The other man flicked his fishing rod and smiled nonchalantly. "Fishing."
Uncle Zhang's expression cleared.
So that was what had happened.
"I wonder if he did it on purpose?"
Zhao Luzheng frowned. Things had been going perfectly well, but now someone had come along and ruined them. It was both baffling and infuriating.
"He definitely did it on purpose!"
Zhuge Yun's face was flushed with anger. "Just look at his attitude!"
"What's he so smug about?"
"It's obvious he couldn't catch any fish himself, so he wouldn't let anyone else catch any either."
"What a jerk."
Xiao Xiao looked at the two fishing lines tangled together.
Everything had happened so suddenly that he hadn't noticed whether the other man had deliberately cast his line over this way.
But later, when Zhang He had tried hard to separate the two lines, the man had seemed to be helping him. Yet there hadn't been a trace of worry on his face. Instead, the corners of his mouth had remained turned up, giving him a distinctly malicious look.
So even if the other man hadn't meant to do it at first, and the lines had only tangled by chance, he had clearly caused the continued entanglement on purpose.
"What a pain."
Everyone turned toward the young man, who had spoken again, and watched as he tossed his fishing rod into the sea with an impatient look.
Everyone:?!
Old Li hurried to the side of the boat and watched helplessly as the fishing rod sank beneath the waves and disappeared.
He abruptly turned to look at the young man.
"Don't worry. I'll pay for the rod."
The man looked rather pleased with himself. Noticing Old Li's gaze, he waved a hand dismissively.
Old Li frowned. Considering that