Chapter 225 I Owe You

The group found a spot near the river and stopped to rest.

It was already evening, and after putting their things down, everyone prepared to go to sleep.

Yan Yu continued to follow Shen Jin, deciding that he would sleep wherever Shen Jin slept.

"Can you please stop following me?" Shen Jin turned to look at Yan Yu and asked helplessly.

Before, when Yan Yu wanted to sleep with him, he was too lazy to kick Yan Yu out and let Yan Yu sleep with him. Now, ever since what happened with Yan Yu that night, he always felt that it would be particularly awkward when the two of them were alone together.

"I'm afraid there might be snakes at night." Yan Yu hesitated for a moment before using this as an excuse.

Shen Jin was somewhat afraid of snakes, and upon hearing Yan Yu's words, he was speechless for a moment.

In the end, Shen Jin was too lazy to say anything more to Yan Yu, so he just let him follow. Anyway, even if he didn't let him, Yan Yu would always find some reason to follow him, and he couldn't get rid of him no matter what.

Afterwards, Shen Jin found a place to lie down, and Yan Yu quickly sat down next to him.

After a while, Yan Yu took out a bottle of mosquito repellent and sprayed it carefully on Shen Jin's exposed arms, and sprayed the rest of his body as well.

It's summer now, and there are mosquitoes at night, so Yan Yu always makes sure to do this job very well.

After spraying Shen Jin, Yan Yu immediately put away the floral water.

"You didn't even spray it yourself," Shen Jin said, looking at Yan Yu.

Upon hearing Shen Jin's words, Yan Yu paused for a moment, then said, "Ah, I forgot."

So Yan Yu took out the floral water and sprayed it on himself.

Seeing Yan Yu's actions, Shen Jin awkwardly looked away, turned over, and faced away from Yan Yu.

Yan Yu always does this: he thinks of him first, but forgets everything else.

A moment later, Shen Jin turned back to look at Yan Yu. Yan Yu was startled by Shen Jin's action, put down the floral water in his hand, and looked at Shen Jin: "Shen Jin?"

"Can you please stop doing this every time?" Shen Jin said, looking at Yan Yu.

Upon hearing Shen Jin's words, Yan Yu frowned in confusion.

"What's wrong with me?" Yan Yu asked cautiously, afraid of upsetting Shen Jin.

"You don't have to be so nice to me every time, it's unnecessary." Shen Jin took a deep breath and explained to Yan Yu in detail.

Yan Yu was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes, and nervously pinched the floral water in his hand.

“I owe you.” After a long while, Yan Yu said to Shen Jin.

"I've already said it, the past is the past. When I decided to let go of the past, you no longer owed me anything. You don't need to be nice to me anymore. It's unnecessary and won't lead to anything," Shen Jin said to Yan Yu with some helplessness.

Yan Yu listened quietly to Shen Jin's words, his head bowed, without saying a word.

Seeing Yan Yu like this, Shen Jin knew that he wouldn't listen to what he said.

So, Shen Jin sighed helplessly, flipped through the pages, looked at the starry sky, and stopped paying attention to Yan Yu.

Yan Yu continued what he was doing, then lay down next to Shen Jin and looked at the starry sky with her.

Before he knew it, Shen Jin had fallen asleep.

After Yan Yu sensed that Shen Jin's breathing had evened out, he turned to look at Shen Jin, his eyes filled with a multitude of emotions.

"Fool, even if there's no result, it's still something I did willingly." Yan Yu looked at the sleeping Shen Jin and whispered in a slightly hoarse voice.

After saying that, Yan Yu leaned over and gently kissed Shen Jin's forehead.

The next morning, everyone woke up one after another.

After washing up and having breakfast, I continued to search for my destination using the map.

Since the map wasn't very accurate, it wouldn't be possible to find it quickly, so everyone was in no hurry and leisurely searched and played along the way.

Half a month passed, and they still hadn't found their destination.

"It's been so long, surely it's impossible to find it now?" After half a month without finding it, one of the tomb raiders couldn't help but ask.

“I think so. That map is completely fabricated; very few places are accurate,” another tomb raider quickly replied.

He had been carrying the map the whole time, but as they walked further, they realized there were too many errors in it, so they put it away and stopped using it.

"So, does this mean it's pretty much over?" Yan Yu asked, listening to their conversation.

“I think so,” the tomb raider replied to Yan Yu.

Yan Yu wasn't surprised by this answer at all. After all, they hadn't found it for so many days, so this seemed to be the only possibility.

Although their search for their destination had fallen through, they didn't seem to care. They remained nonchalant, and no one showed any negative emotions.

"It doesn't matter. If we can't find it, so be it. We can just treat this as a trip for fun," Chen Jin said.

Anyway, he didn't really care about treasures or anything like that. The scenery on this island was actually very beautiful, and it was already quite good that he could stay here for so long.

“Yes, what Ah Jin said makes a lot of sense.” One of the tomb raiders smiled and nodded in agreement with Shen Jin’s words.

“Haha, that’s right. Anyway, this island is huge, and there are still many places we haven’t explored. If we can’t find it, we can just keep exploring along the way.” Another tomb raider chimed in.

Yan Yu listened quietly. He had no objection to such matters. As long as he could be with Shen Jin, he was willing to go anywhere without any problem.

So, no one paid any more attention to the destination and just treated it as a trip for fun.

So, we stopped following the map and just went wherever we pleased, still having a great time.

And so, the group continued playing for another month.

A month passed quickly, and it felt almost unnoticed. The group had traveled further and further away, and the scenery was gradually changing.

What used to be dense forests is now almost gone, replaced by many ancient buildings.

Although they had seen ancient buildings like this when they first arrived on the island, they had never seen so many as they had now.

Previously, you could only see one or two occasionally, but now they are appearing in large, dense patches, looking like places where ancient people lived.

"It really feels like we're on vacation," Shen Jin said with a laugh as they walked.

Hearing his words, the others also smiled.

"Anyway, we can't find the place we're going to, so this is actually quite good," one of the tomb raiders said with a laugh.

Shen Jin smiled and nodded.

Afterwards, the group continued to admire these ancient buildings.

Yan Yu still remembered that Shen Jin was almost hit by falling wood in the ruins of that ancient house last time, so Yan Yu followed Shen Jin closely.

"Shen Jin, slow down." Yan Yu reminded him when he saw that Shen Jin was walking faster.

However, Shen Jin was so focused on admiring the buildings in front of him that he didn't hear Yan Yu's words.

Shen Jin took some photos that interested him with his camera, still taking large strides.

Seeing Shen Jin like this, Yan Yu was worried that Shen Jin would fall because he wasn't watching where he was going and was walking so fast. So Yan Yu reached out and grabbed Shen Jin's hand. Shen Jin was stunned for a moment, stopped, and turned to look at Yan Yu.

"Slow down, don't go so fast, it's not safe here," Yan Yu said to Shen Jin.

Hearing Yan Yu's words, Shen Jin felt somewhat helpless.

"I'm fine," Shen Jin could only reply to Yan Yu.

After saying that, Shen Jin withdrew his hand, turned around and continued walking. Yan Yu glanced at Shen Jin, wanting to remind him to slow down again, but in the end he didn't call out and just followed him.

Before long, the group arrived at a place with a high density of ancient buildings, and they all stopped at the same time.

The ancient buildings in front of them clearly indicate that it was once a city, and a very large one at that. Even though it is now in a state of disrepair, one can still see the prosperity it once enjoyed.

“Here…” A tomb raider stared blankly at the building in front of him and uttered a sound.

At this moment, a tomb raider rushed forward, his expression filled with excitement.

Shen Jin glanced at him. He knew that this person was the one with the best history knowledge among these tomb raiders. Whenever there was something about the past, he was the one who would explain it to everyone.

"This looks like Zhelong City!" The tomb raider looked closely at the scene before him, then turned around and excitedly said to the crowd.

"Zhelong City?" Yan Yu frowned in confusion.

Others don't know much about it either.

The tomb raider knew they would react this way, so he took out a book from his backpack and opened it for everyone to see.

"Look, this is it, Zhelong City," the tomb raider continued to explain to the group.

Everyone looked up at that book.

The tomb raider was pointing to a spot that was a rather simple painting, but compared to the city in front of them, it did indeed have many similarities.

“Look, isn’t this the place?” the tomb raider continued.

Everyone nodded subconsciously.

"Back then, Zhelong City was a very prosperous and thriving city. The people in the city were basically self-sufficient and did not need to rely on others. It is said that someone saw a lurking dragon in this city, so the city was named Zhelong City." The tomb raider was afraid that the crowd still did not understand, so he explained in detail.

Everyone listened attentively, finding it very interesting.

"Anyway, I never expected this city to actually exist. In short, we're incredibly lucky," the tomb raider excitedly recounted before concluding.

Upon hearing his words, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.