As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 313 - Chapter 313 Chapter 268 The Shark Struck by Lightning

Chapter 313: Chapter 268: The Shark Struck by Lightning Chapter 313: Chapter 268: The Shark Struck by Lightning This Black Tiger Shrimp weighed at least eight taels. For Jiang Luoluo’s appetite, one would be enough to fill her up.

Of course, if such a large Black Tiger Shrimp were steamed directly, the meat might become somewhat tough, so the cooking method was very important.

Chu Mingcheng continued to scour the beach, although it was still the first wave pushed in by the sea, and the good stuff hadn’t reached the point where it was everywhere on the sand.

Therefore, he didn’t find many Black Tiger Shrimps next, but he did discover quite a few Red Shrimps.

These shrimps were not expensive, small in size, and if not properly handled, their veins would make them sandy to eat.

But An Xiuwen often used to buy some and cleanly peel the shrimp meat before stir-frying it.

The fried Red Shrimp meat tasted unexpectedly fresh and sweet, and adding some corn could make a very delicious dish, which was one of Chu Mingcheng’s previous favorites.

Thinking that Jiang Luoluo hadn’t tried this dish before, he specifically picked some larger, fresh Red Shrimps.

Compared to possibly still living Black Tiger Shrimps and Sand Shrimps, all of the Red Shrimps were dead without exception.

So picking fresh ones was a bit difficult; those with black heads and bodies detached from the head were not usable.

The appearance of some wild shrimps had drawn more and more people to the beach, and in just about an hour, the beach was nearly packed with people.

With more people and fewer items, Chu Mingcheng and Zhang Wei couldn’t find much of value anymore.

Even the Sand Shrimps they had originally scorned were now visibly diminishing in number, leaving only some dead ones on the beach.

Fish also appeared from time to time, including some miscellaneous fish, Little Huang, Sea Bass, and even occasionally one or two fresh Japanese scads.

Chu Mingcheng wasn’t interested in these; his bucket currently contained about a dozen large Sand Shrimps. None exceeded twenty centimeters, but none were too small either; all were quite plump.

Not many Black Tiger Shrimps were found, only seven in total.

One had large forearms, while the rest were all about the size of a palm.

The last were some Red Shrimps – about two kilograms in total, which would yield about eight taels of shrimp meat when peeled.

Zhang Wei and Chen Yang also had their catches, less selective than Chu Mingcheng, they had grabbed slightly more.

Now, as the typhoon moved closer, the tide began to rise, and the waves surged higher, clearly becoming unsafe.

The dense clouds grew increasingly low, giving an apocalyptic illusion, occasionally flashing from within, obviously thunderclouds.

At this moment, a huge Hammerhead Shark was tossed about by the waves. It was not small, measuring three meters in length, but it was still unable to resist the power of nature.

It had been drawn here by hunger, attracted by the food.

But it had underestimated the power of the waves, which now left it embarrassed and awkward.

Chu Mingcheng had no idea a shark was nearing; he called Zhang Wei and Chen Yang to prepare to leave.

Yet suddenly a violent wave surged in, cries of alarm erupted from the beach, and most people got their pants wet from the unexpected wave.

But Chu Mingcheng and some nearby people saw a large shark surge out of the wave. A woman, extremely unlucky to be right there, was immediately knocked over by the shark’s tail, then swept away by the water.

That wasn’t important. What mattered was that Zhang Wei was right next to this woman and was unconsciously grabbed by her.

This caused him to also fall over and be dragged into the sea.

The bucket in his hand was overturned in the seawater, and the seafood he had collected was swept away, making all his efforts go in vain.

“Damn!” Chu Mingcheng cursed under his breath and immediately handed his own bucket to Chen Yang, who had just arrived from another direction. Then he quickly ran and dove into the water.

In the huge waves, the woman and Zhang Wei had no control over their bodies, and the shark was right by them.

Chu Mingcheng was extremely fast, although the giant waves also affected him, the impact was far less than on a normal person.

As he got to Zhang Wei and the stranger, he noticed the shark seemed constantly trying to bite them but the seawater kept it from controlling its own body, distancing it further.

Compared to humans, the shark had a natural advantage in the water. After a short while, it adjusted its body and began to approach again.

Chu Mingcheng spotted another huge wave coming and quickly zipped over, beating the shark to grabbing Zhang Wei and the unknown woman, then kicked the nose of the Hammerhead Shark.

The shark’s head veered from the kick, it tried to snap at them, but the next moment, the incoming wave crashed against it again.

Seizing the opportunity, Chu Mingcheng, with the wave’s help, quickly swam towards the beach with the two.

Unknowingly, they were over a hundred meters away from where the beachgoers stood.

He himself could return to the beach quickly using the propulsion of the waves.

But dragging two people, despite the pushing force from behind, there was also retreating seawater in front, slowing his speed.

He looked back and saw the Hammerhead Shark approaching again.

Although it was about seven or eight meters away, he couldn’t run with two people in tow.

And he couldn’t let go of his hands to chase the shark because if he did, the two people he was holding would immediately be swept away by the waves to who knows where.

Just as Chu Mingcheng was conflicted about what to do, the sky suddenly brightened intensely, and a striking bolt of lightning struck straight into the water.

As he turned back to check on the shark, he was instantly stunned.

Because a sudden flash of light appeared before him, followed by a loud bang.

Not far away, the shark ceased its movement and seemed to have flipped over onto its belly.

Chu Mingcheng had no idea why underwater, but it was a good thing for him.

He took the opportunity to swim to the surface to help Zhang Wei, who couldn’t hold his breath any longer, get some air. Turning back, he noticed that the floating shark had mysteriously acquired a chunk of black mark on its body, looking as if it had indeed died.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t know the situation, and without time to think too much, he quickly brought both people back to the beach.

Zhang Wei had swallowed several mouthfuls of water and was now coughing violently. His ability to hold his breath had indeed improved a lot after learning to dive, and with occasionally surfacing for air, he hadn’t passed out.

As for the other unknown woman, she had choked on water and fainted halfway through.

Seeing them, Chen Yang immediately ran over, fiercely pounding his chest once, his eyes red, his lips and body trembling continuously, unable to speak.

Meanwhile, the people around were all stunned, discussing among themselves.

“Damn, they really got rescued?”

“Awesome, normally a person swept away would be gone for sure, but this guy managed to pull two back.”

“Damn, look at that shark, it even has a black mark on it, it wasn’t struck by lightning just now, was it?”

“Er, maybe one of these three is the male lead, even heaven is helping them?”

The onlookers were clearly astonished, while Chu Mingcheng at this moment was concernedly watching a woman give first aid to the unconscious stranger.

This woman helping with the first aid was actually the neighbor of the fainted woman. Both lived nearby and had come together to check out the stranded seafood, never expecting to encounter this situation.

The woman who had fainted from choking on water threw up quite a bit of seawater after receiving first aid but hadn’t woken up yet.

Chu Mingcheng knew the first aid was not professional enough, hesitating whether to attend to her himself when the sound of an ambulance arrived right then, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

The woman hadn’t been unconscious long, and a professional nurse only needed to press a few times and then administered two breaths of artificial respiration to revive her.

Next, the woman and Zhang Wei were both taken by ambulance to the hospital, and he and Chen Yang would follow later.

“Let’s go, we’ll go back and change clothes first, then head to the hospital.”

“Okay…” Chen Yang followed him, putting several buckets in the car, along with the raincoat Chu Mingcheng had earlier removed.

As for the shark that was struck by lightning, it was quickly carried away by the arriving fisheries enforcement, and all the people on the beach were evacuated and sent back.

Chu Mingcheng, soaked to the skin, could only take a cloth to dry the raincoat as much as possible and spread it on the seat before sitting down.

Chen Yang himself wasn’t much wet, so he drove him right back home.

Jiang Luoluo heard the noise and came out of the dance studio, seeing Chu Mingcheng all soaked and Chen Yang holding the bucket with the clam tongs, she looked somewhat surprised, “Did you guys go clamming? How did you get soaked?”

“Zhang Wei was swept away by a wave, I pulled him back so I ended up getting wet. I’ll take a shower first, and I’ll tell you everything later.”

A video had just been taken that might hit the hot spots on “Sound,” so Chu Mingcheng frankly admitted it, although he downplayed the incident.

Then, without waiting for Jiang Luoluo to ask more, he hurried into the bathroom to take a shower.

Chen Yang, who was being watched, felt awkward. Jiang Luoluo’s stern presence was quite strong, coupled with his guilt, so he dared not hide anything and explained the whole incident clearly.

“Chu Mingcheng!” After listening, she felt a pain in her chest from anger and shouted before immediately walking into her own room, locking the door behind her, and heading straight to the bathroom to confront Chu Mingcheng.

The faint sounds of scolding and Chu Mingcheng’s pleas for mercy made Chen Yang instinctively shrink his neck.

This really was like scolding one’s own naughty child.

Having known her for a while, Chen Yang had never seen her lose her temper like that before, ferocious like a tigress.

After about fifteen minutes, Jiang Luoluo, who seemed to have quickly washed up after changing out of her dance outfit, walked out of the room followed by a grimacing Chu Mingcheng.

His waist was pinched blue, an angry wife was truly frightening!

“Let’s go, we’re heading to the hospital!” Jiang Luoluo picked up her purse, her face expressionless as she led the way out of the house, with the two men obediently following behind.

They first went to Chen Yang’s house to pick up a set of clothes for Zhang Wei, then they all went to the hospital.

Upon arriving at the ward, they found only two people there, Zhang Wei and the woman who had pulled him under, both had changed into hospital gowns.

Their problems weren’t serious, mainly needing to change their soaked clothes and get some tests done.

There were also a group of people standing, seemingly the woman’s relatives.

Seeing them arrive, Zhang Wei pointed at Chu Mingcheng and said, “There, that handsome young fellow is the one who saved us.”

The rescued woman’s eyes lit up immediately upon seeing her rescuer, and she sat up quickly to express her gratitude.

Her relatives also now knew who the rescuer was and eagerly came forward to hold Chu Mingcheng, thanking him profusely and even forcibly stuffing a thick red envelope into his hand.

This gesture was quite comforting, much better than acting like those internet nymphets who made it seem like saving people was his duty.

Seeing this, Jiang Luoluo placed a fruit basket next to Zhang Wei’s bedside cabinet and quietly watched the scene unfold.

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