1007 Idea (1/2)

Sihwa was waiting on the second floor, and she had grown impatient. Zhang Zian finally put her in his phone, brought Vladimir along, and headed towards the beach.

Vladimir had never gone to the beach before, and on the way there, it was leaping between seats, excitedly observing everything.

Zhang Zian purposefully drove slowly, introducing it to the nearby places that were more famous, and places that the locals liked.

The weather was quite good. It was slightly cloudy, and the temperature and humidity were just right. Since it was the weekend, along the way they saw many families driving to Binhai City and the surrounding parks and attractions.

Not long after they left, they reached the beach.

”Wa! So this is the sea!” Vladimir exclaimed when it saw the sea from a distance away. Its eyes were wide.

”Is it your first time seeing the sea?” Zhang Zian stopped the car at his usual place and asked.

”The largest sea I have ever seen was Shicha Lake!” It stared at the sea, eyes unmoving. It was excited to get out of the car.

Zhang Zian paused. ”…Shicha lake is not considered a sea, right?”

When he opened the car door, it jumped up and down onto the nearby reef rocks. It faced the sea breeze, took a deep breath of slightly salty air, and chanted aloud, ”More than thousands of years past, Wei Wu used his whip. There is a legacy of the Tateishi in the east. The bleak autumn wind is here again, and it has changed to the human realm!”

Zhang Zian let it continue its poetic mood. After all, it was the first time it had seen the real sea, and it definitely had a lot of emotions about it. He pulled out the assault boat from the car trunk and pumped air into it, checking if there was any place that was leaking. That was normal; he had to do every time he went out to sea. It was something he could not afford to mess up.

While he was checking it, he noticed that the frequency of people and cars at the Sea Wall was higher than normal; pedestrians and vehicles were usually scarce. There were also fully armed riders who bowed their backs like shrimp and sped by on handsome motorcycles. Sure enough, it was such good weather that everyone came outside.

He wondered if there would be anyone out on their boats. He needed to pay more attention to make sure no one else would see Sihwa. However, the sea was so wide that the probability of meeting other people out at sea was quite low.

After he was done checking everything, he called for Vladimir to get on the boat, and he got in the boat himself. He used an oar to push the assault boat off the shore, and then switched on the propeller when they were a little deeper.

”Wah!” Vladimir stood at the front of the ship and excitedly let the sea breeze mess up its blueish grey hair. The bubbles from the waves flew up and landed on its face. It rubbed them away, not bothered at all.

”Why did I not see any fishing boats?” it noticed that it was empty nearby, and it turned its head back to ask.

”Because there are no more fish in the area near the shore. If you want to fish, you must go further in. Also, fishing is illegal right now. There has to be a time to let the marine animals rest. During the time where fishing is restricted, you aren't allowed to go out to sea to fish,” Zhang Zian explained.

”Really?” Vladimir felt a little sad upon hearing the words, but it instantly started to recite, ”Outside the coastal city fishing boats, there is a vast ocean and I cannot see a thing. Which side should I look at?”

Reaching the deep waters, Zhang Zian switched off the motor and stopped the boat slowly. He took out some binoculars to observe the surroundings, and after confirming that there were no other boats or people nearby, he started the game and let Sihwa out.

Splash! She fell into the sea. Her tail moved about to push her head and her neck out of the water. The salty taste in her mouth and the waves made her instantly understand that she was in the ocean.

”Ah- Zian. Come in and play with me!” She happily swam around the assault boat and waved at him.

Zhang Zian put his hand into the water to test, then shook his head and said, ”No. You can just play yourself. The water is quite cold, and I don't want to fall sick. Furthermore, I didn't bring my swimming trunks.”

The most important thing was that if he went into the water, who would keep watch for any boats coming towards them?

He had heard that when Wang Qian and Li Kun took the boat out to play, they had gone in the water and swam about. They were really silly fellows sleeping on a cold brick bed, and they were totally relying on their vigor.

It was easy to enter the water, but after getting out, the sea breeze would blow and it would be cold. That was how one fell ill.

”Eh? Where did this cat come from?” Sihwa pointed at Vladimir, who was at the front of the boat.

”Hello! I'm Vladimir. I'm a newcomer.” Vladimir waved its claws.