Douluo Continent: I'm writing a diary, and something's not right with you guys.

His movements were extremely skilled; flipping the fish, brushing on the oil, and sprinkling the seasonings were all done in one smooth motion, without the slightest hesitation. Every movement was just right, showing that he was someone who did this often.

The fish on the grill sizzled as it roasted, golden oil dripping down its body and onto the charcoal fire, sending up wisps of fragrant white smoke.

That alluring aroma wafts out from here.

Next to the barbecue grill, there was a small wooden bucket containing cleaned fresh fish, and several small jars containing various seasonings.

The barbecue grill was surrounded by people. Some were waiting to buy grilled fish, some were standing by watching, and many others were holding up Soul Coins and shouting to make reservations. Business was booming.

There were stall vendors, onlookers, and people waiting to buy fish, layer upon layer, roughly counting dozens of people, filling the small open space completely.

"Hey? Isn't that Huo Yuhao?"

Xiao Xiao stared at the boy in front of the barbecue grill with her big, round eyes, feigning surprise and speaking with just the right amount of doubt in her tone.

She learned from Lin Ye's diary that morning that Huo Yuhao would be selling grilled fish here, and even knew exactly how amazing his grilling skills were.

But she couldn't very well tell Lin Ye that she already knew about it, so she could only pretend to be very surprised, as if she had just recognized him.

She acted so convincingly that even the surprise in her eyes was perfectly conveyed, leaving no room for error.

The other girls also realized what was happening and looked at the boy in front of the barbecue grill with varying degrees of surprise.

They all knew about Huo Yuhao from his diary, but they knew in their hearts that they didn't know him at all.

There's no need for him to show that exaggerated "meeting an acquaintance" expression, and he certainly wouldn't say anything he shouldn't.

He simply showed a hint of surprise at a stranger's skill, without it feeling out of place at all.

Lin Ye's gaze seemed to be fixed on Huo Yuhao in front of the barbecue grill, but in reality, he was secretly observing the reactions of the people around him out of the corner of his eye.

He felt more than once that the girls around him seemed to know things in advance, and their reactions often had an inexplicable sense of incongruity.

But now, watching them all display perfectly timed expressions of surprise at strangers, without the slightest hint of anything unusual, I noticed they were all acting as if they were genuinely surprised.

He pondered for a moment, his brow furrowing slightly as he became puzzled once more.

Could it be that he guessed wrong? Were all those feelings of unease just his imagination?

He pondered for a few seconds, then shook his head, putting the question out of his mind.

Why think so much? Since I can't figure it out anyway, I might as well just let nature take its course.

His gaze returned to the sizzling fish on the grill, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

It was quite a coincidence. He had just been thinking at noon about when he would have the chance to try Huo Yuhao's famous grilled fish, and he never expected to run into him here that evening.

Upon closer reflection, this is actually quite normal.

Lunchtime is already very tight; the morning classes have just ended and the afternoon classes are about to begin, with only a little over an hour of rest in between.

Most students were rushing to the cafeteria for lunch and had no time to stop and enjoy their grilled fish. Huo Yuhao also didn't have the time to catch the fish, clean it, and then set up a barbecue stall at the college gate.

After the afternoon classes ended, there was plenty of time. There were no classes scheduled for the evening, so students had plenty of time to wander around and relax. Naturally, many people were willing to stop and buy a skewer of fragrant grilled fish to enjoy at their leisure.

No wonder this guy went to the cafeteria for lunch and didn't come out to sell grilled fish; he came at the perfect time.

He glanced around at the large crowd, raising an eyebrow as he watched the students scrambling to reserve grilled fish with their Soul Coins.

He pulled Xiao Xiao next to him and squeezed forward a bit, ready to join in the fun, buy a couple of skewers, and try what this grilled fish, which was so legendary in the original novel, tasted like.

Chapter 105 Is this grilled fish really that delicious?

Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Tian were huddled together next to Lin Ye, whispering and discussing whether or not they should join the queue to buy a skewer of Huo Yuhao's grilled fish to try.

Honestly, putting aside Huo Yuhao's status as the protagonist of the original novel, the aroma of his grilled fish is truly amazing.

The problem is, the queue is incredibly long, stretching from one end of the stall to the other. As far as the eye can see, it's a sea of ​​heads. If you really wait in line, it'll probably take at least half an hour to get your turn.

As Xiao Xiao was struggling with her thoughts, this diary entry suddenly popped into her mind.

She was taken aback at first, then nudged Wang Dong'er and Ning Tian beside her with her elbow and whispered, "Look, Lin Ye didn't say it, but he was also tempted by this grilled fish. He was pretending to be calm just now, but he wrote it in his diary as soon as he turned around."

As she spoke, the two women beside her couldn't help but glance in the direction of the grilled fish stall, nodding in agreement.

The three of them had been hesitating here for almost fifteen minutes, unable to move because of the aroma, but also complaining that the line was too long. Lin Ye's words were exactly what they were thinking.

Ning Tian also received the diary entries at the same time. She glanced at the long queue, her eyes filled with a mixture of helplessness and amusement.

Given her status, she must have tasted all sorts of delicacies. Logically, she shouldn't have been tempted by a skewer of ordinary grilled fish. But the aroma was just too irresistible, making her want to try it.

She silently added in her mind: "It's not that Lin Ye is greedy, it's just that the aroma is too outrageous."

Wang Dong'er stood beside the two of them, her face expressionless.

When the diary entries flashed through her mind, she merely raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of barely perceptible disdain flickering in her eyes.

She didn't like Huo Yuhao at all, so she had no interest in the so-called grilled fish, let alone joining the queue.

However, the aroma is indeed quite enticing.

The three women chatted and laughed in secret, while Wu Feng did not participate in any discussion.

Wu Feng stood straight beside Ning Tian, ​​his back ramrod straight, his eyes fixed straight ahead, without making the slightest unnecessary movement, a veritable emotionless guard machine.

Regardless of Lin Ye's small team discussing grilled fish and joking around, or the various lively noises coming from the surrounding stalls, she remained silent and didn't even bother to lift her eyelids.

It was as if everything around her had nothing to do with her, just like a robot with a pre-programmed routine whose only task was to stay by Ning Tian's side.

Lin Ye knew, of course, that Wu Feng's personality in the original work was like this: stubborn, inflexible, and single-mindedly devoted to Ning Tian, ​​indifferent to everything else.

But since we're all together now and see each other all the time, we have to maintain a semblance of politeness.

Lin Ye casually asked a couple of questions about Wu Feng's situation, and Ning Tian simply responded with a couple of words, and that was the end of it. He didn't ask any more questions or say anything more.

[Huo Yuhao's grilled fish, you know what, you really have to admit, the aroma is amazing. Even if the top chef in Shrek Academy grilled the same fish, it might not taste half as good as Huo Yuhao's.]

I'm a little puzzled, why is that?

The fish came from Shrek's cafeteria, the charcoal was just ordinary firewood you could find anywhere on the street, the barbecue seasonings were just the most basic ones you could buy in a store, and even the grill was just a very simple iron frame.

Everything is laid out in the open, transparent, and visible to everyone, yet no one else can bake it with such a wonderful aroma.

Only Huo Yuhao could bake such an enticing aroma that could make one's soul almost fly away.

Could this be the legendary protagonist setting? Is this the exclusive blessing of the protagonist's halo? With this protagonist's halo, even grilling a fish can taste a hundred times better than others, right?

So this halo is omnipresent, huh? Even something as simple as eating a meal requires a special cheat code for the protagonist?

The girls almost simultaneously read through the diary entry, which was full of complaints, and all of them felt a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, mixed feelings) in their hearts.

Yes, they were standing right there, only a dozen meters away from the grilled fish stall, and could see it all clearly.

Huo Yuhao's stall wasn't big; it was just a simple folding table with an ordinary iron grill on it, without even a decent screen.

As for the seasonings he used, they were clearly laid out on the small plate next to him. They were all the most common seasonings such as salt, chili, and cumin. Some of the bottles were even freshly opened. Everything was open and transparent, and there was no room for any trickery.

But these are just ordinary ingredients, ordinary seasonings, and ordinary charcoal fire, yet in Huo Yuhao's hands, they can create an aroma that can spread throughout half the street.

Even if someone else follows his steps exactly, they still can't bake it to this taste.

The girls were all wondering to themselves, could it really be as Lin Ye said, that this was the so-called protagonist's halo?

When Tang Ya saw this passage from the diary, she covered her mouth and laughed for a long time, almost to the point of tears. She thought to herself, "Lin Ye is absolutely right!"

When she first tasted the fish grilled by Huo Yuhao, she thought it was absolutely outrageous.

She had learned about Huo Yuhao's grilling skills from Lin Ye's diary before, so naturally she wanted to try it.

Upon tasting it, I was astonished by its divine quality.

But after eating, a question arose: why was Huo Yuhao's cooking so delicious?

The fish was taken from the college cafeteria, and the seasonings were bought; everything was the most ordinary stuff, nothing special.

She initially thought Huo Yuhao had some secret recipe, but it turned out that his steps for grilling fish were all very basic.

Flipping, brushing oil, sprinkling seasonings, etc., there are no fancy operations, but the taste of the baked products is worlds apart.

She racked her brains trying to figure out what was going on, but after Lin Ye's explanation, she understood.

Huo Yuhao is the main character, so everything he does is normal. He can grill a fish that smells better than others, so what?

What happened?

When Ma Xiaotao saw this diary entry in her mind, she immediately became interested.

Is Huo Yuhao's grilled fish really that delicious? Is it really as exaggerated as Lin Ye said? She really didn't believe it.

As one of the top core students in Shrek Academy's inner court, she enjoys treatment that ordinary soul masters outside, and even students in the outer court, cannot imagine.

Not to mention ordinary river fish or grilled fish, she has tasted quite a lot of meat from thousand-year-old soul beasts, or even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

The soul beast meat, carefully prepared in the academy's kitchen, contains pure soul power, and its taste can only be described as rare in heaven and unparalleled on earth.

But Lin Ye actually praised Huo Yuhao's grilled fish to such an exaggerated degree, even saying that it couldn't compare to the academy's top chefs, which immediately made her unconvinced.

Chapter 106 A New Female Lead Appears

"Hmph, I really don't believe it!"

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaotao immediately stood up, patted her clothes, and walked towards the door.

She really wanted to go to the academy gate to see what the grilled fish, which Lin Ye had praised to the skies, actually tasted like.