Chapter 288: Beardy (2) (2/2)

Chu Lian was surprised by the sound. It was only then that she recalled that she hadn’t eaten anything at all apart from a few sips of honey water.

She checked her waist and found that her snack pouch was still there. Fortunately, there was still her beef jerky inside, though it was a little wet from the rain.

Chu Lian took one piece out for herself before counting how many remained. Her head turned to look at the comatose man lying by the fire.

She sighed and swallowed the delicious beef jerky in her mouth before looking back to her pouch regretfully. In the end, she closed it up and tucked it away.

This was all the food she had on her, and there was still a sick man here to take care of. It would be better to keep the food for him first. As for herself, when it was day again, she was going to go out into the forest to look for edible fruits.

Chu Lian checked the temperature of the man’s forehead again before chewing up the remaining herbs she had found and applying them to the man’s wound. When she checked its progress, it seemed like the skin around the wound had regained its normal colour, so the herbs had worked.

With this bit of news, another burden lifted off Chu Lian’s heart and she took the time to dry off her clothes.

When she touched the man’s clothes and found that they were wet too, Chu Lian looked down at the bearded face of the man and gritted her teeth. In the end, she still reached out and removed the man’s armour and clothes to dry them by the fire.

Chu Lian stared dazedly at the man’s lean and muscled upper body after taking off his clothes. Her gaze travelled down from the man’s neck to his eight pack abs. She awkwardly swallowed some drool that had pooled in her mouth.

Upon coming to her senses, Chu Lian realised that she had lost control of herself and quickly averted her gaze. She mumbled under her breath, “He looked so tall and skinny on the outside. Who could have thought that he would have such fine goods hidden beneath his clothes?”

Then, she stuck her tongue out at the comatose man to hide her own embarrassment.

What Chu Lian didn’t know was that He Changdi still retained some awareness despite his coma. He had heard every bit of her backhanded compliment towards him.