A few minutes later, Iced Tea and Avril's fishing boat docked safely.
The moment they reached shore, the two of them jumped onto the pier and went straight to Su Yu.
Iced Tea looked as calm as ever.
Avril, however, was deathly pale. Her gaze darted away, and she did not dare look Su Yu in the eye. Clearly, her trip had not gone very well.
"How was the haul, you two?" Su Yu asked.
Iced Tea answered first. "About 400 kilograms. We also caught a very special Firefin Fish. The fishermen said it should sell for quite a bit."
As soon as Iced Tea finished speaking, the five fishermen on his boat heaved together and raised an approximately eighty-centimeter-long Firefin Fish over their heads. They excitedly shouted toward the pier, "Everyone, look! Look what we caught—it's a Firefin Fish!"
Zhong Feng: "..."
Thousand Cups Not Drunk: "..."
Su Yu: "..."
The people on the pier: "..."
Hadn't they just seen this scene?
Seeing everyone's muted reaction—though they were actually too stunned to react—the five fishermen looked bewildered. "Didn't you hear us? We caught a Firefin Fish! The last one was caught twenty years ago!"
"Ahem." At that moment, Captain Vance coughed twice and tried to smooth things over. "Actually, it wasn't twenty years ago. It was twenty minutes ago.
Folks, we've really had our eyes opened today! Our Sunstone Village actually caught two Firefin Fish in a single day!"
"My God! It really is the second Firefin Fish!"
"We're witnessing history!"
"In previous years, we wouldn't hear anything about Firefin Fish for a year or two. Yet we caught two today!"
"This is unbelievable!"
The little blue people chattered excitedly. They had never seen anything like this in their lives!
But Su Yu noticed that when the five