Chapter 232 - Why Are You Smiling So Strangely?
Seeing Fu Ruo fall back into the water and swim away until she disappeared, Ye Sheng finally let go of the worry in her heart, but she didn't feel any joy.
Instead, she felt a sense of loss, as if something extremely important had slipped away.
It was her happiness!
Sullenly, Ye Sheng sighed heavily and no longer hugged and clung to Gu Luoyu as usual, preventing herself from indulging in lustful desires. From today on, she, Ye Sheng, would be the captain of the abstinence group!
Thinking this, Ye Sheng's expression turned tragic and heroic. Coupled with her usual defenselessness in front of Gu Luoyu, her dramatic demeanor was quite amusing.
Seeing right through Ye Sheng's distress, Gu Luoyu had no intention of comforting her.
“Alright, let's head back!”
Her red eyes filled with amusement, she lightly patted Ye Sheng's head, signaling it was time to return.
Earlier, in their attempt to catch Fu Ruo by waiting, Gu Luoyu and Ye Sheng hadn't explained much to the others. If they didn't return soon, the team might fall into chaos.
After all, the original leader was dead, and the new leader was timid, unable to maintain order.
Gu Luoyu wasn't particularly kind-hearted. Her concern for the team was mainly due to the agreed-upon protection fee, ensuring the miners had a safe working environment.
This way, they could focus on mining, and the higher the output, the more ore they would receive.
Hearing the word “return,” Ye Sheng finally remembered the others were still mining. Since she had lost her happiness, she would make up for it by working hard elsewhere!
She would mine the entire vein dry!!!
...
Since letting Fu Ruo go and returning to the temporary camp, the following days had been peaceful.
Fu Ruo kept her word. After being driven away by Gu Luoyu, she never returned... which put Ye Sheng's mind at ease. Otherwise, if Gu Luoyu and Fu Ruo clashed again, it wouldn't just be her happiness at stake!
With the miners no longer disappearing, their anxious hearts finally settled, and they threw themselves into their work with vigor, swinging their pickaxes to dig out precious ores.
Among them, Ye Sheng also joined in, digging diligently.
What started as an act of anger and disappointment turned out to be highly efficient, yielding a lot of ore, which Ye Sheng secretly stashed into her Ruyi pouch, quietly amassing wealth.
However...
“Ah Yu, when it's time to divide the spoils... ahem, when the team hands over the agreed-upon payment, how are we going to take back so much ore?”
Although Ye Sheng had a magical space pouch that could store items, it had to be kept secret. If others found out, they might think she had awakened a spatial ability and report her to the base authorities for research and dissection...
Just thinking about it was terrifying!!!
So, transporting all that ore back became a problem... The base's pickup team should arrive in the next couple of days. Once the task was handed over, their role here would be done.
After that, they could leave or stay as they pleased, but they couldn't take too much ore.
Taking a small amount of ore was fine; the base officials would turn a blind eye, not being too strict, as they had to let others have some benefits too.
Otherwise, no one would be willing to take on similar tasks in the future.
While individuals could easily take a small portion of the ore, for them, taking 6% of the team's total output was unimaginable for Ye Sheng!
After all, there were hundreds of miners here, and even though many had died, the survivors were still numerous.
Thinking this, Ye Sheng furrowed her brows in distress. Seeing this, Gu Luoyu, sitting in the driver's seat, smiled and reached out to smooth the creases between Ye Sheng's brows, saying, “It's simple. Have them place the ore in a hidden spot, then store it in your space pouch.”
“Won't others suspect?”
“Under normal circumstances, no one would think of the existence of a magical space pouch. They'll just assume I hid the ore somewhere to retrieve later.”
“...”
After hearing Gu Luoyu's explanation, Ye Sheng's dilemma was instantly resolved.
They say pregnancy makes you stupid for three years.
She had just started, so why was she already acting foolish... But Ye Sheng felt her thoughts were justified, as she wasn't a native of this wasteland but had come here midway.
The clash of two different worldviews still occasionally caused conflicts and disagreements.
So it definitely wasn't her fault.
The fault lies with this world!!!
Quickly convincing herself, Ye Sheng cheered up again. With a large amount of ore coming in, her lottery points would increase again~
Seeing Ye Sheng's worried expression turn into a cheerful one, Gu Luoyu, resting her chin on her hand, smiled. This trip to the wilderness had been quite fruitful, worth it.
Though they had encountered some annoying individuals, they had also set conditions, finally calming Ye Sheng down, which wasn't bad.
It wasn't necessarily about abstaining from desires, but Ye Sheng, carrying an esper's child, was already under strain... In a while, the forming embryo would continuously absorb her life force and energy, making Ye Sheng feel extremely tired.
Then, they would need to stay in the safe zone for a while, waiting for Ye Sheng to adapt.
During that time, it would be best for the little one to behave, avoiding the risk of passing out mid-act... Thinking of this possibility, Gu Luoyu felt somewhat helpless, but it was very much in line with Ye Sheng's character.
“Ah Yu, why are you smiling so strangely?”
When Ye Sheng snapped out of her joy over the large amount of ore equating to lottery points, she saw Gu Luoyu's smile and immediately narrowed her eyes suspiciously, feeling like she was being gossiped about behind her back!
Of course, Gu Luoyu wouldn't admit it and lied decisively, “Just basking in the joy of a 'bountiful harvest.'”
“...”
Hearing Gu Luoyu's half-hearted response, Ye Sheng twitched her lips but didn't press further. She wasn't a devil who needed her partner to report every little thing.
Giving the other person some freedom was also important!
“Lady Gu, the lake... something's happened at the lake!!!”
Just as Ye Sheng was feeling like the best girlfriend ever, she suddenly saw someone rushing towards their vehicle, shouting loudly.
Hearing the word “lake,” Ye Sheng, who had lost her happiness, felt a pang of anxiety.
Just when they were about to leave, what could have possibly happened now!!!