By the time the fish came to her senses, she had already been pulled out of the sea by Zhang Meng, who had discovered something was wrong. Both of them were wet and gasping for breath when they came out of the water, looking extremely embarrassed.
Zhang Meng, in particular, was so angry at Yu Yu, who still had a dazed and innocent look on his face, that he almost couldn't breathe. He couldn't care less about his gentlemanly manners and couldn't help but curse: "You guy, I told you to be careful, don't you have a brain? You knew the water was too deep, so why did you still dive in?! It's okay to want to eat delicious food, but you have to be alive to eat it, you brainless guy!"
As for Yu Yu, well... it's not that he didn't use his brain at this moment, but his brain was shocked by the strange feeling behind his ear just now. He just stared at Zhang Meng and yelled for a long time. Until he ran out of strength to yell, he hesitated and squeaked, "Brother Zhang Meng, I'm sorry, I'm sure I was a little arrogant, but now, can you let me take a look? I can't see it myself..."
"What are you looking at? Are you injured somewhere?"
"No, it's not that I'm injured, it's just..." Like I've grown gills? I've turned into a monster?
The feeling of being able to breathe underwater at that moment, whenever Yu Yu thought of it, he suddenly felt his hair go numb and he felt terrible all over. The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't calm down, but he didn't know how to explain it. He could only shake his head and hurriedly try to expose the area behind his ear, wanting Zhang Meng to see if there was anything strange.
However, although she was wearing a short-sleeved tights with little resistance, it was not the sleeveless one she wore in the morning. Yu Yu was afraid that Zhang Meng couldn't see clearly, so she wanted to take off one sleeve to make it easier for Zhang Meng to see her part.
However, in Zhang Meng's eyes, this scene turned into: a person who had just been pulled out of the water suddenly started to take off his clothes without saying a word, and the snow-white arms suddenly fell into his sight...
Shit! Zhang Meng's face flushed red, and he turned his head away abruptly, avoiding her sight. Shame and anger washed over him. Just as he was about to scold someone who had suddenly become shameless again, a trembling female voice rang out in his ears, "Brother Zhang, can you help me take a look at the area between my ear and the back of my neck? I feel like something's not right..."
Huh? So that girl wanted him to check the area behind her ear for any injuries? Why didn't you tell me earlier? He'd thought... well, what was he thinking? Never mind.
Zhang Meng shook his confused head, collected his thoughts, and controlled his gaze from wandering. He simply looked in the direction Yu Yu pointed. When he saw clearly, he couldn't help but let out a soft "Huh?" "Did you get scraped underwater just now on the area behind your ear? But it doesn't look like... it doesn't seem like it. There's no wound, just three long, flesh-colored red marks suddenly appearing...?"
"No wounds? How is that possible? I just touched it..." It looks like it has gills.
Yu Yu had been planning to say that, but when she reached back, she felt smooth skin, none of the bumpy texture she'd felt underwater. Could it be that she'd been imagining it all? But that breath-holding feeling, that uncanny feeling of being able to breathe underwater instantly, didn't feel fake at all.
Yu Yu couldn't help but feel conflicted, but it seemed that there was no point in being conflicted, so he decided to return to the island directly. He guessed that everyone on the island was waiting anxiously.
Zhang Meng also re-set up the camera he had hastily dropped earlier, briefly apologized and explained the close call before continuing to film. However, on the way back, Zhang Meng couldn't help but ask one more question, "Xiaoyu, honestly, were you scared just now? It must be scary to have an accident like that, right?"
"Fear? Yes." At that moment of difficulty breathing, it would be a lie to say that there was no fear. But the strange thing was that even after such a dangerous situation, Yu Yu still did not feel any disgust towards the sea in front of him. Instead, he wanted to get closer. "But I'm not afraid of the sea. I like contact with it. It seems that I have been like this since I was a child. I always have a special feeling about the sea. Doesn't it seem strange?"
"..." Do you find it strange now? Your girl is always strange, isn't she? No matter from which aspect, but fortunately, she is still quite pleasing.
Zhang Meng couldn't help but mutter in his heart.
There was a favorable wind on the way back, and the boat carrying Yu Yu and the others arrived soon.
As soon as she landed on the island, Yu Yu forgot everything that had just happened, but it was not because of other reasons. What appeared in front of her now were nine fish that Lin Yinghou had cleaned and neatly arranged. Lin Yinghou had also carefully collected some broad leaves like lotus leaves, washed them, and folded them up to serve as temporary containers.
The conch team had almost finished sorting. They had taken out all the large pieces of snail meat that were 80% cooked, cut them into bite-sized pieces, and strung them together in bunches using clean branches. The bottom of the bunches were also padded with broad leaves, giving it a full jungle barbecue flavor. Just looking at the scene was enough to make one's mouth water.
"Xiaoyu, you're back. It's just right that we've finished all the preparations and are about to start. We're just waiting for you to show your skills. What did you bring back?"
"It's good stuff." Yu Yu smiled brightly, without beating around the bush. After changing his wet clothes, he poured out all the small fish he had caught.
The small fish were caught not long ago, and they were all caught with a fish hook. Except for a few that were half dead due to lack of oxygen, the others were very lively and jumping around, and looked very alive.
Fresh delicacies require a faster knife to maintain their freshness. Yu Yu's knife seemed to be born for this purpose. She grabbed a small fish with one hand and used the other hand to quickly cut, press and scrape the fish's belly with a knife, squeezing out the internal organs and cleaning them in one go. At the same time, she removed the gills and lightly scraped both sides of the fish's body to remove the scales.
Yu Yu's movements are really neat and beautiful. The whole set of movements can be completed in the blink of an eye. The cleaned fish still retains its reflex nerves and is moving around, which shows that the processing time is excellent.
Next, it’s time to make the fish soup. Since there’s no pan for frying fish, Yu Yu simply uses a boiling hot iron lunch box on top. He puts a little oil in it and heats it up. Then he puts the processed small fish on it and fry it for one or two minutes. He turns it over and fry it for another one or two minutes until the tail of the fish is a little lifted up. Then he pours a certain amount of water in and simmers it. After that, it’s just a matter of waiting.
During the waiting time, Yu Yu and other members helped to use lotus leaves to wrap the fish that had been marinated with salt for more than ten minutes in advance, sprinkled some water on it, and then placed it above the fire, using the residual heat of the fire to slowly steam it.
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