"No, no, no, you misunderstood. Han Tiantian is just smart and learns quickly. It has nothing to do with me. What's more, I didn't teach her anything. I just told her some knowledge about fire-making..."
Feeling the gazes of everyone around him on him, Su Yan felt his scalp almost numb. He forced a very stiff smile, waved his hands and explained, trying to shift the blame onto others.
The explanation was that Han Tiantian was just smart. She only said a little knowledge, and the other party learned it, and learned it so well.
Sure enough, after hearing Su Yan's words, most people around revealed a hint of "as expected" in their eyes, and they stopped looking at Su Yan. Instead, they looked at Han Tiantian with appreciation, thinking that Han Tiantian, this new survivor, was really good.
The only ones who were not very satisfied were Su Ran and Han Tiantian. How on earth did they learn the skill of making fire? It was definitely not as easy as Su Yan said, and it was not just a matter of simply telling them the knowledge. Especially Han Tiantian, when she saw that everyone in the program team did not "take Su Yan" seriously, her mood became not so good. She opened her mouth and immediately wanted to say something.
However, before Han Tiantian could say anything, Su Yan spoke first and called Han Tiantian's name directly:
"Tiantian, where's the papaya you picked? Let me peel it for everyone."
"Papaya? Oh, here it is... But Sister Su Yan, I have something else to say..."
Han Tiantian handed over the papaya beside her and spoke unwillingly, but just like that, she was interrupted by Su Yan again before she could finish her words.
"Let's peel the cassava first, then cut it into pieces and cook it in a pot. Or maybe roast it over a fire. Which method is better? Or try both."
As Su Yan said this, he handed a small piece of cassava to Han Tiantian without further ado, and told her how to peel the skin of the cassava, such as whether it would be better to wear gloves when peeling it.
After being interrupted two or three times by Su Yan, Han Tiantian became dazed and somehow shifted her attention to peeling cassava. She soon forgot what she wanted to say.
Seeing this, Su Yan couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. She felt that it was too difficult to be an insignificant spectator. It felt even more difficult than when she founded the Great Sheng Dynasty!
In order to reduce her presence in group activities, Su Yan hardly spoke a word throughout the whole process. She even stood behind the crowd or in a position closer to the side where it would be less noticeable. Even though she was so low-key, she was still called out.
Fortunately, at the last critical moment, she managed to save the situation. Seeing that no one doubted her, Su Yan broke out in a cold sweat and felt that his situation was really difficult.
Of course, it wasn't that Su Yan had any problem with Han Tiantian. Personally, she quite liked her. She was lively and cheerful, and straightforward. She had mastered survival skills so quickly and was praised by others. Su Yan was naturally happy for her. Under normal circumstances, Su Yan wouldn't mind being cueed at all, but she was in a "special period" right now. In such a "special period", she should keep a low profile. The less noticeable she was, the better.
So, after all this trouble, Han Tiantian and Su Yan had already dealt with the ingredients in their hands. When the others saw this, they subconsciously followed to help. After all, everyone was hungry. No matter whether the food tasted good or not, the sooner they filled their stomachs, the better. They still had a tough battle in the afternoon, and that was the big deal. Their main food was basically from the sea. How could they succeed if they didn't fill their stomachs and get enough strength now?
Thinking of this, everyone suddenly became diligent and came running to help.
The staple food for lunch this time will probably be cassava and unripe plantains. Following Lin Yuanyuan's suggestion, there are probably two ways to prepare them. One is to roast them directly on the fire, and the other is to find some large leaves, wash them, and then wrap the peeled cassava tightly in layers, and then cook them on the fire to create a "steamed" effect.
Originally, it might be better to boil the cassava directly in water, but they were out hunting, and the big pot and other things were left at the camp, so they had to use other methods to cook the ingredients.
I have to say that this meal didn't taste very good. The cassava was edible, and the unripe plantains were edible after being roasted, but the taste was really not that good. It was far worse than the meal last night. The only thing that made everyone feel satisfied was the inconspicuous little papaya.
Fortunately, unlike most other unripe fruits, Han Tiantian found that the papaya was completely ripe. When peeled, it was a very beautiful orange-red color. With a slight bite, the unique sweetness of papaya exploded on the tongue, making people want to bite off the outer layer of papaya skin.
It's a pity that the papaya was not big, and there were many people on their side, eight of them in total, and each of them only got a few bites and it was gone.
Fortunately, although the taste of this lunch was not very good, the starch contained in cassava was enough to satisfy the hunger.
Then, we took a nap for about half an hour. When the strongest midday sun was over, we packed up our gear and headed to the beach.
Feng Mo and Qin Zian had noticed the beach here when they went hunting in the evening yesterday. They thought the coast here was perfect for sea fishing and snorkeling.
It's not because of anything else, but because the terrain of the coast here is just right. Along the coastline is a large shallow sea, about half a meter high, so you can catch fish even without a diving suit. A little further away is the deeper sea. The two completely different depths of colors on the sea surface can roughly tell the depth of the sea, like some kind of gradient color.
The farthest point is the deeper and more dangerous sea area. The program team does not recommend going deep there as the sea there is almost five meters deep.
Of course, Feng Mo would not do anything reckless. He would just dive and fish in the sea area about two meters deep in the middle transition section, but he would not go too far into the outer sea area.
The rest of the people who don't want to go into the water can choose to fish on the slightly higher rocks at the other end. However, there are no fishing rods or bait on site. If you want to fish, you need to make your own fishing rod and find the bait yourself, which is quite troublesome.
Anyway, no matter which method is used, as long as you can catch fish, it's fine.
Perhaps it was because sea fishing was too new to most new survivalists. It was a rare opportunity that Han Tiantian and Su Ran did not follow her, but followed other people who wanted to fish. Most of the female guests concentrated in the sea area ahead to catch fish with hooks, while most of the male guests followed Feng Mo to go snorkeling.
Of course, the snorkeling equipment for the male guests is specially provided by the program team for the sake of the show's appeal. Snorkeling hunting is much more exciting than picking fruits, but the snorkeling equipment is not provided free of charge by the program team. At that time, each set of diving equipment must be exchanged for a fish weighing at least one and a half kilograms.
In other words, the male guests borrowed three sets of diving equipment. After the show, in addition to hunting for tonight's food, they also had to hand over three big fish to the program team.
Not to mention, exchanging three fish sounds okay, but it is still a bit difficult to do in practice. However, in order to get the diving suit, Qin Zian, Feng Mo and everyone discussed it and decided to bite the bullet and borrow it.
After all, it is better for four men to work together than for Feng Mo to work alone!
What's more, if the next few survival points are all islands or near the sea, mastering the skills of diving, fishing and hunting will become equally important survival skills.
Moreover, the current situation is still very favorable for the guests on their side. Except for Feng Mo, Qin Zian and Su Ran both have deep diving qualifications and have no problem with diving. Although Liang Xu does not have a qualification, he is good at swimming. They are not beginners, so it should be no problem for them to learn a little. At worst, he can help them.
Based on this consideration, the four male guests basically all went diving and hunting, while the female guests mainly moved around the shallower sea areas. In order to catch more fish, Lin Yuanyuan suggested that it would be better to dig some earthworms to make bait, so later on, the female guests basically all dispersed, almost like they were free to move around.
Such a situation was perfect for Su Yan. She was worried that she had no chance to relax. After all, sea fishing did not require everyone to gather together. They just had to go to the place where they thought they could catch fish.
Thinking of this, Su Yan naturally carried his small bucket and went to another deserted shallow sea area.
Su Yan had looked around and found that the sea here was relatively shallower than the other side. Naturally, there were far fewer fish than on the side with Lin Yuanyuan, Han Tiantian, and Lin Linger. So everyone basically concentrated on the other side and rarely came here, which made it convenient for Su Yan to come over and "try harder."
So, after walking to the shallow sea area and no longer seeing other guests on the show, the first thing Su Yan did was not to go fishing, but to catch up on his sleep!
Su Yan couldn't sleep the whole night, and she was so exhausted. She just couldn't rest in peace where Qin Zian was. So when everyone took a nap just now, Su Yan didn't dare to close her eyes. Only now that there was no one around, Su Yan found a cool place and closed her eyes to rest in peace.
This rest lasted for about an hour. Su Yan yawned and slowly woke up. He finally felt that his spirits were getting much better. He stood up again with the small bucket at hand and walked into the shallow sea to catch fish.
After all, Su Yan is also a human being. No matter how passive she is, she will still be hungry. Since there is food in the sea in front of her, she naturally will not go back empty-handed. As long as she cooks slightly worse than the other female guests, it will not attract attention.
This is what Su Yan realized during this period of time. You can't do it too well, nor can you do it too badly. Both of these will easily attract attention. As long as you do it slightly worse than everyone else, you won't be noticed.
Besides, the fish in the shallow waters she'd chosen were so sparse, so even if she continued fishing like this, her catch wouldn't be any better than others, right? She only needed to catch a small amount, enough for tonight's dinner, no more.
Su Yan thought so and did it.
After filling a small bucket with half sea water and placing it on the beach to prevent it from being swept away, Su Yan quickly and neatly rolled up the clothes on his hands and feet, rolling them to a level that would not be wetted by the sea water, and then strode towards the shallow sea.
After a while, Su Yan was standing in the sea here, staring quietly at the fish swimming in the water.
The water here is very clear and there are many fish. At a glance, you can see many schools of fish swimming in the blue shallow sea. It looks beautiful. Coupled with the beauty standing in the water, for a moment, it is difficult for people to look away from this picture.
The audience in the live broadcast room watched and held their breath unconsciously.
There was no way. If some people didn't appreciate Su Yan's good looks before, then at this moment, no one would fail to appreciate it anymore. Su Yan, who had just woken up, still had a bit of confusion and laziness on his face. He stood very naturally on the blue sea. Not only did he not look abrupt, but he looked extremely natural, and it completely highlighted Su Yan's original good looks.
It is breathtakingly beautiful, heart-warmingly beautiful, and even more so beautiful that it makes people lose their focus.
I don’t know how long it took before someone in the live broadcast room couldn’t help but murmur:
Who on earth was it that said Su Yan wasn't good-looking before? His looks, facial features, and temperament are truly top-notch! Damn, I'm moved. It turns out I was blind before. No, no, I don't care. Just for his looks, I'm going to be a fan of Su Yan. Don't argue with me, you're right. The world of face-chasers is just that simple. Just for his looks, how could anyone who loves looks not be a fan?
[+1 for those who love face, take me with you, just for Su Yan's looks, I think she's worth it. The world of those who love face is really simple, so simple that it makes no sense!]
In just a short while, Su Yan's live broadcast room became lively again. However, obviously, compared to those fans who were obsessed with looks, most viewers were more concerned about the results of their hunts. During Su Yan's break, they went to the live broadcast rooms of other program guests, but found that sea fishing was not as simple as they had imagined.
There are a lot of fish during the day, and the sea here is also very clear. You can see the fish clearly wherever you can see.
I thought with so many fish, it would be easy to catch just a few, right?
But the truth is... they were all wrong. Even though there seemed to be a lot of fish here, it was extremely difficult to catch them successfully.
One reason is that the fish schools during the day are more active than they imagined. They will scatter at the slightest disturbance and swim very fast. Even if they stand still, when the fish schools in the water swim over again, those small fish are too agile to catch them, even if they use a fishing hook.
Secondly, there are fishing restrictions in this sea area. Fish that are too small cannot be caught and brought ashore. Only adult fish that have grown to a certain size can be caught and brought ashore, otherwise it will violate some laws.
However, most of the fish that move in groups in the shallow sea are small tropical fish. If you finally catch one, there is a high probability that it is not the right size, and you can only throw it back into the sea in confusion.
This is the condition of the female guests in the shallow sea. The male guests who went diving and spearfishing were relatively better, but not much better. Facts have proved that having a diving certificate and being able to swim well does not mean that you can catch fish well.
After more than an hour, only Feng Mo was lucky enough to catch a small octopus and a big fish weighing more than one and a half kilograms. Qin Zian also caught a big fish weighing almost two kilograms. Su Ran and Liang Xu had no gains. They could only barely catch some conchs and seashells to avoid getting nothing.
Even so, the diving and fishing team has not yet caught enough fish to hand over to the program team. Once the prey in their hands is handed over, it means that they have not caught any prey at all.
Because of this, the audience in the live broadcast room had some controversy about Su Yan's leisurely state. It was not that they thought Su Yan should not rest. Since this morning, Su Yan's condition was not very good. He looked like he was not getting enough sleep. It was not a problem that he couldn't help but want to take a nap, but the problem was that the situation of the prey of the entire survival team was not very good!
If this continues, I'm afraid all the sea fishing will be in vain, and there may be no food left tonight.
What's more, although they knew that Su Yan was strong and had first-class ability in building houses, it did not mean that Su Yan was also good at sea fishing!
The more they thought about it, the more worried the audience in the live broadcast room became.
Even Lu Wenzheng and Wang Yan were the same. Although they knew that hunting shouldn't be a problem for Su Yan, they couldn't help but feel a little worried after seeing everyone saying so. They were worried that Su Yan would be tired and even more worried that he would go hungry. They even had the urge to contact someone to fly a helicopter over to drop off food!
Just when the live broadcast room became noisy, Su Yan, who had been standing in the shallow sea for a long time, moved. She just lowered her head and looked at the school of fish that had swam back to the water after being scared away by her.
Then... he just bent down, quickly stretched out his hands and grabbed it. When he straightened up again, Su Yan's hands were already holding a lively fish. Moreover, the fish was not small, and it looked like it weighed at least one kilogram!
Such a scene stunned the audience in the live broadcast room. They had seen people catching fish with bare hands, but they had never seen anyone catch fish with bare hands like this!
It seemed as if Su Yan hadn't made any movement, he simply stretched his hand into the sea, and when he straightened up, he had two more fish in his hand!
Is it really that simple?! Then… what are those two groups of guests doing, all the fishing and diving?!
However, this was not Su Yan's most amazing move. The most amazing move was after Su Yan caught the fish. While yawning, he looked back at the small bucket just a little distance behind him. Suddenly, he frowned slightly and stood there thinking for a while.
He seemed to be wondering why the small bucket was so far away from him, and couldn't help looking all over his body, as if looking for something to hold something. Finally, his eyes fixed on the pocket of his shirt.
So, in the next moment, all the audience in front of the live broadcast room watched Su Yan just take the trouble to... stuff the two fish he caught into the pockets on both sides of his shirt.
After stuffing everything in, he continued to catch fish, and after catching everything, he continued to stuff everything in. When there was no more room in his shirt pockets, he stuffed his trouser pockets until they were full, until he could not stuff any more. Then he slowly walked to the beach, turned out all the sea fish that had filled his pockets, and threw them back into the sea.
Then, Su Yan went back and forth two or three times, and soon the small bucket was almost full. This was the result of Su Yan screening the size of the fish at the last moment, and removing the fish that were obviously not fat enough, too small, or did not look very delicious. The whole process took only about half an hour.
At this point, everyone in the livestream was stunned and speechless, their screens practically filled with countless "666s" to express their excitement. No, by the end, almost all of these viewers had even become fans, all posting comments like "Goddess Su Yan, so handsome" and "Goddess Su Yan, I love you!!" in the livestream. The scene was no less exciting than when Qin Zian first arrived!
At this moment, a fan who had been waiting here from the beginning seemed to have suddenly thought of something. After holding back for a moment, he couldn't help but ask:
[By the way, could it be that Su Yan is doing what he did before, misjudging the strength of the other guests, and after seeing the female guests' haul, he'll throw the bucket of fish back into the sea? Just like how she accidentally knocked down the nearly completed house?]
"That shouldn't be the case, right? Even if the house collapses, we can still rebuild it. But if we throw the fish in the bucket back into the sea, won't we all have nothing to eat tonight? I don't think Su Yan would do that, haha..."
However, although the fans said so, because of Su Yan's past record, they couldn't help but become extremely worried. They all stared at him nervously, or to be more precise, they stared at the bucket in Su Yan's hand even more nervously, for Su Yan might 'accidentally' lose the whole bucket of fish.
As for Su Yan, she still looked like she was not fully asleep at this moment. However, if you calculated the time, it had been two hours since she left everyone. It seemed a bit unreasonable if she didn't show up.
Besides, she'd deliberately left it for over two hours, hadn't she? Even with her laziness, she'd already gotten a good harvest. Not to mention the even richer resources in the other shallow sea. Lin Yuanyuan and the others had already reaped a much richer harvest than she had, right?
Su Yan thought so and walked towards the other side of the large group while yawning. But before she got close, she heard Han Tiantian's scream in excitement from the front.
"Ahhhh—I finally caught one, Sister Lin. Look, look! I've been trying for so long and finally caught one. And it's just enough to take away. I don't have to throw it back into the sea and release it!"
Because Han Tiantian's shouting was so loud and alarming, it was impossible for Su Yan not to notice it. So subconsciously, Su Yan looked at the fish in Han Tiantian's hand that made her very excited and had finally caught it, but found that it was just a small fish slightly bigger than a palm, the kind of small fish that Su Yan didn't want to catch at all.
So, Su Yan fell silent and woke up.
She just silently watched the female guests who were so happy because they caught a small fish, and then silently looked down at her own bucket filled with big fish...
Su Yan tried to hold it in, but he couldn't hold it in any longer. He cursed inwardly, took a deep breath, put the bucket on the beach, turned his face away, and kicked it as if accidentally. The fish in the bucket swam into the sea with a splash, very happily.
When Su Yan picked up the bucket again, there was only a smaller fish left in the bucket. All the other big fish had run away. Now, Su Yan was finally satisfied. She happily refilled the bucket with water and made it look like she was just lucky to catch a small fish!
Unfortunately, when Su Yan was happily filling her bucket with water, her head subconsciously turned to the side, and she silently saw her cameraman Da Li not far behind her, silently setting up the camera and silently holding it in her direction to shoot.
Su Yan: "..." Why did she always feel that this scene, this picture, was a bit familiar? Would the 'sky-high hush money' still work?
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