As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 237 - 205 I Have a Fishing License

Chapter 237: Chapter 205: I Have a Fishing License!

Chapter 237 -205: I Have a Fishing License!

Jiang Luoluo was now carrying several bags of gifts and had arrived at Zhao Chunyan’s yard, just as the latter was at the doorway.

The Zhao couple were dressed in new clothes, seemingly about to go out.

At this moment, they saw a girl who looked like a fairy, holding something and looking around their doorstep, seemingly searching for something, and they became curious and walked out of the door.

When Jiang Luoluo saw them come out, she thought it was a coincidence, then hurriedly approached and asked, “Auntie, hello, do you know Chu Mingcheng? Could you please tell me how to get to his house?”

When Zhao Chunyan heard such a beautiful girl asking for the Chu family, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Just yesterday, her future daughter-in-law had come over, and she bragged in front of An Xiuwen, not expecting that today she would have to give it all back.

As expected, before she could tell Jiang Luoluo how to get to the Chu family, An Xiuwen had already quickly walked over.

Zhao Chunyan had braced herself for the other party to brag in front of her, but the outcome was somewhat unexpected.

An Xiuwen didn’t act petty at all but proactively took over the things in Jiang Luoluo’s hands.

“Luoluo, why did you come by yourself? It’s not easy to find aunty’s house here, is it!”

After speaking, she took Jiang Luoluo’s hand and looked towards Zhao Chunyan with a complicated expression, “Chunyan, are you going out?”

“Yes, this year, the children’s oldest uncle’s family is hosting a banquet,” she nodded.

“Then you should hurry along, don’t let it hold you up.”

“Alright.” Zhao Chunyan glanced at Chu Yongxin’s harmoniously married couple and their well-matched children standing together, and suddenly felt at peace.

“This child is so beautiful, no less beautiful than you were when you were young. It seems Ah Cheng is luckier than my Ah Teng.”

With a smile on her face, An Xiuwen said, “Ah Teng’s wife isn’t bad either, just wait for next year to become a grandma!”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chunyan finally managed to smile, “You won’t be far behind me either.”

The two women suddenly behaved as if they had buried the hatchet, leaving Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo, who were clueless, to exchange glances.

“Mom, what’s going on?” After Zhao Chunyan and her husband left, Chu Mingcheng finally couldn’t help but ask.

Just yesterday, she was still complaining in front of them, looking quite irritated, so why today did she suddenly come out to stop Jiang Luoluo’s performance?

Weren’t they originally supposed to give them a taste of their own medicine?

“You two children…” An Xiuwen shook her head and sighed, “Actually, your Aunt Zhao is just competitive and always wants to compare with me.”

Then, under Chu Yongxin’s embarrassed look, she explained the reason.

Only then did Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo realize that Aunt Zhao from next door had been his dad’s childhood sweetheart.

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Had things gone as expected, their chances of ending up together would have been high.

But Chu Yongxin met An Xiuwen by chance and was instantly attracted by her beauty and knew what it meant to have feelings, thus instantly losing interest in his childhood sweetheart.

After hearing this, Chu Mingcheng couldn’t help but smile bitterly, never having imagined his dad had such a dramatic past.

This was also the main reason why An Xiuwen did not take the opportunity today to let Jiang Luoluo vent for her by mocking the other party.

After all, she had already won long ago; others had been competing with her their whole lives and had never beaten her.

Having understood the situation, Chu Mingcheng then took Jiang Luoluo back home to prepare for the New Year.

For many years, the Chu family had always spent the New Year at home by themselves without needing to visit relatives, so this year remained the same.

They didn’t have customs such as worshipping ancestors either, and even though the New Year was spent quietly, it was all the more comfortable for it.

In the evening, after the New Year’s Eve dinner, Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo lay flat on the second-floor balcony.

On the island, setting off skyrockets was forbidden to prevent forest fires in the mountains, so neither of them was in the mood to set off firecrackers.

“I feel that spending New Year here with you is more comfortable. When my family celebrates New Year’s, during every gathering, my unmarried cousins and I always get nagged by the elders to marry; it’s so annoying.”

“You don’t need to worry about that now.”

“Haha, you’re right.” Jiang Luoluo glanced at Chu Mingcheng and voluntarily leaned against him.

“Boom~ Boom~”

Although the island was quiet, the town was quite lively with fireworks bursting in the sky, and they had a clear view from their spot.

In contrast to the quietness here, in a villa in Xia City, today was very lively; Wei Jiaguo’s son and grandchildren were all present.

At this moment, a massive object over four meters long lay in the center of the yard.

“How about this swordfish, four meters twenty-one, weighing eight hundred and thirty-three kilograms? There’s nothing bigger than this in the country, right?”

“Dad, did you catch this yourself?”

“Do I even need to say it? Grandpa is still vigorous. Despite the fish’s size, it was no match for grandpa’s easy handling.”

Grinning, Wei Jiaguo waved his hand, neither confirming nor denying, but today, he stood tall and proud in front of his whole family.

…

For Chu Mingcheng, 2022 simply passed by in such a simple manner.

This was also the last year he would be able to enjoy some leisure time; by next year, he and Jiang Luoluo would surely be married, and visiting different places during the New Year would mean no more leisure time!

The first few days of the first lunar month were mostly spent visiting relatives.

Knowing that Jiang Luoluo finally had some free time, Chu Mingcheng drove to Hang City, planning to spend a couple of days there.

Visiting the Jiang Family was like returning to his own home for Ah Cheng, a place with which he was now quite familiar.

Today, his main purpose was to ask Jiang Luoluo out on a date. Hang City had plenty of fun spots to visit, including West Lake, a fantastic leisure destination that he hadn’t yet explored.

However, upon arriving at the Jiang Family home, Ah Cheng found Jiang Bo with a worried frown on his face, sitting on the sofa drinking tea, while Li Ying sat beside him, seeming to be persuading him about something. They both didn’t even notice him.

“Luoluo, what’s wrong with uncle?” Chu Mingcheng pulled Jiang Luoluo to one side and asked curiously.

“Sigh, it’s just my dad boasting while drunk again,” Jiang Luoluo sighed and told him what happened.

It turned out that Jiang Bo had dinner with a client the night before, and coincidentally, that important client’s hobby was fishing.

Since his future son-in-law belonged to the fishing industry, he had become somewhat familiar with the topic and had struck up a conversation about it with the client.

Somehow during the conversation, Jiang Bo made a rash promise and invited the client to go fishing at West Lake.

Now, sobered up today, he recalled last night’s events and instantly felt numb with worry.

Having lived in the West Lake District for over twenty years, Jiang Bo was well aware of who those that fish at West Lake were.

The appointed time was rapidly approaching, and he was troubled over how he should apologize to that client!

“This… well, what a coincidence, I just happen to have a fishing permit for West Lake!” Chu Mingcheng always carried his fishing license with him ever since he got it, but today, it proved to be unexpectedly useful.

“Ah Cheng, how come you have a fishing license?” Jiang Luoluo blinked her large eyes, looking incredulous.

Chu Mingcheng smiled proudly, then proceeded to tell a bold-faced lie.

“I was out for a morning run and saw an old man fishing in West Lake, so I inquired about the fishing situation there. Under the eager guidance of the old man, I went to the Fishing Association and got a fishing license.”

“…” The other three people in the room were at a loss for words.

They all knew about Chu Mingcheng’s family. They were genuinely curious about how he had managed to get the fishing license.

But everyone has their secrets, and since Chu Mingcheng wouldn’t tell, they did not press him for an answer.

Nevertheless, that fishing license was a major help. Jiang Bo’s client was extremely important, and if he was pleased with the fishing trip today, the future business deals would likely not be a concern.

Therefore, an hour later, Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Bo arrived at the spot by West Lake designated for selling fish tickets and waited for a healthy-looking middle-aged man to join them.

As soon as Jiang Bo saw the guest, he immediately went up warmly to greet him and then introduced Chu Mingcheng.

When the guest learned that the fishing license belonged to Chu Mingcheng, he was quite surprised, “Mr. Jiang, your son-in-law is no ordinary young man!”

“Oh no, he’s just a junior who happens to like fishing very much,” said Jiang Bo with a chuckle.

The middle-aged man hadn’t planned on coming today. He had taken Jiang Bo’s words from the previous night as drunken ramblings and hadn’t taken them to heart.

But to his surprise, not only did Jiang Bo really invite him to go fishing today, but he also actually had a fishing license to boot.

Though it was his son-in-law’s, they were still a family, which was enough to make him take the matter seriously.

After all, anyone who could procure a West Lake fishing license couldn’t be an ordinary person, but little did he know that an ordinary man had indeed slipped into a den of tigers.

Chu Mingcheng bought two fish tickets and then led them to the designated fishing spot.

His role today was just to accompany the two gentlemen as they fished.

Jiang Bo held a newly purchased sea rod, with the line setup already prepared by Chu Mingcheng.

He, a novice, baited a large river shrimp and cast the hook into the water.

After being taught a few times by Chu Mingcheng, Jiang Bo could cast his line a short distance without any problems.

Once the bait was in the water, he reeled the line in by two turns as he learned before to tighten it, and then he found the opportunity to turn and speak to his client, “Mr. Li, what kind of fish do you plan to catch today?”

The man addressed as Mr. Li was much more skilled than Jiang Bo; he was using a lure rod. After attaching a river shrimp, he effortlessly cast the bait out forty to fifty meters away.

“Well, I’m thinking of catching a big black carp to keep in my office’s aquarium,” he said.

“Haha, then I wonder if Mr. Li’s aquarium is big enough. The black carps in West Lake are quite sizeable,” Jiang Bo laughed.

“Looks like I’ll have to get a new aquarium today, huh?” Mr. Li joked.

As the two shared a laugh, Mr. Li’s line was the first to show movement.

He lit up with excitement, expertly stabbed at the fish, then began to reel in his catch.

But after just a couple of turns, his expression soured with disappointment—the fish was too small.

When he pulled it up to the shore, he saw it was just a grass carp weighing around three pounds. Regretfully, he had to release it.

The fish ticket allowed taking only one fish home, and if he chose this grass carp, he wouldn’t be able to fish anymore today.

Then, it was Jiang Bo’s turn to feel a tug on his line.

Using a big sea rod, he theoretically could have cast the bait far out.

But being a beginner, he only managed to cast about twenty meters, and small fish were naturally what hooked on.

Sure enough, when he pulled it in, he caught a carp, and it wasn’t a big one either.

Subsequently, it seemed as though the two men were buffed with a “small fish charm,” not catching any large fish.

“Ah Cheng, you’re good at fishing, come and catch a big black carp for Mr. Li,” said Jiang Bo, feeling somewhat helpless. Not expecting their luck to be so bad, he ultimately had to ask for help from Chu Mingcheng, who was standing by.

“Okay, I’ll give it a try,” said Chu Mingcheng, knowing that his chances of catching a big black carp were slim.

However, he felt a bit eager to fish himself after watching others, so without hesitation, he took the fishing rod.