Chapter 187

Preparing seafood was all about timing. If they were even a little too slow, the seafood would no longer be fresh, and its flavor would suffer greatly.

Song Zhou moved quickly and elegantly. His fair fingers worked through the crab meat, flying smoothly and fluidly. Even when cooking, he looked as though he were making tea, pleasing to watch.

Lu Ao had originally been looking at the sky, but as he watched, his gaze unconsciously drifted to the person beside him. Without even blinking, he kept staring at Song Zhou.

Song Zhou smiled. "What's so interesting to look at?"

"You're just very good-looking."

Song Zhou laughed at him. "You think I look good now, but once the aroma comes out, all your attention will be on the food."

Lu Ao blinked. "That won't happen. My heart will always belong to you."

As he spoke, Song Zhou carried a stove out from inside the boat.

They had prepared very thoroughly for this trip. There was actually a grill and some charcoal on the boat. Since using an open flame aboard was not very safe, they had not brought much charcoal, but it was enough for grilling crab.

Song Zhou lit the stove with a lighter, placed a wire rack over it, then arranged the crab legs piece by piece on the rack to grill.

He also set up a small pot and stir-fried minced garlic and chili in hot oil until fragrant.

Garlic sauce had to be fried first for the garlic aroma to come out. Not only did the garlic sauce need to be fried, it also needed half raw garlic and half cooked garlic. The cooked garlic was fried until golden, while the raw garlic was added only after the sauce had been mixed. When it was grilled, it