"You're going against me? I wrapped this myself, and I deliberately wrapped it so big."
"You son of a bitch, don't you have any sense of hierarchy?!"
Zhan Pengfei rubbed his dizzy head and muttered something unconvincingly.
"It's like my mother isn't your mother..."
His mother, Zhan Pengwu, should be called "auntie," while those with a close relationship should call her "mother."
"Say that again? Haven't you been teasing me in ages?"
Zhan Pengwu raised his hand, ready to strike again...
The two brothers amused everyone, filling the treehouse with laughter and joy, creating a very cheerful atmosphere, as if they had forgotten how dangerous their situation was.
The meal took about half an hour, and all the dishes were eaten up.
The wooden plate that held the stir-fried rat meat was licked clean by Zhan Peng and his brother Wu.
All 150 large dumplings were eaten.
Everyone was burping contentedly, leaning against the wall with expressions of pure enjoyment.
Delicious food always brings people joy and positive hope.
The saying "Food is the first necessity of the people" is no exaggeration.
"Hiccup~"
Tang Weiwei let out a long burp, tilted her head, touched her stomach, and looked at Ye Feng.
"I'm saying, is this really a good idea for us? Are we really going to just stay cooped up every day from now on?"
"What are you trying to prove?"
Ye Feng rolled his eyes at him.
"Damn it, you were the one who grabbed the most dumplings just now, I didn't even get to eat many."
What? You think this kind of life is bad?
"Cough cough..."
Tang Weiwei coughed awkwardly twice and quickly changed the subject.
"Are we really going to do nothing now? What if they climb the tree and launch a sneak attack under the cover of night?"
"Don't worry, don't worry..."
Ye Feng waved his hand casually, then winked at Fu Changxiong and the others.
Fu Changxiong nodded, and the group quickly opened the entrance on the floor. Together, they carried the two wooden ladders to the upper room up one by one.
The room has a diameter of more than 6 meters, just enough to fit two wooden ladders horizontally.
This was something Ye Feng had thought of when he was designing it.
“I’ve already removed all the branches under our house.”
The trunk is nearly two meters in diameter. I tried climbing it with my bare hands…
It's not impossible, but it would be extremely difficult to avoid being discovered by the eight of us.
And even if they climbed up, there were no branches to hold onto.
Because most of the branches are occupied by the foundation of the treehouse.
"If we just close the windows, there's no way we can get in without being noticed."
Upon hearing this, Tang Weiwei couldn't help but give him a look of admiration.
Liu Sisi and Qi Xiaoyan also stared at Ye Feng with pride.
This man, who has virtually no fighting ability, always manages to do things perfectly.
Despite having no fighting ability of its own, it can give people a strong sense of security.
After chatting for a while, everyone locked the windows.
Ye Feng also thought of this when building the treehouse.
A gap about the size of a thumb was left at the bottom of the wooden window and at the bottom of the window frame.
It can normally be used as a lookout point, and can also be locked when the wooden window is lowered.
Of course, it wasn't a lock in the true sense; it was just something bound together with rattan.
There's no need to worry about ventilation either, as the roof's smoke exhaust skylights are always open, so there's no risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
The best way for outsiders to enter this house is through the roof.
However, Ye Feng had also thought of this, as the trees within ten meters of the treehouse had long been cut down by them.
There was simply no way to climb onto the roof.
Therefore, this house is basically a fortress, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
1 a.m.
As everyone drifted off to sleep, two clusters of firelight appeared faintly two hundred meters away from the treehouse.
Cairnster and his group of four had been hiding behind a tree trunk, observing for nearly an hour.
When he noticed the firelight inside the house gradually dimming, he knew that Ye Feng and the others hadn't added any more firewood, so they must have fallen asleep.
Seeing this, Cairnster's lips curled into a contemptuous sneer.
"Looks like we've really been underestimated. This kid didn't even send anyone to stand guard at night."
Pera, standing to the side, held a torch to shoo away the mosquitoes around him.
"This kid's so easily alert, why don't we just climb up and take him down?"
Cairnster pondered for two seconds, not understanding why Ye Feng dared to be so arrogant.
But judging from Horford's description of Ye Feng's battle yesterday, this Chinese kid is both cautious and cunning.
Being able to relax like this means either you're very confident in your house, or you have a backup plan.
In short, the top spot on the leaderboard is definitely not easy to defeat.
"Don't underestimate us. Follow my footsteps. We'll communicate in sign language later... Don't make any noise."
Cairnster took the torch and moved forward with light steps.
Strangely, the rain had stopped long ago, and he didn't make any noticeable sound on the muddy road full of dry branches and leaves.
Soon, the four of them arrived at the treehouse.
Cairnster looked at the green moss covering the open space with disdain.
What others see as a hidden trap is, in his eyes, quite abrupt and obvious.
He stepped on it, and after a few tentative steps, he immediately found the trap entrance.
He turned around and made several hand gestures to signal to the crowd.
Having followed him for so long, Pella and the other two naturally understood immediately.
The four of them bypassed the trap and came to the tree.
Cairnster immediately pulled a flashlight out of his bag. It was smaller than Ye Feng's flashlight, but the beam it emitted was stronger.
He carefully circled the big tree and cautiously looked around, and then he had a general idea of what the house was like.
I didn't really notice it when I was watching from a distance, but I realized how sturdy Ye Feng's treehouse was once I got closer.
They all felt inferior to him...
"It's amazing that they could build a treehouse so high and even reinforce it with cement. What a beautiful and reassuring treehouse!"
What a formidable yellow-skinned kid.
"Hmph, but... that's perfect for me to catch them like turtles in a jar."
Lauens glanced at Seth and Pera, made a few gestures, and nodded slightly.
The two immediately put down their backpacks, took out a pile of firewood, and began to arrange it around the big tree.
Cairnster originally intended to burn the tree directly; once the tree was destroyed, Ye Feng, that fox, would become a stray dog.
What follows is a simple chase.
But this tree is really too big; it must have lived for at least a hundred years.
It's simply not possible to do that with just a small fire made of firewood.
Therefore, we can only implement the second option.
Harassment is used to influence the prey's emotions; simply put, it creates panic.
This was to let Ye Feng and the others know that a terrifying enemy was roaming around nearby and could easily approach their shelter.
If this continues, they will not be able to eat or sleep well, and their mental and physical condition will decline significantly.
This will make future hunting operations much easier.
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