Chapter 331 - 329: Chinese Bahaba

"You’re talking about the Yellowlip Fish, right? We definitely don’t have any of those. If we did, all the big bosses would have flocked here already."

The middle-aged man sighed softly. "Well, is there anyone here who can catch a Yellowlip Fish?"

The reason he’d come here was that news had recently spread in his circle that someone had acquired a sizable Golden Cod Fish Roe.

The stuff was incredibly restorative, and his elderly father was in dire need of such a potent tonic. Unfortunately, the owner of that fish maw refused to sell it, no matter what.

After making numerous inquiries, he had finally made his way here, all for that one faint glimmer of hope.

"That... well, there might actually be someone. But whether they’re willing to help is another story."

Qin He’s expression brightened with surprise. "Who? Could you introduce me?"

Yun Tao scratched his head. Just as he was about to speak, he spotted Yun Jiao not far away, and his eyes lit up.

"Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao, come over here."

Yun Jiao glanced at the middle-aged man, her short legs slowly carrying her over.

"Uncle Tao."

Qin He was a little surprised to see Yun Jiao. "It’s you, little girl."

Yun Tao was surprised. "You two know each other?"

Qin He smiled. "We met briefly yesterday."

He had a good memory, and Yun Jiao didn’t have a common face. A face like hers, even on someone so young, was unforgettable.

Yun Tao chuckled. "Well, since you know each other, this makes things easier. If you want a Golden Thread Cod, your only real chance is to see if Jiaojiao can find one. Otherwise, you’ll have to rely on pure luck. If Jiaojiao can’t do it, then no one else can either."

Qin He was astonished. ’Such a little child.’

Yun Jiao asked him, "What do you want a Yellowlip Fish for?"

Qin He knelt to be eye-level with Yun Jiao. "I need its fish maw."

"It’s to treat a sick family member."

Yun Jiao said, "Oh. Then I’ll help you look for one. But there’s no guarantee I’ll find it."

’I’ll do it since what you said yesterday convinced my Brother Qi to go to school.’

Qin He looked at the confident child before him and asked with a kindly smile.

"Are you really that skilled, little one? Where are your parents?"

Naturally, Qin He didn’t quite believe such a young child.

But he didn’t let it show.

Yun Jiao said, "They’re at home."

"Mister, don’t be fooled by Jiaojiao’s age. When it comes to finding things in the sea, I reckon everyone else along the entire coast combined isn’t as good as her."

Now, Qin He was truly surprised.

"Alright. If you can really find one, I’ll pay twenty percent above the market price for the Golden Cod Fish Roe."

Yun Jiao nodded. "Okay."

"When do you need it?"

Qin He said, "I can only stay here for ten days. If I still can’t find one within ten days, I’ll have to leave."

He looked at Yun Jiao. "However, I won’t be relying on you alone."

"I’ll also ask around. Whoever finds the Golden Thread Cod gets the money."

He naturally wouldn’t put all his eggs in one basket.

’Especially a basket that looks so unreliable.’

Yun Jiao didn’t mind. If someone else managed to find it, that was their good luck, and they deserved the money.

After agreeing, Yun Jiao ambled back home.

Meanwhile, Qin He began asking the people around him about the little girl.

He didn’t trust the word of just one person.

He then discovered that when he first mentioned Yun Jiao, most of the people who knew her looked at him with wary eyes.

Qin He continued impassively, "I heard the little girl is a great swimmer. I was thinking of paying her to help me catch a certain fish in the sea, but I don’t know if what I heard is true."

Hearing this, the fisherman relaxed his guard a little. "Oh, you’re just looking for a fish. If it’s a rare one, then you’ve definitely come to the right person in Yun Jiao. She’s our village’s mascot and lucky star! She’s got amazing abilities. Forget fish, she can even find boats and people lost at sea."

Qin He asked many people. Some weren’t from Bailong Village and didn’t know much about Yun Jiao.

But nearly every single person from Bailong Village had nothing but praise for the little girl.

"Yun Jiao? She was born for the ocean."

"Her diving ability is incredible. Don’t let her size fool you, she’s extremely capable."

"Our village temple and ancestral hall were rebuilt all thanks to her."

"Yun Jiao is something else in the sea. Even the big fish have to listen to her."

In short, after asking around, it was clear that the little girl, Yun Jiao, was indeed very capable.

Qin He suddenly found himself growing curious.

Meanwhile, Yun Jiao didn’t rush off to find the fish. Instead, she went home to eat and practice her writing.

Then she went to find her fourth brother.

If she remembered correctly, her fourth brother had taken a picture when they caught that Golden Thread Cod before.

Speaking of which, Yun Jiao also remembered that she was supposed to catch a Yellowlip Fish for her master. She hadn’t deliberately looked for one afterward, so she’d never come across another and had forgotten about it.

But it didn’t matter. It hadn’t been a year yet, so it wasn’t too late to look now.

The Yellowlip Fish, also known as the Golden Thread Cod, was expensive, but Yun Jiao didn’t plan to catch many. Just two would be enough.

In the future, even if people came looking for her, she would consider it on a case-by-case basis.

Even though she was still young in this life, in her past life as an apex predator of the ocean, she was well aware of certain rules of survival.

They were powerful and could treat every creature in the ocean as prey, but at the same time, with such power and intelligence came a difficult responsibility.

And that was to maintain the balance of the ocean.

Mother fish with young, and the young themselves, were all excluded from the Merfolk’s hunting list.

Likewise, if they encountered a savage beast that was rampaging through the ocean, killing for sport rather than food, the first instinct of any Merfolk was to add it to their kill list—a hunt to the death.

Yun Jiao wouldn’t use her advantage to specifically go out and mass-catch expensive fish like tuna or Yellowlip Fish.

She always left it to fate. If she came across one, she’d catch it. If not, so be it.

She took out the photo of the Yellowlip Fish, preparing to go look for one in the sea tomorrow.

Now that her family had money, she hardly ever went with her father and little uncle when they went out fishing.

In any case, the family no longer depended on that fishing money to get by. It was purely a matter of two grown men who couldn’t sit still and wanted to earn a little something for themselves. Whatever they caught, they caught.

Yun Jiao only needed to bring home things she and her family liked to eat; she rarely sold her catch anymore.

She didn’t tell her family about her plan to look for the Yellowlip Fish.

After all, it wasn’t even certain she could find one.

She didn’t like to broadcast her plans before they were accomplished.

The next day, after seeing her brothers off to school, her mother and auntie went to gather pig feed, and her father and little uncle went out to sea.

After some brief preparations, Yun Jiao also jumped into the sea and went to find the killer whale group.

However, she was intercepted halfway by another killer whale group.

This group had only five killer whales, two of which were calves.

She had never seen them before. They must have come from another part of the ocean. It seemed... they had come specifically to find her.