Tang Wu's mouth twitched.
Did Huo Zhixu really think she jumped down after him for his sake?
Although she had jumped down in a moment of impulse, it was definitely not for Huo Zhixu.
Perhaps, deep down, she was still somewhat worried that something might happen to Si Yanli!
An eight-year secret crush was not something built in a day.
It would still take some time to completely forget him.
Tang Wu was just about to say something when Si Yanli's cold, clear voice sounded before she could, "Your skin is so thick that even UV rays can't penetrate it."
Huo Zhixu's mouth twitched. "Lao Yan, why are you always tearing down your good buddy?"
Si Yanli couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Huo Zhixu. He walked up to Tang Wu. "Are you hurt anywhere?"
Huo Zhixu was dumbfounded.
Holy crap!
Lao Yan actually knew how to care about a woman?
Was he trying to become his rival in love?
This guy's thoughts were a bit dangerous! Even though he had a flash marriage with his wife and they had no feelings for each other, he was still a married man!
To prevent his good friend from going astray, Huo Zhixu immediately stepped forward and pulled Tang Wu to his side. "Beauty Tang, I have all sorts of medicine and trauma ointment in my bag. Just let me know whatever you need."
Tang Wu could feel Huo Zhixu's friendliness and enthusiasm. She gave him a sweet smile. "No need, I have medicine prepared in my bag."
Tang Wu was inherently proud and beautiful. When she wasn't smiling, she had an aloof, mature aura, but when she smiled, she was radiantly charming, beautiful enough to take one's breath away.
Over the years, both domestically and abroad, Huo Zhixu had seen all types of great beauties.
Nowadays, very few women's smiles could make his heart flutter.
But right now, as Tang Wu smiled sweetly at him, his bones nearly melted.
So beautiful!
So alluring!
Truly a captivating siren!
Tang Wu didn't notice Huo Zhixu's gaze. She took out some medicine from her bag and applied it to her arm, which had been scraped by branches.
She sat alone on a large tree, one leg slightly bent and the other stretched out. Her head was slightly lowered, and her bright, beautiful face was completely calm and composed, without the slightest hint of fragility or weakness.
After applying the medicine, Tang Wu saw that Si Yanli and Huo Zhixu had already split up to look for an exit.
Their current location was inside an open-air mountain cave.
Before long, Si Yanli came over and said to Tang Wu, "The exit is over there. Let's get out first."
Tang Wu nodded, picked up her bag, and put it on her back.
Si Yanli wanted to help carry her bag, but she refused.
She took out her camera and began filming everything in the primeval jungle.
She focused on her work, ignoring Si Yanli and paying no attention to the gaze he occasionally cast upon her.
A girl who was independent and serious about her work was undoubtedly attractive.
Along the way, Huo Zhixu's peach-blossom eyes hardly left Tang Wu.
"Lao Yan, once we rescue my sister and our group returns to the country, I'm going to fiercely pursue Beauty Tang. Do you think I have a high chance of winning her over?"
Si Yanli thought about how Huo Zhixu used to pursue women; even the most difficult ones would be won over by him within a month. His long, narrow phoenix eyes couldn't help but narrow. "The nonsense you're spouting right now is more than the commercials in a hit TV drama."
Huo Zhixu touched his nose.
What was wrong with his buddy? Did he eat gunpowder today? He was constantly snapping at him in such a weirdly aggressive way!
Had he offended him somehow?
"Lao Yan, I say you—"
Si Yanli shot Huo Zhixu a cold glance with his phoenix eyes. "Shut up, don't disturb her filming."
After walking for a while, the group arrived at a small stream.
The sky was gradually darkening.
If they kept going, they might encounter danger.
There was a green lawn by the stream, and the surrounding area seemed to have a relatively open view.
"Let's not rush our journey tonight. We'll pitch a tent and stay here for the night," Si Yanli said in a clear, mellow voice.
Neither Tang Wu nor Huo Zhixu had any objections.
Si Yanli pitched the tent while Huo Zhixu went to gather firewood. Both men suggested that Tang Wu sit down and rest.
But Tang Wu didn't sit down. She took a sharp dagger from her bag, found a wooden stick, and sharpened it.
She walked over to the stream and looked into the water.
Just as she had guessed, there were fish.
Tang Wu took off her shoes and stood barefoot in the stream.
...
After Huo Zhixu finished gathering firewood, he turned his head and saw that Tang Wu had speared several fish.
She strung the fish together with a branch and tossed them onto the bank.
Huo Zhixu had never caught fish this way before. He found it incredibly novel and couldn't help but walk toward Tang Wu.
"Beauty Tang, you are truly full of skills. You can actually spear fish with this kind of stick?"
Huo Zhixu took off his shoes, rolled up his pants, and walked to Tang Wu's side.
Tang Wu handed the sharpened stick to Huo Zhixu. "You try."
Huo Zhixu imitated Tang Wu's fishing technique. He first held his breath and concentrated. When a fish swam over, he fiercely thrust the stick into the water.
The result—
He missed.
He wasn't discouraged and stabbed two more times in a row.
"Damn, why can't I catch a single one?"
Tang Wu smiled. "The refractive index of water is different from that of air. The virtual image of the fish is above its actual position, so you need to aim your spear below the fish."
Huo Zhixu made a motion with the spear. "Like this?"
"A little lower." Tang Wu grasped the stick Huo Zhixu was holding, guiding him to adjust the angle.
The two were very close, and Huo Zhixu could smell the faint fragrance of her hair.
He looked down at her and immediately noticed her slender, fair, and beautiful nape. As the evening glow from the horizon shone over, he could even see the fine peach fuzz on her flawless, jade-like skin.
Huo Zhixu's Adam's apple bobbed uncontrollably.
"Mr. Huo, get ready to strike!"
Huo Zhixu immediately snapped back to his senses. Following the method Tang Wu taught him, he fiercely thrust the spear below the fish.
"Holy shit! I actually hit it!"
An excited and thrilled expression appeared on Huo Zhixu's handsome face. With his free hand, he naturally grabbed Tang Wu's hand and couldn't resist planting a kiss on the back of it.
Huo Zhixu's movement was so fast that Tang Wu didn't even have time to react.
As for Huo Zhixu, he was used to living abroad and merely treated this as a gesture of gratitude and etiquette, completely devoid of any improper thoughts.
However, this scene happened to fall into Si Yanli's long, deep phoenix eyes.
"Huo Zhixu!" he called out coldly.
Huo Zhixu turned to look at Si Yanli. "What's wrong, Lao Yan?"
"Go gather some more firewood."
"Isn't it enough?"
"Not enough!" His voice seemed even colder.
After Huo Zhixu walked away, Si Yanli looked at the woman who had put her shoes back on. He walked up to her and suddenly grabbed her wrist.
His fingertips felt slightly cool, and the large hand clamped around her wrist carried an inescapable strength.
Tang Wu was stunned. Her beautiful eyes looked at him in confusion. "Mr. Si, what are you doing?"
Mr. Si?
Since when had they become so estranged?
Si Yanli didn't respond to Tang Wu's words. Instead, he directly plunged her hand into the stream water and used his other hand to vigorously scrub the back of her hand.
