"I'm not coming back tonight, so don't wait up. Just go to bed and lock the door as usual!" After the three of them finished dinner and cleaned up, Wang Fangfei raised an eyebrow at Ai Bai and teased him, to which he responded with a goofy grin.
"Alright, get lost already! Oh right, let me ask you something—what's the best brand for fishing gear?" Watching Ai Bai smirk like a fool, Xiang Ye gave him a look of disdain, but as he was about to leave, Xiang Ye suddenly remembered something important and quickly asked.
"The best? Dawa, Shimano, Fossil… they're all pretty decent. Back in the day, Japanese brands were better because their carbon fiber materials were superior. But in recent years, domestic brands have caught up. Honestly, for guys like us, brands like Guangwei and Longzu are good enough…" Ai Bai thought for a second and answered seriously.
"Cut the crap. Can't you see your girlfriend's already itching to leave? Just tell me—what's the top domestic brand?" Seeing how Ai Bai immediately slowed down at the mention of fishing, Xiang Ye chuckled.
"Fossil. The Fossil Zhanlu series is probably the best. But it's not cheap."
Even though Ai Bai had never bought one himself, he'd definitely heard of it—it had a reputation.
"Alright, off you go then!"
After sending the couple out the door and locking it behind them, Xiang Ye took a shower and headed back to his room. He pulled out his phone and started browsing.
One look—and damn, no wonder these things were expensive!
Wild Fishing's ultra-light leisure rods: ￥569 for 3.6 meters, ￥589 for 3.9 meters, ￥669 for 4.5 meters, ￥849 for 5.4 meters. Their all-water rods were slightly cheaper at the same lengths, but the 8.1-meter rod came in at ￥1,019…
And those weren't even the priciest ones. The real monsters were in the Fossil Longwenli series—over ￥3,000 for a single rod!
Suddenly, it all made sense why so many wives hated their husbands fishing—not only were they out of the house, but this hobby was absurdly expensive!
By Xiang Ye's calculations, he'd need three sets of rods—from 2.7m to 8.1m—one for stream fishing, one for reservoir monsters, and one for competitive angling. Even if he didn't use the competitive set much, he'd still need to be prepared.
He figured: two 2.7m, two 3.6m, two 3.9m, two 4.2m, three 4.6m, three 5.4m, three 6.3m, two 7.2m, and two 8.1m rods. That added up to twenty-one rods.
Then came the matching line sets—each rod needing at least six different mainline types: 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.6, 2.0, 2.4 for light rods; 4.0 through 10.0 for the heavier ones. Plus hooks from size 1 to 13, floats for various conditions, scissors, lead sheets, and countless other accessories.
He also needed a rod bag, a fishing box, a platform…
"Damn it… am I gonna need to buy a car just to carry all this?"
Staring at the "Favorites" page full of gear, Xiang Ye cursed. Just the items he'd added so far were already close to ￥30,000. Today's ￥14,000 haul only covered half of it. Luckily, he had some savings—he didn't have a girlfriend bleeding his wallet dry.
So, while it stung, he could afford it.
As for the car… well, that could wait. Ai Bai wasn't leaving anytime soon—he could keep hitching rides.
"No guts, no glory—let's buy!" he muttered to himself.
A craftsman must first sharpen his tools.
With that, Xiang Ye clenched his teeth and clicked "Buy."
Over ￥30,000 gone in one go. He lay on the bed, emotionally drained, staring at the ceiling.
To distract himself, he remembered—he still had 100 unallocated Attribute Points. That lifted his spirits.
He opened his Character Panel and tested things out—adding one point to Strength.
Sure enough, the number jumped from 11 to 12.
At the same time, he felt a surge of power throughout his muscles. Curious, he stood up, walked to the kitchen, and picked up the 20-Jin (10kg) bag of rice he and Ai Bai had bought a few days ago.
Previously, he could lift it one-handed, but it felt heavy. Now? It was noticeably lighter.
Excited, he kept adding to Strength, all the way to 40.
At 20 points, the rice bag felt like a bottle of soy sauce. At 30, it felt like a smartphone. By 40? A pen.
That was enough. Too much strength was starting to feel weird—it was getting hard to control.
With 60 points left, he added 30 to Agility, bumping it to 40, and 29 to Intelligence, also reaching 40.
The remaining 12 points went into Constitution. He figured for a fisherman, endurance wasn't critical.
After assigning all 100 points, Xiang Ye felt like a brand new man.
His final stats now read:
Name: Xiang Ye
Age: 27
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Strength: 40
Agility: 40
Constitution: 24
Intelligence: 40
Health: 88 (Normal range is 60–80. Below 60 is sub-health.)
Available Attribute Points: 0
Damn, with that health score, he was now the picture of vitality!
Feeling his renewed body, Xiang Ye broke into a smile.
Suddenly, all that money he had spent didn't seem so painful after all.
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