"Huh, I...I don't even know what I'm saying! Ugh, it's all Lin-gege's fault for suddenly saying those super bold things, which has made me all confused."

"Alright, alright, it's late, I won't argue with you anymore. Just go to the bathroom, I'll stand right there, don't worry."

"ah?"

Didn't we say we were supposed to keep an eye on her?

Hua Lingyao didn't react for a moment until Lorraine walked to the other side of the rock, leaned against it with her gun, and then she finally realized that what he meant by "I will take good care of her" was that he would protect her.

In reality, she completely misunderstood the meaning.

Once Hanabi Haruka realized this, she was so ashamed that she almost wanted to commit suicide on the spot.

——

Just as Hua Lingyao was using the restroom, at her most relaxed moment, she suddenly heard a strange rustling sound beside her.

When she turned her head and looked down, a serpentine creature in the darkness was wriggling toward her.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

A piercing scream mingled with the girl's panicked cries.

Lorraine was so frightened she was almost stunned.

"Holy crap, what happened?!"

"Brother Lin, help! There's a snake!!!"

Lorraine had barely turned around and taken two steps when she turned around.

Hua Lingyao stumbled out before she could even pull up her clothes. Seeing Luo Lin, she lunged at him, crashing into his arms, screaming. She clung to him tightly with one arm, pointing in the direction she'd come from, her words incoherent, "Brother Lin, over there... over there... snake! snake! snake!!!"

Lorraine glanced over and saw that there really was a small snake, and it was a non-venomous one.

He was terrified, thinking something terrible had happened.

"Xiaoyao, calm down."

"Brother Lin, help! Chase it away! I almost got bitten by it just now."

"Don't you have other more important things to do than this?"

"Quickly chase it away, I hope I wasn't bitten? No, right? No, right???"

Compared to Hanabishi Haruka, who was completely unable to calm down at this moment due to her excitement.

Lorraine didn't say anything more.

In front of the other person, in silence, he first held the other person down, then personally helped the other person pull up their clothes that they hadn't put on properly, and even turned his face away.

"Huh?"

Until this moment.

Hua Lingyao finally realized that she had been so focused on the snake that she hadn't even noticed that she had run out without putting on any clothes.

Lorraine has now helped her get dressed.

Coupled with the other person's usual considerate smile, and the final gesture of putting their arm around her shoulder and patting her to comfort her.

Hua Lingyao's fair face immediately turned bright red at a visible speed.

She covered her face with her hands; at that moment, she truly wished she could commit suicide on the spot.

Surprisingly, she didn't scream or show any signs of panic.

She simply covered her face with her hands, stood there silently, feeling incredibly ashamed.

at last.

Lorraine took the initiative to speak.

"Once you're done using the toilet, it's time to go back to sleep."

Hua Lingyao didn't say anything, she just nodded silently.

Lorraine patted her head to comfort her.

——

But just as he turned around, preparing to go back to the campfire to continue his post, Hua Lingyao suddenly reached out and grabbed the hem of his clothes.

"Xiaoyao?"

"Just now... Brother Lin saw all those embarrassing parts of me, didn't he?"

"What did you see? I sat by the campfire the whole night, focused on guard duty, and didn't go anywhere."

"But……"

"No matter who asks me, I will give the same answer, since no one will see it anyway."

"Brother Lin..."

Understood.

Hua Lingyao understood everything and her eyes filled with gratitude. "Thank you, Brother Lin."

"Let's go back."

"Um."