Chapter 1155 — Craving Shark Meat Again: "I'll Take It Home and Secretly Wear It for Brother Jianpai to See!" — Shen Yushu's Words Poured a Bottle of Cold Water over An Liwen's Head
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"Huh?" An Liwen was stunned for an instant, and then his face changed. Show it to Wei Zhao? Why was this little girl Shen Yushu so partial to Wei Zhao? Even as envy gnawed at him, he could not help nursing a venomous hope: the best thing would be if Shen Yushu played her tricks on Wei Zhao every single day — if she loosed crabs and lobsters on him daily to pinch him to death!
"Give me half — I want some too!" Feng Xiaoxiao said, unwilling to be outdone.
"All right — anyway I'll never manage to wear it all myself!" This time Shen Yushu did not refuse.
An Liwen's spirits sank a little. He had paid through the nose for that swimsuit, and Wei Zhao had walked off with the windfall — buying something yourself only to never get a look at it really was rotten luck. Still, such a sum meant nothing to An Liwen now, and with great magnanimity he waved his hand. "Fine — consider them all yours. Let's go play in the sea today, shall we? I'll scoop up some seafood while I'm at it. It's daylight now — whatever you want to eat, just say the word and I'll go catch it for you!"
An Liwen watched the crabs and the like come crawling up onto the beach, and his heart steadied. In a little while they might very well manage to scoop up big fish and other seafood — at the very least they wouldn't be groping around in the dark the way they had last night!
"Whatever we want to eat, you'll catch it?" Shen Yushu narrowed her eyes slightly and gazed at An Liwen.
An Liwen felt a chill at the sight of Shen Yushu's expression. Was this little girl about to cook up some new prank?
"Well, it has to be something the sea actually has, doesn't it? If it isn't out there, I couldn't catch it if I tried!" An Liwen laughed hollowly, keeping up his joking air.
"Sister Yaoyao and I feel like having shark meat. Go catch some!" Shen Yushu said.
"Huh? Sharks?" At Shen Yushu's words An Liwen jumped. Good lord — were sharks the sort of thing you could just catch? You'd be bitten to death!
"That's right — we're in the mood for grilled shark meat!" Shen Yushu nodded. "Aren't you the shark-fighter? One punch and you smashed every tooth in a shark's mouth — were you just blowing hot air all along?"
"Huh?" Only now did An Liwen suddenly remember. The last time he had treated everyone, hoping to show off his courage, he had casually claimed that he had once fought a shark — but that had been pure invention, an out-and-out lie! And now Shen Yushu was actually bringing it up as evidence, which left An Liwen, for the moment, caught between a rock and a hard place.
Own up to it, and Shen Yushu would certainly make him go catch a shark on the spot; deny it, and he was bound to leave Gu Mengyao with the impression that he was a liar — and then all his face would be gone!
At that thought An Liwen gritted his teeth and told himself that the shallows might very well hold no sharks; if he never ran into one, he couldn't be blamed. "All right — shark meat it is. Taizao and I will head down into the sea in a moment and catch you a shark! Though if there are no sharks in the shallows, there's nothing we can do about that either. After all, we didn't bring any diving gear — we can't go off into deep water!"
"Never mind that — I've a surefire trick for luring sharks!" Shen Yushu smiled sweetly at An Liwen. "Slit your finger and let your blood drip into the sea, and the sharks will come swimming right over to you!"
"Gah!" An Liwen jumped. "That's not such a good idea ..."
"Why not? Are you a coward? Sister Yaoyao doesn't like cowards — she likes brave men!" Shen Yushu looked at An Liwen, cheering him on. "Be brave. If you want to win Sister Yaoyao's favor, you must be like a warrior: no matter how great the danger, don't lose your nerve. You should believe that Sister Yaoyao is watching from behind you, rooting for you!"