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[Rare Grade - Blue Ice Tuna Belly]

[Quality: Top grade. Best tasted when eaten raw; first consumption permanently increases physical constitution by +1.]

Eat it raw.

Without saying a word, Xiao Zheng used his dagger to make horizontal cuts along the fish's belly pattern, with each cut spaced evenly and less than three millimeters thick.

Twelve slices of fish belly sashimi were neatly arranged on the wooden planks beside the deck, with cool air emanating from the cut surfaces.

He didn't hold back with the remaining fish, chopping it into large chunks with bones and meat, and threw it all into the perfect barbecue grill on the first floor.

Flames licked the fish fillets, the fat sizzling and popping, and the rich aroma of grilled fish wafted out from the cracks in the wooden door.

The sound of water could be heard from upstairs.

Lin Xiaoya was soaking in the bathtub when she shouted through the wooden board.

"What's that smell? It smells so good!"

"Don't rush me, go wash yours."

Xiao Zheng didn't look up, but flipped the fish fillet in the grill over.

He also took two jadeite cabbages, six cold jade coconuts, and a bunch of premium bananas.

Use a dagger to smash the cabbage, cut open the coconut, and peel and arrange the bananas to the side.

When Lin Xiaoya came downstairs, Xiao Zheng had already divided everything into two portions and brought them up to the second-floor balcony.

The balcony is two meters wide and offers a wide view.

Beyond the wooden railings lies the sea, and the setting sun is crashing down on the horizon.

Lin Xiaoya, wearing Xiao Zheng's oversized black short-sleeved shirt, her hair wet and hanging over her shoulders, and wooden slippers on her feet, walked over with a "pat-pat" sound.

She paused for a moment when she saw the setup on the balcony.

Twelve slices of fish belly sashimi, gleaming with a cold light.

Two large, sizzling pieces of grilled fish fillets.

A plate of perfectly photographed jadeite cabbage, emitting wisps of cool air.

Six jade coconuts covered in white frost.

A bunch of golden, premium bananas.

They were all placed on a polished wooden board on the balcony floor.

"Please sit down."

Xiao Zheng sat cross-legged on one side of the wooden board, picked up a piece of sashimi and stuffed it into his mouth.

The fish belly melts in your mouth, the oil explodes on your tongue, and the cool temperature travels from your mouth to your stomach, making you feel comfortable from the inside out.

Lin Xiaoya sat down opposite him, picked up a piece of sashimi like him, and hesitated for a moment.

"Raw?"

"right."

She took a bite.

He chewed twice, then stopped abruptly.

Then he nodded frantically.

"Mmmmmmmm!!"

His mouth was stuffed with fish and he was speaking incoherently, but his appearance said it all.

She swallowed the entire piece of sashimi in three bites.

A system notification popped up.

[Consuming the rare-grade Blue Ice Tuna belly permanently increases Constitution by 1.]

Lin Xiaoya stared at the semi-transparent panel in front of her, almost dropping the second slice of sashimi she was holding.

"Your constitution... has increased again?"

"Um."

"How much have I added recently? Crab meat, meat, and now fish belly..."

Xiao Zheng didn't answer, and stuffed another piece into his mouth.

Lin Xiaoya looked down at the food on the table, then looked up at the golden-red sea outside the balcony.

"Senior, this feels so amazing."

She picked up a cold jade coconut and took a sip. The icy coconut juice made her shiver.

"Senior, are you cheating?"

"you guess."

Xiao Zheng tore off a piece of fish fillet and handed it to her.

Lin Xiaoya took it and chewed until she quieted down.

She had drunk most of the coconut juice, and a light blush rose to her skin. Her posture as she leaned against the railing became increasingly relaxed.

"Senior."

Did you have a crush on anyone during your university years?

Xiao was tearing apart the fish fillet without even looking up.

"no."

"That's a lie."

"I'm too busy making money to have time."

Lin Xiaoya turned to the side, holding the coconut in one hand and tapping the railing twice with the other.

"Do you know that someone likes you?"

Xiao Zheng finished chewing the fish in his mouth and turned his head to look at her.

"Who?"

"Su Qinghan".

When Lin Xiaoya uttered that name, she was staring at Xiao Zheng's profile.

Xiao Zheng wrinkled his nose.

Su Qinghan. A student in the Economics and Management Department, she is beautiful and academically excellent. She always ranks in the top three in the department's awards. Her family is well-off, and she dresses impeccably. When she walks on campus, many people turn their heads to look at her.

She was privately known as the "Beauty of the Economics and Management Department" in the college.

But that's about it.

He has no connection with people like that.

"I don't know him."

"Of course you don't know him."

Lin Xiaoya rolled her eyes.

"You're either washing dishes in the cafeteria or moving goods in the coffee shop every day, you don't have time to look after people."

She paused.

"But they know you."

"During your sophomore year, at the college sports meet, you ran the 1,500 meters for someone else and came in first place. Su Qinghan was sitting in the stands."

Lin Xiaoya held up one finger.

"From then on, every time she passed by the coffee shop where you worked, she would go in and sit for a while. She'd order the cheapest Americano, never drink it, and stay until your shift ended. Have you noticed?"

Xiao Zheng thought for a moment.

"no."

"I knew it."

Lin Xiaoya took a sip of coconut juice, and when she spoke, she clearly had the air of someone standing up for others.

"She was the undisputed beauty queen of our department, and the line of suitors could stretch from the teaching building to the library. But she ended up falling for a poor guy who wiped cups at a coffee shop, and she kept her eye on him for two whole years."

"You've never even looked at him properly."

Xiao Zheng tossed the fish bones aside, picked up a coconut, and took a sip.

"What do you mean by all this?"

"Of course it concerns you!"

Lin Xiaoya sat up straight.

"Su Qinghan is my best friend! I watched her have a crush on you for two years, but she never dared to say a word to you. And you, on the other hand, are like a machine at school, only interested in making money and nothing else."

Xiao Zheng did not respond.

He really can't see.

For four years of university, I woke up at six every morning and finished work at eleven at night. I worked three fixed jobs around the clock: washing dishes in the cafeteria, handing out flyers at the south gate, and working the night shift at the coffee shop. On weekends, I also had to tutor.

Half of the money earned was saved, and the other half was sent back to the welfare home.

He has no time to wonder who has a crush on him.

Seeing that he remained silent, Lin Xiaoya continued with another sentence.

"But Su Qinghan is timid and shy. She wouldn't dare to confess her feelings even if she died."

She paused for two seconds, then changed the subject.

"But there was someone much bolder than her."

Xiao Zheng glanced at her.

"Xia Wanying".

Lin Xiaoya laughed first when she said the name.

Do you know how outrageous she is?

"During my junior year, the school took graduation season promotional photos, and the photographer sent sample photos to each college. You only appeared in one frame, and it was just your back."

Xia Wanying cropped out the photo, printed a one-inch print, and tucked it behind her phone case.

"I hid it for an entire semester."

The coconut in Xiao Zheng's hand stopped in mid-air.

"I thought she bought too much milk."

Did you buy too much milk?

Lin Xiaoya almost choked on the coconut juice.

"You really are something!"

She patted her chest twice to calm down, then glared at Xiao Zheng.

"Who buys so much milk every day? Even supermarket discounts aren't this much! She goes to that imported goods supermarket near the school gate every day specifically to buy the most expensive brand, just so she can heat it up and bring it to you!"

"One box costs twelve yuan! I drank it for two semesters straight!"

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