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Chapter 54: The Mermaid of Old Dock (2/2)

Two hours had passed…

Shen Cheng: “…”

At this moment, the float sank slightly. Shen Cheng was overjoyed and pulled hard—

It was a small fish, barely the length of a finger.

Shen Cheng: “…”

“I refuse to believe this!” He threw the small fish into the bucket, spat, and rebaited the hook.

This time, it hadn’t even been ten minutes before the float sank sharply again. Shen Cheng’s eyes focused, and with a forceful tug, he raised the fishing rod!

This time, it was a large fish that looked too big to be held with both hands. Seeing this, Shen Cheng almost shed tears of excitement.

Suddenly, there was a splash, and a shadow leaped out of the water, swept past Shen Cheng’s hook, and with another splash, fell back into the water.

Staring at the now empty hook, Shen Cheng was dumbfounded.

With his dynamic vision, enhanced by the genetic modification of both cat and dog Demi-Humans, Shen Cheng clearly saw what had happened.

He saw a beautiful girl with cherry-pink hair and a pink fishtail leap from the lake, gracefully twisting her slender waist as she bit the fish he had just caught, before diving back into the water and disappearing!

A fish Demi-Human?!

So, the reason he couldn’t catch any fish here was that this lake had been monopolized by her?

Frustrated, Shen Cheng threw down his rod and yelled at the lake, “Come out! Do you really think this lake belongs to you?”

The mermaid poked her head out of the water, the fish she had just snatched still in her mouth. Her cherry-pink hair was draped over her alabaster shoulders and neck, and her matching pink eyes blinked innocently, making her unexpectedly adorable.

Seeing her like this, Shen Cheng didn’t know what to say, so he quietly sat back down. This lake might not belong to her, but it certainly didn’t belong to him either.

…Wait a minute, if this mermaid lived here, then in a way… didn’t the lake kind of belong to her?

Shen Cheng felt a bit guilty.

“Well, rivers and lakes are nature’s gifts. They don’t really belong to anyone. It’s a fair competition, a fair competition…” Shen Cheng muttered to himself in an attempt to console himself. Ignoring the mermaid who had submerged again, he baited his hook and continued fishing.

“Splash!” In less than a few minutes, Shen Cheng felt another tug on his line. Another fish was hooked, and as expected, the mermaid immediately followed, leaping from the water, ready to repeat her trick.

Seeing this, Shen Cheng’s lips curled into a sly smile.

Who was he? The world’s only dual-genetic aptitude user of cat and dog Demi-Humans! What seemed like lightning-fast movements from the mermaid were slow as a turtle in his eyes!

With a flick of his wrist and a twist of his waist, Shen Cheng immediately changed the trajectory of the hook, perfectly dodging where the mermaid had anticipated.

The mermaid missed, splashing back into the water, only to surface again, seeing Shen Cheng smugly waving the fish in her direction.

Puffing her cheeks in frustration, the mermaid dove back underwater.

“Heh heh.” Shen Cheng chuckled triumphantly, rebaited his hook, and cast his line again.

The float quickly sank once more, and Shen Cheng reeled in… only to find a black, broken shoe hanging from the hook.

Shen Cheng: “…”

Dumb fish, trying to play dirty, huh?

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