"Alright."
Chi Xiu took the fish over.
The two sat beneath a tree. At first, Tang Yuehua had been unwilling to sit down, but seeing Chi Xiu sit so naturally on the ground, she suddenly stopped caring about anything.
She had already been humiliated enough today. Besides, she no longer had any illusions, not even a status to cling to...
"So black..."
Tang Yuehua looked at the three charred fish.
"What are you talking about? I controlled the heat. There's only some soot on the outer layer of scales. The inside is perfectly fine. Peel it open and see if you don't believe me."
Tang Yuehua hesitated.
Seeing her like this, Chi Xiu thought she found the outside dirty, so he took it and helped peel it open.
But Tang Yuehua volunteered instead. "I'll do it!"
Chi Xiu looked at her and smiled. "Can you manage?"
"Why wouldn't I? It's just a layer of soot. It won't kill me if it gets on my hands."
Tang Yuehua said.
Chi Xiu could see it now. Tang Yuehua had an extremely serious germophobia issue, and she was incredibly stubborn too.
Soot really was nothing...
Tang Yuehua held the stick and started peeling back the fish skin. A burst of hot steam suddenly rushed out from inside.
"Ah! So hot!"
"Haha..."
Chi Xiu had been waiting for the fish to burn her!
Tang Yuehua flung the stick away from the burn, and Chi Xiu caught it.
"Phew—phew—"
She blew hard on her fingers.
"I told you that you couldn't do it, but you wouldn't believe me."
Chi Xiu glanced at her and casually peeled away the outer fish skin.
He tossed the charred skin onto the ground, revealing steaming white fish flesh beneath.
"It definitely won't taste as good as fish specially prepared