CHAPTER 671: CHAPTER 128: THE FISHER BOY

On this day, Yue Jinghua and Shalman patrolled along with the Sea Defense Army around Moon Beach.

Moon Beach is the largest sightseeing beach in Fandi Port, with local sand color as white as snow and smooth as jade, not slightly harmful for bare feet.

When the weather is good, the sunlight sprinkled on the sand makes it shine like jade, emitting a bright light.

Before the Sea Beast uprising, this area was also the busiest sightseeing spot in Fandi Port.

After the Moon Goddess Tower lost its defense capabilities and the abnormal activities of the Sea Beasts began, the number of tourists visiting Moon Beach has decreased. The Sea Defense Army also put up a sign at the entrance to the beach, warning visitors not to wander into secluded areas and not to swim at will.

The patrol of Yue Jinghua and Shalman was to look around and prevent any visitors from breaking the rules by going anywhere they pleased.

"We’ve been walking and haven’t seen anyone. The weather isn’t good today; I doubt there will be any visitors. Such a shame for this beach, a scene so beautiful yet ruined by the Sea Beast upheaval. Why don’t we go to the tavern ahead? I’ve heard that the organ wine around here is quite good," Shalman stretched lazily. She had lived inland for a long time and after coming to this seaside port, she really liked the sea and sand here.

"Stop being lazy, let’s do another round. It’s getting late, and it’s our turn to be on guard duty tonight. If there’s nothing else, we should head back earlier. I heard there’s news from Miss River Valley Village," Yue Jinghua said with a smile. This Shalman, with a whiff of the warm sea breeze, her whole person became relaxed and languid.

As the two were talking, they suddenly saw a child ahead, who, like a little rabbit, hid behind a sea rock.

"Hey, it’s you again," Shalman puffed as she chased after him like a gust of Dark Wind, intent on finding the child.

The child was a typical fisherman’s village boy, not very old, about seven or eight, with skin turned a healthy reddish-black from the daily sun exposure.

The child was also agile, using his familiarity with the beach to dodge and hide.

Since the child was small, Shalman didn’t want to release her Dark Insect and could only give chase.

The figures of the two, one large and one small, ran across the Ah Zi Beach, leaving two long rows of footprints.

"Shalman, don’t embarrass yourself, can’t even catch up with a kid," Yue Jinghua teased. She activated her Small Cloud Trace Steps under her feet and, like ascending the clouds and riding the mist, her figure eerily appeared in front of the child.

The child, not expecting someone to suddenly appear in front, got scared and couldn’t stop in time.

Looking at the person in front, with her thin figure and creamy white skin, she looked more like those rich young masters who came to play in Fandi Port, not like someone who does labor.

He showed a look of disdain in his eyes and didn’t stop, his short-haired head as hard as an iron hammer, he rammed it into Yue Jinghua’s abdomen.

When he bumped into her, he thought he could knock the pale-faced youth over, but it felt as if his forehead hit an iron plate, and stars appeared in his eyes immediately.

"See if I can’t catch you," Shalman stretched out her delicate hand. She was teased by Yue Jinghua and felt like she had lost face, and took the opportunity to vent her anger on the troublesome child.

She lifted the child up, a fierce tiger-mother face approaching him, "Finally found you, you little rascal. The matter of you selling me dead fish last time, I haven’t settled the account with you yet."

As it turned out, this child and Shalman had a bit of a connection. A few days earlier, Chi Xi saw everyone working hard and wanted to make some fish soup. Since Shalman couldn’t leave at the time, she entrusted early patrolling Shalman to help buy some fresh fish at the port’s morning market.

Although Shalman knew about Breeding Dark Beasts, she had never purchased lively seafood before, being a first-time bride in a sedan chair, and with her thin face, she didn’t ask Chi Xi in advance for instructions.

After arriving at the morning market, she encountered this child selling fish.

Shalman saw that his fish were lively and big, so she spent a lot of money to buy all his fish. Because she had to go on patrol, she hired a cart to have the child deliver them to Chi Xi.

But who would have known that when Chi Xi opened the fish box, she found it full of small, dead, shriveled inch-long green fish.

When Shalman came back, she almost vomited blood.

By the time she returned to the fish market, the child and his stall had both disappeared.

The child also recognized Shalman; he cocked his head and waved his hands, like a little wild cat: "It’s you, you mean-hearted woman. It was you who got the Sea Defense Army to shut down my fish stall."

Yue Jinghua knew since the time she acquainted with Shalman that her good friend was no pushover.

Whether it was heartless men or the Sha Family’s people, wasn’t everyone handled harshly by her? After being swindled, she immediately conceived a plan. She cast Feng Buhui’s poison into the fish box and then went to Captain Ya Lei, claiming that someone in the fish market was selling poisoned fish.

"If it weren’t for your young age, this granny would’ve sent you a box full of poisonous insects," Shalman sneered, and a Five-Colored Earth Escape Spider suddenly leaped out on the beach.

The child, who was still cursing and shouting, suddenly became silent. As he struggled, the things hidden on his body clattered and fell.

Yue Jinghua took a closer look and saw they were colorful shells.

Because Fandi Port is adjacent to the sea, every tide brings a large amount of colorful shells. Local fisherman’s children would secretly collect these colorful shells by the seashore to supplement their family income.

"The Sea Defense Army has strictly forbidden activities by the seashore, including collecting shells. Where are your parents? Didn’t anyone tell you that you shouldn’t be active by the seashore nowadays?" Yue Jinghua pretended to pick up the shells.

"Don’t touch my shells. You rich people from the outer ports, what do you understand," the child said, seeing Yue Jinghua about to touch his things. He became like an enraged little hound and did not care about the Colorful Spider on the beach. He turned back and bit Shalman’s hand.

Shalman’s hand hurt, forcing her to let go.

The child grabbed the shells from the ground and with a leap plunged into the sea.

"Hey, kid, it’s dangerous," Shalman shouted as he dived into the water, swimming like a little dragon. In just a few breaths, he had swum more than a hundred meters away.

When it came to swimming, how could Yue Jinghua and Shalman compare to the children from the fishing village who had grown up by the sea?

The commotion by the shore alarmed the other fishermen on the beach. The hurriedly arriving fishermen were also showing anxious faces, saying, "That’s Yu Dan, why did the child run into the water? Hasn’t it been said that no one should go into the sea recently?"

But no matter how the fishermen on the shore and Yue Jinghua shouted, the boy in the water, determined as if he had swallowed a weight, refused to return to shore. He was really a good swimmer and continued swimming out to sea.

The small silhouette chased after the setting sun which was descending towards the vast ocean, appearing completely red.

"Big brother, hurry up and find that child’s parents to make him come ashore," watching the sky, with evening clouds already appearing and homeward-bound seagulls flapping towards the coast, Yue Jinghua became urgently concerned.