I Go to the High Seas for Fishing But Get Hunted by an Aircraft Carrier-Chapter 344: Encountering a Corpse While Fishing

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Chapter 344: Chapter 344: Encountering a Corpse While Fishing

"Do you think this girl could be Li Xiaoman’s missing sister!" another police officer asked.

"I don’t think so; she’s been dead for quite a while now, and this position is far from the river. If she had drowned, there should be water plants in the river," said a slightly older police officer, shaking his head.

The captain of the police agreed: "I also feel that this girl is not Li Xiaoman’s sister. Plus, look at her clothes, although they are worn out now, they are of good quality, while Li Xiaoman’s clothes were very ordinary."

"Yes, indeed, Li Xiaoman’s family is poor, there’s no way her clothes would be this nice. Furthermore, this girl has a petite build, she appears to be no taller than 1.6 meters!" another police officer added.

On hearing this, Ye Chen’s gaze swept over the girl’s clothes; he suddenly thought of an important piece of information.

"Do you think she might have drowned!" Ye Chen exclaimed, pointing to the river next to the girl’s body.

The police officers were stunned for a moment, and as they followed Ye Chen’s gesture, realization dawned on them. The river next to the girl’s body was quite turbulent, and it was the Flowing Sand River.

If the girl had drowned, her clothes would certainly be torn and tattered, not as new as they appeared.

Moreover, judging from the time of the girl’s death, it was very likely she died from drowning, though it was unclear why the body ended up floating ashore.

"No matter whether she died from drowning or not, let’s investigate first. If she really did die from drowning, then there must be something strange about this water source," the captain said.

"Okay!" everyone nodded in agreement.

Thus, the group began to look for clues around the area, while Ye Chen stood to the side.

Ye Chen’s gaze flickered with thought; he had not found any marks of livor mortis on the corpse earlier, but there was an extremely intense aura of resentment remaining on the girl’s body, this proved that she had met with a grievous death!

However, there were no obvious wounds on the body, nor any signs of struggle or resistance, so Ye Chen guessed she might have been intentionally drowned.

"Who on earth wanted to kill this woman!" Ye Chen was bewildered.

Just then, the police captain called out: "Mr. Ye, could you please come over here!"

"What’s wrong?" Ye Chen walked over.

The police captain pointed at the abdomen of the girl’s body and said, "When we were examining the girl’s stomach earlier, we found a deep knife wound in her navel, so we suspect that she was cut to death while still alive."

Afterward, the police captain led his subordinates to examine the scene.

After providing all the information he knew and making a statement, Ye Chen left.

After all, he had no idea who the dead girl was, so he did not dwell on it too much.

A few days later, Ye Chen inquired about the progress of the case and was told that it was still being intensely investigated, so he did not ask further.

Later, Ye Chen changed locations and went downstream of Baima River to record a fishing tutorial video, as he had previously promised to his fans.

After being busy for half a day, Ye Chen set up the recording equipment and then began to fish while explaining.

"Good evening to all viewers, now, I am going to demonstrate how to fish!"

Having said that, Ye Chen took up a fishing rod, arranged the fishing bait, fishing line, and the hook, and started to wait patiently. Soon after, he felt a slight movement in the water, which immediately perked him up—the fish had taken the bait!

"Ha... it seems there really is a catch!"

Ye Chen beamed with a radiant smile and hurriedly pulled on the fishing rod vigorously, trying to pull out the catch, but he couldn’t succeed. Instead, he was dragged by the force, and the rod nearly flew out of his hands!

Ye Chen frowned as he increased the force pulling the fishing rod, but it was still in vain, and his face immediately showed embarrassment, "Damn, what’s going on? I clearly felt the water currents fluctuating, didn’t I? Why can’t I pull it out?"

This catch was very important to him, as it concerned his dinner for the day, so Ye Chen was very anxious. He had no choice but to keep pulling with all his might, but to no avail.

Undeterred, Ye Chen tugged again for several seconds. Finally, the fishing rod tightened and exerted force, and the hook broke free from the fishing line, but there was no response! The fishing line was taut, but the rod didn’t budge!

"What’s the situation?" Ye Chen was baffled. Everything was going smoothly just a moment ago, so why couldn’t he pull it now?

Ye Chen tried to pull a few more times, but all attempts ended in failure.

"Holy shit, what happened?" Ye Chen was dumbstruck, not knowing where he went wrong, but he knew for sure something was off. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be impossible to move the fishing rod, so he tried a couple more times.

"Snap!"

In the end, the fishing rod couldn’t take it anymore and snapped abruptly, the hook falling into the water.

"Ahh, forget it, let’s go eat first, fill up the stomach, then slowly figure it out." Ye Chen shook his head with a sigh, packed up his things, and turned to leave.

"Hm?"

However, just a few steps into his walk, Ye Chen suddenly noticed something was off. Surprised, he discovered that the originally calm lake surface started to ripple, and he even faintly heard the sound of water, which was obviously fish swimming about! freēwēbnovel.com

"Holy moly! Could it be that the fish was hooked just now?"

Ye Chen was full of doubts, immediately stopped in his tracks, and listened intently. He did indeed hear the sound of water, but it was too soft to distinguish whether it was fish swimming or something else.

"Huh? Is that a sound? Could there really be a fish?"

Ye Chen’s eyes glowed with excitement, and he moved cautiously towards the source of the sound. As he got closer to the area where the fish swam, the sound in the water became clearer and even conveyed bursts of splashing!

"Damn, there is a fish!"

Ye Chen became excited and immediately quickened his pace, soon locating the trail of the fish.

The size of the fish wasn’t particularly huge, just slightly larger than the average fish, about fifty to sixty centimeters long. Its tail was a golden hue, and under the sunlight, it shone with a dazzling brilliance.

What was most eye-catching was the fish’s dorsal fin; it was a full thirty centimeters long, resembling a sharp scallop!

Ye Chen was instantly thrilled and couldn’t help reaching out his hand towards the fish, "This is definitely a treasure!"

But just then, the fish suddenly leapt out of the water and tried to escape into the distance, as if it sensed danger.

"Think you can get away? No way!" Ye Chen sneered, already prepared.

With quick reflexes, Ye Chen grabbed the fish’s body and quickly scrambled to shore, soon tossing the fish into the grass.

"What kind of fish is this?"

Ye Chen crouched down and looked over the fish. Its body was translucent, looking very much like golden scales, and it had a short tail, resembling a fish’s tail.

Even more peculiar was that the fish had two rows of gills, and as its mouth opened and closed, it seemed as if it could breathe air.

"Hiss..."

Ye Chen took in a sharp breath of cold air, this was truly a rare treasure!

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