Chapter 467: Chapter 467

"Yo, who was just babbling here about... Can it really be solved by changing the fishing rod and location?" Li Lipo watched as a fish was about to bite, feeling so thrilled!

Wang Fujun chuckled, "That wasn’t me saying that. I haven’t even finished speaking. Steady now, it’s biting! Quick, quick, quick, don’t dawdle, get it!"

Old man One and Old man Two from the Air Force finally managed to catch a palm-sized little fish amid their fuss.

"Ah, a good start! I’ll keep pushing through and catch a big one!" Li Lipo hurriedly took out his phone, found the perfect angle using perspective principles to make the little fish appear several sizes bigger, and then cheerfully posted it on his social media.

This was the first fish he caught with his own true skill in nearly six months since joining the fishing circle. Size didn’t matter; it had to be commemorated well!

"You promised you’d let me have a go once you caught one!" Wang Fujun was anxious to see Li Lipo wasn’t willing to yield the lucky spot.

Jiang Yuan saw the two old men behaving like kids, worried they’d start fighting, and proposed, "How about you try here?" while catching a big carp.

Wang Fujun turned his head, his eyes widening with his presbyopic spectacle, "Little Jiang, I get it now. This fish nest seems to be following you, right? Come, let me bask in your luck too!"

"No way, dude, you’re amazing!" Wu Yegen, who witnessed the entire scene, couldn’t help but give a thumbs up, "Could you be the reincarnation of the Dragon King? Why do fish seem to bite wherever you go?"

Seated at the far left, Jiang Yuan simply smiled without saying a word.

Fishing is one of the original skills in the system, initially meant for basic tasks in the Wilderness with little use. Who would’ve thought the skills upgraded there would be so effective and enjoyable here!

Sure enough, Wang Fujun soon followed suit, catching a little fish with Jiang Yuan close by as luck.

But then, the two old men went silent, simply staring as Jiang Yuan added lively colors to their bucket.

"Little Jiang, shall we swap spots?"

"Hey, Little Jiang, wanna sit over here?"

"Come on, let’s swap again..."

The three of them kept changing spots by the river every few minutes, and with Jiang Yuan’s fishing skill as backup, the two old men managed to catch a fish or two with their newfound momentum.

Time quickly passed until it was time to go home for lunch. Li Lipo eagerly pulled out his phone to invite, "Little Jiang, let’s add each other on WeChat, shall we? When are you coming back for more fishing?"

"Indeed, indeed. Whenever you come or go elsewhere to fish, give us a heads-up." Wang Fujun also cheerfully held his phone, ready to add as a friend, "Next time, the three of us will fish together again!"

Jiang Yuan thought about going to "Thunder Tiger Esports," as Wu Yegen mentioned it, to check it out this afternoon. If it really was a dishonest business, he’d consider applying for a job, letting Qi Deqiang taste the bitterness of failure.

"I have something this afternoon. How about tomorrow at six in the evening?" After all, even if the application was successful, he didn’t want to exhaust himself in the internet cafe. Going home in the evening to rest with some fishing for relaxation sounded pretty nice. Find the newest release on novel{f}ire.net

"It’s settled then! If plans change, remember to let us know!"

"What a joyful fishing day today. Little Jiang, bring us along again next time!"

Seeing the bucket filled to the brim with big fish, along with the two old men excitedly taking pictures and videos to post on social media, Wu Yegen admired, "They say a unique skill eats the world, and indeed having expertise makes all the difference! Buddy, finding someone to chat with isn’t easy; when you have time, come talk to me, okay?"

He pointed to the northeast direction and said, "I live at Min’an Garden, building 4, unit 2, apartment 1901. On cloudy, rainy days, when they don’t go fishing, I’m usually at home."

Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement, then bid farewell to the elders before carrying his fishing rod and bucket up onto the sightseeing boat to head home.

[Chuci: My dear brother, you said you couldn’t fish! I saw you post on social media. Damn, where did you go fishing? Quickly tell me the divine spot; I want to catch a dozen-pound big silver carp too!]

Taking a picture and casually posting on social media, Chuci’s message immediately came in asking, aside from the likes, there were several inquiries about where he went fishing.

He simply replied uniformly, and conveniently posted the picture of Uncle Li holding a fish in front of the stone monument at Binjiang Park, to save from further questions.

"Having fun fishing and posting photos on social media, what about you two?" Jiang Yuan, not having slaughtered fish before, pondered for awhile and decided to temporarily keep the two fish in a big basin until Yang Hongye got off work and asked her if she knew how to handle them.

After lunch and a nap, he woke up to take out the medicine powder grounded at Mill from the Storage Bag, mixing it to prepare for making Medicinal Incense.

Besides the currently popular Sleeping Incense and Night Delight, Medicinal Incense actually comes in various kinds.

Take today’s new acquaintance, Uncle Li—a medical guru trying to uphold dignity with a strong hairstyle, yet still powerless against his hair-loss issue—using hair-growing Medicinal Incense to nourish his kidneys and energy for a while, reclaiming lustrous hair isn’t a dream.

Of course, Medicinal Incense with solid ingredients isn’t cheap.

For instance, most people nowadays want the zero-side-effect weight loss product—cleansing Medicinal Incense—mainly nurturing the spleen and stomach to boost metabolism, thus swiftly excreting excess fat absorbed in the body, along with beauty whitening and freckle-removal Medicinal Incense, among others.

Making some of each, hoping once the market opens to earn a bit more money, who’d mind having extra cash?

Busy until mid-afternoon, Jiang Yuan let the prepared incense dough ferment, then set off driving towards Thunder Tiger Esports in Jinxiu Li neighborhood, deliberately parking his luxury car far away to avoid revealing his identity before walking over.

"Long-term hiring for internet administrators?" A half-fresh recruiting sign hung outside the stylish and avant-garde internet cafe, leaving a phone number below, not seeing any recruitment for game grinding workers, making him uncertain about Wu Yegen’s intelligence.

While hesitating there, the door of the internet cafe suddenly swung open, and a tall, strong, dark-skinned man wearing a gold chain cursed as he pushed out a college-aged guy, "Told you countless times, you can’t even complete internship tasks, living here for over twenty days without me billing you accommodation fees, where’s your salary? Get going, hurry up!"

"But it wasn’t what you said when I applied!" The boy angrily responded, his neck turning red as he pushed up his heavy glasses frame, stammering, "This is fraud! I’ll call the police and have you arrested!"

Qi Deqiang sneered amusedly, "Kiddo, I’m standing right here waiting for you to call the cops. Go on, damn! You’re so slow at work, creating no value at all; why would I keep you? Come on, go ahead, call the cops now, I wanna see which side they’ll support when they show up!"

As the two pushed and argued loudly, nearby shop owners clearly had grown accustomed, the sausage vendor, having no customers, munched seeds while whispering to the convenience store owner, "You think today’s guy will call the cops?"

The other reclined with feet up, scoffed, "Call my foot! Not sure where Qi Delong Dongqiang finds so many softies. Almost a year now, surprisingly, none truly furious enough to stab him twice."

"Oh wow, listen to you!" His partner’s voice rose a smidge, "Who’s going to risk their future over a measly month of wages for a piece of trash? At most, they’ll report to gather evidence, or expose that scumbag online."

The convenience store owner chuckled, "This shows how a bold thinker differs from a timid one. If it were me, damn dare to scam me as a fool, I’d have to drag him to see how dark his own heart is!"

"So that’s why people like you aren’t wanted for jobs. Last month, I heard Qi Delong Dongqiang makes a solid five to six thousand just squeezing free labor monthly."

"Five to six thousand is the minimum; I guess it’s close to ten thousand! Count it up yourself; there are typically four to five free strong workers on his second floor, right? Even after spending for minor profits in the internet cafe, each is aiming for over ten thousand monthly.

Their agreement commission is under fifty percent anyway, reaching over ten grand, doesn’t he actually earn two to three grand per worker? Just with a minimum of four people, each earning two grand, Qi’s earning eight thousand gutless money without spending a dime!"

"Tsk-tsk, without revealing too much, imagine the earnings! No wonder there’s always some uproar, yet he carries on as usual, with no contract or evidence, reported disputes ending with no outcome, profiting at no cost!"