"Ahem."
Tan Xuguang secretly pinched his thigh to keep himself from laughing and earning a beating from Jiang Nian. His voice trembled slightly as he invited Feng Xing:
"Feng Xing, uh, I just saw a really beautiful sea turtle. Want to go over there and take a look with me?"
Feng Xing was doing exactly the same thing as Tan Xuguang. On the verge of losing his composure, he hurriedly nodded:
"Yes, yes, yes! I thought that pufferfish looked delicious too. Let's go try it!"
With that, the two fled the scene of the crime and burst out laughing at the stern:
"Hahahahahaha!"
Watching those two retreating figures practically begging for a beating, Jiang Nian clenched her fists, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.
Don't get angry. Don't get angry.
If you make yourself sick, no one can suffer for you.
Right.
She slowly opened her eyes, just in time to see the fish that had provoked her purse its lips.
"Ptoo."
Then it spat at her again.
Jiang Nian stared calmly at it for a full minute, then smiled and said with perfect elegance:
"Aaaaaah! Die, all of you! Die!!"
She seized her fishing rod like a woman possessed and unleashed the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, flicking the insolent fish straight onto the yacht's deck.
Song Jici and the others, who had been fishing on the other side, stared in bewilderment at Jiang Nian's sudden rampage. "Um, Nian, what capital offense did this fish commit?"
Having finally gotten her wish, Jiang Nian let out a long breath, cast a satisfied glance at the struggling fish, and answered Song Jici gently:
"Nothing. I just thought this fish looked particularly tasty."
Relieved to see Jiang Nian return to normal, Song Jici said, "All right. Shall I take it to the