Li Jia slept uneasily that night. He dreamed that a wild beast was chasing him. He didn't dare to look back, but kept running. However, the beast was chasing him closely. Every time he felt that he was about to escape, a low roar would appear behind him. He ran and ran, and he didn't know how long he ran. Finally, a building appeared in front of him. He ran all the way into the building, hastily fastened the big iron door, and saw a group of crimson shadows rushing towards him. It was a huge wolf with crimson hair and slightly orange eyes.
It seemed to be staring at Li Jia, and its eyes attracted him like a magnet, making him feel both fearful and eager. Suddenly, the red wolf curled up and jumped onto the iron gate. The rusty iron gate fell down in an instant, and together with the red wolf, it pressed towards Li Jia...
Li Jia sat up suddenly, but his body was caught in the sleeping bag and he fell down again. When he got out of the sleeping bag, he found himself sweating as if he had been caught in the rain.
It was already light, he opened the tent and looked out, everything seemed normal in the camp, most people were still asleep, only the cook, Lao He, was cooking porridge in a large pot. Li Jia sneezed several times when the cold wind leaked in from outside.
Xiao Chen in the sleeping bag next to him seemed to have heard a sneeze. He muttered twice, turned over, and continued to drool.
Li Jia dressed neatly and walked out of the tent, ready to take a look at Serinda's tent, but saw Lao He, who was cooking porridge and waving a large soup spoon in his hand, running towards him. Lao He was in his 60s, a little thin, and was originally a cook in the school cafeteria. He was usually honest and dull, the type who could hardly fart for a long time, but today he showed a mouthful of yellow teeth, grinned, and was particularly enthusiastic, "Xiao Li, Xiao Li, oh, you got up so early, why don't you young people sleep a little longer. Don't catch a cold wearing so little, come on, my porridge is almost ready, come and have some first."
As he spoke, Lao He grabbed Li Jia's arm, dragged him to the big pot, and served him a bowl of porridge. Afterwards, he rummaged in his bag for a while, took out a bag of something, and ran to Li Jia in a veiled manner, "Xiao Li, this is my treasured Fuling pickled mustard tuber, which I brought from over there. If you eat one, you will have one less. Take them all."
"Here, you should keep this for yourself. I'll just have some porridge." Li Jia said in confusion.
"How can I take it? I can't let anyone lose you." Lao He poured half a bag of pickled mustard tuber into Li Jia's bowl without saying anything, and even grabbed the chopsticks to stir it, "Eat, Xiao Li, you don't know, you and my son are really alike. But you are taller, more handsome, and much better than him. You can study for a master's degree in this top university, and even in this... this different world, you are doing so well! Oh, if only I had a son like you."
Li Jia felt a little scared by Lao He's gaze, and started to eat the porridge without saying a word. However, Lao He put too much pickled mustard in it, which made him roll his eyes so salty, greatly delaying his progress in finishing the porridge.
"I've noticed a long time ago that you've taken a fancy to that girl called, what's Serinda, right?"
Li Jia hummed and laughed twice and continued to eat the porridge.
“What’s there to be embarrassed about? I, Old He, support you. Xiao Li, come on, give birth to a fat baby as soon as possible and let him be my grandson. We don’t have much hope in this world at our age. We just hope that you young people can find something for us to do…” Old He smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits. He looked like a grandfather who was looking forward to having a grandson.
Li Jia choked and spat out a mouthful of porridge into the bowl. Lao He quickly stepped forward and patted him on the back. "Why are you eating so hastily, kid? There's plenty of porridge. I'll cook more after you finish eating! I'll serve you another bowl!"
"I'm really full, Uncle He. I have something to do. I'm leaving first!" Li Jia put down the bowl and fled from Old He. He ran a long way and stopped only when he was sure that Old He couldn't see him. He thought to himself: Could it be that Old He was possessed by an evil spirit
Li Jia stood there in a daze, and suddenly someone hugged him from behind. The hug was fierce and firm, and it made Li Jia's arms hurt. He struggled and shouted, "Who is it? Let me go."
"It's me, Li Jia. You left without a word last night. Are we still good brothers?"
It turned out to be Shi Hao. Li Jia angrily said, "What's wrong with you? Let me go."
Shi Hao loosened his arm, but put one hand on Li Jia's shoulder, squeezing it, making Li Jia feel uneasy. "Xiao Li, I don't know why, I haven't seen you for a night, and I feel uneasy. I'm not worth it for you. What's so good about that native woman? Why do you keep staring at her? Even if she doesn't want you, you still have us brothers, right?"
"You, didn't you support me yesterday?"
"Of course I support you, but then I think it's not worth it. Isn't it better for us brothers to drink and chat together than to chase that woman in a humble manner? Don't you think so?"
Li Jia felt that Shi Hao's eyes were glowing green, as if he wanted to eat him. He pried Shi Hao's hand off his shoulder and backed away while forcing a smile.
"How good was it before when you, me and Du Mei were together? Now that Du Mei is gone, the two of us have to live well together. In fact, isn't a good life just about being with people you like? Don't go, Li Jia, let's go hunting together? I haven't felt so good since the Du Mei incident."
Li Jia ran away. The way Shi Hao spoke almost made him vomit up his porridge. He turned around several tents and was about to go back and call Xiao Chen. He guessed that the abnormal behavior of these people was related to the magic of last night.
Everyone who saw him along the way greeted him with a much more enthusiastic attitude than usual, and some even wanted to pull him over and have a good chat. Li Jia became more and more scared, and he ignored these people and kept running towards Xiao Chen.
But when he was a few steps away from Xiao Chen's tent, a bunch of flowers suddenly appeared in front of him. The red and white wild flowers were tied together by a grass stem and were as big as a washbasin.
"For you!" A head popped out from behind the bouquet. It turned out to be the girl named Catalina. Catalina seemed to have dressed up specially today. She was not wearing leather armor, but a long skirt. Her hair was tied into two braids, which made her look particularly cute with her rosy cheeks.
"Lian, Lian you too..." Li Jia held the bouquet of flowers stuffed into his arms and looked at him with some horror.
"I went to the river this morning and picked some flowers." Catalina blushed as Li Jia stared at her, but she still looked at him bravely, "I like you, Li Jia, although I didn't realize this before and was foolishly thinking about others, but I suddenly realized that you are the one I really like."
Are you kidding? This is a magical accident! No, I have to find Xiao Chen to solve it quickly. Li Jia turned around and was about to leave. At this time, Catalina took advantage of his daze and rushed over, pushing Li Jia to the ground. Her petite body fell on Li Jia, holding his face and kissing him hard.
Li Jia screamed. Katrina's skills were not good enough. As Li Jia struggled, she failed to hit the target. Her forehead hit Li Jia's teeth and broke his lip. Li Jia took the opportunity to grab her head and shouted, "Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, come and save me. Everyone here is crazy. Help!"
The scream attracted many people, but no one could help Li Jia. Instead, all they heard were the following voices:
"Wow, Li Jia looks so handsome when he is pushed down."
"Today I realized how cute he is."
"Li Jia, I want to give birth to a child for you."
"Bitch, get off Li Jia!"
Chen Hansheng and Kalanda arrived at this time, and they both seemed to be unaffected. Kalanda quickly pulled Katharina down from her position, and Chen Hansheng helped Li Jia up.
"What's going on? Are they all possessed?" Chen Hansheng asked puzzledly.
"This, this is not much different from being possessed by evil spirits. It may have something to do with the failure of Xiao Chen and I in our attempt to tamper with the charm technique last night. Hey, Lao Chen, how are you okay?"
"I wasn't in the camp last night, hehe." He glanced at Kalanda who was hugging Katarina and talking, "We went to have a private dinner yesterday, and Katarina came back first..."
"Alas, I suspect Xiao Chen has enchanted everyone! We originally only wanted to enchant Serinda alone." Li Jia said in a low voice with a bitter face.
"Charm?" Chen Hansheng obviously didn't understand, but someone else did.
"Charm! So that's how it is. No wonder my amulet was broken." Serinda's voice came from behind Li Jia.
"Selinda." Li Jia's face flushed with embarrassment. He stood up and stood in front of Serinda like a child who had done something wrong. "I, I shouldn't have had such a crooked idea..."
Serinda's expression showed no emotion. "Tell me why you want to plot against me."
"It's not a plot! I definitely don't want to hurt you!" Li Jia said anxiously, "I just like you too much, but I'm afraid you don't like me enough."
"You are really brave this time to use charm on me. But do you think the feelings you evoke through charm are real?" Serinda asked coldly, "Like Katarina's love for you, is it genuine?"
Li Jia glanced at Catalina, who seemed to be still struggling and trying to come over here. Karanda helplessly pressed his palm on the back of her neck, knocking her unconscious. He clenched his fists and lowered his head, "I'm sorry for you and everyone."
"Hmph! Sorry is the word I hate the most..."
"But, but I mean it! I can prove it to you!" Li Jia suddenly raised his head and rushed towards Serinda. Serinda was caught off guard and hugged by him, then kissed on the lips.
Li Jia could feel that Serinda was pushing him, and even felt a familiar mental fluctuation, which was a sign that Serinda was about to release magic. However, he didn't care about it at the moment, and there was only one thought in his mind: I will prove it to her, regardless of the consequences.
Li Jia was like a baby who had just tasted honey and discovered the most wonderful taste in the world. He was surprised and greedy, even a little manic. He was like a brave knight who opened the barrier between Serinda's lips and teeth and explored the sweet land. Perhaps anger made Serinda cold as ice, but no matter how cold it was, it would melt under such a hot emotion. Serinda's resistance became weaker and weaker, and finally she began to respond awkwardly, and the two of them hugged each other.
At this time, Xiao Chen's tent was opened. Xiao Chen, who was sleepy, scratched his head and saw this scene. He grinned and said, "I'm really not kidding. It really worked."