He Thought He Caught a Big Fish… But What He Pulled Up Dragged Him into a Curse from the Dragon King

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00:00The young man felt he was about to catch a big fish while fishing, but when he pulled up the net, he found it was just an old, broken clock.

00:06Angrily, he threw the clock onto the ground. When he pulled the net up again, he found a thick, sturdy bone.

00:11Furious once more, he slammed the bone onto the ground.

00:13Just as he was about to cast the net again, he heard a woman crying for help, realizing that woman had accidentally fallen into the water.

00:20He had no choice but to give up fishing for the day and went into the water to rescue the woman.

00:24When he offered to take the woman home, she looked out toward the endless sea, then made a request to the young man,

00:29hoping he could let her stay at his house for a few days, until her parents sent someone to pick her up.

00:33She promised she would repay him, before the young man could fully agree.

00:36The woman pointed behind him, he saw many pearls lying on the riverbed.

00:40He rushed over to pick them up, thinking he had struck it rich today,

00:43even though the woman kept reminding him they might belong to someone else and urged him to put the pearls back.

00:47The young man refused to give up this chance at wealth.

00:49Since he was in such a great mood today, he readily agreed to let the woman stay temporarily.

00:54Then he brought the woman home with him.

00:55His sister-in-law thought she was his girlfriend and liked her a lot,

00:58seeing that the woman's clothes were still dripping wet.

01:00The sister-in-law quickly brought her into the room to change.

01:03When the woman hesitated to undress, the sister-in-law thought she was just shy and stepped forward to help,

01:08but the woman refused.

01:09So the sister-in-law had to hand her the clothes, then turned around to let her change in private.

01:13Meanwhile, the young man placed the pearls he brought back into a bowl.

01:16He planned to grind them in a powder to make beauty cream for his sister-in-law.

01:19Thinking she would surely love it, while grinding, he added water and stirred.

01:23Soon he turned the pearls into a white paste.

01:24He eagerly called his sister-in-law out, saying he had a surprise for her.

01:28Then he brought out the pearl paste, and had her apply some to her face.

01:32The cool sensation made his sister-in-law very happy.

01:34But soon she raised a question.

01:36There were no pearl vendors in this remote area.

01:38She asked where he had gotten the pearls.

01:40Faced with her question, the young man didn't hide anything.

01:42He told her exactly how he had found the pearls by the sea.

01:45After hearing the story, her expression turned serious.

01:47Their ancestors had warned not to pick up mysterious objects by the river.

01:50Those were things lost by the Dragon King, and taking them would bring misfortune.

01:54The young man returned the pearls to the river.

01:56The young man had no choice but to agree.

01:58But when they sat down for dinner, they realized it was too late,

02:01because the pearls had already been ground in a powder and couldn't be returned.

02:04This left the sister-in-law very distressed.

02:06But she quickly thought of a temporary solution.

02:08She suggested the young man visit the Mountain God Temple for help.

02:11The young man followed her advice and went to the temple.

02:13But he still didn't believe any misfortune would happen.

02:16Instead of going in to pray, he sat at the temple gate, planning to rest for a few minutes.

02:20Just then, the temple keeper approached him, saying the young man's forehead looked ominous,

02:24and he was about to face disaster.

02:25Only by respecting all living beings could he turn misfortune into fortune.

02:29Upon hearing this, the young man became unhappy.

02:31He said he simply hadn't donated money yet,

02:33and questioned why the temple keeper had the right to say he didn't respect life.

02:36Angrily, the young man left without praying at the temple,

02:39completely unaware that someone had been secretly watching him all along.

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