Chapter 56: Escape (Part 1)

  "Make it a little hotter!"

  "Oh..."

  "Dummy, you want to burn the fish? A little less, a little less!"

  "Oh..."

  In the quiet stone cave, a burning flame was dancing, it was like a fluttering fire spirit, seductive and passionate, shaking its waist, illuminating the silhouettes of two people.

  Tang Jie had a dark face, and in his hand he was turning a roasted fish that looked like charcoal. In front of him, Lilith held a small flame with a timid expression, listening very obediently to Tang Jie's orders. When he shouted "Fire bigger!", she would make the flame bigger, when he shouted "Fire smaller!", she would control the flame to be smaller. It was even more convenient than an automatic gas stove.

  Only, Lili's one hand was holding a ball of flames, but her other hand would occasionally rub her slightly runny nose, which had gotten a bit chilled from playing in the sea with Tang Chuan earlier. If it were just the nose-rubbing, Tang Jie wouldn't have felt too stifled, but what really got to him was that Lili would also sneak glances at him every now and then, and if she found he wasn't looking at her, her other hand would sneakily reach back to rub her butt, which had been slapped swollen by Tang Jie.

  Just then, she rubbed it, and the two shiny spots on her buttocks were exposed. The little girl was startled and immediately didn't care about the flames anymore. She quickly turned around with both hands to cover her buttocks, looking at Tang Jie with a face full of grievance and shame: "You ruined the magic cloak my teacher gave me!"

  Waaah, this piece of clothing was given to me by my teacher, how could he do this! The clothes are all battered, does that mean my butt is also battered?

  No wonder it hurts so much... Waaahhh...

  After finishing speaking, Lili's face was filled with sorrow as she rubbed her buttocks again.

  The poor little girl still thought it was Tang Jie who hit her butt and broke it, unaware that it was actually Tang Jie who helped her wring out her clothes and accidentally tore them.

  Tang Jie's face turned serious, and he glared at Lilith with a straight face, opening his eyes to speak nonsense: "Nonsense, it was clearly you who didn't want to stop earlier and fell to the ground!"

  Lilith was born a big fool, she heard Tang Jie say so, and remembered that she had indeed fallen. She thought about it and really thought that the two holes behind her butt were caused by her own fall. She smiled at Tang Jie with embarrassment: "Oh, I see, it's my fault for blaming you."

  What a hopeless single-celled creature!

  Tang Jie's eyes twitched slightly as he suppressed a smile, and he glared at Lilith: "Hurry up and continue roasting, it'll be done soon!"

  Lilith responded with a soft "Oh!" and began to roast the fish obediently.

  As she roasted and roasted, a tempting fishy aroma wafted up to her nose, Lilith's mouth watered so much that it reached the corners of her mouth. She raised her head and asked weakly: "That...that..."

  "What's up?" Tang Jie asked gruffly.

  Tang Jie found that this girl would be obedient and gentle if treated with kindness, but if treated roughly or violently, she would become as fierce as a wild cat.

  Lilith looked at the roasted fish and swallowed hard: "Uh, who gets to eat this fish first?"

  Tang Jie rolled his eyes and snorted out a string of coarse air, saying in a mysterious tone: "Of course it's who catches whom to eat!"

  Lilith's eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment, but her pupils were greedily fixed on the roasted fish, as if it was the most delicious and mouth-watering delicacy in the world.

  Although this fish was roasted by Tang Jie until it's charred all over, like a nationwide power outage, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem appetizing.

  "But..." Tang Jie seemed to be teasing this silly little girl on purpose, dragging out the sound, his eyes rolling in their sockets as he gazed at Lilith with a hint of a smile.

  Lilith's eyes sparkled with interest as soon as she heard this: "What is it?"

  "But, if we just go by who caught the fish, it seems a bit unfair..."

  Lilith nodded quickly, like a little chick pecking at grain.

  Tang Jie coughed and continued: "In that case, let's settle it by whoever roasted the fish gets to eat it first. Whoever roasted this fish will get to eat it first."

  Lilith didn't react in time, she nodded with a smile on her face and replied obediently: "Okay okay, whoever bakes it will eat it! This idea is too good!"

  Tang Jie's intestines were laughing to the point of breaking, but his face was very serious as he asked: "Then please ask the clever and agile Miss Lirisis, who roasted this fish?"

  "Hah, I knew it, this fish is... is... you, the roasted one..." Liriel's smile froze on her face, smiling unnaturally, she gazed at the roasted fish with extreme disappointment "How did you get to eat first again..."

  Tang Jie couldn't hold it in anymore, he held his stomach and burst out laughing, this was the first time he had seen a servant girl with an IQ similar to that of a five or six year old little girl.

  This silly girl, teasing her is really too much fun!

  Lilith looked at Tang Jie, who was laughing with a heartless and cruel expression. Her bright eyes began to become misty, her mouth pouted high, and tears fell down: "You're a bad egg, you bullied Lilith! Waaahhh, Lilith won't eat anymore, can't she not eat anymore?"

  Lilith cried so sadly that her tears fell like broken pearls.

  Tang Jie's laughter came to an abrupt halt, like a duck whose neck had been pinched shut. He held a roasted fish in one hand and scratched his messy hair with the other, looking somewhat embarrassed.

  He was actually a self-proclaimed romantic and elegant man who cherished beauty, how would he eat the roasted fish by himself?

  He just wanted to tease this silly girl and have a little fun with her, but he didn't expect that she would take it seriously, and even cry so sadly.

  Tang Jie walked over and handed her the roasted fish: "Silly, I was just joking with you. Here, you eat first!"

  Although Lilies is extremely childish and simple, she still has the temper of a little girl. At this time, when her temper comes, she doesn't even look at Tang Jie, immediately turns around, secretly wipes away tears, and chokes with sobs: "Lilies doesn't want to eat anything from you, you big bad egg! Get it away!"

  Tang Jie saw that her attitude was very tough, but after sobbing, there was actually a sound of swallowing saliva coming from her. He secretly laughed in his heart and intentionally cleared his throat, saying: "Well, if you don't want it, then I'll eat it!"

  After finishing speaking, he uncovered a piece of fish skin, and suddenly the fragrance overflowed. He also intentionally made loud crunching sounds, from time to time still very satisfied with smacking his lips.

  Lilith felt more and more suffocated as she listened on.

  How can he be so evil? All the bad people in this world put together are not as evil as him!

  How can you eat so loudly in front of me and smack your mouth!

  How despicable!

  Why is he eating with such gusto, is he intentionally provoking Lilith or does it really smell and taste that good?

  It should be delicious, smells so fragrant!

  Lilith was lost in thought when Tang Jie deliberately said loudly, "Wow, it's so delicious! Let's eat the second one together too!"

  Lilith tensed up as soon as she heard it!

  What, he ate the first one and wants to eat the second one?

  That's too much! That's too much!

  Lilith spun around quickly, her face filled with anger, just about to speak, but saw Tang Jie's face twisted into a strange smile as he looked at her, the roasted fish in his hand only peeled off a piece of skin, while the rest remained untouched.

  And they only roasted one fish in total, where did the second one come from?

  Lilith finally understood, she had been deceived by this big villain again.

  Lilith felt that encountering this black-haired man was like meeting a devil, being bullied and teased by him no matter what. She had been raised in a honey jar since childhood, a genius magician who had been pampered in the palm of others' hands, where had she ever suffered such grievances, tasted such bitterness, or been teased like this?

  She was overcome with grief, her nose twitching and her lips pursed, taking a deep breath as if on the verge of bursting into loud sobs.

  Tang Jie was quick and agile, and just as Liru's lips were about to open, she swiftly stuffed the roasted fish into Liru's mouth.

  Lilith's crying was abruptly cut off by a hot, steaming roasted fish being stuffed into her mouth. Her eyes widened in surprise, and she couldn't utter a word, only staring at Tang Jie with round, rolling eyes like a small cat full of defensive instincts.

  Tang Jie's face wore a smile as he spoke in an unprecedented gentle tone: "Eat up, this was roasted just for you."

  Lilith took the tail of the roasted fish from Tangie's hand with one hand, half-believing and half-doubting. She carefully took a bite, and a fresh and tender fish flavor suddenly entered her mouth.

  She and Tang Jie had been trapped in this cave for at least seven or eight hours, her stomach was growling with hunger, at this time even if someone gave her a moldy bread she would eat it without hesitation, let alone this fish that was roasted to perfection, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a salty flavor from the seawater, extremely delicious.

  Lilith was a child, and as soon as she swallowed the fish meat, she forgot all her sorrow and smiled with joy, but there were still a few transparent tears on her small face, hanging on her white cheeks, revealing an indescribable beauty.

  Tang Jie looked at her greedy eating, not feeling that she was uncouth at all, but instead found her very cute. A faint smile hung on his face, but in his heart, he couldn't help but feel increasingly heavy.

  What a lovely little girl she is! How much better it would be if she hadn't killed Captain Ball.

  She must be a lovely little sister.

  Tang Jie secretly sighed in his heart.

  Lily happened to eat a piece of fish meat that tasted bitter, and she said with a frown: "Why is this meat so bitter?"

  Tang Jie smiled and said, "Where? Let me take a look?"

  Lilith handed over the roasted fish that was still half-eaten, pointing to a place with a circle of tooth marks: "There, right there."

  Tang Jie took a look and saw that it was the location of the fish gallbladder in the fish belly. He patted his head: "It's possible that the gall was broken earlier, and the bile flowed out."

  After finishing, he carefully plucked out a few fish bones with his hand, scraped the nearby fish meat clean and handed it to Lirius: "Which, now should be fine."

  Lilith took a light bite and felt that although it wasn't as bitter as before, it was still slightly astringent. She puffed out her cheeks: "Still a bit bitter."

  Tang Jie knew that if a fish was scared, it would become bitter in many places. He smiled and said, "Do you know why this fish tastes so bitter?"

  Lilith shook her head and looked at Tang Jie with a puzzled expression.

  Tang Jie smiled and wiped away the tears on her face with his fingers, saying: "Because your tears are bitter, you cry while eating, and the tears are also eaten together, so they become bitter."

  Lilith blinked: "Really?"

  Tang Jie had just stretched out his hand to wipe away Lili's tears, but what he didn't think of was that he was holding a roasted fish in his hand. His hand was black and dirty, and with one wipe, he ended up smearing a black mark on Lili's face!

  Tang Jie was startled, his eyes twitched slightly as he looked at Lilith's face, wanting to laugh but not daring to, her expression was bizarre and confusing.

  Lilith thought Tang Jie was struggling with his own gluttony, so she looked at the fish in her hand that had almost been eaten by her and handed it over with a hint of embarrassment, saying: "Sorry, I accidentally ate a bit more, here, there's still some left, you eat it, don't be sad..."

  Tang Jie felt a pang of guilt in his heart, and he said solemnly to Lilith: "Don't worry, I'm not hungry, you eat!"

  Lilith looked at Tangie, her eyes brimming with tears as she ate fish and choked out: "You're a good person, you're a great good person! Lilith will repay you..."

  Lilith's thinking is extremely simple, whoever treats her well, she will treat them well, regardless of whether the person is a great villain or a great evil.

  Tang Jie heard it in his heart and let out a deep sigh.

  In his opinion, this account should not be settled with this simple little girl, she was just being used, the injustice has a head and the debt has an owner, Captain Bar's grudge should still be reported to Bisai Lu!

  Having comforted himself with this thought, Tang Jie looked at Lirisi finishing her roasted fish and smiled at him with a pleased expression. He chuckled and said: "Are you full?"

  Lilith shook her head unconsciously, a fish, where can you eat your fill?

  But she nodded again soon. As a person, one should have a conscience. He is good to Lilith, so Lilith must be good to him too!

  And he has already let Lilith eat the first fish, and the next fish Lilith will give him to eat!

  Thinking of this, Lilith also stopped chanting and flipped her wrist, holding up another ball of fire, looking at Tang Jie with a eager expression: "Let's roast one more?"

  Tang Jie looked at her lovely and cute appearance, burst out laughing, and his heart felt much lighter. He shouted loudly: "Alright, watch the great chef continue to roast fish!"

  Lilith let out a cheer and smiled with her eyes curved as she watched Tang Jie roast fish.