Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 1618 - 884: Shattered Fear

By the Huishui River.

The Fishing Man’s shout rang in Li Han’s ears, like a thunderclap, leaving him stunned, his eyes blank.

Yao Yiyao chuckled aloud, unabashedly praising: "Li Dahan, you’re really something!"

Li Qingyang just felt it was outrageous, Li Han usually seemed dependable, how could he do something so brainless?

Li Han didn’t argue or evade, his family was quite well-off, acknowledging his mistake readily: "Uncle, how much? I’ll compensate you!"

The Fishing Man saw the young man’s good attitude in admitting his fault, and with the calm demeanor of a fisherman, he waved it off: "Forget it, it’s just a broken phone."

With that said, the Fishing Man lifted his leg, prepared to continue fishing, displaying great magnanimity.

Li Han realized he’d encountered a good person, and precisely for this reason, he couldn’t shortchange a good man: "No, I must compensate you, uncle, how much is the phone? I’ll pay you right now!"

As Li Han spoke, he reached into his pocket, slightly agitated: "But uncle, I didn’t bring cash, I’ll transfer it through WeChat!"

The Fishing Man halted his steps, laughing in exasperation.

Xue Yuantong, after skipping a stone with a turtle, sat by the river fishing again, sharing this incident with Si Yu, she laughed "hahaha" in a voice message.

Chen Siyu replied to her: "Tongtong, why are you laughing? If WeChat doesn’t work, why not just use Alipay? Are you silly?"

Xue Yuantong repressed her laughter and decided to just continue fishing.

The environment around returned to tranquility.

Li Han had made a fool of himself, honestly sat by the river, leading a group to start fishing again, determined to win this time.

Yao Yiyao stood by the river, looking down at the calm water, with a premonition that she wouldn’t get to eat Xue Yuantong’s fish today at noon.

Meanwhile, Xue Yuantong discussed: "I’m planning to make fried fish at noon, haven’t tried it, have you? Kill the live fish first, chop it into pieces, then fry it in a pan, it tastes super crispy."

Jiang Ning: "Great, no wonder you’re a master chef."

Yao Yiyao: "That’s amazing."

But, she still hadn’t seen even the shadow of a fish.

As Jiang Ning waited, he took out his phone, commenting in the group: "Just now a phone with a cracked screen fell into the river."

Dong Qingfeng: "What kind of phone?"

Jiang Ning: "It should be a Coolpad Dashen F1."

Dong Qingfeng: "I know this model, pretty good value, it’s supposed to rival Xiaomi, but really it’s about on par with Redmi."

Talking about phones, he went on and on, enthusiasm akin to seeing a pretty girl.

Lu Qiqi overheard their discussion about Android phones, and loftily commented: "I only use Apple phones."

Dong Qingfeng: "Apple’s okay, but you can’t remove the battery, battery life isn’t great either, it’s single SIM, and you need a SIM eject tool to change cards."

Cui Yu said: "Qiqi is always so fastidious, last time I gave her my Xiaomi SIM tool, she said it would damage the phone."

Lu Qiqi retorted: "Isn’t that true? Although the Android SIM tool can be used, it doesn’t feel right, it might damage the motherboard."

As a seasoned mobile enthusiast, Dong Qingfeng sneered at the screen, intentionally saying: "Right, maintaining an Apple phone is tricky, every time I charge it, I worry about overcharging and affecting battery health."

Lu Qiqi agreed: "Yes, domestic voltage is unstable."

Ma Shicheng: "Ah yes, whenever I charge my Apple, it’s like flying to America to do it."

Wang Longlong: "Ah, you’re confused Brother Ma, this is assembled in Foxconn in Henan, you should go to Henan!"

Lu Qiqi’s face changed from red to green.

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Jiang Ning, satisfied, put away his phone, only to see a fish shadow emerging in the river ahead. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Soon, both Xue Yuantong and Yao Yiyao spotted the fish.

Vaguely, a large camouflaged yellowish-brown fish could be seen swimming slowly near the shore, seemingly luring the fishermen at the riverbank.

Xue Yuantong immediately stood up, pointing at it and exclaiming: "Damn fish, how audacious!"

She shook her fishing rod, intending to hook the fish ashore, but of course, that wasn’t possible, not having a fish spear.

Then, Xue Yuantong released the fishing rod, intending to go into the river to catch the fish.

But she heard Yao Yiyao’s voice stopping her: "Don’t, absolutely not!"

Xue Yuantong halted her step, turning to look at her.

Yao Yiyao’s face donned a layer of fear, her tone gravely serious: "My dad once told me the fable [Don’t pick up birds on the mountain, don’t catch fish in the river], because these fish are called guide fish!"

Her tone was deep: "Guide fish are said to lead people to the underworld, these fish may seem to swim very slowly, moving sluggishly, but if you dare to catch them, they’ll immediately become nimble, luring you further into the river, and in the end..."

At this point, Yao Yiyao sharply said: "By the time you realize you can’t catch them, you’ll be in the deep waters, and end up drowning! These are death-seeking fish!"

Xue Yuantong was frightened, looked down to see, her toes were less than ten centimeters from the water surface, and that fish was swimming right by her feet!

Xue Yuantong silently withdrew her small feet, just like drawing them back under the covers at night.

Yao Yiyao: "My dad said there was once someone in their village who was a great swimmer, and that’s how he drowned, so never try to catch them."

Their commotion attracted the attention of Li Qingyang, who came to see what was happening, also noticing that mysterious fish.

She and Yao Yiyao belonged to the same circle, having heard such folklore too.

Li Qingyang gazed at the dark fish shadow, feeling a chilling cold over her body, her heart full of dread, blurting out: "Isn’t that a guide fish!"

Li Qingyang said: "My grandfather told me, people often died because of guide fish, because you never know how deep the water is where you step!"