"Sounds like you're trying to get out of it. Were you just saying you'd grill fish to humor me?"
"Uh... not exactly. I'm just worried about what I'll do if I can't catch any fish tomorrow."
"Then you'll catch them all night."
"What if it rains tonight?"
"Then you'll catch them all night in the rain."
"Wow, you're so cruel! You definitely don't have a girlfriend, do you?"
Lin Chen couldn't be bothered with her nonsense. He grabbed the grilled fish, scraped out the herbs stuffed inside, and took a huge bite of the rich belly meat.
In the wild, where fat was scarce and hunting wasn't an option, fish belly was practically the only source of fat. It was also, bar none, the most delicious part of the fish.
While the meat from the fish's back might have needed a gentle press of the tongue to dissolve, this bite of belly meat melted the instant he bit down, flooding his mouth with a wave of rich, mellow fish oil.
