Is the Grilled Fish Really That Fragrant?

Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Tian were huddled together next to Lin Ye, whispering and discussing whether or not they should join the queue to buy a skewer of Huo Yuhao's grilled fish to try.

Honestly, putting aside Huo Yuhao's status as the protagonist of the original novel, the aroma of his grilled fish is truly amazing.

The problem is, the queue is incredibly long, stretching from one end of the stall to the other. As far as the eye can see, it's a sea of heads. If you really wait in line, it'll probably take at least half an hour to get your turn.

As Xiao Xiao was struggling with her thoughts, this diary entry suddenly popped into her mind.

She was taken aback at first, then nudged Wang Dong'er and Ning Tian beside her with her elbow and whispered, "Look, Lin Ye didn't say it, but he's also hooked on this grilled fish. He was pretending to be calm just now, but he wrote it in his diary as soon as he turned around."

As she spoke, the two women beside her couldn't help but glance in the direction of the Grilled Fish Stall, nodding in agreement.

The three of them had been hesitating here for almost fifteen minutes, completely captivated by the aroma, yet also annoyed by the long queue. Lin Ye's words perfectly captured their thoughts.

Ning Tian also received the diary entries at the same time. She glanced at the long queue, a hint of helplessness in her eyes, yet she couldn't help but find it amusing.

Given her status, she'd tasted all sorts of delicacies, so she shouldn't have been tempted by a skewer of ordinary grilled fish. But the aroma was just too irresistible, making her want to try it.

She silently added in her mind, "It's not that Lin Ye is greedy, it's just that the aroma is too outrageous."

Wang Dong'er stood beside the two of them, her face expressionless.

When the diary entries flashed through her mind, she merely raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of barely perceptible disdain flickering in her eyes.

She didn't like Huo Yuhao at all, so she had no interest in the so-called grilled fish, let alone joining the queue.

However, the fragrance is indeed quite enticing.

The three women chatted and laughed in secret, while Wu Feng did not participate in any discussion.

Wu Feng stood straight beside Ning Tian, his back ramrod straight, his eyes fixed straight ahead, without making the slightest unnecessary movement, a veritable emotionless guarding machine.

Regardless of Lin Ye's small team discussing grilled fish and joking around, or the various lively noises coming from the surrounding stalls, she remained silent and didn't even bother to lift her eyelids.

It was as if everything around her had nothing to do with her; she was just like a robot with a pre-programmed routine, whose only task was to stay by Ning Tian's side.

Lin Ye knew, of course, that Wu Feng's personality in the original work was just like that: stubborn, inflexible, and single-mindedly devoted to Ning Tian, indifferent to everything else.

But since we're all together now and see each other all the time, we have to maintain a semblance of politeness.

Lin Ye casually asked a couple of questions about Wu Feng's situation, and Ning Tian simply gave a brief reply. That was the end of it; he didn't ask any further questions or say anything more.

[Huo Yuhao's grilled fish, you know what, you really have to admit, the aroma is truly amazing. Even the top chef at the Shrek Academy might not be able to grill the same fish as well as Huo Yuhao.]

I'm a little puzzled, why is that?

The fish came from Shrek Cafeteria, the charcoal was just ordinary firewood you could find anywhere on the street, the barbecue seasonings were the most basic ones you could buy in stores, and even the grill was just a simple iron rack.

Everything is laid out in the open, transparent, and visible to everyone, yet no one else can bake it with such a wonderful aroma.

Only Huo Yuhao could bake such an enticing aroma that could make one's soul almost fly away.

Could this be the legendary protagonist setting? This is the exclusive blessing of the Protagonist Halo? With this Protagonist Halo, even grilling fish will taste a hundred times better than others, right?

So this halo is omnipresent, huh? Even something as simple as eating a meal requires a special cheat code for the protagonist?

The girls read this diary full of complaints in their minds almost at the same time, and they all felt a little emotional in their hearts.

Yes, they were standing right there, only a dozen meters away from the Grilled Fish Stall, and could see it all clearly.

Huo Yuhao's stall wasn't big; it was just a simple folding table with an ordinary iron grill on it, without even a decent screen.

As for the seasonings he used, they were clearly laid out on a small plate next to him. They were all the most common seasonings such as salt, chili, and cumin. Some of the bottles were even freshly opened. Everything was open and transparent, and there was no room for any trickery.

But these are just ordinary ingredients, ordinary seasonings, and ordinary charcoal fire, yet in Huo Yuhao's hands, they can create an aroma that can spread throughout half the street.

Even if someone else follows his steps exactly, they still can't bake it to this taste.

The girls were all wondering to themselves, could it really be as Lin Ye said, this was the so-called Protagonist Halo?

When Tang Ya saw this passage from the diary, she covered her mouth and laughed for a long time, almost to the point of tears. She thought to herself, "Lin Ye is absolutely right!"

When she first tasted the fish grilled by Huo Yuhao, she thought it was absolutely outrageous.

She had learned about Huo Yuhao's grilling skills from Lin Ye's diary before, so naturally she wanted to try it.

Upon tasting it, I was astonished by its divine quality.

But after eating, a question arose: why was Huo Yuhao's cooking so delicious?

The fish was from the college cafeteria, and the seasonings were bought; everything was the most ordinary stuff, nothing special.

She initially thought Huo Yuhao had some secret recipe, but it turned out that his fish-grilling steps were all very basic.

Flipping, brushing oil, sprinkling seasonings, etc.—there are no fancy steps, but the taste after baking is worlds apart.

She racked her brains trying to figure out what was going on, but after Lin Ye's explanation, she understood.

Huo Yuhao is the main character, so everything he does is normal. So what if his grilled fish smells better than others'?

What happened?

When Ma Xiaotao saw this diary entry in her mind, she immediately became interested.

Is Huo Yuhao's grilled fish really that delicious? Is it really as exaggerated as Lin Ye said? She really didn't believe it.

As one of the top core students in the Shrek Academy's Inner Court, she enjoys treatment that ordinary Soul Master outside, and even students in the Outer Court, cannot imagine.

Let alone ordinary river fish or grilled fish, she has tasted quite a lot of meat, even the meat of Thousand-Year Soul Beast or Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

The Soul Beast, carefully prepared in the academy's kitchen, contains pure Soul Power, and its taste can only be described as rare in heaven and unparalleled on earth.

But Lin Ye actually praised Huo Yuhao's grilled fish to such an exaggerated degree, even saying that it couldn't compare to the academy's top chefs, which immediately made her unconvinced.