The tiger and the brown bear took advantage of the time they were skinning and applying spices, and had already finished the food Ye Qiqi gave them. After filling their bellies, the two animals stood up and wandered into the cave. Inside, I found a comfortable corner to nest in.
Outside the cave, only Mo Hanqing and Ye Qiqi were left.
Mo Hanqing turned his head slightly and looked at Qiqi's little face against the firelight. Her moist eyes were sparkling, and there were clusters of flames dancing in her pupils. It was probably because she had touched some soil when she was catching the rabbit. There were gray marks one after another on her fair and pink cheeks.
Her embarrassed look, for some reason, reminded him of the ashes she had covered in when she climbed out of the window above the stove when she was a child.
Mo Hanqing looked at her and couldn't help but curve the corners of his lips slightly.
Ye Qiqi, however, was concentrating on the rabbit in his hand, turning the branches from time to time while sprinkling more spices on it.
Just roasting, she suddenly sniffed her nose, hey... It seemed like something was burnt?
She turned her head and saw at a glance that the fish skewered on the branch in Mo Hanqing's hand was completely burnt on the side near the fire.
"Brother!!" Ye Qiqi quickly took the branch in his hand and frowned: "Your fish is burnt, why don't you turn it over?"
Mo Hanqing came back to his senses and looked at the fish that was half baked into black charcoal. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He twitched the corner of his mouth and said in a cold voice: "It's my first time grilling fish, so I'm not skilled at it."
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Grilling fish for the first time
Ye Qiqi stared at him for a long time with a pair of big black and white eyes, and finally sighed helplessly.
Forget it, who is the Prince of Jing'an? It's normal for a prince who has been pampered since he was a child and doesn't know how to bake.
"I don't want this fish anymore." Ye Qiqi threw the fish that had been roasted into black charcoal into the fire, and then handed the nearly roasted rabbit to Mo Hanqing and said, "This rabbit of mine is already roasted." It’s almost done, let’s eat it for you, and I’ll bake another one.”
After saying this, she quickly picked up another rabbit.
Mo Hanqing looked down at the rabbit she had put into her hands. The skin had been roasted to a golden color and was still sizzling with oil. The aroma of meat mixed with spices made people unable to resist. The index finger moved.
He looked up at Ye Qiqi again and saw that she had already stabbed another rabbit with a branch and put it on the fire to roast.
Mo Hanqing hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand, tore off a fragrant rabbit leg, brought it to Ye Qiqi, and said in a calm voice: "Have a taste."
"Ah?" Ye Qiqi was turning the rabbit on the fire with one hand and sprinkling spices on it with the other hand. She looked at the rabbit leg that suddenly appeared beside her mouth. She was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and took a bite. The meat on top, the crispy grilled skin and the tender and juicy rabbit meat entered her mouth, and her mouth immediately became fragrant.
Ye Qiqi chewed it, then swallowed the rabbit meat in his mouth, turned to look at Mo Hanqing, blinked and said, "It's not poisonous, feel free to eat it. It tastes pretty good."
“…”
Mo Hanqing was speechless for a moment.
She thought she brought this rabbit leg to her mouth to ask her to test the poison for herself?
"This is for you." He said to her patiently and in a low voice.