156: I can't see it!

The fishing situation at Fu River was okay, but it wasn't as wild as expected.

Li Yuer had been fishing for an hour and had only caught four Bream; they weren't very large, with the biggest weighing about half a kilogram.

Qiu Gu prepared the Bream and scored them with a cross-hatch pattern, while Gao Xiaofan marinated them with cooking wine, salt, ginger, and garlic.

The number of people in the livestream room was exceptionally high today. The hype for the Kings Battle had been slowly dying down, but Li Yuer's appearance today suddenly got all those old creeps excited.

Female fishing Streamers were already rare, and beautiful ones were even rarer.

Now that one with top-tier looks and figure had appeared, the group of Anglers were completely holed up in the livestream room and refused to leave, keeping the viewer count steady at 200,000.

Gao Xiaofan stared at the bullet chat with a dark expression, feeling more and more like his livestream room was becoming less and less wholesome.

He shook his head, heated some oil in a pan, and gently placed the marinated Bream inside. As they sizzled, he waited for one side to fry. Instead of using a spatula, he grabbed the fish by the tail and flipped it over gently.

As the golden-brown side of the fish emerged, Gao Xiaofan swallowed hard.

He quite liked eating fish, but since Qiu Gu's cooking skills were subpar, he hadn't had any in a long time.

Today, he definitely had to make some braised Bream!

For braised fish to be delicious, the body must be fried well first; otherwise, the fish will easily fall apart during the braising process.

Once all four fish were fried, Gao Xiaofan added a bit more oil and asked Qiu Gu to unwrap a small square of hotpot base. They had bought it earlier but hadn't used it until now.

After sautéing the hotpot base until fragrant, he poured two bottles of beer directly into the pot and then carefully placed the fried fish inside.

After covering the pot, he walked over to Li Yuer and called her down.

"Li Yuer, let me fish for a while. You go keep an eye on the fish and interact with the viewers while you're at it~"

Li Yuer pursed her lips, jumped down from the fishing platform, and looked at Gao Xiaofan.

"Can't you call me something else?"

"Call you 'Dad'?" Gao Xiaofan jumped onto the fishing platform and plopped down on the Fishing Box.

"Get lost~"

Gao Xiaofan looked at the water and smiled. Dammit, Sister Yuer thought her nickname made her sound old. He had planned to call her Little Yu, but that sounded too much like Little Yu, so he quickly buried that idea.

The rod this time was one Li Yuer had brought, a Chuangwei Way. Gao Xiaofan was familiar with it; if you were talking about the most beginner-friendly rods, there were definitely two.

One was Company and the other was Fishing Rod Brand.

Both offered great value for money, and most importantly, they provided free replacement sections. These two points alone saved beginners a lot of extra expenses.

Because when beginners first start fishing, the rod tips are very easy to break—whether while retracting the rod or accidentally hitting a tree branch.

Gao Xiaofan himself had broken his three times in the first month, and every time he contacted customer service, they sent a replacement without a word.

The Chuangwei Way was a direct competitor to the a specific fishing rod model, and Li Yuer's was also 6.3 meters long.

Gao Xiaofan stood up and slowly swung the rod, then cast it. The corn bait and the float splashed into the baited spot.

Since his left arm had undergone the Sword Nourishing, he hadn't seemed to use a 6.3-meter rod.

He shook his head and focused on the float; he needed to grind for yun jian value while he could.

The fish in Fu River weren't like those in a Fishing Ground, which could be 'slippery.' In these wild fishing conditions, their bites were very aggressive.

Only a few minutes after casting, Gao Xiaofan saw the float on the surface suddenly vanish—a black float.

He jerked the rod up sharply, immediately releasing the tension once the tip cleared the water, and slowly pulled it up at a 70-degree angle.

Hearing the commotion behind her, Li Yuer also came over with the Gimbal.

"Many beginners like to jerk the rod violently when the float goes under. Sometimes they miss, and their whole body stumbles."

"Setting the hook does require a sharp pull, but the moment the rod tip leaves the water, you must stabilize and ease off the force. Some large fish can easily snap the line, and more importantly, missing the fish can make you fall over."

Li Yuer's crisp voice came from the shore.

"Recently, Brother Wo Zi's hook set was very standard. That amount of force is enough to drive the hook firmly into the fish's mouth."

Qiu Gu, meanwhile, carefully jumped onto the fishing platform holding the Landing Net.

"Whoa, this one's big! Quack quack quack~" Gao Xiaofan happily raised an eyebrow at Li Yuer, who was standing on the shore.

Once the fish was netted, Gao Xiaofan held it up to show the viewers in the livestream room.

"A pot-lid Bream~ must be at least a kilogram~"

Hearing the system notification for yun jian value +1, Gao Xiaofan satisfyingly put the fish into the keepnet and jumped down from the fishing platform.

"You fish~ I'm going to check on my braised Bream~"

Li Yuer shook her head. Although she enjoyed fishing, she wasn't actually that addicted to it.

"Your fish smells too good~ I'm not in the mood to fish anymore."

Gao Xiaofan chuckled. After opening the lid, he used a spatula to continuously spoon the sauce over the fish.

When braising fish, don't move the body; using this method makes it easy for both sides to absorb the flavor.

Qiu Gu brought out a fishing chair and leaned back leisurely while smoking. Li Yuer stood quietly to the side with the Gimbal, interacting with the viewers from time to time.

Before long, the sauce thickened. Just as Gao Xiaofan was about to turn off the heat, a loud roar from the roadside nearly made him drop his spatula in fright~

"Brother Wo Zi!!!"

The three of them turned around and looked toward the source of the sound in terror.

A Prado pulled up next to their car, and several burly men got out, looking excited.

Gao Xiaofan was just about to bolt when he heard a muffled voice.

"What are you shouting for? Don't scare Brother Wo Zi~ Brother Wo Zi, we're your fans!"

The four burly men walked over with an imposing air, and Gao Xiaofan awkwardly greeted them while still holding his spatula.

"Hello, big brothers..."

The leader was a middle-aged man who walked up to Gao Xiaofan and gave him a simple, honest smile.

"I am the Commander of the Wo Zi Army's Independent Regiment!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another roar came as another middle-aged man jumped out, looking agitated.

"I am the Second Battalion Commander of the Wo Zi Army's Independent Regiment!"

Then came one shout after another, making Gao Xiaofan tremble uncontrollably.

"I am the Cavalry Company Commander of the Wo Zi Army's Independent Regiment!"

"I am Pillar of the Wo Zi Army's Independent Regiment's Italian Cannon!"

Good grief, even the Italian Cannon is here.

"Waaaah, Brother Wo Zi, we've had such a hard time chasing you! We were going to H City, but then you ran off to Yuchuan. By the time we got to Yuchuan, you were in Chacheng. When we headed there, you came to Jiangcheng..."

The one called Second Battalion Commander looked deeply aggrieved.

"Why bring up such embarrassing things? Did you hear the Company Commander say anything? Did Pillar say anything?"

The middle-aged man called the Regiment Commander said in a muffled voice, while the nearby Company Commander and Pillar the Italian Cannon nodded in agreement.

"Are you a fake fan or something?"

"Exactly, why are you the only one talking so much!"

"I'm the freaking driver! You three were either playing Fight the Landlord in the car or holed up in the back watching smutty movies!"

The Second Battalion Commander turned to Gao Xiaofan with a face full of grief and indignation.

"Brother Wo Zi, you have no idea! They were watching those movies with the volume cranked up, and waaaah, I couldn't see anything!"