"I crap!" Seeing a Black drift in front of him, Xiang Ye immediately stopped eating, stuffed the bun into his pocket, and then directly lifted the fishing rod.
But as he lifted it, he felt something was wrong, because this was obviously not the weight of a Crucian Carp. When Xiang Ye pulled up the rod, the fish didn't come out of the water. Instead, the fish struggled after being hooked, and its strength pulled the rod infinitely back into the water.
"Snagged on the bottom?" Watching Xiang Ye's movements, Ai Bai couldn't help but say in shock.
"No, it's moving, but very slowly... Could it be hooked on someone else's hook?" Hearing Ai Bai's words, Xiang Ye shook his head. This didn't feel like being stuck at the bottom without movement.
Rather, it felt like it had hooked something, but that thing was slowly retreating deeper into the water.
This was strange. Although fish swim backward sometimes, when hooked, they shouldn't swim backward. Stimulated by pain, they should be struggling to run away wildly!
And the water here was so shallow, there shouldn't be any big fish…
But looking at the fishing rod that Xiang Ye had now almost bent into a bow shape, he was a bit stunned. Fortunately, this rod was relatively soft. Otherwise, the rod he bought yesterday would probably have broken today!
The fishing line was even more so. Xiang Ye was fishing for small Crucian Carp today and wasn't using a heavy line — only 0.8 plus 0.4. Such a thin line, without a protector line, would probably have snapped long ago.
"What the heck am I fishing?" Watching the rod being pulled tighter and tighter, and the fishing line whistling in the wind, both Xiang Ye and Ai Bai were a bit stunned.
Xiang Ye was considering whether to cut the line and give up. A set of fishing line only cost a few yuan, but the rod cost over five hundred. Xiang Ye definitely didn't want to break the rod.
Just then, suddenly a young man around his twenties ran over from a distance, picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it directly into the water.
"What are you doing... huh? It's coming up!"
Originally, Xiang Ye and Ai Bai were scared, wondering what this guy was doing. But after the stone was thrown in, the tension suddenly eased, and Xiang Ye managed to pull it up.
Without being told, Xiang Ye knew what to do next. He immediately pulled the catch to the shore.
When Xiang Ye saw what he had caught, he was a bit stunned.
Because he had actually caught a… Soft Shell Turtle…
Seeing this, Xiang Ye finally understood why this creature was slowly crawling backward.
"There's even Soft Shell Turtle in this water?" Holding the big shell of the Soft Shell Turtle, Xiang Ye lifted it and felt it probably weighed about three Jin (around 1.5 kilograms). Of course, this thing was different from fish. No matter how strong a fish is, it can't leverage anything in the water.
So, a three-Jin fish is something Xiang Ye's rod can handle.
But this catch was special. Its claws were probably dug into the mud and crevices of the riverbed, making it almost impossible to pull out.
And when the man threw the stone into the water earlier, all turtles and tortoises share one characteristic — when startled, they retract their claws and necks.
This Soft Shell Turtle did the same. This retraction gave Xiang Ye the chance to pull it up.
"There's an old saying: shallow water means lots of Soft Shell Turtles, everywhere is the boss. Here the water is shallow, Crucian Carp gather here, so many fish that prey on Crucian Carp are active here. Some people have even caught Black Carp with lures. But usually, Soft Shell Turtles are caught at night, and you need animal livers or other guts as bait."
Seeing Xiang Ye's shocked expression, the young man smiled and said this, and Xiang Ye only then realized he should thank him first.
"Oh, I see. Thanks, bro."
"No need to thank me. Anglers around the world are one family. Just helping out. I've been watching you guys. This brother's skill is strong, catching fish one after another. I've seen this guy before, but it's my first time meeting you."
Hearing this, the young man smiled too.
"Hey, just luck, that's all." Xiang Ye waved his hand, honestly it was just luck. But the young man shook his head at that.
"Luck alone couldn't catch so many fish here with The Classic Trio of Baits. I've been fishing here for years. You should be the one who caught the most in recent years."
"Heh, bro, you like fishing too?"
Obviously, this guy had been watching Xiang Ye and the others all along. Xiang Ye didn't want to say more, so he just smiled and naturally changed the topic.
"I didn't like it before, but later when I had nothing else to do, I stayed here and ended up fishing."
Hearing this, the young man sighed.
While the young man was talking, Ai Bai suddenly slapped his forehead and exclaimed.
"Oh, I remember who you are! You're the young master of the Grand Theater, Huang Kai?" While saying this, Ai Bai pointed to the huge Grand Theater behind them.
When Xiang Ye heard Ai Bai mention his identity, he was a bit surprised.
Because he knew the Grand Theater behind them was no ordinary place. It belonged to a famous local real estate group.
The Grand Theater specializes in opera, drama, Peking opera, and other performances. It seats nearly a thousand people and is the largest theater nearby. It was said that building this theater cost over three billion yuan, and the real estate group behind it was worth over ten billion yuan!
The young master of this theater was also the young master of that real estate group. This young man was obviously wealthy!
But although Xiang Ye was surprised, it didn't change his attitude. After all, by now, Xiang Ye was also a millionaire in his own right, and this was only his second day after receiving the system.
He believed that it wouldn't be long before his wealth reached the level of tens of billions!
So even knowing this young man was special, he remained calm.
Seeing Xiang Ye's expression, the young man smiled knowingly. He hadn't seen someone remain so calm after learning his identity for a long time.
Because ninety-nine percent of people, upon learning his identity, would be like Ai Bai — nervous, flustered, awkward, but secretly hoping to make friends. But Xiang Ye didn't. He remained as calm as before!
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