Chu Moqing said to the people behind him, "You guys go back. We'll go back to the base to rest for the night and come back tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then be careful on your way."

The group wanted to see what the girl in the captain's arms looked like, but unfortunately the captain was covered up too tightly.

After everyone left, Wei Chi couldn't help but tease, "Team Leader You, you're so eager, did you get a number in the lottery?"

You Ziming's face darkened: "Get lost."

Wei Chi laughed loudly: "Haha, I get it, I get it. Let's go back, I'm exhausted."

Ye Ling peeked out from You Ziming's arms, looked around, and saw that someone was watching them in the dark. She said to them, "Let's leave here first, and then go in."

The four figures quickly disappeared into the darkness.

In a deserted place, they returned to the space.

Wen Mengxia had been waiting for Chu Moqing to return. Upon seeing him, she rushed over and threw herself into his arms, still shaken, and said, "Do you know what I've been through today?"

Chu Moqing noticed her trembling and a red mark on her cheek, and he quickly asked, "What happened? Are you injured?"

Ye Ling and Wei Chi left quietly, giving them some space.

Wei Chi walked beside Ye Ling, looked around but didn't see any familiar figures, and asked, "Lingling, is Modi alright? Is she hurt?"

Ye Ling stopped and said to him, "They're not injured, but they're frightened. We went to the underground river today and encountered many terrifying scenes. They were quite frightened today."

Wei Chi looked panicked and ran off, leaving behind the words "I'll go take a look."

Ye Ling watched his retreating figure, sighed silently, and then slipped into Ye Tianfei's room.

Although Ye Tianfei's fever had subsided, he was still unconscious.

Ye Jingyan was guarding Ye Tianfei's room. When he saw Ye Ling coming over, he got up to greet her: "He's fine, don't worry."

Ye Ling checked on Ye Tianfei and found that apart from being a little weak, he was indeed fine.

Ye Ling pulled Ye Jingyan's hand: "Let's go outside and talk."

The two entered the hall and found only Wen Yanchen, Ye Boxuan, and Ye Jinyan; there was no one else there.

Not seeing Ye Yanling, she asked curiously, "Hey, where's Fifth Brother? What's he doing?"

She didn't use her divine sense to search; she just casually asked Wen Yanchen and the others.

Wen Yanchen shook his head: "I don't know. He stayed in his room after he came back and didn't come out."

Ye Jingyan: "Never mind him, let's go eat first, and then we can discuss what happened today."

Ye Ling nodded: "I'm actually hungry, let's eat first. Are you sure we don't need to worry about Fifth Brother?"

"Need not."

Ling's room at the night banquet.

He was biting the nib of his pen, his brow furrowed, while the trash can was already overflowing with crumpled paper.

"How should I write this self-criticism? I don't think I did anything wrong."

He scratched his head in frustration, recalling the scene of him and Ye Ling doing that, and muttered, "She enjoyed it too... no, there were times when I made her cry."

But...she's so beautiful, so alluring, I wish I could die on top of her, so it's normal to lose control a little, right?

He was devastated: "Ugh, why did I have to show off in front of my older brother? Now look what's going to happen, three thousand words, how am I supposed to write them?"

Suddenly, he heard Ye Ling's voice coming from downstairs. He quickly ran to the window, looked up, and saw his darling being led by his older brother in one hand and by Wen Huli in the other, walking towards the restaurant.

He wanted to call out to her, but the thought of having to write a self-criticism immediately dampened his spirits.

He could only watch them walk away helplessly.

He took a deep breath, quickly returned to his desk, looked down at the blank paper, and thought that if he didn't finish writing soon, he would have no chance in this lottery.

No, absolutely not, he has to participate!

He picked up his pen again: My dearest elder brother, I have deeply reflected on my actions...