Stealing Pens: Travelers from the End of the World

"I'm asking you, why are you ignoring me?" Qin Yuchen shook his arm and said with a smile, "I think it's pretty good. After all, the other one is blind. In order to prevent the blind one from being disliked, I put it away. Also become disabled, that way..."

"Danger." Zhang Qiling tightened his hand slightly and interrupted Qin Yuchen helplessly, "Next time, use two smaller ones."

"Pfft, hahahaha..." Tan Yuchen looked at Zhang Qiling's serious and helpless expression, and his shoulders were shaking as he leaned on the person laughing, "I was just kidding."

Zhang Qiling: "..."

Zhang Qiling glanced sideways at the person leaning on him, with a faint smile on his brows and raised his hand to pinch Qin Yuchen's face, but there was a hint of aggrieved accusation in his tone: "Stop laughing, I'll take you there. Do something.”

……

Tan Yuchen squatted beside the mud pit with a numb face, watching Zhang Qiling standing in the mud pit and wiping mud on himself.

On purpose? Did Zhang Qiling do it on purpose?

Tan Yuchen thought, he silently moved half a step back and buried his face in his arms, hoping to prevent Zhang Qiling from noticing him in this way.

"dust."

"..."

"Chen?" Zhang Qiling didn't hear Qin Yuchen's reply, so he called out softly and looked back.

As soon as I turned around, I saw someone hiding his face tightly as if he didn't want to face him. He smiled and wiped off the excess dirt in his hands. He took two or three steps out of the mud pit and stood in front of Tan Yuchen, then stretched out his hand to pull the person. He stood up and asked:

"what happened?"

"..." Tan Yuchen didn't answer, frowning and feeling disgusted with Zhang Qiling who looked like a clay doll.

Zhang Qiling raised his eyebrows and pretended not to notice Tan Yuchen's reluctance to lead the people and wanted to jump into the mud pit.

Qin Yuchen paused and used his strength to keep himself still.

When Zhang Qiling turned around, he said with a serious face: "I think I can deal with snakes without using this thing."

"Just in case." Zhang Qiling tried to persuade.

"No, I don't need to!" Qin Yuchen shook his head, "You believe me."

He didn't care if mud could prevent snakes, as long as it was applied to his body and face, it wouldn't work.

"..."

The two stared at each other in a stalemate for a while. The first one to break the silence was Zhang Qiling. He took advantage of the moment when Tan Yuchen blinked and held Tan Yuchen's face with both hands and rubbed it vigorously. He said innocently under Tan Yuchen's shocked eyes. :

"If it's stained, just put some on it."

After saying that, he jumped into the mud pit, grabbed the dirt, and put it on Tan Yuchen's clothes.

"Fuck..." Qin Yuchen cursed lowly, gritted his teeth and said, looking at the clothes that had taken up a large area of ​​soil, "You're going to take revenge on me, right?"

"Is this revenge?!"

"Yeah." Zhang Qiling chuckled, "Close your eyes."

"..." Tan Yuchen clicked his tongue, and simply sat down on the ground, closed his eyes and put his face close, as if he was ready to be slaughtered.

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When Wuxie and the others were resting, Fatty discovered the camp where Wusan and the others had stayed while exploring the road, so the four of them borrowed it smoothly.

Fatty carried Panzi into a tent and told Wuxie that he could suture Panzi's wounds alone and asked him to guard outside.

Ah Ning was not idle either. She found a clean iron basin, said hello to Wu Xie, and then thought about getting some clean water for later use.

Wu Xie wandered around the camp alone with nothing to do.

He walked around a tree stump and came to the wooden stand, picked up a toothbrush filled with toothpaste from it, and frowned in confusion.

But before he could come up with any clues, he saw a series of footprints on the wet ground, leading directly to the tent in the distance.

Wu Xie was startled and hesitated for a long time before he mustered up the courage to pick up the shovel next to him and move towards the tent step by step.

When he was only a step or two away from the tent, Wuxie opened the door curtain with a fierce breath and rushed in.

"Who... little brother?"

Wu Xie watched Zhang Qiling, who was covered in mud, turn around and stand up. His voice, which had been brave just now, suddenly dropped, with a hint of doubt.

"It scared me to death. I thought it was the clay figurine coming." Wuxie relaxed and threw the shovel aside.

"Is there anything to eat?" Zhang Qiling asked.

"Yes, I'll get it for you." Wuxie was silent, nodded and turned around to leave the tent.

Zhang Qiling didn't wait for a few minutes before Wuxie entered the tent again with a cup of hot tea and dry food.

He put the food in Zhang Qiling's hand and watched quietly as Zhang Qiling finished the food, then handed someone a towel and began to ask about the situation.

"Did anything happen when you were chasing the Clay Man? Did Yuchen leave to meet you? Did you catch the Clay Man? How did you catch up with us later?"

Zhang Qiling was silent for a long time, and then answered Wu Xie with a key point: "The clay figurine ran away."

"What about Yuchen? Why aren't you with me?" Wuxie asked again.

Zhang Qiling raised his eyes and glanced at Wuxie, stood up and said, "Follow me."

"Where to go?" Wuxie followed Zhang Qiling out of the tent with a confused look on his face.

Zhang Qiling led Wu Xie around the camp to the mud pit outside the camp. Wu Xie looked at the mud pit full of curiosity. When he turned around and was about to ask what was so special about this mud pit, he was pushed down by Zhang Qiling.

"I'm going!" Wuxie was so frightened that he quickly used his hands to prevent his face from hitting the ground. He turned over and sat in the mud puddle and shouted to Zhang Qiling with wide eyes, "Brother, what are you doing!"

"Prevent snakes." Zhang Qiling said.

"Prevent snakes, you can't prevent snakes..." Zhang Qiling's tone was too calm, causing Wu Xie's anger to disappear inexplicably. He blinked and replied angrily,

"Then you should have told me earlier. If you said you were going to prevent snakes, wouldn't I have jumped down by myself? Do you still need to do it?"

Wu Xie stared straight at Zhang Qiling, but his hands were honest and he kept grabbing mud and smearing it on his body.

Halfway through wiping it off, he remembered something and smiled maliciously: "Hey, the fat man is still in there."

Zhang Qiling raised his eyebrows and watched Wuxie climb out of the mud pit and run towards the camp.