Crab Porridge

"Uncle Xu, you're back?"

Kiana looked curiously at the still-lively seafood Xu Yanwu was carrying in his hands.

"Uncle Xu, did you catch all this seafood yourself? That's amazing."

"Freshly caught seafood. I'll wash it in a bit, then we can grill it and eat it right away."

Xu Yanwu said, "But let's save some for tonight. It wouldn't be good to finish all of it now. Kiana, Little Sakura, the two of you go get a couple of buckets and fill them with seawater. We'll keep the extra seafood alive for now."

Xu Yanwu shifted the hand full of seafood. "When we take a break this afternoon, I'll head into the sea and catch another round. I'll bring back more seafood before high tide."

"Tonight, we're having fresh live seafood!"

As Xu Yanwu said this, Kiana cheered as well, then happily ran into the villa to look for buckets.

Only after two people had left did Xu Yanwu look toward his female counterpart.

Nu Ba was currently being passively drawn into conversation with Himeko, Theresa, and Mei.

If Xu Yanwu had not deliberately concealed part of the truth and kept his mind highly focused, they might have already coaxed some information out of her.

Himeko still seemed somewhat suspicious of Nu Ba's identity.

An, on the other hand, had been following Bronya around and pestering her so much that Bronya could barely spare any attention. She had not joined the conversation over there.

When Fu Hua saw Xu Yanwu looking around, she walked over and looked at the seafood in his hands. "Xu Yanwu, I didn't expect you to know how to... catch seafood?"

"Just a little trick, just a little trick."

Xu Yanwu modestly said, "After all, back then, I was known among the people of Shenzhou as