After giving those two boats a good runaround, Ye Yaodong and the others headed straight back in high spirits, paying no more attention to the two boats behind them.
The people aboard those two boats were furious, but there was nothing they could do.
When they unexpectedly ran into them, A-Qiu and his two sons had thought they had struck lucky. Their targets had fallen right into their laps, saving them the trouble of going looking for them tomorrow.
Their relatives' boat happened to be nearby, so they had gone over and persuaded them to join forces and attack from both sides. They had never expected that not only would they fail to get anywhere, they would end up seething with anger too.
They were so angry their balls ached.
But what could they do? They only had themselves to blame for holding things back. At the start, they had forgotten to consider that their own boat had less horsepower and might not be able to outrun the other boat.
Luckily, they had numbers on their side, or they might have lost another engine as well.
Watching Ye Yaodong and the others sail off, they could only curse furiously. They no longer wanted to chase them, since pursuing them would accomplish nothing anyway.
After their boat had traveled some distance, Ye Yaodong saw that the two boats had stopped chasing and were still drifting in the same spot. He gave a mocking smile. "Heh, so what if you ran into us?"
The engine was rather loud, making it inconvenient to talk without shouting, so Father Ye said nothing. Only after they had sailed for nearly half an hour and were approaching shore did he say, "We'll fish somewhere else tomorrow. Otherwise, we're bound to run into them again. They might