The Fisherman Who Never Catches Fish-Chapter 57 - 56 Start the Pot, Heat the Oil

He could distinctly feel the sensation of a living creature struggling at the other end of the fishing rod.

It couldn't be wrong.

The target was moving.

What he had hooked wasn't something dead.

The struggle wasn't particularly strong; from the force of it, the fish was likely only about half a pound to a pound.

This was a breakthrough from zero to one.

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It was different.

Fang Hao suppressed the excitement in his heart.

Careful, careful, it wasn't easy to finally hook a fish, he couldn't let it get away now.

"This time it's definitely a fish, I can feel it moving," Fang Hao was sure of his judgment.

"Damn it."

"The host is about to land a fish."

"No way? Could the host have gotten it wrong?"

"That shouldn't be the case, it's possible that he really has a fish this time."

Everyone cared more than anyone else.

At the moment when the fish was hooked, the viewers also saw Fang Hao's action with the rod and the expression on his face, and suddenly had a feeling of foreboding.

This felt different from the previous times he had hooked something.

"Could it be that what's hooked isn't a fish?" Still, some viewers weren't quite convinced.

"If it weren't a fish, the host wouldn't look like that, and he wouldn't say that whatever he hooked was moving."

"All right, folks, the grand finale of Brother Hao's fishing is here, let's all disperse."

"If he's caught a fish, we won't need to watch fishing streams anymore."

"Ahhh, I don't believe it."

"According to the script, the host isn't supposed to catch a fish."

"No, no, if the host catches a fish, the fun of the livestream will be much less."

"Diver underwater, did you hang the wrong thing?"

"Could it be he hooked the diver (sideways glance laugh)?"

Everyone's attention was drawn by Fang Hao.

Everyone in the livestream room watched him as he fished the thing out of the water.

In this tense moment.

The barrage of messages in the livestream decreased significantly, many viewers hardly dared to breathe; some were even more nervous than Fang Hao, all waiting to witness this historic moment.

Did Fang Hao really catch a fish?

That was the most important thing.

One second, two seconds...

The hearts of most viewers were being tugged.

Until they saw in the livestream camera, Fang Hao lifted the rod, pulling a long thing from the surface of the water with a bent and twisted shape, much like...

"An eel?"

"It sort of looks like it, but not quite..."

As the thing was pulled closer, everyone got to see the true face of Lu Mountain.

"Damn, it's a snake!"

"What kind of snake?"

"Host, be careful, don't get bitten by the snake."

"Judging by the pattern on its body, it looks like a water snake?"

"66666!"

"This fishing skill is too awesome, even a snake is hooked."

After confirming that it was a water snake, the entire livestream room instantly exploded.

"Ha-ha, the host is as consistently stable as ever."

"I was so scared, I thought the host was really going to catch a fish."

"Phew, it's good he didn't catch a fish."

"Now I can watch the host's livestreams with peace of mind again."

"Slurp, that snake looks a bit fat..."

"Start the pot and heat the oil, just fry the water snake directly, crunchy and delicious."

"Heh heh, I knew it, the host definitely couldn't catch a fish."

"It's just a pity it's not a white snake."

"Goodness me, you still want to pretend to be Xu Xian holding an umbrella on the side."

"..."

The livestream room was very lively, and the barrage of messages started cascading again.

Instantly filling the whole screen.

When the viewers saw that the thing Fang Hao had fished up was a water snake, everyone was laughing their heads off.

Too funny.

My fishing skills really are bizarre—it's true that I haven't caught a single fish.

And this time was no different.

My persona as the guy who can't catch fish is truly secured.

...

The only exception was Fang Hao, whose whole body went numb when he saw that what he'd pulled up from the water was a water snake, not a fish.

It's true he caught something.

It's true that what he caught was alive.

He wasn't wrong about that.

But this thing was not a fish at all, it was a water snake.

His face froze in excitement.

"A snake???"

After all this time waiting, just as he had almost convinced himself he had caught a fish, the end result was a crushing blow to the head.

It completely knocked him for a loop.

He couldn't believe that he had pulled up a snake of all things.

This is playing with snakes now.

Why did it have to be a snake?

Damn it, I'm not Xu Xian.

Catching a snake is no use to me; I can't even play with it.

The snake he'd caught was still twisting its body while hanging in the air, its sinuous form wriggling as if trying to escape the hook.

But the hook was firmly lodged in its mouth; there was no way it could break free.

Seeing the water snake he had caught, Fang Hao's eyes turned red.

Why did this have to happen?

Why would he catch a snake?

He was truly in a frenzy.

He felt this time he had the greatest chance of catching a fish, yet, in the end, he landed a snake.

Why couldn't he catch a fish?

There are so many people catching fish, why am I the only one missing out?

All I want is to catch a fish, not some giant one.

In the past I was foolish, wanting to land a twenty or thirty pounder.

But now it's different, I just want to catch a fish, even a tiny whitebait would do, just to break my streak of zeroes.

But even this modest wish hasn't been fulfilled.

I still haven't caught a fish.

This time I landed another odd thing, a snake.

Looks like it might be the fishing rod's problem.

Even changing fishing rods didn't help.

Maybe it really is an issue with my own luck; I should find time to pray to Buddha and rid myself of this bad luck.

I'm really too unlucky.

Logically, with my skills, it's impossible that I haven't caught a single fish by now.

Some kid even caught four fish.

Are you telling me that kid's fishing skills are better than mine?

That can't be possible.

The kid was fishing for the first time, didn't know a thing about it, just playing around for fun.

After Fang Hao pulled the snake up, he pinned the snake's head down with a stick, then, wearing gloves, grabbed its head to force the snake to open its mouth.

Water snakes are non-venomous; they just hurt a bit when they bite.

So he wasn't afraid of being bitten by the water snake.

He also didn't understand why the creature would bite his bait.

Then he took a pair of tweezers, located the fishhook the snake had bitten, and slowly extracted it.

After removing the fishhook, Fang Hao immediately tossed the water snake back into the river.

He threw it far away.

He absolutely couldn't let it bite his hook again.

Such a false sense of happiness.

Why does life have to be so tough?

Can't I have my moment of joy?

Fang Hao's heart sank again.

Just as he was starting to feel happy for a few minutes, his mood was on the brink of exploding again.

But having only been there for less than half an hour, Fang Hao wasn't about to go back so soon.

Keep fishing.

The more it went on, the less Fang Hao wanted to give up.

He refused to believe that he'd keep failing to catch fish indefinitely.

If you look at it from another angle,

at least what he caught this time was alive, which is somewhat of an improvement over before.