Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Such Foul Language
’Human, pay attention to me.’
’I’ll catch fish for you too, big fish.’
Yun Linhe asked, "Is it my imagination? Why does it feel like this thing is moving further inland?"
Yun Linhai panted, "No, that can’t be right. It’s not stupid."
Even though Yun Jiao was small, she was left a little speechless by this brainless killer whale.
"Hurry up and go back to the sea."
She patted the killer whale’s head.
The killer whale: ’A human patted me! So happy~’
Yun Jiao, a little annoyed, smacked it lightly. ’Can we even have a proper conversation?’
As they were struggling to push the killer whale back into the ocean, a huge commotion suddenly came from the sea not far away.
They looked up, and what do you know—a whole group of killer whales.
"That must be this killer whale’s group."
The few of them were panting with exhaustion, but they were still quite excited to see the killer whale group.
After all, these creatures were massive and usually lived in the deep sea; it was rare to see them in coastal waters.
Yun Xiaoqi and the others were even more excited.
"Whoa! What huge fish!!!"
They were indeed huge. You could easily fit two people on the back of the big killer whales.
Yun Xiaowu had also arrived with some villagers.
Quite a few people had come. He had run back to the village shouting that a killer whale was beached, and then shouted all the way back here.
Some people knew what killer whales were, and some didn’t.
Hearing that it was a massive, massive fish, everyone came running to see the spectacle, whether they were there to help or not.
"Good heavens, it really is a huge fish. I thought the tuna I saw at the docks was big enough, but how much must this thing weigh?"
"It’s longer than I am tall."
"Can you eat it?"
"How did such a big wave wash it ashore?"
Seeing the beached one was shocking enough, but when they saw the killer whale group in the sea, their eyes went wide.
"Heavens above, by Mazu, those fish are almost as big as boats!"
Most of the ones in the sea were adult killer whales. Some were about the size of a seven or eight-meter wooden boat, and some were even bigger.
Because they were so large, they didn’t dare get too close to the coast. They could only pace back and forth in the waters deep enough to support them, letting out series of calls.
Others couldn’t understand, but when the calls reached Yun Jiao’s ears... they were noisier than a marketplace, and if translated into human language, full of foul language.
’You little shit! How many times have I told you not to get too close to the coast, not to get too close?! You just let my words go in one ear and out the other, didn’t you?’
’%¥#@*&, just wait till you get back here! See if I don’t beat you to death!’
’So many humans. Hey, they’re saving a killer whale.’
’Does that stinking brat not want to come back into the sea? Humans good, whale bad!’
’The little one’s gonna get a beating again. Sis, I’ll help you beat him! We’ll beat him so bad his own father won’t recognize him!’
’So noisy.’
Yun Jiao puffed up her cheeks and, in a fit of pique, smacked the baby killer whale.
The baby killer whale: ?
’Human, you touched me again? More, please.’
Yun Jiao dodged away. ’This guy is a little annoying.’
With everyone’s combined effort, a large wave washed in, flooding the small channel they had dug with seawater. Submerged, the killer whale’s body could now move.
Then, it was pushed into the sea.
Once in the water, the killer whale swam more freely.
But it didn’t leave. Instead, it stared eagerly at the shore.
’Human, come back to the sea with me! I’ll have my mom raise you!’
Yun Jiao pretended she didn’t hear it. Although she was tempted by the idea of going to the sea, it wasn’t worth making her family worry.
While the baby killer whale lingered, unwilling to leave, the people on the shore were pointing and muttering about it.
"What? It’s still not leaving?"
"Maybe it’s thanking us? Wow, this big fish is surprisingly intelligent."
The village chief said to everyone, "If you see this kind of fish in the future, it’s best not to attack them. They don’t eat people, but they’re petty and hold grudges. Kill one killer whale, and you’ll likely attract a whole group of them. You all saw the size of those big ones over there. If one of them rams our boats, a wooden boat like ours would capsize immediately."
Hearing this, everyone nodded quickly.
"Can’t mess with them. If we see them again, we’d better stay far away."
If they really got rammed, never mind how terrifying the killer whale’s size was, they’d be dead for sure if the boat capsized.
Meanwhile, in the sea, the killer whales were cursing out the little one.
’You little shit, you still not coming back? You wanna die, is that it? I’ll be happy to oblige! Get your ass back here now!’
"¥#@&%*..."
The rest was a stream of curses that should be censored.
In the end, the baby killer whale reluctantly returned to its group.
The moment it got back, it was surrounded by its relatives and given a sound beating.
People who didn’t know what was going on: "They have such a good relationship."
Yun Jiao, who knew the inside story: ...
The killer whale group herded the little one away from this stretch of sea, and the crowd only began to disperse after the whales were out of sight.
"Oh, wow! Whose sack of sea snails is this? It’s huge!"
In a moment of inattention, their sack of sea snails was opened by a nosy villager with no sense of boundaries.
One look inside left them stunned.
"This must be worth a lot of money, right?"
"Where did you find them?"
Yun Linhai and the others quickly grabbed the sack back, a simple, good-natured smile on their faces. "Just lucky, just lucky."
He didn’t mention that the children had collected them.
"What’s in that bucket?"
Yun Linhe, with lightning-fast speed, whisked the bucket behind his back.
"Nothing much, just some ordinary seafood."
"Why are you being so stingy? I’m just looking, not taking anything."
Yun Xiaowu asked, "Aunt Feng Juan, how much money does your family have?"
"Why are you asking that?"
"Just tell me."
"Why would I tell you that?"
Yun Xiaowu immediately shot back, mimicking her tone, "Why are you being so stingy? I’m just asking, not taking your money."
"Hey, you little brat!"
Yun Xiaowu had already bolted.
The two brothers, Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe, exchanged a look and quickly made a getaway with their things.
Yun Jiao was also getting ready to go home with her brothers, but she noticed the sea turtle was following her.
But sea turtles aren’t land turtles, after all. Their flippers are for swimming, not walking, so crawling was extremely difficult for it.
Yun Jiao turned her head to look at it, and she and the sea turtle stared at each other.
"You’re not going back to the sea?"
The sea turtle’s slow voice echoed in Yun Jiao’s mind.
’Scared.’
Scared of what? The killer whale group, of course.
’After the baby killer whale tattles on me, they might come back to find me.’
Yun Jiao poked its head with her little finger. "You’re such a coward, and you wanted us to catch a killer whale."
The sea turtle met her gaze with an innocent look.
’That’s because I know humans eat fish, so I got too excited thinking killer whales were on the menu too.’
Yun Jiao asked, "Do you want to follow me home?"
The sea turtle nodded. ’Hide for a few days.’
"But we don’t have anything at home to keep you in."
For such a big sea turtle, their house really didn’t have a container large enough to hold it.
"Little sister, what are you doing?"
Yun Jiao pointed at the sea turtle. "It wants to leave with us."
Yun Xiaojiu cried, "Turtle!"
Yun Xiaowu waved his hand. "Let’s keep it!"
Yun Xiaowu stroked his chin, his eyes shining. "Other families raise cats and dogs. If our family raises such a huge sea turtle, that’s so awesome!"
"It would have been even better if we could have kept that killer whale from earlier."
Yun Jiao retorted with great seriousness in her childish voice, "No way. It would eat us into poverty."
Yun Xiaowu immediately nodded. "You’re right. A creature that big must eat so much in a day."
"What about this one, then? Does it eat a lot?"
Yun Jiao’s little brow furrowed in thought. ’Maybe we shouldn’t keep it after all?’
’Something that’s going to compete with me for food? Absolutely not!’
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