Chapter 257: Chapter 257

Sitting in front of Dongting Lake for the first time in a while, Dan Woo-hyun was enjoying the leisure. He sat casting a fishing rod, wearing a wide-brimmed hat to shield himself from the sun.

Focusing solely on catching fish, he showed a face that did not even feel boredom, as if he liked this peace he felt once again after the blood demon’s business was over.

Splaaash!

He hooked and reeled in a fish.

It was thick, the kind that was normally hard to catch.

With his eyes sparkling, Dan Woo-hyun grabbed the fish and threw it into the wooden bucket.

“…….”

Meow.

At that moment, his eyes met with something.

It was a white cat letting out a small cry.

In front of this tiny thing, things that looked like fish scales were scattered all over. It was highly unlikely that the white cat, which disliked water, had caught them herself, so how did she have so many bones and scales?

Dan Woo-hyun narrowed his eyes and checked inside the basket.

He had caught nearly ten fish, but not a single one was in sight.

“You rascal……”

Meow!

Letting out another small cry, the white cat bit into the fish he had just reeled in. Whether she was still hungry, she chewed and ate it well.

Sighing, Dan Woo-hyun cast his fishing rod again.

“Hahaha, I wondered what you were doing so diligently since morning, and it turns out you were fishing?”

Before they knew it, Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak approached Dan Woo-hyun, their eyes shining as they looked around. The scenery was one thing, but Dan Woo-hyun and Dongting Lake matched so well that it looked like a single painting.

However, contrary to such thoughts, Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak’s faces were filled with mockery.

Dan Woo-hyun furrowed his brow.

“What is it?”

“No, it seemed you worked hard since morning, but I thought you hadn’t caught a single one.”

Chuckle, Sa Do-hak burst into laughter.

He had no interest in fishing, but no matter how bad one was, sitting for several hours should yield one or two fish. Yet Dan Woo-hyun had caught nothing.

When he slightly lifted the basket, as expected, there was not even a trace.

“I thought you were a man who could do everything, but it turns out there is something you cannot do either. Hahaha.”

Sa Do-hak laughed out loud.

Dan Woo-hyun was a man who seemed capable of doing anything effortlessly. A person should have at least some flaws, but he was someone who showed none.

One could say he had no gaps, or perhaps no weaknesses.

He was a perfect being, to the point of making one wonder how a person could live like that.

Since such a man was wasting time without catching a single fish, it only brought laughter.

“Want to try?”

Then, changing his expression, Dan Woo-hyun pulled back one fishing rod and handed it to Sa Do-hak. His gaze was somewhat provocative, as if telling him to bring it on.

“Alright! Let’s try, you punk!”

“Hoho, this old man shall join as well.”

Even Namgung Cheon, who originally liked fishing, joined in.

Sa Do-hak made the line extremely long. Because it was so long that one wondered how he intended to cast it, not only Dan Woo-hyun but also Namgung Cheon wore strange expressions.

It looked like even reeling in the line would be difficult.

“Doing it like that……”

“Just watch.”

Sa Do-hak smirked and looked at the two.

He certainly had no knowledge of fishing. Because sitting still and waiting did not suit his temperament, he disliked fishing itself.

However, he knew one thing.

Dong Bang-gu had definitely said this:

In fishing, the further you cast it and the deeper it goes, the thicker the catch and the higher the chances of catching many.

Holding the fishing rod with the enormously long line, he lightly flicked his wrist.

Whoosh!

Flying at a fierce speed, it flew over a hundred feet and settled in the water.

“…….”

“…….”

Namgung Cheon and Dan Woo-hyun smirked as they watched it.

Flying it far did not mean fish would be caught. In fishing, one had to know how to wait, and one also had to play the mind game well.

Moreover, if cast that far, the sensation reaching the hand would decrease, so it was certain he would only lose the bait without even properly grasping a bite.

“Here it comes!”

In the meantime.

Suddenly, Sa Do-hak pulled the fishing rod. Contrary to the thought that he would not even hook it properly due to the long fishing line, Sa Do-hak grabbed the line and pulled it straight.

A tense tug-of-war began.

Moving here and there in a struggle of strength, Sa Do-hak, perhaps annoyed, frowned and lifted the fishing rod strongly.

Splaaash!

With a single move utilizing internal energy, the fish that was far away flew up at once and fell where Sa Do-hak stood.

Flap flap!

Even at a glance, a huge fish flapped vigorously.

It was so thick that Dan Woo-hyun could not have caught it no matter how much he wanted to.

“Oohahaha! See that, you guys? This is how you fish!”

The gazes of Dan Woo-hyun and Namgung Cheon went toward the flapping fish. The large carp was so big that even Dan So-mi had probably never caught one like it.

Then, not far away, splash! something jumped.

It was an enormously large fish even at a glance.

Namgung Cheon swung his fishing rod just like that.

Whoosh!

The fishing line, flying as if tearing the wind, wrapped around the body of the jumping fish. As he lifted his wrist and pulled it in, the fish, unable to return to the water, was dragged along.

“Hahaha.”

Namgung Cheon burst into laughter as he looked at it.

“Is that fishing?”

Dan Woo-hyun looked at the two with an absurd gaze.

Both of them used internal energy to catch the fish. It was a completely different feeling from the fishing Dan Woo-hyun knew.

“Isn’t it fine as long as we catch it?”

“Hahaha, this old man definitely caught it with a fishing rod.”

Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak laughed like children playing a mischievous prank. It seemed they found Dan Woo-hyun, who had not caught a single one yet, highly amusing.

Watching them, Dan Woo-hyun slowly lifted his fishing rod.

And the moment he struck it down.

Rumble-rumble-boom!

Dongting Lake split.

* * *

Rumble-boom!

Namgung So-hye was startled by the roar coming from outside. A giant water column shot up high, and the fierce voices of Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak echoed loudly.

With a pattering sound, something came over the wall, and looking at what fell on the ground, several fish were flapping around.

The white tiger watched it, then stuffed the flapping fish into its mouth.

“What on earth are they doing…… sigh……”

Confirming the voices from outside, Namgung So-hye shook her head. Fully grown adults gathered together and were playing ridiculous pranks.

They say people become children as they age, and she wondered if that was true.

“Do not think too badly of it. Men are like young children even when they age. Doesn’t it look good?”

Zhuge Un also spoke with a chuckle.

Sa Do-hak, Namgung Cheon, and Dan Woo-hyun were playing like innocent children.

As the sound came inside, she wondered if they were indeed the masters who looked down on the world.

Still, seeing those who always stood above people and looked down loftily act like that was quite fresh and good to see.

“Their playing is at the level of a natural disaster, and that’s okay?”

Zhuge Yeon, who came inside after watching the three, squeezed her soaking wet hair and frowned.

It would be fine if it just looked good.

But when those three moved, it literally became a disaster. Even now, Dongting Lake was flipped, and waves as large as the sea rose.

Probably most of the boats nearby had flipped.

It was a play to them, but a disaster to the people around.

“Wow…… I’m all wet.”

At that moment, So-mi opened the gate, came in, and shook herself. She was so soaking wet that water dripped down.

As she was tightly squeezing her clothes, Namgung So-hye hurriedly approached and wiped her with a cloth.

“So-mi was fishing, and suddenly boom! and……!”

Dan So-mi, who had been fishing on one side, spread her arms wide as she recalled the situation back then. Everyone smiled unconsciously at her cute appearance of stroking her chest in shock.

“Yes, yes, it was scary, right?”

“Hehe…… It wasn’t that, but look! I almost lost it!”

Dan So-mi smiled brightly, pointing to the basket beside her.

Inside, a massive creature was flapping, and its size was so large that its head and tail poked out of the basket.

Looking at it, Zhuge Un and Namgung So-hye swallowed a groan.

While an argument was happening outside about whether they caught a big one or not, the youngest child casually brought back an unbelievably huge fish.

The efforts of those three men returned to nothing in an absurd way.

“You caught…… a big one.”

“Yes! I’m going to ask Uncle Sam-tae to make something delicious.”

Whether she was already looking forward to this evening, Dan So-mi drooled. Since it was the first time in a while catching such a big fish, she was in an exceptionally good mood.

“But where is Uncle Sam-tae?”

“He went to Yueyang for a moment.”

“What?! So-mi should have gone along!”

Dan So-mi frowned with a resentful expression.

Fishing was good, but she wanted to see Jiyak or Jinlang after a long time. She could have gone riding the white tiger, but she stayed quietly at home fearing she would get scolded, but if she had known Jang Sam-tae was going to Yueyang, she would have followed him.

“He left with a very triumphant expression, right?”

“He did have that look. Do you know something?”

Zhuge Un turned his back and looked at Han Mae-hyang.

Her seductive appearance was nowhere to be seen, and Mae-hyang, wearing a maid outfit, shook her head with a rather dissatisfied expression. Recalling him running away using lightness art or whatever when she tried to go together, she felt an involuntary surge of anger.

“Not at all. But since it’s him, he’ll probably ruin whatever he’s doing.”

Everyone in this place nodded.

It was Jang Sam-tae, of all people.

Particularly when he got triumphant, it never ended well.

Even Ma Jang-gang and Gwon Mu-jin were nowhere to be seen, so it seemed clear that the three of them were plotting something.

“But it wouldn’t be that they went to do something bad……”

“That worries me even more.”

At Mae-hyang’s murmuring, Namgung So-hye clicked her tongue.

She knew they were not people to do bad things, but the problem was that the end was always bad. The uneasy thought that they might bring some kind of trouble did not leave her.

Including Namgung So-hye, even Zhuge Un swallowed a groan.

However, only Zhuge Yeon and Mae-hyang had indifferent expressions.

“Even so…… would they cause a huge accident?”

“No matter how big of an accident they cause, would it compare to those three?”

At the voices, Namgung So-hye smiled awkwardly.

Indeed, even putting Mae-hyang aside, Zhuge Yeon’s words were right. No, in the first place, was there anyone who could touch those three and remain safe?

Namgung So-hye was slightly curious about that.

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