Even After My Death
Chapter 128 - 107: A... Coconut

Chapter 128: Chapter 107: A... Coconut

Jiang Ning looked at the coconut bowl in her hands, clearly somewhat dissatisfied.

In her eyes, the coconut bowl made for emergency use was obviously too crudely crafted.

Jiang Ning used her survival knife to carefully polish it.

As the half coconut gradually took shape in Jiang Ning’s hands, the netizens watching the screen were again stunned:

[Jiang Ning’s crafting ability is really strong, it seems like she can make anything she wants.]

[Exactly! I started watching the livestream three days ago for Best Actor Ling, but gradually became a fan of Jiang Ning.]

[Every time I watch her do things, it feels so effortless and pleasing to the eye.]

[Hahahaha, look at that silly guy squatting in front of Jiang Ning.]

Qi Xingzhou was quietly squatting in front of Jiang Ning, the person who usually showed interest in nothing but his studies, now voluntarily moving closer, his eyes attentively following Jiang Ning’s every move.

For the time being, Jiang Ning considered Qi Xingzhou as a curious baby, focusing seriously on the task at hand, until the coconut bowl in her hands was no longer rough and she then rinsed it with water.

"This bowl is for you." Jiang Ning pointed to the freshly made coconut bowl, telling Qi Xingzhou, "It’s not very pretty, so you can use it for now. The next time we go into the forest and see some bamboo, I’ll make you a bamboo bowl."

Qi Xingzhou understood Jiang Ning’s words; he hadn’t expected the item she’d made to be a gift for him.

Qi Xingzhou’s eyes shone brightly, his expression clearly a bit excited.

He wanted to reach out to take it, but it wasn’t until Jiang Ning had finished pouring the fish soup that she handed it to him.

Qi Xingzhou treasured it as if it were precious.

[Hahahahaha, when this handsome guy first showed up with that expressionless face, I thought he was difficult to get along with, but who knew he’d be so soft-spoken privately.]

[Right! I thought he was the cool and aloof type, but it turns out he’s a pure little white rabbit...]

The Qi family members were also watching the livestream, and seeing Qi Xingzhou holding the bowl as if he couldn’t bear to start eating, all three members of the Qi family couldn’t help but raise their hands to their foreheads in disbelief.

Qi Chen: "..."

On Qi Xingzhou’s eighteenth birthday, he had given Qi Xingzhou a set of property in Capital City. Although that property wasn’t very expensive, it was still worth eight figures. He still remembered Qi Xingzhou’s indifferent expression then, utterly uninterested, so different from now, holding half a coconut as if it were a treasure!

While Jiang Ning was making the coconut bowl, Nong Chun didn’t start eating first but put the lid back on the pot and continued to simmer on low heat.

It wasn’t until Jiang Ning’s coconut bowl was ready that the three of them started to eat together.

Warm fish soup soaked the bread, and Nong Chun ate with a look of contentment on his face.

Qi Xingzhou held the coconut bowl with one hand and the bamboo chopsticks given to him by Jiang Ning with the other, reluctantly starting to eat after being urged by Jiang Ning a couple of times.

He sat next to Jiang Ning, and the two of them settled on a relatively smooth rock together. This might have been the most rudimentary meal Qi Xingzhou had ever eaten in his life, but apparently, he didn’t feel that way himself.

While eating, Jiang Ning glanced over at Qi Xingzhou from the corner of her eye. Qi Xingzhou had good table manners, eating quietly and gracefully without making a sound, even in the wild, his actions were refined, revealing the good breeding of his family.

Jiang Ning didn’t know how far he had walked, but after Qi Xingzhou finished the bowl in his hand, she served him another, which he obediently finished as well.

After he was done eating, Jiang Ning asked, "Are you full?"

Qi Xingzhou nodded.

Jiang Ning took him aside and cleaned the bowl and chopsticks.

Alone while washing dishes, Jiang Ning quietly asked, "How did you end up on the show as a mystery guest? Does your family know about this?"

Considering how protected Qi Xingzhou was by the Qi family, they actually allowed him to leave home for thirty days? And that was under the assumption that nothing went wrong with the production crew; now that the crew couldn’t return, the Qi family must be worried sick.

Qi Xingzhou stood beside Jiang Ning, his thick eyelashes casting a beautiful shadow over his eyelids, his fair and slender hands mimicking Jiang Ning’s movements as he washed his coconut bowl.

Hearing Jiang Ning’s question, a sly look crossed Qi Xingzhou’s eyes: "Brother knows, dad knows, mom knows too. Ning Ning is here, so I came."

[Wow!!!]

[His answer is so earnest and so cloyingly sweet!]

[Hahahahaha, what an absolute sweetie!]

[He actually came here specifically for Jiang Ning, I’m crying to death]

[I knew it, how could someone so good-looking still be single!]

[Came to watch a reality show, and now I’m being forced to feed on dog food, do I not deserve to be human?]

When Jiang Ning heard what Qi Xingzhou said, she felt a bit strange.

Of course, she did not doubt that Qi Xingzhou was lying, but what was odd to her was why the Qi family hadn’t come looking yet.

The care and protection of the Qi family members for Qi Xingzhou was evident to her. The show’s crew had been missing for three whole days, and if the Qi family knew what had happened to the crew, even if they couldn’t spare the resources to pick up the guests, the Qi family would certainly have sent a private yacht to rescue Qi Xingzhou.

Jiang Ning always felt that she was overlooking something.

However, if she asked Qi Xingzhou, he probably wouldn’t know either.

Jiang Ning didn’t know that by not continuing to ask, she missed a great opportunity to know the truth.

After washing the dishes, Jiang Ning took Qi Xingzhou into her tent and pulled out the packet of beef jerky she got from the supply package yesterday to feed to Qi Xingzhou.

The packet of beef jerky was already opened. Qi Xingzhou took out a piece of jerky but didn’t eat it himself; instead, he offered it to Jiang Ning first.

After Jiang Ning took it, he then took a second piece and put it in his own mouth.

When Qi Xingzhou first appeared, he was carrying a flat black backpack on his back. Although Jiang Ning didn’t open the backpack to look inside, she knew there probably wasn’t a tent in there.

Jiang Ning, while eating beef jerky, spoke up, "If you’re sleepy, you can take a nap here in my place."

...

On the other side, the other guests couldn’t hold back anymore and went out to look for food while Jiang Ning and the other two were eating.

However, unlike this morning when everyone went their separate ways, it seemed they hadn’t formed teams in advance because viewers saw the live-stream suddenly split into several groups.

Yuan Wei and Lin Qi entered the forest.

Ling Bo walked alone towards the periphery of another forest.

Jian Tiantian had been staying in her tent and hadn’t come out since she fought with Huo Miao.

As for Huo Miao, Huo Ziheng, and Mu Mingxuan, the three of them walked into another part of the forest.

What was strange was that Huo Miao was still carrying her backpack.

Huo Ziheng’s stomach growled, and he frowned with a heavy look in his eyes.

Mu Mingxuan wasn’t faring much better than him. Both had been beaten up by Jiang Ning, injured, and on top of that, hadn’t had a full meal in days. They were in a miserable state.

Just as they were about to curse out the crew in a fit of anger, Huo Miao suddenly raised her hand and tugged at their clothes, "Second Brother, Brother Mingxuan, I have food."

The two men who were leading the search for food turned around to look at Huo Miao immediately upon hearing this.

Huo Ziheng couldn’t help but ask, "Where did you get the food from?"

[Eh? How does Huo Miao have food?]

[Didn’t they eat all the food they found these past few days on the spot?]

[Ah! I remember now! Huo Miao secretly stashed some food in her bag. On the first night on the island, everyone took out the food from their bags, except her!]

[Hahaha, our Miaomiao is indeed the smartest!]

[...Speechless]

Under the curious gaze of Huo Ziheng, Mu Mingxuan, and the audience in front of the screen, Huo Miao unzipped her backpack and pulled out... a coconut.

[???]

[Huh? A coconut?]

[Where did this coconut come from?]

[This coconut... seems a bit familiar...]