After a day's trek, everyone was quite tired, and by around ten o'clock, everyone had gone to sleep.
Two people to a tent, Chen Ying shared with Shu Nan.
At two in the morning, Chen Ying woke up, planning to relieve the person on night watch.
He got dressed, stepped out of the tent, and saw the young man on duty had fallen asleep against his backpack with his phone in hand.
Chen Ying added a couple of logs to the fire, patted the young man on the shoulder, and told him to go sleep in the tent.
The young man startled awake, his face red with embarrassment, and after moving around a bit, he refused to go in.
"Then I'll keep you company for a while, and you can go sleep at three."
The young man sheepishly nodded, sat down, and stared blankly at the fire.
It was almost two-forty when Chen Ying prepared to step away to relieve himself and told the young man to keep an eye on their surroundings.