Chapter 196: Unlucky Brother and Sister, Special Bait and Red Carp
But after some effort, the fish still ran away. Looking at the empty fishing rod, Xiao Qi was in tears.

Xiao Lin patted his brother's shoulder with a sympathetic look on his face. She understood.

……

No one knew what was going on, but for the entire morning, the brother and sister Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin kept repeating the process of fish being hooked and then escaping. They used up a lot of bait and were exhausted, but in the end, they didn't catch a single fish.

Looking at the fish in other people's mermaid buckets, the two siblings' faces turned black and they squatted aside silently to draw circles.

what happened?

Are these fish playing a trick on them?
It's too much!

Why didn't they catch any fish? !

……

"Okay, don't be angry."

Xiao Xiao walked over and patted the two siblings on the head.

"Let's go fishing in another place this afternoon."

"Pfft~ What's that expression on your face?"

Seeing the brother and sister turning around, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but smile.

"We have expressions of extreme grief and indignation!"

“Those fish are so mean!”

"You're all going to eat them, so why don't you allow them to go bad?"

"But……"

Xiao Lin puffed up his cheeks.

"Then they should not eat our bait."

"This behavior of eating and running away is so cunning!"

Xiao Qi was still indignant.

"That's it!"

Xiao Lin nodded vigorously.

……

"Um, brother, are there any transparent fish here?"

Xiao Lin asked hesitantly.

"Transparent fish? What's wrong?"

"I noticed that no matter whether it was the fish I caught or the fish Xiao Qi caught, there was clearly nothing on the hook, but there was a lot of force coming from the water."

"Is there really nothing?"

"No fish or water plants or anything?"

Xiao Xiao confirmed.

"Hmm~"

Xiao Lin was a little hesitant.

"It must be because the sun is too strong that you are dazzled."

Xiao Qi didn't care.

How could there be nothing on the hook? Who ate the bait? Who was competing with him?
"Yeah, too."

Xiao Lin thought about it and realized it made sense, so he stopped worrying about it.

"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoqi, Xiaolin, it's time to eat."

"Hey, here we come."

When they heard that it was time to eat, the two siblings immediately regained their energy and ran over happily.

Xiao Xiao looked at the calm surface of the stream thoughtfully.

"Xiaoxiao?"

"elder brother?"

"coming."

……

The food for lunch was the fish that the group had just caught.

The fish soup and grilled fish made the three siblings of the Xiao family very satisfied. Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin were even smiling from ear to ear, and even their previous anger disappeared.

……

"Okay, we must catch some fish this afternoon!"

"Ah."

"set off!"

Looking at the two siblings who were full of fighting spirit, Xiao Xiao and several old people couldn't help but smile.

"Let's go. We old guys can't lose to the young ones."

"That's right, we are veterans."

"Haha."

……

Xiao Xiao specially chose a seat close to Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin in the afternoon.

If you have doubts, you need to confirm them.

He always noticed something here.

Now, with Feifei and Taotie by his side, some weaker demonic auras could easily be overlooked by him unless he was careful.

Especially water has the function of concealing breath.

Monsters in the water are even harder to detect.

Moreover, he was also a little puzzled. Why did Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin encounter this situation?

Could it be that monsters also know to pick on novice fishermen?
... "Hey, Xiaolin, your bait seems to be different from the one I gave you?"

Xiao Xiao took Xiao Lin's box of baits with some surprise.

"Hey, this is the small scale fish bait that I specially processed."

"This is also a specially processed small Qilin bait."

Xiao Qi also came over, holding his bait box, and showed it to Xiao Xiao with a proud look on his face.

“What did you add?”

Xiao Xiao took out a fish bait and sniffed it. It had a sweet and refreshing smell. Was it mint?
Sure enough, "I added mint essence and white sugar." Xiao Lin was the first to reveal the secret.

"I added mung bean powder and sugar."

Xiao Qi continued.

Xiao Xiao was a little amused and confused. Are you making pastries?
Even if additives are added, most people would add shrimp powder or something like that. Who would add white sugar like you do?

However, his guess in his heart became more and more certain.

No wonder these two siblings suffered.

"Can you give me one of your baits?"

"Ok."

"Brother, take whatever you want."

"You can also try my bait."

"Oh, I think our bait is pretty good."

Xiao Lin muttered, looking at Xiao Xiao's bait and then at his own bait.

"Didn't you catch any fish?"

Xiao Xiao pointed out the "cruel" fact with a smile.

"Ah, it's not that we didn't catch any, it's that they all ran away!"

Xiao Lin was furious.

"Wouldn't the result be the same?"

"Uh……"

Xiao Lin was depressed.

"How about we use my brother's bait?"

Xiao Qi suggested. He really wanted to catch a fish himself to avenge his shame in the morning.

"...Yeah." Without much hesitation, Xiao Lin decisively abandoned his bait.

No matter what, a good bait is one that catches fish!

……

Xiao Xiao hung the bait he got from Xiao Lin on the fishhook.

"Pfft~"

The fishhook enters the water.

At first, there was no movement at all.

Xiao Xiao was not in a hurry either. He sat on the chair with his eyes slightly closed.

A gentle breeze blew in from the treetops, passing over the water and brushing across his cheeks, removing the dryness. Xiao Xiao felt completely comfortable.

The air you breathe is filled with the faint fragrance of grass and the cool smell of water vapor.

……

鏉ヤ 钖楋纻
Xiao Xiao slowly opened his eyes, and after careful sensing, he found that there was indeed a faint demonic aura approaching.

A faint golden glow appeared in his eyes, and the situation near the fish hook in the water was clearly visible.

Is this... a red carp?
……

It looks like a fish with a human face.

Its sound is like that of a mandarin duck.

……

The red carp is quite large in size, with a circle of fins around its cheeks, which is clear in color and quite beautiful.

But when Xiao Xiao saw its human face, he couldn't help but hold his forehead.

It was a beautiful face indeed, but it looked a bit weird on a fish's body.

Also, did this monster eat too much? It looks a bit fat.

Is this also what is called a mermaid?

No, no, Xiao Xiao felt that he should not ruin the beautiful memories of his childhood.

The mermaid princess in the fairy tale is definitely much cuter than this monster.

……

The red carp had no idea of ​​Xiao Xiao's inner struggle. It swam happily towards the bait on Xiao Xiao's hook, its big tail swaying gracefully behind it.

"Ah woo~"

The red carp swallowed the bait on the hook in one gulp.

The slightly sweet taste made it squint its eyes contentedly.

good to eat.

Today, the red carp was accidentally attracted by the smell he had never smelled before. He hesitated for a while, tried a bite, and couldn't stop from then on.

And it’s always fun to play tug-of-war with humans.

Especially when seeing the two humans’ gnashing teeth yet helpless expressions.

It’s really fun.

Chiyu feels that today is a really pleasant day~
(End of this chapter)