162: Fifth stop: Xujiang

Li Yuer tossed her suitcase into the car and was about to get in when Gao Xiaofan pulled her back from behind and handed her the Gimbal.

"Come on, you sit in the front. I'm going to lie down in the back for a nap~"

After saying that, Gao Xiaofan climbed into the back seat, lay down, and wriggled his body contentedly.

"Starting navigation. Total distance 450km, estimated time 4 hours and 58 minutes~"

Qiu Gu started the car, hit the gas, and the vehicle lunged forward.

The location had already been sent to the Independent Regiment. They would definitely be taking the highway on the way there. Following a car was too dangerous, especially having a luxury car like a Prado follow his little bread van; it felt weird~

Ten minutes later, as usual, Brother Gu's motivational playlist began playing in the car.

Li Yuer swayed to the rhythm of the music. Good heavens, she was getting the perverts in the livestream room all excited.

"Wuwuwu, Brother Wo Zi really spoils his fans~"

"I won't let any of you say bad things about Brother Wo Zi ever again!!!"

"Typing to prove... my innocence~"

"User above, you finished way too fast."

Gao Xiaofan was curled up in the back seat. Looking at Li Yuer in the passenger seat from behind, he saw her bouncing figure and couldn't help but say,

"If you keep this up, you're going to get a warning soon~"

Li Yuer let out an 'ah' in surprise. She leaned forward to look at the comments in the livestream room, and her expression soured.

"Perverts!!"

She then snatched the phone off the mount, tossed it to Gao Xiaofan, and leaned back in her seat huffily.

Gao Xiaofan chuckled and picked up the phone. When he saw the comments in the livestream room, he was also speechless.

"I take back what I said earlier. Brother Wo Zi doesn't spoil his fans at all~"

"Exactly! Put Little Yuer back on screen!"

"Brothers, let's all unfollow him~"

Looking at the phone screen, Gao Xiaofan suddenly remembered the new title he gained yesterday: 'my livestream, my rules.' He couldn't resist equipping it and unequipped the 'Sheathed Enhanced Version.' Unfortunately, after studying it for a long time, he found nothing and could only give up in frustration.

After a journey filled with banter, they exited the Nancheng County toll station at 1:00 PM.

Gao Xiaofan had uncontrollably fallen asleep halfway through—he really couldn't help it.

"Hey? Where's the Independent Regiment?" Qiu Gu slowly reduced his speed and stopped outside the toll booth, looking around.

They had agreed before leaving to meet up after getting off the highway and then head to the fishing spot together. Why was no one there?

"Probably took a wrong turn~" Gao Xiaofan said casually.

"No way. How can you get lost following navigation?" Qiu Gu looked skeptical.

"That bunch of idiots is capable of anything! They even want to watch adult movies while driving. I think taking a wrong turn is perfectly normal for them~"

Just as Gao Xiaofan finished speaking, a WeChat notification sounded.

"Brother Gu, don't wait for us. Go straight to the fishing spot. We took the wrong exit and are taking the national highway now."

Qiu Gu tapped the voice message on WeChat, and the Regiment Commander's muffled voice played through the car's Bluetooth.

Gao Xiaofan didn't look surprised at all. As expected, it was perfectly normal and logical.

"Good heavens, your mouth is like an oracle~" Qiu Gu said with a smile, then hit the gas to continue following the navigation.

Gao Xiaofan and Li Yuer didn't think much of it and began discussing the target fish and bait combinations for the upcoming session.

"It's getting cold, let's go for Crucian Carp. At this temperature, an inland river like this will only have Crucian Carp. But I saw online that there are also Mandarin Fish in the river. If we're lucky, we'll have a feast tonight~"

"Hehe, then let's use commercial bait today!" Li Yuer nodded with a giggle.

Gao Xiaofan nodded and continued reading online guides.

The river was very long—a purely wild river that was a tributary of the Xu River. Fishing was banned in the Xu River itself, but there were no restrictions on the tributaries.

Once they arrived, Qiu Gu stopped the car, took the entrenching tool from the trunk, and walked toward the riverbank.

By now, Qiu Gu had become a master of fishing theory. Upon arrival, he would first look for a fishing spot; if the spot wasn't good enough, he'd just dig one out.

Li Yuer, on the other hand, shouldered her Fishing Box and ran down with her rods, cheering.

Gao Xiaofan held the Gimbal and began filming the surrounding scenery. He walked a distance along the embankment but eventually turned back helplessly.

The viewers in the livestream room were too perverted; he couldn't take it~

"What decent person looks at scenery??? We want to see Yuer~"

"Are you trying to force us to unfollow? Are you?"

"Little Yuer has already gone down to fish, why aren't you following her?"

With a darkened expression, Gao Xiaofan walked down. He felt like the entire atmosphere of the livestream room had changed since Li Yuer joined.

"Little Yuer, what do you think of this spot? It's a bend in the river, and since it's cold, this place should be quite good."

"Brother Gu, you're getting more and more professional. What you said is great, but there's actually a much faster and more convenient way."

Li Yuer set down her Fishing Box and said with a smile.

"At wild fishing spots like this, just walk along the bank. The spot that looks the best and has the most footprints and traces left behind is definitely the right one~"

Gao Xiaofan, who had just come down, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

The team atmosphere was great. They had an 'old ox' like Qiu Gu who worked hard without complaint, a cheerful 'female loser' like Li Yuer, and then himself—the visual center and the power carry. Tsk tsk.

But when he thought about the qualifiers in a month, he felt quite emo.

How could he improve the team's strength?

Within a few minutes, two fishing spots were selected, about 2 meters apart. Gao Xiaofan glanced at Qiu Gu.

"Brother Gu, the 4.5-meter rods~"

Qiu Gu nodded, ran to the car, shouldered the Fishing Box, pulled out a 4.5-meter rod, grabbed the tripod, and was about to come over when a Prado drove up from the distance.

"That idiot Second Battalion Commander insisted on making me watch an adult movie with him, and we ended up taking the wrong road!"

Once the car came to a steady stop, the Company Commander got out of the passenger seat and complained with a speechless look.

The Second Battalion Commander got out of the car full of energy: "Not bad, eh? Send me that clip from just now later~"

The group walked over laughing and joking. Gao Xiaofan took the tripod, chatted with the Independent Regiment for a bit, and mounted his phone onto the tripod. Only after he was finished did he return to his fishing spot.

"Little Yuer, what's the water depth?"

"Almost 3 meters."

Li Yuer said while adjusting her float.

Regarding how to address Li Yuer, Gao Xiaofan eventually settled on 'Xiao Yu,' but with a bit of a trailing tone~

He couldn't call her 'Little Li,' it felt weird. Calling her 'Yuer' was too intimate and even more inappropriate.

"Oh, then we'll need to add some gluten powder when we mix the bait later. Otherwise, the pulled bait won't be big enough and it won't stay on the hook well."

"Brother Gu, use a size 7 sleeve hook and then a size 0.6 sub-line."

Qiu Gu acknowledged and began rigging the rod. Li Yuer got up from her Fishing Box, leaned over to take out some wine-soaked rice, and tossed it toward the fishing spots. She threw a handful at each spot before starting to mix the bait.

"Use a higher proportion of Blue Crucian, a bit of 918 Milk Scent, and use the fishy version of Speed Attack 2 as well."