He hadn't expected catching lobsters to take so much time. It was already past three in the afternoon, which meant there wasn't enough time left to go trolling.

He learned from a crewman that the Sky High would be departing for a new fishing spot after dinner.

Back on the Sky High, he helped the crew tie zip ties on the lobsters.

A whole haul of lobsters quickly attracted the attention of everyone who had stayed on the boat that afternoon, including a female angler with a professional photographer in tow.

He remembered seeing a female angler filming a video not far from him during the deep-sea night fishing session. Her dramatic gasps and squeals had been quite amusing.

He hadn't expected to see another one now. Had video-making become this competitive?

Female anglers who made short videos, aside from a small minority of true enthusiasts, generally shared a common trait: they were all reasonably attractive and chose eye-catching outfits.

These types of female anglers probably didn't fish much, because their skin looked quite good.

Few people who frequently fished by the sea or went out on boats could maintain fair skin; sunscreen just couldn't compete with that kind of exposure.

However, the female angler who had just come over was petite and unremarkable in figure. Her skin wasn't dark, but it was still a far cry from Jiang Luoluo's porcelain complexion.

Her looks were good, though. Her delicate features carried her overall appearance, giving her a "girl-next-door" vibe.

This girl didn't look like a fisherwoman. Any big fish could probably pull her straight into the sea.

Perhaps she was here in Xisha to check in at scenic spots, helping her followers experience the beauty and joy of fishing in the Xisha Islands.【TN: Xisha Islands are also known as the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea】

The female angler came over and squatted down, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the lobsters. It seemed her mouth was watering uncontrollably, giving the impression of a little girl craving a lollipop. It was quite endearing.

"Hello, may I ask what kind of lobster is this?" The female angler now got a clear look at Chu Mingcheng and was a little surprised by his appearance.

"This is a hairy lobster, a specialty of the South China Sea and Xisha Islands."

"So it's a hairy lobster. How much are they? Can you sell me two?"

Chu Mingcheng was taken aback. He hadn't expected her to be so direct, asking to buy them right away.

Buying two now—was it to show she hadn't come back empty-handed?

But with so many here, selling one or two wouldn't be a problem.

"The price is 25... 255 per jin. Come find me when we get back, and I'll let you pick a few first."

"Can you give them to me now? I have cash, or I can transfer it to you on my phone when we have a signal."

The girl finished speaking and, seeming to sense Chu Mingcheng's confusion, explained with a smile, "I'm a food vlogger. I'm planning to film a video of making lobster tonight, so I need them now."

Chu Mingcheng understood. So a content creator had snuck in among the boatload of anglers.

And hearing that she was a food vlogger, he had a few ideas of his own.

It was well known that among the best customers for professional anglers, food bloggers with large followings were one of the top customer groups.

Sometimes, when he caught or hunted uncommon aquatic products, they were hard to sell in regular markets, but selling them to these people was the most suitable option.

The premise was that the other party wasn't short of money and was generous enough.

The girl in front of him didn't even haggle over the price, which made her a relatively high-quality customer.

He just didn't know if she had a lot of fans, or if she knew "Ah Kuangshan." [TN: Kuangshan (矿山): Literally “mine(mountain),” here slang for big spenders.]

That gentleman was the ideal food vlogger customer in Chu Mingcheng's mind.

For ingredients worth one or two thousand, he liked to use the phrase "only spent." For ingredients worth three or four thousand, he liked to use the phrase "a bit expensive."

Chu Mingcheng loved dealing with this kind of "Kuangshan" gentleman.

Faced with the small request from the food vlogger in front of him, he naturally agreed happily.

She chose the two largest hairy lobsters—one weighing two jin and three liang, the other two jin and one liang—for a total of 1,122 yuan.

He rounded it down for her, taking one thousand one hundred in cash.

Seeing her happily leave with the two lobsters, Chu Mingcheng asked a crewman to help tie zip ties on the remaining lobsters and put them in the live well. He went to see where she had gone.

Then he saw her walk into the dining hall, and he had a good idea of what was happening.

He was still wearing his wetsuit, and he had to take his gear and tools back to his room, so he went back to wash up and change first.

He washed his tools with clean water, took a shower, and changed into a fresh set of clothes. Then, with curiosity, he walked toward the dining hall.

As soon as he arrived, he saw the girl who had bought the lobsters preparing food at a dining table.

The photographer was filming in front of her, occasionally moving forward to get a close-up of the food.

Chu Mingcheng didn't disturb her, but sat on a stool in the distance, curiously watching the food filming scene.

But when he arrived, the girl noticed him. Seeing him sitting in the distance, staring at her, made her a little nervous. Then, as she was speaking to the camera, she suddenly burst out laughing.

Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng also felt a little like laughing, mainly because the girl's laugh was refreshingly unguarded. She threw her head back, her mouth wide open, her nostrils visible, without any of the self-consciousness of a refined internet beauty.

After laughing, she continued filming without missing a beat.

The first dish was simple lobster sashimi.

For the second dish, she took out a large bottle of garlic sauce from somewhere, spread it on the lobster, and then took it to the kitchen to ask the chef to help bake it in the oven.

The preparation for these two lobsters was very straightforward.

Once the lobster was cooked, the next part was the food tasting.

Her various expressions of bliss made Chu Mingcheng a little hungry, and he also wanted to have a lobster to taste.

Also, her occasionally upturned nostrils were quite memorable.

Seeing that she had finished filming, Chu Mingcheng walked over and took the initiative to greet her. "Let's get to know each other. My name is Chu Mingcheng. You can call me Ah Cheng. I usually like to fish and hunt. Maybe I'll often have the ingredients you want."

The girl was wondering what he was coming over for, but she didn't expect it to be for a collaboration.

When she heard that the other party was a professional angler who also hunted, she immediately thought of the wetsuit he had been wearing.

Because she had been focused on buying the lobsters, she had overlooked this detail. Now that she remembered, she was immediately interested. "Hello, hello, my name is Jiang Yuqi, you can call me Ah Qi."

"I almost forgot you were wearing a wetsuit before! You're amazing, to be able to catch so many lobsters."

Just then, her assistant reminded her.

"Yesterday, when you were sleeping, this guy caught a huge fish! A red diamond fish that almost broke the record!"

"No way, you were the one who caught that red diamond fish?" Jiang Yuqi had heard about the bin diao from her assistant when she woke up in the morning. She regretted having gone to bed so early last night.

She had originally planned to ask the crewman today who had caught it. She had even thought about discussing whether she could buy the fish and then invite a food blogger she knew to collaborate on an episode!

Maybe this episode's video could reach five million views—even ten million wasn't impossible to imagine.

The budget would be substantial, but in the long run, she definitely wouldn't lose out.

But she hadn't expected that the person who had caught the bin diao was right in front of her.

"It was caught with an electric reel. It was purely luck!" For catching a large bin diao, Chu Mingcheng felt some happiness from the potential earnings, but not much sense of accomplishment.

If he had pulled it up himself, it would have been very exciting and satisfying.