Chapter 125: Communicating With The Whale Shark
For a whale shark this large, the small fish hook wouldn’t even be felt, even if it pierced its flesh.
It was only when Yun Jiao was pulling the fishing rod earlier that it felt the tug and floated up.
The whale shark obediently opened its mouth.
That mouth was truly enormous.
When it opened its mouth, Yun Jiao clearly felt a suction force, and she quickly swam beneath the whale shark’s belly.
She swam back only after it had fully opened.
On the other side, Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe, who were already close, saw Yun Jiao go right into the whale shark’s mouth. They gasped and their vision went dark.
“Jiaojiao!”
If that large fish carelessly closed its mouth and swallowed, what then!
Yun Jiao, who was inside the whale shark’s mouth, removed the fish hook and suddenly heard this loud shout. She then crawled out and turned her head to look at the two heads of the family with innocent and bewildered eyes.
“Dad, what’s up?”
Yun Linhai took a deep breath: “What’s up? Do you know this fish’s condition at all that you’d rush into its mouth!”
The two approached, looking very cautiously at the large whale shark.
Hiss… it was too enormous, much larger than an orca.
“It only eats very small fish and shrimp, its teeth are super small.”
Yun Jiao said, directly prying open the whale shark’s mouth for the two to see, proving she was telling the truth.
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe leaned in to take a look, and indeed, this giant’s teeth were very small.
But that big mouth.
“It could swallow you whole in one bite.”
That big mouth could easily fit an adult man.
Yun Jiao tossed away the fish hook and called out to Fu Mingyu on the shore: “Fu Mingyu, reel in the fishing line.”
Her voice wasn’t loud enough; it was only after Yun Linhai shouted that Fu Mingyu started to reel in the fishing line.
After the initial fear and caution, they discovered the whale shark was truly gentle.
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe, who didn’t dare get too close to an orca, circled the whale shark, becoming excited.
“Hey, we should get Little Fu’s camera, we need to take photos of this giant.”
How majestic those photos would be.
Yun Linhe: “No, can that camera go into the water?”
He winked: “Jiaojiao, can you ask it to stay put for a bit? I’ll go get the boat and pick up Little Fu so he can see it up close too.”
Yun Jiao nodded: “Sure.”
Uncle left, and Yun Linhai remained, unwilling to leave.
Yun Jiao, meanwhile, played with the whale shark.
She attempted to communicate with this whale shark.
“Do you have a name? Do you have a group?”
“How old are you?”
“How did you eat my fish hook?”
The whale shark indicated it didn’t know for most of the questions.
Fish don’t have names, whale sharks are solitary and have no groups, and it didn’t know how old it was.
After all, fish don’t keep track of time.
As for eating the fish hook, it was purely coincidental.
Yun Jiao’s fish hook had happened to be thrown towards a small school of fish, but that group of fish was what it had driven away.
When whale sharks hunt, they open their mouths and suck, and those small fish, small shrimp, and plankton are all drawn into their mouths.
Naturally, Yun Jiao’s fish hook was also sucked in.
With the whale shark’s permission, Yun Jiao climbed onto its back.
Its back was truly wide, especially around the head area.
Unlike orcas, whale sharks have a largely flattened body, and their backs are very broad.
Yun Jiao could roll around on its back.
This whale shark was an adult, estimated to be over ten meters long.
While Yun Jiao was happily playing, Yun Linhe arrived with Fu Mingyu in the boat.
“Little Fu, do you want to come down and play? This big fish really doesn’t bite.”
Fu Mingyu took several photos of the whale shark and Yun Jiao on its back as soon as he arrived.
It was so spectacular.
This was the second time he had seen such a large fish; the first, of course, was the orcas Yun Jiao had brought before.
That experience had brought him an unparalleled shock; even this whale shark, larger than an orca, couldn’t compare.
But having lived inland his whole life, although his first trip to the seaside was a bit… thrilling, he had seen a world of vastness that he hadn’t seen in seven years.
Hearing Yun Linhe’s words, he shook his head: “I can’t swim.”
Yun Jiao: “It’s okay if you can’t swim, I’ll have it take you.”
Ultimately, with encouragement from the two elders and Yun Jiao, Fu Mingyu decided to give it a try.
Since he couldn’t swim, he was brought over by Yun Linhe and Yun Linhai.
He was quite brave, not showing much fear in front of the whale shark.
The whale shark was so large that two children could roll on its back without any problem.
Yun Jiao patted the whale shark’s head: “I’ll open some oysters for you later.”
With such a large mouth, they would need to open many oysters at once for it to even taste them, right?
But since it had accompanied them to play, they had to give it some benefits.
On the whale shark’s back, even he, who was usually expressionless, felt a bit excited.
Especially its eyes, they showed visible happiness.
The corners of its mouth also turned up in a rather noticeable arc.
Of course, compared to Yun Jiao’s rich and varied expressions, his remained sparse.
“Fu Mingyu, you’re smiling.”
Fu Mingyu touched the corner of his mouth.
“Mm.”
He could feel that he was very happy right now.
So this was what it felt like to be happy.
Yun Linhe returned to the boat and took photos of them with his camera.
The whale shark swam slowly on the sea surface with two people on its back, and Yun Linhai followed in his boat.
“Hahahaha…”
“When my older brothers find out, they’ll definitely pester Father and Uncle again to go out to sea.”
“Fu Mingyu, when your photos are developed, remember to give us a copy, I’ll buy it with money.”
Fu Mingyu spoke little, so it was basically only Yun Jiao’s chatter that could be heard.
“No need.”
Fu Mingyu said: “No need to buy.”
He was also very happy today, the happiest he had ever been in his life.
The vast, azure sea, the clearly visible figure of the giant whale shark, the two children on its back each looking beautiful, reflecting the blue sky and distant seabirds, this scene was captured.
After playing enough, Fu Mingyu was again helped back to the boat, while Yun Jiao swam around the whale shark in the sea, up and down, looking like a beautiful sea spirit playing with the whale shark.
“Dad, you all open more oysters.”
“Understood.”
The oysters were naturally for feeding the whale shark.
There were still many oysters on the island; they could pry them open again after feeding the fish.
“Be careful to see if there are any pearls.”
As Yun Jiao finished speaking, a surprised voice came from Yun Linhe.
“A pearl, I found a pearl.”
Immediately after, Yun Linhai also opened one with a pearl.
Only Fu Mingyu had no reaction.
He didn’t say anything, just helped open oysters.
But his strength was still small, and opening oysters was quite tiring.
“I’ll help too.”
Yun Jiao, having played enough in the sea, returned to the boat to help open oysters.
The inspected oyster meat was put into a bucket.
Yun Jiao’s first oyster had no pearl, but her second yielded a large, round pearl.
It was over 8mm, and its luster was much better than pearls from other oysters.
“Dad, Uncle, I found a big one.”
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He confirmed it, his luck was truly bad, he was being targeted!
