Yu Xiangwan knew better than anyone else Jiang Hexi's purpose in doing this.

She couldn't bear to see the uncle stay up all night and then be morally blackmailed by Nanxi to stay and kill fish, so she simply asked him for help.

But she was clearly afraid of killing fish.

Yu Xiangwan stepped forward. "Xi-mei, I'll help you kill fish. Nan Xi, aren't you coming to learn?"

Nanxi felt as if a large knife was held to her neck after being glared at fiercely by her, and she had no choice but to step forward.

Jiang Hexi put down the cleaver and cutting board, but didn't rush to catch the fish. She walked up to the film crew, reached out her hand to Director Chen, and said:

"Give me back my things."

Director Chen looked completely bewildered and asked in an unfriendly tone, "What?"

Jiang Hexi: "Claw gloves."

Director Chen thought for a long time before remembering what it was. Connecting this to the incident last night when she snatched the solar-powered flashlight, he settled all the old and new scores with her:

"Stop arguing here. Whether it's the flashlight or the claw gloves, they are items temporarily held by the production team. You have no right to take them away."

"The production team didn't say we couldn't lend it."

Seeing that force didn't work, Jiang Hexi tried a softer approach: "Director Chen, could you lend me a pair of claw gloves?"

[Xi Mei started off so assertive, but later became incredibly timid; she's so adaptable!]

I've seen people who are adaptable, but I've never seen anyone adaptable like this! The production team set strict rules, so she racked her brains to find loopholes!

I hate Nan Xi. Anyone with eyes can see that the old man is exhausted, yet she still has the nerve to ask him to help her kill the fish.

[The uncle didn't even say he was tired, but the person upstairs is already feeling tired for him. That's ridiculous. Did Xixi force the uncle to kill the fish? It was his own choice, and the person upstairs even had a problem with it.]

[I've never hated anyone so much, Nan Xi! Take your fans and get out of this livestream! Anyone who's watched the show knows how terrified Wanwan and Ximei are of killing fish, yet Nan Xi forced them to do it!]

Director Chen, unable to resist Jiang Hexi's persistent entreaties, finally lent her the claw gloves.

Jiang Hexi took the gloves and gave one to Yu Xiangwan:

"Wanwan, use this to catch fish, your hands won't slip."

Yu Xiangwan took the net, scooped up a five-pound silver carp, and held it firmly in her hand:

"Claw gloves are really useful; they make killing fish much easier."

Nan Xi glanced at the gloves, her eyes filled with envy, but she couldn't bring herself to ask them for some.

Uncle Ge gave instructions from the side: "Catch this silver carp and bighead carp, and smash its head twice with a cleaver."

"No, I have to clap three times."

After taking a deep breath, Yu Xiangwan raised the cleaver and slammed it into the fish's head three times. Seeing the fish lying stiffly on the cutting board, her hand trembled involuntarily again.

Jiang Hexi noticed her panic and pressed her for an answer: "Is the fish dead?"

Uncle Ge: "Completely dead."

Jiang Hexi took the kitchen knife from Yu Xiangwan's hand and gently pushed her away, saying, "I'll do it."

Her first action was to cover the dead fish's eyes with her hand, muttering to herself:

"I didn't kill him, I didn't kill him, I didn't kill him..."

Uncle Ge interrupted her, unable to bear it any longer: "First, scrape off the fish scales, starting from the tail and sweeping upwards, cleaning all the way."

Jiang Hexi held the fish head down tightly and scraped it upwards with the cleaver at an angle. She used so much force that her arms were bent over, making it clear to anyone that she was very nervous.

Uncle Ge, however, insincerely showered her with compliments:

"Look how smoothly you've scraped the fish scales. You're obviously a natural fish-scraping expert."

Jiang Hexi asked incredulously, "Uncle, are you serious?"

Uncle Ge nodded at her and pointed at the fish, saying, "Cut this piece of fish bone here, then reach in and remove the gills."

Jiang Hexi severed the fish bone with a single cut, her heart pounding with panic. Her eyes glazed over as she stared blankly into the air, reaching in to blindly pluck at the gills, pulling and tugging while pleading softly:

"Uncle, is that enough? Is it okay now? I've cleaned both sides thoroughly!"

Uncle Ge scooped up a ladle of water, rinsed the blood off the cutting board, and then showered her with praise:

“My dear girl, I’ve cleaned it as thoroughly as you have. Come on, make a diagonal cut on the belly of the fish, pull out the innards, and the fish is done.”

Jiang Hexi was so flattered by the praise that she lost her bearings. She cut open the fish's belly with a knife and blindly pulled out the internal organs by touch. Just as she put down the knife, the fish, which was already dead, suddenly sprang to life and started thrashing its tail!

"Ah—! Ahhh—!!"

Two screams rang out at the same time. Jiang Hexi and Yu Xiangwan hugged each other, turned their heads away, and closed their eyes tightly, unable to look.

Uncle Ge picked up the back of the knife and tapped the fish's head, making the tail unable to move at all. He deftly put the cleaned fish into a plastic bag and handed it to the crew.

"Alright, you two girls, hurry up and move on to the next one."

[Xi Mei and Wan Wan were terrified, and the uncle was already planning the next one!]

[The older man knows how to mentor apprentices; he showered her with compliments, making Xi-mei feel like she was floating on air.]

[The scene where Xi Mei covers her dead fish eyes and silently prays is absolutely hilarious! Two cowards killing a fish, yet they insist on pretending to be fearless—who are they trying to fool?!]

Am I the only one who noticed that Nanxi was just dawdling? She'd been rummaging through the fishing box for ages and hadn't caught a single fish!

[Report! Director Chen, Nan Xi is slacking off and hasn't done any work all day!]

Even netizens noticed that Nan Xi was slacking off, so how could Yu Xiangwan not see it?

She walked over and snatched the net from Nan Xi's hand, saying with a fake smile:

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