My fishing raft will ask for help.

Chapter 18 Let's go fishing

This was the first time in his life that a girl had acted coquettishly towards him, and thinking about it made Zhou Miao feel a little pathetic.

He's had girlfriends before, but the results were complicated.

What people fear most is encountering a shrewd and experienced opponent when they are naive.

[Woman: I hope my partner will treat me like a princess.]

[Man: I hope my partner treats me like a human being.]

This is the most accurate portrayal of Zhou Miao's past relationship; from then on, he became extremely reluctant to date.

Lu Xiaoxiao found his hesitant expression a bit strange. She often used this trick on her own brother, and it worked very well.

However, it seems that the effect of using it on Zhou Miao is not satisfactory.

Lu Xiaoxiao let go of his hand; if the other party didn't want to take her along, she wouldn't force them.

She gave a friendly smile, showing no distance despite the other party's lack of response, and did not show any displeasure or unhappiness.

"If it's really inconvenient for you, Brother Miao, that's fine. I'll look for jobs online in the morning, and you can take me to find an apartment this afternoon."

"I didn't say I wouldn't take you. Hurry up and wash up! Come fishing with me this morning, just so you don't get bored."

Zhou Miao thought she would continue to pester him, but she didn't expect her to give up after just one try. She didn't show any emotion at all, and instead acted generously and appropriately.

This actually made him like them more, as he hated people who were unreasonable and prone to emotional outbursts.

Zhou Miao found the personalities and ways of dealing with people of the siblings Lu Xingyu and Lu Xiaoxiao to be quite remarkable.

Such people are not uncommon, but it is rare for someone to come from such a family environment and still possess their own upbringing and emotional intelligence.

"Right away!" Lu Xiaoxiao exclaimed in surprise and rushed into the bathroom immediately.

Zhou Miao shook his head and smiled, then sat down on the sofa to wait.

A girl who isn't pretentious is incredibly fast.

In just over ten minutes, Lu Xiaoxiao had tidied herself up.

She goes out without makeup, but her face is full of collagen, which is a great asset.

"Did you apply sunscreen?" Zhou Miao asked, glancing at her fair face.

It's such a pity that such a fair-skinned girl got tanned!

Zhou Miao unconsciously took on the role of the "older brother".

Perhaps because he was the youngest in his family, he actually longed for a younger sister.

However, he was the one in the family who was fined for having more children than allowed. After he was born, his mother was forced to have a tubal ligation.

This prevented Zhou's sons Yan and Yao from being born, and also deprived him of the opportunity to have younger siblings.

"Hey, do you want me to apply it?" Lu Xiaoxiao was taken aback for a moment and asked innocently.

"If you don't want to become a little black girl..."

Before Zhou Miao could finish speaking, Lu Xiaoxiao pulled out her two empty pockets: "I don't have money to buy that thing."

"...Are you still going? Aren't you afraid of getting a tan?"

"So what if I get a tan! The police said my brother went out to sea in a speedboat and then disappeared. I'll have to spend more time at sea in the future; maybe I'll find a clue about him?"

"What?!"

Upon hearing this news, the usually composed Zhou Miao jumped to his feet.

Lu Xiaoxiao was startled by his actions, then asked in surprise, "You didn't know? When I went to the police station yesterday to inquire about my brother, the police said that the local police station had summoned you!"

"They called me over, but they didn't tell me how your brother disappeared." Zhou Miao frowned, feeling that Lu Xingyu's disappearance was really a difficult matter to handle.

Even if someone goes missing on land, with so many cameras around, there's still a good chance of finding them.

If someone goes missing at sea, and something really happens to them, they will surely be gone without a trace.

"Phew~" He let out a long breath, releasing some of the frustration in his heart.

Looking at Lu Xiaoxiao's expression, and seeing that she didn't seem to realize that the chances of Lu Xingyu being found had dropped to the lowest point, Zhou Miao's lips moved, but in the end, she didn't tell her this cruel truth.

Perhaps... she understands, but she just doesn't want to think about it that way.

"You're right. If we explore the sea more, we might find clues about your brother." Zhou Miao forced a smile and agreed with her earlier words.

"Let's go fishing first thing in the morning. Finding your brother shouldn't interfere with making money."

"Okay." Lu Xiaoxiao nodded and followed him out, thinking to herself that fishing really could make money.

With a heavy heart, I arrived at the charging station, picked up my tricycle, and then went to the dock.

I went to a fishing tackle shop and bought shrimp bricks and a box of special Antarctic krill. The shopkeeper strongly recommended sandworm bait to me.

After asking about the price, Zhou Miao couldn't bear to buy it.

Twenty yuan only gets you a tiny ball the size of an egg; how many fish can that catch?

Just as Zhou Miao was about to leave after shopping, he noticed Lu Xiaoxiao looking around curiously behind him.

After thinking about it, I went back to the store and bought an extra pair of clams and two small shovels for shoveling oysters and other similar items.

Since I've already taken her fishing to make money, it's not unreasonable for her to go to the beach to pick up trash in the afternoon and clean oysters and barnacles on the fish rafts in the evening!

After buying some breakfast, Zhou Miao took Lu Xiaoxiao aboard the boat and set off to the fish farm to retrieve fishing gear.

"So this is the fish raft you and your brother rented!"

"Aren't you a little disappointed by how shabby it is?"

"No, not at all. If my brother hadn't gone missing, you would have already started renovating this fish raft. To put it bluntly, it was my brother who delayed you."

"It seems your brother didn't do it on purpose; there was nothing he could do about it being an accident."

Zhou Miao didn't talk to her much about Lu Xingyu. He took his fishing gear and returned to the boat to head to the target fishing spot.

From a distance, he spotted a small boat moored at the fishing spot.

It was Luo Qianqian and her brother; they arrived much earlier today than yesterday.

"Good morning! How long have you been here? What have you found?" Because of what happened last night, Zhou Miao was very friendly today.

Luo Qianqian was somewhat surprised that he had brought such a beautiful young lady with him; her face, even without makeup, was no less attractive than hers.

I had just developed some goodwill towards them yesterday, and today I've already encountered such a formidable opponent?

"We just arrived too. And who is this?" Luo Qianqian asked with a curious expression, hiding her true feelings.

"My sister, I brought her here to experience the life of a fisherman since we had nothing else to do. Let's go fishing first."

Since we're not familiar with each other, a simple greeting is enough.

He steered the boat to the right spot, lowered the anchor, and then handed her breakfast.

"You eat first, I'll teach you how to use these fishing rods and how to tie the lines..."

Lu Xiaoxiao ate while watching and listening attentively. By the time she finished her breakfast, Zhou Miao had already given her a brief explanation of everything she needed to know and had even tied the line to the raft rod.

"You can use this fishing rod. It's lightweight and sensitive to catching fish, making it more beginner-friendly."

"Okay, I'll give it a try." Lu Xiaoxiao picked up a shrimp with great interest and, following Zhou Miao's instructions, stuck the fishhook into the shrimp's body, leaving a little bit of the hook sticking out.

Zhou Miao was very satisfied. She was indeed as smart as she had said, and her hands-on skills were also good; she could learn things very quickly.

"Yes, that's how you stick it. Then you throw the bait into the water, and after the bait sinks to the bottom, you turn the reel to bring up two meters of line and wait for the fish to bite."

How can I tell if the bait has sunk to the bottom?

"Look, your fishing line is loose, which means the sinker has sunk to the bottom. Turn the reel to reel in some line."

"So that's how it is!"

Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly realized what sinking meant. She grabbed the raft wheel handle and turned it a few times, and suddenly felt a pulling force.

"Hey, hey, I feel something pulling me!"