The two sat on either side of the fire.
Yet for so reason, perhaps due to exhaustion, they felt their eyelids drooping, an overwhelming sleepiness...
Chu Chengfeng and Du Tian exchanged glances. Chu Chengfeng yawned and said, "Du Tian, why am I so sleepy? I can’t take it anymore, I feel like I can’t hold on..."
Du Tian also struggled to stay awake. An imnse drowsiness enveloped him completely; he had mild insomnia, yet he never imagined that today the sleepiness would be so intense—sothing he hadn’t felt in a long ti...
But Du Tian still forced himself to stay awake, half-opening his eyes with effort as he said to Chu Chengfeng, "No, we’ve only been here for twenty minutes. They’ve just gone to sleep. It’s not right to wake them now..."
"But I really can’t take it, Du Tian, I..." Chu Chengfeng couldn’t finish his sentence before he fell silent, his body tilting onto the grass as he fell asleep.
At this point, Du Tian did the sa, unable to resist the overwhelming sleepiness any longer. He forced his eyes open to glance around, thinking as he drifted into sleep that he’d just sleep for ten minutes.
Soon after, Du Tian too fell into a deep sleep.
The ti was precisely 11:30 PM.
That was the exact ti Shang Qing and Dongfang Yu had planned.
Shang Qing and Mu Xinxin were staying together, and because there was a special operation planned with Dongfang Yu for tonight, Shang Qing was especially excited.
Moreover, as she was naturally a night owl, even when Mu Xinxin quickly fell asleep, Shang Qing felt no sleepiness at all.
At the appointed ti, Shang Qing put on her coat and shoes, slung her backpack over her shoulder, and unzipped the tent. She crouched at the tent door, scanning around, suddenly realizing things seed different.
Because when she slept, the moonlight was as clear as water, and the surrounding scenery was easily visible in the watery moonlight.
Yet within half an hour, such a dense fog had rolled in...
Shang Qing thought quietly to herself, wondering if Dongfang Yu would be waiting for her there.
Then she thought, he definitely would. Dongfang Yu was a man of his word, and there was no reason to deceive her.
Dongfang Yu had instructed her not to let Chu Chengfeng or Gu Qiaoqiao find out about this, as they were both sharp-minded.
If they discovered it, the plan to pick the Purple Heart Orchid would be ruined.
Gu Qiaoqiao was in the nearby tent, which was also quiet at this hour, clearly asleep as well.
And in this whole area, besides the dense fog, everything was pitch black.
Shang Qing crouched at the entrance, carefully observing her surroundings. With no sound, she quietly slipped out of the tent and ticulously pulled the tent’s chains tight.
The car was close to her tent, and heading there wouldn’t require passing by Gu Qiaoqiao’s tent, though she would go past the bonfire.
Shang Qing felt a bit nervous.
She knew the first shift was Chu Chengfeng and Du Tian. If these two caught her acting furtively, how would she explain?
But reaching the car would an passing by the bonfire...
Shang Qing crouched down, furrowing her brow, and after a mont, she gritted her teeth and stood up. With the fog so thick, as long as she kept her footsteps quiet, she should be fine.
If she truly got caught, she’d pretend to be sleepwalking, then figure it out later. Regardless, Chu Chengfeng must not find out about her and Dongfang Yu’s secret trip up the mountain to dig up the Purple Heart Orchid.
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