Recaps

Lu Ao proposed developing an island with Weng Qian’s hotel group managing the hotel, while explaining why the project suited his needs better than moving or renovating his family home. Later, Song Zhou sensed strange activity offshore and took Lu Ao to investigate, where they saw three silent ships and decided to observe from shore.

• Lu Ao offered Weng Qian a role managing the hotel on an island that Lu Ao and Song Zhou would develop, and showed him the project proposal.
• Weng Qian questioned whether Lu Ao had planned the project before their discussion, and Lu Ao said he had only had a rough idea.
• Lu Ao decided that developing an island would give him and Song Zhou a suitable place to live near the Marine Ranch without altering his parents’ old house.
• Song Zhou woke Lu Ao and told him that he was going to check unusual activity at sea, and Lu Ao insisted on going with him.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou spotted three brightly lit ships offshore with no audible voices, and Song Zhou stopped Lu Ao from approaching while they watched.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou discovered three ships illegally fishing in Lu Ao’s Marine Ranch and learned the crew planned to capture Dolphins. They reached the ships underwater and overheard the poachers’ plans, while the Coast Guard was on its way.

• Lu Ao recognized the ships’ rhythmic hull-knocking as a method for driving fish into nets and suspected they were poaching in his Marine Ranch.
• Lu Ao called the Coast Guard, then hid his clothes and transformed into his Dragon Form while Song Zhou climbed onto his back.
• Lu Ao swam with Song Zhou toward the ships without making a visible disturbance.
• The pair overheard the crew discussing how they would capture Dolphins, keeping the adults for meat and the uninjured young ones for aquariums.
• Lu Ao spotted armed people at the ships’ bow as the crew prepared to hunt the Dolphins.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou intervened as poachers trapped a Dolphin near the shore. Song Zhou concealed them with mist while Lu Ao went to rescue it, and the poachers were left frightened by the unnatural darkness surrounding their boats.

• Lu Ao recognized that the boats were driving the Dolphin toward shore to trap it with fishing nets and wanted to attack them.
• Song Zhou stopped Lu Ao from rushing in while cameras filmed, but Lu Ao's tail slap sent a huge wave jolting the three boats.
• Lu Ao hid beneath the boats as Song Zhou spread thick mist across the sea, rendering the boats' instruments useless.
• Song Zhou cleared a passage through the mist, and Lu Ao swam toward shore to save the Dolphin.
• An unknown cry and unnatural darkness terrified the poachers, who retreated into the cabin as one young man saw the sea lying perfectly still.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou freed the Dolphins from poachers’ net and trapped the poachers’ boats in an unfamiliar stretch of sea. They waited for the Coast Guard near the reef, and Lu Ao suggested watching the sunrise with Song Zhou.

• The poachers’ navigation systems failed, and their three boats disappeared into an unfamiliar stretch of sea.
• Song Zhou explained that he had frightened the poachers in revenge for the Dolphins, and Lu Ao approved.
• Lu Ao tore apart the fishing net, and the grateful Dolphins swam free.
• Lu Ao decided to keep the poachers trapped until the Coast Guard arrived, then washed and changed on the reef.
• Lu Ao texted Weng Qian to let him know he was out, then asked Song Zhou if they could watch the sunrise together.

Song Zhou and Lu Ao watched the Dolphins retaliate against the poachers’ boats until the Coast Guard arrived and arrested them. The poachers confessed that an amusement park in New Luzhou wanted the Dolphins for shows, while Weng Qian asked Lu Ao to sell him Laver and Kelp from the Marine Ranch.

• Song Zhou released the poachers’ boats, and the Dolphins rammed them while Lu Ao watched.
• The Coast Guard arrived and took the poachers and their boats away.
• Little Du told Lu Ao that the poachers had confessed that an amusement park in New Luzhou wanted to buy Dolphins for performances.
• Lu Ao asked Little Du to keep him informed about what happened to the amusement park’s original Dolphins.
• Weng Qian asked Lu Ao to sell him Laver and Kelp and proposed setting aside part of the Marine Ranch to grow Kelp.

Lu Ao gave Weng Qian kelp to develop new dishes and discussed a possible long-term partnership. Weng Qian proposed splitting the profits equally, and Lu Ao was surprised by how generous the offer was.

• Lu Ao refused to sign a supply contract but gave Weng Qian two baskets of kelp for free to develop dishes.
• Weng Qian accepted the kelp and said he would leave hotel construction to Lu Ao while offering to introduce suitable staff.
• Weng Qian successfully developed kelp dishes, including desserts, and asked Lu Ao for another supply.
• Lu Ao said he would be busy hosting a professor at Marine Ranch and suggested shipping the next batch by express delivery.
• Weng Qian proposed that Lu Ao provide ingredients and he provide culinary skills and distribution, with them splitting profits fifty-fifty.

Lu Ao finalized a partnership with Weng Qian and arranged to supply Kelp, then picked up Professor Huang Ningna to inspect his unusually successful Marine Ranch. Huang Ningna arrived eager to dive and see the ranch firsthand.

• Weng Qian recorded Lu Ao’s promise to give him partner treatment and agreed to settle Kelp sales batch by batch.
• Lu Ao replenished the Marine Ranch’s Kelp with vitality, causing it to grow unusually thick and lush.
• Lu Ao drove to the county train station and picked up Huang Ningna, who had arranged his university classes to visit and study Coral.
• On the drive, Lu Ao told Huang Ningna that the ranch’s algae and stocked sea life were thriving, with nearly seventy percent surviving and growing quickly.
• After arriving at Lu Ao’s home, Huang Ningna immediately asked to visit the Marine Ranch and agreed to dive there using his own wetsuit.

Lu Ao took Huang Ningna to inspect his Marine Ranch, where Huang Ningna found the sea life thriving and free of pests or disease. He praised it as a possible demonstration project, then questioned how Lu Ao kept his fish from escaping without protective nets.

• Lu Ao took Huang Ningna out to sea so he could inspect the Marine Ranch.
• Lu Ao checked the seabed first, then guided Huang Ningna on a dive while the Dolphins were away.
• Huang Ningna saw that the Coral, Sea Cucumbers, and Abalone were growing well in the clear water.
• After inspecting the ranch, Huang Ningna said it could be a demonstration project.
• Lu Ao explained that fish could come and go because the food was there, but Huang Ningna asked how he prevented them from escaping.

Lu Ao expanded his Marine Ranch after Huang Ningna reviewed it, while learning that authorities had arrested illegal trawlers and uncovered a poaching ring. Concerned about the sick Dolphins at a private zoo in New Luzhou, he called Song Zhou for help.

• Lu Ao explained to Huang Ningna that escaped Abalone and Sea Cucumber were watched by Dolphins and that the Marine Ranch could thrive as other fish and shrimp moved in.
• Huang Ningna recommended adding more kinds of Seaweed and fish, and Lu Ao bought more stock for the Marine Ranch.
• Little Du told Lu Ao that a poaching ring had confessed to selling Dolphins to people in New Luzhou and that illegal trawlers had been arrested.
• Little Du said the trawlers had used Electric Bottom Trawls and Wipeout Nets, caused more than thirty million in estimated environmental damage, and faced prison and compensation.
• Little Du told Lu Ao that a private zoo in New Luzhou had sought replacement Dolphins because its own Dolphins had fallen ill, and Lu Ao called Song Zhou after hanging up.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou went to a zoo in New Luzhou to investigate reports that its Dolphins were seriously ill, hoping to find a way to save them. At the aquarium, they saw a listless orca and suspected the zoo’s marine animals were suffering.

• Lu Ao told Song Zhou that the Dolphins belonging to the group that had tried to steal Dolphins from their Marine Ranch were sick, and Song Zhou agreed to help investigate.
• Lu Ao planned to visit the zoo and possibly buy the sick Dolphins, keeping them at the Marine Ranch while they recovered and adapted.
• Song Zhou teleported with Lu Ao to a park near the zoo, and they bought tickets and headed for the aquarium.
• Lu Ao saw an orca resting listlessly in its pool and remarked that the zoo’s marine creatures did not seem to be living well.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou visited an aquarium, where Lu Ao communicated with a distressed orca and learned that the dolphins were absent. He tried to buy the aquarium’s marine animals to release them, but the owner refused, leaving Lu Ao warning that the orca was dangerous and in poor condition.

• Lu Ao sensed the orca’s distress, communicated with it, and left saddened by its confinement.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou searched the aquarium and found no dolphins or staff at the performance area.
• Lu Ao asked the manager to contact the owner about buying the marine animals so he could release them.
• The owner refused to sell, and Lu Ao left with Song Zhou after predicting the owner would change his mind.
• Lu Ao warned the manager to keep away from the orca, whose worsening behavior had already nearly injured its keepers.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou sought another way to help the sick Dolphins at Everlasting Prosperity Zoo after the manager refused to sell them. With You Li's help, they arranged a meeting with the zoo owner, where Lu Ao said the Dolphins were his friends.

• Lu Ao warned the zoo manager that the Orca's condition had worsened, but the manager would not agree to sell the animals.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou returned to the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency, where You Li offered to contact his friend about the zoo owner.
• You Li arranged an introduction, and Lu Ao set a meeting with the owner at New Land Tower for eight that evening.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou met the zoo owner, and Lu Ao told him the Dolphins he wanted to buy were his friends.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou forced Boss Liu to sell his sick Dolphins, Orca, and Belugas, then arranged their transfer to the Marine Ranch in Luo. The animals arrived safely a week later.

• Lu Ao demanded to buy the sick marine animals, and Song Zhou helped frighten Boss Liu by making everyone around them disappear.
• Boss Liu agreed to sell five Dolphins, one Orca, and two Belugas at twenty percent off after admitting the Belugas also had lung disease.
• Lu Ao warned Boss Liu about mistreating the animals, then let him leave when the surrounding voices and warmth returned.
• Lu Ao arranged qualified help and transport, while Song Zhou said he would put in a word to make the transfer easier.
• After several days of preparations, the Dolphins, Orca, and Belugas settled into the Marine Ranch in Luo.

Lu Ao cared for the newly rescued Dolphins, Orcas, and Belugas at his Marine Ranch while Huang Ningna arranged a visit with Feng Jinhao, a Coconut Crab farmer. Lu Ao welcomed them to his home and accepted two Coconut Crabs Feng Jinhao had brought as a gift.

• Lu Ao fed and comforted the timid marine animals, which stayed close to him as they recovered.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou continued caring for the animals, while Lu Ao kept tourists away and welcomed visiting experts.
• Huang Ningna called Lu Ao to ask whether she and Feng Jinhao could visit his Dolphins and Orcas, and he agreed to pick them up.
• Huang Ningna introduced Feng Jinhao to Lu Ao, and the three headed toward Lu Ao's village.
• Feng Jinhao gave Lu Ao two Coconut Crabs from his farm, and Lu Ao accepted them after initially refusing.

Feng Jinhao visited Lu Ao’s Marine Ranch and proposed trading Coconut Crab fry for Lionhead Goose goslings. Lu Ao rejected his initial terms and argued over the value of the breeding animals, leaving their negotiations unresolved.

• Lu Ao showed Feng Jinhao and Huang Ningna his Marine Ranch, where the orcas greeted them, and Huang Ningna suggested writing a paper about the orca’s recovery.
• Lu Ao took Feng Jinhao and Huang Ningna home, then slaughtered and stewed geese with Feng Jinhao’s help.
• After tasting the goose, Feng Jinhao proposed trading Coconut Crab fry for Lionhead Goose goslings.
• Lu Ao rejected Feng Jinhao’s offer of one crab fry for ten goslings, arguing that his geese were just as valuable and scarcer.
• Lu Ao suggested exchanging a pair of top-quality breeding Coconut Crabs for a pair of top-quality breeding Lionhead Geese, but Feng Jinhao questioned whether the trade was fair.
• Lu Ao countered that Lionhead Geese commanded a high market price and were easy for him to sell, while Coconut Crabs were precious but not rare.

Lu Ao’s proposed trade for Feng Jinhao’s Coconut Crab juveniles fell through, so he arranged to buy Giant Grouper Fingerlings and source Coconut Crab juveniles through Old Xu. Old Xu returned with 310 juveniles for Lu Ao, including ten given as a gift.

• Feng Jinhao refused Lu Ao’s trade offer, and after more than a week without an answer, Lu Ao concluded the deal had fallen through.
• Old Xu offered Lu Ao 860-odd Giant Grouper Fingerlings, and they agreed on a price of five yuan fifty each for delivery the next afternoon.
• Lu Ao asked Old Xu to find Coconut Crab juveniles, and Old Xu located a breeder offering them for thirty yuan each.
• Lu Ao asked Old Xu to buy 300 Coconut Crab juveniles, and Old Xu drove overnight to purchase 310 for nine thousand yuan, with ten extra given by the breeder.

Lu Ao bought Giant Grouper fingerlings and arranged to purchase Sea Bass fry, then released the fingerlings into the Marine Ranch. He discussed difficulties finding a construction company for the island hotel with Song Zhou, who reassured him that money was not a concern.

• Lu Ao bought Giant Grouper fingerlings from Old Xu and agreed to buy a thousand Sea Bass fry after checking their quality.
• Lu Ao released the fingerlings into the Marine Ranch and asked the Orca to protect them, but the Orca refused to leave the area to play with Ada and the others.
• Lu Ao told Song Zhou that a construction company had backed away from their hotel project and appeared to want more money.
• Lu Ao said Weng Qian had suggested a global bidding process to attract more qualified construction companies.
• Song Zhou encouraged Lu Ao to proceed with the hotel plans and offered to help if he needed money.

Lu Ao discovered a school of large fish repeatedly stealing from his Marine Ranch and exhausting the Orca and Beluga. When the fish ignored his warnings, he attacked them, leaving several unconscious and the rest scattering.

• Lu Ao rushed to the Marine Ranch after hearing the Orca’s warning calls and found it and the Beluga chasing away fish thieves.
• The Orca told Lu Ao that a school of large fish had been stealing fish all afternoon, and Lu Ao eased the Orca’s and Beluga’s fatigue with life force.
• Lu Ao confronted the returning school and ordered the fish to leave his Marine Ranch.
• The fish ignored Lu Ao’s warnings and provoked him, so he charged at them and knocked two unconscious with his claws.
• Lu Ao pursued the fleeing school, taking down more fish and knocking three unconscious in a single breath.

Lu Ao caught three Giant Trevally, sold two to Weng Qian, and prepared the remaining fish for dinner with Song Zhou and Lin Qiyan. Song Zhou returned home as Lu Ao cooked, unaware that Lin Qiyan had been invited over.

• Lu Ao caught five fish, killed three, identified them as Giant Trevally, and offered them for sale in his Moments.
• Lu Ao arranged for a rideshare driver to deliver two live Giant Trevally to Weng Qian, who agreed to buy them for his hotels.
• Lu Ao prepared the remaining fish and invited Lin Qiyan over to help eat it, then messaged Song Zhou to avoid an encounter between them.
• Lu Ao cooked braised lamb ribs and prepared the Giant Trevally while waiting for Song Zhou to come home.
• Song Zhou returned, embraced Lu Ao in the kitchen, and asked where Lin Qiyan was.

Lu Ao prepared Giant Trevally sashimi, which he, Song Zhou, and Lin Qiyan enjoyed for dinner. The meal ended with Lin Qiyan envying the pair’s looks, apparent agelessness, and freedom to eat as much as they wanted.

• Lin Qiyan hid by the stove and filmed Lu Ao making sashimi while Song Zhou barely noticed him.
• Lu Ao served thick slices of Giant Trevally sashimi with soy sauce and wasabi.
• Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan praised the fish’s rich, fresh taste, and Lu Ao explained that Giant Trevally rarely appeared in their usual fishing grounds and was best eaten raw.
• Lin Qiyan filmed while eating only a few pieces, then envied Lu Ao and Song Zhou for staying handsome and unchanged while eating freely.
• Lu Ao finished the sashimi and several other dishes, stopping when he was seventy or eighty percent full.

After sharing meals and walking Chubby, Lu Ao told Song Zhou about a proposed fleet voyage around the Arctic and considered joining it. He invited Song Zhou to sail with him, and Song Zhou learned that Lu Ao wanted their first proper trip together to be a public one.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou finished dinner, fed Chubby, and took him for a walk while Lin Qiyan went home.
• The next morning, Lu Ao and Song Zhou ate fish ball soup made from the Giant Trevally.
• Lu Ao wondered how Weng Qian was managing his two Giant Trevally and decided to ask him later.
• Lu Ao told Song Zhou that ship captains had invited him on a fleet voyage around the Northern Hemisphere via the Arctic.
• Lu Ao explained that the Marine Ranch could be watched by Lin Gongshang and others while they traveled, and said they could teleport back if needed.
• Song Zhou asked if he was going too, and Lu Ao said he wanted them to sail together and share photos of their trip.

Lu Ao agreed to join Lu Ao's fleet trip with Song Zhou after the Dragon Boat Festival, while Weng Qian thanked him for helping the hotel win recognition from a skeptical shareholder. As the Dragon Boat Festival approached, Lu Ao agreed to buy pork from Lin Gongshang and asked what fish the group had been catching.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou agreed to travel together after Lu Ao settled the fleet's plans and arranged his work.
• Weng Qian told Lu Ao that elders had praised the Giant Trevally and that a formerly critical shareholder had recognized his work sourcing food for the hotel.
• Lu Ao agreed to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with Song Zhou as a couple.
• Lin Gongshang invited Lu Ao to buy pork from the pig he, Lin Guixiao, and Tan Junhao planned to slaughter.
• Lu Ao asked Lin Gongshang to set aside twenty jin of pork and two racks of ribs, then asked what fish they had been catching.

Lu Ao decided to set drift nets farther offshore to find fish for the Dragon Boat Festival, and Lin Qiyan joined him after delivering zongzi. They left the nets in the water overnight and planned to retrieve them the next morning.

• Lu Ao asked Lin Gongshang about unusual fish, then decided to set nets farther offshore; Lin Gongshang declined to join him.
• Lin Qiyan delivered a basket of zongzi to Lu Ao, who returned goose eggs and cured meat.
• Lin Qiyan offered to help Lu Ao fish, and Lu Ao invited him to come along.
• After lunch, Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan went offshore and set drift nets that they would retrieve the following morning.

After Lin Qiyan raised the idea of adoption, Lu Ao asked Song Zhou what he thought about raising a child. Song Zhou revealed that dragon eggs still lay buried in the sea, leading Lu Ao to wonder whether his rebirth had been arranged so he could help raise the next generation of Dragons.

• Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan agreed to haul in the nets early the next morning, and Lin Qiyan asked whether Lu Ao and Song Zhou planned to raise a child.
• Lin Qiyan said he would like to adopt a child but did not meet the requirements, and Lu Ao kept thinking about adoption that night.
• Lu Ao asked Song Zhou whether he had considered adopting, and Song Zhou said nonhumans had adopted children before.
• Song Zhou told Lu Ao that dragon eggs were still buried in the sea and could hatch into new kin for him.
• Lu Ao wondered whether the Dragon Clan had arranged his rebirth so he could help raise the dragon eggs, and Song Zhou considered the idea possible.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou discussed what they would do if they found and hatched a Dragon Egg, then Lu Ao went fishing with Lin Qiyan. They caught a male Anglerfish, which Lin Qiyan first found disgusting before deciding it could suit the Dragon Boat Festival.

• Song Zhou told Lu Ao that his awakening from the Dragon might have been a coincidence and promised to investigate at the agency.
• Lu Ao said he could accept having a child, and Song Zhou explained that the agency had branches that raised nonhuman children collectively.
• Lu Ao left to meet Lin Qiyan, who hoped they would catch an unusual fish for his Dragon Boat Festival raffle prizes.
• Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan hauled up a male Anglerfish, and Lu Ao said he planned to take it home to eat.
• Lin Qiyan recoiled after learning about male Anglerfish reproduction, then decided the fish might make a fitting Festival of Health meal.