Chapter 125: Intermission (2/2)
A small graced his face, he knew that it was unlikely that Wei would want to join him now. He wasn't upset by it, she was in the midst of a budding romance, of course, she would want to spend time with her crush. Giving one last look at the two of them, he turned away and continued fishing.
With his full concentration back on the water, he didn't even realize that someone was standing next to him until Melting Snow sat down next to him. Startled by his presence, Xinya almost dropped his fishing pole to the ground.
”Did I scare you?” Melting Snow asked with a smirk.
Shaking his head, Xinya said, ”No, I wasn't scared, just mildly startled.”
”Sure, startled.” Melting Snow said, laughing. ”So did you catch anything yet?”
”Not yet, I just started fishing only a couple of minutes ago,” Xinya explained.
Taking out a black fishing rod, Melting Snow plopped it into the water, ”Well, I'm going to join you. Who knows what kinds of weird fish we could find in this pond.”
”Although they might look weird, they could taste good,” Xinya said.
”Like a pig fish.” Stated Melting Snow.
Tilting his head to the side, Xinya pursed his lips, ”A pig fish? What's that?”
”It's a half pig and half fish and it tastes like pork.” Melting Snow explained.
Xinya never heard of that type of fish in this game before, but then again he wasn't an expert on the different types of fish in Haven Online, so he doesn't know if Melting Snow was making it up or not. ”Who told you that there was a pigfish?”
”Nobody told me about it, I just made it up,” Melting Snow said while looking at Xinya as if he should have already known that. ”But with how strange this forest is, who can say if it's true or not. I might even catch one.”
Xinya started to laugh loudly at Melting Snow's words, the imagination of the boy was something else. Playfully, Xinya bumped his shoulder against Melting Snow before going back to focusing on his fishing.
”The trees, sure look beautiful now.” Melting Snow said while gazing at them in child-like wonder.
Smiling softly at him, Xinya said, ”They sure are.”
In complete silence they sat there together at the edge of the pond, staring at the lovely glittering white lights of the flowers as they fished. No words needed to be spoken as they enjoyed the ambience and each other's company.
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”Are you sure you want to separate from Drifting Cloud?” Wandering Sound asked. He had already asked this question multiple times, but he wanted to make sure that she knew what she was doing.”
Sighing in exasperation, Wei said, ”Yes, we talked about this before. Why do you keep asking me the same thing?”
”I just want to make sure you know what your doing,” Wandering Sound explained to her calmly. ”I know that you feel that you're depending too much on Drifting Cloud, but you got to remember that you're still new to this game.”
”Yes, I am new, but so is he. We both just started, but if you compare him to me, he is more self-reliant.” Wei told him sadly.
Wandering Sound understood where Roaming Wind was coming from, all their successes came from following him. Even this treasure dungeon was something that Drifting Cloud found and decided that it would be a good experience for Roaming Wind since she is a treasure hunter.
Although he was leaning towards Roaming Wind's way of thinking, because she did need to try to make it in this game on her own, he was hesitant. Wandering Sound knew that there was no way Drifting Cloud would let Roaming Wind go off with him unless he told her who he was. He didn't think he was ready to do that yet.
”Well before you decide on anything, it would be best to talk to Drifting Cloud about this first.” Wandering Sound told her. He hoped that Drifting Cloud would set her straight, and they could revisit this idea later.
”I will,” Wei said, glancing over to the pond when she heard Xinya's laughter. ”The next time we log out, I will talk with him.”