Chapter 275 — Wei Zhao and the Primitive Man
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"Eek, scared me to death!" Shen Yushu hurriedly ducked aside, patting her chest. "Arrow Brand Bro, you scared me to death! How did this fire just spring up out of nowhere, without the slightest warning?"
"A fire—what warning is it supposed to give?" In truth, Wei Zhao had been startled too. That fast? In truth, yes—that fast.
"The primitive men in my history books who rubbed sticks together to make fire always had smoke first, and only then did the flames slowly come—how was I supposed to know it'd be this quick?" Shen Yushu wiped the cold sweat that had been startled onto her forehead. "But maybe it's just that you're too fierce, Arrow Brand Bro—better than a primitive man!"
"..." Wei Zhao almost wanted to ask whether this was meant as a compliment to himself. The comparison he was being measured against, however, left him utterly speechless.
"You tend the fire; I'll handle the shark." Wei Zhao left the business at hand to Shen Yushu and strode toward the shark. With his blade, he quickly cut the meat into small pieces, then rinsed them in the seawater to wash off the sand and grit, letting the salt water seep in along the way -- this way the fish would have some flavor rather than tasting completely bland.
Once rinsed clean, Wei Zhao threaded the shark meat onto the wire Shen Yushu had retrieved and walked back to her side. Seeing Wei Zhao return, she said, "Arrow Brand Bro, what do we do next? I'm all done over here!"
Wei Zhao handed her the skewer of fish meat. "Hold this for me a moment."
He then rummaged through the pile of branches behind them, pulled out the two longest ones, and stuck them into the sand on either side of the fire. He hung the fish meat from Shen Yushu's hands onto the sticks and said, "That's done. Give it a while and it'll be ready to eat -- but don't eat too much; we have no fresh water."
Before long, the fish meat was cooked through over the flames below, releasing wave after wave of savory aroma. Shen Yushu swallowed hard. "Arrow Brand Bro, can we eat yet?"
"You can. A little undercooked doesn't matter -- worst case, you'll get diarrhea." Wei Zhao turned over the shark meat on the wire with a stick, then spoke.
"Then maybe I'd better wait a bit..." The moment the word diarrhea came up, Shen Yushu's face went white. There was no toilet out here, no toilet paper either. If she got a stomachache in this place, wouldn't Arrow Brand Bro see? Wouldn't that be humiliating beyond belief?
"Heh..." Wei Zhao chuckled and lifted the wire off the sticks. "It's ready now. Eat from the middle -- that part's cooked through."
"Oh..." Shen Yushu used a stick to pinch a piece of shark meat and peeled it off the wire, bringing it to her lips with barely contained eagerness. She bit off a small piece, tasted it, then swallowed the whole thing. The shark's bones were large, and Wei Zhao had already removed them, so all that remained was pure meat -- no risk of choking on a bone.
"Wow, this is incredible!" Shen Yushu could hardly believe it -- the roasted shark meat was this delicious. "I feel like this tastes way better than shark fin. Why do so many people insist on eating shark fin instead of shark meat? It doesn't seem to be on any restaurant menu."