Night Fishing Challenge

Inside the farmhouse private room, they had eaten and drunk their fill.

Taking advantage of the alcohol, Liu Chenhu brought up the topic of having children.

After hearing this, Su Bai didn't feel awkward at all; instead, he laughed heartily.

"Uncle Liu, don't worry. Chenyang's body has been conditioned very well now. We know what we are doing regarding having a child, and I promise you'll get to hold a chubby grandson soon." Su Bai picked up his teacup, toasting Liu Chenhu with tea instead of wine.

Receiving Su Bai's guarantee, Liu Chenhu's weather-beaten old face immediately bloomed into a smile. He slapped his thigh repeatedly and said it was great.

The meal ended with both host and guest thoroughly enjoying themselves.

After clearing the leftovers, the farmhouse boss brought over two cups of strong tea for digestion.

Liu Chenhu leaned back in his chair, puffing away on a special-supply cigarette. His gaze passed through the floor-to-ceiling glass, looking at the reservoir shrouded in the night outside.

The moonlight was excellent tonight. The bright moonlight spilled over the wide water surface, rippling with layers of silver light.

Looking at this body of water, Liu Chenhu's fingers holding the cigarette paused, and a flash of fanatic fighting spirit suddenly crossed his eyes.

"Su Bai, now that we've eaten and drunk our fill, do you dare to accompany this old man to cast a few lines?" Liu Chenhu blew a smoke ring and turned to look at Su Bai, his tone carrying a bit of provocation.

Su Bai raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

He certainly knew that Liu Chenhu was a veteran angler, and the two had sparred a few times before. But those few times, relying on his extraordinary reaction speed and luck, Su Bai had utterly defeated this real estate tycoon, leaving Liu Chenhu depressed for days.

"Uncle Liu, have you forgotten the pain before the scar even healed?" Su Bai's mouth curled into a wicked smile, mercilessly exposing his past failure. "Last time at East Lake, you didn't even catch a single minnow. In the end, you had to take my fish to show Chenyang."

Hearing this, Liu Chenhu's old face flushed red. He suddenly sat up straight and crushed his cigarette butt into the ashtray.

"Bullshit! Last time I just didn't judge the wind direction properly and picked the wrong spot!" Liu Chenhu glared, raising his voice unyieldingly. "Today is different! This Tianrong Mountain Reservoir is my secret base! I've dumped over a million into making nests in this reservoir. I can figure out exactly how many big fish are underwater with my eyes closed!"

The more Liu Chenhu spoke, the more excited he got. He stood straight up and pointed to a hidden backwater bay of the reservoir outside the window.

"See over there? That's my exclusive night fishing spot! I absolutely never take outsiders there normally. I'm putting my words out there today: at this spot, if I don't fish so well that it makes you doubt your life, I'll write my name backward!"

Seeing Liu Chenhu so eager to wipe away his past humiliation, Su Bai secretly found it amusing.

However, Su Bai also thought it was a good idea.

In the fishing circle, if an old angler is willing to share his top-secret resource spots, it means he truly considers you a close buddy with whom he can talk about anything. Not to mention, this was his future father-in-law.

"Alright, Uncle Liu. Since you're contributing your ultimate treasured spot, I'll risk my life to accompany the gentleman today." Su Bai stood up and stretched his muscles. "Let's go. Let me see this secret spot of yours."

The two acted immediately. The farmhouse boss was already used to Liu Chenhu's style. He quickly called a few workers to carry bags of top-tier fishing gear and lead the way with strong flashlights.

Passing through a dense reed marsh, the group arrived at a backwater bay deep within the reservoir.

The terrain here was flat, the water flow was gentle, and the surroundings were full of aquatic plants. It was indeed a superb natural fish nest.

As soon as Liu Chenhu arrived, his entire aura changed, as if he were a general about to step onto the battlefield. He skillfully directed the workers to set up the fishing platforms and position the night fishing lights.

"Su Bai, today I'll let you see what professional means." Liu Chenhu opened his custom fishing box worth over a hundred thousand and took out a carbon fiber pole. "This is a top-tier Daiwa black pit rod I specifically had someone bring back from Japan. Paired with my exclusive secret fermented corn bait, tonight, we are targeting the big ones!"

Compared to Liu Chenhu's fully armed, professional stance, Su Bai appeared extremely casual.

He casually picked a handy long rod from the public fishing gear brought by the workers, grabbed a handful of the most ordinary commercial bait, and unhurriedly sat down on the fishing chair.

"Uncle Liu, with this fishing thing, no matter how good the gear is, it still depends on whether the fish underwater give you face." Su Bai said casually while mixing the bait.

"Hmph, just keep being stubborn. I'll see how you cry later!" Liu Chenhu snorted coldly. Brimming with confidence, he grabbed a baiting spoon and accurately tossed a large, pungent ball of chum into the water.

Splash! Splash!

The chum hit the water, splashing up a few drops.

Liu Chenhu hooked his bait, gripped the rod with both hands, and gave it a fierce flick. The fishing line drew a beautiful arc in the air and landed precisely in the center of the chummed spot.

The luminous float stood steadily on the water surface, emitting a faint green light.

"Alright, everything is ready. Just waiting for the float to sink." Liu Chenhu lit a cigarette, took a satisfying puff, and stared fixedly at the water surface, looking like victory was already in his grasp.

Su Bai smiled and didn't say anything, simply tossing his kneaded bait ball into the water casually.

The moment the bait hit the water, a thought stirred in Su Bai's mind.

"Fishing (Master Level), activate!"

In an instant, a wondrous perceptive power spread out from Su Bai, traveling down the fishing line straight into the dark depths of the water.

The Master Level fishing skill was not just the pinnacle of technique; it also gave Su Bai an underwater perception almost like radar. He could clearly feel the direction of the water currents, the terrain at the bottom, and could even detect the swimming trajectories of the surrounding schools of fish.

In Su Bai's perception, the heavy chum spot Liu Chenhu had set up indeed attracted quite a few fish, but most were just average-sized crucian carp and common carp. The real giants were lurking in the deep water zone more than ten meters away from the spot, watching vigilantly.

Su Bai slightly adjusted the angle of his fishing rod. Using masterful line-control techniques, he made the bait present an extremely natural falling state underwater, drifting right toward that deep water zone.

Time ticked by, minute by minute.

Over on Liu Chenhu's side, the luminous float would occasionally bob up and down a few times, but it was just small fish disturbing the nest. A real bite never appeared.

"That's strange. Why are the bites so light today?" Liu Chenhu muttered, frowning slightly.

Just as he spoke, Su Bai's luminous float suddenly sank violently, disappearing completely under the water!

"It's here!"

Su Bai's eyes focused, and with a sharp flick of his wrist, he instantly hooked the fish!

Buzz!

The fishing line instantly snapped taut, emitting a teeth-grinding sound of slicing through the water. The originally straight fishing rod bent into a full bow in a flash, and the tip of the rod was pulled straight down into the water!

"Holy crap! A giant!"

The farmhouse boss beside them cried out in shock, his eyes practically bulging out.

Liu Chenhu was also startled by the massive commotion, and the cigarette in his hand dropped to the ground. He whipped his head around, looking at Su Bai's rod bent into an exaggerated arc, and drew in a sharp breath.

"This... this commotion, it's at least twenty or thirty pounds and up!" Liu Chenhu's voice trembled slightly, his face full of disbelief. "You kid didn't even chum the water, how could you hook a monster right away?!"

Su Bai had no time to pay attention to Liu Chenhu's shock.

The behemoth underwater erupted with terrifying power, diving madly towards the deep water, trying to snap the fishing line. If it were an ordinary person, the line would have been cut and the fish lost immediately, or they might have even been dragged into the water along with the rod.

But who was Su Bai?

He was a monster with 160 points of physique, breaking through the limits of human physiology!

"Trying to run? Get back here!"

Su Bai snorted coldly, the muscles in his arms bulging instantly like twisted steel rebars. He didn't even stand up, just sitting steadily on the fishing chair, gripping the rod tightly with both hands, forcefully resisting the violent pull from underwater.

"Bang!"

The dirt under Su Bai's feet was directly stomped into two deep pits.

Master-level fish control skills combined with inhuman terrifying strength gave Su Bai absolute dominance in the process of fighting the fish. He constantly used the elasticity of the rod to neutralize the big fish's collisions, sometimes letting out line, sometimes tightening it, keeping the giant underwater firmly in his grasp.

He fought the fish for a full ten minutes.

The resistance underwater finally began to weaken.

"Landing net! Hurry up and get the landing net!" The farmhouse boss trembled with excitement, hastily grabbing the oversized landing net from his helper's hands and rushing to the water's edge.

As Su Bai exerted his strength for the last upward pull, the water surface suddenly exploded with a huge splash.

A huge, giant bighead carp covered with black and white stripes was forcefully dragged out of the water!

"Splash!"

The bighead carp struggled desperately on the surface, its huge tail slapping the water, splashing droplets everywhere.

"My God! This... this thing is a monster!"

Looking at the bighead carp, which was nearly a meter long and had an incredibly huge head, the farmhouse boss backed away in fright, almost dropping the landing net in his hands.

Liu Chenhu was completely dumbfounded. He stared dead at the giant bighead carp, his mouth open wide enough to fit a duck egg, his eyes almost popping out.

"This... this freaking thing must be over fifty pounds?!" Liu Chenhu's scalp tingled, feeling that his entire worldview had been overturned. He had fished in this reservoir for so many years and had never seen such a huge bighead carp!

Su Bai's expression remained unchanged. With a sudden burst of strength in his arms, he pulled the fifty-plus-pound giant bighead carp directly to the shore.

The farmhouse boss quickly rushed forward with a few helpers. It took them a Herculean effort to barely haul this giant onto the shore with the landing net.

The giant bighead carp lay on the grass, still rolling around, its huge mouth opening and closing, looking extremely visually striking.

The whole scene was dead silent.

Everyone was so shocked by Su Bai's terrifying fishing skills and astonishing strength that they couldn't speak.

Liu Chenhu looked at the huge bighead carp on the ground, then looked at his motionless luminous float on the water. His old face flushed red, wishing he could find a hole in the ground to hide in.

What happened to wiping away his previous humiliation? What happened to the secret fishing spot?

This was simply sticking his face out for Su Bai to slap!

"Uncle Liu, thanks for letting me win." Su Bai put down his fishing rod, brushed the bait residue off his hands, walked up to the giant bighead carp, and nodded in satisfaction.

The head of this bighead carp was extremely large, and the meat was incredibly plump. It was definitely a premium ingredient for making steamed fish head with diced hot red peppers.

"Boss," Su Bai turned to look at the farmhouse boss who was still in a daze, and said with a smile, "Process this fish and get ready to make a steamed fish head with diced hot red peppers on the spot. We'll have it for our late-night snack."