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Chapter 116 Two Other Readers

Besides Fisherman 116 being curious about the suddenly appearing book, there were two other people who were also curious.

"Lan, what are you looking at?" A merman asked, noticing his companion staring intently ahead, but there was nothing there.

"tide, can't you see?"

"What? Let's go! There are big ships on the sea again today!" tide pulled Lan towards the sea.

The two of them ran away secretly, because their parents wouldn't allow them to sneak off to play on the sea.

Lan followed tide as they swam towards the surface of the sea, but she was still preoccupied with the strange sight she had just witnessed.

As they approached the surface of the sea, they cautiously poked their heads out.

On a huge ship, people were busy unloading cargo, while others were laughing and playing on the deck.

"Lan, look how happy they are! Do you think it's really that fun on land?"

Lan, however, seemed distracted. "I don't know, maybe."

She quickly came to her senses and said, "Don't think about it. Your parents and elders will not let you go to the land. You know that once humans discover you are a mermaid, they will skin you alive, drink your blood, eat your flesh, and take your mermaid pearl."

"Oh dear, Lan, why are you like this too? Those were just the elders scaring us! If I went to the land, I would definitely hide myself well. Besides, I think those humans are quite nice. I always see them working hard to unload cargo on the big ships." tide didn't care. She really longed for the land.

Lan remained silent. She knew her friend longed for land and wouldn't listen to her advice.

The two watched the ship sail further and further away from the surface of the sea before slowly swimming into the seabed.

After parting ways with tide, Lan still thought about the book she had seen.

The book was clearly glowing in the seawater right in front of her, but tide couldn't see it. Just as she was thinking this, the book reappeared.

What exactly is this thing? Lan tried to open the glowing book. Hmm? Is this related to the sea?

Beachcombing? Isn't that something she and tide often did at the beach? So that's how they ate it after taking it home!

She and Xi had tried to collect things on the beach like the fishermen, and even ate some raw seafood they found. They thought it wasn't as good as the seafood from the sea, and they didn't know why the fishermen liked to collect these things. So they stopped going.

In retrospect, it was their eating habits that were wrong.

Thinking of this, Lan went straight out of the house, picked up some abalone the size of a face, and also grabbed a few large lobsters of various colors.

"Lanmei, why are you catching these things? They're all shells and not tasty at all, plus they get stuck in your teeth. Let me tell you, the white ones are the best, they're incredibly tender and juicy! There's also a golden one that's pretty good, the bones just crumble after a couple of chews, and..."

"Brother Man, can you shut up?"

"Lanmei, I'm teaching you how to choose good prey. How can you grow up if you eat these stone shells every day? We merfolk eat only the best! Lanmei, actually, the giant squid is not bad, but I can't beat it. Its tentacles are crunchy. The great white shark is just so-so; the meat isn't tender at all..."

Lan ignored her nagging second brother. She tried to follow the instructions in the book, found a large seashell, put the abalone and lobster inside, added some seawater, and then placed it over the crack. She waited for the sea flames below to boil the water so she could cover the crack again.

"You're going to grill it with sea flames? It'll taste good..." Man hadn't finished speaking when he smelled something delicious. "Huh?"

The seafood in the shell was cooked quickly. Lan deftly covered the flames and, imitating the people in the book, broke open the lobster shell to reveal the snow-white meat inside.

He swallowed hard, feeling utterly humiliated. "Lanmei, let me have a taste!"

"Didn't you just say these rock shells don't taste good?" Lan glared at him, then stuffed the lobster meat into her mouth first.

Sure enough, she knew it; it was still the humans who would eat it. Just like her brother said, they never used to eat this stuff because it was so hard to chew and sometimes it would get stuck in their teeth. Although the merfolk's teeth were sharp, they didn't want to waste them on this.

Watching Lan devour lobsters, Man couldn't resist any longer. She immediately followed Lan's example, breaking open the lobster shell and stuffing the meat into her mouth.

How can it taste so good!

Then the brother and sister started eating at a breakneck pace, each trying to outdo the other. A whole seashell couldn't withstand their combined efforts.

"Sis, wait for me! I know where there are lots of rock shells, I'm going to collect them right now!"

Before Lan could agree, Man rushed out. Fine, she wasn't full anyway.

Lan nestled on the ground, intending to rummage around for any other delicious food to give as a reward.

Hmm, this book shared delicious recipes with her, so she deserves a reward, but what should she reward her with?

By the way, Lan went to her bedroom and pulled out a big box filled with pearls. She couldn't help it; after all, merfolk's tears turned into pearls, and she had collected quite a few since she was a child.

Thinking back to the time she and tide secretly gave a few fish to the fishermen, they jumped for joy. So, it would be fine to use the money to tip this book, right?

However, Lan still chose some of the larger rewards, and then the pearls really disappeared.

Lan walked around her room for a while before realizing that the book could actually transmit things. Could it be something belonging to the Sea God?

Before she could think it over carefully, her brother came back.

"Quick, quick, Lanmei! I brought a lot!"

"No, Brother Man, you've brought too much!" Lan was speechless; her brother had actually brought back a net.

Man dumped everything from the net onto the ground, his eyes shining, and excitedly rubbed his hands together, saying, "Today we're going to eat until we're stuffed!"

Lan could only resign herself to her fate and continue cooking the seafood.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, the seafood was cooked and served.

"Qingnu, go and wake the prince up!"

"Rui Nu, why aren't you going!" Qing Nu rolled her eyes. The prince was so grumpy when he woke up; who would dare to disturb him?

"Qingnu, don't be unreasonable! I was the one who went last time. We agreed to take turns calling the prince each day!" Ruinu was getting anxious. Last time, he insisted on waking the prince up, but he got a lot of scolding and was almost dragged away and beaten. Today, it should be Qingnu's turn.

Qingnu clearly knew that waking the prince up at this time would surely bring trouble, even though the sun was already high in the sky.

The noise from their argument eventually woke up the people inside the house.

"Catching the sea? What are you chasing? Here's a big crab, get lost!" The tip button flashed, the big crab on the table disappeared, and the people in the room woke up.