Ye Yaodong was not sure whether the boat was taking the same route as him. After all, they had only just set out. Perhaps it would turn toward its own fishing grounds along the way?
"Not sure. Let's wait and see. Maybe the waters they're heading for are in the same direction as ours for now. We'll see if they turn off later."
Father Ye nodded with a frown. They were rather far away, and the lights were not very bright, so he could not tell whose boat it was.
Ye Yaodong told him to keep baiting the hooks. He would watch them while steering.
But unexpectedly, even after they had traveled ten nautical miles, the boat was still behind them.
He certainly would not believe that was a coincidence.
The sea was so vast, yet they had followed right behind him for so long. It had to be deliberate, and he had his suspicions.
The boat continued forward as he headed toward the waters where they had picked up the small yellow croakers yesterday. They could not stop fishing just because another fishing boat was following them.
They still had to do what they had come to do. A trip out cost fuel, and he had prepared so much bait.
When they reached their destination, the boat behind them still kept its distance, neither too close nor too far. At the sight, Father Ye burst into furious curses.
"Motherfuckers! The sea's so big, and they're deliberately following us around to fish? Whose boat is that? Once I find out, I'll go to their door and curse them out!"
"We must have brought in so much lately that they got jealous. Now they want to follow us and try their luck."
He shared Father Ye's opinion. Whoever was on that