Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1032 Fishing Activity
Xia Shou was taken aback for a moment: "Why don't you just say you don't know?"

"They're knocking on the door asking for my help. Should I open the door or not?"

"If you don't open the door, no one will suspect anything, right? Just say you're not home."

"Indeed, so if you go back this time, what excuse will you make?"

"Going out for a walk in the middle of the night, going to an internet cafe, there are plenty of excuses."

"Reality isn't about reasoning and debate. Your excuse is plausible, but what if this happens a second time? Won't your parents get suspicious?"
If you manage to fool them the second time, what do you think they will do? Do you think they can't stay up all night?
They'll want to know why you're going out in the middle of the night. They'll pretend to be asleep but keep listening to the noise in your room. As soon as you leave your room, they'll sneak out and follow you. Once you're out the door, they'll look at you through the peephole and see that you don't go downstairs but go straight into my house.

So what do you do then? Lying at this point would just be a waste of breath. What good would knocking and not answering do? Would you think you can get away with it by tidying up and then opening the door? Do you really think your parents have no sense of smell?

Xia Shou had no reason to refute, because what Shangguan Yan said was all very realistic and likely to happen.

Shangguan Yan continued, "Even if there's only a one percent chance that you'll sneak out at night, you'll be discovered in no time. We can win many times, but as long as we lose once... or Xiao Shou, are you already mentally prepared?"
If you're already mentally prepared, then I don't mind. Just go tell your aunt, "Yan-jie and I are together now."

Then, see how she reacts.

Xia Shou guiltily looked away. It wasn't that his feelings were weak, but the pressure of confronting his parents directly was too great. He could almost imagine the chaos and turmoil that would ensue after the confrontation.

At this moment, Shangguan Yan opened the package, took out a folding chair, and then took out a coil of fishing line: "So we need a safer way, this is the fallback I was talking about."

Xia Shou watched as Shangguan Yan unpacked the packages one by one, eventually assembling a complete set of fishing equipment.

Shangguan Yan laughed and said, "It would be good for you two brothers to expand your hobbies."

……

Half of the summer vacation has passed, and Xia Liang and Xia Shou's grades have been released. Due to their different employment aspirations, even the two brothers will have to go to different cities after the summer vacation ends.

During the remaining half of his vacation, Xia Liang experienced the loneliness of separation ahead of time. Although he could still play games with his brothers in the air-conditioned room, he was missing an older brother and a real person with whom he could shout and yell. Playing games just didn't feel as fun.

During the team voice chat, the captain asked again, "Why hasn't Lao Xia been playing lately? Is that fishing game really that fun?"

Xia Liang: "Actually, I don't think it's very interesting. Sister Shangguan took us fishing a few times last time, and I waited for half a day but didn't catch a single fish. It felt like being punished by standing in the corner at school. But my brother seems to be able to sit still for a long time and is obsessed with it. He's been going fishing with Sister Shangguan a lot lately."

"Aren't you going?" asked the other members of the group.

"They did want to invite me to go with them, but it was just too boring. I don't know why my brother got so into fishing."

"I have nothing but praise for you. If I had a god-sister like you, why would I even play games? Even if I don't like fishing, I would still go with you."

"Are you an idiot? Is your plane about to take off again?" Xia Liang said speechlessly. "It's just that you don't have a sister like that by your side. Actually, after spending a lot of time together, you don't feel anything anymore."

"If it were me, I would definitely try to develop the relationship, but the age difference is indeed stressful," another guy joked, and the voice chat was filled with laughter.

Xia Liang was amused. He turned around, controlled the mouse, and swept away his three teammates with a burst of bullets.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

"Give the brothers who have been suppressing their feelings a little reward. Also, I will tell Sister Shangguan what you said later."

"No, please! I was just joking."

A death notification popped up on the screen. Xia Liang picked up his phone and sent a text message to Xia Shou: "[Bro, when are you coming back? Did you catch any fish today?]"

There was no response. "Strange, don't people usually look at their phones and wait for fish when they're fishing?" Xia Liang muttered.

……

……

Inside the hotel, fishing rods were casually placed against the wall, while Xia Shouze was diligently baiting the fishing spot.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Xia Shou drank half a bottle of mineral water, poured the remaining half on himself to cool down, and then skillfully switched equipment.

"That's it?" Xia Shou reached into the box and found that apart from a few plastic packages that had already been removed, there seemed to be no more props inside.

Over the past few days, the quantity has indeed decreased significantly, and it seems I'll have to buy more, Xia Shou thought to himself.

Thinking about the money he'd spent recently, Xia Shou still felt a sense of unreality. Frequent hotel stays, taking photos at fishing spots, and other miscellaneous expenses—if it weren't for Sister Yan's reimbursement, a recent high school graduate like him simply couldn't afford it.

Although he knew the other party didn't mind spending the money, Xia Shou still felt a little guilty. Although he wanted to take on some real responsibility, he also knew that he was just a kid and didn't even know how to make money.

"If you're done, let's go eat. Tell your family I took you out to eat today." Shangguan Yan smoothed his wet red hair, pulled Xia Shou along, and turned to go into the bathroom.

"Sister Yan, won't this cost us a lot of money?"

"Isn't it me who gets ripped off like an ATM? I saved a kid when I was a kid, but now I'm even more of a troublemaker."

After saying that, Shangguan Yan suddenly paused in his hair-washing motion, then chuckled softly and said seriously, "Don't do anything reckless."

"Can't you?"

"It's possible, you can try the medicine once, but it's a rare opportunity, isn't it a waste to use it today? Let's do it next time."

"You have to arrange everything so perfectly, Sister Yan, that's your only flaw!" A rebellious spirit arose out of nowhere, and a challenging feeling that crossed the line made Xia Shou ignore Shangguan Yan's advice.

"...I really can't do anything with you, at least wait until I finish washing my hair."

……

Twenty minutes later, Shangguan Yan, dressed in office lady attire, and Xia Shou, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, appeared at the restaurant.

The two sat there, looking just like an older sister taking her younger brother out for dinner, without any sense of incongruity.

"You're not allowed to do it before the summer vacation ends," Shangguan Yan said.

Xia Shou was taken aback: "Are you angry?"

Shangguan Yan smiled: "No, what I meant was, after this, we'll just be doing ordinary fishing."

Xia Shou panicked a little: "I won't do anything reckless next time."

"No~ I already said I'm not angry, I just think it's fun to take on this challenge. You have to listen to me when you go to university, or I won't let you touch me anymore," Shangguan Yan said with a smile.

"What... I don't understand. Sister Yan, you're not serious, are you?"

(End of this chapter)