Daily Life Of A Socially Anxious Scumbag Alpha Raising Flowers - Chapter 10

They walked slowly and leisurely the whole way, and finally arrived at the flower garden.

The flower garden was planted with tulips in all kinds of colors: red, yellow, white, orange-pink… Some tulips were arranged by color blocks like a puzzle, while others grew together in a harmonious interweaving of colors.

It was a very large flower garden and also a famous photo spot in the scenic area. Beside the flower garden was a stream. It was beautiful.

Wen Xin had never seen such a vast sea of tulips before, and she was so excited she wanted to take pictures as souvenirs.

She click-click-clicked away in a burst. After taking pictures of the scenery, she immediately wanted to take pictures of Dong Xun too.

“Dong Xun, stand here. I’ll take a few photos of you. They’ll definitely look really good!”

Such beautiful scenery, and not taking a few photos to record that they had been here, would simply be a waste of heaven’s gifts. Wen Xin took out her phone and excitedly directed Dong Xun to stand in front of a patch of pink tulips.

Dong Xun rarely took photos. Her expression in front of the camera was somewhat unnatural, but she still obediently followed Wen Xin’s directions. When Wen Xin told her to smile, she smiled, though the smile she forced out was very stiff.

Wen Xin looked at the unsatisfactory photos and scratched her head. She kept feeling that it was because her photography skills were too awful and had failed to capture Dong Xun’s beauty.

“But they’re still very pretty.”

After all, Dong Xun had that face. Even if her smile was unnatural, she was still beautiful. Just stubbornly beautiful.

“…I’ll take one for you too,” Dong Xun said.

“Ah… okay, okay. Thank you.”

Wen Xin was a little embarrassed, but she really did not want to miss out on such lovely spring scenery either, and wanted to take a photo as a keepsake. So she did not refuse.

Wen Xin handed her phone to Dong Xun, then swapped places with her and stood in front of the tulips. She made a classic peace sign, her body standing straight as a line, looking a little silly.

After the photo was taken, Wen Xin glanced at it, and her face heated again. She hurriedly said, “That’s enough. Just this one photo is fine.”

Actually, she was very good at posing prettily for photos. The albums at home were full of all kinds of pictures of her from childhood to adulthood. It was just that in front of Dong Xun, although she was already much more natural after spending these days together than she had been at the very beginning, she still could not completely let loose.

Although Wen Xin felt awkward, a thought moved in her heart. She switched the camera to front-facing mode, then said to Dong Xun, “Let’s take one group photo together at the end.”

Dong Xun nodded.

The two of them stiffened into two wooden little cats, their expressions and eyes more determined than the other’s. Just like that, the first group photo belonging to the two of them was frozen in time.

“This is a sense of ceremony, proof that we came here.”

Wen Xin looked at the photo of the two of them again before turning off her phone. She said to Dong Xun, “After all, the human brain’s memory is limited. If we go to many places in the future, maybe we’ll forget this place. But if we record it with photos, when we see them later, we’ll remember the memories of us coming here.”

Dong Xun glanced at her and did not speak.

There was a special fishing area in this scenic area, but it charged by the hour. Along the riverbank, a few elderly people sat scattered around, fishing.

Wen Xin glanced at their fish buckets. There were already several catches inside.

But since she and Dong Xun had come empty-handed, if they wanted to rent fishing rods, bait, and a bucket from the shop, they would have to pay extra.

This trip was mainly about having fun. Although Wen Xin felt a little pained by the cost, she still paid readily.

“This spot is good. We’ll definitely catch fish here.”

After a careful investigation, Wen Xin finally brought Dong Xun to choose a spot. After sitting down, she turned her head and asked Dong Xun, “Have you fished before?”

Dong Xun shook her head.

“It’s very simple. I’ll teach you!”

Wen Xin immediately puffed out her little chest and began explaining to Dong Xun some things to pay attention to when fishing, such as how to put on bait, how to choose a suitable fishing spot, how to read the float’s state on the surface of the water…

“Cast the rod like this.”

Wen Xin even gave Dong Xun a demonstration of a side cast.

Dong Xun was very clever. She basically learned how to cast the rod after watching once. Not only was her posture correct, the bait’s flight path was also perfect, and the fishing line did not tangle at all.

Naturally, this earned another round of Wen Xin’s rainbow-fart praise.

Dong Xun sat on the small folding stool. Her expression did not seem to change much, but in truth, the hand holding the fishing rod had already tightened unconsciously.

The Wen Xin after losing her memory had really become too straightforward. She was always saying things that made people embarrassed, leaving them at a loss.

“Next, what we need is patience. Fishing is an activity that requires patience. The more anxious you are…”

Wen Xin was afraid Dong Xun would not catch any fish and was thinking of giving her a preventive warning first. However, before she could finish speaking, Dong Xun’s float was already the first to react.

A fish had bitten the hook!

“Hurry and lift the rod! Reel it in!” Wen Xin excitedly reminded Dong Xun.

Dong Xun reacted quickly as well. She successfully caught a large crucian carp. Wen Xin weighed it in her hand. It was roughly a jin and a half.

“That’s amazing! Your first time fishing, and you caught such a big crucian carp. We have dinner settled tonight!”

Dong Xun had not expected that she would be able to catch a fish either. Looking at the fish flopping wildly in her hand, even after putting it into the bucket, she still felt a little as if she were dreaming.

Because of excitement, she felt her heartbeat quicken.

Beat after beat, strong and powerful.

Seeing that Dong Xun had caught a big fish right away, Wen Xin’s fighting spirit also ignited.

“Let’s keep fishing. We can compete and see who catches more fish in the end.”

After Dong Xun’s first fish came ashore, it was as if some mysterious meridians had been unlocked. After that, she caught one fish after another, and each fish was bigger than the last.

On Wen Xin’s side, however, the float remained as silent as death.

On the surface, she was steady as an old dog, calm and unruffled. In reality, the palm holding the fishing rod had already started secretly sweating.

Dead fish, hurry up and bite the hook!

I already bragged so much. Please don’t let me embarrass myself today!!

Wen Xin silently shouted in her heart.

There had always been a mysterious kind of metaphysics in the fishing world, and that was the beginner’s protection period. Although this saying sounded very mystical, it was true that beginners were more likely to catch big fish. Sometimes, even without putting on bait, those stupid fish would come bite the hook. In any case, it was very ridiculous.

Maybe Dong Xun was currently within that mysterious beginner’s protection period. After all, it was her first time fishing, and she really had no technique to speak of.

Two people were fishing in the same nest. One person was catching fish like mad, while the other could not catch a single one. This was simply too unscientific!

In the past, Wen Xin had scoffed at the idea of a beginner’s protection period, mocking fishing friends online by saying that if they were bad, they should practice more. And now, karma had truly come around. Who had heaven spared? A bullet fired many years ago had struck right between her brows at this very moment. Wen Xin could not help silently and sincerely apologizing in her heart to that netizen she had mocked many years ago.

In the end, all the way until the rented fishing gear time was up, Wen Xin huffed and puffed and exerted a tremendous amount of effort before finally managing to catch two palm-sized little fish.

“…”

Wen Xin wrinkled her little nose. She simply could not bear to look at her own bucket.

This was way too embarrassing. Wuwu, if she had known, she would not have bragged in front of Dong Xun just now.

Wen Xin wanted to cry but had no tears.

Dong Xun had very clearly seen the embarrassment on Wen Xin’s face. Her hand around the fishing rod quietly tightened.

She walked over and placed the fish she had caught in front of Wen Xin.

“Don’t be angry… These are all for you. I don’t know how to fish. I was just lucky.”

Dong Xun’s first reaction was still unease. She was worried Wen Xin would be angry.

Wen Xin quickly pulled herself out of the emotion of losing face. After two seconds of silence, she said very earnestly and honestly, “I’m not angry. I just feel a little embarrassed. After all, I was bragging to you just now, but in the end, I only caught two tiny fish. All right, I admit it. My fishing skill is actually just so-so. I belong to the type that is bad at it but really loves playing.”

“And besides, luck is also part of ability. Today, you were super amazing and super awesome! Also, I can eat the fish you caught too, right?”

Dong Xun immediately nodded.

Wen Xin smiled. “So what is there for me to be angry about? I’ll only feel happy. When we go back, we can eat braised crucian carp! Or clear stewed crucian carp soup would be very good too.”

A gust of wind blew over, stirring the fine, glittering ripples on the water’s surface, stirring the green willow branches hanging by the shore, and also stirring the hair by the girl’s temples. Wen Xin’s face was rosy from the wind. She did not care in the slightest that her hair had been messed up. Her brows and eyes carried a smile, and there was not the slightest trace of discouragement on her expression.

“What matters is the process. It’s nothing if you can’t catch anything. It’s not like this is some task that has to be completed.”

Seeing that Wen Xin really was not angry, Dong Xun’s suspended heart finally lowered slightly.

She stared blankly at Wen Xin, yet silently refuted her in her heart.

It was not like that.

If it were the Wen Xin from before, if she could not get the result she wanted, she would become ashamed and angry. She would lose her temper and use violence to vent her emotions, her entire face turning unrecognizable, looking very frightening.

Her own mother was always like that too. Whenever something did not go as she wished, she would complain, curse, and take her anger out on others.

That was why Dong Xun was always afraid of the people beside her getting angry.

This was the first time someone had told Dong Xun that even if the result was not good, it was okay.

There was nothing to be angry about.