[Hahaha, Yan Wang didn't roll up the snowflake beef, but rolled up the number of skewers! So funny!]

Both the "Double Evening CP" and the "Jackal CP" were swept off the track, declaring that whoever wants lunch can eat it, and they absolutely will not join in.

There's a reason why Xi Mei is ostracized; she's the envy and target of jealousy and resentment.

[Even eating lunch can result in such a dramatic turn of events; none of Yan Wang's eight hundred schemes are entirely sincere.]

Jiang Hexi finally got to eat the grilled skewers and crispy rice.

Not eating would offend Yan Jie, and eating would offend Chai Fei and Yu Xiangwan. In any case, she would offend people from both sides, so she chose to fill her stomach first.

Yan Jie took the remaining skewers and sat down next to Xie Wanyi.

Xie Wanyi muttered a curse under her breath: "Have you no shame?"

"I'll only accept your offer if you give me face." Yan Jie picked up a skewer of beef, chewing it with increasing gusto.

Xie Wanyi said with deep regret:

"Who was it that said last night that they weren't going to roll it anymore, and that rolling it would be pointless anyway? I actually believed your nonsense and didn't prepare anything. In the end, you used me as a stepping stone and trampled me to the ground."

"I'll give you a kebab, and you'll get a rough edge to it."

Yan Jie turned the tables and blamed it on him instead:

"Is your snowflake steak more presentable, or my kebabs? I'm the one who's helping you out, and you're here criticizing me?"

Xie Wanyi couldn't reason with someone who used such robber logic. "If you're so capable, why don't you conduct a fair competition instead of spreading misinformation?"

"Who knew you were so blind? You couldn't even see the situation clearly with just a little bit of smoke."

"We're not even on the same track, why are you dragging me into this?"

"If I had to find a reason..."

Yan Jie rolled the skewers he had finished eating into aluminum foil, crumpled them up, and threw them into the trash can. "Xi Mei said you're so handsome twice."

Xie Wanyi was utterly speechless.

If it weren't for the live broadcast cameras, he could have punched him in the face until it was bruised and bleeding.

Yan Jie got up and walked over to Jiang Hexi. He glanced at the empty metal lunchbox on the long bench, then at the emptied soup in the enamel mug, and said with satisfaction:

"I'll take you for a walk around the reservoir."

Jiang Hexi packed up her lunchbox and got up. Yan Jie picked up a long bench, and the two of them arrogantly walked out in front of the five people.

Shen Yingyu summed it up with one sentence: "Eating well, drinking well, and having fun, these two together are just so enviable."

Yan Jie drove his SUV and took Jiang Hexi to the reservoir.

Upon arriving at the parking lot, Jiang Hexi got out of the car and looked around. The banks of the reservoir were filled with retired men who had come to fish.

She walked over and saw an old man preparing to reel in his fishing rod. The curve of the rod indicated it was a big fish.

Upon seeing her, the old man, while pulling his pole back, greeted her happily.

"Xi-mei, is that really you? What brings you here?"

Jiang Hexi quickly stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, collecting the fish is the priority. Do you need any help?"

"Get me a landing net, and catch the fish for me in a bit."

The old man lifted the fishing rod with force, and seeing that the big fish was struggling and losing strength, he quickly reeled in the line. Jiang Hexi seized the opportunity to cast the net and skillfully scooped up the big fish.

The old man hooked the mandarin fish with his fishing scale and lifted the whole thing up. "Twenty-seven pounds and six ounces!"

His excited voice, as if he wanted to announce to the whole world that he had caught a big fish, immediately attracted the attention of other anglers in the area.

"Wow, this fish is enough for you to brag about for a whole year."

"You were out of the running yesterday afternoon, but as soon as Xi Mei arrived, you caught a big fish. You're really just lucky to have Xi Mei."

Jiang Hexi waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, no, this is all thanks to your excellent fishing skills, it has nothing to do with me."

"It's all thanks to you."

The old man, convinced of this, tirelessly lifted the over twenty-pound upturned snout and shooed people away triumphantly, saying:

"Come on, make way, I want to take a photo with Ximei to remember this moment."

Yan Jie became the passerby taking the photo. He took the phone from the old man and reminded him, "Three, two, one, smile."

The photo freezes in a second.

The old man raised his upturned lips high, grinning from ear to ear. Jiang Hexi held a fish tail in her hands, her smile enough to amaze time.

Yan Jie silently turned on Bluetooth and transferred the photos to his phone.

The old man warmly invited everyone to come and take photos with Xi Mei, saying that she had a lucky charm constitution and that if you borrowed her luck, you would definitely be able to catch a big fish.

One call and a hundred responses.

The retired old men by the reservoir came here to fish after seeing the five chaebols catching a big catch in the shallows.

Most of them were Xi Mei's "fans". Upon hearing this, they all put down their fishing rods and ran over to take a group photo.

The old man's phone couldn't take pictures of so many people.

The cameraman captured this precious moment with a camera mounted on his shoulder.

[What kind of massive fan meeting for senior citizens is this? The old men are so adorable when they're chasing after celebrities.]

The old man's scheme succeeded! Now, not only do the fishermen at the reservoir know he caught a 27.6-pound mandarin fish, but netizens across the country witnessed this glorious moment. He can brag about this for the rest of his life!

On his way home, the old man will definitely hang the upturned beak outside the car door, showing it off all the way back.

When Jiang Hexi came to the reservoir to investigate tourists' fishing experience, before she could even ask a question, the scene turned into a large-scale fan meeting, with elderly men lining up to take photos with her.

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