Chapter 798 - Small fries (1/2)

Ren Xiaosu looked at Liang Ce, who was sitting happily by the campfire. He asked puzzledly, “What are you so happy about?”

The campfire cast a red-orange glow on Liang Ce’s face, adding a festive sense to his happy look. He replied with a laugh, “I’m just happy that I could help Meng Nan!”

These words left Ren Xiaosu dumbfounded. He said in a speechless manner, “How old are you this year?”

Liang Ce replied, “25, why?”

Ren Xiaosu asked again, “How many girls have you courted over the years?”

Liang Ce said, “Three, I guess. I started at the age of 16, but I failed every time.”

“Then did you come to realize anything after failing to court these three girls?” Ren Xiaosu was trying to guide Liang Ce to reflect on himself.

But Liang Ce thought for a moment and replied, “I’m a good person.”

“Pfft.” Even Yang Xiaojin could not bear listening to any of this further. She said, “You shouldn’t have given her the portable music player just now even if you had it. Didn’t you hear her say that she wants you to chat with her? Why did you give her the portable music player when she said that?”

Only then did Liang Ce manage to react. He slapped his thigh and said in annoyance, “Oh yeah, why didn’t I think of that? Then what should I do now?”

Ren Xiaosu comforted, “Wash up and go to sleep.”

Liang Ce was speechless.

The guy turned his pleading gaze to Yang Xiaojin. Yang Xiaojin thought for a moment before saying, “From today onwards, you should start being a little more proactive. Since you aren’t the type who can make a girl fall for you at first sight, you must make up for it by putting in more effort. She’ll definitely feel insecure on this trip away from home. If you chat more with her, you’ll be able to leave a good impression.”

Ren Xiaosu sighed. This was the first time he saw Yang Xiaojin talk so much with strangers. It seemed that even Yang Xiaojin could not stand it anymore.

However, Ren Xiaosu asked Yang Xiaojin softly, “Am I the type that can make girls fall for me at first sight?”

Yang Xiaojin rolled her eyes and went into her tent to sleep.

The next morning, Liang Ce rushed out of the campsite to relieve himself after waking up. Then he went to wash his hands at the riverbank.

Meng Nan also walked over to the riverbank. When Liang Ce saw her, he remembered Yang Xiaojin’s advice for him to be more proactive. As such, he took the initiative to greet her. But he got nervous as he did not know what to say. After hesitating for a while, he greeted Meng Nan, “Did you pee on your hands too?”

Meng Nan was confounded.

Ren Xiaosu, who was watching all of this from afar, sighed to Yang Xiaojin, “I have a feeling that these two are drifting further and further apart under our guidance….”

In the morning, the convoy set off again. Not long after they left, rustling came from the forest in the north. Some people were making their way through the forest.

The morning sun shone through gaps in the canopy and onto the ground, and static was buzzing in the forest. A heavily armed soldier with thick camouflage paint on his face said on the radio, “Coast is clear. Targets have departed.”

“All clear.”

“All clear here as well.”

At several other locations, soldiers were replying on the radio.