Recaps

Lu Ao landed an enormous wild Large Yellow Croaker after his fishing rod snapped, then rested on the boat as the others continued fishing. While he slept, Lin Manzhang and Lin Qiyan watched over him, and Lu Ao’s scattered awareness drifted across the sea.

• Lu Ao tired out the Large Yellow Croaker, then caught it in a landing net just as his fishing rod snapped.
• Lu Ao estimated the fish weighed at least eight jin, and the group discussed its potential value before he stored it in ice.
• Lu Ao stopped fishing and fell asleep on the boat while the others continued fishing through the night.
• Lin Manzhang and Lin Qiyan watched Lu Ao sleep in the morning light and felt awed by his appearance.
• Lu Ao’s drifting consciousness observed anglers, fishermen, and large ocean-going vessels across the sea.

Lu Ao and his companions returned to the harbor with the Large Yellow Croaker he had caught, and Lin Qi Yan and Tian Mingzhi posted a video and offered the fish for sale. At the dock, Manager Wen weighed it at eight jin and seven liang, but they had not yet settled on a price.

• Lu Ao woke after sleeping through the morning, checked the catch, and headed back to shore with the group.
• Tian Mingzhi suggested finding buyers for Lu Ao’s Large Yellow Croaker through Moments, and Lin Qi Yan proposed posting a video of the catch.
• Lin Qi Yan and Tian Mingzhi edited and posted the video and a sales notice, attracting inquiries from hotels and wealthy buyers.
• Manager Wen met the group at the dock and asked to buy the fish after seeing it online.
• Lin Man Zhang and Chen Shengrong placed the Large Yellow Croaker on the scale, and Manager Wen announced that it weighed eight jin and seven liang.

Lu Ao negotiated with Weng Qian to sell his wild Large Yellow Croaker for 950,000 yuan, with payment due within three days. He left the fish at the hotel and rode back with his friends, who learned what he had sold it for.

• Manager Wen offered Lu Ao a chance to negotiate with the hotel’s boss after other potential buyers offered up to 850,000 yuan.
• Weng Qian offered 850,000 yuan for the fish, but Lu Ao refused and insisted on a minimum price of 950,000 yuan.
• Weng Qian accepted Lu Ao’s price, and they signed a contract requiring payment within three days.
• Manager Wen bought Man Zhang and the others’ catches at market price, and Lu Ao left the hotel with his friends.
• Hu Xingjin asked what Lu Ao had received for the fish, and Lu Ao said it sold for 950,000 yuan, tax included.

Lu Ao donated 100,000 yuan to Hope Primary Schools, then arranged to buy and release 10,000 Large Yellow Croaker fingerlings. After Tian Mingzhi and the others returned from a fruitless fishing trip, they helped transfer the fingerlings into their boat for release.

• Lu Ao treated Qi Yan and the others to lunch, then visited the Youth Foundation and donated 100,000 yuan to Hope Primary Schools.
• While Tian Mingzhi and the others went fishing, Lu Ao slept, ate dumplings, and arranged his donation.
• Lu Ao met the returning group at the dock and told them he had bought 10,000 Large Yellow Croaker fingerlings to release.
• Tian Mingzhi and the others said they had caught no fish, prompting Lu Ao to wonder whether the fish gathering around their boat depended on him.
• The hatchery owner delivered the fingerlings, and Lu Ao paid him before the group moved them into the boat's live fish hold and turned on the oxygen supply.

Lu Ao and his companions released 10,000 Large Yellow Croaker fry, celebrated their successful fishing trip, and returned home. After resting, Lu Ao checked on his geese and told Lin Gongshang he would invite him on next year’s trip.

• Lu Ao and his companions returned to their fishing grounds and released 10,000 Large Yellow Croaker fry into the sea as Tian Mingzhi and Lin Qi Yan filmed.
• Hu Xingjin told nearby anglers they were giving back to the sea, and the group headed back after the release.
• Chen Shengrong and the others refused Lu Ao’s fuel money, and everyone shared a late-night meal before saying goodbye.
• Lu Ao traveled home, rested, and went to check on his geese, which Lin Gongshang had been feeding.
• Lin Gongshang regretted missing the profitable fishing trip, and Lu Ao promised to invite him next year.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou spent the Dragon Boat Festival together, tending the fields and geese before Lu Ao suggested catching crabs for a feast. After returning home, they shared the food Song Zhou had brought, and Lu Ao opened the boxes to find the dishes still fresh and hot.

• Lin Gongshang refunded Lu Ao for the helicopter rescue and hospital costs, and Lu Ao refused the ten-thousand payments from Mr. Shi and Mr. Liu.
• Song Zhou visited Lu Ao with zongzi, fruit, and two dishes, then joined him in herding the geese and tending the vegetable patch.
• Lu Ao harvested vegetables while Song Zhou made it rain over the patch, and Lu Ao proposed catching crabs for a Dragon Boat Festival feast.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou walked home together at sunset, and Song Zhou said the peaceful rural life felt warm after a long time away from it.
• Lu Ao opened the food boxes Song Zhou had brought and found a crisp cold dish and freshly hot fried ribs.

Song Zhou brought Lu Ao festival food and a baishuo bracelet, and the two ate and talked about the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency. Later, Lin Gongshang arrived with rice dumplings and lychees, and Lu Ao introduced him to Song Zhou.

• Song Zhou served Lu Ao ribs, rice dumplings, and cold salad, and Lu Ao praised the food.
• Lu Ao offered to send fish to Song Zhou and heard about the Anomalous Personnel Affairs Regulatory Agency.
• Lu Ao found a baishuo bracelet in Song Zhou's basket and put it on.
• Lin Gongshang brought Lu Ao a basket of rice dumplings and lychees, and Lu Ao gave him a roast goose in return.
• Lin Gongshang noticed Song Zhou in the courtyard, and Lu Ao introduced the two men.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou planned to catch crabs, but Lin Gongshang and the others joined them after dinner. After losing repeatedly to Song Zhou at Chinese chess, Lu Ao eagerly led the group to the shore, where they split up to forage.

• Lin Man Zhang and Lin Qi Yan brought homemade food and invited Lu Ao and Song Zhou to dinner, but Lu Ao declined and said they planned to catch crabs.
• Lin Gongshang proposed joining Lu Ao and Song Zhou later, and Lu Ao agreed to meet everyone at his house at nine.
• Lu Ao played Chinese chess against Song Zhou and lost most of their games.
• Lin Gongshang, Lin Man Zhang, and Lin Qi Yan arrived with buckets and tongs, and Lu Ao hurried everyone toward the shore.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou split from the others to forage along the coast, and Song Zhou reminded Lu Ao that they had come to catch crabs.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou found a large eel while foraging along the shore, and Lu Ao caught it after it fled through the seaweed. They abandoned crab-catching and headed back with the eel, leaving Lin Manzhang and the others to return to Lin Family Village later.

• Song Zhou brought Lu Ao to a shallow reef area, where Lu Ao spotted a large fish moving under the seaweed.
• Song Zhou identified the creature as an eel, and Lu Ao used his iron tongs to catch it and pin it near the shore.
• Lu Ao realized the eel would not fit in their bucket and agreed with Song Zhou to end their foraging and take it home.
• Lu Ao called Lin Manzhang to explain their early departure, and Lin Manzhang agreed that the group would return to Lin Family Village and collect their vehicle the next day.
• Lin Gongshang complained that Lu Ao had left before they could eat together, and Lin Qiyan suggested Lu Ao and Song Zhou might be on a date.

After Qi Yan’s comment about two men dating startled Lin Gongshang, Lu Ao and Song Zhou took a giant eel home and made eel rice together. They sat down to enjoy the meal they had prepared.

• Qi Yan asked Lin Gongshang whether he was homophobic after Lin Gongshang reacted with surprise to his remark about two grown men dating.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou brought the giant eel home, and Lu Ao suggested making eel rice as a late-night snack.
• Song Zhou killed and cleaned the eel while Lu Ao prepared the rice and cooked the eel with sauce.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou plated the eel rice together and began eating.

Lu Ao shared a satisfying eel dinner and spirit wine with Song Zhou, who promised to return the next day. The following morning, Lu Ao caught few fish, then agreed to join Lin Gongshang and the others on a fishing trip near West Wind Island.

• Lu Ao and Song Zhou ate eel rice and drank spirit wine together, and Song Zhou promised to return tomorrow to teach Lu Ao how to make it rain.
• After Song Zhou left, Lu Ao felt relaxed for the first time in a long while and went to bed.
• Lu Ao caught a Giant Red Grouper, a Black Seabream, and a Golden Drum Fish, then took his geese to forage along the shore where he had found the giant eel.
• Lin Gongshang invited Lu Ao to fish near West Wind Island, and Lu Ao agreed to join the group if they found a boat.

Lu Ao continued foraging along the shore with his geese and invited Lin Qi Yan to join him. Lin Qi Yan learned that Lu Ao liked men, but Lu Ao warned him not to pursue his friend, and they continued searching for seafood.

• Lu Ao discussed renting and buying fishing boats with Lin Man Zhang, who advised him to get a Certificate of Competency and offered to find a training institution.
• Lin Qi Yan messaged Lu Ao, then rode his motorcycle to join him at the reef area upstream from the village.
• Lu Ao searched for seafood by sensing nearby creatures while his geese followed him and caught fish and shrimp.
• Lin Qi Yan found Mud Crabs, snails, and an Eight-Claw fish, then asked Lu Ao whether he was dating his friend and whether the friend liked men.
• Lu Ao told Lin Qi Yan not to pursue his friend, confirmed that he liked men, and then continued foraging with him.

Lu Ao caught a huge Ornate Spiny Lobster, and Qi Yan excitedly shared photos of it with friends and a hotel owner. Lu Ao refused a buyer’s offer of at least fifty thousand yuan, deciding to save the lobster to eat with Song Zhou.

• Lu Ao pulled a huge Ornate Spiny Lobster from beneath the rocks, and Qi Yan took photos of it.
• Qi Yan posted the photos in a group chat and on his Moments, drawing shocked reactions and an offer from a hotel owner to buy the lobster.
• Qi Yan told Lu Ao that the owner offered at least fifty thousand yuan, but Lu Ao said he would not sell it and would eat it himself.
• Lu Ao remembered promising to save a good catch to eat with Song Zhou, while Qi Yan told the owner the lobster was not for sale.
• Lin Guixiao reminded the group that Lu Ao had recently sold a cucumber for hundreds of thousands of yuan, prompting the others to exclaim in surprise.

Lu Ao prepared seafood egg fried rice, then decided to plant watermelon seeds from a gift Song Zhou had given him. He began clearing an overgrown field on the back mountain, where an elderly neighbor warned him the land would be difficult to till.

• Lu Ao sent several red packets to the group chat, then brought his gathered seafood home and cooked a large plate of seafood egg fried rice.
• After heavy rain and a nap, Lu Ao decided to plant some of the seeds he had saved from Song Zhou's watermelon.
• Lu Ao carried his seeds and tools to his family's field on the back mountain, beside a stream, and found it overgrown with weeds and shrubs.
• Wang Huaiying offered Lu Ao another field and warned him that the planting season had passed and his plot's compacted soil would be hard to reclaim.
• Lu Ao declined Wang Huaiying's help and said he would clear the land himself; she suggested using herbicide to kill the weeds.

Lu Ao sought Song Zhou’s help reclaiming his family’s overgrown mountain field for watermelon planting, and Song Zhou used his abilities to clear and prepare the land. After they planted the seeds, Song Zhou explained why Lu Ao had been catching unusually large fish.

• An old farmer warned Lu Ao that pulling weeds would leave seeds in the soil and advised him to use herbicide or plant in a lower field, but Lu Ao decided to try reclaiming the mountain plot.
• Lu Ao asked Song Zhou to help clear the weeds, and Song Zhou arrived while Lu Ao was resting beneath the family’s old ginkgo tree.
• Song Zhou burned the weeds to ash without harming the ginkgo, loosened the soil, and brought rain to water the field.
• Lu Ao raised ridges and planted watermelon seeds with Song Zhou’s help, then asked whether he could learn to use similar abilities.
• Lu Ao showed Song Zhou a large Ornate Spiny Lobster he had caught, and Song Zhou said marine creatures were drawn to Lu Ao because he was the last dragon in the plane.

Lu Ao and Song Zhou prepared several lobster dishes for dinner, but their meal was interrupted when the Qianyong City Maritime Shipping Public Security Bureau called Lu Ao about a fatal maritime collision. The chapter ended as the officer began explaining the accident and its casualties.

• Lu Ao asked Song Zhou whether his dragon body’s closeness could attract dangerous sea creatures, and Song Zhou said it was too small to attract huge ones for now.
• Lu Ao and Song Zhou prepared lobster sashimi, butter-seared lobster, and lobster noodles.
• As they were about to eat, Lu Ao received a call from the Qianyong City Maritime Shipping Public Security Bureau.
• The officer told Lu Ao that two vessels had collided in Qianming waters on June 18, killing thirteen people and injuring twenty-one.

Lu Ao was asked by the police to help recover an important laptop from a sunken passenger vessel and considered whether to accept. Song Zhou explained that Lu Ao could help without concern because his ties to humanity were already deep.

• A police officer invited Lu Ao to join an urgent underwater recovery operation, offering to cover his expenses and pay him five hundred a day.
• Captain Old Zhang defended the decision to recruit Lu Ao after Little Du doubted that he could find a laptop on the seabed, and Old Gao pointed to Lu Ao’s remarkable catches and luck.
• Lu Ao discussed the invitation with Song Zhou over lobster sashimi and said he felt he should help with a matter involving national interests.
• Song Zhou explained that his organization generally did not intervene in human affairs, but Lu Ao could because he already had deep ties with humanity.

Lu Ao agreed to help with a police salvage operation and left Song Zhou to care for his home and geese. After arriving at the Qianyong City Maritime Public Security Bureau past midnight, he learned the team would head to the accident site at six-thirty the next morning.

• Lu Ao accepted Little Du's request to join the salvage operation, which was expected to take three days to a week.
• Song Zhou agreed to water Lu Ao's vegetables and care for his geese while he was away.
• Lu Ao packed his diving equipment, handed Song Zhou the house keys, and left with Old Xu for Qianyong City.
• Old Xu brought Lu Ao to the Maritime Public Security Bureau, where Captain Old Zhang welcomed him and explained they needed to salvage an important computer.
• Captain Old Zhang told Lu Ao the team would leave for the accident site at six-thirty the next morning.

Lu Ao checked into the Public Security Bureau’s guesthouse before heading out for a late-night meal, where he ran into Little Du. The food arrived as Little Du began to realize just how large Lu Ao’s appetite was.

• Old Zhang asked Little Du to take Lu Ao to the guesthouse, and Little Du drove him there.
• Lu Ao checked in, asked the receptionist about nearby food, and added her on WeChat.
• Lu Ao found Little Du eating at the recommended food stall and explained that he had come out because he was hungry.
• Little Du invited Lu Ao to share his table, but Lu Ao ordered more than a dozen dishes for himself.
• Little Du watched in disbelief as the server brought over a fragrant grilled pig trotter.

Lu Ao enjoyed a lavish late-night meal with Little Du, then confirmed the payment for the Large Yellow Croaker and exchanged goodnight messages with Song Zhou. The next morning, he reported to the Public Security Bureau and joined the diving team for another attempt to salvage the wreck.

• Lu Ao sent Song Zhou photos and a video of his food, then ate almost the entire table while Little Du watched in astonishment.
• Lu Ao paid the bill, and Little Du offered to bring him rice noodles for breakfast the next day.
• Lu Ao checked the deposit from selling the Large Yellow Croaker and messaged Weng Qian to confirm he had received it.
• Lu Ao exchanged messages with Song Zhou before returning to the guesthouse and going to sleep.
• Lu Ao arrived at the Public Security Bureau the next morning, where Little Du introduced him to the diving team.
• Old Zhang reviewed the salvage precautions, and Lu Ao listened attentively while the experienced divers treated the briefing as a formality.

Lu Ao joined Captain Wen’s diving team to search the seabed for a missing computer, while Little Du brought him breakfast. Their search turned up only trash before Captain Wen developed an urgent stomach problem underwater.

• Old Zhang introduced Lu Ao to Captain Wen, who told him to stay close and prioritize safety.
• Little Du gave Lu Ao five portions of rice noodles, and Lu Ao ate them all on the boat.
• The five boats spread across the target waters, and Lu Ao and Captain Wen began searching the seabed with metal detectors.
• Lu Ao collected human-made debris as the pair searched, but they found no sign of the computer.
• Lu Ao and Captain Wen noticed a teammate taking off his pants beside a reef, then Captain Wen signaled for a safety stop because he also had diarrhea.
• Captain Wen hurried to a reef, removed his weights, and began taking off his buoyancy control vest.

Lu Ao endured an awkward underwater bathroom break by the diving team, then chose to search a distant part of the sea for the missing laptop. After an hour without results, Little Shan challenged his insistence that the laptop was nearby.

• Lu Ao moved away while Old Wen and the others relieved themselves underwater, then surfaced far from them and accepted their apologies.
• After resting, Lu Ao refused to continue searching the same stretch and asked Little Du to take the boat southwest to the outer edge of the search range.
• Lu Ao and Little Shan searched the seabed for an hour but found nothing.
• Little Shan urged Lu Ao to return to the planned search area, but Lu Ao insisted the laptop should be nearby because it was heavy.

Lu Ao continued searching the nearby waters despite the diving team's doubts and found the laptop the police were looking for. Old Zhang and the others learned of the discovery and prepared to meet the team at the dock.

• Old Gao decided the team would search nearby that morning, and Lu Ao continued diving after changing his air tank.
• After insisting on searching nearby that afternoon, Lu Ao found a heavy laptop buried in the mud and put it in his fish basket.
• Lu Ao surfaced with Little Shan and handed the laptop to Little Du, who was stunned by the discovery.
• Old Gao identified the laptop as the one they sought, and Little Du called Old Zhang to report that Lu Ao had found it.
• Old Zhang told the team to return immediately, and Little Du notified the other teams that they could head back.

After recovering a missing computer from underwater, Lu Ao finished his reports and answered questions despite his exhaustion. Song Zhou took him home to Lu Family Village to rest, and Lu Ao woke there the next morning.

• Old Gao brought the recovered laptop to the dock, where Old Zhang and the experts confirmed it belonged to them.
• Lu Ao wrote the paperwork at the police station and answered questions from experts who arrived by helicopter.
• Song Zhou messaged Lu Ao about his exhausting day, then appeared at the guesthouse and offered to take him home.
• Song Zhou brought Lu Ao to his home in Lu Family Village, where Lu Ao fell asleep and invited Song Zhou to stay in the guest room.
• Lu Ao woke the next morning to bright sunlight and birdsong.

Lu Ao spent the morning with Song Zhou before returning to the Qianyong City Maritime Shipping Public Security Bureau to finish the paperwork for the recovered computer. The bureau planned to pay him a reward and host a dinner in his honor, while Lu Ao arranged to meet Song Zhou again that night.

• Lu Ao woke at Song Zhou's home, postponed returning to the guesthouse, and ate breakfast with him.
• Song Zhou suggested that Lu Ao's Dragon Form might have grown, and Lu Ao decided they would check it in the sea after his bureau business was settled.
• Song Zhou drove Lu Ao back to the guesthouse, and they agreed to meet for a late-night snack after Song Zhou finished work.
• Lu Ao went to the public security bureau, where Little Du said the experts were completing their final confirmation of the recovered computer and the bureau planned to pay Lu Ao and give him a bonus.
• Old Gao thanked Lu Ao for helping end the bureau's overtime work, invited him to dinner, and exchanged contact information with him and Little Du.