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.

on her forehead immediately before he stood up to cut the

her. “What

the sides of the ladder. For the last piece, we can cut it further to make the rung of the ladder.” As he explained, he

the last piece of bamboo into seven equal parts, about three centimeters

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

she offered to help, Gu Mingchen was afraid that Bai Rong would hurt herself. He suggested an alternative. “I can handle this. I’d appreciate it if you could make us two pairs of chopsticks. This way, we won’t get scalded while getting

made sense. She replied, “All right.” With the remaining bamboos, she made four pairs of

the extra pairs of chopsticks and

his comment amusing. Soon

joked. “Or is

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 peel his eyes

like that… I was just making some

enough of teasing.

to use the chopsticks she made to lift the crab out. However, due to her poor workmanship, it proved to be difficult.

she got two crabs out and left them to cool on a piece of leaf. Meanwhile,

that they could align beside each other. Next, she gradually reduced its size as it got nearer

“You start eating first. Tell me how

to touch. She broke it in half and drank its juice. There was just the right amount of salt. It was the best

thumbs up. “It’s delicious! But I’m worried we may not have enough

we can search for a freshwater source tomorrow morning. Once

breakfast. I’ll make a stew using the wild boar meat and

I can peel mine.” He felt

and eat first. I can’t finish all

watch before rinsing his hands with seawater. He

conversation, they could hear the subtle crackling of firewood accompanied by bouts of waves crashing. It helped create a comfortable ambiance.