Xiao He shouted these words very loudly, and they sounded particularly jarring to my ears.

Looking at Xiao He, my heart turned cold: "Whatever decision I make, it's for everyone's safety. If you can't accept this decision, you can leave. I've never asked you to do anything, so I hope you won't ask me to do anything either!"

Xiao He looked at me with a flushed face. This was the first time he had ever lost his composure in all the time we had known each other. But I didn't want to talk to him at all right now.

Chen Jian was so angry that he wanted to turn around and fight with Xiao He several times, but I couldn't be bothered with him. I pulled Chen Jian back and we continued packing our things.

Xiao Qiang grabbed me, her face full of worry: "Xiao He and the others are like those wolves that are eyeing us. I don't feel at ease keeping them around, but if you just send them away like this, they obviously won't leave. This matter with Sihai is going to be troublesome."

Even Xiao Qiang could see this situation, so it goes without saying that everyone else had already figured it out long ago.

I took a deep breath and patted Xiao Qiang on the shoulder: "Don't worry, no matter what happens, I will definitely protect you."

Xiao Qiang sighed helplessly, "Alright then, you guys go ahead and get busy. Xu Wei and I will work with the others to think of a way to make distilled water faster. We need to cook dinner tonight, and everyone's hungry. You go ahead and get busy too, but be careful."

After we finished speaking, we immediately went about our own business, and it wasn't until it was completely dark and a cold wind started to blow that Xiao Qiang called us to eat.

Dinner was similar to stir-fry, because there wasn't much water in it...

Xiao Qiang and the others stewed all the leftover rabbit jerky, fish, sea cucumbers, shrimp, kelp, and crabs they had caught together, sprinkled them with sea salt, and surprisingly, the taste was quite good.

Xiao Qiang said somewhat apologetically that because their movements were too slow and the distillation process took a long time, there was very little water this time.

However, they have already started working overtime to prepare it, and presumably they will be able to enjoy a steaming bowl of soup tomorrow morning.

Chen Jian gets furious whenever this is mentioned, and keeps cursing Xiao He and the others.

However, Xiao He and the others did not eat with us this evening.

They seemed to be grilling fish over a campfire, and a burnt smell permeated the area around the camp, but I couldn't be bothered with them.

When we were going to bed that night, Wang Ping came up to me and said that we should find someone to keep watch tonight. After all, Xiao He and his gang have already gone so far as to kick and smash our water jars. Who knows what strange things they might do next?

I nodded, arranged for a few people to keep watch quietly, and told the rest to get some rest.

When they woke up the next morning, they found that Xiao He and the others were gone, and Yang Rui had also left.

Only the few of us remained at the camp.

After they all left, Bai Wei took a deep breath: "My God, being around them is always so tiring!"

Hearing Bai Wei say that, Chen Jian chuckled and turned to look at Bai Wei: "Hey Bai, do you think everyone gets tired of working with you? And you're criticizing others!"

Bai Wei wasn't angry when he heard Chen Jian say that; he just chuckled at Chen Jian.

"Alright, kid, stop pretending to be innocent after getting the benefits. This morning, Xiao Qiang said she would make soup for everyone, but women are never as efficient as men. Hurry up and go help."

Chen Jian didn't say anything either, and went to the beach with Bai Wei and the others to soak up the seawater.

Looking at Bai Wei's retreating figure, Wang Ping chuckled and said with a touch of emotion, "I really didn't expect that President Bai would actually put aside his airs and gradually integrate into everyone's group during this time. In that case, none of us will be so tired anymore."

After sighing, Wang Ping exclaimed "Huh?" and turned to look at the crowd: "Hey, where's Lin Xubo?"

I turned my head and glanced around, but I didn't see Lin Xubo. However, when I looked at Wang Ping, I felt somewhat relieved.

After all, Lin Xubo had been colluding with Xiao He and Yang Rui before, so perhaps they had already reached some kind of agreement.

"Have everyone check around us to see if anything is missing. That bastard Lin Xubo is always clumsy."

Upon hearing my words, Wang Ping immediately became alert and quickly gathered the others to begin inspecting our camp's belongings.

However, this camp was newly built, and there weren't many things to begin with. But after searching around, Wang Ping gritted his teeth in anger and said that the two big axes we made before were missing.

The axe was originally placed in the pile of tools near the rocks. In addition to the two axes, there was also the kitchen knife we ​​usually used, as well as the weapons made of iron blocks that we brought with us when we escaped from that camp.

Those two axes are now the main tools among our equipment, because they are useful for chopping wood and splitting firewood.

But now these two axes are gone, and it's really heartbreaking to think about it.

But it's obvious without even guessing that it must be that bastard Lin Xubo.

After all, even if Xiao He and his gang were really bad, they probably wouldn't have noticed the two axes, so it could only be Lin Xubo.

Wang Ping was furious, and Chen Jian, upon learning of this, was also enraged: "No way, I'm going to find that bastard! He's really pushing his luck, he's asking for it! I'll make sure he never learns why the flowers are so red, or I'm not Chen!"

Wang Ping quickly grabbed him: "Alright, they don't know when they left or where they went. If you just barge into the woods like this, where are you going to look for them? Besides, there are five or six of them on the other side. Do you think you can beat them?"

Liu Jiaojiao, holding Miracle, also came over and glared at Chen Jian.

“What Brother Wang Ping said makes a lot of sense. You should calm down. Besides, we’re running out of food. We’ve been eating fish all this time, and now every time I burp, I smell fish. I think we should all think of other ways to get some food. If we really can’t get wild boar or anything like that, maybe we still have some short-legged birds left from that grove of bushes?”

Liu Jiaojiao has indeed lost weight recently; her face is starting to look quite thin.

Although the child is very energetic, she is still growing and her mother is not eating well, so she doesn't get much nutrition. Now all that's left of her is a pair of big, bright eyes.

When Chen Jian heard Liu Jiaojiao say that, his expression turned somewhat guilty.

"Sigh, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have gotten angry with them back then. If I had known that Lin Xubo, that bastard, would also leave with Xiao He and the others, I would have kept that axe with me."

After saying that, he sighed again and kept blaming himself, but there's only a thousand years of being a thief, how can there be a thousand years of guarding against thieves?

I told Chen Jianxian not to be angry, but what Liu Jiaojiao said was right. We really should think of some other things to eat now, otherwise everyone might not be able to hold on.