Bai Su watched him with amusement. "It’s all right. We were going to eat them anyway."
Yelias stared at the shrimp in his hand. It even gave a little hop on the cutting board, looking so full of life.
He took a deep breath. "All right..."
His long, slender hand gently pressed down on the shrimp’s back as the knife he was holding slowly drew near.
The tip of the knife touched its back.
Even the viewers in the live chat grew tense, holding their breath along with him.
[Fun fact: You, the person in front of the screen, don’t have to hold your breath.]
[Hahahahahahaha, fuck! I was actually getting nervous!]
[Doctor Yelias is too kind, isn’t he? He’s a natural-born healer, so compassionate he can’t even bring himself to kill a little shrimp!]
The tip of the knife rested on the shrimp’s back, just about to pierce through.
Sensing the threat of death, the shrimp suddenly thrashed, breaking free from Yelias’s grasp and smacking him across the face in the process.
Yelias: "..."
Bai Su burst out laughing. "How could... a big guy like you get bullied by a shrimp?"
Water splashed all over Yelias’s face, leaving him with a bewildered expression.
Bai Su found this absolutely hilarious and couldn’t stop laughing.
[Hahahahahahahaha, Doctor Yelias is so adorable!]
[You wretched shrimp! How dare you bully our doctor! Let me at you, I’ll devour you!]
[You wretched shrimp! Do you have any idea how precious Doctor Yelias’s handsome face is? The absolute audacity!]
Yelias was a little mortified, and Bai Su’s laughter made him even more flustered. "Susu..."
Bai Su managed to stifle her laughter. "Okay, okay, I’ll stop laughing..."
Her eyes, shimmering with mirth and mischief, curved into crescents when she smiled, making it impossible for anyone to stay mad at her.
Bai Su recaptured the shrimp, slapped it onto the cutting board, and looked at him. "All right now, you have to hold it down firmly, or it’ll get away again."
Yelias nodded, a little more serious this time.
He gripped the knife, took a deep breath, and decisively lopped off the shrimp’s head.
After completing this step, he couldn’t help but pause, momentarily stunned.
’This is the first time I’ve ever used a blade to end a life.’
’Even if it’s only a shrimp.’
’But it’s undeniable that taking a life with a blade is so much simpler than saving one.’
’No distractions, no need to overthink it.’
He took another deep breath and looked down at the shrimp. Aiming the blade at its back, he mimicked Bai Su’s earlier action and sliced it open.
His force and angle were perfectly precise, cutting just deep enough to expose the vein.
With a deft flick, the vein came right out.
Bai Su clapped beside him. "Amazing, Doctor Yelias! You’re a natural, you picked it up right away!"
Yelias breathed a sigh of relief, no longer feeling so averse to holding the knife.
[Congrats to Doctor Yelias on his first knife-assisted shrimp kill! A momentous occasion!]
[Doctor Yelias has such an unexpectedly cute side to him. He’s adorable.]
[I think the boss lady and Doctor Yelias make a good pair too! One is a stunningly beautiful and cheerful little female, and the other is a reserved, gentle, and doting male. Hee hee...]
Lu Tingyan: [What’s so funny? You find something amusing?]
[Holy crap... Leader Lu is here.]
[Leader Lu, you’re a little too invested. Please give us Susu fans some space! Let us ship our couples and drool in peace!]
Lu Tingyan: [No.]
[Ahhhhh, I’m dying! This ship is killing me! The canon couple is the real deal!]
[When the canon couple provides the fluff, it’s the most lethal!]
[Leader Lu is so adorably proud and grumpy!]
[Sob, sob, who wouldn’t want a Wolf Beastman? They’re loyal by nature and only ever have one mate in their entire life!]


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