Chapter 70

Egbert Reed grabbed the biscuits and water, starting to munch in silence.

His appetite wasn’t much; he only had three biscuits and a small sip of water.

Seeing that the food consumption wasn’t much, Eileen Lopez relaxed a bit. She put the remaining food back into her bag, then asked him, “Got a sleeping bag?”

Egbert replied, “Nope.”

Eileen looked at him, all empty-handed and all, a bit disdainful, but she still dug out Elaine Lopez’s sleeping bag from her backpack and threw it at him, saying, “You’ll sleep in here,” and referring to the twig tent.

Egbert took the sleeping bag and looked at her.

Seeing him standing there, not moving, Eileen frowned, “Sleep when I tell you to sleep! What if you get sick again? Don’t you know you’re weak? How long were you ill last time? Have you forgotten? A whole twelve hours! Wasn’t it me taking care of you?”

Egbert thought back to that time and said helplessly, “That was an accident…”

“I don’t care if it was an accident; go in and sleep!” Eileen ordered.

Egbert just grinned and went into the twig tent with the sleeping bag.

Eileen took out her own sleeping bag, crawled in, and sat near the fire. She asked while warming herself, “What’s your plan for tomorrow?”

Egbert paused, then said, “Since we’re both team-less, why don’t we stick together?”

Eileen looked at the sky and snorted, “You want me to protect you?”

Egbert couldn’t help but laugh, then said softly, “If you say so.”

Eileen turned her head to him suddenly and said, “Then say something nice to make me feel good.”

Egbert was startled, then said in a coquettish manner, “You’re the best. Please promise to protect me.”

Eileen laughed, “Alright, since you said so, I’ll do you this favor.”

She then crawled into her sleeping bag, laid down, and said, “It’s bedtime now.”

Egbert sat in the twig tent, watching the lonely girl by the fire. The smile in his eyes never faded.

The next day, dawn was breaking.

footsteps woke

sat up and saw Egbert coming towards her with a

didn’t have a watch, so she had no idea what

next to her, placed the fruits and his water

bag, besides two bottles of drinking water for each team, there were also two empty water

at the water bag and asked, “Did you touch my bag?”

nonchalantly, “Just the water

frowned, took her bag, and checked it. Indeed, only one water bag was missing. She said unhappily, “Don’t touch my stuff

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ked it sh

up the water bag, she noticed it

the man

The water had a fishy smell;

a tree.”

in a privileged environment, to have such broad knowledge, even knowing about a tree

type of tree that can store water. If you puncture the

has its own unique water

She stood up and asked, “Where did you see that tree?”

she was skeptical and pointed in a direction.

and from a distance, she saw

confirming that the tree was indeed non-toxic, she finally took a

face and brushed her teeth there. When she returned, she saw Egbert

from the previous day, but

ground next to him, indicating

So, Eileen did.

handed her a

a mutated fruit, non-toxic, and shaped a bit like

took a bite. It was very sweet, much tastier than the Ink

foods can replenish the sugar

when broken down in the

in the wild, having sugary

said, “You’re really good at finding stuff,

didn’t respond. After eating two fruits, he felt a bit thirsty and casually picked up

him drink and

drunk from that water bag

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