Chapter 1142 — Disguised Shu
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"All right then, so do I!" Feng Xiaoxiao said. "Why don't you come over tonight too, and we'll play a threesome together!"
Seeing the two of them wandering further and further off the rails, Gu Mengyao and Tang Zhi hurriedly cut them short.
"Xiaoshu!"
"Xiaoxiao!"
Each of them scolded one of the two.
"Could you two do something useful for once? Stop digging into these bizarre matters?" Gu Mengyao said, half amused, half exasperated.
"Right — Wei Zhao's over there starting the fire all by himself. Let's go lend a hand," Tang Zhi said.
In summer there was really no need for a campfire, but to give dinner a bit more atmosphere, Wei Zhao had set up a bonfire meal.
An Liwen and Su Taizao drove their car onto the beach as well, parking not far from Wei Zhao and the others. They would have loved to go join Gu Mengyao's group, but feared she would not welcome them, so they had to think of a roundabout way to get close.
"Brother An, this place is too out of the way. It's a little creepy!" Su Taizao, having parked the car, refused to get out for the longest time.
"Can't you grow a bit of backbone? What's so frightening about a beach? There's no sea monster!" An Liwen got out without a care and said urgently, "Wei Zhao's already starting his fire over there. We've got to show some flair too — get out the camping gear Yang Ganglou bought, and we'll make something tasty. We'll draw Gu Mengyao over with the smell!"
"Oh..." Only then did Su Taizao get out of the car, unwilling as he was — and the moment he did, a biting sea breeze made him shiver.
The two of them opened the trunk of the Audi Q7. Sure enough, inside was a barbecue grill set for outdoor cooking, along with ready-skewered lamb, pork ribs, chicken wings, vegetable skewers, and the like.
"Ha, Yang Ganglou really knows how to get things done. A beach is the perfect place for a barbecue party!" An Liwen was delighted at the sight of the trunk's contents. Most things he truly would not have known how to cook — after all, he had never learned any culinary skill — but a barbecue, and with these ready-made skewers at that, was easy enough. Who couldn't cook something until it was done?
"Brother An, shall we start grilling now?" Su Taizao carried the grill down from the car, set it on an open patch of sand, and used the headlights for light, ready to get to work.
The glow of the headlights did put Su Taizao somewhat at ease; this stretch of beach had neither village ahead nor shop behind, and it made his heart flutter with dread.
"Yeah, here's fine. Get the fire going — I'm starving. I've spent the whole day staking out Gu Mengyao's house watching them, and haven't even eaten!" An Liwen said.
"Okay... let me read the manual first, to see how this grill works," Su Taizao said.
"You light it, that's how it works. Does a thing like this need a manual?" An Liwen said, fast running out of patience.