Chapter 18: The Wager with Old Liao

Zhou Tao teased, "You're not afraid of fishing up a corpse, yet you're afraid to leave me your personal information?"

"Rest assured, this is standard procedure since you were the one who found the corpse."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen could only helplessly leave his personal information behind.

The colleagues beside Zhou Tao then noted down Ye Chen's information.

Just then, Zhou Tao's phone suddenly rang.

After answering the call, in just a few seconds, Zhou Tao's expression became complicated.

He gestured with his hands, "Brothers, looks like we're in for some overtime work tonight."

"The night shift security guard at Jinbao Community discovered a Water Python near the artificial lake!"

"Now everyone in the community is scared to death, so let's hurry over and take a look."

At this moment, the professional conduct of the police officers became apparent.

Including branch captain Zhou Tao, all the officers' relaxed expressions vanished as they started running towards the patrol cars parked not too far away.

Before getting into the car, branch captain Zhou Tao didn't forget to turn his head and wave at Ye Chen.

"Young man, let me give you a piece of advice—fishing is a bottomless pit!"

"Get a good job, make some money, and strive to contribute to society!"

Having said that, the officers drove off with their sirens flashing.

And just like that, the area by the Jiang City River quieted down.

The other fishermen had already packed up their fishing gear and now came over.

On the surface, everyone was celebrating the 200,000 reward Ye Chen had received.

But in reality, this group just wanted to get Ye Chen to treat them to some late-night snacks.

Ye Chen didn't refuse this request.

After all, he had known these fellow fishing enthusiasts for a while, and treating them to a meal to celebrate wasn't a big deal.

However, before that, Ye Chen stopped Lao Liao, who was trying to sneak away.

This Lao Liao, the matter of the bet hadn't been settled yet!

Ye Chen called out to Lao Liao's retreating figure, "Lao Liao, where do you think you're going? Our bet..."

"You wouldn't be planning on welching, would you?"

Lao Liao paused in his tracks, turned his head with a sheepish smile, and said, "Hehe..."

"Teacher Ye, look at my memory, I almost forgot about the bet!"

Ye Chen, seeing Lao Liao's cunning smile, didn't believe a word he said and immediately shouted, "Everyone judge for yourselves, you all heard the bet between Lao Liao and me before, right?"

Hearing this, Lao Liao suddenly became anxious and quickly said, "Teacher Ye, what are you talking about..."

"Our bet was that you had to catch a fish over a hundred pounds."

"But where is the fish??? If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten that according to our previous bet, you have to give me your two fishing rods!"

Ye Chen snorted softly and stepped forward to pat Lao Liao on the shoulder, saying with a smile, "Lao Liao, how come I've found your skin to be thicker than the city walls?"

"When we made the bet, it wasn't like what you said, I clearly stated that it was about pulling up something over a hundred pounds!"

"Everyone heard that too!"

The recent scare with fishing up a corpse had ended without real danger.

Ye Chen got his 200,000, and the deceased's family found the body; thus, these fishing enthusiasts were far from scared as they were before.

Furthermore, they had previously agreed to have Ye Chen treat them to late-night snacks, so naturally they sided with Ye Chen in the discussion.

The main point was, when Ye Chen made the bet, he indeed specified something over a hundred pounds in weight.

He said "something," not specifically a fish!

Plus, everyone was curious to see what Lao Liao would look like after losing the bet.

"That's right, Lao Liao, you're being a bit unfair here, you should accept the loss graciously; Teacher Ye never said he would definitely catch a fish!"

"Fishermen have to honor their bets; you're dishonoring our fishing community's identity, I despise you for that, Lao Liao!"

"I remember what Teacher Ye said before; he mentioned catching something over a hundred pounds within two hours, and he really didn't say it was a fish!"

"Right, Lao Liao, although I get along with you, this time I stand on the side of fairness; you have to accept your loss!"

...

Everyone discussed amicably, and all present believed that Lao Liao had lost the bet.

And indeed, that was the case.

Since retiring, Lao Liao didn't have much to do and picked up his old hobby of fishing.

His friends were these fellow anglers by the Jiang City River.

This bet with Ye Chen, although it involved his granddaughter.

But what Lao Liao couldn't accept was losing his integrity in front of these fishermen.

With that in mind, Lao Liao gritted his teeth, steeled himself, and exclaimed, "Damn it!"

"Fine, I'll accept the loss. Angry Iron Hand Lao Liao is not one to welch; starting tomorrow, I'll have my granddaughter be an assistant to Teacher Ye and carry his buckets."

"But let me make it clear, young Ye, if you dare to have designs on my granddaughter, don't blame me for turning against you!"

The other anglers teased, "Haha, Lao Liao, listen to you."

"Though your granddaughter is a beauty, our Teacher Ye is quite the handsome charmer himself!"

"That's right, aside from a bit lacking in fishing skills, our Teacher Ye isn't missing much!"

"If he really ends up with your granddaughter, maybe you'll get to hold a great-grandson next year!"

"Yeah, then Lao Liao, I bet you wouldn't be able to stop smiling, right?"

Upon hearing the words "great-grandson" and seeing Ye Chen's mischievous smile from a distance, Lao Liao became furious.

He shouted at the old man who had spoken, "Go on, get out of here!"

Everyone was amused by Lao Liao's reaction and burst into laughter.

Laughter echoed up and down the Jiang City River, washing away the earlier atmosphere of horror.

Ye Chen really enjoyed this mood and felt great.

He waved his hand and said, "Well then, old rules, everyone just put away your fishing gear at home, and then meet at the usual spot?"

"Tonight, we're having kebabs, and I'm treating!"

Having said that, Ye Chen gave Lao Liao a playful raise of his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Lao Liao, are you coming?"

"Watch me eat you into bankruptcy!"

Watching Ye Chen's smug expression, Lao Liao snorted disdainfully and rolled his eyes at him.

On his way back to his fishing spot, Lao Liao, while displaying his catch of the night, didn't forget to tease Ye Chen, "Young Ye, don't get too cocky. After all, aren't you still the Air Force tonight?"

"Did you even catch a single fish?"

Ye Chen's smile abruptly froze.

As the saying goes, the receiver is hand-bound, and the eater is mouth-bound; a fisherman by the side immediately began to defend Ye Chen.

"Hey, hey, hey, Lao Liao, you can't say that, our Teacher Ye definitely wasn't the Air Force today!"

"After all..."