I Can Fish Up Everything!

Chapter 133: Chapter 114: Watch Me Mow Them Down With a Big Gun

The other person replied with a ”Hello.” Gu Nan saw it and immediately asked what she was looking for in a significant other.

Matchmaking wasn’t the same as wooing a woman. Being direct and to the point saved the most time.

If she gave a half-hearted reply, he’d let it sit for a day. If things were still the same the next day, he’d just delete her.

’She’s already at the point of going on blind dates, yet she’s still putting on airs. Marrying a woman like that would just lower the IQ and EQ of my future children. A waste of my excellent genes.’

As for the ones making wishes... those people are so behind the times. Who’s that much of a sucker these days?

Lin Mengqi was currently taking small bites of her rice. Although she had just graduated, her love for Hanfu culture had prompted her to open her own Hanfu shop back in her sophomore year of college.

She had been busy with fittings and photoshoots all morning and had only just now gotten a free moment to see the message from Gu Nan.

Honestly, she felt pretty helpless about the whole situation. She was only twenty-three—what did she need with matchmaking?

But her uncle had made the introduction personally, and she couldn’t just brush it off and cause him to lose face.

Rejecting him outright would be rude, so she planned to reply with a few messages first and then slowly ghost him.

But now, seeing Gu Nan be so direct, she was a little stunned.

This was her first matchmaking experience; she wasn’t used to someone being so blunt right off the bat.

After some thought, she carefully typed her reply: ”Ambitious, clean-cut and cheerful, and he can’t be shorter than me.”

Given her own height of 1.72 meters, she really didn’t like ”delicate boys” who were shorter than her.

She was the perfect example of a cool beauty with a sweet heart, and she preferred men who made her feel secure.

She hadn’t had a boyfriend in college, mainly because she found the guys who pursued her too childish and immature.

”Sorry, but I don’t meet your first requirement. I’m a guy who really loves fishing. Looks like we’re not a good match... so let’s just call it off!”

”Uh...” Lin Mengqi was speechless after reading his message.

Those were indeed her requirements for a partner, but she’d also said them to be gracious, since she already knew some basic information about Gu Nan.

Ambitious—he started his own aquatic products store... and she’d heard it was doing well.

Clean-cut and cheerful—at least, he looked that way in his photo, and was actually quite handsome.

Can’t be shorter than her—Lin Mengqi knew Gu Nan was 1.8 meters tall, definitely not shorter than her.

In a way, she had tailored her requirements to his strengths.

But for him to reply like that, how could she not understand what he meant? ’He’s not interested in me!’

A strange feeling stirred in Lin Mengqi’s heart. It was the first time she had ever been so proactively rejected.

’Even if he’s playing hard to get, that’s not how you do it.’

Shaking her head slightly, she replied with a single word, ”Okay,” then put her phone aside, not giving the matter another thought.

On the other end, when Gu Nan saw that ”Okay,” he let out a sigh of relief. ’Done.’

He had originally asked her for her requirements, thinking she would list some outrageous demands. That way, he could have smoothly ended things with the blame falling on her.

But instead, she listed three requirements he completely met. That left him no choice but to force the ending himself.

The rain outside had stopped. It was the perfect time to go sea fishing.

But when Gu Nan checked the tide chart, he saw there was a level 8 easterly wind at sea. There was no way he could go out.

Feeling a bit bored, he glanced at Yi Chen, who was lounging on a chair, and asked, ”Yi Chen, do you play games?”

Yi Chen had been dozing off, but his question snapped her awake. ”I can play Honor of Kings.”

”Honor of Kings, huh? Want to play a couple of rounds together?”

”Sure!”

The two immediately logged into the game. Gu Nan created a room and sent her an invitation.

He was surprised to see she was actually a King-rank player. Even though it was only with three stars, that was still quite impressive for a girl.

”Not bad, you’re already King rank. Let’s do a ranked match, then.”

Gu Nan didn’t play a lot himself, but his mechanics were decent. Every season, once he hit King, he’d switch to the Peak Tournament, though his highest score was only 2000.

”Hehe, I’m okay.” Seeing that Gu Nan was only a one-star King, Yi Chen breathed a sigh of relief. She had been afraid she’d be the one dragging him down!

”Which heroes do you play?”

”I’m good with the one who does the shaman dance.”

”The shaman dance?”

”You know, Diaochan.”

”Ah, okay...”

But once they got into champion select, the mid-lane role was instantly taken.

”Who else can you play?”

”I’m also really good with the Gatling gun hero. Just watch, I’ll mow them all down with my two big guns.”

With that, Yi Chen locked in Meng Ya, her face brimming with confidence.

”A young lady like you shouldn’t be so violent,” Gu Nan said without thinking. Seeing that the support role was still open, he picked Sun Bin. The two heroes made for a pretty strong combo.

Yi Chen froze for a second, then stuck out her tongue and amended, ”Fine, then I’ll just pepper them with my little machine gun.”

Gu Nan couldn’t help but chuckle. He’d never seen this side of her before.

Once the game started, he first followed the mid-laner to clear the first wave, which gave him a chance to check on her lane.

Not bad. The season was already in its mid-to-late stage, so the skill level for players under ten-star King really wasn’t that high. The girl was playing very aggressively in her lane, successfully pressuring her opponent.

He then decided not to bother with the top lane and went straight down to help her.

The enemy marksman was careless, and with his help, Yi Chen easily secured First Blood. She was so happy she bounced a little in her chair.

Gu Nan watched her in silence. ’If I saw that correctly, there was a jiggle, right? There was definitely a jiggle!’

’So what if her long legs could wrap around my waist? Am I that shallow of a person?’

’I have to think about the next generation. Making sure the kids are well-fed is more important than anything!’

Playing games was also a way to grow closer.

After they won seven duo queue games in a row, Gu Nan decisively called it quits, wary of the matchmaking system’s win-streak penalty.

”Why are we stopping?” Yi Chen hadn’t had her fill yet. She usually solo-queued, and whether she played a mage or a marksman, she never had someone constantly protecting her. Plus, she was farming gold like crazy and had almost gotten First Blood in every single game.

”I’m tired of sitting. Let’s walk around a bit. We can always play more ranked games later!”

”Okay~” Hearing this, Yi Chen’s eyes curved into smiling crescents. For the first time, she felt like she and Gu Nan were very close.