Mental Illness Evolution Manual - Chapter 12

Yan Xianchuan’s cooking was, at best, edible—sufficient to avoid starvation, but far from gourmet.

In the dungeons, there was no time for her to meticulously cook, nor was there an environment for her to learn a time-consuming and laborious skill. She wasn’t a genius in this area, being able to cook things using common sense and her eye was already pretty good.

As for Lu Mingqiu, she wouldn’t know how to cook either. Her two public identities – actress and daughter of the Bolovov family – didn’t require her to cook, and her other identity didn’t require her to be a chef either.

But Yan Xianchuan was very good at filleting fish, this didn’t require any skill or talent, just being good with a knife was enough.

When she came back with the processed fish, Lu Mingqiu had already collected the dry branches.

The latter, although she had never been in the kitchen, she was also playing dumb, so most of the branches she collected were usable, only a few wet ones were mixed in to confuse the audience.

Yan Xianchuan washed the pot, poured oil into it, threw in garlic cloves and onion segments, and started frying the fish.

When she speared the fish, she also grabbed a bunch of mantis shrimp, she put them in another pot to steam, steamed mantis shrimp didn’t require any cooking skills, just steam them and dip them in soy sauce to eat.

There was a little trick to frying fish, it’s best to let the fish sit in the pan for three minutes, to set the fish skin, but Yan Xianchuan obviously didn’t know this.

She only remembered that you fry the fish and then add water, this would make the fish soup delicious. This wasn’t from reading a recipe, but from seeing others do it, she had a general impression in her mind, when she actually did it, the fish flipped over, it stuck to the pan, then she flipped it again, the other side also stuck.

Yan Xianchuan didn’t change her expression, she flipped the fish over in a mess, she thought it had reached the “golden brown on both sides” stage, and started adding water.

Just looking at her face, that expression of calmness even if the sky fell, you would think she was very good at cooking, then look at the horrible fish in the pot, it would make every viewer anxious, wishing they could jump out of the screen and grab the chopsticks.

The chopsticks were made by Yan Xianchuan using a knife, two pieces of wood were evenly thick and straight, one end was thick and the other end was thin, while she was waiting for the pot to boil, her fingers flew up and down, wood chips scattered, she even carved two spoons, her knife skills were amazing.

Look at the decent-looking tableware, then look at the tasteless fish in the pot.

The barrage was filled with comments:

[Don’t let our Qiuqiu get a stomachache!]

[Another example of closing the door and opening the window]

[How can she be so funny with a straight face]

[Look, she’s actually quite caring, much better than those As who only know how to sweet-talk]

[Anyway, I absolutely disagree with this marriage!]

[Beautiful and considerate O and her silent loyal dog A, I’m shipping them!]

[The other group is still looking for tools]

“A-chuan’s hands are so nimble, otherwise we wouldn’t even have anything to eat.” Lu Mingqiu said with a smile, looking at her, “What are the other groups going to do?”

Yan Xianchuan didn’t stop, she casually replied, “Either they eat, or they starve.”

“This should not be enough to eat, I’ll go catch two more crabs.” She put down the finished tableware, “Keep an eye on the fire, I’ll be back soon.”

Lu Mingqiu sat on the stone that Yan Xianchuan had moved for her, propping her chin with her hand, her eyes filled with joy and love as she watched her run away, as if their relationship was so deep that even the collapse of heaven and earth could not break it.

Yan Xianchuan had a big appetite, she ate a lot at a time, this amount was definitely not enough. She could, of course, act normally while hungry, but there was no need to make herself uncomfortable.

If she could eat her fill, why starve?

Whether the food was delicious or not, she could fill her stomach, as for whether Lu Mingqiu would be uncomfortable or not, whether she would like it or not, that wasn’t her fault.

She wasn’t a god, she couldn’t do everything, know everything.

Yan Xianchuan could play the role of a perfect partner, but the prerequisite for all her actions was that she had to ensure that she was in a comfortable state.

This wasn’t an escape dungeon, no one was forcing her from behind, she had to mobilize all her energy, focus, and go all out to get a chance to survive.

Yan Xianchuan walked to the beach, and at a glance, she saw many crabs in the small puddles, each one was as big as a palm, it was hard to believe that they weren’t placed there by the crew, otherwise, where would this shallow-sea area of a normal island have so many fat and delicious seafood appearing in piles.

With Yan Xianchuan’s thick skin, the crabs couldn’t pinch her hand, she didn’t even bother to protect herself, she just grabbed them directly.

Looking to the side, there were also oysters, also very large, she simply took off her jacket, picked them all up and put them in her clothes, the crab claws that pinched her fingers were easily broken by her.

Carrying a big bag of seafood, Yan Xianchuan was still very fast, when she came back, the mantis shrimp was just steamed.

The dish for the soy sauce was the small lid from the seasoning box, the mantis shrimp was steamed and exuded a strong fresh aroma, dipped in soy sauce, it couldn’t be said to be the most delicious in the world, but its freshness was definitely top-notch.

She took out the mantis shrimp and put them on the bag next to her, then threw the crabs she had just brought in.

The shells of these crabs and oysters were clean, so they didn’t need to wait for them to spit out sand.

The soup in the other pot was boiling, she sprinkled in salt and pepper, the color wasn’t very white, the taste was neither good nor bad, it definitely wouldn’t kill anyone.

For Lu Mingqiu, a meal that wasn’t very delicious was completely within her tolerance range.

But according to her public image, Lu Mingqiu still frowned slightly, Yan Xianchuan, in accordance with the setting, said with concern, “My cooking skills are not good, you eat more of the steamed ones.”

Anyway, this couldn’t go wrong.

“It’s already very good.” Lu Mingqiu followed her cue, “If it were me, I would definitely be running around like a headless chicken in the forest, starving.”

“And I didn’t do anything, you’ve been busy the whole time.” Lu Mingqiu peeled a mantis shrimp and handed it over, putting it in Yan Xianchuan’s spoon, she looked embarrassed, tilted her head and smiled, “Thank you for your hard work.”

Yan Xianchuan looked at the shrimp meat, then at her fingers, picked up the spoon and put it in her mouth, “It’s what I should do.”

“Just eat yours, you don’t have to peel it for me.” Yan Xianchuan said.

While the two of them were enjoying their seafood lunch by the sea, the other two groups hadn’t even walked out of the forest, they really became headless chickens running around, starving.

The first place was a no-brainer, but the program team wouldn’t really let the guests starve, they had staff members collect the scattered tools and put them on the path of the two groups, and soon they also found several items.

There were no wild fruits in the forest, and the small animals weren’t something these stars could catch, everyone went to the beach without exception, hoping to find coconuts to eat.

They had been through the forest, and Xie Chuxiao’s energy was completely drained, if the live broadcast device hadn’t been on, he would have turned around and left.

Since he became famous, everyone he met was respectful, flattering him, and fawning over him. There were Os everywhere in the entertainment industry, it was like going to a vegetable market, he could pick whatever he wanted.

These Os were all very easy to fool, as long as he said a few words about a beautiful future, said that he would marry them, they would obediently let him take advantage of them.

Unexpectedly, this Doudouna was so difficult, she was impervious to reason, and she kept giving him the cold shoulder.

Xie Chuxiao walked out of the forest, the midday sun was hot and scorching, it could almost bake a person’s soul.

He was very careful about his diet to maintain his figure, he didn’t eat much before leaving in the morning, he had been walking for hours, now he was tired and hungry, he was almost exhausted.

He raised his hand to shield the sun, suddenly his peripheral vision caught something moving, Xie Chuxiao turned his head and saw, it was a crawling crab, a large blue crab was stepping on the beach with its thin legs, leaving a trail of footprints.

“Crab!”

Xie Chuxiao was overjoyed, he was extremely excited, he immediately forgot about the unpleasantness, his mind was only thinking about food.

He gathered his strength and ran over quickly, he was about to reach out to grab it, but he was afraid of being pinched by the crab claws, his eyes rolled, he directly took off his short sleeves, revealing his muscular upper body, bent down and wrapped the crab with his clothes.

His honey-brown skin, under the sunlight, was like a piece of molten chocolate, Xie Chuxiao’s lips curled up, he deliberately turned around, letting the camera capture his perfect back muscles, then raised his hand and waved to Doudouna.

“There’s a crab here, come quickly!”

Soon, three more topics topped the hot search, they were “Movie Emperor Xie Chuxiao Takes Off His Shirt”, “Movie Emperor Shows Off His Figure Generously”, and “Doudouna Is Rude, Giving Xie Chuxiao the Cold Shoulder, Disrespecting the Movie Emperor”

Doudouna saw at a glance what he was trying to do, she rolled her eyes without any concealment, and pointed to the other side, “You catch it and eat it yourself, I don’t eat crabs. There are coconuts over there, I’m going to pick coconuts.”

Xie Chuxiao showed a helpless smile, shook his head, as if Doudouna was a child who hadn’t grown up.