Chapter 702 - 697: Sea Fishing

Chapter 702: Chapter 697: Sea Fishing

To cheer up his grumpy girlfriend, Lu Shouyue desperately acted silly, seeing Lin Wanwan ignore him, he then suggested going sea fishing together.

"Sea fishing? What can you catch on a pitch-black sea?"

"Squid, this time of the month is perfect for night squid fishing."

"Squid fishing? How do you do that? I don’t know how."

"I’ll teach you."

Lin Wanwan was instantly tempted. Although she had a boat in Great Tang, she rarely used it and hadn’t tried sea fishing, let alone nighttime fishing.

Great Tang didn’t have the lighting conditions for night fishing.

Lin Wanwan was very interested in Lu Shouyue’s proposal, she quickly ran into the main bedroom’s en-suite bathroom for a shower, casually picked a blue short-sleeved sweater and a pair of jeans in the walk-in closet, and came out with her hair still a bit damp.

Lu Shouyue, who was even faster to dress, wore a simple t-shirt and beach shorts, and when he saw her, he smiled, "Isn’t that wet hair uncomfortable? Why not dry it?"

"I blow-dried it for two minutes, it’s fine, doesn’t drip much water," Lin Wanwan casually replied, "Where are we fishing? Let’s go."

"Right at the Beach Club, the equipment is ready, let’s go."

"Alright." The two quickly arrived at the yacht’s water platform, where the fishing tools were indeed all set.

The sides of the water platform were hung with fish lamps, since squids are phototactic, you don’t need bait at night, just turn on the lights.

In this sea area, they weren’t the only ones fishing at night; there were many special fishing boats and squid boats on the sea, all lighting up brightly, making the sea glitter brilliantly.

Even during the fishing ban period, it does not apply to fishing boats, but squid boats need to apply for a permit before going out to sea.

Mainly because the harvest from fishing boats and squid boats busy for days doesn’t even compare to a single net from a regular fishing vessel, especially fishing boats which might return empty, so it doesn’t matter to marine resources.

With Lu Shouyue’s help, Lin Wanwan set up the special squid hook, commonly known as a squid jig.

Lin Wanwan curiously looked at the hook with no bait and asked, "Don’t we really need to use bait?"

Lu Shouyue, while lowering the squid hook with a lead weight into the sea, replied, "Usually not, our squid hooks are luminous, already shone with a flashlight earlier. Plus, the crew members just scattered chum in this water area."

"Oh." Lin Wanwan arranged her fishing line, watching Lu Shouyue tying on the lead weight, and then she carefully put each squid jig into the sea.

"How long before we catch a squid?" Curious Lin Wanwan asked again.

Lu Shouyue chuckled, "Hard to say, fishing requires patience, Wanwan, are you that anxious?"

Lin Wanwan giggled, "I’m just asking."

Lu Shouyue laughed, "Don’t worry, look at the five squid boats around us, they’re not like us doing it for fun, they’re professional and must have used fish finders, there won’t be a shortage of squid in this sea area."

Lin Wanwan gazed at the sea and nodded, "True. So we wait."

After a while, Lin Wanwan asked again, "How long has it been now?"

Lu Shouyue raised his wrist to check the time, "Six minutes since we put it down. Let me check, there should be some catch by now."

With that, he pressed a switch.

Playing like this naturally involved using the most advanced fishing rods equipped with electric reels, which saved them the effort of reeling in.

In no time, the line was almost reeled in, and Lin Wanwan, sharp-eyed, exclaimed, "Ah! Seems like we’ve got fish!"

She quickly grabbed the bucket beside her with one hand and reaching for Lu Shouyue’s fishing line with the other, she pulled up the squid hook — indeed, out of twelve hooks, nine little squids were dangling!

"Oh, not bad at all." Lu Shouyue watched with a smile as Lin Wanwan carefully removed each squid, "Even though they’re small squids, not plump, but they’re really tender. Wanwan, why don’t we make squid sashimi later?"

"Huh, raw squid? No way!" Lin Wanwan couldn’t stomach it; for sashimi, she only accepted deep-sea fish.

"Then let’s boil them."

"Yeah, boiling’s good. Your rod got something, mine probably has too, let me pull it up and check." Lin Wanwan pressed the button on her side.

As a result, with a newbie’s luck, she caught a large octopus and almost got sprayed with ink.

"Hahaha, Mr. Lu, mine’s bigger than yours!" Lin Wanwan was delighted.

"Yes, yes, Wanwan is really impressive." Lu Shouyue smirked as he glanced at her, not caring about the catch, as long as Lin Wanwan was happy.

"Wanwan, should we immediately blanche some of these little squids? Eating while fishing sounds fun."

Lin Wanwan had already had a seafood feast for dinner, but since Lu Shouyue suggested it, she didn’t oppose, "Sure, why not?"

She enthusiastically put the squid jigs back down, then went to reel in other rods, all hooked with squid.

When there’s a catch, fishing becomes especially fun, especially for beginners, giving a full sense of achievement.

Not far behind them, the boat’s chef brought out an induction cooker and some cleaning tools, quickly handling the small squid and the octopus, blanching them briefly in boiling water before taking them out.

Having pulled up the rods once, it was time for Lin Wanwan and Lu Shouyue to wait, the perfect chance to start eating.

Freshly out of the sea, squids briefly blanched in boiling water, dipped in wasabi and soy sauce, popped into the mouth one by one — the taste is indescribable.

"Wow, so fresh, so delicious!" Lin Wanwan was tingling from the wasabi kick, the sensation was so invigorating!

Lu Shouyue dipped some in the wasabi, soy sauce, and lemon mix that the chef had just prepared, directly feeding it to Lin Wanwan, "Try this sauce."

Lin Wanwan paused, then Lu Shouyue chucked, "I haven’t used these chopsticks yet!"

Only then did Lin Wanwan smile and take a bite, singing praises.

Lu Shouyue said, "We’ve swapped saliva so many times, Wanwan, and you’re still picky about me."

Lin Wanwan sensibly replied, "That’s different!"

The little squid and octopus they caught were quickly devoured, and amid chatting and laughing, they could go reel in more.

This time, the catch was still good, bringing up more than twenty little squids with a few rods.

Keep eating, keep fishing!

Lin Wanwan invited the chef and his assistant to join in eating, for food is more enjoyable when shared.

The catch was good, and with Lin Wanwan’s endless stamina, fishing for squid was effortless for her, also keeping her extra excited.

Lu Shouyue initially planned on fishing for a while and going back to the bedroom for some couple games, but those plans were thoroughly upended as they fished until past midnight.

Even then, Lin Wanwan was still unsatisfied.

Frankly speaking, when it comes to staying up late, Lin Wanwan is a pro. Back when the Space-Time Gate hadn’t evolved, she would travel back and forth between the two realms day and night!

Even now, she often had to adjust to time differences.