You Owe Me, My Love

Chapter 301 Afraid I Would Eat You

She stuttered, “Erm… e-everything in moderation. Too much of a-a good thing will have negative repercussions as well…”

He chuckled playfully. “Why the stutter? Afraid I’d eat you up?”

Bai Rong had been drawing circles on the sand as a distraction. Yet it did nothing to calm her racing heart. She needed to escape. “Er… I’m turning in for the night. Nights.”

Seeing her attempt to flee, it made him laugh. “Where are you going?”

She chose not to respond.

He added, “Our clothes are still wet. You’ll catch a cold if you sleep with it.”

He’s right. She could not think of a rebuttal.

Seeing her conflicted expression, he felt like teasing her further. “I mean, we’ve already seen each other naked before.” Gu Mingchen was clearly in a good mood.

This made her feel even more awkward. “Fine. I’ll make some new clothing and sheets with trees and vines tomorrow.”

Gu Mingchen stopped his teasing. The next moment, he lay flat on the sand. “Look! The sky is full of stars. I remembered back when I was a child, I loved looking at them. But, you can’t really see them anymore now.”

Changing the topic worked. Bai Rong was no longer apprehensive. Instead, she joined him. “Due to industrial pollution, our cities are filled with smog. I guess that’s why uninhabited places like these are considered heaven.”

Gu Mingchen cradled her. His voice earnest. “Promise me. If we are rescued, we’ll never leave each other.”

Her silence made him uneasy, and he turned towards her.

“Alright…” Bai Rong finally uttered.

her forehead

her. “What are you

long. I’ll divide it roughly into three parts. The two long ones will be for the sides of the ladder. For the last piece, we can cut it further

he divided the last piece of bamboo into seven equal parts, about three centimeters long, to be inserted

was a relatively tedious process. The size of the holes had to match the diameter of the

help, Gu Mingchen was afraid that Bai Rong would hurt herself. He suggested an alternative. “I can handle this. I’d

made sense. She replied, “All right.” With the

chopsticks and laughed

comment amusing. Soon

relaxed atmosphere, he joked. “Or is this for our children?

cheeks had taken on a pink hue. He could not tell whether it was the fire or her natural blush but, she looked ethereal. He could not

like that… I was

it was enough of teasing. “Oh

made to lift the crab out. However, due to her poor workmanship,

two crabs out and left them to cool on a

smoothed the surface of the chopsticks so that they could align beside each other. Next, she gradually reduced its size as it got nearer to the tip. This was evidently an improved

eating first. Tell me

in half and drank its juice. There

delicious! But I’m

and a pot. That’s all we need to make water. Alternatively, we can search for a freshwater source tomorrow morning. Once we’ve collected enough, we

But before we set off, let’s have breakfast. I’ll make a stew using the wild boar meat and bamboos.” She fed him a

have it yourself. I can peel mine.” He felt

eat first. I can’t finish all these by

his hands with

subtle crackling of firewood accompanied by bouts of waves crashing. It helped create