There was originally a group of people laughing and joking, but within two hours everyone had lost the desire to talk and just walked around because they were too tired!
After the freshness of entering the mountain, the sun was scorching hot, and the stones under my feet were warm, not to mention the steep slopes and overgrown rocks from time to time...
There are 12 people in the team, 5 of whom are employees of Lucky Branch. They are even more tired than the students in the laboratory. Their physical fitness has long since been reduced due to years of desk work.
Especially Wang Yan, she has been using light fasting to lose weight to maintain a good figure. After walking down the mountain road for such a long time, her legs and knees seemed like they were no longer her own, and the delicate eye makeup on her face was stained by sweat. How could she care?
"Professor, how far do we have to go? This mountain road is too winding and difficult to walk!"
"Keep on holding on, we will reach the stronghold soon. We will take a good rest when we get there."
No matter how warm Ling Che's voice was, it could not warm Wang Yan's heart. At this moment, her ankle and neck hurt as if they were broken, and every step she took was torture.
Ling Che didn't notice any of this. He kept observing Lin Chuchu covertly along the way. The little girl looked so delicate and frail that he was afraid that she would fall, knock, get injured, or get tired...
However, none of these things happened. Lin Chuchu even had time to take pictures of the scenery with her mobile phone?
When he caught her doing something small again, the little girl's camera was facing him, and he... only had time to raise the corner of his mouth...
Lin Chuchu on the other side really thought that she had been caught secretly filming, and she hurriedly moved the camera before she could be surprised. However, out of the corner of her eye, she saw that Ling Che had already turned his head. Phew, it was a false alarm.
She admired her masterpiece again and was very satisfied. She was also very satisfied with the garbage system. "I finally got the benefits of your sleep-aid system!"
Lin Chuchu was always in a full spirit, so the physical fatigue was not enough to make her exhausted.
The group of people advanced slowly for about forty minutes before reaching the first stronghold. Everyone cheered and swarmed forward.
There are folding tables and chairs under three open curtains, as well as two camping tents with folding beds inside for rest.
Neither Ling Che nor Ji Yan went to rest. Instead, they went to the supply box to get water, bread, and self-heating rice to distribute to the team members.
Lin Chuchu also walked over to help, "Professor Ling, let me do it!"
Ling Che avoided her outstretched hand and said warmly, "This one is a bit heavy. Go get the bread."
She even smelled pampering.
Lin Chuchu smiled broadly and sweetly responded "Okay." She turned around and met Ji Yan's slightly scrutinizing gaze...
I felt a little guilty immediately. What did you look like? Just say a few words, it's not so obvious, right?
After dividing the food, Ji Yan opened another set of tables and chairs and called her, "Chu Chu, come here and have a rest!" Then he followed Ling Che's example and took out his laptop and started typing with a very focused expression.
"..."
Lin Chuchu suddenly felt that she was a little redundant... Even the sound of swallowing food became softer and softer, for fear of disturbing these two people.
Climbing mountains and carrying a notebook? Isn’t it sinking?
She looked around and glanced at the camping tent. Wang Yan and Zheng Xinyi, another female colleague of Le Qi, had long been slumped on the folding bed regardless of their appearance.
Zheng Xinyi was fine. The main reason was that Wang Yan's shoes seemed to have increased height inside the straps. Her feet would be tired after walking for a long time, let alone climbing a hill.
Lin Chuchu only felt it was funny. When she looked away, her mouth was halfway grinning when she met Ling Che's deep gaze. She quickly retracted the corner of her mouth, sat up straight and ate the bread, showing with practical actions that she was not gloating about her misfortune.
However, the gently fluttering eyelashes betrayed her panic.
A pile of information was pushed in front of her by a long hand with clear joints. "If you are really bored, just read this."
Lin Chuchu said "Ah" and subconsciously took it in her hand and opened it. Gene mutation and recombination... Her mind was confused. Ling Che still studies this?
Ji Yan glanced at her quickly and lowered his eyelids to cover up the surprise in his eyes. Did the teacher show his research project to Lin Chuchu, a "layman" who had never even entered the door? Just because you're afraid she'll be bored?
There's something indescribably weird about the relationship between these two people...
Ji Yan stopped what he was doing, stretched out his hand to unscrew the bottle cap and took a sip of water. There was a smile on Qing Jun's face, and he glanced at Lin Chuchu unintentionally. When he saw her eyebrows frowning slightly, he couldn't help laughing, "Teacher The research projects are quite esoteric, and it’s normal that you can’t understand them.”
After a pause, he asked again, "Chu Chu, are you tired after walking for such a long time? Why don't you go and take a rest?"
Lin Chuchu responded casually, "Ah, I'm okay, I'm not too tired." Her mind was all on the information in her hands. Although she couldn't understand it, she always felt that the direction of Ling Che's research was inexplicably similar to that of the Purifiers.
She continued to turn the pages, and heard Ji Yan laugh and say, "The signal is not good in the mountains. Did you say hello to Shi Yan before coming in? He will probably be angry if he can't find anyone with his temperament, right?"
? ? ? !
Lin Chuchu's scalp tightened, and she subconsciously raised her eyes to meet Ji Yan's probing eyes.
He did it on purpose! Did you tell Ling Che on purpose? Or are you reminding yourself?
She raised her lips slightly and replied, "I must have said that."
Seeing that Lin Chuchu's expression was calm and normal, Ji Yan even wondered if he was too suspicious. He didn't know how innocent the little girl was, so how could he have a... special relationship with the teacher?
Just when he thought this, he heard a "pop" sound. Ling Che closed the notebook, took off his glasses and rubbed his eyebrows. His face was slightly cold when he put them back on.
Lin Chuchu was sensitive to the fact that he was in a bad mood. She just didn't want Ji Yan to speculate more...
The man stood up and packed up his notebook, with a calm expression on his face, "Xiao Ji, in a moment you can count the number of people who continue to go up the mountain."
The man walked towards the path and said, "I'll go ahead and explore the road. When I come back, I'll be ready to go."
Ji Yan replied with a dazed expression, "Okay."
Is the teacher angry?
Lin Chuchu stood up immediately after Huo Ran, and hurriedly put away the information in her hands. "Brother Ji, I'll go take a look too!" He chased after her.
She couldn't care less about avoiding suspicion at this moment. She and Ling Che couldn't stand such a test with more than 50 points of goodwill between her and Ling Che!
Thinking about this, his footsteps became more and more hurried, and he couldn't even hear what Ji Yan shouted behind him.
By the time they caught up with them, the stronghold had already been left behind.
Lin Chuchu shouted softly, "Professor! Wait for me..."
As expected, the tall figure stopped, but did not look back. Lin Chuchu caught up to him and cautiously walked around to see his face.
"Are you angry? I..." I was shocked in the middle of the sentence, just because of the dim light shining in the man's eyes and the thin lips tightly pursed, which was terrifyingly gloomy.
Ling Che knew that he shouldn't be so paranoid, but he was still so jealous that he went crazy.
Yesterday's scene reappeared in front of my eyes, and there seemed to be a fire burning in my chest. He couldn't control the crazily growing desire for possession in his heart, and he didn't want to scare Lin Chuchu...
He raised his hand to cover the little girl's eyes and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Chu Chu... don't look."
Don't look at him in such a miserable state.
