Ye Yaodong steered the boat behind it in puzzlement, wondering whether they had misunderstood. After thinking it over, he tentatively turned the boat around and headed back the way they had come.
To his surprise, the whale shark turned its head at the sound, then quickly swam in front of the fishing boat again, blocking his way.
Holy crap, was it really that intelligent?
"So it really does want us to follow it? How come all the good things happen to me?"
Father Ye was genuinely speechless too. In all his decades as a fisherman, this was his first time encountering such a clever fish.
"Then let's follow it and see what's going on."
They had no choice anyway. If they didn't follow, the fish would keep circling their boat.
"It really has latched on to us..."
After grumbling, Ye Yaodong could only turn the boat toward the submerged reef. Only then did the fish swim ahead again.
One fish and one boat, one ahead and one behind.
Sunlight glittered across the sea. If not for the waves rising higher and higher, how did this weather look anything like a typhoon was coming?
Father and son kept their eyes and ears open, watching their surroundings and the whale shark ahead, both wondering what it wanted.
Only after the fishing boat had followed the fish for five or six minutes, and they saw the small island drawing closer, did they notice a huge creature on the beach over there!
Father Ye rubbed his eyes, thinking his vision was playing tricks on him again. "Has a big fish washed ashore?"
As he spoke, he hurried forward a few steps and leaned over the gunwale, trying to get closer and see more clearly.
Ye Yaodong's mouth fell open in surprise too. "Stranded? What