1237 Trying to Hide (2/2)

He finally understood what was going on. Xiao Tianyu had not thrown away the used mineral water bottles, but merely put them back in their places, pretending that they had not been used up.

Xiao Tianyu's face turned pale, and he put on a smile to try to wiggle his way out of the situation. ”So what? They are all used to hold urine, you know, yeah…”

Since changing the strategy for crossing the sand dunes, everyone had more than enough time to relieve themselves. The need for mineral water bottles to hold their pee was minuscule. At most, he should leave one empty bottle in the car to act as a spare. Who in their right mind would keep so many bottles like Xiao Tianyu?

And even if one kept the empty bottle for a spare, it was usually placed in the glove compartment or in the cup holder next to the driver's seat. This would make it convenient for use at any time. Who would take the trouble to return all the bottles neatly to their original positions?

There was no doubt that this was merely a cover!

Zhang Zian slammed an empty bottle onto the ground and said angrily, ”Honestly, when you reported your consumption of drinking water, did you count these empty bottles?”

Xiao Tianyu's reported drinking water consumption was the largest in the team, but the gap between his and others' was not too big. Therefore, Wei Kang still spoke up for him. However, if these empty bottles were counted, Xiao Tianyu's drinking water consumption was way too high to be tolerated.

Seeing that the cat was out of the bag, Xiao Tianyu panicked and waved his hands around again and again. He was trying to hint to Zhang Zian not to alarm the others. He lowered his voice and begged. ”Brother Zhang, I am afraid of heat! Fat people are afraid of heat. I am especially afraid of heat! This car is like a smoldering stove. Any longer and I am going to be a roasted duck... I beg you not to tell the rest. I won't dare to do this anymore, okay?”

If this had been daily life, then a few bottles of mineral water, even a few boxes of mineral water, that were wasted would mean nothing. At most, Zhang Zian would lose a few dollars, but here in the desert, water was life!

Zhang Zian mustered the greatest amount of patience he could to restrain his anger. He wanted to understand things first, because one couldn't possibly drink so much water, either. After all, Xiao Tianyu was not a water tank.

”Tell me, how did you use this water?” he asked loudly.

”I... Isn't it too hot? I sweat a lot, and my body was too sticky. Every time I leaned back, my back stuck to my seat. So I drove with a towel soaked with water. As I drove, I used it to wipe my body, so that it could be cool…” Xiao Tianyu explained with great detail.

Zhang Zian was so mad he almost exploded. He squeezed his fist and screamed. He couldn't wait to punch Xiao Tianyu's fat face.

Xiao Tianyu was scared just by looking at Zhang Zian's expression. He nodded and nodded. He pointed to the sky, swore that there would be no next time, and begged Zhang Zian not to tell the others. Otherwise, he would be ashamed to see anyone.

”Do you know that even if I don't say anything, these horrible things you do will be discovered sooner or later? You ruined your own water supply, so what are you drinking?” Zhang Zian asked.

Xiao Tianyu said with a sullen face, ”So what? The rest can't just openly watch me die of thirst, can they? Besides, there are so many people. If each of them saved a sip of water, I would have something to drink…”

Zhang Zian turned his anger into laughter. So that was what he'd been planning all along. When the water in his car was gone, he would ask for help from the rest.

They were also lucky that they were traveling with Peter Lee and his team. They had more manpower together. Besides, with this issue being discovered while it was still early, there were ways to remedy it. If not, he would have really done everyone in!

Only one sentence could accurately describe Zhang Zian's mood at this time—he had never met such a brazen person!

”I am so done with you!”

Suddenly, without waiting for Zhang Zian to think about how to deal with him, a black shadow emerged next to Xiao Tianyu. A huge fist landed squarely on him and brought Xiao Tianyu to his knees.