"Using a shark's head? That's a bit difficult!"
There wasn't a pot big enough!
Gui Tian looked at the fish head and drooled, "Chopped chili fish head? I've heard it's delicious. I've never tried it before."
Sha Xing patted her ample chest and guaranteed, "It's super delicious! But the key is double chopped chili, made with both green and red chilies, plus a bit of wild mountain pepper. The taste is amazing!"
"Wow, Sha Xing, you know so much."
Sha Xing tossed her flowing curly hair and proudly tilted her head.
An Nuan had originally wanted to eat fresh crab sashimi, but she hadn't expected to be attacked by a double-headed great white shark. That's how she ended up killing it.
She hadn't even considered butchering a shark before, and didn't know how to eat it.
"Don't mess around, how are we going to steam such a big head?"
"Nuan Zong, I have a way."
A young man raised his hand, shyly holding a large iron disc. In a few moves, it transformed into a large iron plate, just big enough to fit a shark's head.
"We can put the head on this, then make a large lid. It should work as a steamer."
"You are..."
Sha Xing leaned sweetly next to the young man, looking infatuated.
"This is my boyfriend, Shi Er Qiao. He used to be in music. He's amazing!"
Shi Er Qiao scratched his head awkwardly, "Just a college band. We played at bars occasionally and took on opening gigs to make ends meet. I didn't expect to... hehe, so early in my second year of university."
Sha Xing noticed An Nuan's expression was a bit stiff.
She quickly said, "Although he's only second tier, he's very diligent. His dad is a crew member, so he's been a great help to us. His older brother is a bit stronger, already third tier. He used to be a diving instructor, and I think he'll be a great help to us too."
Sha Xing hugged Shi Er Qiao tightly.
Shi Er Qiao's face was completely buried in Sha Xing's chest.
Fu Yun Ting kindly reminded, "If you don't let go soon, you'll suffocate him!"
"Ah! Sorry, I'm usually very reserved. I don't know what came over me..."
Sha Xing blushed and lowered her head, looking at Shi Er Qiao tenderly.
An Nuan was already flustered.
She wondered if it was because of Lin Huan and Xiao Long, but with those two around, valuable talents were constantly being drawn to them.
Another formidable figure!
Shi Er Qiao's abilities were somewhat similar to Chang Kai Tong's.
However, Chang Kai Tong's was magnetism, manipulating metal and objects, including people, through magnetic forces.
As long as he could detect the trace amounts of magnetism within the human body, he could control it.
But Shi Er Qiao controlled metal.
As long as an object contained metal, he could alter it as he pleased.
They were similar, yet not entirely the same.
Shi Er Qiao was currently only second tier, able to manipulate metal simply. Once he grew stronger, he would be a renowned general.
However...
An Nuan observed Shi Er Qiao.
He was quite handsome, even a bit dashing, and looked very gentle. His eyes held a spark.
Who would have thought this guy, in his previous life, was known as the Bai Qi of the apocalypse, a notorious butcher!
Could he be mentally unstable?
Did he have a hidden personality?
What if he lured Sha Xing away and cooked her into soup?
An Nuan couldn't feel at ease!
"Um, Nuan Zong, why are you looking at me like that? Am I too weak... But I'll work hard. My cooking skills are also pretty good. I promise I'll steam the fish head well."
"Mm... that's not the issue. I just wanted to ask, what are your thoughts on Bai Qi, the famous general of Qin during the Warring States period?"
Shi Er Qiao blinked at her blankly.
"Bai Qi... he was a bit brutal. Even though we're in the apocalypse, I still prefer to live peacefully."
"So if you ask me what my opinion of him is, I can't really say."
"If I had to say, he was a bit scary..."
Two rosy patches appeared on the boy's slightly immature cheeks.
By the end, he looked quite wronged.
Sha Xing linked her arm with his and said, "Who cares if he's Bai Qi, Bai Long, or Bai Cha Cha? What does it have to do with us? Xiao Nuan, I finally found a boyfriend. You can't chase him away, or I'll be done with you!"
Women, once they have a man, forget their friends.
Heh.
An Nuan said, "Ai, I know. Anyway, this kid must have been captivated by your beauty. You probably can't chase him away."
"Although Sha Xing is beautiful, I don't like her beauty the most."
"Ah? Then what is it? Inner beauty?"
Shi Er Qiao awkwardly scratched the back of his head.
"Um, it's a bit difficult to say. Everyone says you should look at inner beauty, but I think people are first attracted by appearance."
"The first time I saw Yun Man, she was basking in the sun with her tail out."
"In that instant, I knew I couldn't leave Yun Man for the rest of my life! How could there be such a perfect creature?"
"Look at this tail, these legs, how they switch so freely. Recently, she can even turn into a fish tail in the sea. Oh my god! How can there be such a multifaceted person!"
"And look at her crab legs, the sheen, the color, a colorful white, elegant! So elegant!"
Shi Er Qiao rubbed against Yun Man's legs.
An Nuan: ...
Well, she could tell it was true love.
Fu Yun Ting: ...
Is our community really going to develop like this?
It seems like, apart from Jin Can, there's no one normal...
An Nuan suddenly remembered that Shi Er Qiao used to like piecing people together when he killed them.
His macabre tastes were truly... well, you know.
An Nuan had always wondered why he had such a peculiar habit.
So the root of it was here.
This little pervert!
"Um, have you guys finished chatting? Can we cook the fish head now? I'm hungry."
An Nuan turned around and exclaimed, "Good heavens!"
Gui Tian was already eating the fish innards, slurping fish bubbles with his small mouth, his face smeared with blood, yet he looked quite happy.
"I'm speechless with you all. Don't mess with the fish fins, I want to save them for cooking!"
An Nuan deftly split the fish head in half and removed the killing teeth.
Fu Yun Ting had someone collect the teeth.
Shark teeth were exceptionally sharp and could potentially be made into rare weapons. After collecting them, they were all packed up and sent to Jiang Yu.
After An Nuan processed the fish head, she carried it with one hand to rinse it, then put it on the pot to cook.
Shi Er Qiao immediately went to prepare fuel. Steaming two such large fish heads wouldn't be easy.
Shi Er Qiao smiled, "How about making one chopped chili fish head and one iron pot stewed fish head? This thing is naturally a bit fishy, so it must be eaten fresh. What do you guys think?"
"Mm, mm, I think you're right!"
Yun Man, perched on his back, followed with her crab legs.
"Young Master Fu, what about the rest of the body? I don't think anyone eats shark..."
Fu Yun Ting glanced at it, "Feed it to the two orcas."
Blood flowed from the beach into the sea, spreading out.
The scent of blood traveled incredibly fast in the ocean depths. In the deep sea, a pair of eyes slowly opened...