Chapter 58
Shen Xili’s eyelashes trembled slightly. He slowly opened his eyes, only to see Chi Yanxun bandaging his wound.
“Yu…”
Chi Yanxun looked up at him sharply. He asked, “What did you say?”
Shen Xili closed his eyes again, but his mouth was still muttering something. However, because his body was fighting the snake venom, he couldn’t speak more clearly.
Chi Yanxun leaned closer. After distinguishing for a long time, he finally heard clearly what Shen Xili was muttering.
“Shen Shuyu…”
Shen Shuyu?!
There’s actually Shen Shuyu involved?!
Seeing Shen Xili in such a miserable state, Chi Yanxun’s temples couldn’t help throbbing wildly. He knew it! Shen Shuyu’s performance over the past two days was indeed good, and he thought he had changed. Unexpectedly, he was still so willful and vicious! He could even lay a hand on his own teammate! If given a chance to start over, he would definitely, definitely not meet Shen Shuyu even once.
Lying outside, Shen Shuyu sneezed. He rubbed his nose. Calculating the time, Shen Xili should be waking up soon. The two of them should be entering the chatting-under-the-moon phase.
Then there was no role for him here. He could go to the next Safe House to wait for everyone.
Before hibernating, the System told him where the next Safe House was. It was a bit far from here, at least a two-hour walk. He was lame now, so his speed would probably be even slower.
But it was fine; the protagonist group was slower than him anyway.
Shen Shuyu climbed up. First, he rolled up his pant leg to look. The knee had scabbed over again. It wasn’t bleeding, but it still hurt.
He didn’t understand either. In the original novel, although the original host was a fake young master, even after his identity was revealed, the Shen family still treated him like a biological son, not depriving him of anything. The life he lived before was the same life he lived after Shen Xili was recognized back—shoulders couldn’t carry, hands couldn’t lift. How could the original host, pampered since childhood, last so long in this Survival War?
Even he couldn’t stand it anymore!
Shen Shuyu pondered this question while walking. The night in the early morning was quiet, with only some strange insect chirps.
Shen Shuyu really couldn’t walk anymore. He picked a relatively safe place and sat down on a rock. He unzipped his bag. Inside were only three tubes of nutrient solution, his change of clothes, and ammo supplies.
He was out of water. What he and Shen Xili drank just now was his last half bottle of mineral water.
Shen Shuyu thought for a moment, took out a nutrient solution, zipped the bag, unscrewed the cap, threw his head back to drink it, threw the empty tube aside, and waited for his stamina to recover.
He had to say, the nutrient solution he brought himself not only tasted more comfortable than the organizer’s but also worked much better.
Shen Shuyu glanced at the watch on his wrist. In less than ten minutes, he felt more than half of his stamina return.
Sitting for a while longer, Shen Shuyu felt his body was almost recovered. Just as he was about to get up, he heard footsteps around him, coming toward him.
Shen Shuyu vigilantly took out his gun. He looked left and right; there was no place to hide here. Moreover, his leg was injured; he might get caught after two steps.
He cocked the gun. Can only fight now!
Shen Shuyu slowed his breathing, raising the gun toward the sound. The footsteps got closer and closer. Shen Shuyu swallowed, his eyes full of vigilance and tension.
A figure gradually appeared in the moonlight. Now!
Shen Shuyu deftly fired three shots at the figure. Bang bang bang! The figure dodged, avoiding all of Shen Shuyu’s bullets. Super fast speed!
Just as Shen Shuyu prepared to give him another bang bang bang, he heard a familiar voice by his ear: “It’s me.”
Hm?
Shen Shuyu looked over in confusion, finally seeing the figure reveal its true face.
Good grief! It’s actually Wen Jiafei!
Shen Shuyu looked at him in shock, blurting out, “Why are you here?”
Wen Jiafei walked over calmly. His clothes were also a bit messy, but his face remained clean. He said, “I was hiding here. Is it surprising?”
“…Not surprising,” Shen Shuyu said. He came here because of the System’s instructions. Walking further ahead was the new Safe House. Everyone agreed from the start that if separated, they would wait in the next Safe House.
Shen Shuyu put down the gun, moved his body, and gave up half of the rock under his butt. “Come sit for a while.”
Wen Jiafei seemed to pause for a moment but still walked over and sat next to Shen Shuyu.
Shen Shuyu asked, “Do you have water left in your bag?”
Wen Jiafei unzipped his bag. His contents were similar to Shen Shuyu’s: a set of clothes, an unopened bottle of water, an opened bottle of water, some compressed biscuits, and ammo supplies.
Shen Shuyu also unzipped his bag. Looking at the only two nutrient solutions left, he took out a mint-flavored one and threw it into Wen Jiafei’s bag. Then he picked up the unopened water, thought for a moment, and took a compressed biscuit.
Nutrient solution was good, but hunger was real hunger.
Shen Shuyu said, “Nutrient solution for a biscuit and a bottle of water. Not unfair, right?”
Wen Jiafei said nothing, just taking out water and compressed biscuits for himself too.
The two ate biscuits and drank water quietly. After a biscuit went down, Shen Shuyu felt his stomach feel better. He put the remaining half bottle of water in his bag and turned to ask, “Where did you come from?”
Wen Jiafei pointed in a direction. Shen Shuyu couldn’t help asking again, “Wen Jiafei, are you always of so few words?”
Calculating the time, he and Wen Jiafei had known each other for quite a while, but Wen Jiafei really hated talking! The time he spoke the most to him was in his rental apartment when Shen Shuyu acted as a tutor for him.
“No,” Wen Jiafei finally spoke. “Just don’t know what to say.”
Shen Shuyu scratched the back of his neck. “Ah? Isn’t talking very simple? Why don’t you know what to say? Just say whatever you want.”
“Not simple,” Wen Jiafei said calmly.
Shen Shuyu didn’t quite understand, but he didn’t dwell on this question. He said, “But having said that, your voice sounds quite nice. Talk more later; the quiet here is kind of scary.”
Shen Shuyu didn’t feel it just now, but now with Wen Jiafei here, he felt like the heart he had been holding up finally settled back into his stomach. Having an acquaintance! Indeed different! His confidence was boosted.
Hearing this, Wen Jiafei couldn’t help turning to look at him. He said expressionlessly, “Before, you said my voice sounded terrible.”
Shen Shuyu coughed awkwardly. “Is that so? I don’t quite remember.”
That was said by the original host! What does it have to do with me, the plot reviser?!
Wen Jiafei didn’t respond. The two fell into a strange silence again.
Shen Shuyu simply said, “Then let’s go. I’ve rested enough. Are you rested?”
Wen Jiafei stood up. “Mn, let’s go.”
…This talk is really simple!
Shen Shuyu couldn’t understand why he could be so silent. In his previous life, in the orphanage, he was the most cheerful kid. The director mother praised his good personality because he always felt that as long as he communicated with people and talked more, for every extra person who knew him, his presence in the world increased a bit.
But in this world, this habit of his improved a bit. First, because he was afraid talking too much would expose problems. Second, having family love and an older brother’s doting, even without talking much, some people already deepened his presence for him.
Shen Shuyu limped along. Without a word, Wen Jiafei helped him put on his backpack. Shen Shuyu said thanks. Just as he was ready to set off, he heard Wen Jiafei say, “Your inhibitor patch needs changing.”
Hearing this, Shen Shuyu subconsciously raised his hand to touch it. “Almost forgot.”
He walked alone for so long; the inhibitor patch had long been soaked by sweat at the edges.
Shen Shuyu deftly tore it off. The scent of camellia pheromones instantly surged into the air. Very faint, but because they were too close, both could smell it.
Smelling this scent, Wen Jiafei couldn’t help frowning.
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