Reality Was Harsh

Running aground was a serious matter for fishermen.

At best, it meant calling for rescue. At worst, the fishing boat would be scrapped right there.

After searching for quite some time, although he still had not found any sign of the watch, he had discovered no fewer than three sunken ships in these waters.

These fishing boats were all wooden structures and had likely been there for many years.

Just as Ye Yuan refused to give up and continued searching,

his senses suddenly detected a blue Tridacna nearly a meter wide amid the dense seagrass.

Ye Yuan noticed it not because of its vivid appearance.

It was because, within its open shell, he spotted a watch reflecting the light.

No wonder I couldn't find it. The Tridacna swallowed it?

That was Ye Yuan's first reaction. If the Tridacna had not happened to have its shell open, even Ye Yuan would never have thought

that the watch he was looking for was actually hidden inside the Tridacna.

With a thought, a pair of tongs appeared in Ye Yuan's hand.

Using them quickly, he removed the watch that had been swallowed by the Tridacna.

Ye Yuan did this because he found it too troublesome to haul such a large Tridacna back onto the boat.

After all, Tridacna were protected animals. Bringing one back would truly cause no small amount of trouble.

He examined the watch Zhang Jun had been obsessing over.

It was roughly forty millimeters in diameter. Its case was crafted from 18K rose gold, with a sapphire crystal face and a transparent case back. Every detail highlighted its exceptional value.

Patek Philippe—Ye Yuan had once considered buying one himself.

But ever since he had handcrafted watches exclusively for himself and Li Shiyun,

no matter what watch he saw, he

felt