Zhao Wuji went around giving everyone water.
Tang Lan held Zhu Zhuqing close, took out his waterskin, and let her drink in small sips.
He pulled a tablecloth from Blue King, spread it on the ground, and laid her down.
Then he took out an entire marinated cow and had Zhao Wuji chop down a tree on the spot to start roasting it.
More than ten minutes later.
Everyone gradually recovered.
Yet they were still too exhausted to speak, lying motionless on the ground.
Only when the aroma of the roasted whole cow drifted over did hunger drive them to crawl back up.
Their gazes followed Tang Lan's movements as he turned the roasting cow.
Just as it was nearly done,
Tang San finally arrived late, carrying Yu Xiaogang on his back.
Tang Lan sliced off a piece of beef leg.
"Alright, dig in."
Dai Mubai and the others swarmed over, dividing up the entire cow in just a few moments.
Zhao Wuji, who had been a step too slow, stared blankly at the cow's skeleton.
Weren't you all exhausted?
How were you so fast?!
Then he looked at Tang Lan.
Tang Lan had not even eaten himself before handing the roasted beef leg to Yu Xiaogang.
He had meant for Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to share it.
But Tang San had yet to recover, while Yu Xiaogang had already started eating on his own—biting straight into it, without even considering sharing with Tang Lan.
"Fine, you and Little Sanzi can have this," Tang Lan said generously.
He returned to the campfire and waited for Zhao Wuji to roast more lamb.
Two pieces of roasted beef were offered to him from either side, one from Zhu Zhuqing and the other from Ning Rongrong.
The difference was,
Zhu Zhuqing's piece