But it was a live fish!!!
Ye Chen could clearly feel the fish underwater trying to break free from the hook.
He glanced at the girl beside him.
The little girl had the same expression as everyone else, one of shock.
However, Ye Chen also keenly caught a hint of envy and admiration in the little girl's astonished expression.
Of course, he thought this to himself!
Ye Chen could feel the struggling from underwater through the fishing rod.
But it was different for the others!
After a brief moment of shock, those familiar old-time anglers regained their senses and sensed something was amiss.
So they started shouting.
"Teacher Ye, you're not having another mishap, are you?"
"Yeah, you haven't caught a live fish for over a month, how come there's a bite all of a sudden?"
"This time it wouldn't be another corpse you've caught, would it?"
What corpse???
Upon hearing this, Liao Xuexue's complexion instantly turned pale.
This morning, she seemed to have actually heard her roommate mention it.
They said that someone went fishing last night, and they actually caught a corpse.
But quickly, Liao Xuexue patted her forehead.
Such things are probably even less likely than winning the lottery.
If everyone were to catch a corpse, then who would dare to go fishing?
"Damn!"
"Little Ye, don't waste your energy, could what you've caught this time be a fish?"
Hearing this, Liao Xuexue turned her head in surprise and realized that the speaker was indeed her grandfather.
Damn???
She had never expected her grandfather to have such a catchphrase.
But soon, she became a bit dazed again.
Isn't Teacher Ye a professional Fishing Master?
How could someone say that he hasn't caught a live fish for over a month?
Hearing this, some of the regular viewers in the live stream room also began to stir.
"Damn it, don't get too excited everyone, I just want to ask, has Teacher Ye ever caught a fish?"
"He did catch one, just last night, but it was a dead fish."
"Can a dead fish count as a fish? Besides that rotten fish, what else is there?"
"Nothing else, other than last night's dead fish, when has Teacher Ye ever caught a fish in his life?"
"I think what Teacher Ye caught this time won't be a fish either, he definitely won't disappoint us, guess what he's caught this time?"
"Maybe it is really a fish this time! Teacher Ye has been fishing for so long, it's about time he caught a live fish!"
...
Compared to the regular viewers in the live stream room, the new audience members who had come in were all dumbfounded.
Quite a few new viewers were sending bullet comments in the live stream room, asking the questions in their minds.
"What are you guys talking about?"
"Isn't it normal for an angler to catch fish? Catching a corpse is the rare event, right?"
It wasn't long before someone began to elucidate.
"Did you watch last night's video? Think about it, did this streamer catch any live fish throughout the whole night?"
"You new fans are too naive, it's very normal for other anglers to catch fish, but this streamer is not just any regular angler, he's the Air Force Commander-in-chief, it's normal for him not to catch fish!"
...
Soon, new viewers in the live stream room figured out the general idea.
However, these people quickly divided into two groups.
One group consisted of new viewers who believed that, just as previously mentioned, no matter how unlucky the streamer was, he should have caught a fish by now.
But there was another group that thought, since the angler Ye Chen was the commander-in-chief of the air force, he definitely would not catch a fish this time, but something else instead.
As a result, countless people became even more curious about what exactly Ye Chen was going to catch.
On the shore, Ye Chen gripped his fishing rod tightly, with a confident smile breaking across his face.
"Those who say I won't catch a fish, just watch how I'm going to prove you wrong."
"I can clearly feel that what I am about to catch is definitely a living creature, and absolutely a fish."
"Although it might not be very big, it sure has strength!"
No sooner had Ye Chen finished speaking than a splash erupted on the nearby water surface.
It was the splash caused by what Ye Chen had caught.
Although the splash was small, it was still spotted by some.
Just like Ye Chen said, it seemed that he had truly caught a live fish this time.
Ye Chen did not hurry to reel in the catch, but instead said to Old Liao with a smile, "Old Liao, shall we bet again? Let's bet whether I have caught a live fish this time!"
Old Liao looked at Ye Chen speechlessly, then turned to glance at his granddaughter, whose face was full of confusion and bewilderment.
He ferociously said to Ye Chen, "Get lost!"
Liao Xuexue was indeed baffled because she could always feel that there was some sort of secret between her grandfather and this Mr. Ye.
As she was standing there, lost in thought,
Ye Chen suddenly said, "Girl, don't just stand there; hurry up and get the net ready to catch the fish!"
Upon hearing her "employer" speak, Liao Xuexue quickly put down the steel spoon in her hand that was used for baiting.
Then, she found a big net nearby.
Catching fish with a net was something she knew how to do.
After all, her grandfather was a fisherman.
The reason for using a landing net was the concern that the fish might be too big, or the angler was worried the fish might escape.
So, just as the fish was about to reach the shore, they would use a net to scoop it up.
Before long, Liao Xuexue, holding the landing net with both hands, stepped forward to the shore, waiting for Mr. Ye to reel in the rod so she could net the fish.
And suddenly, Old Liao next to her felt something very familiar about this scene.
So familiar...
Holy crap!!!
In an instant, Old Liao remembered.
Wasn't it just last night that he was netting fish for this guy Ye Chen, and almost peed his pants in fright?
He was just about to warn his granddaughter.
But it was too late.
Ye Chen had pulled the "fish" that was on the hook to the shore.
Old Liao's cute and somewhat clueless granddaughter seized the moment and scooped the "fish" from the water with the landing net.
When she saw what was inside the net, the poor girl immediately threw the landing net aside.
Afterward,
A piercing scream echoed across Seyves Reservoir!!!
What was left in the landing net dropped on the shore by Liao Xuexue was neither a rotten fish nor a body.
It was indeed a living creature.
But that creature was not suited for being caught...
Instead, it was a snake, a Water Snake!
Its entire body was a terrifying black and green, and although the Water Snake was coiled inside the net, judging by its size, it had to be at least three meters long!
Liao Xuexue, being a girl who had been afraid of these things since she was little, was even more scared, especially since she had personally scooped up this Water Snake.