Shen Xingwan glanced around.
Although there was no trace of the boy, the good news was that the half compressed biscuit she had placed on the table was gone.
Despite his young age, he is quite concerned about his reputation.
Did he have to eat while she was asleep? She wouldn't laugh at him.
But where had he gone? Did he, now full and full of energy, and with his legs feeling better, abandon her to find a way out?
Just then, Shen Xingwan heard some movement coming from the end of the tunnel, where they had just fallen.
Shen Xingwan's eyes flashed, and he moved to the toolbox on one leg, found a long shovel to lean on, and walked towards the source of the sound.
Sure enough, I saw the figure of the young man.
I saw the young man sitting on a flat ground beside the deep pool, busy doing something.
Perhaps he heard the noise, the boy turned his head and his eyes unexpectedly met Shen Xingwan's.
He quietly shifted his gaze away, looked at Shen Xingwan from head to toe, and finally his gaze fell on Shen Xingwan's sprained foot, with a hint of ridicule in his voice.
"Didn't they say to keep the injured foot from bearing any weight? How come the doctor and the patient have different instructions for the same illness?"
Shen Xingwan: ...
"It's because you suddenly disappeared. If I wasn't worried about you, I wouldn't have endured the pain in my feet to come out and look for you. Hiss, it hurts so much..."
The young man looked at Shen Xingwan gasping in pain, and his brows frowned slightly.
He had only been away for a short while, so why was this woman so worried about him? He wasn't a three-year-old child.
"What are you still standing here for? Isn't this big enough for a giant Angora rabbit to sit on?"
Shen Xingwan curled her lips, leaned on her shovel, found a vacant space and sat down, muttering softly.
"It's fine if you don't follow the doctor's orders, but if you still can't stand up tomorrow, don't blame me for my poor medical skills."
The young man paused. Does this woman care so much about what he thinks of her?
He coughed lightly: "I didn't disobey the doctor's orders."
Shen Xingwan curled her lips and said, "Such a long distance, you didn't walk here, could you have flown here?"
"That's about right." The boy replied.
[Perfunctory! Does she seem like someone who would easily give in? Patients who don't follow doctor's orders are the most infuriating!]
Boy: ...He has quite a temper.
He pointed to the corner and said, "I came here in that car."
Shen Xingwan looked in the direction the boy pointed and saw something with four wheels that looked very much like a cart.
"Since you have a shovel, you should have seen the things piled in the corner, so I modified one." The young man added, not bothering to do anything.
Shen Xingwan remembered that she had indeed seen a lot of parts in that corner, such as this wheel and this piece of iron plate.
but……
[It's already quite difficult to think of putting these things together and using them, but he was actually able to actually make them. His imagination and hands-on ability are truly amazing!]
Hearing the girl praising him in her heart, the corners of the boy's lips twitched imperceptibly.
"What are you doing here?" Shen Xingwan tilted his head and looked at the boy curiously.
"Catching fish." The boy said concisely.
Shen Xingwan:?
"How can you catch fish if you don't have a fishing rod or bait?" Shen Xingwan said with a smile.
Suddenly, her smile froze.
Because she saw something familiar in the boy's hand.
"You, you actually used the compressed biscuits I gave you as bait! You, you..."
Shen Xingwan was instantly furious, because that was her last energy supply!
If the boy had eaten it, it would have been fine. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, but the boy actually used it as bait. What's that? It's a complete waste of food!
Especially in today's harsh environment.
The young man glanced at Shen Xingwan and frowned when he saw the girl's angry look.
It was just half a compressed biscuit, so why was this giant Angora rabbit so angry? It looked like it was about to pounce and bite him.
"I will repay you for the nutrients in these compressed biscuits with the fish I catch later." The young man avoided Shen Xingwan's gaze and said lightly.
Shen Xingwan was so angry that she laughed: "From the way you look at it, it doesn't seem like you're trying to catch fish, it's more like you're just playing around."
Doubt flashed across the boy's eyes: "What is mooyu?"
Shen Xingwan originally wanted to retort directly, but the water was bottomless and he had no tools, so catching fish was simply a fantasy.
But she swallowed the words back.
She did not forget her purpose. Her third uncle was still waiting to rescue her. She needed to gain enough favor from the eldest young master White before going to the White family.
In this way, the eldest young master White might, out of gratitude for saving her life, say a few good words for her in front of the head of the White family and resolve the feud between the two families.
Shen Xingwan instantly put on a smile: "Mo Yu, it's the most difficult way to catch fish in China. It means putting your hand into the water, finding the right angle and strength, and then pulling the fish out of the water."
Seeing that the young man was listening very seriously, Shen Xingwan breathed a sigh of relief and fooled him even more vigorously.
"In our country, there aren't many people who can slack off. But if you can achieve such a high level of slacking off, and do it without anyone knowing, then you'll be a big shot, envied and admired by everyone!"
"Are you also a fan?" the boy asked.
Shen Xingwan blurted out: "Of course!"
The boy raised his eyebrows, said nothing, and continued to roll the compressed biscuits into balls.
Seeing that the boy was still eating his compressed biscuits, and there was no movement in the pool, Shen Xingwan felt heartbroken and decided not to seek torture here anymore.
"I'm leaving now. You continue fishing. Have fun fishing!"
The young man turned around when he heard this and saw Shen Xingwan already walking away with a shovel.
He stretched out one hand, but it stayed where it was. His lips moved slightly, but no sound came out. The boy withdrew his hand only after Shen Xingwan's figure disappeared around the corner.
When he looked at the deep pool again, a strange emotion flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, a circle of ripples appeared in the deep pool.
…
Shen Xingwan suppressed her anger and returned to the campfire. She rummaged through the pile of tools and finally found all the parts. She followed the same method to make a simple cart that was almost identical to the boy's.
Sitting on the cart, Shen Xingwan smiled excitedly.
This thing is really useful. Just by sliding her hands, she can move freely in the tunnel without any strain on her legs and feet.
There was nothing to do at the moment, so Shen Xingwan immediately decided to explore the terrain around and look for something to fill his stomach, even if it was just fruit.
She had never expected to catch fish as the boy had mentioned.
They still have to live in this tunnel for three days. If there is no food, they are afraid that they will be too hungry to walk before they find the exit.
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