Lu Wanqing listened to Harvey babbling beside her, revealing all of his father's embarrassing stories. After a long while, she couldn't help but ask, "Did your father always take you when he went fishing?"
Little Harvey was surprised. "How did you know?"
Lu Wanqing smiled and reeled in her fishing rod without a fuss. "I guessed. And I also guessed why your father can't catch any fish."
This statement successfully captured the attention of both Little Harvey and Xavier, who were very curious.
"Why?" Xavier couldn't help but ask.
Lu Wanqing looked at Xavier and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Mommy, Mommy, hurry up and tell me, why? Why can't Daddy catch fish!" Little Harvey urged anxiously, tugging at his mother's hand.
Lu Wanqing looked down at Little Harvey and said with a smile, "Because you're too noisy!"
This statement shocked both father and son. Their expressions were synchronized, and for a moment, it was hard to tell who resembled whom.
However, after a moment, their expressions changed. Xavier looked at Little Harvey with a meaningful gaze.
Little Harvey was unconvinced. "How could it be me? It's definitely not because of me. I wasn't noisy at all. He himself is incompetent, that's why he can't catch fish!"
"Then how about we make a bet?" Lu Wanqing looked at the little guy, unable to resist pricking his overly confident spirit.
"How do we bet?" Little Harvey was still unconvinced. He didn't believe that his noise had caused his father to be unable to catch fish.
Lu Wanqing thought for a moment and said, "We won't speak for a day and see if your father can catch any fish."
"A whole day?" Little Harvey frowned.
"That's too long!" Little Harvey was a little unhappy.
Not far away, Xavier couldn't help but chime in, "If you can't endure it for a day, how can you prove it wasn't you who caused me to fail at fishing?"
"It wasn't! I can definitely endure it. I'll endure it! I'm not afraid of you. You adults are bad, ganging up to bully me, a little child!" Little Harvey said indignantly. This time, he didn't think his mommy was good either. He felt that his mommy, like his daddy, were both bad guys, colluding to bully him.
"Alright, then from now on, we'll remain silent and not speak. If Little Harvey can't hold it in and speaks, disturbing the fish in the water, then Little Harvey loses," Lu Wanqing said calmly.
"Okay!" Little Harvey readily agreed.
Lu Wanqing couldn't help but smile. Little Harvey was very clever, but after all, he was just a child. A simple taunt was enough to make him fall for the bait.
Without Little Harvey's constant chatter, not to mention the fish in the water, Lu Wanqing herself felt much more at peace.
Really...
When she couldn't see Little Harvey, she truly missed her child and worried about him, wanting to see him every single day.
But when she actually saw him, she suffered from headaches every minute due to his incessant noise. He had so much to say, so lively that it was unbearable.
Over there, Xavier was also surprised. He hadn't expected Lu Wanqing to pacify Harvey with just a few words. She indeed had her ways, no wonder she could take good care of the children in the capital.
Xavier thought, and his heart gradually settled. Perhaps he didn't need to worry so much about Lu Wanqing raising children.
With his concerns eased, Xavier also focused on fishing. And indeed, with Little Harvey quiet, even he felt much more comfortable.
While the two adults were comfortable, Little Harvey was not. He had never been this quiet since he was born.
But he had just made a bet with his dad and mom, and he wouldn't lose. It was clearly his dad's poor fishing skills that prevented him from catching fish, and he wanted to blame it on him. He wouldn't carry this burden, absolutely not!
Little Harvey tried hard to hold back, not speaking. He didn't even move around, only his eyeballs darting around, looking at his dad's fishing hook, then at his mommy's fishing hook.
Unknowingly, a few minutes passed. At this moment, Xavier's fishing hook suddenly moved.
Xavier was delighted and quickly reeled in the hook.
He caught something. It was a big fish!
Little Harvey was utterly stunned. He was truly shocked. He actually caught something. His dad could also catch fish?
Little Harvey couldn't believe it, but his innate curiosity couldn't be suppressed. He ran over and pulled at his dad's fishing hook to look.
Xavier pushed his son away and carefully unhooked the fish he had finally caught.
Lu Wanqing was right. He probably couldn't catch fish before because Harvey was too noisy. This brat couldn't be quiet for three seconds, constantly chattering, scaring away all the fish in the river.
"It's a big fish," Little Harvey said in a low voice, very softly.
Although he was unhappy about his mommy pinning the blame on him, he was still super happy that his dad had actually caught a fish, and such a big one!
Little Harvey couldn't help but reach out to touch the fish. It was real, such a big one. Ahh, his dad could actually catch fish!
As Little Harvey was happy, on the other side, Lu Wanqing's fishing hook also showed signs of activity. She reeled it in, and a palm-sized little fish was caught.
Little Harvey's eyes lit up again. Mommy also caught one!
At this moment, the little brat didn't say anything, but in his heart, he was slowly starting to believe what his mommy had said earlier. Fishing required quiet, and his dad couldn't catch fish before because he had scared them away with his noise.
Lu Wanqing also carefully unhooked the fish, changed the bait, moved to a different spot, and resumed fishing.
This time, without his parents reminding him, Little Harvey also tried hard to remain quiet. He didn't dare to walk too loudly, for fear of disturbing the fish in the water and scaring them away, preventing them from biting.
Indeed, without Little Harvey's noisy presence, in the quiet environment, Lu Wanqing and Xavier's mood and results for fishing were very good. In the next two hours, they caught several more fish successively.
Finally, when they had caught enough and were preparing to stop, Lu Wanqing smiled and said, "Harvey, see? You didn't make noise, and your father caught a lot of fish, didn't he?"
Little Harvey nodded vigorously, nodding so hard it seemed his head would fall off. "Mmhmm, mmhmm."
Lu Wanqing looked at the child and felt that his heart was indeed big. He had been so angry and unconvinced earlier, but now that he saw the result, he wasn't being difficult. He admitted his mistake without any psychological burden.
"Harvey, it's not just about fishing. In life, and in many things, it's the same. We need patience and can't be too restless. Impatient people rarely accomplish great things," Lu Wanqing said.
This statement made Harvey look a bit bewildered. He looked at his mommy doubtfully.
Xavier glanced at Lu Wanqing, then raised his hand and tapped Harvey on the head, saying, "If you don't understand, just remember it, and think about it slowly when you have time later."