You Owe Me, My Love
Chapter 299

Chapter 299 Surviving In The Wild

At that thought, she looked at him with concern.

I'm not afraid of dying, but what will I do if you die?

Gu Mingchen had a bright future ahead of him. He came from a prestigious family and had wonnumerous accolades while serving the military. In just a few years, he could even assume the rank ofcommander-in-chief. But now, he was stuck here, just to save her.

He noticed Bai Rong deep in thought, and caressed her cheeks. “Don’t worry about it. The wolvesare not always around. I'll keep us safe.”

C'mon! Keep it together. Worrying would get us nowhere. “Do you recognize this island?” she asked.“I don't. There are plenty of unaccounted islands like this out at sea. Also, we seem to have driftedtoo far. In the military, we typically choose the more accessible ones that have been properlysurveyed and inspected for training. But look, there aren't any footprints on this island.”

He reached for one of their nets and spilled the contents inside. Out came the pot, their kitchenknife, dagger, handgun, and a gun case.

Pointing at the gun, she asked expectantly, “Does it still work?” She felt much safer with a weaponby their side.

"Yes. If you're worried, we can let it dry out under the sun. We only have twenty bullets foremergencies. The important thing is to replace a place for shelter.” He handed the dagger to her andkept the rest for himself. Before leaving, he took a glance at the fish they had attempted to cook. Itlooked ready.

“Rong, can you dig a small pit here? Not too deep. Around ten centimeters. I'll go collect somedried leaves.”

Before he could leave, she reached for his hands. “I'll go with you.”

“That works too. I'll feel safer this way.”

Before setting off, Gu Mingchen wrapped the fish with leaves and placed it into the pit Bai Rong haddug. He finished off by covering it with sand.

“Let's go.”

She followed closely behind him

As it was an uninhabited island, the trees and plants grew haphazardly, in no particular order. Eventhe plants looked enormous compared to the ones back home.

Gu Mingchen had to cut down many leaves to clear their path while Bai Rong helped to remove afew stray ones that he missed

He cleared off an area approximately one meter wide and ten meters long. Then he gazed up at thetree in front.

"What are you looking at?”

He speculated, “Even without our handgun, we won't have to worry about wild animals.”

“Why's that?”

“This is a Upas Tree. It's commonly used to make toxins for arrows. I'll make some tomorrow. Withmy shooting skills, there's probably nothing to worry about anymore.”

Bai Rong joked. “I have a feeling we could even stay here forever if we want to.”

Gu Mingchen tapped her lightly on her nose. “Just in case, these grass here are the anti-toxin.”

She gave a long sigh. “Mother Nature sure has everything planned out.”

He inspected their surroundings before pointing at one of the larger trees. “Let's camp up there.”Seeing the numerous thick leaves, she wondered out loud. “Do you think there are snakes hiding upthere?”

"Well... snakes climb trees to replace food. As long as we clean the area thoroughly, they won't come.They are not confrontational creatures by nature.”

With that said, he climbed up the tree swiftly and diligently got rid of the excess branches.

Back on the ground, Bai Rong couldn't help him much. She wandered around and noticed awithered plant. An idea came to her. I can probably make a rope with this.

About an hour later, Gu Mingchen had finished getting rid of the excess branches. He jumped backto the ground.

She looked up at the tree and hesitated. “Isn't it a bit too high? I don’t know how to climb trees...”“Don’t worry. I'll make you a ladder. Once that's done, I'll get rid of the tree bark at the bottom.With a smoother surface, it'll deter animals from climbing up. You'll be safe up there.”

His words gave her a peace of mind. “Are we going to bring the raft over now?”

"Yes, let's go.” He held her hands as they walked back.

With every movement, she could feel the calluses on his hands; evidence made in the years of toil.Furthermore, his warm body temperature made her feel at ease.

Please, I hope someone saves this man.

It didn’t take them long to carry the raft back to shelter.

Shortly after, Gu Mingchen started searching for broken tree branches on the ground.

He had a very good reason for choosing this spot. The two large trees had five huge branchessticking out, intersecting one another at varying heights.

In order to level them, he tied the loose branches above to the lower ones to create a flat surface.Bai Rong was astounded by his makeshift bed. “You should really just become an architect instead.”He chuckled. “Back then, we often conducted missions out in the wild. My comrades and I wouldmake these makeshift beds using materials we could replace. We're actually considered lucky. Since wehave our raft, we can place it on top. This way, it'll be much more comfortable.”

Hearing this reminded her they were about to share a bed. She felt a weird sensation not presentwhen they were on the raft.

To distract her mind, she continued making her ropes.

After she was done, Gu Mingchen tied the ropes to the middle of the raft.

“What's that for?” Bai Rong asked.

“The raft's too heavy for you. I'll pull it from up there.”

Make sense. She nodded in acknowledgement.

The spot he chose was approximately three meters off the ground. Bai Rong was only a hundredand sixty-five centimeters tall. In order to hand the raft over, she had to lift it above her head. But,with how heavy it was, that was impossible for her.

Gu Mingchen climbed up first. While he pulled the raft up, she tried her best to lift it. After severalattempts, they managed to get the raft up.

With their shelter done, Gu Mingchen took a look at his watch. It was twelve- twenty in theafternoon. “Hungry?”

Bai Rong nodded. She was famished. Truth to be told, her stomach had been growling for the pasthour.

“The fish we prepared should be cooked by now. Let's go.”

As she turned towards the beach, she noticed a black figure moving about. She asked worriedly,“What's that over there?”

Gu Mingchen followed her line of sight and broke into a smile. “It really is our lucky day! That's awild boar. Also, our dinner for today.”

He pranced happily towards his target.

“Be careful!”

The wild boar was in the middle of its meal. As it heard footsteps approaching, it turned to look.

Gu Mingchen made use of this opening and shot. The bullet went straight through its head.

The boar collapsed to the ground, dead.

Bai Rong was slightly startled by what she saw. She had eaten one before. But this was her first timeseeing one being killed right before her eyes.

“Is this your first time killing one?”

Her words had hit the spot. It was indeed his first time. However, he took it upon himself to preparethe boar. He didn't think she would want to handle that process.