Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 496 Reconciliation

North Sea

He Lai held the fishing rod and sat there quietly looking at the lake, thinking about how to deal with the rain. Alas, he overreacted.

"Brother Lai, the fish is hooked." Ke'er pulled He Lai's arm and said.

"Ah? Oh." He Lai came back to his senses after being reminded by Ke'er. He pulled up the rod with force and found that it was a crucian carp weighing half a pound.

"Oh... come on, brother is catching fish, come on, brother is catching fish." Ke'er clapped and cheered beside Old Lady Zhou.

He Lai was stunned for a moment when he saw this, as if he remembered the time when he was a child fishing with Yu Shui and Wu Juan. The situation was a bit similar, it seemed, really similar.

"Silly boy, what are you doing? Let’s untie the fish and continue fishing!" Grandpa Zhou reminded He Lai when he saw that he had stopped again.

"Uh..." He Lai was reminded again, and then he started to cut the fish.

"Xiao Laizi, what's wrong with you today? You seem absent-minded. What's wrong? Did something happen at home?"

Mr. Zhou asked.

He Lai said awkwardly: "It's okay, it's okay, I just saw Ke'er's happy look and it reminded me of my childhood."

As he spoke, he put on the bait, cast the rod again, and continued fishing.

"Hey, you were much better than you are now. You caught big fish every day! Now, you are not as good as an old man like me!"

Mr. Zhou taunted.

"It's still early. Besides, how can we compare the past with the present? All the fish in the city have been caught with big nets. The big fish have basically been taken away."

He Lai explained.

After all, in order to get some meat, the people in the city even used the family-killing nets, and almost all the big fish in the lake were caught in one net.

If He Lai hadn't come here often to release some fish fry, it would be hard to say whether there were any fish in the lakes.

"Excuse! Let me try my secret weapon!" Grandpa Zhou took out a small bag of loaches and prepared to start cheating.

He Lai laughed, it turned out that Mr. Zhou was well prepared.

You have a secret weapon, so don't blame me for using my spatial ability!

He Lai immediately used his spatial ability to put a ten-pound black carp on his hook.

Soon there was movement on the water surface, and He Lai began to play with the fish.

"Wow, you're really good, just when I told you you couldn't, you started catching fish."

Old Man Zhou looked at He Lai's actions and thought the fish must be quite big.

"Come on, brother, come on!" Ke'er shouted over there.

He Lai also fulfilled his mission and successfully dragged the fish ashore.

"Sure, more than ten kilograms of grass carp." Grandpa Zhou nodded in approval.

"Grandpa Zhou, what's wrong? Even loaches are not working! No fish are catching."

He Lai joked with a smile.

"Come on, Grandpa." Under the guidance of Grandma Zhou, Ke'er also shouted to Grandpa Zhou.

As soon as Mr. Zhou heard this, he became focused and stared at the fishing float on the lake.

Unfortunately, after a long time, no fish was caught, so He Lai had to help Mr. Zhou cheat.

Soon, Mr. Zhou brought up a black carp weighing about five kilograms!

"Haha, see, my black carp is much more delicious than your herring."

Mr. Zhou shook his lips and said with a smile.

"Grandpa Zhou, whether it tastes good or not, you still have to ask Grandma Zhou. Grandma Zhou, which one is better, the pickled fish or the black carp?" He Lai asked.

Old Mrs. Zhou didn't answer He Lai, but just held Ke'er and smiled.

"Brother's is delicious!" Ke'er raised her hand and answered.

"Hey, little girl, grandpa's fish isn't very tasty, is it?"

"Grandpa's fish is delicious too!" Ke'er added.

……

The fishing time passed quickly, and with He Lai's secret help, the few people still caught a lot of fish.

Then Mr. Zhou sent He Lai back to the courtyard.

When He Lai got off the car, he was stopped by Mr. Zhou: "Little Lai, if you have a fight, go and solve it. You can't escape, understand?"

"I understand." He Lai nodded.

"Okay, say hello to your mother for me." After saying this, Mr. Zhou signaled the guard to drive.

He Lai entered the courtyard carrying a few fish.

Wu Juan was waiting for him in his room with Wu'er. When she saw him come back, she immediately said, "What's wrong with you, kid? You've been angry for so long over such a small matter. You're a man, why are you blaming everything on Yu Shui?"

"Uh...I was wrong." He Lai said with his head down.

"Where are the two golden eagles? Where did you take them?" Wu Juan asked.

"I...I'll leave it with Grandpa Zhou for a few days." He Lai had no choice but to lie.

"Oh, did you go fishing with Mr. Zhou?" Wu Juan asked when she saw the fish in He Lai's hand.

"Yeah, I went fishing for a while." He Lai nodded and replied.

"Okay, you're grown up now. You're such a smart child, you can't lose your temper. Yu Shui did something wrong, but she didn't mean to do it. Chun'er told me that it was a teacher's idea to not feed the golden eagles. Yu Shui felt bad for her, so you can't blame her."

Wu Juan explained.

"I understand, mother, please stop talking. I will go find Yu Shui to apologize."

He Lai said with his head down.

"That's good. Give me the fish and come over for dinner later."

Wu Juan took the fish from He Lai's hand and said.

"I understand, Mom." He Lai nodded and said.

……

He Lai went back to his room and lay down for a while, then went to Wu Juan.

Yu Shui was there, accompanied by Chun'er. When he saw He Lai coming, he turned his head away and ignored He Lai.

He Lai was also speechless and sat on the rocking chair.

Seeing this, Chun'er could only come over and shake He Lai's arm.

"Okay, Brother Lai knows I'm wrong." He Lai said helplessly, "I won't lose my temper easily in the future."

Hearing this, Yu Shui turned around with a hint of resentment on her face.

"Brother Lai is just throwing a tantrum." Yu Shui muttered.

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault." He Lai smiled and comforted, "I apologize to you, okay?"

Seeing He Lai give in, Yu Shui felt a little better.

"Okay, I accept your apology, but brother, you have to promise me one thing." Yu Shui said with a blink.

"What's the matter?" He Lai asked puzzledly.

"Don't be mean to me anymore!" Yu Shui said seriously.

He Lai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he just nodded.

"Okay, I promise you."

Seeing that He Lai agreed, Yu Shui said, "This is also my fault. I shouldn't have listened to the teacher. It's my fault that I didn't take good care of Lai's golden eagle. I'm sorry." After saying that, Yu Shui lowered his head in self-blame.

"It's okay. It's my fault that I didn't understand the situation, acted impulsively, and spoke too harshly, which hurt you."

He Lai said awkwardly.

"That's good. Brother Lai and Sister Yushui, you two have finally reconciled."

Chun'er let out a long breath.

"Oh, you've made up now. Come and help me serve the dishes now. Don't look so sad and make me worry."

Wu Juan heard the voice and said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Yu Shui immediately ran into the kitchen.