Lu Ao reacted quickly, steadying the poorly placed buckets and saving them from toppling over.
Lin Gongshang had already caught the octopuses, one in each hand—exactly two.
The octopuses writhed in his hands, their suckers firmly attached to his arms.
"It's so numb!" Lin Gongshang hopped toward Lu Ao while holding up the octopuses. "Quick, quick, quick! Help me get them off!"
Lu Ao took the octopuses from his hands and tossed them into the bucket.
Lin Gongshang let out a huge sigh of relief and turned his arms over to inspect them. Red marks from the octopuses' suckers already covered his skin.
"Damn! These octopuses are way too strong." Lin Gongshang sucked in a breath. "Ow, it's red."
"Be careful."
"I am being careful. I'll go catch Black Hair fish." Lin Gongshang crouched down and reached into a crevice in the rocks. "There are so many Black Hair fish here."
"Not bad." Lu Ao picked up a Stone Crab, then set it back down.
Lin Gongshang happened to see what he did when he turned around. "Not catching the Stone Crab?"
"It has eggs."
"Then forget it. We can come back next time. Maybe there'll be Stone Crabs crawling all over the ground by then." As he spoke, Lin Gongshang reached for fish, pulling out a handful in each hand. "Hey, hey, hey, bring the bucket over! There are so many fish here."
Lu Ao carried the bucket over and casually picked up a fish from the tide pool.
Lin Gongshang had sharp eyes and spotted the fish in his hand at once. "A Catshark?"
"Mm."
"Holy shit, that's a pretty big Catshark. See? I told you I was right to come with you."
Lu Ao tossed the constantly struggling Catshark into the bucket.
The Catshark was quite large,