As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up

Chapter 40: Chapter 40 Live Eating Show

“Hey, young man, young man, these are not edible snails, you can’t eat them!”

Just as Chu Mingcheng was collecting Fushouluo snails, an old man wearing a bamboo hat hurried over to stop him.

“Sir, I am not picking these up to eat, I am going to use them for bait.”

Unable to explain the collection of Fushouluo snails for life conversion, Chu Mingcheng had to tell a white lie.

As for using the flesh of Fushouluo for fishing?

He wouldn’t do such a thing, those creatures have too many parasites. If the fish swallowed it, should he sell the fish or not?

Just thinking about it made him feel queasy.

“Fishing, huh!” The old man was relieved to hear that it wasn’t for eating and nodded without further concern.

Chu Mingcheng continued picking. Although the Fushouluo snails weren’t dense on the irrigation channel, the area here was large enough that he ended up filling two bags by the time he walked from one end to the other.

Checking the time, it was already past two. There were several more channels he hadn’t searched yet, so he’d have to come back another time.

After securing the bags and placing them in the car, Chu Mingcheng didn’t immediately start the vehicle to go home. Instead, he checked to see if Boss Chen had deposited his wages into his bank account.

It was already the twelfth of October. By rights, he should have been paid on the tenth, but he had forgotten about it the past couple of days, and he had turned off the message notifications for his bank card. Today, he remembered to log into his mobile banking to check.

When he saw the 6,700 and some yuan in his account, Chu Mingcheng couldn’t help but purse his lips.

Boss Chen’s arrogance was only because he knew the employees needed to support their families. If any of the employees really stood up to him, he wouldn’t dare to be so cocky.

But the deductions were real. If one had a proper labor contract and social security handled, there wouldn’t be so many worries.

However, none of that was his concern anymore. After transferring the money, he started the car and made a trip back to his mother’s place in town, gave her the stream rockfish, declined an invitation to stay for dinner, and continued on to Yanmen Island.

Today he was supposed to trade some wild Stone Fish. If he wanted to eat stream rockfish another time, he could just make plans with Zhang Wei to go fishing.

Entering the house, Chu Mingcheng immediately went to look for Xiao Mi.

But he searched every nook and cranny, and the cat was nowhere to be found.

Today, Chu Mingcheng hadn’t fed Xiao Mi any fish, only cat food and canned cat food.

Seeing that Xiao Mi wasn’t around, he checked the cat food and found that what he’d left for it today was all gone.

“Could it have gone out to find food?” Chu Mingcheng wondered.

These past few days, he felt that Xiao Mi’s appetite had noticeably increased, but he wasn’t sure what was causing this change.

Just then, a muffled meow came from the front yard. He hurried out and sure enough, found Xiao Mi returning with a mouse in its mouth.

Chu Mingcheng was surprised. Was it so hungry that it went out hunting on its own?

Xiao Mi, seeing him too, meowed again with the mouse in its mouth.

Chu Mingcheng did not disturb it while it ate, but thought of something interesting to do.

He took out his phone and sent a video call invitation to Jiang Luoluo.

It took a while for the video to connect, and Jiang Luoluo’s lovely face appeared on the screen. @@novelbin@@

She seemed to have just finished some vigorous exercise, her face flushed and forehead sweaty, with some strands of hair sticking to her temples.

Chu Mingcheng paused, “What have you been doing, all sweaty like that!”

“I was practicing my dance. This is my dance studio,” replied Jiang Luoluo, as she showed him around the studio with her phone, then asked, “By the way, what do you need?”

Her dance studio appeared to be a converted room, not very big, but it seemed sufficient for her use alone.

The interior looked just like any other dance studio, one wall covered with mirrors, equipped with air conditioning and wooden floors, very simplistic.

“Nothing much, go ahead and continue with your dance. I don’t want to interrupt you,” he said, ready to end the call when he heard she was busy practicing.

Just then, the sound of bones crunching and Xiao Mi’s meow transmitted through the phone.

Jiang Luoluo curiously asked upon hearing it, “What are you doing over there? It sounds like Xiao Mi is meowing.”

“I was about to give you a little eating show, but didn’t realize I’d interrupt your dance practice.”

“An eating show?” Jiang Luoluo’s eyes lit up, suddenly interested, “I want to see, I want to see, I just finished dance practice and could use a break.”

“Sure?” Chu Mingcheng’s mouth corners revealed a hint of a mischievous smile.

“Oh come on, stop dawdling and hurry up.”

“You might regret this…”

Chu Mingcheng turned the camera, capturing the scene where the cat was now biting a mouse’s head, complete with a close-up.

“Ahh~” As expected, a scream came from the phone.

“Hahaha…” Seeing her scared expression, Chu Mingcheng burst into laughter, the picture of someone whose prank had succeeded.

Little did he know, the next moment Jiang Luoluo collected herself from the feigned panic and put on a pitiful look, “Mice are so cute, why eat them?”

“Go, little mouse, a fatal wound is nothing, I believe you can get back up.”

“Even without a head, you still have your limbs!”

Chu Mingcheng: “…”

By now he realized that Jiang Luoluo had been pretending to be scared just now.

Look at her, staring intently at the cat eating, without a trace of fear, he had clearly been played!

It wasn’t until the cat had finished off the mouse that she smacked her lips with an air of longing, “So that’s how cats eat mice. Little Mimi is still so cute, wuwu, I really want to pet it.”

Jiang Luoluo hadn’t put on makeup because she was practicing dance, her skin was in great condition, looking even more innocent than usual.

Now acting cute on purpose, Chu Mingcheng admitted he found her quite adorable.

“If you like it so much, why not get a cat for yourself?”

Hearing this suggestion, Jiang Luoluo seriously considered it before ultimately shaking her head in dejection, “Sometimes I’m too busy to take care of one, better not.”

After saying that, she suddenly remembered the commercial performance she had declined the day before.

Initially, she hadn’t planned to take the job because the pay was too low, but after seeing Little Mimi today and recalling the memorable seashore foraging and seafood feast, she felt tempted to visit Chu Mingcheng’s place for a day or two.

“Right, I’ll be going to Wen City for a commercial performance in a few days. I’ll come to see you when I’m done, is it okay for me to pet Little Mimi?”

“You’re coming over to my place?”

“Yeah, you wouldn’t mind, would you?”

“Of course not, I’d be very happy to. I’ll come and pick you up when it’s time.”

“Great!”

After making their plans, they chatted for a while longer before ending the video call.

As for the commercial performance, Jiang Luoluo still had no intention of accepting it; mentioning it was just a convenient excuse to come over for a visit.

Chu Mingcheng went to the front yard to light a fire and burn the Fushouluo, turning them all to charcoal. When that was done, he left them to cool down before eventually shoveling it all up to spread under the mango tree by the door.

Then he took a shower and waited at home for Chen Qing to arrive.

Today it was just Chen Qing coming over as the other two were busy. So, he asked Chen Qing to come directly to the old house for the goods, meaning Chu Mingcheng wouldn’t need to deliver them to the dock anymore.

They had agreed on five o’clock, but once he had finished showering and was ready to play some games, Chen Qing sent a text saying he was already on Yanmen Island.

In that case, Chu Mingcheng asked him to send his location and directed him to come right over.

Soon, a Mercedes stopped on the road behind his house, with Chu Mingcheng already waiting nearby.

Chen Qing saw him and immediately turned off the car’s engine, stepping out.

“Your place has a nice environment, living here must be pretty relaxing, huh?”

“It’s okay, life’s pace isn’t fast, and there’s none of the noise you find in the city.”

Chu Mingcheng was quite content with his current lifestyle, earning a good daily income while enjoying his freedom.

“How much are houses here? It would be quite nice to come and live here for a while when resting.”

“That, I honestly don’t know. You might need to ask around, but it’s definitely not comparable to the city prices.”