After lunch, Chu Mingcheng received a video from Sea King.

"Ah Cheng, the first episode's video is edited and ready. The second one is in its final stages and will be uploaded in three days."

"Okay, thanks for the trouble, Sea King."

"Don't mention it. Let's hang out again when you have time!"

"Sure, as long as you're free!"

After a brief chat, they ended the call. Jiang Luoluo, who had been sitting beside him watching, immediately urged, "Quick, let's see how the edited video turned out."

"Mm." Chu Mingcheng acknowledged, connected his phone to the TV, and played the video he had received.

Then, to Jiang Luoluo's surprise, he lay down directly on her lap. It was a shame it wasn't summer; that was a slight regret.

However, he lay on his side, not looking up at her.

That fatal angle was best left unseen!

After her initial surprise, Jiang Luoluo didn't react much. After all, they were a couple now, and they had been in contact for over a month.

Although they had just started dating, their level of familiarity was much greater than that of some couples who only went on dates two or three times a week, so Jiang Luoluo felt no discomfort with the physical contact.

They started watching the video. The content was basically the opening scene of them selecting ingredients, followed by the cooking process, nothing particularly special.

However, because there were many people, there was more interaction.

"Luoluo, what do you think?"

"It's alright. The main draw of this episode is the suspense from your initial haul. It's a shame it can't showcase all your skills. I think the next episode will be much better."

As for the title and content, Sea King had sent them over as well. Since the copy was already written, Chu Mingcheng didn't bother racking his brain.

Besides, lying on Jiang Luoluo's lap was very comfortable right now!

Don't be fooled by her slender dancer's figure, with her slim waist and long legs. She wasn't the "chopstick legs" type with no meat on her bones.

Her legs were straight and well-proportioned, and very supple.

Having not slept well the night before and waking up too early, Chu Mingcheng didn't lie there for long before he felt drowsy and unknowingly fell asleep.

Jiang Luoluo noticed he was asleep, her expression gentle. She leaned over, took the blanket she usually used on the sofa, and covered him with it.

Then, she took out her phone and started looking through her photo album.

They were a couple now, so it wasn't strange to have a couple's wallpaper, right?

But after looking through a few, she realized she had too few photos with Chu Mingcheng, and none of them were to her satisfaction.

And she found that her boyfriend's clothes were too plain. He was always in either casual wear or fishing gear.

So, she decided in her heart. She didn't know when they would go to the open sea, so tonight they would go shopping for clothes.

And Chu Mingcheng, who was sleeping on her lap, suddenly shivered. Jiang Luoluo thought he was cold and quickly picked up the remote to turn on the air conditioner.

Then, after sleeping for just over an hour, Chu Mingcheng was woken up by the heat...

Waking up and noticing the air conditioner and the blanket on him, he was silent for a moment, then said nothing.

His girlfriend was afraid he was cold—how could he bear to blame her!

"What time is it?" He got up, stretched, and asked.

"It's only two in the afternoon, you only slept for a little while." Jiang Luoluo rubbed her slightly numb thigh. "Ah Cheng, let's go buy clothes tonight!"

"I was looking for a new wallpaper for my phone just now and found that the clothes in your photos are all too plain."

"You're buying for me?"

"Mm, it's fine for you to wear casual clothes usually, but you should also have a few sets in different styles, and one or two sets of formal wear. It's only a little over a month until the New Year. Aren't you going to visit my family then?"

Faced with his girlfriend's teasing, Chu Mingcheng said with a straight face, "No rush, in another year I'll bring our child to visit."

"You get lost~!" Jiang Luoluo's ears burned. She immediately threw a cushion at him, her expression a mix of amusement and annoyance.

Her family wasn't some kind of monster, and she wasn't dating a street loafer. Getting past her family wasn't that difficult—why would he need to bring a child to visit!

If he really did bring a child to visit, that would be a big deal!

Chu Mingcheng caught the cushion. Just as he was about to continue teasing, his phone suddenly rang.

He answered the call and learned it was from the bureau. After listening, his good mood immediately vanished, becoming very heavy.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Luoluo sensed his mood, walked over, took his hand, and asked softly.

"The victim's family is here. They insist on meeting me, and you also need to go there to give a statement."

"Then let's change our clothes and go over!"

The victim's family was a heavy topic because the culprit was a murderer.

The pain of losing a loved one, even with the culprit now caught, could not be filled—at most, it could only reduce some of the hatred.

The two changed their clothes and set off for the bureau.

As soon as they arrived, they saw a clean and properly dressed old man, holding the hand of a graceful young girl. The two were standing at the entrance, looking eagerly, with a young police officer accompanying them.

Seeing a young man and woman get out of the car, the old man's emotions immediately became agitated. He asked the police officer beside him, "Is it them?"

The police officer nodded. "Yes."

So, under Chu Mingcheng's bewildered gaze, the old man hurried forward, grabbed his hand, his expression agitated, his eyes seemingly filled with tears. "Thank you, young man, thank you for catching the murderer of my family..."

"Grandpa, you don't have to be like this. I was just protecting myself at the time." He could understand the old man's agitation, so he could only stand at the entrance and slowly comfort him, letting him calm down.

After a long while, the old man finally calmed down, then he asked his granddaughter, whose eyes were red, to kowtow to Chu Mingcheng. The girl was already grown—how could he let her do such a thing? He immediately stopped her!

The old man and the young girl kept thanking him. In the end, it was the police officer who felt it wasn't appropriate for them to stand at the entrance and suggested they go inside. Only then did the group walk into the bureau.

Jiang Luoluo went to give her statement, while Chu Mingcheng stayed with the old man and learned the specific situation from him.

The murderer was obviously more vicious than he had imagined. The old man's name was Zhang Tang.

His wife, only son, daughter-in-law, and his then three-year-old grandson were all killed. Only he, who was playing chess at a friend's house at the time, and his granddaughter, who was in fifth grade, escaped.

Such a vicious murderer was naturally wanted nationwide, with a reward of five hundred thousand.

Not only that, but the old man himself had also offered another five hundred thousand as a reward.

It was just that after five years, he had not been caught.

In the end, Chu Mingcheng had stumbled upon his trap.

Chu Mingcheng himself hadn't expected that catching a wanted criminal would earn him a million.

Although he had received a large sum of money, he found it hard to be happy.

A family—only the old man and his granddaughter were left to depend on each other.

Therefore, facing the five hundred thousand from Zhang Tang, Chu Mingcheng shook his head and refused. "Grandpa, you should keep this money for your retirement!"

"Now that the murderer is caught, your family can rest in peace. Your granddaughter is almost in college—she'll need a lot of money. You should keep it for yourselves!"

"Since I offered this money as a reward, there's no reason to take it back. My family is quite well-off, you don't have to worry."

"..."

Chu Mingcheng was stunned. After confirming with the police officer, he learned that the old man's family was indeed well-off. Five hundred thousand, although a lot, was just a small amount to him.

Since that was the case, he accepted the money with a clear conscience. It was just a pity that the other five hundred thousand reward would take some time to get.

Fortunately, the speargun that had been confiscated yesterday could be taken back today, which wouldn't hinder his spearfishing trip in a few days.

Zhang Tang saw the speargun and asked curiously, "Ah Cheng, you used this to injure that fugitive yesterday?"

Chu Mingcheng nodded. "Mm, I'm a fisherman. I usually make money by fishing. Because my swimming is good, I learned spearfishing to increase my income."

"A fisherman?" Zhang Tang was stunned.

He hadn't expected the handsome Chu Mingcheng to be a fisherman. It wasn't that he looked down on the profession—it was just too unexpected.

Then he smiled. "What you do doesn't matter, as long as you're down-to-earth and willing to work. If you have any good catches in the future, remember to let grandpa have a taste!"

"Sure, sure." Chu Mingcheng nodded repeatedly. It seemed he had another wealthy customer!

As for Zhang Tang's granddaughter, Zhang Ling, she blinked her large eyes and looked at the speargun curiously.

So this is what caught the bad guy.

She was seventeen this year, the age when she had the most thoughts.

Therefore, seeing this speargun, she suddenly became interested in the spearfishing Chu Mingcheng had mentioned.

There was still a year until the college entrance examination. Xiamen University seemed to be a good university...

Because Zhang Tang had a lawyer in charge of the case, this freed Chu Mingcheng.

He basically wouldn't have to come to the bureau again in the future, which meant he could now go out to sea with peace of mind, without worrying about a sudden call from the bureau that would require him to go back in the middle of fishing.

So, after asking for Jiang Luoluo's opinion, he called Wei Jianguo and arranged to meet at the pier at nine tomorrow morning to head to the open sea.

In the evening, he accompanied her to the mall to buy a few sets of clothes. Back at home, the two of them started looking at the video comments.

Chu Mingcheng had set the video to be released at four in the afternoon, so it had been out for several hours.

"Yo ho, the fans have already broken ten thousand?"

He opened the Bilibili app on his phone, and the first thing he saw was the official notification of breaking ten thousand fans.

"Of course!" Jiang Luoluo said as if it were a matter of course. "Sea King and Xiao Qi have a lot of fans. Your collaboration will definitely divert a large number of them. Take a look, I estimate it's not just over ten thousand."

Chu Mingcheng did as she said and sure enough, the fans were about to break twenty thousand.

Probably by the time he woke up tomorrow, the fans would increase by another ten or twenty thousand. Then the two of them looked at the comment section.

[Desperate Miao]: Damn, awesome! I followed the UP主 when he first posted the video. I didn't expect that after a while, he would collaborate with Sea King and Xiao Qi. Amazing, amazing!

[TN: UP主- Chinese internet slang for "content creator" or "uploader," particularly on video platforms like Bilibili. Equivalent to "YouTuber" in English. The term combines "UP" (from "upload") with "主" (master/host).]

"It seems that collaborating with them has surprised your fans!" Jiang Luoluo knelt behind Chu Mingcheng, her head peeking over his shoulder, half her body pressed against him.

"Mmm, mmm, mmm..." The wonderful feeling behind him made his mind wander. At this moment, how could he care about what the fans were saying?

[Lin Duo-duo]: "Ahhh, the UP主 actually showed his face, he's so handsome! (＊＾－＾＊), By the way, does the UP主 have a girlfriend? I have a delicate body, a soft waist, and a sweet voice!"

Jiang Luoluo's eyes widened. You bastard, you dare to try and steal my man?

She immediately took out her phone and replied to this comment: "See that tall, beautiful woman in the video? Big chest, slim waist, long legs, that's the UP主's girlfriend!"

Jiang Luoluo had also shown her face in the video, but she was in the dance section, so not many people in the food section knew her. Only a small number of people were surprised that she had appeared.

As a result of her self-exposure, her own fans were the first to explode, especially some of the fans who were there for her looks. They immediately broke down and threatened to unfollow.

Chu Mingcheng hadn't expected her to be so direct and said with some concern, "Luoluo, won't you lose fans like this?"

"Let them go. True fans will only bless us," Jiang Luoluo said nonchalantly.

Most of the fans who threatened to unfollow were male fans, mainly attracted by her looks.

And she mainly attracted fans through her dancing. The fans who were there for her looks were not stable and could unfollow at any time, so it really didn't matter.

Chu Mingcheng nodded. Since his girlfriend had done so much, he had to cooperate.

So he tagged Jiang Luoluo's account in the comments: "This is my girlfriend. She won me over with her dancing. Go check out her dance videos!"

He hadn't expected Sea King to chime in so quickly with a reply.

"Damn, we're supposed to be talking about food, but you two are just here showing off your relationship?"

Jiang Yuqi also came to join the fun: "Sister Luoluo's dance is so beautiful. I can eat an extra bowl of rice every day while watching her dance videos!"

A fan asked: "Is it that good with rice?"

Jiang Yuqi: "It's a feast for the eyes!"

Chu Mingcheng's one comment, plus the appearance of Sea King and Jiang Yuqi, unexpectedly became very lively.

Jiang Luoluo's fan count had quickly dropped by twenty thousand after her self-exposure, but with the popularity of Chu Mingcheng's comment section, in just one hour, she had gained ten thousand more than before.

The view count of each video began to slowly increase. This result was completely unexpected for both of them.