Chapter 1564: A New Realm of Fishing

Neither of the two spelled it out, but both knew it clearly in their hearts.

Shi Youxuan changed the subject, urging Nianyin that she should be better to Yulong and give some attention to the child!

It would have been better not to mention it, but at the mention of this, Nianyin complained to her elder sister: "You shouldn't have sacrificed Mother to achieve Yulong; he doesn't deserve it!"

"He doesn't deserve it? He is your own flesh and blood; how can you be worse than a stranger? Even a stranger, knowing a child couldn't attend military academy because of you, would at least say it's a pity, right? Look at you, not only are you not ashamed, but you even say he doesn't deserve it!"

"It is a pity, but no matter how much of a pity it is, one cannot exploit the matter of Mother being injured. He is male, a lowly person, and Mother is the supreme Clan Leader of the Ji Family."

"Sacrificing for the Clan Leader is the honor of a lowly person; the Clan Leader sacrificing for a lowly person? The Ji Family has never had such a tradition from ancient times to the present."

Shi Youxuan:...

She was rendered speechless with anger.

That was correct; securing the spot for Yulong to go to police academy was indeed exploiting the matter of her aunt's injury.

But even if she hadn't taken the opportunity to secure it, the fact that she was injured could not be changed anyway.

Moreover, Yulong failing the political vetting had a direct connection to her aunt as well; Nianyin's heart was far too biased.

In her heart, there was only Mother, and absolutely no one else!

In earlier years, she and Lao Qi had a very good relationship, but in recent years it had faded a lot; the couple was usually busy with their own affairs, gathering little and parting much.

She had already failed the child; she had never managed Yulong from childhood to adulthood, and now she remained obstinate; I fear the bond between mother and son will only grow more distant in the future.

They say maternal love is great, but in Nianyin's case, it seems to be an exception.

The entire meaning of Nianyin's existence was for Mother; the people of the Ji Family had always held a bias against boys, valuing women over men.

The bias was planted from the very beginning and was not easy to change.

Nianyin did not want to change it either; she did not feel it was her own fault.

Even if Shi Youxuan wanted to intervene, she couldn't; she was too stubborn, like water that could not penetrate.

The Sheng Family's house in the countryside was finally finished; according to rural standards, there were six main rooms, two side rooms, and two servant rooms.

There were decent-sized courtyards in the front and back; the front yard was for flowers, and the back was for vegetables, making their own household self-sufficient in vegetables.

The kitchen and dining room were in the side rooms, and the servant rooms were used as warehouses to store some things.

Since they moved to the countryside, the parents naturally had to live with them.

The best main rooms were given to the parents, and their own room was opposite the parents'.

The exterior of the house looked plain and unremarkable, but the inside was quite different; it was not extremely luxurious, but it was warm and comfortable.

Since they had moved to the countryside, it would be inappropriate to have too many servants following them.

Shi Youxuan only brought Fang Jie along, while Zhang Ma stayed at the original house to look after it.

Fang Jie's husband had passed away from a sudden cerebral hemorrhage the year before last, and her son had divorced Yafang and later found another wife.

Both daughters-in-law were much the same, and neither could get along with Fang Jie; the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships were not good.

Originally, she was old and wanted to resign and go home, but Shi Youxuan said that going back meant being alone, so it was better to stay at the house; she could do what she was capable of while she could still work, and when she was old and couldn't move, the Sheng Family would support her just like Zhang Ma.

Yueyue and Shi Yuan were attending kindergarten in the village; although the kindergarten looked small in scale, it had hired international educational experts.

The village scenery was beautiful and the air was fresh; ever since moving here, Sheng Hanyu even had many more smiles.

The couple would go fishing whenever they were free.

Generally, women don't like fishing, but Shi Youxuan was an exception; she seemed to like everything.

It was just that liking something and being good at it were two different things.

For three days in a row.

Sheng Hanyu had a bountiful harvest, while she hadn't caught a single one.

Shi Youxuan was incredibly annoyed, complaining that the fish in the pond were biased, snobbish, and valued men over women...

Her husband mocked her: "If your technique isn't good, just say it isn't good; don't keep making excuses. Even 'valuing men over women' has come out? Do those fish have clairvoyance? Can they look through the water surface to see if the person fishing is a man or a woman, and then refuse to bite your hook?"

Shi Youxuan said unhurriedly: "Sheng Hanyu, I have decided to be a virtuous wife and good mother. From now on, I will take care of your three meals a day. Since you've caught so many fish, I'll have to cook a few for you to eat. Don't worry, if I don't cook them thoroughly, you can just eat sashimi..."

This was a naked threat.

Sheng Hanyu:...

What could he do?

The final result was that he had to apologize and admit his mistake for it to be over.

Logically speaking, if your fishing level isn't good, you should just stop fishing.

But Shi Youxuan didn't follow the beaten path; the more she was frustrated, the braver she became, and on the fourth day, she followed him again.

She moved a small stool and sat next to her husband in a proper manner, rolled the bait into a ball and put it on the hook, then cast the line into the water, resting her chin on her hands while waiting for a fish to bite.

Her bait was rolled too loosely, and it would scatter as soon as it hit the water.

A few times, Sheng Hanyu even noticed that before the hook had even reached the water, the bait had already flown off.

But even if he told her, she wouldn't listen, and she still had her own justifications.

She said she wanted to catch high-quality fish, smart ones, not stupid ones.

So the bait was put on loosely, for those willing to take the bait, to catch extraordinary fish.

Shi Youxuan was adept at using twisted logic, and her husband simply couldn't out-argue her.

"Fine, you fish slowly; I'm going home to get something."

"Go ahead."

Sheng Hanyu turned and left, but he didn't go home; instead, he slipped into the small woods nearby.

Hidden in the woods was a diving suit, prepared in advance, along with a bucket with a lid, and inside the bucket was a large carp weighing at least three or four catties.

He took off his clothes, put on the diving suit, and carrying the bucket, he dived into the water.

There were quite a few people fishing in the pond, and the material of the diving suit was very sturdy and wouldn't be accidentally damaged by fishhooks.

Since his wife couldn't catch any fish, he decided to hook a fish on for her himself!

Don't let Sheng Hanyu's mocking words fool you; he is the one who dotes on his wife the most.

He dived to the spot where his wife was fishing, intending to tie a fish to the hook, but the big fish suddenly had immense strength in the water; it had no intention of biting a bare hook, so it struggled desperately to dodge.

Sheng Hanyu was stronger, however; he struggled to grab the fish, and only after failing a few times did he finally succeed in hooking it, even exerting effort to bend the hook inward to prevent it from slipping off.

After finishing all this, he gave it a hard tug, and Shi Youxuan finally realized she seemed to have caught a fish; as the fishing rod was raised, Sheng Hanyu quietly dived back the way he came.

If nothing went wrong, it would be done without anyone knowing, and everyone would be happy.

But accidents can happen at any moment.

When Sheng Hanyu was in the water, he had clearly observed that there was no one on the bank, but when he emerged from the water, he was spotted by someone.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

A grown man screamed quite miserably.

This person must have been terrified, his voice even changing pitch: "Help! A monster, there's a monster in the water..."

He was scared out of his wits; if he could have taken a closer look, he would have discovered it wasn't a monster at all, but a person wearing a wetsuit and carrying an oxygen tank!

However, he did not.