Chapter 265: The Canxin is Practicing Repaying a Favor (Part 2)

fish……?

Mr. Chu likes...fish???

Qingye's mind went blank. Her shock was no less than the moment she learned Chongming's true identity. The shock was so intense that Shadow Qingye instantly disintegrated and reverted back to her shadow. She leaned against the table and spoke with a glimmer of hope, "Is... is this a metaphor? It's a metaphor, right?"

"Of course it's not one of those 'decorative dishes' that are just for show." Vander waved his tentacles. "It's real fish, that is, fish."

“Why is this happening?!”

Qingye covered her face with her hands, like a crazy ghost. Fander glanced at her and saw her miserable condition, and immediately came to a conclusion.

——The girl’s cooking skills were not very good, and she shrank back when she heard that she had to prepare sashimi.

Fander curled up his tentacles, thinking of the worrying culinary skills of young women today. His words were filled with a hint of disappointment. "Xiaoye, I really need to say something to you this time. If you're planning on giving a gift, you can't be bothered by it! Everyone has different preferences. Some like red meat, some like white meat. Isn't that normal? You have to accommodate each other's preferences."

"What confuses me is why I have this kind of hobby!" Xiaoye screamed.

Xiaoye usually eats either rice or meat, and she doesn't like seafood, so it's no wonder she's so confused... Her style of not eating fish because she's too lazy to even spit out fish bones really makes her look like a lady from a wealthy family.

Fander tutted his words a few times and said while rolling up his milk tea, "It's obvious that you don't know the benefits of seafood. I'll just tell you the key points. You should remember them well."

"I don't want to know this kind of knowledge..." Qing Ye looked like a tragic girl who fell into the mud pit of the fallen.

"We usually say 'fresh seafood' because it is important to be fresh when enjoying it. When a fish is hooked on the fishing rod and brought ashore, do you know what to do with it?" Vand diligently asked.

"You, you, you say."

Qingye clenched her hands, mentally preparing herself. To strengthen her resilience, she recalled the classic cases from her mental pollution prevention class. Each one was a terrifying scene that could stop a child from crying at night, each one a terrifying case that would make even the most mortified tremble. During this class, many students collapsed and skipped class, but she, with her unwavering willpower, persevered from the beginning to the exam, without missing a single class.

No problem. She's the genius, the heartbroken Guang Shi Qing Ye. Even if a few unusual sexual quirks are a little unusual, they can't shake her spirit!

Fander slammed the table and said, "This seafood must be cooked and eaten fresh!"

"I can't take it anymore, ahhhhhhh! This is too horrible! It's no longer a special hobby but has become an abnormal fetish. I really can't imagine it, ahhhhh!!!" Qing Ye cried out.

The psychological defenses built up by the many bloody and horrific scenes were directly pierced by the words "eat freshly cooked," and the imagination triggered by them caused the genius to collapse on the spot. She did a fierce backflip and hit her head on the sofa like a cat seeing a cucumber.

Fander squinted again, thinking, this girl won't even eat raw fish, is this still called a Shura Islander? How was she educated in the past?

"You don't understand, don't you? Authentic seafood has to be cooked and eaten fresh," Vand instructed. "Freshly caught seafood has a fresh, firm, and elastic texture, so you have to enjoy it while it's fresh. If the fish is dead, the flesh will naturally become loose over time, and where's the fun in that?"

"I can understand it, but it's even scarier now and I want to give up."

"How can you give up when you see the difficulty in handling a small matter like a fish?" Fan De encouraged him. "Think about it, you've prepared all this time. If you give up, you'll waste the whole afternoon. You'll lose out!"

Qingye felt dizzy and momentarily thought that giving up on such a difficult task would be best for him. But as Fander had said, having understood this point, wouldn't it be a waste of mental pollution if he gave up halfway? Moreover, after receiving so much care from him before, giving up now would be a great disservice to Mr. Chu!

She stood up bravely and forced herself to sit back in her seat: "Fander, you are right, I must insist... Mr. Chu, um, which type does he prefer?"

Vandell thought for a moment. "I don't think he's very picky. If anything, he prefers eels."

"Is the taste so strong?! Even that sticky stuff?!"

"The eels are amazing!" said Vander, recalling his experience in Yingshi Town. "Last time, we caught a huge one. It was so plump and plump, it's rare to see one. We feasted on it for three whole days."

"You, you, you all, together?!" Qing Ye waved his hands frantically, "We can do this kind of thing together?!"

"You're being naive. Good things should be shared." Vander said nostalgically, "In that hellish place with no entertainment and no hope, that eel helped us get through a very difficult time."

Qingye's eyes darkened, and she felt as if she had never truly known Chu Hengkong. Only then did she see through that flawless disguise and encounter the killer's hidden true self. The image of her perfect senior shattered into a pile of broken glass, each shard dancing joyfully in the lake, shouting, "I want X fish, I want X fish!"

"Master, please save me." Qingye groaned.

Fander drank the milk tea clean and said disdainfully, "Are you a coward already?"

"No, I will do it. I will do it!" Qing Ye repeated loudly as if to hypnotize himself, covering his face with a scarf, "I'm going to the seafood market now..."

Vander nodded with satisfaction: "That's right. By the way, he has a big appetite, so you'd better prepare double for insurance. Also, remember to whip him with a hammer or a whip or something like that-"

"Please stop talking like that! Every word you say is breaking through my common sense!"

Qingye slashed with his sword and leaped away, leaving the Eye Demon alone in the dark room. Fander was confused, wondering how this little girl, a fish, could be so crazy. He looked up at the doorknob, which was three times his height, and the extremely distant window, and his eyes suddenly tightened.

"Xiaoye, take me out first! Hey! You unlucky child!"

Qingye had already left the dormitory building. She walked alone in the crowded crowd, her lonely back looking particularly desolate. She couldn't understand why such an upright Mr. Chu would have such a perverted hobby. She even began to suspect that this was a prank, that Vander was playing a trick on her.

However, the Canxin's keen intuition prevented her from deceiving herself and escaping. The many details she observed in daily life all confirmed Vander's statement.

Mr. Chu used to often go to the beach.

He has a close relationship with sea creatures such as demons.

He is always inseparable from Vander.

He always liked to stay alone when not in combat, and no one knew what he was doing in the room.

There were many beautiful girls around him, but he didn't seem to have any thoughts.

And that seemingly ordinary hobby that they had known about for a long time.

——Mr. Chu likes fishing very much.

Now she knew why the other person liked fishing.

No matter how reluctant she was or how much she didn't want to admit it, she had to face the killer's true side.

——He is a fish-sexual.

What he likes...is seafood!

Qing Ye took a deep breath, walked towards the fishmonger with the determination to burn his boats, and pulled out a large flowing bead with the momentum of drawing a sword.

"Give me the biggest fish you have," she said.

·

In the evening, at the entrance of the dormitory building.

Chu Hengkong had just finished dinner and strolled back with a bag of books. He had just discussed future plans with Ji Qiufeng. With no more military duty for the foreseeable future, he had plenty of free time to occupy himself. He planned to use it for reading; it never hurt to gain some common sense about the submerged world.

He paused as he passed the mailbox. Inside the iron box, which hadn't received any mail since he moved in, lay a golden letter. He opened the envelope with great interest, examining the handwritten letter in vertical format.

"I have been very kind to you since we met. Today, I have prepared two gifts for you to keep at your house. Please accept them as a small token of my appreciation.

"Glorious night, with all my heart."

Chu Hengkong put the envelope away, feeling a strange sense of relief, as if his little sister had grown up and become sensible. He didn't know what Qingye's mind might bring him, but it was a good thought.

He deliberately didn't use his emotional perception to maintain the sense of surprise, and looked towards his home expectantly after going upstairs and opening the door.

"I want to see what you gave me...?"

The room was dark, the air thick with dampness. Suspicious drops of water splattered all over the floor, carrying a familiar, fishy smell. Chu Hengkong squatted down, his nostrils twitching slightly.

(Eel, scallops, large tuna... and lots of shrimp... a seafood platter?)

Is this sashimi after all this time? Could this girl have brought the ingredients into the house and started slicing them in the kitchen?

Chu Hengkong felt that this unfortunate child lacked common sense, but at the same time, he felt that this was something she could do. At this moment, the kitchen door creaked open, and he helplessly called out, "Qingye, who... are you!?"

Chu Hengkong's muscles were tense.

He saw a fish head.

A fish head that is twice as big as a human head.

The fish head slowly emerged from the kitchen, its pale eyes reflecting an eerie light. It must have been a fresh fish not long ago, red blood still dripping from its cross-section, flowing through its silvery body, which resembled fish scales. The monster's form resembled a human, yet possessed an indescribable strangeness: its hands were octopus-like tentacles, and its legs were covered in the heads of numerous small fish, as if the resentment of countless seafood had been gathered together.

The monster turned its head clumsily and slowly, and looked at Chu Hengkong with its bulging fish eyes.

"Thank you so much……"

Chu Hengkong broke out in a cold sweat. The horrible chill almost made him want to scream. He transformed his wrist into a spear and forced himself to concentrate: "Which sect are you from? Where is Qingye?!"

The fish head remained silent, merely staring silently behind him, seemingly laughing. Chu Hengkong's shirt was soaked with cold sweat. He turned his head inch by inch, practically touching the delicate female form in her one-piece swimsuit. A fishy, ​​slimy liquid flowed from the swimsuit fabric like the ancient tears of an ancient sea god. A massive shadow hung down from above, its form too bizarre to describe.

Chu Hengkong looked up stiffly and saw an indescribable face formed by many eels entangled.

A pair of pale eyes looked straight at her, and the fish-head girl and the eel-head girl opened their arms at the same time and hugged each other gently like lovers.

"Do you think I'm beautiful..."

"Mr. Chu..."

For the first time since he was born, Chu Hengkong screamed in terror.

·

"Guang Shi Qingye, after you finish cleaning, go down to the dormitory building and run a hundred laps. After you finish running, come up and eat my fish head. If you can't finish it, keep running. If you still can't finish it, keep running until you finish it!!" Chu Hengkong was furious.

"Okay, Mr. Chu!" Qingye screamed.

"Why do I have to clean too?!" Vander screamed for the second time.

The Heartless and the Eye Demon each held two rags, one large and one small, and ran back and forth across the hall, scrubbing the floor vigorously. Fish heads, bodies, shrimp shells, and other seafood debris piled in the kitchen, resembling the aftermath of a massive underwater battle.

Ji Huaisu and the others crowded in the corridor to watch the excitement. Chu Hengkong took a fierce bite of sashimi (which Qingye had cut in the kitchen ahead of time). The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He finished the entire plate of sashimi in one go, slammed the table, and yelled, "What the hell were you thinking?!"

Qingye pointed at Fander and said, "Fander said that!"

"What's it to me? I've been talking about fish, okay?!" Vander felt aggrieved.

"But you clearly sounded like you were saying..." Qing Ye felt even more aggrieved.

Chu Hengkong took a deep breath and told himself to stay calm and not to get carried away by a child...

He was completely defeated, waving the plate and roaring, "Fuck, do I look like someone who can fuck a fish?!"

Everyone fell silent at the same time, and Qingye said cautiously: "Looks like..."

"Guang Shi Qingye, you don't have to go running. Tonight we'll have a wrestling intensive tutorial. It'll end when you successfully knock me down once. We'll have dinner when it's over!"

“No—”

"Change into your training clothes now, go!"

"Sister Huaisu, save me!!!"

In conclusion, Miss Qingye didn't have her midnight snack until two in the morning.

Incidentally, after this act of gratitude was completed, Miss Qingye, having learned her lesson, finally regained her normal appearance as a high school girl thanks to the power of the Dragon. This is truly a cause for celebration.

(End of this chapter)