"Girl, how old are you this year? Where do you live? Where do you work? When are you planning to get married..." Ye Feng's mother sat down next to Xiao Feifei, holding her hand and bombarding her with questions.
This made Xiao Feifei extremely awkward, as she and Ye Feng were not actually a couple.
"Auntie, actually I'm not..." Xiao Feifei was about to explain when Ye Feng, who was brushing his teeth outside, rushed in with a toothbrush in his mouth. Da Feng Novel Network
Cough, cough, cough!
He coughed several times and kept winking at Xiao Feifei, as if hinting at something.
Seeing this, his mother immediately reprimanded him, "What are you doing? You're brushing your teeth, why did you run in here? You're getting foam all over the floor!"
Ye Feng quickly explained, "I, I need to talk to Feifei about something!"
As he spoke, he pulled Xiao Feifei aside and quickly leaned in to whisper in her ear, "I told my mom yesterday that you're my girlfriend! Help me put on a show!"
"Ah? This, how can this be?" Xiao Feifei was embarrassed upon hearing this.
Seeing her hesitation, Ye Feng quickly said, "Why not? Didn't I pretend to be your boyfriend last time? Just consider it repaying the favor!"
"This, this..." Xiao Feifei was conflicted, as she had never done anything like this before.
Just then, Ye Feng's mother scolded, "Ye Feng, your mouth is full of toothpaste foam, what are you whispering in Feifei's ear? What if you get it on her?" Da Feng Novel
"Oh, oh! It's, it's nothing!"
After speaking, Ye Feng hurriedly went out to brush his teeth. As he left, he kept winking at her, urging her to help.
Xiao Feifei had no choice but to agree. Thus, she pretended to be Ye Feng's girlfriend and could only answer Ye Feng's mother's questions with a forced smile.
After a while, Ye Feng finished washing up and went out with Xiao Feifei.
As they left, Ye Feng's mother repeatedly urged her to visit more often and even gave her several eggs.
"Phew! Finally out. These few minutes felt like centuries!" Xiao Feifei looked exhausted, indicating how uncomfortable she had been just now.
"Haha! Thank you!" Ye Feng said.
Xiao Feifei said angrily, "By the way, how did you end up saying I was your girlfriend?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng recounted how his mother had asked him to go on blind dates with his distant relatives the day before. Only then did Xiao Feifei understand the whole story.
"Now we're even!" Ye Feng chuckled.
Afterward, they chatted as they headed towards the pier.
About ten minutes later, they finally arrived at the pier, where many boats were docked, including rafts, tin boats, trawlers, and sampans, totaling several dozen to a hundred.
Among them, a particularly new ocean-going fishing boat immediately caught Ye Feng's eye. The boat looked like it had been bought not long ago.
Several people were standing in front of that boat, one of whom was very familiar – it was Xiao Feifei's father, Xiao Qinghai.
He was waiting for something, his face showing some anxiety.
The next moment, he also saw Ye Feng and Xiao Feifei and hurried over, saying, "Ye Feng, you're finally here!"
Upon seeing Xiao Qinghai, Ye Feng said apologetically, "Boss Xiao, I'm really sorry, I overslept due to something."
"It's alright, it's alright, as long as you're here!" Xiao Qinghai didn't blame him.
However, at this moment, a displeased voice came from behind Xiao Qinghai.
"Boss Xiao, is this the person you mentioned who's good at fishing? How can he be such a young kid?"
Ye Feng looked up and saw a middle-aged man in his forties, of medium build, bald, and looking rather sleazy.
Hearing his words, Xiao Qinghai quickly nodded, "That's right, Captain Zhou, he's the very capable person I told you about! Don't let his young age fool you, he's a skilled fisherman!"
Captain Zhou glanced at Ye Feng and chuckled dismissively, "Heh, how capable can a mere kid be? And he made us wait so long! He's not old, but he certainly has a big ego!"
Xiao Feifei was immediately displeased upon hearing this and was about to step forward to say something, but Ye Feng stopped her.
Ye Feng wasn't angry because he was indeed late. He said, "I'm truly sorry for making everyone wait!"
At this point, Xiao Qinghai also felt the situation was a bit awkward and stepped forward to introduce, "It's nothing, nothing! Let me introduce you, this is the captain of the fishing fleet I hired this time, named Zhou Huai! He leads a very famous fishing fleet in the area!"
"Oh, oh, Captain Zhou, hello!" Ye Feng said with a smile and extended his hand.
However, Zhou Huai glanced at Ye Feng, let out a cold snort, ignored him completely, and turned towards the fishing boat, saying, "It's getting late, we should set sail!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng touched his nose speechlessly, wondering if this guy was so arrogant.
Xiao Qinghai then explained, "Captain Zhou is one of the more capable captains among the local fishing fleets. He previously assured me that he could catch the fish I wanted! But I insisted on waiting for you, so he might feel that I don't trust him and is a bit hostile towards you!"
Ye Feng understood why this guy was acting this way upon hearing this.
However, Ye Feng didn't say anything and simply boarded the boat.
Once on board, Ye Feng noticed quite a few people, totaling over a dozen, quite a substantial crew.
The boat was filled with all sorts of fishing gear, such as large fishing nets, fishing rods, and trawling ropes, everything imaginable.
Xiao Feifei was very excited, running back and forth on the boat, seemingly full of curiosity about the items on the new ship.
Soon, Captain Zhou steered the fishing boat towards the open sea.
Ye Feng casually found a spot and sat down cross-legged, remaining silent.
Because he discovered that after entering the sea, the trident at the center of his brow emitted an indescribable fluctuation, a fluctuation that gave him a sense of unease.
Their target this time was high-end seafood, primarily tuna, which required them to venture into the deep sea for capture.
In fact, there used to be a lot of tuna in the nearshore waters, but due to overfishing and severe pollution, the tuna here had disappeared, so they had to go to the deep sea to catch them.
Moreover, catching tuna was very difficult and required experienced fishermen.
This was because only experienced fishermen knew where tuna could be found, when they migrated, and at what depths they were distributed.
And this Captain Zhou was a rather outstanding fisherman; his fishing team rarely returned empty-handed.
As time passed, they moved further and further away from the land.
According to Captain Zhou's estimate, they needed to sail towards the East China Sea for about an hour to reach their destination.
However, after only about half an hour of sailing, Ye Feng suddenly felt a strange twitching sensation at the center of his brow. A trident pattern flickered continuously on his brow, as if warning him of something.
Ye Feng quickly opened his eyes and said, "Boss Xiao, Captain Zhou, we can't go any further!"