A god-tier fishing spot, anglers lined up to give me money.

The rain lasted for a full hour before it subsided and turned into a light drizzle.

Yang Qi stepped out from under the eaves, opened his umbrella, and gestured with his chin to Chen Zilu behind him: "Wait a minute, I'll go get the car."

Chen Zilu nodded, stood at the door of the small house, and watched him stride towards the garage through the puddles.

After a while, Yang Qi parked the car at the gate, rolled down the window, and called out to her, "Come out, get in the car."

Chen Zilu, holding an umbrella, jogged a few steps, opened the passenger door, climbed in, closed the umbrella, and shook off the water.

Yang Qi shifted gears, turned around, and drove down the mountain.

The two of them barely spoke the rest of the way.

When the car arrived at the gate, there were three cars and a tricycle parked inside.

The house was bustling with activity; it was a family gathering.

My eldest uncle has four family members, my second uncle has two family members, my aunt's husband has four family members, plus Ouyang Liwen has two family members, plus Yang Wenshang, Lai Lingling, plus the original Su Guanyin and Yang Xiaojin.

Excluding the two of them, there were 16 people in total, gathered together inside the house.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Chen Zilu saw several figures standing at the gate of the courtyard through the glass.

His gaze lingered on one of the figures, then he turned to look at Yang Qi:

"You...called them over?"

"Guess?" Yang Qichong smiled at her.

"You're so mean, I want to get off."

Chen Zilu reached for the car door handle, pushed the door open, and jumped out. She didn't even have time to open her umbrella before running towards the door, calling out, "Mom!"

Upon hearing the sound, Ouyang Liwen immediately came out of the house and the mother and daughter embraced each other.

Chen Zilu lay in Ouyang Liwen's arms: "Mom, why are you here?"

"Your Uncle Yang called to say that families should reunite for the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Ouyang Liwen patted her back and held out her hand to shield her from the raindrops, "Quickly, come inside, you're getting wet."

Yang Qi parked the car in an empty space in the yard, turned off the engine, and got out.

The rain was light. He stood in front of the car door, took a deep breath, and shouted to the row of people under the eaves:

"Mom and Dad, Uncle, Second Uncle, Aunt, Uncle, Aunt, Aunt, Second Aunt, Eldest Brother, Eldest Brother and Sister-in-law, Ruiting, Wenxuan, Aunt, Brother Yu"

Fourteen different titles in one breath, and smiles appeared on everyone's faces simultaneously.

Uncle Yang Kairong held a steaming bowl of rice wine with eggs in his hands, with white steam still rising from the rim of the bowl, and handed it forward:

"Xiao Qi is back? Come, come, have a bowl of rice wine and eggs to warm yourself up."

Yang Qi waved his hand:

"No, Uncle, I have something to do tonight. I'm leaving now. I'll come back tomorrow morning to talk about it."

He paused, then looked at Chen Zilu, who had already released herself from Ouyang Liwen's embrace.

"Zilu, you and your aunt have a good chat."

Yang Wenshang frowned: "What's the rush? Why does it have to be today?"

"Dad, something really has happened." Yang Qi didn't explain further, taking a half-step back. "Excuse me, everyone."

He turned and walked towards the car door. The moment he opened the door and bent down to sit inside, the expression on his face changed from gentle to cold.

The people in the yard stared at the direction where the taillights disappeared for a while. Then, Ouyang Liwen looked at Chen Zilu and asked:

"Zilu, what's the urgent matter, Xiaoqi?"

"Guard the reservoir."

Luo Wenxuan leaned halfway out from the crowd: "Hey, sister-in-law, do you need any help?"

"I……"

Chen Zilu's face flushed red. Hearing the words "sister-in-law" in front of his mother, he opened his mouth, stammered,

"Um... I'm not... married yet."

"Hahaha……"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Chen Yu nudged his sister's shoulder with his elbow: "Sis, come on, we saw everything you did on your live stream."

Chen Zilu's face turned even redder, and she almost shrank behind Ouyang Liwen.

She wanted to refute it but didn't know where to begin. The part where she and Yang Qi kissed on the cheek during the live stream was indeed broadcast all over the internet.

"Come in, come in," Lai Lingling clapped her hands and said, "Since Xiao Qi said he doesn't need any help, let's eat first. The food's getting cold."

Everyone laughed and joked as they walked into the house.

All the lights in the room were on, and a large round table was set out, complete with bowls, chopsticks, and wine glasses.

In stark contrast to the bright lights and laughter at home, the scene at the reservoir was quite different.

The night rain was still falling. Yang Qi parked the car outside the fence and stood in the drizzle, looking at the dark, murky water in front of him.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out who wanted to harm him.

Are you trying to harm me?

Whom have I offended this time?

Zhao Hua? No, he may be malicious and cunning, but at most he's just causing trouble. Poisoning someone doesn't seem like something he would dare to do.

White Ito? The guy who drives a Lamborghini may want to buy the reservoir, but what good would it do him to destroy it if he wanted to?

Buying a contaminated mess and then cleaning it up again? What a fool!

Is it a case of "if you can't have it, destroy it"? Judging from his behavior, do you think I can afford to offend him?

Wait, the event, three days later... Yang Qi, like a drowning person finding his way, kept making connections.

Then I was shocked.

"Phew...that was close, my reputation was almost ruined."

Once the event starts, it will be broadcast live across the entire internet, and reporters will definitely be there. At that time, all the fish will be belly-up.

That scene...

He couldn't clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River ten thousand times.

"It seems that the person who poisoned the fish calculated the event three days later, and that by that day the toxins would have accumulated to the point that the fish would die suddenly in large numbers."

In fact, the event itself was exactly what they wanted—a timely act of kindness.

A spur-of-the-moment impulsive decision conveniently provided the perfect opportunity for someone who had been planning to make a breakthrough.

Fortunately, Zilu organized it...

Yang Qi felt a cold sweat break out on his back. The fish had turned belly up, and public opinion could crush him. It would be almost impossible for him to open a fishing pond in the future.

"who?"

"Who's trying to drive me to this dead end?"

Yang Qi roared.

Wait a minute, a hundred-acre reservoir can't be poisoned in a day. It would take at least several days to infect such a large body of water.

That means the person who poisoned the water has been active near the reservoir for several days, mingling with the anglers, coming every day and adding something to the water every day...

"Okay, okay, okay, that's really great."

After calming down, Yang Qi wiped the rain off his face, turned around, walked back to the car, got into the driver's seat, and closed the door.

Yang Qi opened the system panel and began watching the surveillance playback frame by frame.

But 360 angles, 360 images, too many and too varied, all of them are just normal.

Yang Qi looked at it for a while, then asked the system:

"System, hurry up! Find all the suspects who used poisoned bait in their baiting operations!"

[…Alright. I'll lend you a hand.]

A few seconds later, the system displayed 10 screens.

In the video, all 10 people are using the same poisonous bait to continuously bait the area.

I baited the spot, baited the spot, and baited the spot again, but I didn't catch a single fish.

After scanning them all, Yang Qi clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "Zhang Fei..."

At this moment, his expression suggested he wanted to skin him alive.

"Fuck! 😤☄ฺ(◣д◢)☄ฺ😤..."

"What a Zhang Fei! No wonder he was acting so suspiciously; he was waiting for me all along."

"If you do this, then blame me..."