blogombal Chapter 81 Long-Awaited Warmth
Chapter 81 Long-Awaited Warmth
Li Yuanyuan was the first to react. Although she had been somewhat hostile towards Lin Xuan before, that hostility vanished the moment the other party spoke so warmly.
She really likes enthusiastic and lively girls, like Lin Xuan, and she really wants to make friends with her.
"Hello, my name is Li Yuanyuan, and I'm a food blogger. I'll let you try my cooking later!"
She responded just as warmly, which warmed Lin Xuan's heart, who was initially a little nervous.
"Great! I heard from Brother Su that Yuanyuan, your fish soup is delicious."
When she spoke again, she used a more affectionate term of address, instantly closing the distance between them.
At this moment, Shen Ruying, who was standing next to her, also spoke with a smile:
"Hello, my name is Shen Ruying, and this is my daughter, Shen Qiaoqiao."
Shen Qiaoqiao stepped forward and extended her small hand to Lin Xuan:
"Just call me Qiaoqiao, welcome to this big family!"
Faced with the little girl's enthusiastic welcome, Lin Xuan couldn't help but smile. It seemed that Su Jin was right; these people were indeed easy to get along with.
Especially this little girl, she looks very endearing.
However, looking at the little girl's clean little hands, Lin Xuan was too embarrassed to hold them, because she was too dirty.
Actually, she only realized just now that she had always had a strange smell on her, but she had gotten used to it over the past few days and hadn't noticed it.
But after a while at sea, the sea breeze refreshed my sense of taste, and I immediately discovered it.
Shen Qiaoqiao didn't care. She stepped forward, took Lin Xuan's hand, shook it gently, and let go.
She noticed that the woman was a bit dirty, but she wasn't stupid and knew that the woman must have had a very difficult time these past few days.
If she and her mother hadn't encountered Su Jin, they probably would have ended up like this; no, they probably wouldn't have survived the first wave of the sea monsters' attack.
She admired this woman for surviving, whether it was due to good luck or some other method, because she felt she couldn't have done it herself.
After letting go, she looked Lin Xuan up and down and said proactively:
"Sister Lin Xuan, I see your clothes are torn. How about I make you a new outfit? Just don't think it looks bad."
Lin Xuan was overjoyed and quickly said:
"How could I complain? It's good enough to have clothes to wear."
She hadn't expected that the girl would be so proactive without her even having to say a word.
Thinking back to how Su Jin had proactively asked for her body measurements and wanted to make her new clothes, she couldn't help but feel a bit more favorably toward Su Jin.
Seeing that her daughter wanted to make clothes for Lin Xuan, Shen Ruying patted her daughter's head and said with a smile:
"Why don't you take a shower first? I'll wash your clothes for you while you're showering. Yuanyuan can cook while you're showering, so you can eat right away."
"Yes, this is a welcome feast for you, or you could call it a welcome party." Li Yuanyuan nodded vigorously, then limped over to the pot and added a piece of firewood.
"I'll boil some water for you now. Qiaoqiao, you take Sister Lin Xuan over first."
Shen Qiaoqiao hummed in agreement, then took Lin Xuan's hand and led her into the woods, where she found a large wooden barrel she had made that day.
It was originally intended for use as a water tank on the boat, but now it can be used as a bathtub.
Seeing the three of them each doing their part, and all preparing for her sake, Lin Xuan couldn't help but feel a long-lost warmth welling up in her heart.
After she came into this world, everyone on the islands had cold eyes, there was no mutual help, only calculation and self-interest.
But here... it's completely different.
Their concern for her seemed so natural, as if she were being treated like family.
Just as Shen Qiaoqiao said, it felt like this wasn't a fleet of ships, but a big family!
Her nose felt a little sore, and she blinked her wet eyes quickly to hold back her tears. Then she let Shen Qiaoqiao lead her into the woods.
Shortly after Lin Xuan was taken away, Su Jin finished his work on the ship.
He jumped onto the beach carrying a heavy net. The net rattled as it held the fish he had casually caught at the fishing ground that day, and they were all quite large.
He even went out of his way to catch some snow fin mullet, though there were only four in total.
There's no way around it, there's still too little of this stuff, and even if we manage to catch it, we can't taste it; we have to keep it alive.
After all, what's needed is its byproduct; the taste of the fish is secondary.
The most common fish is actually the rock slab fish, which is like the apple snail in an environment where there are no marine mammals.
It reproduces quickly, eats a lot, and poses no threat to other marine life.
Su Jin almost saw a flat rock on the seabed and pulled it out to find a stone slab fish.
It could be said that there are more slate fish than rocks on the seabed.
It's comparable to the Rock Serpent; they're essentially the same kind of creature, the only difference being that one is a Tier 1 sea beast and the other is a Tier 2 marine life.
Of course, the latter tastes better.
At least we have dinner sorted out for tonight.
Su Jin walked to the campfire and found that only Li Yuanyuan was sitting there, poking at the fire with a branch to make it burn brighter, and the water in the earthenware pot on top was already steaming.
"Huh? Where is he?" He casually asked, setting the net aside.
Li Yuanyuan looked up, saw it was Su Jin, and immediately smiled and replied:
"Sister Ruying took Sister Linxuan to take a bath, and Qiaoqiao went to help too."
She paused, her tone carrying a hint of ease that she herself didn't realize.
"She's a very nice person, and she speaks very politely."
"Intellectuals, you know." Su Jin wasn't surprised. He sat down on a flat rock nearby, dusted off his hands, and continued:
"It seems you two get along quite well; you've become familiar with each other so quickly."
"That's right, look who it is." Li Yuanyuan was a little smug, but then she remembered the important matter and asked with concern:
"By the way, Brother Su, why are you back so late today? It's already completely dark, we...we were all a little worried."
She was too embarrassed to say that she was actually the most anxious.
Su Jin didn't even look up when he heard this, and said in a calm tone:
"Oh, nothing serious. I just happened to kick three stray dogs to death over there in the archipelago."
He waved his hand, not wanting to continue talking about it, and Li Yuanyuan tactfully didn't ask any more questions.
After delivering hot water, Shen Qiaoqiao returned with Lin Xuan some time later.
At this moment, Lin Xuan changed into a bikini-style outfit similar to Shen Ruying and Li Yuanyuan. Judging from the shy expression on the female college student's face, she was clearly still somewhat unable to accept it.
If everyone present were girls, it wouldn't be a problem, but Su Jin, a grown man, was the only one there.
When Su Jin looked over, her face immediately turned red, and she unconsciously turned away, not daring to meet his gaze.
Su Jin glanced at it briefly, admired it for a moment, and then handed him a small wooden bowl:
"What are you standing for? Sit down and try this."
"What is this?" Lin Xuan took it and saw that it was some golden fish roe, which looked very tempting.
She swallowed, glanced at Su Jin to confirm, and then picked up the bowl and took a bite.
"Oh ho ho ho ho!"