Chapter 347: Cold Night Mine

However, it was clear that Gu Chen did not want to reveal too much information about the spring water.

He casually laughed and directly changed the subject.

Dong Yuwei was obviously a very smart woman in this regard and knew that Gu Chen might not want to talk about it.

So she did not dwell on the issue.

'I think we should find the way up first. It's getting late.

If we wait too long, I'm afraid we'll run into more trouble.'

Gu Chen looked up and saw that it was already late in the day after all that running around.

He wasn't at all interested in camping in the wilderness.

And in this primeval forest,

who knew what they might run into at night, a grizzly bear or a tiger out looking for food.

Dong Yuwei naturally had no objections to this, and the two of them took a short rest in the same place.

Then they chose a direction and set off together.

The two of them walked all the way through the forest.

Dong Yuwei hid behind Gu Chen and carefully observed the surroundings.

She had always followed the rules and was the good girl in the family.

She had never done anything as exciting as today, not only knocking the bad guys away.

And she and Gu Chen survived the disaster and ended up here together.

This made her feel both nervous and indescribably apprehensive and excited at the same time.

So far, almost all of her life's out-of-character actions

had happened with Gu Chen, which made Dong Yuwei's gaze

unavoidably fall on Gu Chen's face, which was both sunny and quite handsome.

Although they were in the middle of a deserted forest, as long as Gu Chen was by her side,

Dong Yuwei would feel an inexplicable sense of security, and even subconsciously want to rely on the other person.

Her heartbeat quickened slightly, and she leaned closer to him involuntarily.

Smelling the pleasant smell coming from Gu Chen's body,

she lowered her head slightly, and the temperature on her cheeks grew hotter and hotter.

'Yuwei, are you scared?'

Gu Chen's voice suddenly sounded in her ear.

Dong Yuwei's body trembled involuntarily, and she hurriedly shook her head.

At the moment, she felt like a thief who was afraid of being found out.

She explained incoherently:

'No, I'm not afraid, I'm just... I'm just a little worried.'

Gu Chen did not turn around, but kept looking ahead.

He could feel the girl behind him tense up for a moment, but he just thought she was scared of the forest.

So he couldn't help but say something comforting.

'Stay close to me. No matter what happens, I will definitely do my best to protect you.'

Gu Chen felt that the other person was at least considered his rescuer.

And she was very loyal. She was obviously the daughter of a scholarly family, but now she was implicated by him.

Yet she never even complained about the slightest bit of suffering, and she has never blamed herself until now.

All in all, he still has a responsibility to protect her through this forest.

However, it was obvious that these words had fallen on Dong Yuwei's ears.

But they suddenly made her little face turn red all the way up to the tips of her ears.

After all, since she was young, this was the first time a man had ever said such things to her.

And it was in a situation where there were only the two of them, and in an instant, it filled her heart with sweetness.

But she didn't have the courage to respond to Gu Chen.

She just lowered her head and pressed her little head tightly against his broad, warm back.

An inexplicable sense of security welled up in her heart.

Gu Chen, who was walking in front of her, was stunned and stopped in his tracks.

How did she suddenly lean on him?

Was she tired?

But they hadn't walked very far.

Gu Chen was a little confused, but then he thought about it: the girl was the daughter of an internationally renowned professor of medicine.

She had probably been spoiled since she was young, unlike him, who had worked as a farmhand before.

He was now intent on getting out of the forest as soon as possible.

He had no time to spare for the girl behind him thinking all sorts of nonsense.

But he didn't want to be slowed down by her either, so after thinking for a while, he stopped and asked:

'If you're tired, I can carry you for a while. Of course, let's get one thing straight, I'm not trying to take advantage of you.'

'The main thing is that the sun is about to set. Once it really gets dark, I'm afraid there's no way to tell which way is which.'

Gu Chen was really anxious. After all, no one wanted to fight tigers in the jungle, and he was no Wu Song.

But obviously the girl behind him took this the wrong way.

Hearing what he said, she couldn't help but blush and quietly 'mm' in agreement.

Then she said with some concern:

'Gu Brother, it's better if you don't, I feel like I'm too heavy...'

However, before she could finish speaking, Gu Chen had already picked her up and continued walking.

'It's okay, your weight is nothing to me. To quote a TV drama, you're as light as a feather,'

Gu Chen said teasingly, trying to distract her.

However, despite Gu Chen's best efforts, they were unable to make it out of the forest before sunset.

As the sky grew darker, Gu Chen grew increasingly anxious, but he couldn't let on.

After all, if this man panicked, the girl behind him would probably panic even more.

Although in his heart he had already cursed the Xu family tree of Xu Qingmu for sending people to kill him a hundred times.

But he knew very well that at this time he had to remain calm.

Subsequently, he stopped obsessing about getting out of the forest as soon as possible.

Instead, he began to look for a place where the two of them could stay for the night.

Fortunately, when passing through a mountain pass, he stumbled upon an abandoned air-raid shelter that had long been abandoned.

This made him feel a little relieved, and he knew that the main road should not be far away.

But by now it had completely darkened, and the surroundings were pitch black.

The mountain wind kept whistling past their ears, and Dong Yuwei shivered a little, and couldn't help but wrap Gu Chen's neck in her arms even tighter.

'Are you feeling cold?' Gu Chen asked.

The average temperature in Sichuan is still quite high, but unfortunately the air is very humid and the two of them have been wandering around in the forest.

At this moment, not to mention Dong Yuwei, a girl with a slender figure, even Gu Chen felt the cold of the night.

'Let's stay here tonight, and we'll leave after dawn tomorrow,'

Gu Chen gently persuaded her as he placed her on a slightly cleaner stone.

He then moved some more stones to block the entrance, although they still couldn't block the cold wind.

But at least they could protect the two of them at night.

As the sky grew darker, after Gu Chen had finished doing all this, he felt utterly exhausted.

He then leaned against a rock wall while talking to Dong Yuwei beside him, trying to help her dispel her panic.

However, as time passed, he began to feel his eyelids growing heavier and heavier, and his drowsiness growing stronger and stronger.