A reversal of fortune and victory in a world hated by all girls!

Just as Hayakawa was about to ask how to bait the fish, Sakurajima Anne simply pulled the rubber fish by the head off and then picked up her own hook: "Pierce it in from the middle, with the hook point up. This requires skill. Let me teach you once."

The rough action startled Hayakawa, who shrank back in fright. Rina, standing next to her, also covered Hayakawa's head with her hands, staring wide-eyed at the headless bait with curiosity.

After some instruction, the group officially began their fishing trip.

Sakurajima Anne calmly looked at the water without saying a word, but unlike those old fishermen online who remain motionless, she acted very casually.

"Sakurajima, how come you like fishing? I thought you hardly ever did any outdoor activities."

"Because fishing is so much fun!" Sakurajima Anne smiled.

Really? So Sakurajima has such ordinary hobbies too.

"The prey is caught in a pre-set trap without any punishment. When it bites the hook, it realizes it has been tricked. In an attempt to escape its fate of death, it can only pull its body with all its might. The torn wounds grow larger and larger. Finally, after a long tug-of-war, it loses its strength and its not-so-long life..."

Don't you think this is interesting?

what……

You're hopeless.

Chapter 103 Carrying Sakurajima Home

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"Ugh, more weeds."

This is the third time that Aoi Natsuki has caught weeds while fishing. Is it just bad luck?

"Don't worry about it, this is just normal. If you feel you can't catch anything here, you can change your spot and look for a place where you think there might be big fish," said Sakurajima An casually, a bamboo skewer dangling from her mouth.

"Is it really that mystical...?"

"Of course, don't think of fish as stupid, because... stupid fish would have been caught long ago," Sakurajima Anne told a joke.

But it sounds incredibly real.

Hayakawa stood motionless beside her; in her mind, fishing required calmness and patience.

But in fact, she hasn't even caught a single weed yet.

Sakurajima Anne leaned over and glanced at Hayakawa before saying, "That's not how you fish. Catching big fish requires skill. These soft lures are designed to resemble small fish so that big fish will mistake them for prey in murky water. But if you don't move at all, the big fish will naturally think you're fake. So while you're fishing, you also need to think about how you would swim if you were a fish, the more irregular the better, and..."

Sakurajima Anne stood up and stuck her fishing rod into a crack in the rock. It was sure to chip the paint, and any fishing enthusiast would be heartbroken to see that, but she seemed completely unconcerned.

She walked over to Hayakawa, gripped the fishing rod with her left hand, and began slowly reeling in the line with her right: "Grip the rod tightly! And feel it..."

"..."

Keiko Hayakawa didn't know what to feel, but a second later she felt a slight rustling sound from the fishing rod.

"That's the feeling of the soft bait being dragged between the mud and sand after it touches the bottom. Sometimes, small fish will hide in the mud and sand to avoid predators. Many big fish will also pay attention to whether there are any living creatures moving in the mud and sand, and then get closer to hunt."

"Oh! I didn't know there was such a saying." Hayakawa Keiko suddenly realized that there was so much to know about fishing.

Sakurajima An's lips curled up mysteriously: "Don't underestimate the power of nature. Only by immersing yourself in it can you feel its wonders. Keep it up, Hayakawa."

"Okay!" Hayakawa nodded.

Aoi Natsuki watched from the side. At first, she was worried that Sakurajima Anne would cause some trouble, but she didn't expect her to be so professional. She thought to herself that she should help her more in the future.

Fishing was undoubtedly a long time, but strangely enough, it wasn't boring at all. The group chatted about everyday things on campus while enjoying the breeze, and it was quite enjoyable.

Lina wrapped herself up. Lately, the little one has been getting sleepy a lot. Even though it's winter and it's almost 2 p.m., she still looks sleepy. Then she lay down on Aoi's lap and closed her eyes to sleep.

"Natsuki, how is Rina doing at school?" Hayakawa Keiko started a conversation.

"It's so-so. I fell behind a lot in the previous progress, and coupled with my health, I've always been at the bottom of the class. But I've made some progress recently. Let's take it one step at a time."

Natsuki Aoi is a patient person. He always plans things carefully and takes a long time. He believes that haste makes waste. Otherwise, if he was just trying to complete a dating game, he wouldn't have changed his target and chosen Mitsu Takahashi. He might have had a higher chance of succeeding in the game now. But he didn't. Why?

Because he is enjoying every day of his life.

Even if the world speaks ill of him.

"That's good. Have you made any friends at school?"

"There seem to be quite a few. Rina is cute, and I heard that both the boys and girls in the class take good care of her." Aoi Natsuki placed her hand on Rina's sleeping cheek and gently rubbed it.

Over time, he came to regard Lina as his own sister. Although it was strange that Lina always saw him as her father, perhaps because she had been abandoned by her parents, what Lina needed most deep down was fatherly love.

Upon closer reflection, their meeting was purely coincidental.

Without Aoi, Rina might still be wandering alone.

“My parents texted me saying they’ll be back in two days, and I should bring Lina to meet them then.”

"Lina is so interesting, she'll definitely make your uncle and aunt very happy."

Hayakawa's words made him even more convinced of this than he himself was.

Aoi Natsuki smiled faintly and nodded gently.

At the same time, Keiko Hayakawa felt a tightness in her hand, and a huge pulling force was transmitted to the fishing rod. Her calm mind was instantly thrown into panic: "There's... there's movement!"

This reaction also attracted the attention of the two people next to him.

Sakurajima Anne slammed the fishing rod into the crevice in the rock again, quickly got up and walked over, but she didn't take the fishing rod. Instead, she directed her to do the next step.

"Now, hold the fishing rod against your abdomen and slowly reel in the line." Sakurajima Anne pulled on her body to prevent her from being dragged into the water by the fish.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Lina woke up from her sleep, sat up, rubbed her eyes wearily, and saw the anxious scene in front of her. Her mouth immediately formed an "O" shape, her sleepiness vanished instantly, and she opened her big eyes to look at the two of them.

Aoi Natsuki, with her arm around Rina, didn't interfere and just watched from the sidelines.

Before long, a dark shadow slowly approached the water's surface, seemingly exhausted.

"Okay, watch me now." Sakurajima An quickly turned around and went back to her backpack. She took out something that looked like a winnowing basket, pulled the line, and it extended into a fishing net. After jogging back, she worked with Hayakawa to continue pulling in the rope. Finally, a flat, greenish-gray fish was scooped out of the water.

"Wow!" Lina exclaimed, covering her mouth.

"It's a bulltail fish, it looks like it weighs about four pounds. That's a pretty good result, Hayakawa."

"Is that so..." Hayakawa was so nervous that she didn't know what to say. She was the kind of person who would get shy when praised.

He's now gripping the fishing rod tightly, looking completely lost.

"Well done, our dinner is sorted for tonight." Sakurajima Anne stood up again, the joy of catching a fish making her even more interested. "How was it? Fishing."

"Eh...it's really pretty good, very, very satisfying!" Hayakawa Keiko hesitated for two seconds before finally uttering the last half of her sentence.

Sakurajima Anne patted her arm and continued, "If you like it, you can come again in the future. Next spring, when the squid come to the shallow waters to lay their eggs, I'll take you fishing in other places then."

"Uh-huh!"

"Alright! Then Aoi and I will keep trying and try to catch another one!"

With this belief in mind, at 4:30 pm, in addition to the bulltail fish I caught in Hayakawa, I also caught a few small fish.

It was a pretty good day overall.

Next came the cooking part, and Sakurajima Anne immediately began preparing the tools.

……

"Here, take it."

Anne Sakurajima handed a sharp knife to Hayakawa.

Hayakawa took the knife, gripped it with both hands, and stared blankly into space.

On the cutting board, the bulltail fish was still breathing slightly.

"Huh? Why am I the one doing this?" Hayakawa asked with an awkward smile.

“Of course, you caught it, so it’s your job to end its life. It’s a matter of respecting life. Anyway, it will die from dehydration in a little while. Do you want it to die in pain like this? It’s better to just cut it off.” Sakurajima An rested her head on her shoulder and said slowly.

Hearing this, Hayakawa trembled all over.

His gaze shifted to Natsuki.

He nodded back at himself.

Ok……

Keiko Hayakawa gradually made up her mind, and finally, with a swift stroke, ended the fish's life.

“Okay, I’ll leave the cooking to Aoi and me.” Sakurajima An took the knife and handed the entire cutting board, along with the fish, to Aoi.

Aoi Natsuki then skillfully began removing the gills, scaling, gutting, and slicing the fish.

Here, a lemon.

"Thank you."

Rina was so excited to see Natsuki display his superb cooking skills that she kept spinning around in circles.

"I'll go to a nearby shop to buy some drinks, I'll be right back." Sakurajima Anne turned around and retraced her steps, she knew this route all too well.

"Sakurajima brought a lot of stuff." Aoi Natsuki lit the charcoal with a lighter, and decided to grill the small fish directly. Half of the bulltail fish was grilled, and the other half was made into sashimi.

Before long, Anne Sakurajima returned from a distance, carrying a bag of drinks.

Aoi Natsuki's food is almost done too.

He also made a special effort to present the sashimi in an exquisite way, which greatly increased people's appetite.

"It's done quite well, Aoi."

"Yes, we can sit down and eat now. Bring a rock over here."

"Ah."

The group sat in a circle and began to enjoy this hard-won meal.

Sakurajima Anne handed out drinks, and the refreshing carbonated beverage made all the hard work of the day feel worthwhile.

This is the joy of fishing!

"Character: Keiko Hayakawa, her special skills have changed..."

The system notification sounded again.

When Aoi Natsuki opened it, she was surprised to find that Hayakawa's new talent, "Fishing," had appeared in his talent list, with a value of 1 point.