Chapter 36: Failure

"Perhaps…" Miso broke her silence as she glanced at the village chief, then to Ren, then back to the chief. "Perhaps… the hook got…"

Ren exactly knew what Jay was about to say but he dreaded it. He had already knew it earlier but still acted like he didn't. One of his trait that he wanted to change was that one.

"The hook got stuck into a big rock."

Miso exactly knew that Ren would either feel extremely embarrassed, or act like it was nothing. Ren appeared to be the type that would let failure or embarrassment fuel him instead of stopping him from achieving his goals.

To be honest, he was just telling her about his fishing experience and even had a playful banter with him. But she was kind of worried seeing his reaction.

His brows were furrowed, and his nose slightly flared in frustration. He even dropped his jaw but managed to compose himself by swallowing the lump on his throat.