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The slap was neither too hard nor too light. It was just strong enough to startle the goldfish that had been lazily drifting in the water, sending them darting away in a flash.
It was at that moment when He Lingchuan’s net slipped into the jar, landing precisely to the side of one fish. Then, with a gentle scoop, he slapped the black-patterned goldfish clean out of the water, catching it neatly in the jar that he was now holding in his other hand.
Got it!
Of course, the paper net tore apart in the process.
Still, trading one flimsy net for a lively, beautiful goldfish was well worth it.
Sun Fuling gave a soft round of applause. “Nice!”
That move had been far too fast for most people to follow, but she had seen it clearly. Quite apart from anything else, the net was so poorly made that it could never withstand the goldfish’s sudden burst of strength if it charged straight into it. That meant the net could not be placed directly in front of the fish’s escape path.
In that split second, He Lingchuan had accurately predicted the fish’s direction and scooped in from the side, using the angle to dissipate its force.
In actuality, the fish had been bounced out rather than truly scooped out.
But in this case, catching the fish was actually the easy...
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