Chapter 1159 — You Are a Brave Man
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"When you strike a man, spare his face; when you shame a man, spare his weak spot." An Liwen's expression froze on the instant, but so that Gu Mengyao would not think less of him, he forced himself to look calm and unruffled, and said, "It was only a little crab. What could it possibly do to me?"
"Wow, Jianwen-gege, so you're that amazing? Your balls are fine?" Shen Yushu's eyes were brimming with adoration.
"Of course they're fine. I've trained, you know. After a crab pinched me once when I was little, I started practicing whenever I had a spare moment. As things stand, a single crab has no effect on me!" An Liwen said smugly. "The same trick twice? To me it's nothing but a passing cloud!"
"Oh, so Jianwen-gege has iron balls! Then any girl who marries you is sure to be very satisfied!" Shen Yushu said enviously.
"Haha, I wouldn't go that far, but I'll certainly be more of a man than most!" An Liwen thought to himself that Shen Yushu was rather adorable just now, praising him in front of Gu Mengyao. Looked at this way, getting his balls pinched had actually been a good thing!
"Jianwen-gege really is a brave and sturdy man!" Shen Yushu said sincerely.
"Naturally. Yaoyao-meimei likes brave men, and I'm working on becoming one!" An Liwen said with a nod.
"Oh, then since you're fine, hurry up and go catch a shark. We're waiting to eat!" Shen Yushu said.
"Ga?" An Liwen was stunned, and only then realized he had fallen into Shen Yushu's trap! She had just been praising him endlessly for how strong and brave he was, and now she was telling him to go catch a shark, so he could hardly refuse!
"Wrestling a shark is a very dangerous business, and you're all playing in the sea right now. I say we forget it. It's not good to set off a bloody incident!" Fortunately An Liwen had already prepared a countermeasure. "I've had Yang Ganglou buy some abalone and shark meat from the supermarket. It'll be here in a moment, so we don't need to go catching abalone and sharks at all!"
"Oh, but that's not the same. The shark in the supermarket is dead, frozen, not fresh at all. Yaoyao-jie wants to eat fresh shark!" Shen Yushu said. "Besides, what Yaoyao-jie likes is the process of a warrior fighting a shark, not the result. Eating the shark is secondary, just savoring the fruits of your victory. If someone else killed the shark, Yaoyao-jie wouldn't even eat it!"
"Is that so!" Shen Yushu's words set An Liwen's blood racing. But racing blood or not, he was not brainless; he knew exactly how much he was worth. With his build he was not even enough to fill the gap between a shark's teeth, let alone fight one!
But to avoid losing face in front of Gu Mengyao, An Liwen hesitated, then said, "Naturally I want to as well. It's been a long time since I fought a shark, and I'm starting to feel restless. You know how it is. A brave man like me, if he doesn't do something brave for a while, feels uncomfortable all over. But sharks aren't something you can just summon. This is shallow water; sharks generally don't come here. So it's all a matter of luck!"
An Liwen had made himself very clear. I want to catch a shark too, but there are no sharks here, so you can't blame me, can you?
An Liwen's reasoning was not actually wrong. There generally were no sharks in the shallow water, so even if one wanted to catch one, there was no way.
"Then let's give it a try. Quick, cut your finger and attract the sharks!" Shen Yushu said with a nod.
Sharks did indeed prowl these waters. Earlier, when Wei Zhao had fallen into the water, and later when Zhong Yongliang organized the outing, they had both encountered sharks. So Shen Yushu believed that this time too, An Liwen would "luckily" run into one.
"Fine..." An Liwen thought that a tiny bit of blood entering the seawater would quickly be diluted and washed away, and by then no shark would come. So he said to Su Taizao, "Taizao, cut your finger and go lure the shark!"