flstandardbreds Chapter 118
Chapter 118
After receiving Chen Xuan's signal, Xiao Lin in the scene began to ponder, seemingly organizing his words, trying to describe in as much detail as possible the strange events that had occurred three nights ago.
As Xiaolin began to speak, the previously swirling chat in the live stream gradually quieted down.
It turns out that Xiao Lin was a graduate of Northwest Business School. Despite his impoverished background, he was full of ambition for his future, thinking that after graduation he would quickly enter society to find a stable job and help his parents support the family.
Unfortunately, the two years after he graduated coincided with a period of international tension. Large companies not only stopped hiring but also laid off large numbers of employees. Helpless, Xiaolin could only find a job delivering food.
Unfortunately, all the beautiful fantasies of student life were shattered by the unspoken rules of society.
Faced with increasingly tight delivery times and heartless abuse from customers, he finally decided to resign and return to his hometown, feeling disheartened, thinking that it might be good to develop his career there.
It was precisely because of this decision that he indirectly caused the death of his mother.
People living in the mountains value their reputation highly.
When Xiao Lin was admitted to a top university in Northwest China, all the villagers came to congratulate him and have a feast. But a few years later, Xiao Lin returned in such a sorry state.
The gossip and ridicule from the village made his mother cry every day, and eventually her chronic illness flared up and she died despite all medical treatment.
From then on, Xiaolin had to earn money on his own to support his younger brother who was in junior high school. People in the village said that Xiaolin was a cursed star who had caused his parents' deaths, and they didn't allow their children to have any contact with him.
Xiaolin had no choice but to do odd jobs, farm, and occasionally catch fish in the river to sell at the market in order to barely take care of her younger brother who was in junior high school.
Three days ago, while selling fish at the fish market, he overheard a fishmonger from a neighboring village saying that he had seen a large red fish about one meter long in the Xiangshui River not far from Xiaolin's house last night, and that he must catch it in the net and sell it within the next two days.
Xiao Lin listened to it but didn't take it seriously, because there weren't any fish that big in the Xiangshui River, and he would cast his nets at several fixed locations in the Xiangshui River every day.
That evening, after dinner, he took his fishing net to the Xiangshui River. He was furious to see that someone had already set up their net at the spot where he usually did so.
Just as Xiao Lin was in a daze, two beams of flashlight shone blindingly on his face from afar. He turned his head and saw that it was the Lin brothers, the village's little tyrants.
Neither of them had graduated from elementary school. They spent their days loitering around the village, causing trouble and getting into fights. They were both in their early twenties, strong and healthy, and no one dared to mess with them.
Before Xiao Lin could say anything, he saw the two brothers rushing over, pointing a steel pipe at him and threatening him menacingly, "We've already set our net here. If you dare to try and retrieve it, we'll break your legs."
Although Xiaolin was angry, she held back her anger when she thought of her younger brother.
Amidst the arrogant mockery of the two brothers, Kobayashi had no choice but to find a suitable spot to set up his net again.
He walked for a while but couldn't find a suitable place to set his net. He almost slipped into the river, and just as he was grabbing onto the weeds on the bank to try to get back to shore...
Suddenly, in the bright moonlight, he saw a red, streamlined thing moving in the river not far away.
At first, Xiaolin thought it was a red plastic bag, but as his eyes gradually adjusted to the moonlight, he was shocked to find that the red streamline was actually a huge and terrifying red fish.
The big red fish was over a meter long and swam slowly in the water, seemingly unaware of Xiao Lin, who was staring in disbelief on the shore.
When Xiaolin saw the big carp, he slowly picked up the landing net, preparing to catch it.
However, at that moment, the big red fish spat out a dark red stone the size of a quail egg.