Chapter 25

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

An hour later, everyone was done with the delicious meal.

It was already early in the morning. Other than Ye Chen, the rest of the fishing pros were all old men.

Although they lived nearby, they didn’t drink too much for safety reasons.

But even so, everyone was very happy.

Of course, Mr. Liao was not in a good mood.

Everyone said that they would have Ye Chen treat them to a big meal, but the meal only cost 30 for more than a dozen people.

In the end, everyone agreed to meet at Seyves Reservoir at 9 a.m. the next day.

When Mr. Liao left, many of the fishing pros even teased him and asked him to keep his promise and bring his granddaughter over to be Mr. Ye’s assistant.

“F*ck!” Mr. Liao rode his electric scooter and disappeared on the street with hatred.

Ye Chen lived on the outskirts of Jiang City, in an urban village near the river bank.

His house was a one-story house. Although the area of the house was not that small, there were not many things inside. Moreover, Ye Chen had tidied up the house very well.

After returning home, Ye Chen washed up and went to sleep.

…

At 6 a.m., Ye Chen had already packed up and left on his electric scooter. He didn’t bring any fishing gear.

The agreed meeting time with the fishing pros was 9 a.m.

Before heading over to the meeting place, Ye Chen was prepared to buy an agricultural tractor and new fishing gear.

However, Ye Chen didn’t know that alongside his fishing incident, a piece of shocking news had spread throughout Jiang City where he lived.

An anaconda, the largest snake among all the living snakes, was found near the luxurious Jinbao District in Jiang City.

The length of an adult anaconda ranged from five to ten meters, and its maximum weight could reach 240 to 300 kilograms.

Their main prey were land animals, such as rats and birds.

Moreover, anacondas that lived in tropical rainforests tended to be more aggressive.

Although it wasn’t known why an anaconda would appear in Jiang City, since it had already appeared, it needed to be kept under control.

Through working together with the estate management of the residential area, the police set up a cordon near the artificial lake overnight and pasted all kinds of warning signs around it.

At first, the people in the residential area thought that their reaction was too strong.

However, in the morning, a puppy owned by a resident in the neighborhood was attacked by the anaconda.

The owner had gone out to walk the dog in the morning without a leash. The small poodle had run to the lake and was swallowed by the giant snake that was dormant in the water.

After that, the anaconda dived to the bottom of the lake again and disappeared, and thescene happened to be captured on camera by one of the owners.

Instantly, let alone Jinbao District, even the residents living near Jinbao District were in fear.

The matter had also attracted the attention of the higher-ups in Jiang City.

In the morning, the higher-ups of Jiang City sent out a professional fishing fleet to catch the anaconda.

However, even after the fishing fleet sent three or four boats to patrol the artificial lake for nearly two to three hours and a few brave divers going directly into the lake to explore, they couldn’t even traces of the anaconda, let alone catch it.

Helpless, the fishing fleet could only send more manpower and set up a tighter isolation zone near the artificial lake.

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Meanwhile, in the naturally formed Seyves Reservoir in Jiang City, it was especially lively.

An innocent-looking girl wearing a fisherman’s hat looked at the fishing pros with urns at their feet with a shocked expression.

Her beautiful face was filled with confusion and astonishment.

What were they doing fishing with an urn? It felt too inauspicious.

When the girl first appeared here, she had already attracted the attention of many fishing pros on the shore.

Usually, the people who came to Seyves Reservoir to fish were either old men or middle-aged men. There were no young people at all.

Therefore, countless people’s gazes were attracted to the devastatingly beautiful girl who had suddenly appeared.

The girl was wearing a white dress, and her long black hair fell on her back like a waterfall.

Her tender-looking skin was fair and beautiful.

The girl’s name was Liao Xuexue. She was a second-year history major at Jiang University.

At university, many people called her the campus belle, but she didn’t like it.

The reason Xuexue came here was entirely because of her grandfather who loved fishing.

Mr. Liao, her grandfather, said that there was a fishing pro who needed an assistant. Moreover, the assistant was paid 200 a day for very simple tasks: helping to make a bait container, carry fishing buckets, do odd jobs, and so on.

According to Mr. Liao, he thought that the job would be a good opportunity for Xuexue to simultaneously earn money and have quality time together with him. Therefore, Mr. Liao recommended Xuexue to the fishing pro.

Even though 200 a day was a lot, Liao Xuexue’s family was not short of money. Besides, her family always argued with Mr. Liao over his addiction to fishing.

Even if she was a filial granddaughter, Xuexue was a little turned off by fishing. While Xuexue had decided to reject the offer, her grandfather told her that he had already promised the fishing pro and that it would only last for a week.

If Xuexue didn’t go, then Mr. Liao would be going back on his word.

The filial Xuexue had no choice but to agree to her grandfather’s request. That was why she had appeared at Seyves Reservoir today.

Because of Mr. Liao, although Xuexue didn’t like fishing, she still had some understanding of it. However, the scene before Xuexue had clearly stunned her.

At present, there were about 20 people fishing on the shore of Seyves Reservoir.

While others were sitting atop their fishing boxes or small stools, the dozen or so people around Xuexue’s grandfather and Xuexue’s grandfather himself all had eerie-looking urns at their feet. There were also incense papers, incense sticks, and even a few flower wreaths around them.

The scene had completely blown Xuexue’s mind.