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265: Chapter 264: The Three Saucy, Cheap Musketeers 265: Chapter 264: The Three Saucy, Cheap Musketeers The Jeep Wrangler, Land Cruiser, and a Highlander, all several hundred-thousand-level mid-range models.

Alerted by the noise at the door, Wen Dong subconsciously glanced over.

Vehicles with local plates from W city, must be local anglers.

But Yue Feng had no recollection of them, likely never interacted before.

Soon, several young anglers in fisherman garb alighted from the three vehicles.

The one leading the way came from the Land Cruiser—a young guy with a small face, narrow eyes, white skin slightly flushed pink, sporting a pair of black-rimmed glasses.

Probably around 176 cm tall, quite slim, with a blue Fei brand half-cap on his forehead and Chinese red trendy sneakers on his feet, he wore stylishly fitting ice silk printed colorful sunscreen clothing.

His whole ensemble looked quite flashy.

Next to him was a rather plump and rotund fellow, followed by a significantly taller and bulkier man, at least 183 cm tall.

The trio walked into the area side by side, each person’s characteristics very distinct.

As they entered, people occasionally greeted them.

The young guy upfront responded rather modestly, nodding and handing out soft packs of Zhonghua cigarettes, causing Yue Feng to stare in slight astonishment.

“Hey, Yue, what are you looking at?” Liu Fengnian gently patted Yue Feng’s shoulder and called out to him.

“Ah?

Nothing much, do you know those few at the door?

They’ve got quite the presence, eh?” Yue Feng asked casually.

Liu Fengnian looked up and said, “Oh, you’re looking at him?

I know them!

The skinny tall one in the middle is Wang Xiaoli, the burly guy next to him is Qu Dong, and the chubby one is Zhen Shuang!

They’re the infamous frivolous and cheesy ‘Three Musketeers’ around W city, often chasing competitions outside, seems they came back after hearing news of this event!”

Wang Xiaoli and Qu Dong were relatively normal names, but hearing the plump fellow being called Zhen Shuang made Yue Feng’s eyes sting a bit—what kind of name was that?

“How about their skills?

Professional anglers?” Yue Feng followed up with another question.

“Not bad, they’ve won a few prizes in various competitions.

Although competitive fishing spends some money, it’s much better than playing cards, drinking, or doing drugs.

These guys are different from us; rich kids don’t need a job, just find an activity to do and spend their family’s money traveling around!”

Yue Feng nodded: “Got it!”

Yue Feng thought they would not overlap, so he continued practicing his casting and gauging the fish’s behavior, but in less than an hour, Wang Xiaoli casually strolled over to Yue Feng and Liu Fengnian.

“Yo, Uncle Liu, Uncle Zhang, you guys are playing here??” Wang Xiaoli greeted them with a warm smile and affectionately called them ‘uncle’.

Liu Fengnian looked up and replied, “Oh, it’s Xiao Wang, when did you get back?

Got any business?” While speaking, he handed out some soft-pack cigarettes of the brand Nanhai.

“Heard there’s a competition at our doorstep, so I came back for a few days.

Got nothing to do, how about we fish together?” Wang Xiaoli got straight to the point.

“Fish together?

How big of a fish?” Liu Fengnian asked.

“The usual rules, thirty-one runs, forty minutes!

This young man by your side seems new, is he with you?” Wang Xiaoli spoke while his gaze shifted to Yue Feng.

Yue Feng smiled amiably, “Hello Li, I’m Yue Feng, just hanging around with Liu and Zhang.”

“So you’re Yue Feng, the one who beat Zhou Tao in a fishing match recently?

Impressive!

Fancy joining for a fishing match?” Wang Xiaoli looked at Yue Feng and continued to talk about organizing a fishing contest.

“Got nothing better to do, so why not?

Yue, Old Zhang, what do you guys say?”

Yue Feng nodded: “Fine by me!”

Zhang Fenglin also nodded: “Just for a bit of fun!”

Seeing Old Liu readily agree, Wang Xiaoli said, “You three get ready, I’ll go round up some other folks, and then I’ll call for you!”

“Okay!”

…

As he watched Wang Xiaoli continue to contact others, Liu Fengnian showed a knowing smile.

“He’s treating us like fat pigs for the slaughter!

Looks like Wang Xiaoli might miscalculate!”

Zhang Fenglin added, “If he’s giving us money, why not take it?

It’s free after all.

Yue Feng, whip up some more bait.

Let’s put in a bit more effort and scrape together the entry fee for tomorrow!”

In competition fishing, this sort of event where people get together to compete in fishing is quite common.

Typically, here in W City, the rule is thirty yuan per round, with the top three taking the money and the rest filling in the gaps.

After all, it’s a bit like making a friendly bet; even if one puts in their all, they can’t lose too much in a day.

At most, they’d lose around five hundred yuan.

To objectively evaluate, winning the prize money isn’t the main goal.

The real purpose is to artificially create a slightly tense competitive atmosphere.

This sort of fishing duel happens almost every day at competition ponds across the country.

“How are we going to do this, Brother Liu?

I’ve never played this kind of fishing duel before!” Yue Feng asked curiously.

Liu Fengnian replied with a dismissive gesture, “Don’t be nervous.

The three of us will stick together, share the risks, and share the gains!

Just nail it and it’ll be fine.

What are we worried about?

If they’re treating us like fat pigs, they’ve made the wrong bet!”

Zhang Fenglin also said, “I feel like adding alcohol in fishing for these fish should make it easy to win against them.

Later, we’ll play it by eye.

If we’re significantly ahead, we should let back a little when appropriate to give them a glimmer of hope to win.”

“Right, mix the spiked bait with regular bait.

Don’t just bury your head in fishing.

If two of us are ahead, we let the others win a little.

Slow and steady wins the race!”

After a brief murmured discussion, the three of them agreed on their fishing strategy.

Yue Feng prepared another batch of bait to make sure they were well-supplied with ammunition and waited for the duel to begin.

About ten minutes later, Wang Xiaoli had contacted everyone and signaled for Yue Feng and his group to gather.

Yue Feng, Old Zhang, and Old Liu, each carrying a small fishing box and gear, headed towards the specially cleared southeastern corner of the south bank.

After everyone had gathered, it turned out Wang Xiaoli had rallied quite a few people for the fishing duel.

Yue Feng quickly counted: thirteen participants.

With thirty yuan per round, that was almost 400 yuan, with the winner taking about two hundred.

That sounded good.

If one won every round, they could make a tidy sum by the end of the day.

“The rules are the same as always.

Does anyone have any questions?

If not, then we can start fishing!” Wang Xiaoli announced.

“It’s just fishing, what’s there to question?

Let’s do it quickly before the temperature gets too high.

It’ll become uncomfortable when it warms up!” another angler said with a chuckle.

“Alright, if there are no objections, let’s start drawing lots!”

Wang Xiaoli produced a deck of playing cards from his pocket like a magician and wrote more than ten seating numbers on them with a marker in front of everyone.

He shuffled the cards face down, and each person drew one.

When it was Yue Feng’s turn, he casually picked one.

Number 36!

Four spots away from the easternmost position, a fifth side location.

Excluding the prime and second spots that were empty, Yue Feng’s actual position was the third seat in the southeastern corner.

As for how the fish were biting, Yue Feng had no idea until the fishing started.