Jiang Jue stared at his intimate actions, torn between leaving as a gentleman and staying to avoid disturbing his sleep.

His face remained expressionless, his demeanor calm and undisturbed, except for his jade-like earlobes, which were momentarily tinged with the rosy glow of the sunset.

Time flowed silently until Jiang Jue's ears were no longer red and his thoughts were clear, at which point he thought of getting up.

However, at this moment, Xi Xingxue opened her eyes first.

His expression was still somewhat blank, his eyes were misty and clear, staring straight at Jiang Jue, causing Jiang Jue's originally steady heartbeat to quicken slightly again.

"Jiang Jue, what are you doing here..." Xi Xingxue realized, "Oh, you got food poisoning because of me!"

"I'm fine, I'm all better now," Jiang Jue told him softly.

Xi Xingxue asked him a few more questions about his health before getting up to leave.

However, as soon as he stood up, Jiang Jue grabbed him. Caught off guard, Xi Xingxue lost her balance and fell backward, landing straight into his arms.

"!"

Xi Xingxue was stunned when she fell, but luckily there was a cushion beneath her.

He didn't apologize, after all, it was Jiang Jue who deliberately pulled him.

"What’s wrong with you?"

"Have you forgotten something?" Jiang Jue said calmly, "Just now... you were to me."

Xi Xingxue: "I'm done."

Jiang Jue: "You kissed my hand."

Xi Xingxue's pupils contracted slightly, and the air seemed to freeze at that moment.

He thought for a while before he finally sorted out his thoughts. "I think I just dreamt that a cat kept rubbing against me, and it was really, really itchy, so I kissed it to make it stop bothering me."

"So..." Jiang Jue's voice was a little hoarse, with a hint of sexiness, "You mistook me for a cat?"

Xi Xingxue hummed in agreement.

"Oh." Jiang Jue had no choice but to let go of him, and then watched helplessly as he walked out of the tent.

Xi Xingxue paused slightly, feeling that something was off. This Jiang Jue, who used to be so aloof, was now unusually talkative.

Does food poisoning cause a person's personality to change?

............

"After these few days of adjustment, our team's injuries have almost fully recovered, and we are ready to leave Lin Shen's encampment."

Song Jin was having a small meeting upstairs.

The others nodded in agreement: "Although the people in Lin Shen's team aren't too bad, they still don't live as freely in other people's places."

After the short meeting ended, everyone left the meeting place.

Just then, Lin Shen rushed in from outside and stopped Song Jin.

"Captain Song, are you leaving today?"

"right."

"It's fate that we met. I've prepared some food for you. Please do me the honor of trying it."

Lin Shen's attitude was warm and sincere, and Song Jin couldn't refuse, after all, she was really hungry. She hadn't eaten properly for the past few days, and someone had even suffered food poisoning yesterday.

So Lin Shen organized a farewell banquet for them.

It's basically setting up a big pot in an open space and throwing in some simple ingredients; it's commonly known as a simplified version of hot pot.

Just as Xi Xingxue was about to go eat, Lin Shen suddenly appeared.

"Xiaoxue, your food is over here; that belongs to someone else."

Xi Xingxue followed, glanced at Lin Shen suspiciously, and dared not touch her chopsticks until Lin Shen took a bite himself before she followed suit.

Soon, as Xi Xingxue was eating... her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

Lin Shen grabbed him and said, "You're finally mine!"