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It was evening.

Chu Nan and his group traversed the fifth district and soon arrived at the foot of the mountain that Chu Nan had climbed earlier.

Here, you can even see at least five towering flames all around.

The thick smoke has even drifted here.

"Chu Nan, you guessed right, they really did set fire to try and force us out." Xu Ling'er looked at Chu Nan with some admiration.

As a lady-in-waiting in the inner court, she had some understanding of these noble families.

Apart from a few well-known scions of prominent families, such as Zhao Xingyu, she paid almost no attention to anyone else.

However, Chu Nan was an exception.

The illegitimate son of this marquis's family was often bullied by the disciples of other noble families.

Moreover, it's said that Chu Nan is quite the romantic, relentlessly pursuing Chen Ting, but Chen Ting is in love with Chu Nan's older brother. The entire capital knows this, except for Chu Nan himself.

But once on the deserted island, Chu Nan changed completely. He stopped mentioning Chen Ting and was no longer the cowardly man he used to be. Instead, he became brave and resourceful.

What shocked her the most was that Chu Nan had actually gotten involved with the princess and Ling Hanxue.

This incident completely shattered her worldview.

"Could this kid be really that skilled?"

Xu Ling'er glanced at Chu Nan discreetly, her gaze even shifting downwards.

"I need a bean bag!" Chu Nan suddenly stopped and opened his arms to stop the group.

"You can speak Mandarin too?" Xu Ling'er asked in surprise.

Chu Nan shook his head: "I only know a few words."

The reason for speaking Guaguo was so that the Guaguo people could understand, so that Xu Ling'er wouldn't need to translate at crucial moments.

Not far ahead, a figure was moving about, seemingly walking this way.

"Shh!" Chu Nan immediately made a shushing gesture.

Then he led a few people to crouch down and hide in the bushes.

Less than five minutes later, a figure slowly walked towards them, carrying a small bucket in his left hand and a tinderbox in his right.

"It's a woman..." Chu Nan couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but judging from their clothes and movements, it seemed to be a woman.

"Could it be Chen Ting?"

Chu Nan thought for a moment and realized that among Zhao Xingyu's group, he had only seen one woman, Chen Ting.

Just then, the woman suddenly stopped, looked around, and lifted the lid of the wooden bucket in her left hand. She poured everything inside onto a rather thick tree trunk.

Immediately afterwards, she blew on the tinderbox, preparing to light it.

Just then, Chu Nan suddenly dodged.

He leaped up and slashed directly at the woman's neck.

A slight sound was heard, and the woman fainted without even shouting.

After Chu Nan blew out the tinder in her hand, she put it into her bosom.

They don't have many tinderboxes left; they've already used quite a few of the ones they got from Zhao Xingyu and the others.

By the moonlight, Chu Nan looked down and glanced at it.

"It really is Chen Ting!" Chu Nan sneered.

Just then, Xu Ling'er also caught up. Upon seeing Chen Ting, she glanced at Chu Nan with a somewhat strange expression.

"What are you going to do?" Xu Ling'er asked.

She then shook her head helplessly. Given Chu Nan's affection for Chen Ting, he certainly wouldn't hurt her; he might even take her back.

"Chen Ting and Zhao Xingyu are in cahoots. You need to think this through, Chu Nan," Xu Ling'er advised.

Chu Nan chuckled: "I'm not going to take her back."

"Huh? What are you going to do?" Xu Ling'er was taken aback.

Chu Nan stroked his chin and pulled out a delicate little dagger.

This dagger was one that Ji Menghan always carried with her; it was very valuable and inlaid with gemstones.

"You want to kill her?" Xu Ling'er exclaimed, quickly covering her mouth.

"I do have that idea." Chu Nan held the dagger to Chen Ting's neck.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Nan put the dagger away.

Seeing Chu Nan's actions, Xu Ling'er shook her head slightly. It seemed that Chu Nan still liked Chen Ting, so how could he possibly kill her!

Chu Nan stroked his chin, a cold smile appearing on his face.

killed?

That's such a pity.

She can be of greater use.

As he spoke, Chu Nan reached out and ripped open Chen Ting's belt.

Xu Ling'er's eyes widened, then her pretty face flushed: "You... what are you going to do?!"

Chu Nan ignored her and instead used Chen Ting's own belt to tie Chen Ting up.

They then drew an open space there and tied Chen Ting to a tree trunk.

In this way, the fire around Chen Ting wouldn't reach her, but it would still make her feel very uncomfortable.

Chu Nan even deliberately lit a fire around the perimeter.

Then he tore Chen Ting's clothes apart and stuffed them directly into her mouth, not too much, just half of them.

"What are you trying to do? Torture her?" Xu Ling'er asked, puzzled.

"This is called a feint to the east while attacking in the west."

Chu Nan didn't offer much explanation, but instead led them to move about fifty meters to the side.

They then hid themselves.

"No matter what you see, don't make a sound. If anyone makes a sound, I'll kill them." Chu Nan threatened the four Guaguo people.

The four people from the Gua Kingdom couldn't understand, so Xu Ling'er translated it for Chu Nan again, and only then did the four people from the Gua Kingdom nod in fear.

As time passed, the fire around Chen Ting grew larger and hotter, eventually waking her up.

"Ugh..." Chen Ting tried to shout, but something blocked her mouth, so she quickly used her tongue to push it out.

Because her tongue was not strong enough, she could only slowly open her mouth and push it out. It took her more than ten minutes to finally spit out the cloth from her mouth.

"Help! Someone help me!" Chen Ting shouted.

"Help! I'm here! Someone, please help!"

"I've found Chu Nan!"

Chu Nan, hiding in the darkness, watched Chen Ting shout and couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Xu Ling'er asked very softly.

"What do you mean she found me? She clearly bumped into me herself." Chu Nan curled his lip.

Just then, Xu Ling'er suddenly noticed something. She gently raised her hand and saw a spider the size of her palm crawling on her arm.

"Ah... um..." Xu Ling'er was about to scream, but before she could make a sound, Chu Nan covered her mouth tightly.

Xu Ling'er was about to cry.

Seeing such a large spider on her arm, she was so frightened she almost wanted to chop her hand off.

Chu Nan also saw the spider in her hand, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking something had happened, so he raised his hand, grabbed the spider, and threw it away.

Xu Ling'er trembled with fear, clinging tightly to Chu Nan, not daring to look around for fear of encountering any more insects.

A fresh fragrance wafted into Chu Nan's nostrils. He took a deep sniff; it was Xu Ling'er's natural scent.

"Chu Nan... I'm scared..." Xu Ling'er clung tightly to Chu Nan's arm, wishing she could pull his arm into her body.

"Shh! Don't speak, someone's coming!"

Chu Nan's right hand was held by Chu Ling'er, and his left hand supported his body. Seeing that Xu Ling'er was about to cry, he had no choice but to cover her mouth with his.

"Well……"