Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 57: A Different Xu Yi

To be honest, Xu Yi really wasn’t prepared to confront the wolf pack head-on.

After all, it’s a wolf pack, hunters by nature.

Even though he now had a house and a fence, these were meant for defending against the wolves.

Facing the wolves requires at least a week of preparation.

With at least ten wolves, Xu Yi was still quite tempted.

Maybe because this place was relatively close to the equator, the wolves weren’t very large, each weighing around fifty to sixty pounds.

The farther the wolves are from the equator, the larger they get.

On Earth, the largest wolves can weigh up to ninety kilograms.

Xu Yi wasn’t arrogant enough to rely on hand-to-hand combat against the wolves. The wolves’ fighting capability was not weak at all; they could instantly bite through a human’s neck.

To deal with wolves, it has to be with a hunting bow and traps combined.

Lu Ke saw that Xu Yi was carving focused, seemingly not planning to take a rest.

"Xu Yi, should I go to sleep first?" Lu Ke said proactively, given it was late and she was indeed very tired. Plus, after sleeping together for so many days, she had started to get used to it.

Although they weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend, after sleeping together, it became harder for her to find another boyfriend. After all, the past of ’having slept with’ Xu Yi had to be accepted.

Of course, she couldn’t consider other men as potential boyfriends.

She never really pursued romance.

After all, she was someone without a future, who could die on a hospital bed at any time.

Under these conditions, how could she dare to wish for love?

She wasn’t even comfortable interacting with male patients.

Xu Yi was definitely an exception.

If it weren’t for Su Yan, Xu Yi wouldn’t have stayed in that ward.

Xu Yi counted as her first male friend.

It was truly a friendship; after staying in the same ward for three months, she clearly knew that Xu Yi didn’t have any romantic intentions towards her, but treated her like a sister.

She also knew Xu Yi fell for Su Yan at first sight.

But recently, she noticed Xu Yi was different; he didn’t mention Su Yan as often, as if forgetting the person.

Bear in mind, Xu Yi participated with the goal of changing his fate.

Ten billion, this massive prize was enough to change many people’s destinies.

Glancing at Xu Yi’s silhouette, Lu Ke burrowed into her quilt.

At first, she still thought about Xu Yi and Su Yan, but within ten minutes, she fell asleep.

After all, she walked so much today and was quite tired.

Overall, her sleep used to be not very good, often waking up after a few hours.

Now, her sleep quality was much better, not easily startled awake. Unless there was considerable movement.

Not long after she slept, Xu Yi went to take a shower. Anyway, now there was water, taking a shower was a matter of minutes.

After the shower, Xu Yi dried his underwear before heading inside to sleep.

The two had developed a certain tacit understanding, allowing them to avoid unnecessary awkwardness.

Lu Ke slept early and would wake up early.

Xu Yi slept late and woke up a bit later.

This way, they could avoid the embarrassment of waking or sleeping together. After all, they weren’t in a romantic relationship.

It’s noteworthy that even actual siblings wouldn’t sleep together at their age.

Like Ivica and Lei Jie, although they slept together, each had their own side.

Especially after building the bamboo house, Lei Jie made a bamboo bed, which was quite large. They used sleeping bags as blankets, no need to squeeze together into a sleeping bag.

This naturally avoided some intimate contact.

That night passed peacefully.

Early in the morning, Lu Ke woke up.

Glancing at Xu Yi’s back, facing away from her, Lu Ke breathed a sigh of relief.

She wasn’t clinging to Xu Yi to sleep anymore.

Carefully slipping out of the warm sleeping bag, Lu Ke walked outside.

The chill was getting heavier.

She checked the time, 6:10.

Carefully closing the door, Lu Ke fetched some water.

There was still some flame in the fire pit, so she added some firewood.

First, heat the water, then wash up.

Once Xu Yi woke up, she would start making breakfast.

Today, Xu Yi seemed to sleep better, as he showed no sign of waking up, Lu Ke sat under the eaves and continued knitting Xu Yi’s clothes.

The weather was getting colder, Xu Yi needed a piece of clothing more than ever.

She must weave the clothes early to give Xu Yi something to wear.

The difference of having clothes or not was quite significant.

While weaving, she occasionally raised her head to glance in the direction of the fence.

Yesterday, Xu Yi had told her while searching for salt that when working alone at home, she shouldn’t be too focused, but occasionally pay attention to her surroundings.

So, she listened.

After all, Xu Yi’s displayed capabilities proved he had experience surviving in the wild and knew well what wilderness survival taboos were. So, she believed Xu Yi’s words were accurate.

After a while, she heard the sound of the door opening.

"Morning." Lu Ke greeted proactively.

"Morning." Xu Yi smiled slightly and walked out the door.

The sun had been shining for a while, so he couldn’t feel much chill anymore.

"I’ll handle breakfast." Lu Ke set down her knitting, stood up to grab dried fish. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Xu Yi glanced at the time, 7:48; he had a decent amount of sleep.

After Xu Yi finished washing up, he drank some hot water that had been boiled.

Meanwhile, fish slices were already in the pot.

As the pot emitted a milky white color, Xu Yi smelled the aroma of the fish slices.

Today, there was no need to be hungry like yesterday morning.

The feeling of hunger was not pleasant; Xu Yi didn’t want to experience it again.

So in order not to starve, accumulating enough food was necessary.

To accumulate food, either hunt or fish.

The best way to fish would be using nets, yielding a bigger haul.

Unless, like last time, encountering a dense school of fish, catching plenty of fish.

"Let’s eat." Seeing Xu Yi seemingly lost in thought, Lu Ke called out.

"Alright." Xu Yi snapped back, considering that weaving the fishing net shouldn’t be a difficult task for Lu Ke.

Xu Yi picked up the bowl and began eating breakfast.

After breakfast, Xu Yi rested a bit, then armed with his machete and backpack, he headed out.

Though he said he was going out, Xu Yi didn’t go far.

He was right around the vicinity, exploring.

Checking for any traces of animals nearby, or any plants.

However, it required quite some time.

That time was enough for Lu Ke to wash and dry her personal clothes.

Therefore, as Xu Yi left, Lu Ke went into the house to change and clean her clothes outside.