Ruan Xingyao pointed out to Jiang Xuan the spots in the lake where the tigerfish said there was rotting flesh.
Jiang Xuan immediately ordered his men to dive down and search.
In barely half an hour, they actually recovered more than a dozen sets of remains in varying degrees of decay.
Some were just skeletons, while others still had bits of flesh clinging to them.
But without exception, all of them were the bones of children—none older than eleven or twelve.
Ruan Xingyao didn’t end her livestream despite the gruesome discovery.
As a result, her stream exploded again—some first-time viewers were so horrified that they started swearing uncontrollably.
【Holy crap! What kind of stream is this?! You start out fishing, end up raffling off houses, and now you’re pulling out pieces of people?! This stream is way too hardcore!】
【I just came to lower the winning odds, not to witness a horror show! I can’t even eat my dinner now!】
【Judging by those bones, those were all kids… Was this accidental drowning or murder and disposal?!】
【↑ You hit the key point. Based on what I know of Streamer Starry, she never deals with normal cases. This must be something far more terrifying beneath the surface!】
【I’m scared, but I can’t look away!】
Once all the remains from the locations mentioned by the tigerfish had been pulled up, Ruan Xingyao tossed the giant fish back into the lake.
After being trapped on the boat for so long, the tigerfish splashed joyfully the moment it hit the water, circling the boat several times.
【Human! I thought you were going to eat me!】
Ruan Xingyao said disdainfully, “Keep dreaming. You wouldn’t even taste good.”
Maybe offended by her remark, the tigerfish circled twice more and then dove to the bottom, ignoring her.
Ruan Xingyao, however, didn’t let it off so easily—she gave it an order to check the lake for any remaining pieces of people.
Nearby, several grass carps crowded together in a water bucket, whining softly.
【Human! Let us go back! We can help you check too!】
【Yeah, human! We don’t taste good either, please don’t eat us!】
Ruan Xingyao couldn’t help laughing.
She crouched down and poked their heads one by one.
“You little guys—I almost forgot about you,” she said.
【Human! We’ll do anything for you!】
These few grass carps had grown quite large, and naturally, they’d developed a bit of cleverness of their own.
Thinking they could negotiate with Ruan Xingyao, each of them acted especially fawning and sycophantic.
Ruan Xingyao, intentionally teasing them, said, “That won’t do. You guys taste good, and today I am going to eat you!”
Sour cabbage fish, spicy boiled fish, peppercorn fish, poached fish in chili oil, grilled fish, tomato fish…
Just imagining all of it made Ruan Xingyao unconsciously swallow a mouthful of saliva — she even wiped the corner of her mouth with her hand.
The grass carps began trembling, huddling tightly together.
One slightly more quick-witted carp whimpered,
【But, human… we’ve been soaking in that rotten flesh all this time. Aren’t you afraid?】
It had heard plenty of people call them unlucky and unclean before.
Ruan Xingyao clicked her tongue and smiled even more wickedly.
She said, “Don’t think you can get away with that excuse. I am eating you today!”
The grass carps finally gave up hope.
A moment ago, they were still trying to outsmart Ruan Xingyao — and the next, they looked like living fish that had already died inside.
Ruan Xingyao couldn’t help laughing.
She poked a few of them again before standing up.
As soon as she straightened, she was met with everyone’s curious gazes.
You Huan asked, “Xingxing, what were you talking to them about?”
Ruan Xingyao relayed what the grass carps had said.
When she finished, You Huan’s expression grew conflicted.
After a long moment, she asked, “Xingxing, are we really going to eat them? I kind of think they have a point.”
Those fish had been soaking alongside corpses all this time — she was genuinely scared.
Ruan Xingyao looked at You Huan’s drifting, horrified expression and sighed helplessly.
“But honestly,” she said, “the grass carp sold outside… aren’t necessarily any different from these ones.”
That line made everyone’s expressions turn wonderfully complex.
【For the first time, I seriously wish Streamer Starry would stop talking. Please, stop!】
【I literally just ordered sour cabbage fish — what am I supposed to do now?! Yuck!】
【Forget fish, I can’t even look at meat anymore. Yuck!】
【Stop! Please stop! I can’t even eat the green vegetables in front of me! Yuck!】
The barrage was instantly filled with a flood of “Yuck” messages.
Ruan Xingyao blinked her big, innocent eyes and continued, “It’s such a huge lake, just a few little skeletons — what difference could they make?”
【I mean… she’s kinda making sense though?】
【Yeah, logically it checks out, but somehow it still sounds weird.】
【I still can’t handle this…】
【Ugh… yuck…】
Ruan Xingyao went on, “Besides, people aren’t necessarily any cleaner than these fish.”
As soon as she said that, everyone — both on the boat and in the livestream chat — fell silent.
Just then, another boat approached.
Yi Wenxue and Yi Minyong came aboard Ruan Xingyao’s boat.
Ruan Xingyao handed her phone to You Huan and stepped out of the camera’s view.
Yi Yang moved closer to Yi Minyong and softly called, “Grandfather.”
Yi Minyong glanced at her with dark, heavy eyes but said nothing.
Still, Yi Yang understood — Yi Minyong had accepted reality.
She didn’t speak again, just stood quietly beside him, waiting for judgment.
Meanwhile, Yi Wenxue walked up to Ruan Xingyao and gently brushed a strand of her messy hair aside.
“In such a short time, and you’ve stirred up such a big commotion,” he said.
Ruan Xingyao shot him a sideways look and lowered her voice. “Seventeenth Senior Brother, are you blaming me?”
Yi Wenxue lightly tapped her nose. “You’re just trying to annoy me, aren’t you?”
Ruan Xingyao immediately grinned, shaking her head playfully. “So, Seventeenth Senior Brother doesn’t mind if I reveal the Yi family’s secrets, then?”
Yi Wenxue replied calmly, “Go ahead.”
Ruan Xingyao made an “OK” gesture toward him.
She then returned to You Huan’s side and took the phone back.
Appearing in front of the livestream camera again, Ruan Xingyao said,
“I know everyone’s been curious about where these bones came from. Now, I’ll tell you the truth.”
【Here we go, here we go! Finally, my favorite part!】
【Honestly… I’m kind of scared to hear this. I don’t know if I want to know the truth.】
【Same. Especially since they’re all children… I can’t imagine how cruel this must be.】
— The end of the Chapter–
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