You are unlucky and I am tough

Chapter 143 Don’t Hit Me When You Wake Up Tomorrow

Another quarter of an hour later, the roasted sweet potatoes were cooked. Cheng Shuang used a stick to pick them out of the fire one by one. After they cooled down, she picked up one and broke it in half.

"Try it, my lord!"

Half was given to County Magistrate Zheng, half to Lawyer Lin, and one each to the two miners.

As the four of them ate, they all showed surprise on their faces, and felt that it tasted better than eating it raw.

A wild boar was hanging on a temporary wooden rack over there, and a group of people were cutting up the wild boar meat with daggers. They were so hungry that their stomachs were growling, but they didn't eat anything to fill their stomachs. They just waited for the wild boar meat to be cooked and feasted on it.

Cheng Shuang picked a big one and broke it in half, giving it to Wei Nanxing. "Come on, Nanxing, eat some sweet potato first."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Wei Nanxing reached out to take it.

Then Wei Qinglang saw Cheng Shuang coming towards him, stopped what he was doing and prepared to reach out.

Unexpectedly, when he stretched out his hand, the person walked directly past him and went to the back, walking towards He Zhou who was reinforcing the tent.

"Captain He, the roasted sweet potatoes are ready. Try them and see if they taste better than raw ones."

He Zhou quickly dropped the stone in his hand and wiped his hands. "It turns out this thing can be grilled and eaten. I must try it. Thank you, Madam Wei."

Cheng Shuang nodded with a smile, turned around and walked back, but someone grabbed her arm.

Wei Qinglang said quietly, "Why don't I have it?"

Cheng Shuang looked at him suspiciously, tilted her head and lowered her voice, "Have you never eaten roasted sweet potatoes?"

"I..." Wei Qinglang almost couldn't catch his breath, "I'm hungry too."

"Oh…"

Cheng Shuang went back and took another one for him, "Here, here you go!"

"Half is enough for me, leaving room for meat." He broke off another half and handed it back.

Cheng Shuang took it and took a bite. "Hmm, it's quite sweet."

Wei Qinglang finally felt a little better.

County Magistrate Zheng asked Lawyer Lin to give the remaining sweet potatoes to others.

The campfire was burning brightly, sparks were crackling and shooting up, roasting the pieces of meat on the campfire, and the fat dripping down instantly ignited blue flames.

Along with the sizzling sound, the aroma of meat wafted across the entire camp.

Cheng Shuang went to ask which tent she would stay in tonight and was about to make the bed when Master Lin pointed to the smallest one in the middle.

Master Lin was quite thoughtful and said that this was specially prepared for her. The layer under the tent was made of thick cotton cloth, so she could sleep directly on it.

Cheng Shuang couldn't laugh. This bed was too small. Why could other people's beds accommodate four or five people, but hers was only about 1.2 meters in size?

How could she and that big guy Wei Qinglang sleep together?

Can she sleep alone?

After the wild boar meat was roasted, a portion was cut for County Magistrate Zheng first, and then those people rushed forward to share the food. They were all martial artists and were carefree. They ate and chatted, and the camp was very lively.

Cheng Shuang, a woman, naturally couldn't squeeze in, so Wei Qinglang took a knife and cut a portion for her.

The temperature at night was lower than they expected. Cheng Shuang put on a coat and sat by the campfire. Behind her was the tent where she would stay tonight.

She was worried about how to sleep at night with so many people watching her and someone on guard at night, and she couldn't drive Wei Qinglang out.

Just as she was thinking about it, Wei Qinglang came over and put the meat wrapped in oil paper in her hand, along with a sharpened wooden skewer.

"Eat some."

Cheng Shuang saw that the meat in her hand was completely lean, still steaming and smelling fragrant. She picked up the wooden skewer and started eating. "Hmm, delicious."

"They thought they would go hunting in the mountains, so they brought salt and seasonings."

Wei Qinglang sat down nearby, eating directly with his carving knife and fork. He whispered, "I estimate that by tomorrow afternoon, we should reach the edge of the area where our compass showed an anomaly last time. Once we get there, we should not go too deep just to be safe. An hour's walk should be enough. What do you think?"

Talking about business, Cheng Shuang looked around to see that no one was paying attention. She lowered her voice and said, "Actually, I paid attention along the way this afternoon. By evening, I could already see quite a few centipede grass and dung beetles on the road. These have a certain demand for iron and aluminum in the soil. They must be here soon."

"So are you going to tell them the location through these ground plants, or let them blow it up directly? But they probably don't have much explosives with them."

Cheng Shuang said, "There must have been a severe earthquake in this area many years ago, causing landslides and mineral leaks. That's why there's so much toxic gas. Didn't County Magistrate Zheng bring two mining engineers with him? If there's any exposed minerals, they'll find them themselves once they get there. We'll talk about it then."

Wei Qinglang nodded and agreed. Magistrate Zheng was a good official who could get things done. The people he brought with him were definitely not fools, and they couldn't show it too obviously.

More than 30 people ate up more than 200 kilograms of wild boar meat. By the time they were full, it was already late. He Zhou arranged for people to take turns to guard the night, changing shifts every hour, and those who lived in the same tent were automatically divided into a group.

Wei Nanxing originally wanted to live with He Zhou's two confidants, but those two had to keep watch at night, and He Zhou felt that it would disturb his rest, so he let Wei Nanxing live with him.

Wei Qinglang was called by County Magistrate Zheng to discuss something. He was asked if he could draw a topographic map after having been to the mountain so many times. Wei Qinglang simply took a branch and squatted on the ground. Starting from Zifeng Mountain in Chengjia Village, he roughly drew a map. Master Lin took a pen and paper and wrote it down to make a record.

While Wei Qinglang was away, Cheng Shuang packed up the tent they would stay in tonight. The tent was placed on hay and dead leaves, and the bottom cloth was quite thick and soft to sleep on, but Cheng Shuang still took the prepared cloth and spread it out, then closed the curtain, covered herself with a thick coat and lay down.

It was very noisy outside, with the crackling sound of the burning bonfire, but Cheng Shuang still closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep quickly.

She had to fall asleep before Wei Qinglang came back, so that it wouldn't be awkward if she fell asleep first.

Wei Qinglang stayed with County Magistrate Zheng for half an hour. When he came back, he saw that the man was gone. When he opened the curtain, he saw that the man had fallen asleep. He was covered with a piece of clothing and his body was slightly curled up. It was obvious that he felt cold in his sleep.

The temperature in the mountains was much lower than they had expected, and it might even be colder in the middle of the night. Many people who had already fallen asleep simply opened their tents and used the heat from the campfire burning outside to keep warm, but it was obviously not possible for them.

Wei Qinglang went into the tent and tied the curtain from the inside. It suddenly became dark inside. It was not completely dark, but only a gray outline could be seen.

He took out the autumn quilt from the space, spread it out carefully and covered Cheng Shuang with it.

The space in here was really small, and the two-meter quilt could not be fully spread out. For fear of waking people up, Wei Qinglang even held his breath as he lay down carefully.

After lying down, he turned sideways, looked at the outline that was close at hand in the darkness, and a beautiful arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Just as he was about to close his eyes, Cheng Shuang turned sideways towards him and put an arm on him. Then the sleeping man seemed to feel the heat source beside him, and moved forward to hug him.

Wei Qinglang froze for a moment, stunned in the darkness for a long moment, then gently rubbed her head with his chin and said helplessly, "You brought this up here by yourself. Don't hit me when you wake up tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, a leg was placed on him again. Wei Qinglang laughed, adjusted himself to a comfortable position and pulled the person into his arms.

The next morning, as the sky gradually brightened in the east, the forest was immersed in tranquility, shrouded in thick mist.

The campfire in the camp was still burning. The night watchman put on thick clothes, squatted by the campfire, yawned and added firewood.

He Zhou was the first to wake up. He came out of the tent, stretched his muscles, and went to the river with his water bottle.

Soon the others woke up one after another, yawning and going to the river to wash up sleepily. One person stepped on a rock as soon as he came out of the tent and fell on his butt, being mercilessly laughed at by his companions.

Cheng Shuang was awakened by the noise and felt her whole body surrounded by warmth, just like a warm quilt in the cold winter. When she opened her eyes, she was indeed in the quilt.

I moved and felt an itch on my forehead, a slight tickling sensation, and then when I looked up I was instantly petrified.

It turned out that the itchy feeling on her forehead was caused by the stubble on Wei Qinglang's chin. Now half of her body was lying on him, with one hand around his neck and her legs resting on him.

Cheng Shuang immediately raised her hand and wanted to slap him in the face, but when she saw her own posture, she saw that she was the one who took the initiative, so she held back.

Just as he was about to sneak out, Wei Qinglang moved and hummed softly.

Cheng Shuang was startled, and for some unknown reason she reached back to hug him, closing her eyes and pretending to sleep.