Let's go back to 2008, starting with a recreational fishing park.

At that moment, Su Qing suddenly walked over.

This girl doesn't have a job either, but she still comes to the fishing spot often to hang out with Yang Xiaoyue.

She's a nice person; sometimes when she's busy, she'll lend a hand.

Over this period of time, Jiang Xia has become familiar with her, and the awkwardness he felt when they first met is gone.

Seeing her approaching, he handed her an ice cream, which he had bought on the way back with his father.

Su Qing took the ice cream, opened the packaging, and took a bite. Then, timidly, she asked Jiang Xia:

"Jiang Xia, um... I just heard you telling Auntie that you were too busy, could I come and help?"

Jiang Xia's eyes lit up upon hearing this; it was indeed possible to get the other party to come and help.

Not only do I help my mom cook, but the fishing pond is also still short-handed.

It's not too bad for now, mainly because Jiang Xia has a lot of ideas. If they are implemented slowly, it will definitely be too much for just her family and Jiang Xiaobo to handle.

Seeing that Jiang Xia hadn't replied for a long time, Su Qing became a little anxious: "Um... I can ask for a lower wage. 30 a day is fine too."

"No, no, no!" Jiang Xia snapped out of her daze upon hearing this.

"If you really want to help out here, just come with Yueyue tomorrow. You two can keep each other company. As for your salary, you'll get the same as hers."

"Oh? Really?" Su Qing was pleasantly surprised.

"Of course." Jiang Xia nodded to her, then looked at his mother and smiled, "Mom, now we have a helper. You'll be in charge of the lunchboxes at the fishing spot from now on!"

Seeing this, Wang Guifen didn't refuse again. She was quite happy to bring more income to her family; she had just refused because she was afraid she wouldn't do a good job.

"Alright, is that all? I'm going back to boil water. Go find somewhere cool."

Wang Guifen waved her hand and returned to the stove.

At this point, Jiang Xia really did have nothing to do, but entertainment was scarce in this era, and he couldn't even watch videos.

During this time, he was fine with Li Qiang keeping him company while fishing and chatting, but now that Li Hao has suddenly left, he's really not used to it.

Seeing that Su Qing didn't go to find Yang Xiaoyue after finishing her business, Jiang Xia tentatively asked, "How about we go fishing for a while?"

"Huh?" Su Qing shook her head: "I can't."

"It's alright, I'll teach you!"

Jiang Xia didn't give the other party a chance to refuse and ran back to his office to get two fishing rods.

"Come on, let's go! Fishing is so much fun!" He called to Su Qing and headed straight for the fishing spot.

Su Qing felt somewhat helpless, but she still followed in his footsteps.

When the two arrived at the fishing spot, Jiang Xia immediately found two empty fishing spots.

After Su Qing sat down, Jiang Xia, just like when he taught Li Qiang how to fish, demonstrated with his hands while constantly saying, "Like this...like this...and like this..."

Su Qing was quite clever; following Jiang Xia's movements, she quickly cast the fishing hook into the water.

"Is this all you need?"

"Yes, yes, you can just sit and wait now."

"Oh~" Su Qing nodded.

Jiang Xia added, "When you see the float in the water suddenly sink, quickly lift the fishing rod."

"Okay." Su Qing nodded obediently.

Then, the two sat by the water and waited quietly.

A few minutes later, Su Qing watched the fishing float in the water without any reaction and felt a little bored.

She thought to herself, "So many people come to fish, and they just sit here. Aren't they bored?"

But the next second, she saw that her fishing float had suddenly disappeared.

"Where's the float?" She rubbed her eyes, looked carefully into the water, and after confirming it was really gone, she immediately realized. Oh, right, she needed to lift the rod! She remembered Jiang Xia's instructions: lift the rod when the float is gone!

Su Qing tried to lift the pole, but it wouldn't budge.

She tried again, but still couldn't lift it. Why couldn't she lift it? She was puzzled.

Before she could think about it, she heard a splash in the water. Su Qing looked up and saw a wave splashing on the surface of the water.

Immediately afterwards, she felt a tremendous force coming from the fishing rod in her hand, as if it was about to drag her into the water.

Jiang Xia, who was standing next to her, looked up and the first thing she saw was Su Qing clinging tightly to the fishing rod, about to fall into the water.

"Holy crap!" Jiang Xia's eyes widened.

At this moment, he couldn't care less about anything else. He dropped his fishing rod, ran over, and hugged Su Qing tightly.

He hurriedly shouted, "Hold on, hold on! If you can't hold on, just loosen the fishing rod!"

Suddenly hugged by Jiang Xia, Su Qing blushed instantly, her face turned red as her back was to him.

She's never been hugged by a boy before.

But when she felt the immense force in her hand again, she couldn't care less about being shy and could only use all her strength to grip the fishing rod.

The two remained locked in this stalemate by the water for a while. When the fish in the water gradually stopped struggling, Jiang Xia released his arms from Su Qing and said to her, "Let me do it. Give me the fishing rod."

Su Qing didn't hesitate and handed the fishing rod in her hand to Jiang Xia.

Taking the fishing rod, Jiang Xia was quite relieved. The equipment he had prepared for Su Qing was not for catching big fish at all, and thankfully, the hook did not come off or the line broke.

Moreover, Su Qing's rod-holding posture was incorrect; it was truly lucky that the fish didn't escape.

Fortunately, there were no anglers at the nearby fishing spots, otherwise, with their excellent equipment, they would probably have secretly wiped away tears when they saw Su Qing catch a big fish.

The big fish in the water didn't move at this moment, so Jiang Xia tried to raise the fishing rod, as he had heard that it needed to bend deeply.

But as soon as it made a move, the big guy in the water started to exert its strength again.

"Holy crap!"

Jiang Xia was caught off guard and stumbled as he was pulled, but he managed to brace himself with his feet to hold onto the fishing rod.

You can't truly appreciate the power of catching a big fish without experiencing it firsthand.

A large bluefish weighing nearly 30 kilograms can exert force in the water that is two to three times its own weight.

That is to say, it weighs approximately 60 to 90 jin (30 to 45 catties).

This force is no joke; if a fisherman isn't careful, he could really be dragged into the water.

On the other side, Su Qing had just recovered her senses when she saw Jiang Xia stumble as he was being pulled.

Seeing this, after a series of internal struggles, she walked behind Jiang Xia and hugged him around the waist.

She didn't mean anything by it; she was genuinely afraid Jiang Xia would fall into the water. She had given the fishing rod to Jiang Xia herself, so she knew its strength best.

Feeling the touch on his back, Jiang Xia, who was thinking about how to get the fish up, froze on the spot!

At this moment, it was just the two of them, Su Qing, and they knew without even thinking who had hugged them.

He's never been hugged by a girl other than his mother in all his life!

"How's it going, Jiangxia? Can you catch it?" Su Qing wasn't thinking about that much. At this moment, she only had one thought in her mind: to bring that big guy out of the water!