"The stuff about the code is a business secret. I signed an NDA, so I can't say much. I'm busy now—let's talk tonight!"
Seeing his parents' confused faces, Xiang Ye smiled and hung up the video call. He still needed to focus on fishing.
Oh right, he had also checked today's mission earlier.
The daily task wasn't difficult: catch ten Common Carp, no size limit.
Luckily, the reservoir was stocked with Common Carp, so the location was just right.
After casting about a dozen loose groundbait rigs, Xiang Ye officially started fishing.
When his fishing rod hit the water, three buff immediately activated.
But Xiang Ye knew there were hardly any fish on his side. It would take at least half an hour to get the fish interested in his bait, so he wasn't in a hurry.
Meanwhile, his parents had confirmed that he wasn't doing anything illegal, and that the house and car issues were settled, so they were even more puzzled.
"Is that code really worth that much money?"
After about three minutes of silence, Xiang Ye's mother finally spoke.
"I don't understand it either, but since he signed a confidentiality agreement, I guess we just can't ask," Xiang Ye's father replied with a confused look.
"Yeah, let's not ask too much. As long as our son isn't breaking the law and the money's clean, that's all that matters. Now that he's got a house and a car, he just needs a wife," Xiang Ye's mother said happily, dreaming about the future.
Even Xiang Ye's father agreed—whether it's "establish career first, then marry," or not, at least his son had finished the career part, and the next step was settling down.
Xiang Ye, unaware of their conversation, was still expecting to wait about half an hour for a bite, but to his surprise, in less than five minutes he got a strike.
As the float bobbed, then suddenly plunged, Xiang Ye reacted immediately and lifted his rod to strike. Today, fishing in the reservoir, he used the 9-meter rod he bought yesterday—he had to pick it up from the courier in the morning himself.
The long rod rose smoothly, and the fish's underwater struggle wasn't very fierce.
Having fished wild fish before, Xiang Ye knew these farmed fish lacked spirit.
Within a minute, the fish lost strength, was pulled to the surface, gasped, flipped sideways, and Xiang Ye gently lifted it to shore. With a landing net scoop, he got his first catch.
When he put the fish into the keepnet, a notification sounded in his mind:
"Ding! Congratulations, host caught Common Carp ×1 (1562g). Reward: 3,100 yuan cash. Due to being farmed fish, price reduced by 99%. Reservoir fishing, price reduced by 20%."
Xiang Ye grimaced at the mental beep—3,100 yuan instantly became 24.8 yuan. Fishing farmed fish really wasn't favorable to him!
Still, this catch counted as 1/10 of today's daily mission.
The mission didn't care about the value of the fish, just quantity—Xiang Ye was simply going to lose money.
After tossing the fish into the keepnet and casting his second line, he noticed that he had suddenly become the most eye-catching guy on the concrete dam.
The folks who drew this spot were basically cast-offs from other groups—looking gloomy and miserable. But now, seeing Xiang Ye catch a fish first and so quickly, they paused, then began to think, "Maybe Xiang Ye is good, maybe we can do it too!"
As Xiang Ye's second line hit the water, these guys unconsciously sped up their reel-in speeds, trying to "steal his spot." But they clearly overestimated themselves.
Xiang Ye's catches were partly due to his bait and fishing technique, but mostly thanks to his buff!
Not long after his second cast, three minutes later, the float plunged again, and Xiang Ye struck—another fish hooked!
Another Common Carp over three Jin (about 1.5kg).
Fish into the keepnet; mission progress 20%. Five minutes later 30%, seven minutes later 40%, eleven minutes 50%, fifteen minutes 60%…
No matter how hard the others tried, Xiang Ye was the only one continuously landing fish on the concrete dam.
Everyone on the dam stared at him, baffled. Some even came over to check his gear.
His rod was a good brand (Zhan Lu), but not miraculous.
His bait was ordinary too—some didn't even add red worms or special additives like they did.
No one understood why only Xiang Ye kept catching fish.
Half an hour passed without them noticing, and fish had started to be attracted into his fishing spot. Others began catching fish too, but their catches paled in comparison.
Whereas Xiang Ye was catching fish every two or three minutes, others were lucky if their float even twitched.
Seeing this, Xiang Ye sped up his fishing frequency, even removed his drag pin from the reel. His 28:19 rod was stiff enough, so a three-Jin Common Carp was easy to bring in fast.
For a while, Xiang Ye was the undisputed king of the concrete dam fishing spot.
"Ding! Congratulations, host completed daily mission. Reward: Jaeger-LeCoultre Ultra Complex Function Series Watch ×1."
The ten Common Carp task was completed easily.
But this time, Xiang Ye frowned—he wasn't very happy.
A watch? He didn't like wearing watches. Still, the mission rewards were fixed, so he'd deal with it later.
He'd check out the watch during lunch break.
Right now, there was no time to worry about watches—it was time to fish hard.
At this moment, Xiang Ye also understood why people liked competitive fishing. Compared with wild fishing—sometimes a whole day without a single bite—competitive fishing had a fast catch rate and was genuinely thrilling!
Even Xiang Ye found himself getting absorbed in the rhythm of casting and catching…
Fishing went on until just after noon. The bubbles from the baited spot slowly disappeared.
This meant the fish had dispersed—those not caught by Xiang Ye were full and had left.
At that moment, a young guy from Zhou Chen's team who helped with livestreaming approached, carrying a lunchbox.
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