19: Always two body lengths

“What the heck, a little yellow rod and little yellow reel???”

The Lure Fishing Anglers who ran over looked at the scene before them, feeling like their brains were filled with water, their thoughts grinding to a halt.

Everyone present had gear costing thousands of yuan, but now, someone holding a 200 yuan beginner set had caught the Alligator Gar.

“Splash~” The Alligator Gar struggled violently, instantly splashing up a large sheet of water in the shallow river channel. The sound of the intense splashing woke up the Lure Fishing Anglers who had gathered around.

One by one, they took out their phones, gathered on both sides of the river channel, and started recording videos.

“Mei Hong, what are you doing? Get back here!”

A loud shout came from the TV Station van. The supervisor's voice sounded somewhat annoyed.

The Lure Fishing Anglers had formed a circle, consciously leaving a space for Gao Xiaofan to operate. The only people in the open area were Gao Xiaofan and Zhao Yuling, who was holding her phone and constantly seeking the right angle behind him. At that moment, a woman, visibly excited, rushed into the circle with her phone—it was Mei Hong.

Mei Hong froze when she heard her supervisor's voice. Seeing the frowning looks of the people nearby, she sheepishly retreated to stand next to her supervisor.

“Supervisor, this is such great footage...”

The supervisor calmly interrupted Mei Hong's next words.

“Oh, isn't Little Zhao already filming? Don't butt in.”

Mei Hong's face paled, but then she remembered how Zhao Yuling had foolishly spent money to buy data, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Once Zhao Yuling was fired by the company, she could use this footage however she wanted.

Thinking this, Mei Hong handed her phone to an assistant nearby, leaned against the van, and started drinking water.

More and more people heard the commotion—community residents, property security guards—some carrying basins, some wrenches and hammers, and others nets. It seemed the Alligator Gar wouldn't survive this time.

Gao Xiaofan ignored the growing crowd around him, gripping the little yellow rod firmly and controlling the line release speed. The spool held 100 meters of line, but a section had been cut previously, leaving only eighty-plus meters now.

If the spool were emptied, there would be only one result: the line breaking and the fish getting away.

However, all of this was within Gao Xiaofan's expectations. If they were in the Jiangze Lake River, his little yellow rod would just be a decoration, but they were currently in a small river channel.

The audience in the livestream room was discussing excitedly.

“The little yellow rod really hooked the fish, but how is he going to land it?”

Nickname: Turtle Hitting King: “This Alligator Gar is basically not going to escape. Don't worry about the reel and rods; everyone should look at the terrain.”

“??? What do you mean? Explain, expert.”

Nickname: Turtle Hitting King: “Normally, people tire out the fish, but actually, the fish can also tire out the person. I think Brother Wo Zi must have anticipated this, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen the little yellow rod to Lure Fish the Alligator Gar.”

Nickname: Turtle Hitting King: “The Streamer just mentioned that this river channel is 2 kilometers long, but there are no obstacles beside it, and it's only about a meter deep. Brother Wo Zi can completely run with the fish. Once the fish gets tired, everything will naturally fall into place.”

Nickname: Turtle Hitting King: “However, this puts a lot of pressure on the line knot. After all, the Alligator Gar has teeth, and long-term abrasion could easily cause the line to break at the leader.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Xiaofan shot out like a sharp arrow, and the surrounding Lure Fishing Anglers quickly cleared a path.

Gao Xiaofan was indeed thinking exactly this: if people could tire out fish, fish could naturally tire out people. It was simply a contest of endurance.

As for the leader line, Gao Xiaofan hadn't tied one at all. Using eight-strand PE line, he simply tied a four-loop Lei Qiang Knot again. The section of line holding the lure was half the thickness of a pinky finger. If the Alligator Gar wanted to break it, it would have to grind its teeth down first.

Zhao Yuling watched the bullet screen while closely observing the man in front of her. When she saw the explanation from someone who seemed to be a fishing expert in the comments, she kept her focus on Gao Xiaofan.

Seeing Gao Xiaofan shoot out like a sharp arrow, she immediately followed, running with her short skirt fluttering, consistently staying two body lengths behind Gao Xiaofan.

The phone, mounted on a gimbal, kept Gao Xiaofan framed in the livestream room's lens. Beads of sweat rolling down his profile and the serious set of his lips were displayed clearly to the audience.

Intentional Punch: “Was that the girl from earlier who was filming?”

Strong Hand Cracks Skull: “To be honest, I'm a little surprised.”

First-Class Competitive Fishing Master Yu Weibao: “The view is locked on very well. This is professional work.”

Online ID: “She's a reporter. That's what she does professionally.”

The number of people in the livestream room continued to soar. Zhao Yuling's seamless follow-up filming, maintaining a consistent distance of two body lengths, continuously attracted new viewers.

The number of viewers in the livestream room instantly skyrocketed from 120,000 to 400,000.

The supervisor, holding his phone, ran breathlessly behind them, looking at the data while muttering excitedly to himself.

“We've hit the trending list! The platform is giving us traffic. Oh my god.”

Truly hitting the trending list on the platform was rare. But this time, a perfect viral moment combined with Zhao Yuling's exquisite follow-up filming led the platform to give their station a trending spot for the first time.

Zhao Yuling was drenched in sweat, but her eyes were full of admiration as she looked at the serious expression of the man before her. At this moment, she wasn't thinking about work or getting promoted; she simply wanted to capture his figure on camera.

The Lure Fishing Anglers behind them were also jogging along, bustling and chatting amongst themselves.

“Manager Zhang, should we let our Security Team go into the water?” the community's security supervisor asked Zhang Run beside him.

Zhang Run shook his head.

Having stayed in the office here for the past two days, he rushed over immediately upon hearing that the fish had been caught.

He naturally knew he should immediately go into the water and kill the strange fish, or if it escaped, it would likely cause another problem.

However, when he took a video and sent it to his son, his son warned him.

“That's my friend. Don't go down there and kill the fish yourselves. I'm coming right away.”

Zhang Run was speechless. He knew that Anglers loved big catches and especially enjoyed tiring out the fish; his son often talked about these things at home, so how could he not know? He could only reluctantly give up the idea.

While running, Gao Xiaofan constantly kept his hand on the reel, immediately tightening the line whenever he felt it slacken slightly.

As for the UL Rods in his hand, they had been bent into a full moon arc ever since the fish was hooked.

Every time the Alligator Gar lunged out of the water, it drew gasps from the surrounding crowd and shock from the livestream room audience.

Nearly a meter long, its entire body was dark green, and its super-hard enamel scales gave onlookers a chill under the sunlight.

As he continued tiring out the fish, Gao Xiaofan's face darkened: a small arch bridge appeared in his sight.

The Alligator Gar in the water seemed to sense Gao Xiaofan's mood, bursting forth with another surge of strength, shooting out like a rocket.

Gao Xiaofan gritted his teeth and jumped down from the bank. He seemed to hear the gasps of the surrounding crowd. He glanced over and saw Zhao Yuling, sweating profusely and holding the gimbal, also jumping down from the bank. Standing in the water, she smiled radiantly, gazing at him infatuatedly.