134 Isll Eat You (1/2)
An Xiaoning scanned her surroundings and exclaimed in awe, ”This is a really great place, beautifully surrounded by mountains and nature. I find it really therapeutic, just staring at the calm waters of the river.”
”We used to come here to fish all the time, but we've stopped coming so frequently, due to our busy work schedules. However, this is still the first place that comes to mind whenever we feel like fishing. There are plenty of fishes in this river,” Jin Qingyan explained to An Xiaoning as he pushed the fishing rods aside slowly.
”Qingyan has never once caught as many fishes as I have, though. I'm an expert at fishing,” Long Tianze said with a confident smile.
”You forgot to mention that the ones I catch are way larger than yours,” Jin Qingyan retorted.
”How about we have a match today?” he suggested.
Jin Qingyan quickly accepted the challenge, ”Sure.”
The two of them proceeded to cast their rods into the water at the same time.
Resting her chin in her hand, Mei Yangyang engaged in a casual conversation with An Xiaoning while they enjoyed a moment of tranquility and peace.
Soon after, Long Tianze retracted his rod forcefully all of a sudden, and a huge grass carp emerged from the water. It continued to struggle in an attempt to escape, flailing about in the air.
Long Tianze proudly placed the grass carp into his fishnet and bragged about his achievement to Jin Qingyan, ”Did you see that? I just caught a humongous fish.”
Seeing how conceited Long Tianze was, Jin Qingyan said nonchalantly, ”It's just a grass carp, it won't be worth much.”
”Hmph! Look at yourself, you can't even catch one. Sour grapes,” Long Tianze sneered.
”Who said I can't?” Jin Qingyan retorted.
As soon as he finished his sentence, Jin Qingyan caught a red snapper with his rod.
”A red snapper, not too bad, Qingyan. Why didn't you catch a shark?”
”Why don't you show me how to catch one, since you're so good at this?”
”Hahaha.”
Over the span of the afternoon, the two of them managed to catch plenty of fishes in their net.
They each had their own strengths — Long Tianze had won the match in terms of quantity, whereas Jin Qingyan had won in terms of size and value of the fishes caught.
On the way back, Long Tianze suggested, ”Let's have a feast of fish tonight, each dish prepared in every possible way — doused in sweet and sour sauce, steamed, braised, stir-fried with fermented pickles, stir-fried with dried chili, poached, etc. How does that sound?”
”It's all fish. Are you sure you can stomach that?” Jin Qingyan scoffed in disapproval.
”Why not? Every dish is going to be prepared differently and taste different from each other. I'm salivating just at the thought of it.”
”Glutton,” Mei Yangyang interjected.
Upon hearing her remark, Long Tianze answered with a grin, ”Yes, I'm a glutton, and I'm going to eat you.”
Mei Yangyang cocked her head towards the side and looked out of the window, pretending not to have heard anything.
Just as they were waiting for dinner to be served, the news broadcasted on the television had shocked them greatly.
It was reported that Bai Ranran had publicly announced on her Weibo page that she would be calling off her wedding with Ye Xiaotian. In order to avoid speculation, she included the reason for her decision in the announcement, claiming that it was entirely due to her personal reasons and that she had decided not to get married anymore. She had shifted all the attention to herself.
The piece of shocking and abrupt news had caused a major uproar, since it was not too long ago that they had announced that they would be bringing the wedding forward to an earlier date.
Upon hearing the news, Mrs. Ye hurriedly gave Bai Ranran a call, but the latter did not answer. Thus, she proceeded to call Ye Xiaotian instead to ask about what was going on. However, he mentioned that he had also just received the shocking piece of news and that she did not discuss the matter with him prior to the announcement.
Since he could not get through to her over the phone, Ye Xiaotian had no choice but to search for her personally.
Both the Ye and Bai families were puzzled and perplexed at her abrupt decision.
They took turns to question Bai Ranran. However, she had insisted on standing firm on her decision.