"How do you want me to respond?" I asked.

"It's simple. You and I were once husband and wife. If you really want me to go back, then it shouldn't be difficult for you to kiss me. After all, it doesn't go against your conscience. But if you don't even want to kiss me, it must mean that your real thoughts about me are resistance. This just shows that you have something to hide and the promise you made to me is not true." Bai Lu said.

"What? So I just kiss you and that's all?" I asked.

"Yes, that kind of thing has happened between you and me. Are you still afraid of this? And if you don't dare, doesn't it mean that you don't want to admit the past between you and me?" Bai Lu said.

It's really unreasonable, but it's true. I do have some opinions about her, and everything she did was to make me accept her and take her back to the station. Now some of my attitudes irritate her and make her feel insecure. It's understandable that she thinks I will break my promise. So I walked forward and she was a little nervous.

Speaking of which, she is the only one who can save Yunwen and me now. I should gain her trust and make her feel at peace with us temporarily.

I bent down slightly and kissed her tender lips, but it was just a light kiss, just to show my appreciation. Then I said, "Is this all right? Go back quickly, or else we won't know if something happens over there."

She still stood still and said, "Is it so perfunctory? Have you no old affection for me and my body?"

I sighed and said, "Does this make sense? You are the one who ran away, and you are the one who hurt us. Do you think I still have feelings for you? I, Zhou Bo, always keep my word. Since I said I would take you back, I will definitely take you back, but it does not mean that I will rekindle our old relationship. You lost those things by yourself. If you still want to continue doing this, then fine, let's go our separate ways. You can go back to your chief and continue to be his wife."

"So this is what you are worried about. I have remained a virgin for you. I swear, you are the only one who has touched my body. That dwarf wanted to marry me, and I agreed on the surface because I was afraid he would abuse me, but on the other hand I was actually thinking about going back to find you. Do you believe me? Otherwise, I will prove it to you right now!" Bai Lu said.

As she spoke, she started to tear off her clothes. I quickly stopped her. What kind of talk is that?

"Stop it, I, I don't mind this, you're overthinking it. I don't care how many people have touched your body." I said with a cough.

Seeing me like this, Bai Lu quickly grabbed my hand again, leaned close to me, and said, "Brother Zhou Bo, please don't be like this. We have had affairs as husband and wife, and this is an indisputable fact. What happened before was helpless and no one wanted to do it. Now you can prove your sincerity to me, so that I know that you really welcome me back and let me feel at ease, okay?"

I turned around and tried to keep my back to her.

She held my hand and said, "Brother Zhou Bo, I really regret leaving you. I miss you day and night, and I want to go back to find you every day. Even if you punish me to drown in a pig cage, I will not regret it. Even if I love and miss you, can you pity me and give me a little response, please?"

It seems that if this matter is not handled properly, she will never stop. If she is unwilling to give up, she will have an attack somewhere else if not here. If it involves her treatment of Yunwen and me, that would be bad. A little impatience can ruin a big plan, especially in this remote wilderness. Survival is hard to come by, so we should cherish every moment.

So I turned around, looking at her expectant and upward-looking face, and thought of the past with her. In this place, it was all cold and cruel, and human feelings were particularly precious, not to mention the tenderness of a woman, how could it not be easily forgotten? Just think of it as a pardon from me for the help and care she had given me in the past.

I gently bent down and kissed her on the lips again. She hugged my chest and back, and I held her slender waist tightly. This feeling was so familiar, but I was only trapped in the familiarity of the body, the desire and attachment. We kissed for a while, and this time when I let her go, she was already much more satisfied, and leaned on my chest tenderly.

"Let's go, we should go back. We can't let Yunwen wait too long. Besides, I have expressed my sincerity enough. If you still want to push for more, there is no room for negotiation. Do whatever you want." I said.

"No, no, no, I'm very happy. I can feel that Brother Zhou Bo still has a little tenderness towards me. I'm already very satisfied. According to the agreement, I will definitely help you find a suitable preparation method." Bai Lu said.

I nodded, hoping that she could fulfill her promise.

Then we started to go back. I pulled some dry grass along the way. I didn't know whether Sanfu would eat it or not. When we got back to the campfire, Yunwen was comforting Sanfu. Sanfu's legs could already move. It was really extraordinary to have dragon scales in its body. Bailu threw those things that looked like sweet potatoes into the fire, and she didn't deal with those grass roots and just peeled off the skin for us to eat.

Just at this moment, there was a sudden scream. The sound was rather soft, probably the scream of a wild rabbit or a wild mouse. The sound came from the jungle. Bai Lu said, "It should be some small animal like the ghost vine. The ghost vine can absorb blood in this way."

Since it's crying like that, it must be dead. In the wild, corpses are resources. If they are not used, it's just a waste of resources. So I planned to follow the sound and look for it. Maybe I can find some meat to roast. Holding the glowing Golden Que Sword, I searched all the way. The source of the sound should be not far from here, otherwise such a small cry would not be heard. The sound came from the eight o'clock direction in the forest, so I quickly found the ghost vine according to the information I learned.

Sure enough, the vines tightly wrapped around a hare. The hare had already lost blood and died of suffocation. I hung the Golden Que Sword on the vines, and all the evil spirits retreated. The vines were somewhat afraid of the masculine and righteous edge of the sword, and soon loosened their grip. I took in the dead hare, and seeing its shriveled state, I couldn't help but feel sorry for it.

Unfortunately, in this terrible wilderness, death is everywhere, and it is difficult for such a weak creature to survive.

Carrying it, I brought it back to the campfire. Its body had become stiff, so I handed it to Bai Lu. In order to prevent the Wutu people from abusing her, Bai Lu kept the Youlong dagger in her pocket, and it came in handy at this moment. She started to cut up the rabbit meat, but she didn't know if the bloody smell would attract any wild beasts. However, seeing that this jungle was full of swamps, mires, and all kinds of strange trees and savages, it was probably difficult for any large predatory beasts to survive here.

Bai Lu skinned it, processed it, strung it on a tree trunk, and roasted it over the fire. Yunwen frowned, but she knew that the rabbit had been dead before it was caught, so there was nothing she could do.

Bai Lu is quite a talented person. Since she was using the backpack, she had to store dry ingredients and other things. Perhaps the food that the Wutu people ate was too disgusting, so she specially made her own dishes. Therefore, she made use of many spaces in the backpack. At this moment, she took some dried chili powder, dried star anise, cinnamon, fennel, etc., and used everything she could, and rubbed it on the body of the rabbit.

After being roasted for a while, it started to emit oil and fragrance, and under the fire, the special sweet potato also began to emit a fragrant aroma.

There were no bowls and chopsticks available, so we just found a relatively good stone and piled all the edibles on it. The shriveled sweet potatoes were quite fragrant after being roasted. They should be yam and bean products. They tasted quite good after peeling the skin. The rabbit meat was a bit dry, but it was enough to fill our stomachs. What surprised us most were the cardamom roots, which were sweet and tasty.

On the other side, Sanfu also started to eat some of the grass I had just pulled. Everyone was chewing the food, which was a rare time for rest.

"Zhou Bo, Sanfu's legs are starting to heal. It said it will be ready to set off soon. What do you think we should do? Should we get a good rest tonight, or set out to look for the devil flower? After all, the Wutu people shouldn't make any big moves at night." Yunwen said.

"How about this, we all take turns to rest, and when we have some strength again, we will go look for the devil flower. However, there are no man-eating Wutu tribe. I don't know if there will be a greater crisis lurking in the forest of Xidao at night, but what can we do? If we encounter one, we can only bite the bullet." I said with emotion.

Yunwen rested her head in my arms, sharing the anxiety and pressure with me.