CH 464

464: Snowy Night

Back to Feng Wu. . .

Feng Wu ended her days of eating dry food now that she found Ink. She was finally able to enjoy the grilled fish that weighed on her mind since she caught them.

Ink’s skills were good and the grilled fish came out great. Feng Wu stuffed a dozen fragrantly cooked fish in her tummy then washed it all down with a few bowls of fish soup. The two friends ate well. It was a wonderful feeling to feast on such warm food in the middle of the cold snow.

Feng Wu was very conscientious and gave half the fish to Ink, which in turn embarrassed him a little.

It was true, there were a lot of fish on the mountain, but they were really hard to catch. He knew because he had tried several times himself. He could swear the fish here swam faster than rabbits on land. More often than not, the fish disappeared before he could even make a move.

Seeing Feng Wu’s huge catch was already a shock to his heart. He didn’t expect to get half her inventory just for helping her cook them. There were a lot of fish OK. Catching fish was much more difficult than prepping and cooking them. He kept grilling and grilling and once done only took a third of the pile, returning the rest back to her.

Feng Wu gave him a strange look, as though she didn’t understand why he would return food, but she accepted and placed them back in her storage space.

Visibility dropped dramatically when snow suddenly began coming down. Their fire was snuffed out under the heavy pile of white that accumulated, so they decided to turn go to their respective tents and rest in order to prepare for the early dawn tomorrow.

They had climbed up the mountain but there was still the matter of climbing down the other side.

The snow was coming down really hard so they had to clear the roof of the tent every so often to prevent it from collapsing under the weight.

Not everyone was lucky to have a tent to shelter from the wind and snow.

A girl was frozen stiff as she walked through the night against the elements. There was no place for her to shelter and she was becoming desperate. What could she do? She didn’t want to freeze to death. She had gotten so far; she didn’t want to stop now.

She pepped herself back up and kept trudging forward. Finally, she saw a faint light ahead.

People!

She hurried forward toward the light. Under normal circumstances, she would never have rushed to a populated place, not after her ordeal with nearly being robbed. She had little faith in humanity and didn’t trust her seniors or fellow classmates anymore. But circumstances demanded she try to reach out. If she didn’t find help, she would die, and if she died, she would be disqualified. She didn’t want to get herself in that situation.

She rushed forward and finally reached the tents. . .

Ink never expected to meet a contestant that would ask for help. If he remembered correctly, the current challenge was an individual challenge that didn’t rely on unity and friendship. They were all rivals. Asking a rival for help, was there something wrong with the girl’s brain?

But she looked so pitiful, Ink decided to ask if Feng Wu was willing to take her in. If Feng Wu wasn’t, then he would drive the girl away.

Feng Wu was buried deep in her comforter asleep when Ink called her out. She opened her tent and stepped out to find a pitiful girl standing around in the heavy snow.

She looked bad with lips that were nearly purple. If it weren’t for her warm clothes, she would have definitely frozen to death and been ejected from the challenge already.

“It’s you!” The girl spoke out in surprise when she saw who it was that walked out. If Feng Wu hadn’t appeared when she did, the girl would have lost all her things to the three thieves.

Puzzled by the exclamation, Feng Wu wondered if they knew each other. She searched her memory before a familiar picture finally came to mind. Yes, she remembered where she had seen the girl now.

“Xiao Wu, do you know her?” Ink was a little surprised. If it was someone Feng Wu knew, then they would have to take the person in for the night.

“I don’t know her. We only met.” Feng Wu said with a blank expression.

This made the girl think Feng Wu was angry at her for leading the robbers over and nearly getting Feng Wu robbed. But it wasn’t her fault. And besides, after walking away, she was certain she saw Feng Wu ride off on the alpaca. So, it wasn’t like the thieves succeeded.

Don’t know each other, but have met before. . .

Ink wasn’t stupid. He figured out the girl must have met Feng Wu on the road, but other than that, they didn’t have a relationship. So if the two weren’t familiar with each other, should they save the stranger? Ink decided to leave the decision up to Feng Wu. He explained to her that the girl wanted to spend the night with them and left it at that.

The girl’s eyes were expectant and bright. Feng Wu would definitely agree. They were both girls after all!

“No, this is a competition.” Feng Wu shook her head firmly. Jier had said everyone on the field was an opponent and she should not agree to help other people.

Feng Wu had nodded her head at the time.

Therefore, when this girl entered the arena, she became an opponent. Feng Wu wouldn’t take the initiative to attack, but she wouldn’t take the initiative to assist either. It was a rule Jier had asked her to abide by.

Naturally Feng Wu wouldn’t break her promise in order to help a girl she had no relationship with.

“OK, I got it.” Ink thought the girl was pitiful, but this was a competition. You could certainly help each other out if you wanted to, but there was no obligation to do so. No one would fault anyone for it.

He wanted the girl to find someplace else to avoid the wind and snow, but before he could say a word, he noticed her looking at Feng Wu with such a look of resentment, as though Feng Wu had done something monstrous, that he was surprised.

Ink lost any sympathy he had for the girl. Who did she think she was, staring at Feng Wu like that? Like Feng Wu was some kind of hated enemy. Too unreasonable.

“How can you do this? We’re both girls. How can you bear to watch me freeze to death in this weather. This game is very important to me. Help me please! I know you hate me because of what happened last time with those robbers, but it wasn’t my fault! I was a victim too! Why would you do this to me?!”