A Snake Transmigrated as a Scum A (GL) - Chapter 11
Li Yingxue’s team, having acquired a new material – a metal basin – were visibly happier. They cleared a space for Chu Xingchun’s team.
The problems of shelter and fresh water had been solved, but a new issue arose: the mouth-watering roasted chicken.
Chu Xingchun’s team sat empty-handed on the ground, their eyes glued to the neighboring team with longing.
“How come they have a wild chicken?” Chai Qiuyan was truly envious. “I’m so hungry.”
Le Xi swallowed, “I knew I should have teamed up with Li Yingxue.”
Unintentionally, the listener was mindful. Chu Xingchun’s face was tinged with embarrassment.
“Go outside and find some dry branches to start a fire,” he ordered these people to do something else to avoid them constantly envying the neighboring team.
Chai Qiuyan, who was drenched in the rain and had nothing to eat, replied in a bad tone, “It’s raining outside, where can we find dry branches? Even if we find them, do we have any tools to start a fire?”
As she spoke, Chai Qiuyan couldn’t help but look at the two bundles of firewood behind the other team. How could they have so many things?
They had food, drink, shelter, and warmth.
Li Yingxue’s team seemed to have reached the peak of life, while they were still struggling to build a shed, and even the rain couldn’t block it. If they had listened to Chu Xingchun’s words about working together, they wouldn’t have ended up like this.
Chu Xingchun couldn’t save face. “Sorry, I didn’t think it through. I have a jacket here, why don’t you use it for now?”
Chai Qiuyan didn’t take her words, and walked over to Li Yingxue’s team, and soon returned happily, “The other team agreed to lend us a bundle of firewood, but we have to return two bundles tomorrow, what do you think?”
Li Shengkai subconsciously said, “Isn’t that just working for others? One bundle becomes two bundles, even loan sharks don’t have such high interest rates.”
Chai Qiuyan added, “And they also agreed to lend us a fire starter.”
In other words, they wouldn’t need to use primitive methods to start a fire.
Le Xi thought for a moment and her eyes lit up, “I think it’s a good idea. It’s easy to collect a bundle of firewood, and besides, if we don’t dry our clothes by the fire tonight, we’ll probably catch a cold.”
After discussing it, they looked at their captain, Chu Xingchun. Even though Chu Xingchun was dissatisfied, he could only force a fake smile and agree, “I think it’s okay too. It’s better to be safe than sorry.”
[This girl is really impressive; she knows how to exchange labor for goods.]
[Following Chu Xingchun is too miserable; the captain is useless, and it’s the team members who have to step in to trade for firewood and kindling.]
[I have to say, Fu Man is quite clever. Bartering, exchanging a small amount of goods for more goods. In other variety shows, there would already be a bunch of people sharing resources, everyone being nice to each other, all smiles, and each one a goody-two-shoes. What’s the point of that?]
Meanwhile, Fu Man, after giving away a bundle of firewood, took a torch from the fire and handed it to them, and then ignored them.
Just as Tang Youyi finished roasting the chicken, Di You took a metal basin as wide as her forearm and filled it with water. They piled up some stones to create a small stove and placed the basin on it to boil.
Next came the time to share the roasted chicken. Tang Youyi cut off a large drumstick with a small knife and handed it to Fu Man, “Here, this drumstick is for the great contributor, Fu Man.”
Fu Man took the large drumstick from Di You while she was swallowing, but she didn’t eat it. Instead, she handed it to Li Yingxue.
“For you.”
Di You and Tang Youyi involuntarily looked at the two of them.
Li Yingxue was startled and looked at Fu Man quietly, trying to find her purpose in her eyes.
But she failed. Noticing the gazes of her other two teammates, Li Yingxue turned her gaze back to the fire.
“Why are you giving it to me? You should eat it yourself.”
Fu Man glanced at the corner of Li Yingxue’s ear, which seemed to be slightly red, but upon closer inspection, it didn’t seem so. Fu Man didn’t dwell on it and pulled her hand, handing the drumstick to her fingertips.
“Because you’re the captain, I’ll give it to you first. Is there a problem?”
Tang Youyi realized and added, “Yeah, Captain, you’ve contributed a lot, you eat the drumstick first. It was my fault for not thinking it through, I’ll give one to Fu Man later, and Di You and I will eat two wings.”
That way it would be fair.
Li Yingxue then hesitantly took the drumstick that Fu Man handed her.
Although it was tasteless, the roasted skin was especially crispy and fragrant. After consuming so much energy, they all ate it with gusto.
In contrast, Chu Xingchun’s team looked particularly desolate and pitiful, only able to scoop water from the pond to drink.
After finishing a whole chicken wing, Di You licked her fingers and found that Fu Man was holding the drumstick but hadn’t eaten it, so she couldn’t help but ask, “Sister Fu Man, why aren’t you eating?”
“You guys eat first.”
Fu Man motioned for the two of them to eat first, and didn’t need to worry about her, then she turned her gaze back to Li Yingxue and saw that she had almost finished eating the drumstick, and then she intentionally handed the drumstick in her hand to her.
Li Yingxue found that she couldn’t understand Fu Man at all, and frowned.
“Take your charity away.”
“It’s not charity.”
“I don’t like things that are tasteless.”
“It’s just right for you.”
Actually, she could go without food. But here, in the wilderness, who knows if she’ll have a full meal tomorrow.
“Didn’t you climb a tree today and collect so much firewood?”
More importantly, she had heard about the ABO world, and Omega’s physical strength was not as good as Alpha’s.
Li Yingxue still didn’t accept it, “Can’t you understand human language?”
Their conversation caught Di You’s attention, and she looked up, “What’s wrong?”
Tang Youyi, hearing Di You’s voice, also stopped and looked at the two of them, “Captain? Fu Man?”
The two of them seemed to have suddenly quarreled, and the atmosphere was tense. Neither of them was willing to give in. After that sentence, Fu Man just stared at Li Yingxue, without speaking, but her eyes and attitude showed her displeasure.
And Li Yingxue looked at her fearlessly, as if the person in front of her was not a teammate.
Tang Youyi saw that the atmosphere was not right, and tried to mediate, “Come on, eat some chicken.”
“No need.”
Fu Man looked at her fiancee and turned away without looking back, handing the drumstick to Di You, “Di You, eat the drumstick.”
Di You was surprised at first, and then accepted it gratefully under the gaze of three people, “Really?”
Fu Man nodded.
Di You then started eating with peace of mind, she was almost starving.
Fu Man wiped her hands and got up, leaving in front of Li Yingxue.
Di You asked, “Sister Fu Man, where are you going?”
Fu Man said with a cold face, “Just take a walk.”
At the fire, only three people remained, and Li Yingxue still had no expression, not feeling that she had done anything wrong.
Not long after, part of the director team came over. The two teams watched as the director team brought in their equipment, and listening to the director talking through a megaphone, they realized that because the cave was so large, they planned to move the director team’s base camp here, and at the same time, let Li Yingxue’s team draw a new rookie gift pack.
Chu Xingchun’s team clapped their hands in envy, while Chu Xingchun, when the camera swept over him, just pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled wryly.
The director asked Li Yingxue to call Fu Man back.
The cameraman pointed in a certain direction to Li Yingxue and told her, “Fu Man went that way, she said not to follow her, she wants to be alone for a while.”
“Thank you.”
Li Yingxue took the flashlight and walked over. After walking about twenty meters, Li Yingxue swept the flashlight around and didn’t see anyone. When she turned her head, the flashlight swept upwards, and a fleeting figure startled her.
Fu Man was sitting on a rock with a higher slope, with her right leg bent, her right hand resting on her knee, and she was holding a blade of grass, thinking about something, her eyes were lightly looking down at Li Yingxue below.
Li Yingxue turned off the microphone on her collar. She didn’t want to know why she was here, nor did she want to understand why she was sitting in such a high, dark place.
She had no interest in knowing anything about this person.
She simply coldly ordered, “Go back.”
Fu Man sneered when she heard her emotionless command, “Why should I listen to you?”
Li Yingxue said, “The director told you to go back and draw the rookie gift pack.”
After saying that, Fu Man’s eyes turned colder, “I’m not going, you go draw it yourself.”
“What are you playing at?”
Fu Man simply ignored her. Li Yingxue waited for a while without getting a response, turned around, and prepared to return the way she came.
Seeing that she was really leaving, Fu Man asked with a cold face, “Where are you going?”
Li Yingxue replied, “Back.”
Fu Man said, “Didn’t the director ask you to coax me back?”
Li Yingxue: “…”