Fishing Gives Me Ten Thousand Times Return: I Got The National Beauty On The First Day - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Is It Illegal to Fish?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Zhou Tao continued, “Since it was too dark, you unknowingly threw the rod toward the corpse. In short, these few incidents are a complete coincidence.”

At this point, Zhou Tao sighed and glanced at Ye Chen. “I don’t know if you’re lucky or not. There aren’t many corpses in the water. If you can even catch a corpse, why can’t you catch a fish?”

While Ye Chen had learned science facts from Zhou Tao, upon hearing Zhou Tao’s last line, Ye Chen could not help but feel depressed.

Zhou Tao was satisfied when he saw Ye Chen’s bitter expression, so he spoke to him earnestly. “Also, I’ll have to criticize you for not calling the police immediately after discovering the corpse, you brat. Actually not doing it because you were afraid that we’d disrupt your bait container, why are you so addicted to fishing? Even with your strong addiction, you still haven’t caught a single fish, have you? But you did catch a lot of other things, like rotten fish and corpses. That’s why, young man, you should find a job. That way, you won’t waste your youth.”

Looking at the young man’s twitching mouth, Zhou Tao was overjoyed at having made Ye Chen reflect on himself. After all, earlier, Zhou Tao had barely praised Ye Chen for not being materialistic and for having a high level of social awareness, yet the young man asked him about the reward the next second.

However, Zhou Tao meant well; he had a good impression of Ye Chen. After all, among the group of fishing pros, Ye Chen was the most special and was also the youngest; the other fishing pros were all old men in their fifties.

Zhou Tao simply thought that Ye Chen needed to keep his fishing addiction in check. There was nothing wrong with Ye Chen and the other fishing pros fishing to pass time, but Ye Chen didn’t contact the police after finding a corpse out of fear of disrupting his bait container. That implied an over-addiction to fishing.

When the group of people beside them heard Zhou Tao lecturing Ye Chen, their nervous expressions eased a lot.

It was normal for the discovery of a corpse to be a big deal. However, the process in which the corpse was discovered was too outrageous.

Nevertheless, the identity of the deceased was confirmed, and the possibility of a criminal offense was eliminated. The surrounding atmosphere became much less tense than it had been at the beginning.

As for Ye Chen, he didn’t think much of the situation.

Firstly, Ye Chen had always been very thick-skinned. After all, despite being known as a fishing streamer who hadn’t caught any fish for more than a month, Ye Chen didn’t log out of his account and didn’t stop live streaming.

Secondly, Zhou Tao was a police officer and had a kind disposition.

As long as Ye Chen received the promised 200,000, all was good.

About 15 minutes after Zhou Tao made a phone call, the family members who came to identify the body came over.

In the end, Zhou Tao’s deduction was correct. The body that Ye Chen found was indeed the middle-aged man who had accidentally fallen into the water and drowned 4 days ago.

Upon ascertaining the identity of the deceased, the bereaved family members cried their hearts out.

With the crying of the family members, the atmosphere by the river in Jiang City became sad.

The family members of the deceased were all immersed in sorrow and did not ask how the body had been found. They had no doubts about the fact that their loved one had fallen into the water by accident.

When they heard that Ye Chen was the one who had found the corpse, the deceased’s family members thanked him profusely. At the same time, they gave Ye Chen a reward of 200,000 as promised.

Although Ye Chen had received the 200,000, Ye Chen couldn’t feel happy when he saw the deceased being covered with a white cloth and carried into the car.

If the corpse hadn’t been found, the bereaved family members might have still held a glimmer of hope that their loved one was still alive.

However, now that they had identified the corpse, their glimmer of hope was destroyed.

Zhou Tao, the branch captain of Jiang City’s police station, noticed Ye Chen’s feelings and stepped forward to pat Ye Chen on the shoulder. “I thought you only cared about money. I didn’t expect you to have a heart of sympathy. Try to get over it. This is something we have to experience in life. You’re still so young, and you still have a long way ahead of you. If you have time to fish, why don’t you find a job? It’s better than you getting skunked every day.

“Sir, you even know the meaning of ‘getting skunked’?” Ye Chen was stunned.

In fact, “getting skunked” was a term commonly used by fishing pros. It meant not getting any catches and returning home empty-handed.

Ye Chen did not expect Captain Zhou to know the terminology that fishing pros used.

To Ye Chen’s surprise, Zhou Tao’s expression turned inexplicably sad.

Zhou Tao sighed. “I didn’t spend my time wisely when I was young, and now, I can’t get the lost time back. Back in the day, I was also one of the many fishing pros, and I often got skunked.”

Ye Chen’s eyes twitched.

There were many ways to fish, and according to the different methods they chose to fish with, fishing pros were grouped into various categories.

Those who fished by attaching bait to a hand rod, like Ye Chen, were known as hand rod fishing pros; those who used lure fishing rods to imitate small fish swimming in the water to lure big fish were known as lure fishing pros.

It was evident that Zhou Tao knew his stuff.

“Officer, you think too much,” Ye Chen clicked his tongue and said. “What depressed me was the hook hanging on the victim’s chin. I’m also quite regretful that I won’t be able to continue fishing tonight.”

In any case, a corpse had been found at the river bank of Jiang City.

It was already past 2 in the morning.

Ye Chen was still in the mood to continue fishing at night, but the other fishing pros on the shore had already begun to pack up their fishing gear and were ready to go home with their buckets.

Ye Chen naturally would not continue fishing alone, so he could only pack up and prepare to go home.

It was clear that Zhou Tao did not believe Ye Chen’s words.

Zhou Tian sneered, “You little brat, you’re so stubborn. All right, give me your personal particulars.”

“No way… Sir, are you saying it’s illegal for me to fish?” Ye Chen pouted.