“Lisa… Lisa?” Little Yichen’s warm smile greeted her as Lisa opened her eyes groggily. She sat up nervously and backed up against the wall, staring at him warily.
“What do you want?” She looked out of the porthole and realized. Rubbing her eyes, she asked, “Time to change shifts?”
“No!” The boy winked at her mysteriously. “I found treasure.”
The girl followed Little Yichen to the deck. She had no idea where he found a charcoal stove, but after lighting the fire, he had set up a sheet of wire netting over it. On top of it sat two large fish. As they were grilled, they emitted an alluring fragrance!
“Fish?”
“Uh huh! I just don’t know what kind of fish it is, but going by the looks of it, it’s edible.”
Lisa frowned. Indeed, not only was the fish meat tender, it was also suitable for grilling. However, some marine fish are poisonous and couldn’t be eaten.
Lisa walked over and identified the fish. She often sailed at sea, so she recognized it at once.
“This is chum salmon.”
“Chum salmon?”
Little Yichen did not know what chum salmon was and only cared about one thing.
“Is it edible?”
“Of course. Idiot.” Lisa sat down on the deck and asked curiously, “How did you catch this fish?”
“I found a fishing net and caught it just like that.”
Beneath the calm surface of the sea, a school of fish happened to swim by and the boy caught them easily.
Lisa looked at the various seasonings beside the stove and asked suspiciously, “Where did these things come from?”
“From the store.” Little Yichen smiled smugly. “I was rummaging through the store closet to see what I could find, but I smelled pepper. I found these condiments and a sheet of metal netting in the cabinet. Since there were these things, there had to be grilling equipment, right? I rummaged through again and found this stove in the corner.”
After listening to this, a realization dawned upon Lisa. A foodie’s capabilities are limitless! However, thanks to Mu Yichen, this little foodie, they were able to eat meat while drifting out at sea!
Lisa sat down, took one look at the fish, and quickly turned one side over so that it wouldn’t burn. Little Yichen brushed oil over it again. Just the smell of it made him restless.
Lisa complained, “You said you encountered a school of fish. Why didn’t you fish more?”
“Uh… I caught a few and the rest escaped.” Little Yichen said helplessly, “I don’t know how to fish. It’s rare enough that I’ve been able to catch two such big ones!”
“This size is considered small among chum salmon.”
“…” Little Yichen had no way out of this embarrassment.
“Besides, if it’s grilled fish slices, it’ll be even more tender.”
“…You seem to be very experienced in this.”
Lisa raised her brows and said, “I didn’t know we had all these equipment. Otherwise, I’ll show you how I can fish a bunch.” “…” Little Yichen’s ego inevitably suffered a setback! He felt that Lisa simply excelled at everything!
Lisa glanced at him and surprisingly explained, “I used to fish when I was training on the island.”
“Oh.” Little Yichen glanced at her and suddenly asked curiously, “Actually, I’m not sure if I should ask this…”
“Huh?”
“Ask away,” Lisa said with indifference.