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Chapter 556: Chapter 361 I’m About to Kneel Before You_2
𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
She quickened her pace, rushing forward with a "plop plop" sound, her hands swiftly reaching towards the water’s surface. One try, then two, she stirred up huge splashes.
The fish suddenly turned in another direction, with Xue Yuantong following the curve, until at last she pinpointed its shadow. She lunged forward with a huff, determined to catch it.
Jiang Ning casually pulled her arm, sneering, "Are you planning to feed the fish?"
After he stopped her, Xue Yuantong realized how dangerous her actions had been. If not for Jiang Ning, she would have certainly ended up face-down in the water.
"But this fish..."
Despite the murky water, they could still make out the dark shape swimming below.
Jiang Ning took a step forward, his body leaning to one side, and with a quick scoop of his hand, the shadow didn’t even have time to react before it was caught by Jiang Ning.
As he withdrew his hand, the water splashed down, revealing the true identity of the shadow—a black fish. Jiang Ning weighed it; it was probably over a pound.
Xue Yuantong witnessed Jiang Ning catching the fish from a close distance, first shocked. She couldn’t make out his movements clearly—they were just too fast. And he had used only one hand to catch the black fish!
On land, she wouldn’t have been able to catch the fish with just one hand.
Even if Chuchu were to come over, she wouldn’t stand a chance against Jiang Ning.
Inevitably, she felt a sense of defeat. Was she destined to never catch fish like Jiang Ning in her lifetime?
However, her sense of defeat soon vanished. What did it matter how well he could catch fish? He still relied on her to cook them.
Before long, Jiang Junlong had succeeded and caught a small grass carp, followed by Shen Qing’e, who managed to catch a fish with her own hands. The joy of catching a fish herself was incredibly intense, more so than finding money.
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To the east on the shore, the roaring sound of a motorcycle engine rose.
Duan Shigang was leading. He accelerated until he was nearly rushing into the river, then he let go of the throttle and forcefully squeezed the brakes. The motorcycle jerked to a stop, and he gripped the handlebars tightly, thinking himself rather dashing.
Deng Xiang, who followed on an electric scooter, arrived slowly. Seeing a familiar mountain bike parked on the shore, he instinctively thought of turning around to leave. Damn it, why did he have to run into Jiang Ning again!
After their encounter at the start of the school term, Deng Xiang was truly subdued. 8 against 1 and they hadn’t beaten Jiang Ning, who left him bereft even of physics.
He was a thug who could be reckless when his temper flared, yet Jiang Ning was his peer!
If his opponent dared to be reckless, he could surely skin him alive.
Deng Xiang genuinely wanted to avoid Jiang Ning, cursing under his breath, ’Bad luck!’
Gong Xuan and Qiu Die were on one scooter. Qiu Die felt it was too boring. This Brother Gang, leading them out here to play in the wild, what’s there to even enjoy?
In her sour mood, everything annoyed her, even the ’small waterfall’ that could be considered a modest attraction. It did nothing to soothe her irritation.
Duan Shigang stood by the wheat field, which was elevated compared to the river below. Looking down at the few people in the water, he called out loudly,
"Can you actually catch fish in this place?"
Seeing the newcomers on the bank, Shen Qing’e recognized the shameless boy they’d encountered at the reservoir. She immediately felt repulsed.
Most normal girls would feel repelled by this type of boy—some manage to turn their mischievousness into something appealing, being the right kind of rogue, outside of their rogueshness, they’re handsome, have good grades, and are good at basketball.
However, the boy on the bank was the sleazy kind of rogue, appealing only to like-minded, unacademic girls.
In the past, Shen Qing’e would keep her distance from such people, even feeling a bit scared. But now that she was catching fish with Jiang Ning, she wasn’t afraid.
She often paid attention to Jiang Ning and had a fair understanding of him.
’If they provoke Xue Yuantong, they’re definitely going to get beaten,’ she thought instinctively.
In response to Duan Shigang’s greeting, Jiang Ning caught a Cut Fish and casually tossed it into a bucket.
No one spoke, but this was a sort of indirect reply.
Seeing that fish could indeed be caught, Duan Shigang became interested. He had grown up in the countryside and had caught his fair share of fish as a child. However, many people from his village had moved to the urban area later, and half the village had relocated.
He descended the slope beside the wheat field to the water’s edge, eyeing the bucket on the bank filled with various fish—carp, crucian carp, black fish, Cut Fish—several species.
He reached his hand in, and Jiang Ning said, "Take a look, but no touching."
Upon hearing this, Duan Shigang’s face showed displeasure, and his tone edged with irritation, "I’m not taking your fish. What’s wrong with just touching?"
Before Jiang Ning could reply, Deng Xiang, seeing that things might escalate, hurriedly slid down the slope to intervene,
"Brother Gang, Brother Gang, don’t start anything, okay?"
"Make money in peace, make money in peace!" Deng Xiang, who could manage a few underlings and also get along with Wu Xiaoqi, was adept in diplomacy.
Duan Shigang glanced sideways at him, "What’s going on, Xiang Xiang? Not seen you in six months and you’ve gone soft?"
"I’m telling you, Brother Gang doesn’t seek trouble, but I’m not afraid of it either!"
Deng Xiang felt like kicking Duan Shigang into the river; damn it, if it were just you alone, you could get beat to death for all I care, but I’m here too. What if Jiang Ning loses it and beats me up too?
Sister Gong, who was not just watching the fight, advised, "Brother Gang, Jiang Ning is the top guy in our first-year class. You don’t want to mess with him."
Hearing this, Duan Shigang graciously said, "Alright, I’ll give you two face, after all, I still have to make my way in Fourth Middle School."
Upon hearing this, Gong Xuan was puzzled, "Brother Gang, weren’t you out working for the past six months? How come you suddenly came back to study? Also, weren’t you at Tangnan Middle School?"
Duan Shigang attended Iron Middle School in the urban area and after failing his middle school exams, he miraculously passed the high school entrance exam threshold of 380 points, thus avoiding vocational school and attending a local high school. After half a year, he went out to work.
Seeing Sister Gong’s question, he puffed up proudly, "Got a teacher from our village to arrange for me to audit classes at Fourth Middle School."
