"Captain, is that breakfast or lunch you're eating? It's almost Noon."
Stone grumbled, but his hands never stopped moving. Before long, fragrant cola chicken wings and grilled sturgeon were on the table.
Ye Chen chuckled and dug in without ceremony. Stone was an excellent cook, and the food looked and smelled as good as it tasted. In no time, Ye Chen had cleaned every plate.
"Did you sleep well last night?"
Nami came over with a glass of orange juice. Her bright eyes kept darting toward Ye Chen. He said nothing, merely smiling as he narrowed his eyes at her. Guilty and flustered under his gaze, Nami quickly turned away.
Even now, Nami couldn't understand it. She had hidden the Gu Worm in Ye Chen's bed, and he had gone back to his room to sleep last night. Why hadn't anything happened?
She could rack her brains all she liked; Ye Chen ignored her. Once he had eaten and drunk his fill, he took a fishing rod and went out on deck with Stone.
The heat was extraordinary today. The sun blazed overhead, its glare stinging their eyes, and the deck had grown scorching hot. Even the air they breathed seemed to be on fire. Still, Ye Chen refused to stay in the cabin.
Even Lucci and Gin, those two training fanatics, had stopped for once. It was simply too hot. Before long, sweat had soaked them, their clothes clinging stickily to their bodies. The heat left everyone listless and in no mood to do anything.
A faint haze of heat hovered above the blue Sea Surface like smoke or mist: steam rising from water baked by the sun.
Stone drooped his head and listlessly cast his line into the sea. Then he seemed to fall asleep, head lowered, eyes