What Luo Youyou meant was that in less than twenty minutes into the competition, they had already caught two buckets of fish.
It was the same for Mo Jingyan; the two of them were neck and neck, making it impossible to tell who was better.
At first, the people watching them fish were just some young viewers and fans in the livestream, but later more hardcore fishing enthusiasts joined in.
Fishing lovers span all age groups.
At the beginning they trended for their looks, now they were trending for their insane fishing skills.
Many people were drawn in by their popularity; it was like what they were reeling in wasnât fish but gold.
The reality was, even if you were by the sea, eating seafood still cost a lot and it wasnât even that fresh.
And even if you were right on the coast, it didnât mean you could just casually hook such expensive fish, and not just one, but several.
Each one weighed several jin or more?
When the two of them pulled on the lines, people even wondered if the hooks were going to snap.
Luckily they had Qi supporting them, otherwise with that kind of weight on a single rod, the pole wouldâve snapped a long time ago, right?
Their record had long since spread online, and their livestream room was packed with people.
The viewer numbers in everyone elseâs rooms kept dropping, with more and more people flocking to the two of them.
As for the other couple, they were low-key, not showing off, steady and methodical; even if they werenât dazzling, among so many people they were basically in third or fourth place.
As for Liang Sisi and Lai Chuanyu, they were basically just here to play along. They simply didnât have that kind of ability. Theyâd watched videos before; in the last variety show theyâd fished too, but they didnât have the talent, nor the patience, and even less time to practice.
This time theyâd also guessed there might be all kinds of tasks like this, just that the production team hadnât revealed anything.
They hadnât expected there to be an actual fishing competition after they arrived.
Even less did they expect Mo Jingyan and Luo Youyou to completely steal the show on the program.
Previously, when Luo Youyou went on variety shows with them, theyâd watched those episodes too, but couldnât see anything special from their fishing; they just thought, oh, they know how to fish.
This time though, they saw it with their own eyesâthose two hauling in strings of fish one after another with that kind of technique.
The people behind the scenes had them watched, and aside from the live broadcast, close-up surveillance cameras also recorded their every move while they were fishing.
Close-up footage let the people backing them see how the two moved in daily, natural actions.
Ye Qingning had been watching Mo Jingyan and Luo Youyou the whole time; she hadnât expected the two of them to be equally outstanding, making her look utterly useless in comparison.
If it werenât a live competition, as investors they couldâve just scripted everything.
Right now Ye Qingning didnât care that she was in the middle of the competition, didnât care if she might lose, or if walking over would affect others.
She ignored her own rod, walked over to Mo Jingyanâs other side, and said ingratiatingly, "Brother Mo Jingyan, youâre so good at fishing, can you teach me?"
"No. And you canât learn it anyway."
Mo Jingyanâs voice was icy; the moment he opened his mouth it was straight-up rejection.
When Ye Qingning came to his side, he even subtly shifted his body a few inches closer toward Luo Youyou, widening the distance between himself and Ye Qingning.
Luo Youyou shot Mo Jingyan a look, eyes full of hidden meaning, basically saying: "Heh, your childhood sweetheart is here, your peach blossom has arrived, youâre on your own."
Mo Jingyan responded with an aggrieved look at Luo Youyou; that cold, aloof face was gone the second he faced her. When he met her gaze, his expression was almost fawning, as if silently begging for help.
Luo Youyou just shrugged at him, a helpless "canât help you" look. Youâre on your own!
The two of them were exchanging glances and signals, practically flirting with their eyes, completely leaving Ye Qingning on the sidelines.
It wasnât like Ye Qingning was blind. Right in front of her, seeing the two of them like thatâshe, a girl chasing a guy, had already thrown away her pride.
She considered herself more outstanding than the other woman, but in front of the man she liked, seeing his completely different attitude and expression toward her versus the other, how could she not feel hurt?
And this kind of hurt, this self-disrespecting behavior, was happening in front of so many viewers, with so many people watching the show, under so many eyes; no matter how thick-skinned she was, she would still hate it, still feel humiliated.
Of course, the one she hated wasnât Mo Jingyan, but the "innocent" Luo Youyou. She gritted out under her breath, "What a Fox Demon."
Viewers in the livestream could already sense a different kind of Qi in the air.
How did this dating show suddenly get a love triangle going on?
Could it be they all knew each other from before?
People started digging into their backgrounds.
Turns out every single one of them came from wealthy families, none of their backgrounds were ordinary.
In this round of the show, nobody had any antis trying to smear them.
At the beginning, there really werenât any. After all, even though Ye Qingningâs family were the investorsâthe capital behind this variety showâ
She barely had any fans online, definitely nowhere near Luo Youyouâs fanbase.
Before coming on the show, all Ye Qingning knew was that Mo Jingyan would be on it, and she was determined to win.
She just hadnât expected to find out after arriving that Luo Youyou would also be on the show, and that her fan count was even higher.
More popular than herâhow was that acceptable?
Back on the plane, before phones had to be turned off, Ye Qingning had already texted her brother, asking him to pay people off to dig up dirt on Luo Youyou and smear her.