My Octopus Dumpling Became a Spirit - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

It was my first time beachcombing. To avoid coming back empty-handed, I decided to plant something on the beach.

To catch the audience’s eye, I splurged three thousand yuan at the seafood market on a very large, semi-transparent white Octopus that weighed a full twelve jin.

The giant Octopus was stunning. Even having lived by the sea for years, I’d never seen one like this.

Its pure white tentacles were almost translucent in the sunlight.

Probably injured, the whole creature was listless. Even when I set it down by the shore, it remained languid, lacking the strength to return to the ocean, and simply covered itself silently with a thin layer of sand.

As long as it didn’t run, I was satisfied. That was until I started my livestream.

“Guys, today we’re beachcombing! Check out this shell, we’ll take it back…”

“Guys, if you like this, hit follow! It’s Xiao Yu’s first livestream. Follow now and you’ll be veteran fans…”

“Guys, check this out! The sand here is moving, there must be a big prize underneath.”

“It’s an Octopus!”

I was beyond excited. Grabbing my tongs, I went for the Octopus. A very long tentacle emerged from the shallow water.

I tried to pinch it, but the Octopus seemed hurt; the tentacle twitched and then, circling around, grabbed my ankle.

My ankle felt ice-cold, a bit weird. I shook my foot but couldn’t free it.

I threw down the tongs and bent to pull the tentacle off my foot.

A viewer sent a little heart, and someone told me not to use my hands, saying I wouldn’t be able to hold it and it would escape.

I didn’t believe them. But as soon as my hand touched the Octopus, the tentacle slipped away.

Escaping my grip, it rose high and waved in front of me. Before I could react, the tentacle swiped back-smack-and slapped me right across the face.

“…”

I’d never been slapped by an octopus. I froze, and the chat exploded with laughter.

“Hahahaha! I gotta tell my friends-a beachcombing streamer just got slapped by an octopus…”

“Hahahahahaha! That was a real loud slap…”

“…”

I don’t remember exactly what happened that day. I probably got carried away, and I didn’t even bother with the phone set up on its stand. I took off my jacket and charged into the beach.

The main theme was: if you’re not convinced, then fight.

That day, the Octopus and I fought until we were locked in a stalemate. That sickly Octopus, for some reason, had barely moved for half a day, but now it was suddenly full of life.

It ran, I chased, but even in the shallows, I just couldn’t catch a giant eight-legged Octopus.

In the end, furious, I couldn’t hold back and lunged forward. I pinned the Octopus beneath me, and in that instant, its eight tentacles seemed to resign themselves to fate and wrapped around my waist.

And just like that, I carried it out.

That three-thousand-yuan Octopus hadn’t been bought for nothing after all.

Under the sunlight, I stood on the beach with a white, nearly translucent Octopus wrapped around me.

I turned back to look at my phone. Someone had sent a rocket gift, and I instantly broke into a grin.

“Thank you, boss, for the rocket!”

In my excitement, I completely forgot about the Octopus wrapped around me. It was that clip of me turning back that later went viral.

Later, when I watched that video, the Octopus under the sunlight really was beautiful, so beautiful it almost didn’t seem like a creature from this world.