Chapter 27: The Explosive Ye Chen
It was half a month ago, when her grandfather was out fishing late and wasn't returning home, she had no choice but to go call him back.
It must have been then when she saw him.
The reason she remembered Ye Chen was that her grandfather's fishing buddies were mostly elderly men or uncles.
And he was indeed the only young person in her grandfather's fishing circle.
Thinking about it, it made sense.
After all, this person was a top-notch fishing expert, definitely different from her grandfather and those old men.
Her grandfather and the old men fished for leisure, while this somewhat handsome youth seemed to be a professional fishing athlete, fishing was his career.
However, despite this, Liao Xuexue felt no fondness for this young man.
Especially since her grandfather just reminded her, and this excessive guy even called her... a lass?
While she thought, the young man standing on the bed of the tricycle had unloaded a jumbled heap of items from inside.
Most were fishing gear, plus there were two big bags that looked like feed.
Other than that, it was just the same weird stuff as those old men had, things like urns, incense, yellow paper, etc...
But although this guy was a bit frivolous, he still had some gentlemanly demeanor.
He didn't make her carry any heavy item, just asked her to help carry some lighter things.
Items like those few bags of feed, he carried them to the shore himself.
Anyway, no matter what this guy said, she just did as instructed.
Even though he continued to call her lass, Liao Xuexue only glared at him a few times without saying much more.
It was like this, back and forth a few times.
The two of them moved everything from the back of the tricycle to the fishing spot near the shore, next to Liao Xuexue's grandfather.
Next, it was time to actually start fishing!
At this moment, Liao Xuexue hoped that this fisherman "Teacher Ye" with questionable lifestyle would behave more normally...
At the same time, Ye Chen calling this young girl "lass" didn't mean anything else.
He simply took it as a way to address her.
Of course, it also included the intent to annoy old Liao.
Right now.
Old Liao's granddaughter was sitting on a stool next to Ye Chen.
And Old Liao's attention was not on the fishing float in the distance but constantly on Ye Chen.
Just as he took his seat, fellow fishermen nearby started greeting Ye Chen.
"Teacher Ye is here!"
"Teacher Ye, your new farm tricycle looks really impressive!"
"Teacher Ye, we all follow your example, keeping the fishing bait in urns, you can't deny it's truly lucky, the fish are biting much more today!"
"Today's great, Teacher Ye has a helper by his side to carry the bucket, bait the spot, and prepare the bait, you'll definitely have a big catch today!"
"Teacher Ye, get started quickly, I saw you online again this morning, if you start a live stream, there will definitely be a lot of viewers!"
"You're quite popular now, I guess Teacher Ye you're becoming a celebrity!"
…
Hearing what the fellow fishermen were saying, Ye Chen remembered.
He quickly pulled out his phone mount, set up his phone on it connected to a power bank, and started live streaming.
OMG!
As soon as Ye Chen started the live stream, the number of viewers in the live stream room reached 10,000+
And the numbers were still skyrocketing.
Ye Chen checked his backend and discovered that his follower count had actually reached over three million!
This number was truly astonishing to him.
He remembered that just waking up in the morning, surpassing a million followers had already shocked him.
Who could have imagined that in just a few short hours, the follower count would grow by another two million?
Those fishermen were really not wrong, especially after last night's incident at the Jiang City River.
He really became famous...
Back in the live stream room, Ye Chen adjusted the camera angle and took a glance at the live stream's chat.
It seemed these netizens were really waiting for him...
"Damn, this air force commander has finally started his broadcast!"
"Frickin' heck, that East Sea's King of Fishing was blabbering nonsense yesterday, saying that once a streamer gets famous, he'd stop streaming fishing and start figuring out how to make money."
"Is it really him? Actually squatting here?"
"Mr. Ye, now that you're so popular, you must not forget us old fans!"
"Honestly, I don't like fishing, but I'm more into quirky stuff. I come to the live stream to watch the streamer mess around!"
"Streamer, do you know you're still trending on Weibo? And you're ranked third!"
"Mr. Ye, did Old Liao bring his granddaughter over after betting with you yesterday?"
"I've been waiting for the streamer to go live ever since I saw the news last night, finally it's here!"
"I found out by scrolling through short videos, I was totally stunned!"
"Let's be bold and guess today, Mr. Ye is definitely still in the air force!"
...
In the live stream room, the chat flew by rapidly, dazzling Ye Chen.
There were also various types of gifts to complement the chat.
Apart from a small portion of old fans who had been following Ye Chen, most of the audience came because of yesterday's incident of fishing a dead body at Jiang City River.
Faced with numerous questions, Ye Chen couldn't respond to them all.
So, he picked a few concerns that everyone cared about and answered, "Thank you all for your attention."
"Fishing is my hobby, as well as my pursued career, and no matter what happens, I will not give up fishing."
"Today, we've come to Seyves Reservoir for wild fishing."
"What is wild fishing?"
"Wild fishing involves fishing in the wilderness, such as in natural rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and other places."
"Of course, wild fishing still tests your techniques."
"As the saying goes, you can't trap a wolf without setting a trap, now we are about to do 'nesting.'"
"Nesting, specifically refers to the act of throwing fishing bait into the targeted fishing area, and it is a crucial step in fishing."
"Alright, now we're going to perform nesting..."
Old Liao standing nearby twitched his mouth corners; if he was closer, one could hear him cursing Ye Chen.
You lad can't even fish a live fish and you're instructing others?
Regarding Ye Chen, he had already carried over five sacks filled with fishing bait.
The weight marked on the sacks was... 100 catties each!
Five sacks, that's five hundred catties of fishing bait???
The viewers in the live stream room were all dumbfounded.
And the sweet girl sitting on a stool nearby took the opportunity to glance at the viewer count in his live stream room.
For a moment, Liao Xuexue was amazed.
No wonder he is called Mr. Ye, having such a huge audience.