"What's wrong with being a pretty boy? It doesn't get in your way."
"That's easy for you to say. Can't I have a problem with pretty boys?" Xiang Xingchang pulled out a cigarette, tapped it against the pack, lit it with his lighter, and mumbled around it, "Back then, so many girls I chased got stolen away by pretty boys."
Lu Ao asked, "So have you found one now?"
"No. I spend every day out in the wind and water, and one wrong move could get me killed. What good girl would marry me?" Seeing that Lu Ao had finished eating, he pulled out a cigarette and offered it to him. "Want one?"
Seeing the weathered look on his face, Lu Ao said, "No. Yellow teeth will make it even harder for you to find a wife."
Xiang Xingchang finally understood. This guy was a little petty. As long as someone offended him, he would definitely remember it.
"Hey, could you stop stabbing your big brother in the heart?" Xiang Xingchang dragged the ashtray over and flicked his ash into it. "I haven't asked yet. What happened earlier? Was it improper operation? Why did both underwater cameras malfunction?"
"No." Lu Ao had already noticed from the corner of his eye that no one was around, and there were no cameras either. Only the fan overhead was still running. He lowered his voice. "I did it on purpose."
Xiang Xingchang's gaze sharpened. He held the cigarette between his fingers without taking a drag and asked quietly, "Why? Throwing a tantrum?"
"No." Lu Ao did not stop eating, but he lowered his voice even further. "That strange fish they asked us to find is called the Spear-tail Fish."
"Hm?"
"It's a critically endangered fish defined by the International Union for Conservation of