Chapter 303 I Will Always Be Here For You
Bai Rong refused to answer Gu Mingchen’s question because he had taken advantage of her.
She diverted his attention and said, “Let’s get everything sorted out as soon as possible. Otherwise, we’re going to be in huge trouble if it rains tonight.”
He nodded and lost himself in a train of thoughts. “It’s great to have a downpour because we’re running out of water. On top of that, we can take this opportunity and take a short break. Haven’t you been complaining about being tired lately?”
Bai Rong’s face flushed embarrassedly because she brought it up when Gu Mingchen insisted on carrying on with the intimate session they had some time ago.
She cleared her throat and talked about something else to divert his attention. “You need to stop messing with me and finish your meal. Since you’re dealing with a lot of heavy-duty tasks, you’re going to turn into a skinny man if you don’t have enough food. How are you supposed to be a heavyweight figure in my life if you’re skinny?”
He caressed her nose in return and decided to stop teasing her because she had always been a timid woman.
After they finished their meal, Bai Rong cleaned up the mess, whereas Gu Mingchen started cutting the bamboos into two equivalent parts. Once the bamboos were ready, he started digging a hole.
It took him some time to reach the soil because they were on the beach. He thrust the bamboo into the ground, burying it up with soil to stabilize it before covering it up with sand again. He needed to set up another parallel one to set up a clothesline to hang their stuff.
After Bai Rong returned with the cleansed bowls, she tried to be helpful and started digging into the ground that was several feet away from Gu Mingchen. She mimicked him and created a hole in the ground.
By the time he was done with the first bamboo, he took over her task and said, “I want you to weave the ropes and leave this to me. We need the ropes to be as sturdy as possible.”
“Okay.” Bai Rong took shelter under the parasol and started weaving the ropes as instructed. After she gulped down a mouthful of drink, she noticed they only had another four bottles of mineral waters left.
After Gu Mingchen had the foundation of the shack ready, he approached Bai Rong and took over the bottle of water from her, gulping the entire bottle down.
“I think we’re running out of drinking water,” she reminded him.
“Don’t worry. I’ll get us more immediately.” Gu Mingchen brought the simple filtration device he had put together using the mineral bottle while they were on the sea. After inserting a bamboo sheet, he placed the device a few inches away from the fire.
“I need you to keep an eye on the amount of seawater in the mineral bottle. Move it away from the fire once the process is completed. Otherwise, it will go up in flames,” Gu Mingchen reminded.
“Alright.” She nodded and continued weaving the ropes while keeping an eye on the filtration device.
In the meantime, he returned and pierced a hole in the other bamboos before stuffing a rope into it. He started wrapping the bamboos with the rope. After he tied a knot, he said, “We can hang our food here.”
“Mmm! I’m done as well!” Bai Rong removed the filtration device from the fire using the bamboo.
“Leave it alone for the time being because it’s too hot for consumption,” Gu Mingchen reminded once again.
“Okay.” Staring at the water in the filtration device, Bai Rong was impressed. It was an effective method to secure clean drinking water.
Two-thirds of water could be seen in the inverted water bottle after a short while. Although it was a meticulous process, water wouldn’t be much of a concern anymore.
When she was waiting for the water to cool down, she proceeded to process the boar. She pierced through the boar’s leg using the knife. After stuffing a rope across it, she hung it up on the clothesline.
Meanwhile, Gu Mingchen stopped chopping bamboos. Instead, he reached for the fishing net and started altering the side of the net using the ropes.
Bai Rong returned to the beach and continued weaving ropes after hanging up the boar.
“I’ll place the fishing net at the bottom of the sea and return in ten minutes. I want you to keep the gun with you and keep yourself safe,” Gu Mingchen instructed prior to his departure.
“I’ll keep that in mind. You need to be careful as well.”
Gu Mingchen nodded and placed a heavy boulder and a tiny piece of rib in the fishing net.
He didn’t undress his top and made his way into the sea with the fishing net after he ensured he had everything he needed.
On the other hand, Bai Rong separated the first batch of water and continued filtrating seawater while weaving ropes.
After approximately eight minutes, Gu Mingchen returned from the sea and removed his top and pants, hanging them on the clothesline to dry them. His rock-hard abs and sturdy muscles could be seen.
She noticed he seemed to have gotten stronger than ever before.
When she caught Gu Mingchen staring at her, she cleared her throat and asked, “Are we having fish for dinner? I don’t think we can finish this pot of pork stew.”
“I’ll go set up the shack as soon as I can. If we have enough time to spare, I want to dig a pond. We can keep the fishes alive if we can get some seawater inside.”
“I think that’s slightly over the top. If we can’t finish them, we can cure them with salt and preserve it for future consumption,” Bai Rong countered.
“That sounds like a great idea. I believe we can always get our hands on a fresh supply of fish easily. Let’s head into the forest get some condiments to remove the gamey taste of the fish tomorrow,” he announced their agenda and started chopping the bamboos again.
“Can you tell the differences between the plants in the forest? Aren’t there a lot of venomous plants in the forest?” She was worried because she couldn’t tell one plant from another.
“Don’t worry. We used to carry out different missions in the forest back in the day. Since we’re not allowed to bring anything with us, we need to secure our own source of food. A professional would tag along and tell us the plants to stay away from. Therefore, I can tell the venomous plants apart from those edible ones.”
Bai Rong giggled and teased, “Why does it feel like I’m on a short get-away with you?”
He played along with her and asked rhetorically, “Don’t you think this is all the more reason to stay by my side forever?”
Nodding, her eyes flickered. “I’ll definitely stay by your side for as long as I’m alive.”
“You’re such a silly woman,” he replied in a lovey-dovey manner with a bright grin. It was the best time of his life as well.
He continues chopping the bamboos into parts of equal lengths and divided them according to their thickness. Once he sorted them out, he started bundling them with ropes.
It took him four hours to get the bamboos sorted out and properly bundled.
Over the past four hours, Bai Rong had weaved a ton of ropes and made another three bottles of drinking water.
All of a sudden, she had a bad feeling about something because she could feel a tingling sensation coming from her stomach.
Her menstruation cycle had always been messed up. She would go through menses at different intervals, and she would go through heart-wrenching pain every time.
She seemed to be having another menstruation cycle soon. Unfortunately, she didn’t have any sanitary items she needed with her.
After much considerations, she decided to make the things she needed using tree leaves and ropes.
Humans during the prehistoric era seemed to have make use of the ashes of charcoal because it could easily absorb moisture.
“What are you weaving?” Gu Mingchen walked over and asked.
Bai Rong flushed embarrassedly and muttered, “S-Some daily necessities…”
“Why don’t you come over and check out our home?” Gu Mingchen turned around and looked in the direction of the shack.
Bai Rong grabbed his hand when he was about to return to the shack. She noticed something was wrong with his hand. The moment she unfolded his palm, she noticed there were blisters everywhere.
“I forbid you from working for the rest of the day! Have you lost your mind? Why didn’t you take a break?”
He beamed and assured her it would be fine. “It’s nothing serious. I guess it’s because it has been a long while since I did some heavy-duty tasks. As long as scabs form over the blisters, I won’t feel any pain in the future.”
Caressing the man’s hand, she was heartbroken. “Let’s put everything aside and resume when your hands recover. I’m afraid you’re going to catch a fever if your wounds are infected. We can’t allow that to happen because we don’t have any doctors with us. No matter what, you’re not allowed to work anymore. Let’s head into the forest and get ourselves some greens to go along with the proteins. I believe the food we have can keep us alive for at least a week.”
On the other hand, the man peered at her and thought those were nothing if those were what it would take to stay by her side.
