Chapter 74 Don't look, I'm sorry
The team was originally full of laughter and joy, but within less than two hours everyone lost the desire to talk and just kept walking because they were so tired!
After the initial excitement of entering the mountain, the sun was scorching, and the stones under my feet were hot, not to mention the occasional steep slopes and overgrown rocks...
There are 12 people in the team, 5 of whom are employees of Leqi branch. They can't stand fatigue even more than the students in the laboratory. After years of working at desks, their physical fitness has been deteriorating.
Especially Wang Yan, she has been using intermittent fasting to lose weight to maintain her good figure. After walking on the mountain road for such a long time, her legs and knees seem to be not her own, and the delicate eye makeup on her face is smudged by sweat. How can she take care of anything else?
"Professor, how far do we have to go? This mountain road is so winding and hard to walk on!"
"Hold on a little longer, we'll soon reach the base. Once we get there, we'll take a good rest."
No matter how gentle Ling Che's voice was, it couldn't warm Wang Yan's heart. At this moment, her ankle hurt as if it was broken, and every step she took was a torture.
Ling Che hadn't noticed any of this. He had been observing Lin Chuchu from the sidelines all along the way. The little girl looked delicate and fragile, so he was afraid that she might fall, bump, sprain her ankle, or get tired...
However, none of these things happened. Lin Chuchu even had the leisure to take pictures of the scenery with her mobile phone?
When he caught her doing something naughty again, the little girl's camera was facing him, and he... only had time to raise the corner of his mouth...
On the other side, Lin Chuchu really thought she was caught taking secret photos. She didn't have time to be surprised and hurriedly shifted the camera. However, she saw from the corner of her eye that Ling Che had already turned his head back. Phew, it was a false alarm.
She admired her masterpiece again, very satisfied, and also quite satisfied with the rubbish system, "System, I finally get the benefits of your sleep aid!"
Lin Chuchu has always been in high spirits, so this little bit of physical fatigue is not enough to make her exhausted.
The group advanced slowly for about forty minutes before reaching the first stronghold. Everyone cheered and rushed forward.
There are folding tables and chairs under the three open curtains, and two camping tents with folding beds for resting.
Ling Che and Ji Yan did not go to rest, but went to the supply box to get water, bread, self-heating rice and other things to distribute to the team members.
Lin Chuchu also ran over to lend a hand, "Professor Ling, let me do it!"
Ling Che dodged her outstretched hand and said gently, "This is a bit heavy, go get the bread."
She even heard a hint of pampering.
Lin Chuchu smiled and said sweetly, "Okay." As soon as she turned around, she met Ji Yan's slightly scrutinizing gaze...
I immediately felt guilty. What's that look? It's just a few words, it shouldn't be that obvious, right?
After distributing the food, Ji Yan opened a set of tables and chairs and called her, "Chu Chu, come over and rest for a while!" Then he imitated Ling Che and took out his laptop and started typing with a very focused expression.
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Lin Chuchu suddenly felt that she was a little redundant...even the sound of her swallowing food became slower and slower, for fear of disturbing the two of them.
Going hiking with a laptop? Isn't it heavy?
She glanced around and saw that in the camping tent, Wang Yan and Le Qi's other female colleague Zheng Xinyi had already collapsed on the folding bed without caring about their image.
Zheng Xinyi was fine, but the main problem was that Wang Yan's shoes had insoles, and her feet would get tired if she walked for a long time, let alone climbing a slope.
Lin Chuchu just felt funny, and when she looked away, her mouth was only halfway open when she met Ling Che's deep gaze. She quickly retracted her mouth, sat up straight and ate the bread in small bites, using her actual actions to show that she was not gloating.
However, her gently fluttering eyelashes betrayed her panic.
A pile of information was pushed in front of her by a long hand with distinct joints. "If you are really bored, take a look at this."
Lin Chuchu exclaimed, "Ah!" and subconsciously took the book in her hand and opened it. Gene mutation and recombination... Her head was confused. Ling Che was still studying this?
Ji Yan glanced at her quickly and lowered his eyelids to hide the surprise in his eyes. The teacher showed his research project to Lin Chuchu, an outsider who had never even entered the door? Just to prevent her from getting bored?
There's something indescribably weird about the relationship between these two people...
Ji Yan stopped what he was doing, unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip of water. With a smile on his face, he glanced at Lin Chuchu unintentionally. Seeing her eyebrows slightly furrowed, he couldn't help laughing, "The teacher's research projects are quite profound. It's normal that you can't understand them."
After a pause, he asked again, "Chu Chu, you've been walking for so long, don't you want to take a break?"
Lin Chuchu responded casually, "Ah, I'm fine, not too tired." Her mind was completely on the information in her hands. Although she couldn't understand it, she always felt that Ling Che's research direction was inexplicably similar to that of the Purgers.
She continued to turn the pages, and heard Ji Yan laugh and say, "The signal is not good in the mountains. Did you greet Shi Yan before you came in? With his personality, he would probably be angry if he couldn't find anyone, right?"
???!
Lin Chuchu's scalp tightened, and she subconsciously raised her eyes and met Ji Yan's inquiring gaze.
He did it on purpose! Was he saying it to Ling Che? Or was he reminding himself?
She said calmly, "I definitely did."
Seeing that Lin Chuchu's expression was calm and nothing unusual happened, Ji Yan even wondered if he was too suspicious. He knew how innocent the little girl was, so how could she have... a special relationship with the teacher?
Just as he thought of this, he heard a "click" sound. Ling Che closed his notebook, took off his glasses and rubbed his brows, and his face turned slightly cold when he put them back on.
Lin Chuchu was sensitive enough to notice that he was in a bad mood. She just didn't want Ji Yan to speculate too much...
The man stood up and put away his notebook, his expression calm, "Xiao Ji, go and count the number of people who continue to go up the mountain."
The man then walked towards the path and said, "I will go ahead to scout the way, and when I come back we will be ready to set off."
"OK."
Ji Yan was slightly stunned. Is the teacher angry?
Lin Chuchu stood up right after Huo Ran and hurriedly put away the information in her hand, "Brother Ji, I'll go take a look too!" and chased after him.
How could she care about avoiding suspicion at this moment? With the favorability between her and Ling Che being more than 50 points, she couldn't withstand such a test!
Thinking of this, his steps became more hurried, and he didn't even hear what Ji Yan shouted behind him.
By the time they caught up with the people, the stronghold had been left behind.
Lin Chuchu whispered, "Professor! Wait for me..."
The tall figure really stopped, but did not turn back. Lin Chuchu chased him and carefully walked around to the front to see his expression.
"Are you angry? I..." She was shocked halfway through her words because of the dark light flashing in the man's eyes and his tightly pursed thin lips, which were so eerie and terrifying.
Ling Che knew that he shouldn't be so paranoid, but he was still jealous to the point of going crazy.
The scene from yesterday reappeared before his eyes, and there seemed to be a fire burning in his chest. He couldn't control the crazy growing desire to possess her, but he didn't want to scare Lin Chuchu...
He raised his hand to cover the little girl's eyes and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Chuchu... don't look."
Don't look at him in such a miserable state.
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