Yu Xiuyuan cried out, "Holy shit, it actually worked!"
Once again, he fumbled to take the fish off the hook and stuff it into the bucket, looking at Lu Jinming with astonishment and a hint of something complicated.
He baited the hook again and cast his line into the water.
Two seconds of silence passed.
"How about... you... say that again?"
Lu Jinming's circuits had returned to normal. He stopped talking.
Of course, it could also have been because that wasn't a command, so it hadn't triggered his underlying code.
Yu Xiuyuan didn't push him, mostly because he was a little scared himself. If it worked again, what was he supposed to do with Lu Jinming from then on?
Surely he couldn't keep the guy around just to catch fish?
Yu Xiuyuan felt the phone in his pocket, a little regretful. His performance just now had been too good. That recording was probably useless now. If he released it, there was no telling whom the netizens would sympathize with.
Yu Xiuyuan stopped talking, and Lu Jinming stayed silent too. Things became rather awkward.
But Yu Xiuyuan didn't want to go back. He still wanted to fish. He had to catch one through his own abilities.
And break this terrifying curse.
Lu Jinming sat there, his mind a little blank. He suddenly realized that Yu Xiuyuan really didn't seem to like him anymore.
The realization came without warning, yet it was unusually clear.
It left him at a loss.
In truth, he'd been very happy when Yu Xiuyuan stopped bothering him.
But later, when he saw Yu Xiuyuan on the dating reality show, he discovered that Yu Xiuyuan was actually very entertaining, bright and dazzling, and so beautiful, especially that time he'd dressed as a woman... His singing was wonderful too.