Wen Qing lowered his head, looked at Ye Ye holding his hand tightly, and couldn't help asking: "What did you say?"

Ye Ye let go reluctantly, his fingertips still seemed to feel the touch of Wen Qing's skin, which was a little hot.

He did not repeat what he just said, but emphasized the point as if nothing had happened: "I just saved you."

Wen Qing pursed her lips: "Thank you so much."

Ye Ye suppressed the corners of his mouth that were trying to rise: "You're welcome."

During the conversation, the dark shadow outside the door did not leave.

After a while, there was another knock on the door.

“Dongdong——”

Wen Qing lowered his head and looked at the shadow that was shorter than his knees, frowning slightly.

Just now, because of Ye Ye's interruption, he didn't feel anything about this, but now that he was sober, looking at the blurry black shadow so close, with the ethereal BGM playing in his ears, Wen Qing's heart began to feel uneasy.

It turns out that things that you are afraid of when you are alone will also be afraid of when you are with someone.

Wen Qing pinched his palms and stared closely at the dark shadow at the door.

“Dongdong——”

Wen Qing glanced at Li Ran, who had fallen asleep because of the singing.

She closed her eyes and hugged the quilt. Perhaps because she heard a knock on the door, she slowly turned over and continued to sleep.

“Dongdong——”

This time the knock on the door was louder.

Li Ran was woken up. She kicked the quilt away, stood up, squinted her eyes, and walked to the door in a daze.

Wen Qing quickly grabbed her, fearing that she would open the door.

Li Ran paused, his eyes confused, obviously he was half asleep.

"Knock knock--" the black shadow knocked on the door again.

Li Ran scratched his hair, kicked the door, and yelled at the top of his voice, "Knock your mother! Knock your mother!"

"How dare you come knocking on my door so late at night? I, your father, work hard during the day, and I don't have enough food or warm clothes, but you don't let me sleep at night?"

"Fuck you little bastard! Your dad will open the door for you now, don't run away if you dare!"

As he said that, Li Ran kicked the door hard again.

Wen Qing opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Ran in shock.

Ye Ye was also stunned, leaning against the wall without moving.

Li Ran rolled up his sleeves angrily and grasped the door handle with his right hand.

The cool temperature of the door handle passed through my palm, calming me down a bit.

Li Ran slowly woke up. She blinked and looked at the two stunned brothers beside her. The words she had said in her sleep just now echoed in her mind.

Good guy...

Li Ran pulled the corners of his mouth and forced out a shy smile: "Well... I'm not like this usually."

Wen nodded lightly, thinking, you are not usually like this.

Li Ran explained in a low voice: "I just felt a little grumpy when I woke up. I was a little sleepy just now."

Ye Ye came back to his senses and couldn't help but applaud her: "So this is what you would do when you are confused."

"Wen Qing and I really saved the life of the thing outside the door by stopping you."

Li Ran: “…”

Wen Qing: “…”

Wen Qing lowered his head and glanced at the door.

The black shadow disappeared at some point, and the frosted door returned to its original appearance.

"It's gone." Wen Qing said.

Li Ran looked down and frowned slightly: "Will it go to find someone else?"

Wen Qing tilted his head and looked out through the transparent circle on the door. There was no one on the beach.

The house was well soundproofed, and apart from the eerie singing, they could not hear anything outside.

"Is there anyone outside?" Li Ran asked.

"No." Wen Qing shook his head, stepped aside, and motioned Li Ran to look for himself.

Li Ran took a step forward and stood by the door looking out.

The transparent circle is not big and can barely be seen by one person.

Ye Ye walked forward to take a look after Li Ran finished reading.

Wen Qing stood behind them and felt that the scene looked familiar.

He pondered for a while and felt that this scene was a bit like the kittens and puppies locked in cages in a pet store, looking at the outside world through the only window.

As I was thinking about it, the humming sound in my ears gradually became lighter and disappeared.

Ye Ye turned around and said calmly: "No one is in trouble."

"Tonight should be Christmas Eve."

Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief, walked quickly to his "bed", and said to Wen Qing and Ye Ye: "I'm glad you're okay. I'm going to sleep. Good night."

After saying that, she crawled into bed and closed her eyes. After a moment, her breathing became calm, as if she had fallen asleep.

Seeing this, Wen Qing didn't call her to go to bed anymore.

He climbed into bed and covered himself with the quilt.

Soon, the bed sank.

Wen Qing turned his head and saw Ye Ye sleeping very naturally on the other side of the bed, on his right side.

Ye Ye covered herself with the quilt and turned sideways to face him.

Although the bed is very big, there is only one quilt.

Wen Qing closed his eyes, and soon he felt the scorching heat coming from his right side.

He was a little uncomfortable and hesitated for a while, then stood up and stuffed his clothes and pillows into the middle of the bed to separate the two of them.

Ye Ye opened his eyes, looked at the pillow between them with dissatisfaction, and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing?"

"I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"

Wen Qing yawned, adjusted the position of his pillow, and said casually, "I'm afraid I'll take advantage of you."

Ye Ye: “…”

"We should sleep separately."

After saying that, Wen Qing turned over and slept with his back to Ye Ye, regardless of Ye Ye's reaction.

Ye Ye stared at the pillow between them for a while, frowned, and lay down without disturbing Wen Qing's sleep.

He closed his eyes, and several inexplicable thoughts flashed through his mind.

The pillow is warm and light, the quilt is warm and light, the bed is warm and light...

Ye Ye pursed his lips, and there was a warm fragrance between his lips and teeth.

His whole body seemed to be marinated in the warm and light aroma.

Ye Ye was dazed and felt an itchy sensation in his nose.

Something warm came out of my nose.

Ye Ye raised his hand and wiped his nose, bleeding.

Yeah, I'm getting angry.

It was great to eat at night.

*****

The next morning, when Wen Qing woke up, the room was filled with the scent of grapefruit.

He opened his eyes and saw Ye Ye sitting at the table peeling a pomelo.

Judging from the results on the table, he had already finished one and was peeling the second one.

Seeing Wen Qing wake up, Ye Ye said calmly: "Eat grapefruit for breakfast."

Wen Qing looked at him blankly.

Ye Ye explained calmly: "Reduce the fire."

Wen Qing was even more confused.

Li Ran caught the key word "breakfast" in his dream, and sat up with a somersault. Before he opened his eyes, he said to Ye Ye: "I, I want to reduce my fever."

Ye Ye: “…”

Wen Qing slowly got up from the bed, washed his face and brushed his teeth.

Ye Ye peeled a plate of fruit pulp and placed it next to him.

Wen Qing politely thanked him: "Thank you."

Having just gotten up, his voice had a slight nasal tone and sounded a little slimy.

Ye Ye's nose was itching again, so he peeled the pomelo and stuffed big chunks of it into his mouth.

"Don't talk."

Wen Qing looked at him suspiciously.

While eating, Ye Ye said vaguely: "Don't talk while eating."

Wen Qing looked at him and thought, he's sick again.

He nodded perfunctorily and lowered his head to eat his grapefruit.

Not long after, a girl with a ponytail approached, stood not far away, and looked into the house frequently.

Wen Qing looked at her for a while, and when he realized that the person she was looking at was actually Li Ran, he motioned for Li Ran to look over there.

Li Ran looked back, stood up and said, "I'm going out for a while."

After a few minutes, Li Ran came back.

She got straight to the point and said, "Yang Ying is here to say thank you."

Wen Qing was a little confused: "Thank you for what?"

"Well..." Li Ran paused and said slowly, "On my way here last night, I reminded them that the rules didn't specify that they had to sleep in a room by themselves, so they should have slept together."

Wen Qing suddenly realized, no wonder last night was Christmas Eve.

It's always safer with several people than alone.

Li Ran continued, "She also said they decided to go to the canine museum in the afternoon, and I said we haven't confirmed it yet."

"Where are we going this afternoon?"

Ye Ye narrowed his eyes and slowly reminded: "If the aquarium must issue three stamps at a time, you can go to the aquarium in a team of three."

Li Ran asked quietly: "So are we going to the aquarium again today?"

Wen Qing lowered his eyes and looked at the abrasion on Li Ran's palm. The wound was actually very small and had already scabbed over.

The aquarium is in the sea...

After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and said, "Let's go tomorrow, when your wounds are fully healed."

Li Ran nodded.

Wen Qing: "Let's go to the canines too."

"good."

Because the aquarium was dangerous, the three of them did not leave the room or go near the beach during the morning break.

It was not until half past eleven that we set out for the lobby.

The lobby was quiet and no one was chatting.

From their seating arrangement, Wen Qing could see that they were divided into two groups. Teacher Fang and Fang Yuan, the two people who got the aquarium stamp, sat together, while the other four people who didn't get the stamp sat together.

At exactly twelve o'clock, Sikong appeared at the door of the rest area on time.

Wen Qing got in the car and whispered, "We're all going to the canines."

Sikong responded and drove everyone to the canine museum.

This venue is not much different from the orangutan house and the bear house. The sightseeing bus is parked at the edge of the forest, and there are signs on the roadside with precautions.

Everyone walked over to the sign to check it out.

【Notes on the Canine Museum】

1. Canines include dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, etc.

2. Most canines are social animals. Please do not visit in groups to avoid disturbing the animals.

3. Don’t worry if you encounter a pack of jackals or wolves during your visit. The animals in this venue will not attack lone animals or tourists.

4. If you are accidentally attacked and injured by animals, be sure to leave the park as soon as possible.

5. The Canine Museum closes at 18:00 every day.

6. Because the roads to the Canine Zoo are complicated, there are road signs to guide tourists to the exit. After the tourists finish their tour, the park will automatically issue stamps to them.

…

This time I'm going to tour alone.

Having already been to the bear house, the players did not react much to the solo tour this time.

After a while, someone said, "Let's go in one by one."

"Who's first?"

"Me." Xu Qiangfeng raised his hand and walked straight in.

Soon, the second person came in.

The last person to enter was Yang Ying. Before she entered, she walked to Li Ran's side and said softly, "I'll go in first."

Li Ran nodded.

Ye Ye frowned when he saw that he would be traveling alone.

Li Ran said slowly: "Who of us goes in first?"

Ye Ye: "Whatever."

Li Ran looked at Ye Ye, then at Wen Qing, and whispered, "Then I'll go in first."

She turned around and took two steps, then paused and turned back to say, "Brother, you guys—"

Ye Ye glanced at her and said, "Don't be such a phoenix."

Li Ran shut up immediately. She did want to say something about jackals.

"I'm still silent. I'm leaving."

"Wait a minute," Ye Ye took out a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao and a bandage from his pocket and threw them to Li Ran, "Be careful."

Li Ran was stunned for a moment: "Thank you, brother."

After Li Ran left, Ye Ye lowered his eyes and said to Wen Qing: "You go in first, and I'll go in last."

Wen Qing nodded and was about to walk in when his collar was grabbed.

"Here, take it."

As Ye Ye finished speaking, there was something extra in Wen Qing's arms.

He lowered his head and saw the dagger that Ye Ye had wanted to use many times.

Wen Qing was stunned: "I don't need this."

Ye Ye frowned, feeling inexplicably uneasy.

"Take it, just in case."

Wen Qing opened his mouth, but before he could utter the first word, Ye Ye pushed him into the stadium.

Ye Ye said fiercely: "If I tell you to hold it, just hold it. If any blind dog comes up to you, just chop it up..."

"Do you understand?"

Wen Qing put away the dagger and nodded obediently: "I understand."

Ye Ye hummed: "Let's go."

"See you later."

"See you later."

Wen Qing walked into the forest. This forest was similar to the previous two forests.

The biggest difference is the road signs that appear from time to time.

A red road sign is nailed to a tree, showing the direction.

Wen Qing walked along the signs and after half an hour, he arrived at the edge of a lake.

He was stunned. The lake on the map was on the edge, quite far away from the exit.

Why did the sign lead him here?

Did he take a detour?

Just as he was thinking, Wen Qing suddenly heard a slight noise.

“Pah—”

“Pah—”

It was as if something was slapping on the ground.

Wen Qing's face turned pale, and he silently said that curiosity killed the cat, then turned and left.

After taking only two steps, he saw the source of the noise.

It was a red and yellow koi, flapping its wings on the ground by the lake, and no one knew how it jumped out.

Wen Qing stared into its eyes, hesitated for a while, bent down, picked up the koi, and wanted to put it back into the water.

He casually glanced at the road sign ahead and his body suddenly froze.

In this area, all the road signs visible to the naked eye point to this lake.

Plus there was this koi that appeared inexplicably on the ground.

Even though Wen Qing was slow to react, he realized something was wrong and immediately let go and ran away.

As soon as he lifted his feet, a clear sound of water came from the lake behind him.

Something grabbed his feet and pulled him toward the lake.

Wen Qing lost his balance and fell backwards.

The moment he fell into the lake, the black fish tail wrapped around his legs.