Chapter 1285 - 567: Sometimes Fishing Brings Unexpected News (Happy New Year’s Day)

Chapter 1285: Chapter 567: Sometimes Fishing Brings Unexpected News (Happy New Year’s Day)

February 2nd, the fifth day of the New Year, Sunday.

At noon, when Lin Li opened the door and stepped into the house, he found that Wu Min wasn’t home.

Guess she probably rounded up a few friends to go out and play.

Doesn’t even tell her own son—really makes people worry.

I’ll dock her allowance next time.

But actually that works out fine. Rubbing the "Qiankun Ring," Lin Li took out a brand-new computer and phone—both of which he’d just bought that morning.

Naturally, they were purchased for Guan Zhu.

He hadn’t gone for online shopping like before. After all, it was still the New Year period, deliveries hadn’t fully resumed yet, and even if he’d placed the order at dawn yesterday, he figured it would take at least until tomorrow or the day after to arrive.

In that case, if the random rollout goes smoothly, the timing would be cutting it close.

So Lin Li went to the computer market during the day and bought stock on the spot.

Have to say, that computer market is a real pit.

You ask how much a machine with around three thousand yuan’s worth of components costs, and the answer is seven or eight thousand—their quotes are just straight-up nonsense.

Damn, "make half off strangers, go for the full jackpot off acquaintances"—turns out that saying isn’t just made up.

Even after Lin Li put on his tech-guru posture to prove he wasn’t a gullible sucker so the price got less ridiculous, he still ended up paying about a 15% markup—seeing as it was still the New Year and he wasn’t short that bit of cash, he just let it slide.

Back in his room, once he’d assembled and tuned the computer and set it to download some basic resources, Lin Li lazily sprawled out on his bed.

One hand was hugging the gourd, sipping Spiritual Qi; the other was holding his phone.

Chen Yu Ying was still out visiting relatives today.

Guess that’s what a well-off family is like—their social network’s more complicated.

Unlike Lin Li: second day at his grandma’s, third day at his paternal grandparents’, and the rest of the time is all free.

Because of that, the plan to go "harass—no, pay New Year’s visits to" Xue Jian and Middle Man had to be pushed back a bit.

But soon they’d be free too, and "three people plus one dog" would have time next week.

"Yu Song: Lin Li, I’m heading out now, should be about twenty minutes before I reach your neighborhood."

He did have something to do today.

Yu Song, the fishing guy who’d spawned out of nowhere on New Year’s Eve, had arranged to take Lin Li fishing this afternoon.

Lin Li still had four-fifths of that fishing mission left; converted, it meant he needed to fish with Yu Song for another three to four hours. Barring any accidents, they could finish it today.

At least once it’s done, a hundred System Currency would hit his account, which could offset two-thirds of the "Fortune Talisman" he’d have to spend on tonight.

"Lin Li: Got it, Uncle."

After replying, Lin Li got up and started doing a quick tidy-up.

Yu Song was quite enthusiastic, saying Lin Li didn’t need to bring anything at all, he’d even prepared fishing rods for him.

Of course, the main reason was that Lin Li had previously indicated he was only curious about proper fishing, and probably wouldn’t spend too much time on it in the future.

—The reason he said that, obviously, was because Lin Li didn’t think this mission was one of those chain quests; if he showed a burning passion for "fishing" right now, it’d be awkward to refuse once the missions were over.

And Yu Song thought, since Lin Li was only here for the experience, it was even less necessary for him to waste money buying a full set of gear—he could just use Yu Song’s.

Lin Li didn’t turn down the kindness, even though he already had a set stashed in his gourd.

He went downstairs.

Not long after, Yu Song arrived in his car.

Seeing the passenger seat empty, Lin Li opened the door and sat down, but glanced back in confusion: "Uncle, didn’t you say there was another friend coming?"

They weren’t the only ones fishing today; there was also one of Yu Song’s fishing buddies.

"Oh, he’s got his own car. We’ll just meet straight at the fishing spot later."

"Got it." Lin Li nodded.

"Lin Li, that river last time was just fooling around at the kiddie level. Today Uncle’s definitely taking you to hit the big ones. It’s a pity the reservoir’s closed for the New Year, or I’d be taking you straight there to fish." While driving, Yu Song raised his brows at Lin Li, sounding a bit fired up.

"Sounds pretty exciting, Uncle." Lin Li reflexively replied, then suddenly got curious: "Uncle, I remember our reservoir is never open to fishing, right?"

"Eh, that’s where you don’t get it." Yu Song laughed and waved his hand.

"Lin Li, you’re still young, I’ll teach you a little formula."

"’Drinking water source, fishing forbidden’ = locals can fish."

"’Strictly no fishing’ = lots of fish, hurry over; ’Strictly no fishing, violators bear the consequences’ = still lots of fish, but if you fall in, it’s not our problem."

"And the sign at our reservoir says, ’Fishing prohibited, violators fined 100.’ Heh, what that means is the fishing fee is 100. How long you can fish per payment depends on your own experience!"

"Let me tell you, besides the reservoir, there are a few spots I normally don’t share with anyone..."

Lin Li: "O.o?"

It sounded kind of reasonable, except it didn’t sound reasonable at all.

Something about it felt off.

Like you’re getting a digital rectal exam, and halfway through, the doctor smiles and says, "Don’t worry, getting a boki now is perfectly normal, no need to be shy," so you freeze for a second and look back, confused: "But doctor, I’m not boki," and the doctor smiles: "I know, I’m the one who’s boki."

Or you finish the exam and find out you’ve got anal cancer and need surgery, and when the doctor is pushing you into the OR, he says, "Jiang Jingwei, I know this is your first time having surgery, but you don’t need to be afraid at all, it’ll go just fine." You freeze again and look back, confused: "But doctor, my name’s not Jiang Jingwei," and the doctor smiles: "I know, I’m Jiang Jingwei."