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Although Sakurajima Mai was well-informed, she was still confused when she looked at the bear dragged back to the cabin by Duanmu Huai.

"Can the bear... be eaten?"

"Of course, can you clean up the fish?"

"I've learned some before."

"Then I'll leave these fishes to you, and I'll clean up the bear."

Duanmuhuai waved a machete in his hand. There were also machetes and knives used for chopping firewood in this hut. Although they were not very clean, they could be used after being washed and disinfected by boiling snow water.

Besides, at this point, what else do you need a bicycle for?

Fortunately, after killing the bear, Duanmuhuai slit its throat and drained all the blood. Moreover, it is winter now, the temperature is very low, and this bear does not have a strong smell of blood. Therefore, it was not too difficult to deal with. Duanmu Huai dragged the bear to the door, packed it up, and started peeling it—after eating game every day in the world of Journey to the West, he was very familiar with this skill.

Bears that spend the winter will eat enough and then hibernate. This bear is obviously a bit stupid. It seems that he didn't have time to eat before winter, so he is still looking for food after winter comes. However, judging from its size, it should have a lot of reserves. It may be that it met Duanmu Huai and Sakurajima Mai on the way home to hibernate, so it planned to have a meal on the way.

Well, now, it’s become a snack.

Duanmu Huai also did the job quite smoothly when he disemboweled the body, took out all the internal organs, skinned it, and then removed the limbs. This provoked Mai Sakurajima, who was standing next to her, to look sideways frequently. After all, what Japanese people usually buy in supermarkets is processed meat. Perhaps processing fish is no problem for ordinary Japanese, but killing chickens and sheep is not a problem. Yes, for them it is another matter.

Especially for a celebrity idol like Sakurajima Mai, she has probably never seen a chicken being slaughtered, let alone a bear.

"Xiao Ai, you are really skilled."

"Just get used to it. I used to really like eating wild game."

Duanmuhuai peeled off the bear skin, then wiped it clean in the snow, and then placed it by the fire. After drying, it can be used as a bear skin mat. This thing is quite warm.

"It's a pity that there are no wild boars. It would be better if a wild boar was delivered to the door."

"But there's so much, we can't finish it."

"You can freeze it if you can't finish it. The weather outside is no different from that of a refrigerator. If you hang it under the eaves, you won't be afraid of being stolen by other beasts... Hey, this guy eats quite a lot of fat. He has so much fat." It can’t be wasted.”

Looking at the white fat, Duanmuhuai also snorted, then cut it off, cut it and put it in water, then put it in a pot and put it on the fire to start boiling——Duanmuhuai has not survived bear oil, but he has seen it Although the cooking methods of lard are a bit different between bears and pigs, the fat should be pretty much the same.

For a moment, the cabin was quiet, except for the sound of firewood, the crackling of frying and the sound of knives. While handling the fish in front of her, Sakurajima Mai felt a little dazed. In this small wooden house, at this moment, she suddenly had a hallucination. It's as if they are not entertainers living in modern society, but in the ancient home of Orion. The wife was cooking at home, waiting for her husband's return, while the husband took the prey, walked into the hut with a smile, and started to deal with his work.

How should I put it? It feels very...like a family.

Is this also why Ryoko has a secret crush on the protagonist?

Thinking of this, Mai Sakurajima suddenly felt a little confused. As an actress, of course she also had to figure out the role. Although from the plot point of view, Liangzi is rescued by the protagonist and then develops a crush on him, which seems to be in line with the usual routine in romance comics. But when playing the role of Ryoko, Sakurajima Mai actually always had some doubts. Because in Sakurajima Mai's view, Ryoko is a good girl, and as a wealthy lady, she is also very good at distinguishing emotions, so even if she is rescued by the protagonist, Sakurajima Mai thinks that Ryoko should be grateful for the protagonist's favor. , rather than like.

But now, she suddenly understood.

Perhaps it is this simple sense of family that Liangzi longs for.

As a rich lady, Liangzi's life is good, but her parents are always away from home. Liangzi reads a lot of books to pass the time, and is therefore very knowledgeable.

But deep down inside, she must still be lonely.

Just like myself.

His father abandoned his mother and married another woman. In order to avenge her father, her mother let Sakurajima Mai enter the entertainment industry. Perhaps she hoped to use Sakurajima Mai's outstanding performance to avenge the man who had changed his mind and make him regret abandoning her.

From this point of view, Sakurajima Mai feels that her mother is very pitiful. She does not want to be her mother's money-making tool, nor does she want to be a tool for revenge.

Mai Sakurajima herself hadn't felt the warmth of a family for a long time. From this point of view, she felt that she could indeed understand Ryoko's mood.

In a closed cabin, she and her husband formed a small, sweet and warm family. Living a calm life every day may not be so comfortable and hard, but she can feel the warmth between people... Is it because of this that she falls in love with the protagonist?

What Liangzi fell in love with was not the protagonist, but the "family".

"How's the fish going?"

Suddenly, Duanmu Huai's voice came from behind, and Mai Sakurajima came back to her senses.

"Almost..."

"What? Are you daydreaming?"

"I'm just thinking about something."

Mai Sakurajima shook her head.

"For example?"

"For example... why did Ryoko fall in love with the protagonist."

"You are still thinking about the script now, you are really a role model."

Duanmu Huai silently complained.

"I think that Ryoko didn't fall in love with the protagonist because the protagonist saved her, but because she longed for the warmth of a family... a beautiful, warm family, this may be what Ryoko wants."

"Family... Speaking of this, I... forget it, it's nothing."

"???"

Although Mai Sakurajima cast a puzzled look at Duanmu Huai, Duanmu Huai did not answer. To be honest, after entering the entertainment industry, Duanmu Huai found that the artists in this circle have more or less family problems.

This is true for both idols and actors. Mai Sakurajima's parents are divorced, Kana Arima's parents are also divorced, and Akane Kurokawa is also from a single-parent family. I and Ruby————well, it's better to be divorced.

At least the divorced ones have been married.

I remember that the top star of the troupe LALALAI, Himekawa Daiki, who won the Best Actor Award, was also very miserable. His parents committed suicide when he was a child.

Even MEM is also from a single-parent family...

In this industry, it seems that there are a lot of single-parent families or parents who have both passed away. From a psychological point of view, perhaps it is because they cannot get the love of a healthy family that they expect to get attention from the outside world to fill the void in their hearts. Of course, this is also Duanmu Huai's nonsense, after all, he doesn't understand psychology.

So Duanmu Huai also thought about this complaint in his heart, and it's better not to say it out loud to offend others.

When the two of them finished processing the food, it was already afternoon time, and their stomachs were already growling with hunger. If Mai hadn't eaten a candy, I'm afraid she would have fainted long ago.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly. In the howling snowstorm, the two of them managed to cook their own dishes.

Sakurajima Mai made fish soup, and Duanmu Huai used processed fried bear meat steaks. After using branches as chopsticks, the two began to enjoy this belated meal.

"Well... Mai, you are quite good at cooking."

Drinking the delicious fish soup, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but praise. In the cold winter, such a bowl of steaming fish soup was indeed a lot more comfortable.

"Xiao Ai's steak is also well made. This is my first time to eat bear meat."

Because there was no knife and fork on hand, it could only be cut into small pieces and picked up with chopsticks. Sakurajima Mai ate the bear meat in her mouth and showed a surprised expression.

"Although it's a bit hard, it tastes pretty good, and the gravy is also full..."

"I was wondering if this bear oil would work. Now it seems to be pretty good."

Duanmu Huai laughed and then began to eat.

The two had been hungry for almost a day. Duanmu Huai was not to mention, and Mai Sakurajima was already starving. Although she didn't eat much normally, she let go of her appetite and ate a lot this time.

"Huh........."

After Duanmu Huai finished eating, he sat aside contentedly and let out a sigh.

"It's so comfortable. Bear paws are really delicious."

"I still can't eat that thing."

Unlike Duanmu Huai, Mai kept a distance from bear paws, as if she just didn't want to eat something that looked like a human hand.

"So you're still not hungry enough. If you were hungry enough, you would eat raw food, not to mention cooked food."

"Fortunately, I'm not that hungry yet."

At this point, Duanmu Huai laughed.

"By the way, Mai, have you ever heard of the saying 'You can't have your cake and eat it too'?"

"Yes, it means that when faced with two important choices, it is difficult to take both into account, so you have to make a choice."

"But now, we have eaten the fish and we have eaten the bear's paw."

Duanmu Huai patted his belly.

"So this saying is no longer true."

"Is that so?"

"That's right, as long as you have the ability to kill both the fish and the bear, then you can naturally have both. In the final analysis, not being able to take both into account is just a lack of ability."

"But most people in this world are not capable enough."

"Maybe that's right."

Duanmu Huai curled his lips.

"So this saying is more of an excuse for them, because you can't have both, so you have to give up one of them. In the final analysis, it's just that they realize that it's not that they don't want it, but that they simply can't do it."

"Yes, it's simply that they can't do it."

Sakurajima Mai held the fish soup and sighed silently.

"It would be great if there was really a way to have the best of both worlds."

"Where can there be the best of both worlds in this world?"

"You just said that as long as you have enough ability, you can have both the fish and the bear's paw."

"But I'm talking about the fish and the bear."

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders, and Sakurajima Mai rolled her eyes at him.

"I don't want this kind of brain teaser."

"Whoosh---!"

At the same time, the sound of whistling wind came from outside the window again, making the window creak. Duanmu Huai stood up and fixed the window again to make sure it would not be blown open suddenly.

"It seems that the snow will not stop for a while... Why did the director choose this time to shoot?"

Duanmu Huai complained speechlessly. His and Sakurajima Mai's mobile phones were broken when they fell off the cliff, leaving only a pile of plastic fragments, which were completely unusable. Speaking of which, with the telecommunications environment in Japan, even if the mobile phone is intact, it will not receive a signal in the deep mountains.

"Next time when shooting, I must ask the director to check the local weather conditions in advance."

This point must be written in the memo.