After a hearty meal, everyone helped to clean up. Since we were all extremely tired, we piled the pots and pans together and planned to clean them tomorrow. After finishing all this, we prepared to wash up and go to bed.

We boiled water and used a silver wine pot to make tea. Then we rinsed our mouths, chewed willow leaves, and washed our faces. Then we all went back to **. The girls also sat there. Perhaps they were used to waiting for my arrangements about the next possible shift of night watch.

There is no need to take turns to keep watch tonight, after all, we are all too tired. But seeing how harmonious everyone is tonight, and thinking that since we will have to eat, sleep, and live together in the future, some psychological knots still need to be sorted out and cannot be left unclear. So I took the opportunity to describe my recent discovery about the gray powder, and with Yunwen testifying on my behalf, my credibility was much higher.

Song Bailu knew how to weigh the pros and cons after all. After listening to what I said, all my previous admiration and obsession with her were misunderstandings and were related to the gray powder. Apart from being a little disappointed, she quickly adjusted herself and said things like "it's okay". She was quite generous. After all, what she cared more about was whether I could continue to help the two sisters. As for the emotional relationship, she was not very persistent.

"But Brother Zhou Bo, I have a question. You said that your body was controlled by some gray powder. Why did you always look at my sister lustfully in the past two days, but didn't have any feelings for me and Zhang Yunwen? This reason sounds far-fetched. Are you deliberately trying to whitewash yourself?" Song Yingchun said.

She spoke bluntly and her words sounded sharp, but what she asked was indeed to the point.

"I can't say why, but the strange thing happened in the sea, when Bai Lu and I were resting on the edge of the cave. I think it was because at that time, something invaded my body and affected me. I know you will also want to ask why Song Bailu didn't show any abnormalities. I am also investigating this. I can't give a comprehensive answer at the moment, but if I find anything in the future, I will definitely explain it to you." I said.

"Zhang Yunwen is stupid and will do whatever you say. I'm not like that. I saw it clearly at the stairs. My sister pushed you away, but you still stuck to her. You looked like a despicable habitual criminal. I'm afraid your true nature has been exposed. What you are saying and doing now are nothing more than a way to save face so that your own behavior can be justified and then put the blame on some gray powder. I've never heard of any gray powder that can make people behave in a bad way." Song Yingchun became excited.

She couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart. After all, even if I couldn't control myself at that time, I was infatuated with Song Bailu, not her. That's why she was jealous again. Now that she has found an opportunity, she will definitely humiliate me before she will give up. But I really don't know how to explain this.

"Okay, Yingchun, Brother Zhou Bo is definitely not that kind of person. Stop thinking about it. Even if he really wanted to expose his true nature that night, it's not a strange thing. A man can't remain unmoved by the three of us girls day and night. Even if he did, it's not too much. There's no need to blame him for anything." Bai Lu said.

I smiled bitterly.

"Then why is it you? Why does he want you? You are not as young as me, not as pretty as me, and don't have a good personality as me. Why is it you? He doesn't even want to kiss me on weekdays, so why would he want to do that to you?" Yingchun was even more displeased.

I was about to stop the conversation, but Yunwen pulled me back and shook her head at me.

Then she said, "Everyone, Zhou Bo has done so much for our lives. If it weren't for his repeated selfless efforts, you, Yingchun, would have been killed on the top of the mountain by Bigfoot as a mating gift. Sister Bailu, you would have been forced by the poisonous insects and died like the fifty dead Black Skull Organization members, bleeding from all seven orifices. You can escape death and be reborn in this desolate wilderness. What else do you want? He has risked his life for us. Does anything else matter?"

Speaking of memory, Yunwen is indeed very good. She remembers basically everything that should be remembered about the past. Her words also calmed the Song sisters down.

"No matter what, I believe in him. We have been together for almost two years. He has always treated us with respect and would not have done anything rash in the past. What happened this morning must have happened for a reason. Our attention now should be on how to guard against the strange gray powder instead of wasting time and focusing on these unimportant things." Yunwen said.

"Sister Yunwen is right, Yingchun, listen carefully. When can you be more sensible and as well-educated and open-minded as your sister Yunwen? Only then can you make Brother Zhou Bo truly appreciate you. Do you understand?" Bai Lu said.

Song Yingchun snorted coldly and said nothing more.

At this time, I said, "Okay, since we are going to get along well from now on, it's a good thing to vent all the dissatisfaction. Once it's said and sorted out, it's fine. But after tonight, this matter is over, and no one should mention it again. What I can tell you is that I, Zhou Boxing, sit upright and think straight. I can make it clear what I want to do. There is absolutely no concealment or deception, let alone the intention of deliberately whitewashing."

"I believe you, Brother Zhou Bo. You are an upright person. I have seen it all. I have also wondered why you suddenly changed your mind and suddenly treated me... Now the truth is out. I just want to ask, even if what you said is true, the gray powder can have a special aphrodisiac effect on your body and can also make a wild buffalo go crazy and attack you. If it is true, have you thought about how to deal with it and guard against it?" Bai Lu asked.

I sighed and said, "We don't know the details of the powder yet, so we don't have a solution for now, but I think it will only work on living things. And judging from my experience of feeling the object with my body, it will only have a certain degree of catalytic effect on living things and interfere with their subconsciousness. It should also have an invasive effect on the spirit body. So recently, we should all try not to go out and stay indoors. In addition, if you find any abnormality in your body or any strange intentions, report it immediately and wait for the situation to pass. We can only make do with this for now."

The girls nodded, but I could tell from their eyes that Yunwen completely believed me, Bailu was half-believing and half-doubting, with a perfunctory look in her eyes, and Yingchun didn't believe it at all, she just rolled her eyes and went along with everyone's opinion. I couldn't control it anymore. Their ideas were their own, and I couldn't completely change them, so I just let it be.

However, the purpose of tonight has been achieved. By analyzing the problem and bringing it to the surface, no matter the result is good or bad, it has curbed the fermentation of the problem in each party's mind and left a knot. After it is made clear, the goal is consistent. In this way, we can work together and feel at ease without wasting energy on internal strife. Moreover, after tonight's talk, I have temporarily gotten rid of the hypocritical statement. Although it is not complete, there is no problem in using it to dispatch the team and unify the orders recently.

It was late at night and Ma had fallen asleep while standing. We were all exhausted, so the four of us squeezed into a bed. There was no night watch, so we all prepared to go to sleep. Yunwen slept on my left side, almost with her whole body against me. Yingchun was not happy with me, but didn't want Bailu to be "favored" by me again, so she took her sister's place and slept on my right side. Bailu could only sleep on the edge, hugging Yingchun.

Everyone was covered with cashmere quilts, and with the warm air coming out from the stove, they fell asleep soon. Only I was still thinking about what had happened in the recent days.

The above mentioned things are not what I am most worried about. What makes me most uneasy is how the gray powder invaded my body without anyone noticing. After all, judging from the bison incident, it has absolutely nothing to do with the killing of the ghost, because if it is related, why was it infected if the bison was not killed?

Therefore, it must have some special means, which I am currently unknown to. This is what I fear the most, because I don’t know the details, and it can invade again at any time and use the same trick again.