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Chapter 3861: Reluctantly

"What's the point of playing then?" With the alchemist missing, the entire team had no chance of recovering their strength during the competition.

So, Qiu Fu and the others knew that their rubies were simply not going to be kept.

If they had to hand them over to someone, they might as well give them to the Little Princess Consort. After all, it was better to give them to someone they knew...

Qiu Fu and the others thought with a feeling of regret, a strange thought flashing through their minds.

It was as if... handing them over to the Princess Consort made them a little more willing.

Qiao Mu looked at them with considerable sympathy. "Do you want some water?"

All fifteen people nodded in unison.

Qiao Mu pulled out several large kettles of water from her inner world and tossed them to the group. "It's getting late tonight. Eat well, rest well, and we'll talk about anything else tomorrow."

Qin Fifth Young Master, sitting to the side, remained silent.

If he hadn't understood before, he completely understood and thought clearly now.

The little stoic truly disliked him immensely.

Otherwise, when she gave the other students buns and water, why didn't she say anything superfluous or extort money from them?

Originally, these things meant nothing to her; she would give them out based on her mood.

If she was in a good mood, the stoic face would probably be happy to give anything.

If she was in a bad mood, then it would just be "heh heh."

So... was the little stoic in an extremely bad mood because of him?

Then why did she come to save him?

The Fifth Young Master was at a loss, unable to understand the stoic face's complex and volatile thoughts.

Qiu Fu and the others, for the first time in many days, ate their fill that night, no longer enduring hunger.

They truly were unlucky. Not long after entering the forest, their group encountered a wolf pack that was much stronger than them, facing a situation where they were surrounded by thousands of wild wolves.

All the offensive spirit tools they could retrieve were essentially used up in that battle.

As a result, they had no means of catching animals later on. A group of miserable ordinary people traversed the mountain forest.

One of their team members also suffered from severe vomiting and diarrhea for a long time after accidentally eating a wild grass.

This made everyone afraid to eat any plants in the forest indiscriminately anymore.

So, everyone held onto the belief that cultivators wouldn't die from starving for a few days, and they truly starved themselves for several days.

They subconsciously forced themselves to forget the fact that they were just a bunch of ordinary weaklings now...

Anyway, it was all just tears!

As night fell, the weather suddenly turned cold. Everyone curled up, leaning against the cave wall to rest.

Qiao Mu heard a rather painful, soft moan, and slightly opened her eyes, turning to look by the moonlight.

Qin Fifth Young Master was huddled in a corner of the cave, clutching his arms, curled up like a shrimp.

He trembled slightly in the cool breeze, his lips pressed tightly together, trying to suppress his painful sounds.

Qiao Mu expressionlessly moved closer, and asked faintly, "How are you?"

The fellow didn't respond, just leaned against the cave wall, continuing to emit a very painful groan.

He curled his body even tighter.

Qiao Mu looked exasperated. She reached out, grabbed his wrist, and felt his pulse, muttering to herself, "You're really delicate. Eating the same food, drinking the same water, and you're the one with stomach discomfort."

"Such busybody, such trouble," Little Qiao reluctantly took out silver needles from her inner world, located the acupuncture points, pricked him twice, and then took out a blanket to cover him.