Watching the dark float, Lin Yang forcefully suppressed the urge to immediately lift the rod, counting to three silently in his heart.
After counting the three numbers, he then lifted the rod to hook the fish.
Upon hooking the fish, the first sensation he felt was its heaviness; it was as if he hadn't hooked a fish at all but snagged the bottom or caught some underwater debris—the rod gave no responsive feel when lifted.
Lin Yang knew he had hooked a true big fish.
"This is definitely a big fish; lifting the rod is like hitting a stake, it just won't budge," he said, glancing at his phone.
The live streaming audience also began to hold their breath, tense as if their own actions through the screen could affect his ability to play the fish.
