Chapter 169 Facing Fear
Delicious meat.
Yu Sheng handed the dried meat to Little Red Riding Hood with a bewitching smile on his face. The dried meat was an attractive dark red color and smelled... very fragrant.
However, Little Red Riding Hood instinctively felt that this thing was a little strange, and she also noticed something from Yu Sheng's smile. The girl frowned slightly and said, "Wait, what exactly is this thing..."
"The 'Wolf Grandma' from before," Yu Sheng did not hide it. He nodded directly when the other party asked him, "It was the one that was killed in the dark hut last time. I brought it back and tried to process it in various ways. I found that it tasted okay."
Little Red Riding Hood's eyes widened instantly, and her breathing even stopped suddenly.
Yu Sheng was still introducing: "…The ribs are suitable for frying or stewing. The meat on the legs is very tough and needs to be cooked for a long time. The part with more subcutaneous fat tastes good and is very fragrant when roasted. Some of the internal organs are suitable for hot pot, but they have a smell if not handled properly. In addition, the wolf grandmother is too big, and it is easy to get sick of eating it for several meals in a row, so I made most of the rest into this kind of jerky, kneaded it with spices and salt, and then smoked it with fox fire. It is a little hard to bite, but the edge has a great crispness, and the overall taste is very good. It can be eaten directly or made into soup."
As he spoke, Yu Sheng pushed the jerky forward again, smiling at the girl in red in front of him: "Try it, as long as you accept its origin, it actually tastes very good."
Little Red Riding Hood was obviously startled and subconsciously moved back a little. Her eyes were filled with confusion, nervousness, and even a little horror. She looked at Yu Sheng in astonishment. It took her a long time to finally organize her words: "You...you ate Grandma Wolf?!"
"I'm eating now, and I haven't finished yet," Yu Sheng said casually, "Do I need to be so surprised? Just now you saw a plate of stir-fried garlic sprouts."
The corners of Little Red Riding Hood's eyes twitched suddenly, obviously recalling some other horrifying things the man in front of her had done. She suddenly felt that it was not so surprising that he made the wolf into jerky. But no matter how surprising it was, the weirdness and even slight fear in her heart did not diminish in the slightest when she looked at the dark red meat strips.
The squirrel standing on Little Red Riding Hood's shoulder rolled his eyes and fell down without a sound after realizing what was going on with the piece of jerky.
The fox girl who was chewing dried meat on the dining table looked up and glanced over here. The tails behind her wagged and said, "Try it. It's delicious."
Take a bite, it’s delicious.
It smells really good.
Little Red Riding Hood's breathing gradually became rapid.
It seemed as if many voices suddenly sounded in her heart, neither anxious nor impatient, but constantly whispering, Yu Sheng's voice, her own voice, and even... the wolf's voice.
Try it, just one bite.
Under the urging of the voices in her heart, she finally stretched out her hand hesitantly. With a contradictory feeling of expectation and resistance emerging at the same time, she took the dark red meat.
She saw a bright smile on Yu Sheng's face, and in that smile, the wonderful aroma of the dried meat wafted into her nostrils.
"Fear is hard to eliminate, especially the fear that has been rooted in your heart since childhood," she heard Yu Sheng whisper to her, "but from today on, you will always remember that this fear from wolves... is spiced with salt and pepper."
Little Red Riding Hood was stunned and looked at Yu Sheng with a strange expression: "What a weird saying..."
"Rather than facing fear head-on, a better way to fight it is to give it texture and flavor," Yu Sheng said with a smile on his face. "Don't you think this makes sense?"
Yes, that makes sense.
Little Red Riding Hood stuffed the jerky into her mouth, as if she was completing a life-or-death mission, and bit it hard with her eyes closed.
It's really hard and a little difficult to chew, but... it's meat, just meat.
Suddenly, from the depths of the distant forest, the faint and indistinct howling of wolves was heard.
Little Red Riding Hood couldn't tell whether the howling sound was real or just an illusion in her mind.
She chewed the piece of meat in her mouth with great force, then swallowed it, feeling the rough texture sliding down her throat.
Yu Sheng looked up to the window. He felt the evil wolf's gaze, which was fixed on this place. It had been prowling around before, but at this moment, it suddenly stopped moving.
Although it only stopped for a few seconds.
The squirrel that fell on the bed woke up slowly. This unfortunate rodent, which had experienced severe fright several times today, looked up and saw Little Red Riding Hood tearing the flesh of Grandma Wolf. It immediately fainted with a "click".
But Yu Sheng picked it up casually, shook it in the air a few times, and forcibly woke it up: "Wake up, squirrel, I have a problem."
"The squirrel doesn't want to answer!" The little thing woke up with a startle and immediately struggled and screamed.
"What is the relationship between the 'evil wolf' and the 'wolf grandma'?" Yu Sheng didn't care about the squirrel's reaction at all, and just asked, "Are they the same thing?"
The squirrel stared at Yu Sheng with its little eyes, and Yu Sheng also looked at the squirrel quietly.
Yu Sheng could even feel the little animal's rapid heartbeat like a drum in the palm of his hand.
"...Grandma Wolf is the evil side of the wolf," the squirrel finally spoke. It was unclear whether it was afraid of life or the wolf staring at it. "When it enters the hut, it is Grandma Wolf. When it eats you outside, it is the evil wolf. When it chases you, it is the wolf pack... All wolves are the evil side of the wolf, and the evil wolf is the side of the Black Forest..."
Its body trembled slightly and its neck shrank again and again.
"Everything here is tangled together, like a ball of thread, like blood vessels, like nerves, and then everything will be tangled in Little Red Riding Hood who is trapped in this nightmare," it muttered, its voice shrill and trembling, "The hunter is also a part of this place, as long as I can remember. The squirrel doesn't know why you are looking for the hunter, but he won't help you. He won't help anyone. He will only shoot at the wolf..."
Listening to the squirrel's answer, Yu Sheng was thoughtful.
He carefully sensed the information coming from the blood link, the activities of the wolves outside the shelter of the cabin, and the changes in the gaze from the evil wolf.
The wolves receded within his perception range, and the evil wolf's gaze was focused on the doorway, where something appeared and gradually took shape.
Grandma Wolf is spawning.
The order of the Black Forest continued to operate, and the stage was arranging the next "actor" to appear according to the script. The disturbance he made here did not seem to affect the operation of the entire stage.
Yu Sheng remained calm, as if he had not noticed the change in the atmosphere outside the door. He just calmly tore off a small piece of dried meat and handed it to the squirrel: "Eat it."
The squirrel struggled frantically, jumped onto the bed, and looked at the thing in Yu Sheng's hand in horror.
"I... I'm a squirrel! I'm just a squirrel! No no no, squirrels don't want this thing..."
"You should also fight against the fear in your heart," Yu Sheng looked at the other person seriously, "Little Red Riding Hood has already eaten it, now it's your turn."
"Squirrel... Squirrel Knight is fearless!" the squirrel screamed, "Squirrel Knight... please, don't do this..."
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Yu Sheng threw the small piece of meat aside and said, "Okay, I won't force you."
The squirrel was stunned, as if it didn't expect Yu Sheng to "let it go" so easily. It couldn't believe it for a moment.
Yu Sheng didn't care about the squirrel's reaction, he just looked at Little Red Riding Hood and said, "Okay, it's almost time to rest, you should go back."
Little Red Riding Hood looked up in surprise and didn't react for a moment.
Yu Sheng raised his hand and pointed at the door.
The shadow was becoming a solid object outside the door, and heavy breathing could be heard from there.
"Grandma Wolf is here," Yu Sheng said slowly, "It will be dangerous if you continue to stay here. I will ask Irene to send you out first."
Little Red Riding Hood spoke subconsciously: "Wait, you didn't say that before..."
"The main reason I brought you here is to trigger this crucial plot," Yu Sheng raised his eyebrows, "That's all we need to do - we need to work as a team, and everyone has their own mission."
Little Red Riding Hood opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something else, but Irene, who was sitting on Yu Sheng's shoulders, had already opened her arms to her.
The cold air invisibly grasped Little Red Riding Hood's consciousness, and then suddenly pulled it "outside".
The girl's figure disappeared into the wooden house in the blink of an eye.
Yu Sheng was silent for a while, then turned his head to look at his shoulder: "Honestly, can't you improve the comfort of this move? Every time you wake someone up, it's like a sudden death..."
"Nonsense, isn't it like sudden death that can wake someone up unconditionally?" Irene rolled her eyes. "She's awake now and cursing in the street. Do we need to broadcast it?"
"No need," Yu Sheng waved his hand casually, then stood up and stretched his arms and legs, then picked up the tetanus stick leaning against the door, "Get ready."
The next second, the sound of knocking on the door reached everyone's ears.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. The knocking sounds outside the wooden door seemed to be knocking directly into people's hearts, with an unsettling urging.
"Grandma Wolf is coming!" The squirrel screamed and jumped up, running around in circles on the crib, "Squirrel... Squirrel Knight needs to get ready, needs to get ready!"
Bang, bang, bang, the knock on the door sounded again hurriedly.
The squirrel was horrified to see a bright smile on Yu Sheng's face, and he went over with the ferocious mace and opened the door: "Here I come!"
The door of the wooden house opened, and a deformed creature wearing a soft hat, hunched over, with a thin and twisted body and covered with short black hair stood at the door, blocking all exits.
A thin and strange claw, which could hardly be called a wolf's claw, reached out and grabbed Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng swung his stick and smashed it down -
"You're the one calling me Grandma Wolf?"
(End of this chapter)
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