Chapter 307
Once they arrived at the log cabin, everyone began their assigned tasks. They cleaned the house, started the fire, prepared food, and after bustling around for a while, they finally had a chance to rest, concurrent with the nightfall.
Zhuo Hang and Ouyang Jin were set to work the first half of the night; Ning Qi and Deng Wenli, the second half. Everything seemed normal, yet Gu Fan felt there was something askew, as long as Ning Qi was involved in it.
However, Gu Fan concealed his suspicion, along with everyone else, he crawled into his sleeping bag and walked into dreamland.
On the contrary, Gu Fan didn’t settle into a deep sleep faithful to appearances. Just as before, he estimated the time, set an alarm on his phone, and woke up in the latter half of the night.
Gu Fan didn’t rise immediately, he carefully observed his surroundings to find that the people supposed to be on night duty, Ning Qi and Deng Wenli, were absent.
"Just as thought!" Gu Fan quickly dressed, then tiptoed towards the window, peered into the courtyard, and found it vacant of Ning Qi and Deng Wenli too. He speculated, "You two are being really cautious by eloping to such a distant corner."
Despite the severe cold weather, Gu Fan took the binoculars and slipped outside. He kept a vigil and, even though it was dark, under the moonlight, he saw two figures tumbling around not too far away.
"Ning Qi, you’re too ambitious," Gu Fan couldn’t help but sigh. In his eyes, any man who tangled with Ning Qi was unlucky. But he also didn’t want to misjudge Ning Qi too harshly. Maybe she was just starved of affection since childhood, that’s why she hungered for more.
At that moment, Ning Qi and Deng Wenli had no idea that they were under clandestine surveillance. They continued to flirt, eventually ending up in each other’s arms.