Soon, Jiang Ran's boat had completely sunk.

Jiang Ran was quite lucky - he had just fallen into the water when the old man's boat approached him.

"Old man! Save me!"

Jiang Ran desperately called out to the old man for help. He couldn't swim, so his entire body struggled fiercely to stay afloat.

Each time he struggled downward, he would gulp a mouthful of water.

The old man rowed his boat closer to Jiang Ran.

He took an unused oar from the boat, holding one end himself while extending the other end toward Jiang Ran.

With an anxious expression, he said, "Young man! Grab it quickly!"

The wooden oar extended toward him was like a lifeline.

Jiang Ran's right hand desperately reached forward.

Just when he was about centimeters away from grabbing the oar and surviving.

Suddenly, the old man's previously anxious expression vanished.

It was replaced by a sinister smile.

He pulled the oar away, then swung it downward, striking Jiang Ran's right hand that was reaching for the oar.

The blow made Jiang Ran cry out in pain.

He desperately screamed for help.

Unfortunately, aside from him and this old man, was there anyone else around?

Soon, Jiang Ran, who couldn't swim, gradually sank and was swallowed by the endless river water.

Until the moment he was drowned alive, Jiang Ran never understood why this old man wanted to harm him!

"Young man, don't blame your elder. This is how I make money. I was planning to retire, but my son needs to get married!!!"

The old man's words were full of helplessness, but his expression and body language clearly showed excitement.

It turned out this old man had been a corpse fisher since his youth.

He specialized in retrieving drowned bodies from the water to make money.

Of course, to make big money in this business, one needed to be ruthless.

Just like what this old man was doing now.

Intentionally causing people to drown, then fishing out their bodies afterward.

He didn't see anything wrong with it - his colleagues did the same.

As for whether these corpse fishers would save someone who accidentally fell into the water?

Heh, what do you think?

Child, don't be naive.

Saving you gets a thank you.

Not saving you gets a large sum of money.

"About time, I should go down now."

After waiting a few minutes on the boat, the old man prepared to dive in and retrieve Jiang Ran's drowned body, then call the police and notify Jiang Ran's family.

Finally, he would collect the corpse retrieval fee from Jiang Ran's family.

Just as the old man was stretching and one leg had already entered the water.

Suddenly, from beneath the water, a pale hand shot out, firmly grabbing the edge of the old man's boat.

The five fingers showed prominent blue veins.

Clearly exerting tremendous force.

The old man was stunned for a moment, then within seconds, he immediately grabbed an oar to beat this hand away.

"Hey, you kid, you're really tenacious!"

The old man swung the oar and struck the pale hand hard.

After hitting it, to the old man's surprise, the hand remained completely motionless, not retracting due to pain at all.

At that moment, another hand reached up and grabbed the boat's edge.

A trace of fear appeared on the old man's face.

He struck with the oar again, but the previous hand still clung tightly to the boat's edge.

Seeing this, the old man wondered if he had encountered something supernatural?

If it were a person, they would definitely let go after being hit twice!

The old man became somewhat afraid. Although he had never encountered anything supernatural in his lifelong career, other colleagues said they had.

They all said it was extremely eerie!

Thump!

A sudden sound.

Next, something happened that made the old man both happy and distressed.

Happy because the hands gripping the boat edge immediately pulled a person up from the water.

Not the supernatural entity he had imagined.

Distressed because the person emerging was actually that young man from before!

The old man wanted to use the oar to drive Jiang Ran away, preventing him from boarding, but Jiang Ran had already agilely climbed aboard before he could strike.

After boarding, Jiang Ran, completely drenched, pushed aside the bangs on his forehead.

His eyes revealed murderous intent.

He shouted at the old man, "You damn old man, trying to drown me?! Looks like you're tired of living!"

After shouting, Jiang Ran strode purposefully toward the old man.

The old man had done too many wicked deeds over the years.

He had experienced situations where he failed to drown someone and faced direct confrontation and revenge.

As long as it wasn't something supernatural, he wasn't afraid at all.

He swung the oar downward toward Jiang Ran's head, intending to knock him out and throw him back into the water.

The old man was quite physically fit, with thick arms that looked quite powerful.

But this powerful oar strike was easily dodged by Jiang Ran.

After dodging, Jiang Ran closed in on the old man, first slapping his face, leaving the old man stunned.

Five clear red finger marks appeared.

Then Jiang Ran kicked the old man into the river.

The old man, being in this profession, definitely knew how to swim.

And he was an excellent swimmer.

So once in the water, the old man was like a fish returned to the sea.

Even though he was kicked in, he desperately swam toward the shore.

Seeing this, Jiang Ran sneered coldly, stood at the stern, and using the oar the old man had dropped on the boat, aimed for the head of the old man who hadn't yet escaped attack range.

The old man definitely had extremely good mental composure - he didn't panic and lose all caution while escaping.

Instead, he kept watching Jiang Ran on the boat. Seeing him use the oar to strike, he immediately dove completely underwater.

Thus, Jiang Ran's oar strike missed, only hitting the water surface and creating a large splash.

"Damn you, still trying to run?!"

Jiang Ran was also ruthless, directly entering the water and diving after the old man.

The old man was somewhat surprised that Jiang Ran dared to enter the water.

He immediately stopped fleeing, instead sneering coldly as he waited for Jiang Ran.

He said, "Heh, in our village, if I claim to be second best in swimming, no one dares claim first! You young man! Coming to your death, don't blame me!!"

The old man waited for Jiang Ran.

The two immediately engaged in close combat underwater, throwing punches that landed solidly.

Soon, the previously arrogant old man who thought Jiang Ran was seeking death by entering his comfort zone began begging for mercy: "Young man! Stop hitting! Spare my life!"

"I have elderly parents above and young children below! My old mother still depends on me! My son isn't married yet! He's already over thirty!"

"Also, I have a daughter about your age! Not married yet! If you don't mind, I'm willing to marry my daughter to you!!! She's very beautiful!!!"

The old man kept begging for mercy.

Extremely pitiful.

But Jiang Ran's face grew increasingly cold and stern.

He dragged the old man, who could no longer resist after being beaten, completely underwater, including his head.

Before dragging him under, he said: "Old man! Don't blame me for not giving you a chance! If you can hold your breath longer than me underwater! I'll spare your life!"

The old man was ecstatic, so he competed with Jiang Ran in breath-holding underwater. After all, the old man was a corpse fisher and very familiar with water.

Although he couldn't defeat Jiang Ran in underwater combat, he was indeed better at holding his breath than Jiang Ran.

Thus, in their breath-holding contest, Jiang Ran lost.

The old man excitedly surfaced: "Great! I don't have to die!!!"

After Jiang emerged from the water, his face darkened with a sinister cold smile.

"I don't eat beef."