Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 43: Lu Ke’s Gains

Lu Ke was the first to wake up today, after all, she slept relatively early and had plenty of sleep.

She carefully withdrew her hands and feet, fearing she might wake Xu Yi.

After all, her limbs were draped over Xu Yi, hugging him completely while sleeping—it was quite embarrassing. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The night before, she had secretly warned herself to be more well-behaved while sleeping.

But alas, she still reached out with her hands and feet and held Xu Yi tightly.

She used to never know that she liked to hug people while sleeping.

Today, Xu Yi was sleeping deeply and didn’t wake up.

Crawling out of the covers carefully, Lu Ke breathed a sigh of relief.

The ball of the follow cam was still mindful of privacy and didn’t capture the inside of the room.

Her face was flushed and a bit warm.

She cooled it down with the back of her hand and glanced at the time—it was just past 6 AM.

After a few deep breaths, feeling her face should no longer be red, Lu Ke stepped out of the room.

The temperature outside was a bit chilly and the sun hadn’t yet covered the forest.

The outside fire pit still had embers burning, and as she got closer, her legs immediately felt the warmth.

She added some firewood to the pit, rekindling the flames.

Taking a glance inside, still no movement, Lu Ke picked up the backpack and plastic bag.

She couldn’t rely on Xu Yi getting up every morning to fetch water; she figured she could handle it too.

She checked the crossbow, tied the Arrow Quiver at her waist, and brought the Umbrella Tree Gun.

After all, she couldn’t count on calling once and Xu Yi rushing to her side. So, her weapons had to be prepared well, even if they were only seven or eight meters from the camp, she couldn’t get careless.

Last time, she got scared by a snake.

This time, no accidents could happen. If they did, she’d have to handle them herself.

This was the stubbornness of a young girl.

"What’s Lu Ke planning to do now?"

Some early-rising viewers watched the live broadcast while brushing their teeth.

Seeing Lu Ke all geared up, they got curious.

"Looks like she’s going to fetch water. She specially took a plastic bag," another person who was also up early replied.

"Isn’t that a bit over-prepared for just fetching water, bringing a crossbow and Umbrella Gun?"

"Last time she went to fetch water, she encountered a snake and had everyone looking for snake soup to eat. Did you all forget?"

"Exactly, this is a wilderness, not even our world’s wilderness, who knows what dangers are out there. I think you can never be over-prepared."

"Loli Ke’s mindset is right. No matter what you’re doing, you should be thoroughly prepared. Sometimes, even a spider can take your life."

"Look, Loli Ke’s about to go out, she’s moving the gate post of the fence."

"Huh, what’s Loli Ke doing, squatting down to look at something?"

"If you don’t need your eyes, you can donate them. Didn’t you see there’s a pile of dirt dug up, which means an animal came by last night and tried to get into the yard."

"Look, Loli Ke’s getting nervous, she even glanced at the house several times. She’s definitely thinking about waking Xu Yi up."

Indeed, Lu Ke was hesitating on whether to wake Xu Yi up at this point.

An animal had visited last night, almost digging out the gate post of the fence.

It’s unthinkable what would happen if the fence had been dug out and an animal got in last night.

The wilderness surely is fraught with dangers, not a single day feels safe!

She looked at the forest and then at the ground.

On the ground, there were footprints that Lu Ke couldn’t understand.

Hesitating a little, Lu Yao reinserted the gate post and proceeded with her water-fetching mission.

She walked cautiously towards the water source, her steps light.

She remembered Xu Yi mentioning that sometimes animals could come to drink water in the early morning.

Squirrels!

She saw two squirrels.

Lu Ke’s eyes lit up instantly.

Though squirrels aren’t large, they are still meat!

Oh!

Not just squirrels, there’s a plump rabbit too.

Activating the laser sight, Lu Ke aimed at the plump rabbit.

"Whoosh."

An arrow was shot out.

"Got it!"

However, the rabbit didn’t die but jumped up, ready to run.

The two squirrels, startled, quickly ran off and vanished.

Lu Ke immediately pulled another arrow from the Arrow Quiver, fitted it onto the crossbow, and herself bolted after it.

"Ah, the moment the arrow hit, Loli Ke should have charged out, then she would have caught the rabbit. Now it’s gone."

"If you think you can do better, why don’t you try? Loli Ke has never hunted before, hitting it is already impressive."

"Exactly, you think you can smash a rabbit with your keyboard?"

"You don’t know anything. The rabbit can’t run that far, okay? Loli Ke is already chasing it."

Indeed, Lu Ke was chasing it. Right after she loaded the second arrow, she knew she was wrong. So, she grabbed the Umbrella Tree Gun and immediately sprinted out.

After running about four or five meters, Lu Ke spotted the rabbit again.

Shot in the neck, it couldn’t run far.

Lu Ke quickly closed in and swung the Umbrella Tree Gun down at the rabbit.

This time, it couldn’t escape.

Taking a few more steps forward, Lu Ke picked up the rabbit.

In that moment she caught the rabbit, Lu Ke jumped several times, her face beaming with joy.

Then, she calmed herself quickly, pretending she hadn’t done anything just now.

This demeanor sparked a considerable amount of discussion among the audience.

"Oh my, so cute, so cute, the way she stomped her feet is just too adorable."

"My old heart can’t take this cuteness!"

"My wife used to be this cute too, and now... stomping her feet would be the death of me... It’s a tale of woe."

"Hmph, our Loli Ke will always stay cute, she won’t be weathered into an old hag by time."

"Loli Ke is synonymous with cuteness, I really want a girlfriend like her."

"Actually, there are plenty of girls like this. When you give her a sports car or a mansion, she can be just as cute."

"Mister above, us babes don’t need sports cars or mansions, even a set of lipsticks can make us very cute~!"

Lu Ke didn’t stay calm for long, she immediately started to hum a little tune.

Her first solo rabbit hunt made her genuinely happy and proud.

Thinking that Xu Yi would praise her later, she couldn’t resist smiling.

She filled a plastic bag with water, put it in the backpack, and after patting the rabbit’s ear, she slung it over her shoulder.

She quickly returned to the yard and reinserted the gate post of the fence.

Returning to the yard, she let out a breath of relief.

"Morning, Xu Yi." Seeing Xu Yi come out of the house, Lu Ke gave a sweet smile and immediately approached him. At the same time, she also took down the backpack and placed it beside her feet.