Chapter 4: It doesn't matter, I will make a move

Luck Value: 11 (4)

Ordinary sea rod: (+3)

Introduction: This is an ordinary sea rod; after adding luck, in areas with fish, you will definitely catch sea products under ten jin.

Adding three points of luck value is actually the limit of this sea rod.

This sea rod is kinda trash.

Wu An complained in his heart, looking at the sea with an expectant expression.

To the side.

A Qing let out a long sigh and said, "Brother, Lin Bin also hooked a fish, and it's not small."

"The two of them are busy scooping fish."

"This is a good opportunity."

"Oh dear, how are the two of them moving so fast… uh… now it's not good to run."

He kept muttering nonstop.

Fishing, in many people's eyes, is a form of leisure and entertainment; actually, before catching a fish, it is in fact very boring and tedious.

Especially the bitter wait; for those lacking patience, it is even more of an ordeal.

That feeling is like having a stomachache and going to the toilet, only to find it full—every minute and second feels extremely long.

Lin Bin lifted the fish with fish-lip pliers and shouted, "Oh dear, today's luck isn't great."

"It took twenty or thirty minutes to pull up a sea bass."

"Only about two jin."

"That's what he said, but actually he's just showing off."

"Brother, those two are going all-in face-to-face, I can't take it!" A Qing said, angry enough to throw away the sea rod, muttering that it's fine not to catch this lousy fish.

Wu An stopped him, calmly saying, "It doesn't matter; I will make a move."

Nowadays it's 2012, and this meme hasn't appeared yet.

Wu An also didn't expect that he'd just blurt it out out of a brain spasm; probably men remain boys till death, to be honest, it's quite fitting.

"……" A Qing froze; although he didn't really get the meme, he could also feel the overwhelming pretentious aura.

The two on the neighboring big reef had already burst out laughing.

"Holy shit, so chuuni, it scared me!"

"Wu Erzi, it's still you,"

"Make a move?"

"Directly go into the sea to catch fish?"

The two of them started mocking.

A Qing shouted, "You're laughing at nothing, just wait!"

Seeing A Qing angrily wailing, Lin Bin and Lin Hu burst into loud laughter: "Waiting for what? There's still half an hour!"

"We're watching you."

"When the time comes, the sea rod must be returned!"

Wu An stood upright, gripping the sea rod, looking at the sea with a blank expression.

On shore, looking out, the sea is nothing but water.

In the sea, it's not like that.

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, shrimp eat mayflies; the sea's law is fully demonstrated, with big and small fish swimming around near the fishhook.

One of them, for some reason, suddenly felt that this rotten shrimp ahead emitted a "fish-bewildering" scent.

It really wanted to take a bite to taste it.

It had little intelligence, didn't understand what "human hearts are treacherous" means, and following instinct, it took a bite!

"Hiss!"

"This shrimp is poisonous!"

The hooked fish, instinctively darting downward, violently jerked the fishing line.

The fishing line went taut.

The rod tip bent.

Fish on!

Wu An immediately lifted the rod, feeling a strong drag, and an excited smile appeared on his face.

"Brother, you've hooked a fish!"

"Wow, that's great."

A Qing shouted loudly from the side, drawing Lin Bin and Lin Hu's gaze; the two wore displeased faces, muttering that they had walked into dogshit luck, surely they'd only pull up a small trash fish.

Wu An nodded.

Reel in the line.

And began tugging with the fish.

The feeling of hooking a fish is great; especially after waiting so long to get a bite, it's doubly wonderful, simply indescribably delightful.

After a while, the fish was pulled to the sea surface; Wu An saw it was a sea bass, identical to the one Lin Bin had just pulled up, but a bit larger.

"Brother, I'll scoop the fish."

A Qing put down the sea rod, turned around to get the scoop net.

He scooped the fish up, then directly used his hand to remove the hook.

Wu An saw this, startled, and before he could warn him, A Qing had already removed the hook; fortunately the fish didn't struggle, otherwise A Qing would likely have been injured.

A Qing lifted the fish above his head and shouted, "My brother Wu An hauled up a seven-or-eight-pound big sea bass."

Lin Hu shouted angrily, "Are our eyes just for show!"

"This one is at most three or four catties!"

A Qing shouted, "Isn't it bigger than what you caught?"

Lin Hu said nothing.

Lin Bin pursed his lips and concentrated on fishing.

A Qing, as if he had won a battle, laughed heartily and placed the fish into the bucket.

Wu An didn't delay, immediately baiting again with rotten shrimp.

He cast the line and dropped the bait.

The buffed luck value will attract fish; we have to seize every second.

A Qing happily asked, "Brother, can this fish sell for a hundred eighty?"

Wu An vaguely replied, "About that."

Actually, he doesn't know either.

But think about it, a fish this big would probably sell for ten or twenty yuan per catty, though it's hard to say; in a small fishing village there's not much else, just lots of seafood, so it might even be cheaper.

Just as they were talking, the rod tip sank, and he hooked another fish.

Wu An immediately lifted the rod.

All distracting thoughts vanished from his mind; only the sea rod and fishing line remained, and he focused entirely on reeling in the fish.

He was fully focused.

His mind was free of distractions.

It was incredibly satisfying.

"Brother, you got a bite so quickly."

"Linked rod, this is the linked rod technique!"

"You guys, hurry and look."

A Qing shouted excitedly, also calling Lin Bin and Lin Hu to come look.

The two on the neighboring big reef were speechless.

"What the hell to look at."

Watching Wu An hook a fish feels worse than them losing a fish.

"Has this kid turned his luck around?"

"Being shown up by Wu Erzai feels really shitty."

"Who says it isn't?"

The two muttered, while Wu An was still tugging with the fish, the sea rod bent into a big bow, and he felt this fish was bigger than the previous one.

The reel squeaked, struggling under the load.

Not long after, he pulled up a black bream.

Wu An wiped the sweat from his forehead; hooking a fish felt great, but hauling it up was truly exhausting, and he was now soaked through.

Fortunately there was still a sea breeze blowing; otherwise it would have been hot and tiring.

He tossed the black bream into the bucket, then took a close look; its size was similar to the sea bass, but the force when pulling it in the water was clearly much greater.

A Qing looked at the two on the neighboring big reef, smirking and asked, "May I ask, is this black bream worth more than the sea bass?"

Lin Hu and Lin Bin ignored him; whatever they said now would only bring self-humiliation.

The two stared at their own sea rods, praying for a bite soon.

Otherwise, they'd really be unable to bear it—being shown up by Wu Erzai and A Qing, two village rascals, is simply a tremendous disgrace!

A Qing suddenly realized, "Brother, the black bream seems valuable."

Wu An laughed heartily.

Who says A Qing is stupid?

Look, he's being clever.

He noticed that one point of the buffed luck value had dropped, so he hurriedly recast the line and baited again.

After the previous two attempts, he's become more practiced at casting; this time he deliberately cast farther, about twenty or thirty meters, hoping to hook a bigger fish.

But not too big.

The system reminded that the sea rod must catch sea products under ten catties, and didn't say anything about catching over ten catties.

If he happened to catch a bigger fish, who knows what situation would arise.

He figured this broken sea rod might not withstand the pull of sea products over ten catties; if the rod snapped, that would be joy turning to sorrow.

Not long after.

About three minutes.

The fishing line instantly straightened, emitting a buzzing sound as it cut through the water; the rod tip bent down, and after Wu An lifted the rod, it formed an exaggerated arc like a big curved blade.

"Squeak squeak squeak."

The reel made a sound, frantically letting out line.

The two on the neighboring big reef had eyes red with envy and jealousy.

Why haven't they made a move yet!

How did Wu Erzai hook another fish!

Seeing Wu An hook a fish, A Qing was even happier than if he himself had hooked one, and hurriedly picked up the scoop net, ready to go.