Chapter 140 "Robbers, Give Me Back My Fish"
Pei Hening found a spot to sit down, tested the feel of the fishing rod, tried using the [Good Luck] buff, and then decisively baited the hook and cast the line.
After she finished this series of actions, she looked around. Twenty meters to her left was a tall, beautiful woman wearing a large floral cotton-padded jacket from Northeast China. She was sitting on a fishing chair, leaning lazily against the back, casually playing with a reed.
The person on her right was a bit far away, about forty or fifty meters away. She couldn't see their face clearly. They were wearing a long black down jacket with a hood, which completely covered the player. All she could tell was that the person was really agile.
After confirming the positions of the players on her left and right, she turned her attention back to them.
She sat on the fishing chair, calmly watching the river.
A short while later, the float moved.
Pei Hening's eyes lit up, and he immediately reeled in his line.
It was a small fish weighing about three ounces. She didn't recognize it, so she took it off and put it into the fish bucket.
The female player, wearing a bright red floral cotton-padded jacket typical of Northeast China, glanced at her, threw away the reed she was playing with, turned her head back, and stared intently at the river with pursed lips.
Pei Hening cast the line again, and after about two or three minutes, he caught another fish.
This time it was a five-ounce fish, which she still put into the fish bucket.
Cast the line, catch a fish; cast the line, catch a fish, and so on. She caught a pink fish. When she threw the fish into the bucket, the pink color on the fish faded and tangled with the biggest fish in the bucket, making it bigger.
Pei Hening: "!"
There's something dirty inside!
The female player on the left, wearing a red floral cotton-padded jacket, had a look of shock on her pretty face. She looked at her still float, then at Pei Hening, her gaze shifting back and forth several times. She gritted her teeth and furtively moved a little bit closer to Pei Hening, just a tiny bit!
Pei Hening noticed her furtive movements but ignored them and continued casting.
She then realized that the fish bucket automatically displayed the weight of the fish she threw in.
Right now, the fish bucket shows three jin and four liang.
Pei Hening didn't know how many fish he needed to catch to guarantee a place in the top 10.
Just as she was pondering this, she felt something bump hard against her leg.
The fluffy texture felt familiar, like a kitten!
She lowered her head and saw a skinny little orange cat with an injured left front paw. It must have been bitten while fighting with other kittens, leaving a small bald patch.
Pei Hening and it looked at each other in bewilderment.
Is this a test of her conscience?
But...she wants to be in the top ten!
The little orange cat lowered its head when it saw her and tried to meow in a strained voice, but unfortunately, it had a smoky voice!
He kept ramming his head hard against Pei Hening's calf.
"Meow!"
Pei Hening was torn between her conscience and her competitive spirit.
Seeing that she didn't react, the little orange cat bumped her leg even harder.
If Pei Hening didn't know the kitten's habits, she would have thought it was trying to kill her!
Before the fish were served, she grabbed the cat by the scruff of its neck. The little orange cat was suddenly lifted up and began to writhe wildly, like a difficult-to-control pig.
Pei Hening: "Don't move!"
The little orange cat seemed surprised to be scolded; its round eyes were filled with disbelief.
Pei Hening quickly checked its paws and, after confirming that it had only been injured in a fight with other kittens, took out a disinfectant wipe from her pocket and cleaned the dirt around its wounds before putting the little orange cat back on the ground.
The fish is on the plate!
She reeled in her line and turned around to see the little orange cat frantically pawing at the fish bucket, as if it were starving.
She tossed the three small fish she had just caught into the bucket, but she didn't choose the right angle. The fish hit the edge of the bucket and bounced to the ground, where the little orange cat pounced on it like a hungry wolf.
oops!
That was so careless!
She should make sure she looks carefully before throwing it next time!
The next second, the little orange cat, carrying the small fish in its mouth, walked away with its head held high and chest puffed out.
Pei Hening: "..."
OK.
That's how kittens are; when they're in a good mood, they'll meow at you, but when they're not, they won't even acknowledge you.
As she cast her line, she noticed that the female player on her left was now only ten meters away from her...
The female player, whose WeChat steps were zero, made eye contact with Pei Hening unexpectedly. Feeling a little awkward, she smiled at her and awkwardly tried to start a conversation: "I saw a cat steal a fish from you. Be careful of that thief."
Pei Hening thought of that arrogant little orange cat and smirked, "I'll keep an eye on that thief."
After a brief conversation, the two fell silent.
Pei Hening was in a bad mood and wasn't in the mood to start a conversation.
Her WeChat steps were zero, which wasn't a good sign either. She looked at the floats on the river with a worried expression. Why was she catching so few fish?
Pei Hening asked [whose WeChat steps were zero]: "How many have you caught?"
She said, "One pound and three ounces."
She caught only three fish.
Pei Hening grabbed some fish food and threw some into the river, then caught a fish.
[WeChat steps count is zero]: "???"
That simple?
She followed suit and threw some fish food into the river as well.
Her float didn't budge at all; instead, the fish food she threw into the river was almost completely eaten by those cunning fish.
[Zero steps on WeChat] I gritted my teeth. Could there be some kind of mysterious 'new user protection period' here too?
She was, after all, the champion of the neighborhood fishing competition, and had single-handedly crushed many fishing enthusiasts.
However, she couldn't catch fish as fast as the girl next door.
The girl didn't look like an experienced angler.
"thump--"
A loud thud caught their attention.
Pei Hening looked up and saw that some players had jumped into the river.
She looked at the thin layer of ice on the riverbank; the water was very cold.
"Will I be able to catch any fish if I jump in? I feel the fish in the river are very cunning."
Pei Hening heard the female player next to him sigh and looked away. At this moment, everyone was showing off their unique abilities, and the rules didn't say anything about catching them in the river!
The float moved, and she quickly reeled in the line.
The small black fish she caught weighed 1.2 pounds, making it the heaviest fish she caught today!
The scales shimmered with a dazzling light, like polished gems, and the fins were as thin as cicada wings, making it almost dreamlike in its beauty.
She took the fish off the hook and cast the line again.
She held the little black fish in her hand and admired it; it was so beautiful!
Just as she was tossing the small fish into the fish bucket, a yellow cat suddenly appeared. The arrogant, bald orange cat, carrying a small black fish in its mouth, looked down at Pei Hening with disdain and walked away with its head held high.
Pei Hening chased after him, trying to snatch it back: "Robber! Give me back my fish!"
If the fish hadn't been so heavy, the little orange cat would have taken it, but it weighed a pound and two ounces!
The little orange cat ran even faster.
[WeChat steps are zero] One second I was marveling at how she got on that big truck, the next I watched helplessly as it was snatched away...