After a few moments, the sales representative sent over a design image of the boat.

To Chu Mingcheng's surprise, it was quite different from the fishing boats he had imagined. He had thought the livewell would be positioned in front of the cockpit.

Instead, the cockpit was positioned toward the bow, and the livewell was placed directly at the stern.

Moreover, the boat's aft deck had a sunshade that could provide cover from the sun and rain.

According to the sales representative, the boat could also be fitted with a power system, and solar panels could be installed on top of the sunshade, but that would cost nine million.

A power system for over two million—Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo felt that saving over two million in fuel costs would take too long, so they both agreed it was unnecessary.

Having a sunshade was enough. It could protect from sun and rain, and could be retracted in high winds—a pretty good design.

The boat's cockpit was on the second floor, with an overall black and white color scheme. The boat was indeed beautiful, with a strong sense of modern technology.

So far, both were quite satisfied with all aspects of the boat, so they confirmed the order and would pay the deposit when they returned.

The deposit was 20% of the total boat price. Chu Mingcheng had enough money now, and they would each contribute half, which meant 678,000 yuan each.

After discussing the boat, Chu Mingcheng thought of Chen Yang and Zhang Wei, who had been in Qiongzhou for several days, so he asked about their progress.

To his surprise, Chen Yang's reply was a complaint about Zhang Wei, his words full of resentment.

"We're learning spearfishing now, but Ah Wei isn't learning to freedive and spearfish at all—he's learning to freely sow his seeds!"

"..."

Chu Mingcheng and Jiang Luoluo looked at each other, not understanding what "freely sowing seeds" meant for a moment.

But the next moment, they both understood.

Jiang Luoluo's expression turned serious as she warned, "I knew what kind of person Ah Wei was before. We weren't familiar then, so I didn't say anything."

"But now you have to be careful. If you dare to learn from him in this regard, I'll dare to..."

As she spoke, she squeezed her left hand fiercely and made a chopping motion with her right.

Chu Mingcheng shivered all over, then wrapped his arm around her waist appeasingly: "Don't worry, I will absolutely not sow my seeds randomly. I promise to save every last drop for you."

"But when will you let me sow?"

"Then when will you meet my parents?" Discussing this topic was a bit much for Jiang Luoluo.

But having a young married woman around had more or less trained her resistance to certain things.

So she could still suppress her shyness and use her parents to keep Chu Mingcheng in check, preventing him from getting too carried away and pushing his luck.

"Just meet your parents?"

Chu Mingcheng's eyes lit up. Having such a beautiful woman by his side, who could stand not being able to have her?

It was just that they would get married in the future, otherwise, he would probably be scheming every day about how to coax...

Jiang Luoluo looked at her boyfriend's expression, a smile on her face, and nodded: "Yes! My parents have to agree, and then you have to propose to me. Then we get engaged, wait a while, and then get married..."

"..." Chu Mingcheng was immediately deflated. How long would that take?

Jiang Luoluo looked at him and didn't tell him there was a shortcut.

Men—give them an inch and they'll take a mile. If she relaxed a little now, he would definitely push his luck.

Chu Mingcheng wasn't too disappointed. This woman was to be married, so these steps were necessary.

For the sake of his future happiness, he immediately made a decision. "Luoluo, pick a good time at the end of the year—I'll come visit!"

Jiang Luoluo was stunned before suddenly bursting into laughter. "Hey, are you serious? Didn't you say you weren't ready before?"

Chu Mingcheng's expression turned bitter. "Based on your timeline, the fastest it'll take is half a year. How can I not hurry?"

"Hahaha..." Jiang Luoluo chuckled happily. Now she really had to thank Zhang Wei properly—when he came to Xiamen, she'd treat him to a big meal.

If it weren't for his unintentional motivation, she felt that Chu Mingcheng would have waited until next summer to dare meet her parents.

But they didn't dwell on this topic. They had to go home and discuss it properly before making decisions.

Afterward, Chu Mingcheng also learned that Chen Yang and the others would be flying to Xiamen the day after tomorrow, which was perfect timing.

After this trip to the open sea, he would definitely need to rest for two days when he got back.

One afternoon and one night later, at a little after six in the morning, they returned to the pier in Xiamen.

Wei Jianguo had already contacted a tuna broker he knew.

Excluding what had already been sold, Chu Mingcheng still had seventeen tuna, plus the remaining two Indo-Pacific sailfish, for a total of nineteen fish.

The bidding method here was the same as for bluefin tuna, with prices determined by fat content.

Regular fishmongers would just give a low price to buy them wholesale. When they resold them, whether the buyer got a good fish or a bad one depended on luck.

Therefore, this method of testing meat quality seemed fairer, and customers buying fish wouldn't have to rely purely on chance.

The remaining ten yellowfin tuna totaled 1,863 jin. The calculated average price was sixty-six yuan per jin, for a total of over 123,000.

There were only two longfin tuna, weighing a total of 183 jin.

Longfin tuna are a smaller species. The 130-jin one from before was already the heaviest in its family.

There weren't many of these tuna over a hundred jin, but the fat content was good, so they sold for 12,500, with an average price of about seventy yuan per jin.

Bigeye tuna were not only heavier, but also more expensive. The remaining five weighed 1,357 jin, for a total of 133,000, with an average price of ninety-eight yuan per jin.

So all the tuna here earned him 268,500 yuan.

The two sailfish weren't expensive, selling for twelve thousand.

Including what had already been sold, this trip to sea had actually earned him over four hundred thousand.

Chu Mingcheng was shocked when he calculated it himself. How could there be so much?

But according to the buyer, his fish were either caught by angling or spearfishing, and they were immediately bled, gutted, and iced.

Plus, every one was a large, adult fish, so the purchase price was higher.

If they were net-caught tuna, the price would be even lower.

To be honest, in terms of unit price, Chu Mingcheng really didn't think tuna's fame matched its price.

Of the three types of tuna, only the bigeye tuna's unit price barely approached one hundred yuan per jin.

This purchase price was actually much lower than he had expected, but he hadn't realized that the total weight of these tuna would be so significant. He hadn't noticed it before.

With the tuna sold, all the fish were packed and sent away. He only kept a five-jin longtail snapper to eat at home.

After saying goodbye to Wei Jianguo, Chu Mingcheng drove Jiang Luoluo straight to the shipyard, feeling very confident!

After paying the deposit, they went to the market to buy groceries before heading home.

As soon as they opened the door, they saw Mimi sitting facing the entrance. When she saw Chu Mingcheng, she immediately started scolding him.

"Meow, meow, meow?" (You still know how to come back?)

"Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow?" (Were you messing around with this woman again?)

"Meow, meow, meow, meow?" (Do you still want this family?)

"Meow, meow, meow, meow?" (Do you know how tiring it is to take care of the kids?)

This scolding look was hilarious, and Jiang Luoluo burst out laughing.

Chu Mingcheng was very embarrassed. He had thought it would be inconvenient to bring Mimi and her family, so he had left them behind.

Mainly because there was an automatic cat feeder, filled with cat food and cooled boiled water.

And the kittens had their mother to take care of them, so he felt it wouldn't be a problem to leave for a few days. He hadn't expected to be interrogated by Mimi as soon as he returned.

"Aiya, I'm sorry! Come here, let me make it up to you!" Chu Mingcheng put down the things in his hand and reached out to pick her up.

Who knew that Mimi would give him several cat punches, and then another "meow": "Don't touch me!"

"..." Chu Mingcheng was speechless. Why did this scene feel so familiar? He turned his head and looked at the woman beside him, who was laughing so happily.

"What are you looking at?"

Jiang Luoluo gave him a punch, and he understood.

In the afternoon, he personally pan-fried a piece of longtail snapper for Mimi, made fish bone soup, and then let her play downstairs for a few hours before she finally calmed down.

Chu Mingcheng wiped the sweat from his brow and breathed a sigh of relief.

These females were so temperamental!

After resting at home for two days, Chen Yang and Zhang Wei arrived.

Their flight was at two in the afternoon. After eating lunch and resting briefly, Chu Mingcheng drove to the airport.

Jiang Luoluo didn't go with him today. She had already started preparing for her next video.

At the airport, seeing the two emerge with their luggage, Chu Mingcheng patted their shoulders: "You've lost weight, and you're so much tanner!"

Hearing this, Chen Yang sighed helplessly: "I've only been out to sea three times, and the color difference between my face and body is already several shades."

As he spoke, he looked at Chu Mingcheng strangely: "By the way, how do you maintain your skin color? I noticed that you're only a little tanner than when you were working. People who go out to sea every day should be quite dark, right?"

Chu Mingcheng nodded in agreement, his face full of annoyance: "That's right, I'm so frustrated about this. I clearly want to get tanner, but I just can't!"

"..." Chen Yang felt like he'd been shown off to, but then he suddenly thought of Zhang Wei applying sunscreen to a certain female student, and said doubtfully, "You're not applying sunscreen every time you go out to sea, are you?"

"That's something my girlfriend does. Why would a big man like me use that!" Chu Mingcheng waved his hand. He had actually considered sunscreen before.

But he didn't know if it was because of "Effortless Swim." After he got this ability, he hadn't gotten any tanner. Instead, his skin had become slightly fairer.

Jiang Luoluo hadn't noticed because she had never seen him when he was darker.

"That doesn't make sense!" Chen Yang touched his chin, but couldn't figure it out.

Zhang Wei laughed and patted his shoulder: "A big man should be a little tanner. Doesn't that look more masculine? What are you worried about!"

"That's true!" Chen Yang no longer dwelt on this problem. After getting in the car, he started asking about the boat.

"Ah Cheng, have you decided on your boat? What does it look like? Do you have pictures?"

"Of course I do. I'll show you."

Chu Mingcheng took out his phone, sent them the picture, and then started the car to head back.

Chen Yang and Zhang Wei received the picture, and when they opened it, they were immediately attracted by the boat's appearance.

"Ah Cheng, have you gotten a quote for this boat?"

"I have—six million eight hundred thousand. Luoluo and I are each paying half, which means this boat will be our joint property."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, beautiful and rich. No wonder you didn't contact any of the numbers I gave you." Although Zhang Wei was surprised by the boat's price, he couldn't help but tease when he heard that Jiang Luoluo was also paying half.