Not long after, Gu Ze brought back a bundle of branches and some dead leaves filled with clothes for burning.
He smoked, so he always carried a lighter with him. Now the water in the lighter had been blown dry by the wind. He skillfully used the limited materials to light a bonfire for Xu Nuo.
The moment the flames started, Gu Ze turned around and walked into the darkness.
"You roast the clothes first. I'll step aside and won't peek."
He walked very quickly, behaved very gentlemanly and gracefully.
But only he himself knew that he only did that to avoid the fire from rising and Xu Nuo from seeing the wound on his calf.
When he walked far enough, Gu Ze couldn't help but sit down, holding on to a big tree beside him. He used a lighter to shine on the wound on his calf. There was a relatively thick branch stuck there, directly across the side of his calf. The slightest touch caused a piercing pain.
"I guess it's not possible to pull it out, but you're so long, won't she see it?"
Gu Ze took a deep breath, took off his coat, bit the sleeve, then reached out and broke off the excess parts on both sides.
"Um... uh..."
He acted skillfully, but after he was done, the cold sweat on his forehead wet his hair, his whole body was shaking, and his vision was blacking out.
"No, I can't sleep, I have to go back!"
Gu Ze held on to the big tree he was leaning against and managed to stand up, but the injury on his leg was not enough to complete what he wanted to do, so he fell down.
"waste……"
With a curse under his breath, Gu Ze was so angry at himself that he had never felt so powerless as he did right now.
*
After Xu Nuo dried all the clothes, he saw that the fire had died down, so he picked up some more firewood from the surrounding area, but he still didn't wait for Gu Ze to come back.
Thinking that he was in trouble, they quickly chased in the direction he left, but before they took two steps, Gu Ze came back holding a long branch.
"Gu Ze, what's wrong with your leg?"
"I'm fine. I just didn't see the road clearly and fell and sprained my ankle."
"Ah? Is it serious? Let me see it quickly."
"Don't move." Gu Ze stopped Xu Nuo's movements, "The wound is at the base of your thigh. Are you sure you want to see it?"
"Big. Thigh root?"
"Yeah, inside the thigh."
Xu Nuo's face turned red instantly.
"So are you really...really okay?"
"Maybe if you take a look, everything will be fine."
Gu Ze deliberately lowered his head and said this in Xu Nuo's ear, but Xu Nuo raised his head and pushed him, causing him to fall to the ground.
"Are you okay?"
Xu Nuo hurried to help him up, and Gu Ze cried out in pain, "Something happened, it hurts."
The more he said this, the less Xu Nuo believed that he was in trouble. A big boss would never tell others about his injury like this.
Thinking he was joking, Xu Nuo ignored him. But he still reached out and helped him up from the ground, and helped him back to sit in the cave.
"You can just iron the clothes here. I just moved the fire a little closer."
Xu Nuo turned around after settling Gu Ze down, but he didn't dare to go too far like him.
"If you have any inconvenience, I can lend you a hand, and I promise not to peek."
"Oh, but what if I want you to peek?"
"Gu Ze! If you continue to act like a hooligan like this, I will be angry!"
Seeing her serious tone, Gu Ze stopped talking. He endured the dizziness, dried his shirt, and then spoke.
"Let's sleep back to back like this, so I can't act like a hooligan." After a pause, he added, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to you."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
