Mother Ye had only begun to think a little better of Ye Yaodong's friends because of their help with the house construction lately. On top of that, they had all worked hard gathering seafood today instead of idling around, and had brought back so much seafood. That was why she had invited them so warmly.
"There's that much seafood on the Isolated Island? You brought back loads last time, and even more this time. Each of you carried several sacks home. Third Brother, take me along next time so I can have a look, will you?" Ye Huimei asked hopefully as she ate.
"The sun's fierce out there. What would you go for? You'll get so tanned no one will marry you!"
"As if helping out at the house doesn't mean being out in the sun! Look at my arms and my face. My face is clearly tanned already." Ye Huimei had deliberately worn long sleeves to work. Now, as she pushed them up to reach for food, her arms were still snowy white, while her face was noticeably several shades darker.
A-Guang glanced at her almost dazzlingly white arm and froze for a moment, then looked at her face and murmured, "You're not that tanned."
Perhaps because there were so many children making noise at the table, no one heard him. Instead, they heard Ye Yaodong say, "If you're afraid of getting tanned, why would you want to come with me? It's not so bad at home. Spending all day in the sun on the Isolated Island, with nowhere to find shade, will burn your skin right off! Look at my face!"
She pouted. "You just don't want to take me."
"That's right, I don't! We're all men. What would you come along for? We couldn't even take a