I'm a junior in college this year, and I've linked my fishing check-in system.

The photographer looked in the direction the cat owner was looking, paused for a moment, and then smiled.

He pulled a small dried fish from his pocket, stuffed it into the cat owner's mouth, and said, "Alright, alright, you're hungry, aren't you?"

"Master, you don't get to eat well either?"

"Eat, eat, it's okay."

"When you were with your owner, did you ever eat such good fish? This is a big shoal I caught this morning, with lots of small fish!"

The cat owner was taken aback. Although that wasn't what he meant, like master, like pet—

There's no reason not to eat food offered with contempt!

He ate it in one bite and it was crunchy.

The old man walked over to Jiang Qian with a smile.

He had a DSLR camera hanging around his neck, and his vest pockets were bulging with lens caps. He kept looking down and rummaging in his pockets as he walked, not even glancing at the bucket on the ground.

"Young man? Is this cat yours? It's so cute..."

Jiang Qian was stunned. What kind of action movie quote was this...?

He turned around and saw the cat owner following the photographer in a vest, looking very arrogant.

Jiang Qian: "..."

He never imagined that the cat boss would interpret it that way.

He thought the cat owner understood his intention, but the cat owner understood it as:

Go and find someone to come and admire my catch. I'll give you fish to eat!

The old man in the photographer's vest smiled at Jiang Qian and said:

"Young man, you must be starving. Didn't you ship anything today?"

The old man walked over with a smile, holding a sausage in his hand. "Young people these days have no patience when fishing. Here, have this sausage to tide you over—"

The old man stopped in his tracks halfway through his sentence.

Because he saw Jiang Qian glaring at the orange cat with annoyance, and following the cat owner's eyes, he saw the water bucket.

Two large buckets of live fish...

It's full!

It wasn't that the water was full; it was that the fish were packed together. The crucian carp and mandarin fish at the bottom didn't even have room to turn over, and at the very top lay a thick, the largest mandarin fish!

Because the bucket was too crowded, the snakehead fish's body was bent into a semicircle, and its tail would occasionally slap heavily against the water's surface.

The old man's smile froze on his face.

The half-eaten sausage in his hand was held in mid-air and stopped.

He slowly squatted down.

After seeing it clearly, he suddenly stood up.

My gaze swept to the side again, and I caught my breath once more.

There was also a large mandarin fish lying on the water plants nearby.

With its thick, broad back, dark yellow and black markings, and upright dorsal fins, it weighs at least seven or eight pounds. If you took this to the market, a live, wild mandarin fish would cost over a hundred yuan per pound.

The old man's Adam's apple bobbed, and his voice was a little dry: "This...you caught all of these?"

Jiang Qian nodded: "Mm."

The old man swallowed hard: "How long have you been here?"

"About an hour," Jiang Qian said honestly.

The old man fell silent.

He turned his head and glanced at his fishing spot, which was a dozen meters away.

He started to feel resentful.

Why should I...?

The hotel on Ligongdi costs 3,000 yuan a night. He came here to fish, and he arrived at five o'clock in the morning, before dawn!

After pouring in three pounds of carefully prepared base sauce, I spent the entire morning by the lake in the cold wind, not even having time to drink much water.

Results: Four ears of wheat, five or six white stripes.

The biggest one isn't even as long as my little finger!

Then turn your head and look at the big mandarin fish on the ground and the big black fish in the bucket.

The old man felt a tightness and pain in his chest.

On what grounds?

I stayed up all morning and got a runny nose from the cold.

They've been here for over an hour, which is about the time it takes to have lunch!

I spent tens of dollars on a heavy fishing spot, but I didn't see a single fish.

They just have a bare lure rod and don't even bait the fishing spot.

Inside the enclosure were several translucent minnows.

They had two full buckets, plus a huge, fat mandarin fish!

The old man clicked his tongue, maintained his air of superiority, turned around and walked back to his fishing spot, picking up his landing net and rod.

My mouth feels so good today, I want to try it too!

Looking at the old man's slightly hunched back, Jiang Qian felt that same feeling again.

That's right, that's right, that's correct.

The check-in points provided by the system are indeed somewhat useful...

While others might spend half a day building a stronghold and holding it, he can evacuate with millions of dollars in the time it takes him to have a meal.

It was still really enjoyable.

But then a thought struck him, and he realized...

Today's check-in task progress bar is still a little short. The time has actually been up for a long time, but I still haven't reached the completion time for the check-in task.

"What happened?"

"Well, these dozen or so kilograms are enough for today."

Jiang Qian believed that a living person shouldn't be suffocated by holding in their urine; the system was merely providing information.

If it doesn't trigger, it doesn't trigger.

He put the large mandarin fish into the woven bag he had brought with him. He packed up his fishing rod and slung his bag over his shoulder.

The cat owner jumped onto his shoulder with practiced ease.

The catch, weighing over ten kilograms, was so heavy in my hands that it made my fingers turn white.

He walked along the beach path by the lake toward the main road, intending to hail a taxi.

After walking for a few minutes, the cat on my shoulder suddenly twitched its ears.

It jumped down and darted several meters away, heading straight for a shallow area at the edge of the beach.

"Hey, don't run around."

Jiang Qian called out, but the cat boss ignored him completely.

Its two front paws dug wildly in the wet sand, sending mud and sand flying everywhere.

He dug twice, then turned around and shouted at Jiang Qian.

"Meow!"

Jiang Qian thought it was rummaging through the sand to find lake crabs, so he put down the heavy fish bucket, walked over, and squatted down.

But beneath the damp sand, a corner was visible.

It wasn't the glaring brightness of shards of glass, but a heavy, dark yellow light.

Jiang Qian reached in and his fingertips touched a hard object.

He gripped the edge, pulled it out forcefully, and rinsed off the mud and sand in the lake water next to him.

I really like one of Jiang Qian's lines: "Huh?!"

It turned out to be a pure gold round bracelet!

Jiang Qian held it in his palm and weighed it in his hand; the heavy, oppressive feeling was very obvious.

It's definitely solid, weighing at least 60 or 70 grams.

At the same time, a "ding" sounded in my ear:

"Congratulations, host, you have successfully completed the check-in!"

"So, the check-in task is here?"

He turned the bracelet over, examined it for a moment, and found that it looked...

It's very important.

It is finely crafted, not a cheap street vendor item, but a valuable antique piece made by a private individual, and the style doesn't look like something from today.

"Something this important..."

To be honest, if it's something that doesn't seem very important, like money borrowed on the street, or something that others might not think is important but is actually valuable, like the pipette from last time...

He took it without hesitation and left.

But this kind of thing...

His first reaction was to call the police.

The owner must be frantic with worry about losing this item, and the police station will most likely have a record of it.

He took out his phone, just about to dial a number.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from around the corner of the path ahead.

It was a young girl's voice, thick with sobs, as she walked and made a phone call.

"Mom, I've searched everywhere, I've even turned the beach upside down... but it's still not here. It was left to me by my grandma..."

"I've searched everywhere, even the beach, but it's not there—"

"I don't want it! Mom only left me this one bracelet, I don't want to buy a new one! I want this one!"

Upon hearing her voice, Jiang Qian immediately perked up.

Lu Xun once said, "Women only slow down my sword-drawing speed... but a rich woman can buy me a better sword!"

Such a large gold bracelet clearly belongs to a wealthy woman. Although Jiang Qian didn't expect much in return, he could at least build up some connections.

But when he actually met the girl, he immediately lost interest...