Chapter 17: Valerie

The word reminded him of a memory when he was a child, fishing in the river with his grandfather. Remembering this made him smile. He finally decided to go fishing in this park. When he was in front of the rental tool shop, he suddenly stopped.

"Ouch I should have asked my wife for money." Ryan said with a bitter smile. To fish in this park, people need to rent fishing equipment.

Unable to do anything about it, he finally decided to see people fishing because it was free of charge.

Even though it was not a weekend, the largest park in the city was still teeming with crowds and anglers alike. Whether it was families, couples, seniors, all of them visited this park, especially seniors who spent their daily lives fishing.

While he was looking at people fishing, Ryan found a very beautiful woman. At this moment, Ryan's eyes were completely fixed on her.

A pair of white legs hanging on the edge of the lake with smooth thighs made Ryan stunned to see her. The woman was wearing hot pants that accentuated her long, white legs. Ryan's eyes focused on around the thigh. When the woman moved a little, he could see the color of underwear she was wearing.

From her fashion sense, Ryan understood that this woman was fond of fashion. At the top she wore atheme Cropped Top with a blouse. She wanted to accentuate her flat stomach and sexy figure. What's more, her large chest was the highlight of the man's eyes.

"Wow, this woman is so beautiful." Ryan said to himself.

Her blonde hair and small lips exerted her youth. Her curvy lashes continued to tremble, her lips seemed to be whistling and her eyes were serious as she watched her fishing rod intently. Seeing how beautiful this woman was, Ryan wanted to take a closer look.

The woman did not realize Ryan's existence because she was still focused on the fishing rod. The fishing rod had been vibrating so that she felt a fish was hooked. When she lifted her fishing rod, there were no fish at all.

Ryan smiled when he saw her. Fishing was very difficult. Moreover, ordinary people who used techniques like that wouldn't be able to bait the fish.

At this time, an elderly voice beside him said, "Hey you! How can you fish like that "

After that voice was heard, other voices followed, "That's right, you can't fish like that!"

"The woman is not fishing, she is just playing with the fish." People began to throw sarcasm at her.

"If you continue like that, you will disturb us other fishermen!"

Valerie, who heard the sarcasm, was terrified. She just wanted to relax by fishing in this park, why did these seniors look so serious?

Gaining the momentum made the elderly who started this become more vocal, "I don't know where you're from, but if you don't intend to take fishing seriously and are just playing around, you better stop."

Valerie was embarrassed by this old man's words. What's wrong with him? She just wanted to relax while fishing and enjoy this relaxed atmosphere.

���Don't mind her, Mr. Dave. It's only natural that women don't know how to fish. Moreover, she is still so young." Mr. Dave's friend said.

"Hey, I'm telling you, the problem is she is sitting next to me. She would only chase away the fish at this rate. You want me to eat pebbles today?" Old man Dave sounded very angry, "I can't fish properly since morning, it must be because of this girl!"

"You're good at saying that because you have got 5 fish, from the morning I knew my hook was not touched at all. After hearing this you still want to defend this girl?"

Then the gaze of the old man Dave turned to Valerie, "Since you can't fish, why are you fishing?"

Valerie was completely embarrassed and in tears. After calming down for a while she said, "I'm sorry, I'll go and find another place."

"Go away! I'm telling you, if you keep fishing like that you won't get anything and will only be a nuisance to other people!"

Valerie cried again, "Then I'll stop fishing ...."

Old man Dave nodded his head, "That's good. Don't bother other people anymore."

When Valerie was about to leave her seat, a hand held her shoulder.

"Who says people can't fish with a technique like this?"

Valerie turned and saw Ryan who had come to defend her. Ryan then whispered it so that she would stay put and not give in to the old man's words.

"Young man, you speak carelessly." Old man Dave saw Ryan who appeared beside Valerie with an unpleasant face, "That girl from there teased the fish and made us lose the fish. Am I right, friends?"

The person who was on Valerie's left nodded slowly, "Miss, you should just move so that we can fish properly."

"Nonsense! This lake is for everyone and the fish in it are everyone's right. If you don't get any fish why do you blame this girl not the fish?"

"Hey kid, I've been fishing for over 20 years and you think I don't know what factor keeps fish from biting my hook?"

Valerie became more afraid to be here and wanted to leave immediately. But Ryan's hand still held her and she saw Ryan's face full of confidence, her face flushed red.

Ryan did not respond to the old man's words. He knew that actions matter more than words.

Sitting behind Valerie's back, Ryan helped her to fish back to the way she was before, by wagging the hook back and forth.

Seeing that the two young people did not care about him, the old man Dave felt disgusted, "Okay, I'll stop fishing for today. I'll see how you can fish with such a technique. Without the help of ghosts or genies, don't expect to get anything."

The person to Valerie's left was also annoyed by them, "You young people, they think they know everything. You guys are just usually making a scene."

The people who fish in this lake have already stopped their activities and were paying attention to this drama from the start. Now they were curious about Ryan's figure who looked like a fool. They couldn't wait to embarrass him.

"Pffttt, that guy just wants to act cool in front of that woman. How could he possibly fish like that?"

"You are right. In all my fishing years, I have never seen anyone manage to fish in such an amateurish way."

"Isn't Mr. Dave the best fisherman in this park? How can that man be confident that he can beat the old man like that?"

Valerie started to get restless in Ryan's arms, but when she looked at Ryan's face, she felt her heart calm.

"If you can't get any fish today, don't ever come here again." Dave's old man then looked at Valerie, "And don't you ever sit next to me again in the future."

"What if I get fish?" Ryan's tone was calm. Apparently, his inner power had spread into the lake through the fishing hook.

"Can you? You think you're the god of fishing? It's even easier for the Marlin to find his son Nemo than for you to catch fish!" Hearing this joke, the audience laughed.

"All right, we'll see." Ryan said casually. Suddenly he grabbed Valerie's hand tightly and pulled back the fishing hook. Accompanied by Valerie's shout, a large fish emerged from the lake.

Old man Dave was completely dumbfounded when he saw the big fish that Ryan had caught. His face immediately turned ugly.

"What? Impossible!"

"Oh my God, apparently there is a fish that big here?"

"Really shrewd!"

The audience behind them immediately cheered. For the first time, they saw a fish that big had been lured into this lake.

Valerie felt very happy in her heart. She managed to prove that her fishing method wasn't wrong thanks to this guy's help.

Ryan was still flat-faced as he took the fish from his hook. Then he immediately put it back into the lake. In a few seconds, he caught the big fish again.

"Crazy! Only seconds!"

"God ... Really! Oh god!"

Old man Dave and his friend were really shocked, they looked at each other and were amazed. They saw that in less than 30 seconds, Ryan threw the hook and he had caught a fish that was as big as the first one. They felt that these fish must be in a trance because they foolishly wanted to be caught by Ryan.

All the spectators continued to cheer when Ryan managed to fish one by one.

"Crazy ... The fish in this lake have all gone crazy!" Old man Dave could only mutter to himself.

"Hey, if you look carefully, aren't these fish already like queuing to be pulled?"

Hearing this, Dave's old man breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that it was not only him who thought like that. He already thought himself crazy when he saw the fish like he was waiting for Ryan's hook just like that. Every time the hook went into the water, a fish was sure to bite the hook within seconds.

This incident made everyone confused. Ryan was not looking for fish with his hook —the fish were looking for Ryan's hook!

Old man Dave thought that this man must be the incarnation of the god of fishing.

Ryan smiled seeing all this. He then released his grip on Valerie's hand and just walked away.

"Hey, am I crazy? I felt that the fish were deliberately coming towards the hook."

"This is the first time I've seen people fishing like that ... The world is really amazing!"