The Fisherman Who Never Catches Fish

Fang Hao felt he made the right call coming here!

This is what real travel is about, getting a feel for the local customs.

"Come, come, let's sit."

"Li Ge, go give them a hand."

Da Mo led Fang Hao and Xiao Pang to one of the tables and asked another team member to help in the kitchen, while the remaining team members and some of the village elders sat at the other tables.

Exactly five tables were filled.

Once they sat down, the first dish was quickly served.

The first dish was white cut chicken, genuine white cut chicken in its original flavor.

This chicken was raised for two and a half years by the villagers - a true free-range bird with an unmatched flavor. You can't compare it to a feedlot chicken at all.

Paired with dipping sauce made of ginger, garlic, oil, and kumquat, it is simply divine.

Moreover, on the island, there is a saying, "No feast is complete without chicken."

Definitely the most authentic local flavor.

Then came the second dish, roasted suckling pig.

But this roasted pig was divided onto several plates, distributed among the five tables, not one pig per table.

But seriously, it was delicious.

The third dish was spicy and sour spare ribs.

The fourth was garlic steamed abalone.

Now the seafood was starting.

As part of Island Province, surrounded by the sea on all sides, seafood is naturally the highlight.

Crabs, mantis shrimps, fish, prawns...

Here you can truly experience the freedom of eating seafood.

Xiao Pang ate so much that he didn't care about anything else; it was just too delicious and fragrant.

Fang Hao was also eating with great satisfaction.

So delicious.

"This pomfret is very fatty, friends who come to the island must try it."

"This dish isn't salted, so eat as much as you like without it getting too salty, the flavor is just perfect."

"And this clam fish meat is also considered tender in Fishing World."

"Bro, don't you love fishing? We can go out and fish for this type of fish later on."

When fishing was mentioned, Fang Hao's spirit was instantly lifted.

Even though this fish isn't big, it's still very tasty.

Of course, Fang Hao now doesn't care if the fish are big or small, as long as he can catch fish.

"We can do that, when shall we go fishing?"

"Fishing? We can go tomorrow. I know several great fishing spots where it's easy to catch fish, hardly any difficulty at all. But let's eat first."

This first meal on the island left a deep impression on Fang Hao.

He had a perfect experience of the local cuisine.

The atmosphere at the venue was great too, and later everyone became lively, initiating some interactive programs.

"Where's the village belle?"

Da Mo called out at this time.

"Isn't the village belle still single?"

"How about we find her a match?"

After finding out Fang Hao was single, Da Mo was very enthusiastic in his shouting.

He wanted to help them make a connection.

This nearly scared Fang Hao.

That seemed... overly enthusiastic.

No need for the village belle.

Bro, just take me fishing.

As long as you help me catch fish, you're my real brother!

The dinner lasted very late, mainly because the interactive activities took a lot of time.

In this event, Fang Hao also showed off his strength to everyone.

His strength was not the same as before, having increased to five or six hundred pounds.

Fang Hao easily lifted a stone stool weighing about two hundred pounds, eliciting warm applause from the villagers.

This time it wasn't scripted applause, but the most genuine kind.

The villagers knew very well how heavy this stone stool was, it would take two or three people working together to lift it.

But for Fang Hao, lifting it was effortless.

Imagine how shocking that was.

This was a true Hercules.

"Damn... brother, you've got some serious strength."

"It's natural, plus I practice some martial arts from time to time, so my strength is much greater than the average person's."

That's actually true.

Fang Hao's strength indeed came from practicing martial arts.

"Impressive." Da Mo gave a thumbs up.

By the time the welcome dinner ended, it was already late, around eleven o'clock.

Da Mo arranged for someone to take Fang Hao and Xiao Pang back to the hotel.

Actually, Fang Hao and his group wanted to stay in the village, but Da Mo felt the village accommodations were too crude, so they were sent back to the hotel.

Fang Hao couldn't insist against their decision.

...

Back at the hotel, it was almost twelve o'clock.

Xiao Pang went straight to sleep as soon as he got back to the hotel.

Traveling around all day, he must have been exhausted.

Fang Hao was a different story; his physical condition was leagues better than Xiao Pang's, and he had been consistently practicing Innate Skill.

His mental state was still very good.

So after returning to the hotel, Fang Hao started practicing Innate Skill and Breath Holding Skill again.

After training for two hours, he went to wash up and sleep.

That was at three in the morning.

But even after going to bed so late, Fang Hao still got up early the next morning, rising at just past seven o'clock.

Full of energy.

Not a hint of tiredness.

Four to five hours of sleep was enough for him.

Shortly after they got up, Hercules sent a message outlining the day's itinerary.

It was to take them around the village during the day to shoot some short videos, then go fishing in the afternoon.

They had breakfast at the hotel on their own as it was included, but Hercules was responsible for lunch and dinner.

Fang Hao woke Xiao Pang up, and they went for breakfast.

At nine o'clock, Hercules's car arrived at the hotel to pick them up.

They headed back to the village.

The daytime scenery was different from the night.

During the day, the landscape was fully visible—coconut trees standing tall alongside the roads, lush and vibrant with color.

This was the real beauty of the island, with views everywhere.

Not just by the sea.

Anywhere looked magnificent, like a painting.

They quickly returned to the village.

But this time in daylight, there wasn't the parade like last night.

Everything was as usual.

This allowed Fang Hao to breathe a sigh of relief.

Last night's suona welcoming ceremony almost sent him away.

Now that things were back to normal it felt much better.

They then walked around the village.

Last night they only came to eat and didn't really get a chance to explore.

And it was too late for any sightseeing.

Hercules took Fang Hao and the others around the village, with their team's photographer trailing behind.

After they got out of the car, the shooting officially began.

The small group entered the village with quite a presence.

Hercules didn't give Fang Hao a specific script because... he didn't have one either. The team's director said to improvise, so he did just that.

Go with the flow.

Thus, it turned into a small gang-like scene.

The main thing was to stick to one core idea.

After entering the village, when they met some of the villagers, they greeted them.

When they saw kids, they playfully 'bullied' them a bit.

When they saw a chicken leisurely walking on the ground, they tried to catch it unnoticed...

Then they saw a papaya tree planted in front of a closed gate.

"Wow, those are some big papayas."

"That's how it is in this village. They grow a lot, but then when the typhoon comes, they all fall off."

"So we can't waste them."

"Right, didn't they just announce a typhoon warning recently? So, we're making good use of resources."

"But before picking, we should ask if anyone planted them."

"Does it belong to someone?"

Hercules started off by seriously introducing the situation to Fang Hao and the others.

Then he pretended to shout.

"Oh, look, no one."

"Uh... Hercules, you go."

With a wave of his hand, one of the team's guys immediately climbed over the wall to pick papayas, using a ridiculous posture to scale the fence; he was the one responsible for comic relief.

Fang Hao was stunned by this operation.

He could only think to say one thing, "Awesome..."

Like that, they picked quite a few papayas.

And as they picked, they kept telling Fang Hao and the others, "It's like this in the village, nobody cares."

Nobody cares... because there's nobody around!

Fang Hao really wanted to retort.

But considering he was blending in with their group, he held back.

After all... um, the papaya is really sweet.

Fang Hao took a bite of the papaya, and it was really good, sweet, and tasty.

Hercules continued to lead Fang Hao, Xiao Pang, and the others around the village, casually introducing the situation in the village and the surrounding environment, etc.