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 Eileen

sat up and saw Egbert coming towards her with a

watch, so she had no idea

and his water bag on the ground, and

besides two bottles of drinking water for

looked at the water bag and asked, “Did

“Just the

Indeed, only one water bag was missing. She said unhappily, “Don’t touch my stuff in the future.”

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ked it sh

water bag, she noticed it

the man replied.

and sniffed it. The water had a fishy smell; she asked, “What

from a

who had always lived in a privileged environment, to have such broad

store water. If you puncture the trunk of this

has its own unique water storage trees.

water. She stood up and

was skeptical and

a distance, she saw a

non-toxic, she finally took a

her teeth there. When she returned, she

the previous day, but

next to him,

So, Eileen did.

her a cleaned

it was a mutated fruit, non-toxic, and shaped a bit

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

can replenish the sugar in

when broken down in the body, forms water and carbon dioxide, which are excellent sources of energy

having sugary food

contentedly, and said, “You’re really good at finding stuff, being able to find that tree and these

casually picked

him drink and paused.

that water bag before.

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