After Jiang Ning set up the tent, she sprinkled insect repellent powder around it and burned some mugwort on the spot to prevent mosquitoes, snakes, ants, and the like from crawling into the tent.
Then, she began preparing tonight’s dinner.
Jiang Ning was like a walking small animal harvester; with her around, there was no worry about not having meat to eat.
The dinner for the three of them was equally lavish, with the fragrance of meat wafting through the air.
Feeling guilty for not helping, Nong Chun squatted by the fire, feeling extremely uneasy.
Not far away, Huo Miao, upon smelling the meat in the air, was longing for it.
She lifted her head, staring intently in Jiang Ning’s direction with a look of eagerness and greed.
Huo Miao didn’t understand why, even though she attracted the monkeys, they attacked Jian Tiantian and Ling Bo but seemed to turn a blind eye to Jiang Ning as if they were too blind to beat her up as well.
Seeing the neatly set-up tent with a flashlight hanging nearby for illumination, Jiang Ning squatting by the fire cooking chicken soup, and roasted rabbit meat skewered on a stick beside her, Huo Miao felt a strong sense of injustice rise within her after having been stranded on the desolate island for so many days, yet Jiang Ning still appeared clean and refreshed, as if she were just out for a picnic.
Her gaze towards Jiang Ning’s location was like a poisoned arrow, but no matter how resentful Huo Miao felt, she was powerless to change anything. The monkeys hadn’t affected Jiang Ning and her companions at all; Jiang Ning continued to live well, while Huo Miao was tormented by the tantalizing scent of meat in the air.
Grinding her teeth in frustration, Huo Miao reached up to tug at Huo Ziheng’s clothes and whispered, "Second brother, you’re seriously injured, and we don’t have any medicine, not to mention we’re starving... Perhaps we should go find Jiang Ning. You’re her own second brother; she can’t just watch you starve to death with such a severe injury."
Huo Miao still remembered how, during the first six months after Jiang Ning came to the Huo Family, she almost cooked a midnight snack every night for the late-arriving Huo Ziheng. Even though Huo Ziheng never treated her nicely, Jiang Ning kept doing it just the same.
At that time, Huo Miao sneered at Jiang Ning behind her back with other girlfriends, criticizing Jiang Ning’s way of trying to please others as something that totally lacked grace, just like a maid.
It wasn’t until later when she noticed Huo Ziheng’s attitude towards Jiang Ning gradually softening that an ominous premonition rose in her heart. Afterwards, Huo Miao deliberately showed her anxiety and uneasiness about Jiang Ning’s presence in front of Huo Ziheng. Indeed, Huo Ziheng once again distanced himself from Jiang Ning and never showed her any kindness again.
Huo Miao somewhat disbelieved that Jiang Ning could just let go of her wholehearted kindness towards the Huo family members, something Huo Miao had observed clearly; how could Jiang Ning just abandon it all now?
Huo Ziheng was also hungry, and his back was severely injured. The few compressed biscuits and the chocolate he had just eaten were practically useless to him.
Huo Ziheng appeared weak and was resting with closed eyes.
Upon hearing Huo Miao’s voice, he opened his eyes and shook his head, "Don’t go; Jiang Ning won’t give it to us."
He hadn’t believed that Jiang Ning could truly be so heartless and ruthless, but after being beaten up by Jiang Ning twice, he was convinced.
The Jiang Ning who had come out of the hospital seemed like a changed person, no longer treating them as family at all.
Huo Ziheng’s refusal caused Huo Miao’s face to darken and her expression turned somewhat ugly.
[Yo, yo, yo? How does she have the shamelessness to do this? To use Huo Ziheng as an excuse?]
[Huo Miao indeed has a thick face; if it weren’t for her, would Huo Ziheng be in such a plight?]
[Stuck with such a troublesome sister, Huo Ziheng really has rotten luck.]
[Pfft, that’s what you think. Huo Ziheng definitely wouldn’t see it that way. Perhaps he is quite pleased inside. Clearly, Huo Miao isn’t his real sister, but he treats Huo Miao very differently from how he treats Jiang Ning. Clearly, there was an opportunity to set things straight, but the Huo family chose not to. So whatever happens, he deserves it!]
[However, Huo Ziheng is indeed in a bad situation. The production team had said before that although this is virtual reality, the production of this scene was a one-to-one restoration of reality, and everyone’s perceptions are fully active. I hope Huo Ziheng doesn’t run into any trouble.]
[What trouble can there be? Even if it’s in the production team’s hand, it’s like dying and logging out in a game, it’s not his real body.]
Huo Ziheng was injured and found it inconvenient to move.
Mu Mingxuan’s injuries were lighter. After resting for a while, he started to set up a tent.
The group of monkeys had shown such animosity towards them that, although all three protected their backpacks tightly, many items had still been pulled out by the monkeys.