean University is no exception, as can be seen from the restless atmosphere on campus; the students are quite excited.
Unfortunately, today is not the weekend, and tomorrow, New Year's Day, is not the weekend either. In addition, they don't get a holiday; instead, there's a New Year's Day cultural performance waiting for them. However, it's not a big problem if they don't participate.
Well, the New Year's Day cultural performance... I don't know what the college was thinking, setting the date for that day...
"Want to celebrate with someone? I think you've got your eye on someone, haven't you? Come on, tell me, which one is it in Xue'er's dorm? I'll try to find out for you from Xue'er tonight."
Bai Yu knew what Li Shuang was thinking the moment he opened his mouth, a guy who wouldn't do anything without a profit. Sure enough, Li Shuang let slip the truth in his next sentence.
"Really? Brother Yu, you can really help me? No, how can it be helping me? I just want to find someone to celebrate the New Year with, how did it become that I've taken a liking to someone else?"
"Brother Yu, you're slandering me! You're slandering me!"
"Oh? Really? Then let's skip Xue'er and the others tonight, and invite Brother Tao and the others instead. How about we all have a good drink together?"
Deny it? Bai Yu wasn't afraid of his denial; how could a Casanova like him be wrong?
"Don't be like that, Brother Yu. What's the point of eating together if we're all grown men? Besides, didn't we just have dinner with Brother Tao and the others a few days ago when we were out gathering seafood?"
This time we should call them Hou Wenting and the others. Brother Yu, haven't you seen your Xue'er sister in ages? Even though you two are childhood sweethearts, you still need to keep in touch. Otherwise, if someone else takes advantage of you, it'll be too late then!
"Oh~ Hou Wenting~" x3
No matter how much Li Shuang said, Bai Yu and the other two were very good at grasping the key points, and they said a name in unison!
"Hmm, Shuangzi makes a good point. I'll call Xue'er now and ask what time we'll meet tonight, where we'll go, and what we'll eat."
"It's almost Chinese New Year, is it really appropriate to eat at a street food stall? How about we find a proper restaurant to eat at?"
"You suggested it, so you decide for yourself. Let me know when you've found someone, and I'll call Xue'er."
Choosing a location? Bai Yu, who suffers from decision paralysis, decided to leave that to Li Shuang.
After discussion among Li Shuang and the others, they chose a private restaurant not too far from Ocean University of China, which was said to serve delicious Wenchang chicken.
With the dinner location decided, Bai Yu called Li Xue and invited her to dinner at 7 p.m. He also specifically asked everyone in her dorm to come, especially Hou Wenting, who absolutely had to go.
Around 9 p.m., Bai Yu and his group of eight returned to Ocean University, but their relationships were now somewhat complicated.
Bai Yu and the others originally went to the dinner with the intention of bringing Li Shuang and Hou Wenting together, but by the end of the meal, Li Shuang and Hou Wenting were calling each other brother and sister. The rapid change in their relationship left Bai Yu and the others completely baffled.
It's okay if you don't understand. Bai Yu and the others should just keep quiet and watch how Li Shuang develops.
As midnight approached, 2015 said goodbye to everyone, and 2016 officially arrived.
As the saying goes, a new year brings a new look.
On the morning of January 1, 2016, Bai Yu woke up the other three at seven o'clock and took them to the playground.
"Brothers, the new year is here! To welcome it, let's run a few laps and give the new year a warm welcome!"
Looking at the three dejected people behind him, Bai Yu gave them a short speech.
"Brother Yu, how does running relate to passion? You don't mean the sweat you shed while running, do you? Aren't you afraid of suffocating the New Year with its stench?"
“Yeah, Brother Yu, your excuse doesn’t make sense, but we still have to run. How about we do it the same way as before, with Gemini and me each doing four laps, and you and Ah Hai running as much as you want?”
“Look at the two of you, four laps isn’t enough. Today, each of you will add two laps. Ah Hai will run eight laps, and I’ll round it up to ten laps.”
"Enough talk, everyone behind me, the White Fisherman train is about to depart!"
Following Bai Yu's somewhat childish remarks, he led the four of them to run together.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the four of them appeared in the cafeteria looking refreshed, queuing up to buy breakfast.
Just then, Bai Yu's phone rang. He took out his phone and saw that it was Brother Li from the shipping company calling.
"Hey, Xiaoyu, Happy New Year! What have you been up to lately?"
As soon as the call connected, Brother Li's voice came from the other end.
"Happy New Year, Brother Li! I was just about to have breakfast when you called. What's up? Did you manage to gather another boatload of fishermen and head out to sea?"
When Bai Yu saw the call from Brother Li, his first thought was to go to sea, since this was the only reason the other party would call him.
What intrigued him was that in the past, the other party would only go out to sea once every two weeks or so, and it had only been a few days since their last trip. Why was he contacting him again now?
"Hey, you actually guessed right. This weekend, our company's fishing boat is going out to sea to fish. However, this time it's not going out fully booked. Instead, the boss has chartered the boat. They don't care how many people the boat will take, as long as they don't disturb their fishing."
If you want to go, you don't need to pay for boat tickets this time. However, there's a minimum charge on the boat: 500 yuan per person. I called to ask if you're interested in going out to sea. If you are, I'll reserve a spot for you.
Huh? Someone chartered a boat for a sea trip, and they can go on the boat for free? Is there really such a good deal?
When Bai Yu answered Li Ge's call, it was always on speakerphone, so Li Shuang and the other two heard what the other person said. After exchanging glances, Bai Yu replied to Li Ge.
"Brother Li, wait for me for two minutes, I need to ask my brothers what they think. I'll call you back in two minutes."
"Okay, try to hurry. There aren't many spots available for this sea voyage. My colleagues are also contacting clients. If we're full, then there's nothing we can do."
"Okay, I'll call you back right away."
As soon as the call ended, Li Shuang, who was standing next to him, couldn't wait to ask.
"Brother Yu, what does Brother Li mean by this? We don't have to pay to go out to sea on the boat, but what's with this minimum spending requirement? How does it work?"
"That's what Brother Li meant. Some bosses want to charter a boat to go out to sea, and their company doesn't want to waste other boat slots, so they offer to win over old customers by selling or giving them away at half price."
The minimum spending requirement of 500 yuan is easy to meet; we can just buy some bait on the boat. What do you guys think? Do you want to come along for a fishing trip this time?
"We have to go, we absolutely have to go. It would be a fool not to take advantage of a good deal. You know we lost a lot of money on our previous voyages, let's try to make it all back this time."
“That’s right, five hundred yuan isn’t a lot, there’s no reason not to go. Brother Yu, the rest of us will go, you and Brother Li need four seats.”
Seeing that Li Shuang and Lu Sheng had both agreed, Bai Yu took out her phone and called Brother Li, asking for four spots to go out to sea.
The departure time is tomorrow, January 2nd, evening.
The fact that he's in such a hurry to set sail suggests that Brother Li only received the news at the last minute; otherwise, he wouldn't have asked Bai Yu the day before the departure.
After Bai Yu decided to go to sea, he called Hu Tao to ask about the arrangements.
Unfortunately, Hu Tao wasn't planning to go out to sea this time; he had things to do this weekend. However, he still shared some news with Bai Yu and wished Bai Yu and the others a good catch.
When Bai Yu heard the news that Hu Tao had received, his first reaction was that this temporary voyage was closely related to this news, or even that this voyage was made possible by this news.
The news is that yesterday, the last day of 2015, a fishing boat caught a huge fish in a fishing ground in the South China Sea, and it was an extra-large tuna.
According to reports, seven or eight large tuna were caught at the fishing ground in one day, including five bluefin tuna. Each of them weighed no less than 150 pounds, with the largest weighing nearly 300 pounds.
The remaining two were also bigeye tuna, each weighing no less than 150 pounds. And these were just the large tuna. As for how many smaller tuna there were, no one had ever done a count.
That's why, as soon as fishing boats and dinghies in the South China Sea receive this news, they rush to the fishing grounds immediately, hoping to get a share of this tuna feast.
The owner of the fishing boats at Brother Bao's company had the same idea, and he and a few others prepared to go and join in the fun.
The other party originally planned to rent a fishing boat of moderate size, which would save them some money.
However, perhaps because the boss also had to work, he could only choose to leave on Friday and then had to return on Sunday night.
This reduced their options considerably, and left them with no choice but to opt for Brother Li's fishing boat.
There are still many uncertainties surrounding this voyage, namely that Bai Yu and his team may not be able to set sail on Friday and return by the weekend.
Since this is a chartered boat, if the owner of the chartered boat gets hooked on fishing and wants to extend the trip, the shipping company must agree and offer a discount on the fare.
However, Bai Yu and the others were not particularly concerned about this, because not only did the four of them not have classes on weekends, but they also only had one social practice activity on Monday of the following week, and the next class was on Tuesday afternoon.
Therefore, relatively speaking, Bai Yu and his group of four still have quite a bit of time. Even if they can't return on time from this voyage, it won't be a big problem.
With the information from Hu Tao, Bai Yu led Wang Hai and the others to the fishing tackle shop.
Since it's possible to catch a giant this time, and it's a huge fish weighing over 100 or 200 pounds right off the bat, the fishing line they prepared might not be enough.
This time, they mainly went to buy fishing lines and hooks. First, they wanted two sets of fishing lines that could withstand the pull of a fish weighing over 200 pounds, one set of 500 meters long and the other set of 800 meters long.
Bai Yu originally planned to buy a 1,000-meter-long fishing line, but this type of fishing line was out of stock, so they couldn't buy it.
However, these two sets of fishing lines alone cost Baiyu over a thousand yuan, and they weren't even the best fishing lines.
According to the shop owner, the best fishing line can cost ten or even several tens of yuan per meter.
In addition, Bai Yu bought five large fishhooks, each the size of his palm, specifically for catching giant fish.
With everything prepared, Bai Yu and his companions awaited the time to set sail.
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