Chapter 14 Black Fans in the Live Stream Room

At the same time, the trolls in the live stream room fell silent upon seeing the actual arrival of the branch captain.

Before this, Zhou Tao really thought this situation might be a misunderstanding.

After all, there had been incidents where the public mistook other things for a corpse and caused misunderstandings.

Especially when he heard that the corpse was fished up by the young man, Zhou Tao felt even more that it might be a misunderstanding.

Zhou Tao glanced at the young man, then headed to the riverside on his own. Even as the branch captain, his expression at that moment couldn't help but turn surprised and serious.

"Indeed, it is a corpse!"

He then crouched down.

Since it was uncertain whether it was a corpse, Zhou Tao did not bring a forensic expert with him.

A few branch policemen, upon hearing the branch captain's words,

Though surprised, still proceeded with their respective duties.

They were each busy with their tasks—taking photos, recording videos, and others were taking notes with a pen.

Zhou Tao crouched nearby, observing the corpse and asked with some astonishment.

"What… what's going on here?"

"How is the corpse in the catching net?"

Seeing the branch captain arrive, Old Liao, who had just relaxed, became tensed again.

"Damn it..."

He was about to blurt out his habitual cursing but suddenly realized that in front of the branch captain, he needed to behave, so he forcibly held back what he was about to say.

"Branch Captain, it's really hard to see while fishing at night. It's too dark."

"I thought what Teacher Ye fished up was indeed a big fish, so I scooped it up with the net..."

Mentioning this, Old Liao remembered the moment he first saw the corpse.

In the next second, Old Liao shivered all over again.

"You thought this was a fish???"

Zhou Tao was speechless and didn't know what to say for a moment.

He waved his hand, "Xiao Liu, come help and pull the corpse ashore!"

The corpse couldn't stay in the water forever, and fortunately with the catching net, the branch policemen managed to pull the corpse to the shore without much effort.

At this time, Zhou Tao also made a preliminary judgment about the corpse.

He squatted on the ground, observing the corpse, and offered his conclusion.

"The deceased is a male, aged about early fifties. Judging by the level of decomposition, he has been in the water for at least four days."

"As for the specific cause of death… it is currently uncertain. There are no obvious external injuries on the body."

"This… "

He finished speaking and, with a surprised look, glanced at the young man in the Taoist robe and muttered, "Indeed, there is a fishing hook at the deceased's jaw..."

Hearing this, the young man in the Taoist robe coughed awkwardly.

Especially since the hook was still scraped along the fishing line, connected to the fishing rod beside him.

Seeing this, the surrounding fishermen became anxious.

"Branch Captain, although the corpse was fished up by Teacher Ye, Teacher Ye definitely isn't a murderer!"

"Yes, Comrade Branch Captain, don't judge this young man by his regular fishing; he's incredibly kind. He even hesitates to fish in the river!"

"I can vouch for him, Branch Captain. It was purely by coincidence that Teacher Ye fished up this corpse."

"This fish, oh… no, this corpse was scooped up by me; I can also testify for Teacher Ye…"

…

At the critical moment, these fishermen were indeed very supportive.

Noticing the branch captain's gaze shifting towards Ye Chen, they all started speaking out for Ye Chen one by one.

Zhou Tao stood up with a speechless expression.

He was just about to say something when another branch policeman came up and whispered in his ear, "Captain Zhou, four days ago, when you were away on a business trip, we received a case."

"In the upstream surveillance of Jiang City River, a middle-aged man accidentally fell into the river from a bridge."

"The middle-aged man struggled in the river for a while before disappearing into the waters, and his body had not been discovered."

"Moreover, his family offered a reward of 200,000 to find his body."

"Captain Zhou, the characteristics you mentioned seem to match well with that middle-aged man who accidentally fell into the water."

"I suspect that this body might be the middle-aged man who fell into the water four days ago..."

After the young branch policeman finished speaking, everyone's attention was momentarily on Ye Chen!

Especially Old Liao, he was completely dumbfounded.

Hearing this, Old Liao finally snapped back to reality, knowing about this incident!

Moreover, when he just came to the riverbank to fish, he had personally spoken to Ye Chen about this matter.

He also remembered the bet he had with Ye Chen.

Initially, Ye Chen claimed he would catch something over 100 pounds. Now looking at it...

Isn't this dead person a giant catch?

Moreover, Ye Chen had mentioned that the value of this giant catch was over 100,000.

Upon hearing about the reward of 200,000, Old Liao even found it a bit familiar.

Isn't this the reward amount offered by the family of the deceased?

Now, all the mysteries were unraveling…

Originally, catching a dead person while fishing would be extremely unlucky.

But what if the corpse was worth 200,000?

That's practically like winning a lottery!

Damn, fantastic!

Could this be the effect of performing rituals by the river?

Meanwhile,

Inside the live stream room, it also became quiet.

After a brief silence, the live stream room burst into activity again.

Initially, a fellow streamer named "East Sea's King of Fishing" had been skeptical that Ye Chen was acting out a script.

Now that the branch captain had confirmed it was indeed a corpse, it clearly slapped him in the face.

"@East Sea's King of Fishing, trolls, come out. Weren't you just skeptical that our Teacher Ye was acting?"

"This bunch of petty trolls really don't have any technical skill, didn't you expect our Teacher Ye only deals with reality?"

"Actually, Teacher Ye is helpless too; he just wanted to fish, who knew he'd accidentally fish up a corpse, what's there to criticize?"

"That what's its name, East Sea's King of Fishing, you better not say beneath there were professional divers intentionally putting the corpse on Teacher Ye's hook!"

"Purely criticize for the sake of criticizing, I bet he will still say the branch policemen are acting along with the streamer, what a mindless fellow!"

…

Facing the barrage from the viewers in the live stream room, "East Sea's King of Fishing" remained stubborn.

"Even if this body is real, how do you explain the rotten fish from before?"

"All I want to say is you're all too naive. Do you know why Ye Chen always fails to catch fish? It's because his bait is a special kind of fishing bait; the fish in the river won't bite it at all upon smelling it!"

"This body, purely a coincidence!!!"