"What's biting?"
As Xiang Ye's fish was gradually reeled closer, Huang Kai stopped paying attention to his own rod and took on Ai Bai's role from yesterday—actively grabbing the landing net, ready to scoop up the fish.
"Should be a Topmouth Culter, feels about the same as yesterday's, but definitely bigger," Xiang Ye replied.
Sure enough, as he slowly lifted the rod, the fish struggled at the surface for a while but soon lost strength and floated up.
Seeing the big white Topmouth Culter glistening in the sunlight, Huang Kai couldn't help but grin.
"Wow, these Topmouth Culter in this lake sell for fifty yuan per Jin outside. This one's about five Jin—half your fishing fee right there."
With a swift scoop of the net, Huang Kai pulled the fish to shore. Zhao Lei came over, sounding a bit impressed.
"This is our eighth or ninth time coming to this island, and most times it's a Blank Fishing day—sometimes lucky to catch a fish or two, but mostly dry. But Xiang Ye, you've only been here a short while and already hit the jackpot!"
"Hahaha, beginner's luck, huh," Xiang Ye laughed as he opened the keepnet and placed the fish inside.
At the same time, the system's prompt sounded in Xiang Ye's mind:
"Ding, congratulations host, caught Topmouth Culter x1 (2527g), reward 5,100 yuan."
Hearing this, Xiang Ye's smile grew wider.
"Wow, not a small one! Hey brother, we're streaming next door. Mind showing your face? Also, what's the fish market like here?" The streamer approached with his camera, asking to film Xiang Ye after confirming he had nothing to hide, then zoomed in on the fish and Xiang Ye.
As Xiang Ye appeared live, the female viewers went wild.
Xiang Ye might not be good at studying, but he was definitely quite handsome.
Uh, well, looks and studies don't always correlate.
Those who are both handsome and brilliant basically don't exist at school.
Xiang Ye was indeed good-looking. In middle school, girls confessed to him, and on Valentine's Day and Christmas during high school, his desk was always stuffed with snacks.
But he never dated, because back then his heart was in esports—women would only slow down his APM speed. By university, he focused on playing LoL seriously. Of course, that was partly because he went to an engineering school.
The entire department, not just his class, had only eight girls total, nicknamed the "Seven Dragon Balls": seven dinosaurs and one pig. Even so, every one of those eight girls had plenty of suitors, so Xiang Ye never pushed forward.
As for after starting work, there was even less time—working 9 to 9, six days a week—who had time to think about dating?
"Wow, so handsome!"
"Oh my god, this guy is stunning!"
"I thought anglers all looked like streamers."
"Brother, start your own livestream!"
"Clearly not a serious angler, not even tanned."
"Yeah, this is embarrassing for us real anglers."
"Brother, start a stream and I'll send you gifts!"
With Xiang Ye on camera, the chat room exploded.
The streamer was pleased with the viewership spike—even though Xiang Ye wasn't their host, it was good for the numbers.
"I'm actually not sure about the fishing conditions here; it's my first time. These guys with me have been a few times, you can ask them," Xiang Ye said apologetically, then baited his hook again.
Hearing this, the streamer looked at Huang Kai, who openly shared the local water info.
"Got another one!" Before Huang Kai could finish, Xiang Ye called out.
They all looked toward the water, and sure enough, another fish was hooked—this one looked even bigger than the last Topmouth Culter.
After about two minutes, Xiang Ye brought it to the surface. They confirmed it was bigger—around six Jin!
Seeing he'd caught two already, the streamer crew got a bit excited, reporting the good news back to their angler nearby.
Xiang Ye happily had Huang Kai scoop the fish into the keepnet.
This one was over five Jin nine liang (close to six Jin), and the system rounded the reward to six thousand yuan.
Two fish, and today's earnings already topped ten thousand yuan. Xiang Ye's smile grew even wider, and Zhao Lei and Zhang Tianyu were happy too.
No matter what else happened, they wouldn't go home empty-handed today!
Xiang Ye kept the momentum, baiting fresh tender corn and tossing it into the water. He lifted, cast again, and periodically added more bait.
It seemed the fish in his fishing spot were going crazy!
Soon, his bait was taken again. Xiang Ye smoothly lifted the rod—another five-Jin fish.
After the fish tired, two minutes later, Huang Kai scooped it to shore, adding another Topmouth Culter to the keepnet and another 5,000+ yuan to Xiang Ye's total.
"Three fish now. One more each and it'll be one fish per person. Bet my mom won't complain this time," Zhang Tianyu joked with a smile.
When they arrived, Zhang Tianyu had already told Xiang Ye about his family.
He loved fishing, inherited from his dad. But his dad disliked fishing in natural waters—probably due to skill limits.
He preferred pay-to-fish ponds, which required returning fish and charged about 3-4 yuan per Jin. So, they never took fish home except once or twice, and even then it was pond fish with mediocre taste.
Zhang Tianyu's mom often mocked them, so today with Xiang Ye around, they felt lucky to have a good catch.
Less than a minute later, Xiang Ye hooked a fourth fish!
Another Topmouth Culter, about five and a half Jin.
This was not only his fourth fish but also the one completing his daily task!
"Ding, congratulations host, completed daily task, awarded BUFF: Big Fish (Beginner)."
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