Chapter 384 383. Sleeping Together [Two in One]

Now that Zhou Qian had tidied up the lower level of the rear carriage, there were fewer things. A small camp bed was placed on one side, and next to it was the tree cocoon that had just been moved in.

Without the soil, its roots are intertwined like lifeless plastic threads, and to anyone looking at it, it looks like a giant toy rather than a life-saving thing.

Lin Xuefeng walked in, reached out and touched the slightly cool tree cocoon, then looked at Huaiyu: "Xiaoyu, you sleep here?"

The milky white fibers are flexible and elastic, making them much more comfortable to sleep on than a camp bed. Even if you are not using it for healing, the slightly curved angle inside can make you feel wrapped on all sides and give you a sense of security.

At least when Lin Xuefeng woke up and saw Huaiyu's face kneeling on the edge, he felt at peace.

Huaiyu nodded and lay down directly. Lin Xuefeng asked, "Do you want to cover yourself with a blanket?"

Huaiyu thought for a moment and said, "It's not cold inside, it's very comfortable."

This time it was Lin Xuefeng's turn to sit on the edge of the tree cocoon, and then he reached out to cover her eyes: "Since you feel comfortable, then take a nap. I will stay here with you."

Huaiyu's eyelashes trembled in his palm, and after a moment she closed her eyes and stopped moving, but her breathing did not change. After a while, she put her hand on the back of Lin Xuefeng's hand, and her eyelashes trembled again.

Lin Xuefeng did not refuse, but asked again after a while: "Can't sleep?"

He took his hand back, and Huaiyu's hand loosened as well. She looked at him in the dim tree cocoon, her voice a little depressed: "Yeah."

She was well-rested, but she was not energetic when awake, her eyelids were heavy, and her whole body was tired. It was difficult to fall asleep when she lay down, as if the people around her could leave at any time, making her feel very uneasy.

Even though she was holding Lin Xuefeng's palm, when she closed her eyes, all she could think about was the loneliness she had felt along the way with no one to respond to her.

Huaiyu sighed and climbed out again.

"Forget it! I can't sleep, so I might as well get up and talk."

Lin Xuefeng didn't say anything, but just looked at her quietly for a while.

When Huaiyu looked over in confusion, he simply lay down in the tree cocoon, then turned sideways and stretched out his arms: "Xiaoyu."

"Um?"

"Come and sleep here. I will always be with you and I won't leave you alone again."

The space in the tree cocoon was very spacious, and the position that Lin Xuefeng stepped aside to make way for was also attracting her. Huaiyu looked at it seriously and hesitated seriously: "Is this not good? Brother Zhou Qian will be angry."

"It's okay." Lin Xuefeng still maintained the gesture of reaching out his hand: "I will make him not angry. Nothing is more important than making you happy. Come and lie down."

Huaiyu no longer hesitated, turned over and lay down, and was held tightly in Lin Xuefeng's arms.

The feeling of this intimate hug made people feel very happy, and Huaiyu couldn't help but move closer.

His fingers were slightly cold, but his body was warm. One arm was supported by Huaiyu, which was a little stiff. The other arm was tightly hugging her back. Her ear was close to his chest, and she could clearly feel the rough outer fabric and the heart beating hard inside.

The body temperatures of the two people intertwined, creating an undisturbed world in the small space of the tree cocoon.

Huaiyu raised her eyelids and wanted to say something, but as soon as she lifted them, she felt heavy, so she closed them slightly again, and only had time to call him: "Lin Xuefeng..."

Then the breathing gradually became smoother.

Lin Xuefeng touched her hair and replied in a low voice: "I'm here."

Zhou Qian, who was in the driver's seat, accidentally turned on the camera and almost stepped on the brakes! The camera was facing an empty camp bed, and in the tree cocoon, two people were sleeping together tightly without taking off their coats, one tall and one short, one big and one small, harmonious and intimate.

He stared at the screen unable to speak, but Lin Xuefeng opened his eyes at this moment and looked at him through the camera.

At this moment, Zhou Qian suddenly felt a sense of horror in his heart, and all the nerves in his body seemed to be stiff.

But after a moment, Lin Xuefeng withdrew his gaze, touched Huaiyu's hair as if nothing had happened, and closed his eyes again.

Zhou Qian: “…”

Confirmed! These two people, even though one is a garrison officer and the other has been in a relationship, actually have no common sense about the difference between men and women in real life! He will have to talk to them when they wake up!

As for whether Lin Xuefeng would have any thoughts about Xiaoyu...

joke!

In Zhou Qian's mind, Xiaoyu has always been the poor little girl who crawled out of the tunnel in the middle of the night. She was only in her teens and was so thin. Which normal man would have a romantic relationship with such a little girl? Impossible.

There is absolutely no possibility of this.

But I’m still very angry!

He held the steering wheel and was as angry as a frog.

…

Huaiyu slept for a long time. When he woke up, he was confused and didn't know what day it was.

However, before she could figure it out, she heard the door of the carriage click. It was also dark outside, and Zhou Qian's figure emerged from the night. Combined with his equally dark face, it was quite oppressive.

At least Huaiyu blinked and felt his mind become a little clearer.

The next moment, he was standing at the door of the car, gritting his teeth and saying, "Why don't you get up?"

Huaiyu: “…”

"I'm waking up right now... Eh?" She looked at the arm that was wrapped around her back, then raised her head to look at the person beside her: "Ah! I said it would be so warm when I fell asleep! Lin Xuefeng, is your arm numb from being pressed down..."

"No."

Seeing Huaiyu turn over and sit up, Lin Xuefeng also came out of the tree cocoon. At this moment, looking at Zhou Qian who was glaring at him with a dark face, he straightened his clothes, then looked at Huaiyu who was slowly waking up, and whispered to him: "Xiaoyu can't sleep alone now."

Zhou Qian's anger subsided in an instant.

Instead, there was pity and guilt.

If he hadn't been incompetent, how could he have let Xiaoyu stay alone in the wasteland for so long? Although she had a high affinity with the wood element, there were other mutant creatures in the wasteland, and she would be worried when sleeping alone at night.

Now she was afraid to sleep alone, probably because of the suffering she had experienced before.

He sighed, and now looked at Huaiyu who had just emerged from the tree cocoon, and reminded her: "Then you two should just hold hands. How can you sleep together? Don't do this next time. She will have to get married when she grows up."

Lin Xuefeng hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "I'll try my best."

He turned around and looked at Huaiyu, and asked considerately, "Are you cold just now? I should have asked you to take off your coat before sleeping."

Huaiyu shook her head. She felt limp after sleeping for too long, and she was not very energetic to speak at the moment: "Brother Zhou Qian, have we reached our destination?"

Zhou Qian said "hmm".

In fact, he had arrived half an hour ago, but when he looked at the surveillance camera, he found that Xiaoyu was still sleeping soundly, so he held his breath and resisted the urge to wake her up.

As soon as he saw her open her eyes, he got out of the car and rushed over.

But there is no need to talk about it now. How pitiful it is that she doesn't dare to sleep alone. She will think about it when she gets home and see how to pull an electric wire over.

If nothing else, installing a night light would probably be much better.

Huaiyu walked out of the car.

This was still an unfamiliar woodland. The dusk was so deep all around that only vague outlines could be seen. Zhou Qian had parked the car in the middle of an open space and was now getting out of the car, carrying the eldest and second cubs.

"Xiaoyu, what are we going to eat tonight?"

Huaiyu thought for a moment and said, "Let's eat something lighter... green vegetable and minced meat porridge, scallion oil egg pancakes with spicy potato shreds? And make braised spareribs and soak fish cubes in water, and stew them for lunch tomorrow."

The hybrid wild boar that Zhou Qian had shot before had a lighter fishy smell than other wild boars, but it was still there, so if he wanted to make it delicious, he had to use heavier ingredients.

Zhou Qian naturally had no objection. Seeing that the eldest and second cubs had already started poking the tree, he could not help but say helplessly: "Big and second cubs, pick the dead branches over there. We don't want fresh trees. Fresh ones take a long time to burn and produce a lot of smoke."

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“Gahhh…”

The eldest and second cubs took steps forward, their round buttocks swaying from side to side, and the layers of spikes on their buttocks softened their colors in the twilight.

Lin Xuefeng had already started walking around. He could sense various mutant creatures stirring in the forest, some big, some small, some weak, some strong. But he was no longer a guard officer with a heavy responsibility. These mutant creatures were limited in strength, but they were not impossible to deal with. The guards had to practice more.

He therefore looked away and stopped caring about it.

After just a thought, he walked to a small slope with exposed rocks. At this moment, his palm was pressed on the gray ground. The tiny undercurrent surging deep underground began to tremble gradually, and then was slowly led up from the cracks by him.

Zhou Qian saw it from a distance and couldn't help but say, "There's still a lot of water in our water tank. Don't waste your supernatural power. I'll find a water source to refill it tomorrow at noon."

Water-based abilities draw from the surrounding water vapor, not create something out of nothing.

Lin Xuefeng shook his head: "We drove for several hours but didn't see any water source. If someone comes to the deep end one day, I can draw out a water vein here, which may help them out."

The groundwater he led out was small and weak, but because it was located on a rocky slope, it quickly flowed down through the cracks in the rocks, and then slowly gathered in the low-lying areas.

not much.

But looking at the terrain, it can slowly gather into a shallow pool. If there are later comers with earth-related abilities, they can deepen and enlarge the pool and tamp the soil flat, and then this water source will really take shape.

Zhou Qian took a look and suddenly understood why so many people admired Lin Xuefeng, and why Xiao Yu was so unreserved towards him.

There is a kind of person who is born with such a charisma. Every move he makes makes people feel that he is worthy of being him.

Thinking of this, the depressed mood in the afternoon suddenly dissipated. Even he trusted Lin Xuefeng with all his heart, and Huaiyu and him had a mutual favor, so it was normal for him to rely on him.

Thinking of this, he took the initiative to greet: "I'm going to build the stove and light a fire now. When you're done, help me get some of the frozen ribs cut from the top."

Lin Xuefeng was slightly surprised, but soon his expression relaxed, knowing that this represented Zhou Qian's attitude.

He then responded, "Okay."

Huai Yu just came out of the forest and heard this and couldn't help but said, "Brother Zhou Qian, Lin Xuefeng's body hasn't recovered yet. It's too dangerous to let him climb up and down. I'll go get it."

The anger that Zhou Qian had just released came back again.

But fortunately, Huaiyu came over quickly, and then squatted beside him intimately to watch him build the stove: "Brother Zhou Qian, I am scared and lonely alone in the wilderness. You are also here alone, thinking about me and can't leave. Are you also very sad and hard-working?"

This little bastard.

How could Zhou Qian still be angry?

He only felt his eyes hot for a moment, and finally he just smiled and sighed: "We are all very hard-working. But, Xiaoyu, do you think that hard work is worth it?"

Huaiyu looked at Lin Xuefeng who was smiling at him not far away, and nodded heavily.

"That'll do."

Zhou Qian set up the pot and saw Huaiyu had already started to clean up the dishes with swift hands and feet. He smiled heartily and said, "It's worth it."

"Look at us now, how good we are."

Huai Yu's eyes curved as well, and at this moment he took out a plump and dry melon seed: "Brother Zhou Qian, do you want to plant a landmark here?"

Zhou Qian paused and said, "Plant it!"

Although it will increase the risk of exposure to some extent, the wasteland is so vast that the ripe sunflower seeds will sooner or later be eaten by birds and taken away to grow somewhere else, which can somewhat confuse the vision.

Moreover, with the current progress of the wasteland exploration, it will take about two years for the garrison to arrive here. During this period, if someone is stranded in the depths of the wasteland, the sunflower can serve as a landmark and also as their food.

Just like Lin Xuefeng casually causing the gurgling water to flow, it was all done naturally.

The eldest and second cubs strolled around and soon dug out a pile of firewood.

As the flames burned, the three of them stared at the orange flames. At this moment, they all had a silent sense of belonging. Even Lin Xuefeng couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Yu, what does your new home look like now?"

Huaiyu thought for a moment and said, "It's a little bigger than my previous tree house. If the three of us live together, should we ask Liang Zhu, a sister from the Construction Department, to help us rebuild the house?"

"Sister Liang Zhu is very capable. Although she said she is not suitable for the battlefield, the house she built for Brother Zhou Qian is strong and fast, and she can also dig a well!"

The idea was good, but Zhou Qian asked her: "Xiao Yu, have you forgotten that we live in the Rose Corridor?"

Who would risk their lives to build a house here? When Liang Zhu built a house for him, even if it was the outermost one close to the roadside, everyone was still terrified and just wanted to finish it quickly.

Huaiyu: ...

Lin Xuefeng pondered for a moment: "The land of the Rose Corridor is wide and flat. If we prepare in advance, I can put up water curtains around it to block the sight of the construction workers."

"You just need to bring the people in from the water curtain. You can build the house however you want within the enveloped area."

He still remembered the small tree house that appeared just a stone's throw away from the Rose Corridor on that rainy night, and even remembered that there was a small pond there.

"If possible, I can even make the pond bigger and deeper. Then I can make a waterwheel to connect it to the hydroelectric power generation device..."

He paused here and said, "Xiao Yu, is there electricity at home?"

Here I come! Good night in advance. I'm going out to meet my girlfriends! It takes a while to transfer on the high-speed train. Don't be nervous if you see that you have a holiday these days! I'll be back after the meeting!