Chapter 24
The three returned to camp, carrying a pumpkin. The young monk and Lin Yongfu had already cut a good deal of bamboo and dug up some shoots. The younger sister was peeling the shoots, while the other three were shaving branches. When Chu Huaiqin mentioned two wild boars, the young monk's eyes lit up. Lin Yongfu, slurping his saliva over his hatchet, eagerly asked Chu Huaiqin where they were. One look at their faces revealed what they were up to, but Chu Huaiqin intervened.
Su Huaichen whispered something in their ears, and they had to put down their knives and continue to cut bamboo branches to make bamboo rafts.
Be a good role model in front of the camera.
It turned out that Chu Huaiqin's wrist had not fully healed yet. When he punched the pig's head and bent his five fingers, he felt pain, but the swelling on the back of his hand gradually subsided.
"Brother, are you hurt?" the younger sister exclaimed, instinctively looking towards the lake. She still remembered how Xia Entang had been angry about her brother's injury. "Where are you hurt?"
"My wrist is a little uncomfortable, and my waist is a little sore too," Chu Huaiqin frowned and said, "Please bring me two clean stones."
"Brother, you need to apply medicine on your hand." Lin Zhinan thought Chu Huaiqin ignored the wound and quickly reminded him.
"Here's the medicine!" Chu Huaiqin took out a plant half a man's height. It had heart-shaped leaves, white petals, and a yellow center. It was very beautiful. "This is nightshade. It treats injuries. Go ahead!"
When Lin Zhinan heard this, he immediately turned around and ran away.
At this time, Xia Enfeng, Shan Bingxiang and the other two who were spearing fish in the lake had already successfully speared two fish, but it was still too few for a dinner for ten people.
The unpolluted lake water was crystal clear, and visibility was exceptionally high. The clams in the lake were clearly visible, their tentacles extended to spit out water, and two crabs were even kissing. Feng Shan poked Xia En, a smile playing on his face, signaling him to let the crabs go. He then picked up the clam and was about to swim away when Xia Entang acted. Without hesitation, he grabbed the two crabs and put them into the T-shirt tied around his waist, which he used as a bag.
Feng Shan: ...
You are heartless, ungrateful and unreasonable.
The two continued to look for food at the bottom of the lake. There were shrimps and clams in the cracks between the rocks, which were easier to catch. Fish were a bit difficult to catch, so Bingxiang took it and chased the fish with a harpoon as it swam around them.
“Hmm, hmm…”
Bing Xiang, who was chasing the fish, suddenly made a "mumbling" sound, but no one could hear it in the water. He then grabbed the two men's feet with his hands, and Xia En was so scared that he almost kicked them out.
Xia En and Feng Shan turned around and saw him pointing at a place with a look of horror on his face. They looked over and saw nothing.
They couldn't communicate in the water and their breath was almost used up. The three of them swam towards the surface. With a splash, water rose and their heads emerged.
Xia En wiped his face vigorously, shaking off the water. From a distance, he saw Chu Huaiqin had returned. He dove back into the water with a splash and swam towards the shore. Bing Xiang grabbed Feng Shan and asked, "Did you see that just now? A big black shadow."
"What black shadow?" Feng Shan pulled the shirt tied around his waist. It was filled with a lot of clams and freshwater snails, as well as some forked fish thrown on the shore. It was still quite heavy, but Feng Shan looked at the sky that was about to darken and swam towards the shore.
Bing Xiang quickly followed and said mysteriously, "I just saw a big shadow in the water."
Feng Shan was puzzled, "Then what?"
Bingxiang looked at me like I'm stupid, "A water monster! A water monster! Lots of news reports say there's a water monster in the lake."
"You think too much." Feng Shan glanced at Bai Bingxiang, ignored him, and swam hard towards the shore.
Bingxiang floated on the water and kicked the water. The wind blew on the lake and he got goose bumps all over his body. He looked at the calm lake again and wondered if he was really seeing things.
The three of them reached the shore one after another. Xia Entang untied his T-shirt and threw it onto the sand, then ran towards Chu Huaiqin. A gust of wind blew over, bringing with it a puff of moisture. Chu Huaiqin, who had been resting his chin on his hand watching his sister pounding nightshade, raised his head and saw Xia Entang glaring at him angrily.
"Go change your clothes quickly. It's getting dark and the lake wind is strong." Chu Huaiqin frowned and waved to Xia En.
Xia En pretended not to hear, his eyes fixed on the back of Chu Huaiqin's hand, which hadn't completely lost its redness, and his wrist, which had been unwound from the gauze. "How did you get hurt again? Why did you get hurt?"
Chu Huaiqin replied: "I encountered a wild boar."
"Are you hurt?" Xia En was anxious. He reached out to grab Chu Huaiqin, but his hand felt cold. "If you're cold, why don't you wear clothes?"
He instinctively made a move to take off his coat, but as he moved his hand, he remembered that not only was he without a coat, but he was also dripping with water. His face sank, and he ran away like the wind. But a moment later, he was back, with an extra coat on his back.
Chu Huaiqin: ...
"You, put it on!" Xia En, acting on instinct, suddenly realized how wrong his actions were. He blushed and said, "You're sick. Without someone to lead us, we'll be in trouble."
As he said this, he squatted down, snatched the short wooden stick from his sister's hand without saying anything, and started pounding the medicine.
Lin Zhinan: "My stick."
Xia Entang gave his sister a warning glare and said, "Go deal with the fish."
Lin Zhinan was unhappy: "Why don't you go?"
Xia Entang coldly spat out three words: "I can't."
Live broadcast room: On the first night of survival in the wild, we clearly saw you processing fish, and you were lying with your eyes open!
"Go change your clothes first." Chu Huaiqin frowned as he saw Xia En's hair and clothes dripping with water. "Go quickly."
Xia En didn't move. He lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "I'm pounding the medicine."
"Xia Entropy."
There were only two words, and the tone was also flat. The people in the live broadcast room even felt that Chu Huaiqin's tone was too gentle. But what did they see? Xia En, who had just been showing the determination to never leave, put down the wooden stick in his hand and stood up. With red eyes, he looked at Chu Huaiqin aggrievedly and left.
Live broadcast room: ...
"Are you trying to reverse my CP? I've always been on the younger side, a little wolfdog versus a noble young man, what's going on?"
"Well, I always thought Chu Huaiqin was very aggressive. I like Chu Huaiqin and Tu's couple."
"Don't tell me before, Baldy, it's a little monk?"
"Ahh, don't break up my childhood sweetheart couple. The little monk must be my sister's."
"Haha, I'm a fan of Chu Huaiqin, you two, both of you, are so cute!"
"Ahhh, my dear brother is the general attack, all of you get out of the way."
Suddenly, CP fans erupted in the livestream, arguing fiercely. Chu Huaiqin, on the other hand, was already preparing to apply the medicine. Xia Entang had driven his sister away to kill fish. Chu Huaiqin was about to apply the medicine to her wrist, but one hand was inconvenient. Just as he was about to call for help, Xia Entang, who had gone to change his clothes, ran back at inhuman speed.
"I, I'll apply medicine to you," Xia En blushed. Seeing Chu Huaiqin looking over, he turned away and squatted down. "I just felt sorry for you and no one applied medicine to you. Don't get me wrong."
Chu Huaiqin: I really want to know what you misunderstood about me.
After applying the medicine on his wrist, Chu Huaiqin lay on the backpack and asked Xia En to help him apply the medicine on his waist. He judged that his waist must have been bruised.
When Xia En heard Chu Huaiqin's words, his hands froze. Only then did he realize that his waist was also injured. He pulled up his clothes and felt that his bruised waist was swollen.
Xia En's eyes instantly turned red, and his hand trembled as he touched her. He opened his mouth and tried several times before speaking. "From now on, I'll go with you."
"It might look a little scary, but it's actually not that strict..."
"Listen to me."
Xia Entang suddenly roared, attracting everyone's attention.
The livestream was also stunned, confused as to what Xia Entang had gone mad for. Chu Huaiqin twisted his body slightly and turned back, feeling a chill on his waist from the medicinal juice. Xia Entang had his head lowered, his slightly damp bangs draped across his forehead, masking some of the emotion in his eyes. His hands were moving as he muttered, "Listen to me, listen to me..."
"Why do I hear a sense of grievance in Xia En's words?"
"You were so fierce just now, why are you so cowardly now? You're so cowardly that you dare not even look at anyone."
"Ahhh, it's dark now, I can't see Xia En's expression at all. What's wrong with him?"
The livestream was curious, and so was Chu Huaiqin. He judged no bones were broken, but it was just the speed of the collision and the hardness of the pumpkin that caused the pain. Seeing Xia Entropy like this, someone who didn't know him would think he was going to the emergency room. But seeing Xia Entropy's expression, Chu Huaiqin said nothing. He turned around and lay back, eyes closed, fingers tapping lightly on his backpack, thinking.
Chu Huaiqin applied herbs to his waist and then wrapped it with gauze. His sister also cleaned up the fish, snails, and other miscellaneous items. There were shrimps of varying sizes, three fish, a pumpkin, a dozen or so clams three fingers wide, and a dozen shallow-water snails.
The shrimp were tossed with salt and oil, along with shredded bamboo shoots, placed in a banana leaf and grilled over the charcoal. Three fish were skewered and grilled. A dozen snails and clams were boiled in a pot, and the pumpkin was chopped and simmered. All of these things took a while to cook, so two people were left to watch over them while the rest helped the young monk build the bamboo raft.
There were only ten of them left, and the raft needed to be at least three meters long and two meters wide to accommodate them, plus their luggage. Besides the raft, they also had to make the oars. Everyone worked feverishly, and by the time they had trimmed and sorted all the outer branches, dinner was ready.
Banana leaves were spread on the ground, and on them were roasted shrimp and bamboo shoots wrapped in banana leaves. Fish was grilled to a golden and juicy golden hue, and clams were cooked to reveal their tender white flesh. The golden pumpkin looked delicious and sweet. The group had barely eaten anything except some mushrooms for breakfast and lunch. Just looking at this table made them almost cry.
It was just dinner time, and everyone in the live broadcast room was drooling, and they all said: I want to eat.
"I never knew that eating a piece of pumpkin could make me cry." Chu Huaiqin sighed softly and took a bite of the fragrant pumpkin. The sweet, sticky and smooth taste was very delicious. After one bite, he wanted to take a second bite.
There were only three grilled fish, and the ten or so people only got two or three bites, but everyone still enjoyed the meal.
"Wow, this fish is amazing. Whoever caught it must have grilled it. It's a delicacy." Su Huaichen took a bite and shook his head, as if he had eaten to heaven. He really deserved to be the best actor.
"Within three days of joining the praise group, the group leader will have to step down and let you take over." Chu Huaiqin said with a smile. He was the one who grilled the fish and was happy to be praised, but with the expression on Actor Su's face, he couldn't accept it.
The fresh shallow-water snails and clams were tender and chewy, but unfortunately there were a few of them. Everyone shared them, but each person got one. Feng Shan smacked his lips and said that he would continue catching them tomorrow, and he must catch more this time.
After eating and drinking, it was already around ten o'clock, and everyone started to set up tents and take showers. The biggest difference between the lake and the stream was its width. After eating, everyone stripped off their clothes and ran towards the lake, completely unaware of the hard work of the live broadcast director and technicians scrambling to apply mosaics.
"Bad review, bad review, mosaic again, Director Huang, can we do it without mosaic?"
"Alas, the one I'm most looking forward to, Xia Entropy, and his brother haven't taken off their clothes yet. I want to see it."
"Chu Huaiqin is injured and has just been given medicine. He definitely won't go into the water. Xia Entang seems to be planning to follow Chu Huaiqin."
The livestream noticed that Xia Entang hadn't taken his eyes off Chu Huaiqin since applying the medicine, so he assumed he wouldn't go showering. Sure enough, when the group returned from showering, Xia Entang didn't enter the water until the tent was set up. Chu Huaiqin did, however, and was blurred out on the shore.
Live broadcast room: bad review.
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