Chapter 26: Golden Eagle

Ye Yuan looked down at Da Huang, reaching out to pat the dog's head a few times. Now, Ye Yuan finally understood why Da Huang had dragged him here. It was to save this little eagle.

Taking out a rope from his spatial ring, he tied it around his waist, and the other end to a tree half a meter thick. He pulled the rope hard, and it held firm. Ye Yuan carefully approached the eagle's nest, stepping on the protruding rock crevices of the cliff, slowly moving closer. The sea wind blew fiercely, and the little eagle lay motionless in the nest, its chest rising and falling weakly, proving it was still alive.

Finally, Ye Yuan reached the eagle's nest. He carefully placed the nearly dead little eagle into his spatial ring and then climbed back up the cliff.

He found a tree to sit under, with Da Huang lying beside him. Ye Yuan then entered his spatial ring. Not far from the water pool, the little eagle was struggling to stand up.

Ye Yuan gave the little eagle some water from the pool and then fed it some crushed fish meat. After a while, the little eagle regained some strength, and its characteristic chirping echoed through the spatial ring.

Ye Yuan brought the little eagle out of the spatial ring. Da Huang saw the little eagle in Ye Yuan's hands and barked at it. The little eagle, having recovered some strength, chirped back at Da Huang.

Seeing the conversation between the dog and the eagle, Ye Yuan found it quite amusing. He thought about the Spirit Awakening Pill he had and decided to give one to the little eagle. That way, it could serve as a lookout when he went out to sea.

Taking out the Spirit Awakening Pill from his spatial ring, he crushed it and fed it to the little eagle. The little eagle showed no reaction after eating the pill.

"Could it be that the Spirit Awakening Pill doesn't work on birds?"

Ye Yuan was unsure of the reason, as he had only used it on Da Huang and not on other animals.

Seeing that it was already late, he took the dog and the eagle back home. Everyone in the house was already asleep. He carefully returned to his bedroom, placed a cushion on the windowsill, and put the little eagle on it before going to wash up.

When he came back, the little eagle was still there, so he went to sleep.

...

In the early morning, while Ye Yuan was still half-asleep, he heard chirping outside the window. He opened his eyes and saw the little eagle standing on a tree opposite the villa. Seeing Ye Yuan at the window, the little eagle chirped and flapped its wings, preparing to fly over.

Perhaps because it had just learned to fly and was not yet proficient, it landed directly on the ground in front of the villa, looking up at Ye Yuan and chirping continuously, as if asking for help.

Seeing that Ye Yuan was not coming to help, the little eagle ran a few steps on the ground and tried to fly back to the windowsill. This time, it managed to fly up, flapping its wings clumsily. Due to an unstable landing, it crashed directly into Ye Yuan's chest.

Ye Yuan quickly caught the little eagle, and the little eagle used its already sharp beak to comb through Ye Yuan's hair.

Looking at the white tip of the little eagle's tail feathers, Ye Yuan suddenly realized that this might be an extremely rare bird, a golden eagle.

An adult golden eagle has an average wingspan of over 2 meters and a height of over 1 meter. Golden eagles are extremely rare and prefer to inhabit high mountains, grasslands, and deserts. They sometimes soar at altitudes above 4,000 meters.

Golden eagles usually feed on squirrels, wild rabbits, small mountain goats, and foxes, and sometimes other birds and fish. When they spread their wings, their flight speed is astonishing, and they can catch their prey in a flash.

Thinking that the little eagle in front of him might be a golden eagle, Ye Yuan immediately took out his phone and compared it with the little eagle's appearance. Finally, he was certain that the little eagle was indeed a golden eagle.

"From now on, I'll call you Little Jin. How does that sound?"

The golden eagle, whether it understood Ye Yuan's words or because it had just learned to fly, broke free from Ye Yuan's hands and flew out. It circled freely above the villa, chirping from time to time.

When Little Jin got tired, it landed directly on the roof of the villa. Ye Yuan did not continue to play with it, as he had many things to do today.

...

In Lanyu City, Zhao Chuan was flying back today. He had originally planned to stay for a few days, but because of the beryl, he had to rush back. The batch of jade fragments had also arrived in Lanyu today. After Zhao Chuan and Ye Yuan picked up the goods, Ye Yuan drove Zhao Chuan directly to the airport.

After seeing Zhao Chuan off, Ye Yuan was dragged by his second brother to buy many high-end sea fishing rods and some fishing lines specifically for catching large fish.

This time, the second brother came to go fishing with Ye Yuan. For some reason, Ye Yuan felt that the second brother had a hidden agenda, but he did not know what it was, so he did not ask. After all, they were brothers, and he couldn't be trying to harm him, right? After buying the tools, the two also bought several sets of diving equipment and drove to Pinghai County.

Driving back to the Pinghai County pier, they found many people gathered around a fishing boat. Ye Yuan did not plan to go over, but he unexpectedly saw his father standing at the front of the crowd, apparently arguing with someone on the boat.

Ye Yuan quickly walked over, and as he got closer, he heard the argument.

"You ungrateful wolf, the people of our Ye family village have misjudged you."

"That's right."

Curses and insults flew back and forth. Ye Yuan saw Ye Zhuang and a few fishermen he did not recognize on the boat, while the people on the pier were all future employees of his fish farm.

Ye Yuan asked his father, "What's going on?"

His father, not expecting Ye Yuan to be there, explained the whole situation.

It turned out that Ye Zhuang had returned home the day Ye Yuan set sail. His estranged uncle and aunt, upon hearing from the villagers that Ye Zhuang was now successful, earning 8,000 yuan a month and various bonuses, decided to visit him.

They came to Ye Zhuang's house, crying and recounting their past hardships, such as not having enough food and needing to support the elderly. They came up with many excuses.

Ye Zhuang, who had forgotten much of the past, forgave them, thinking they were his only remaining relatives.

However, their real purpose was to borrow money for a down payment on a house for Ye Zhuang's younger brother, who worked out of town.

Ye Zhuang had only worked on Ye Yuan's boat for a few days and had no money to lend them. Touched by their tears, he remembered the reef where Ye Yuan and the crew had caught abalones. Without much thought, he took his uncle and the others out to sea.

When they reached the reef, they found nothing but a few small abalones. This made his uncle unhappy, and upon returning to the pier, he started arguing with Ye Zhuang.

He accused Ye Zhuang of not lending him money and lying to them, saying that they not only failed to make money but also lost fuel costs, demanding that Ye Zhuang pay for the fuel.

Through this incident, Ye Zhuang saw his uncle for who he really was. Unfortunately, Ye Yuan's father and the villagers from Ye family village were going to Fish Bay Island today and heard about the incident, which made Ye Yuan's father very angry.

Fishermen have rules. If you work on someone else's boat and the captain discovers a good fishing spot, you must keep it a secret from other fishermen.

Upon hearing this, Ye Yuan's father led the villagers to block Ye Zhuang's uncle's boat and started cursing him.

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