At Dailifen's urging, dinner ended within ten minutes.
Everyone returned to their tents to pack. Before long, everything, including the tents themselves, had been bundled up and strapped to their travel bags.
Watching how quickly the young people worked, Dailifen nodded in satisfaction.
But when he saw Qin Ran-or, more precisely, the backpack taller than a person-he still couldn't stop the corner of his eye from twitching.
Once dinner began, Dailifen had resolved to pay as little attention to Qin Ran as possible, for the sake of his heart.
But...
That bag was simply too big.
It wasn't just tall, but exceptionally wide as well. Standing there with it on his back, Qin Ran was so conspicuous that it was hard not to notice him.
Dailifen, standing at the very front of the group, spotted Qin Ran at a glance.
Watching Qin Ran take his place at the very back of the group as though it were only natural, Dailifen completely forgot the speech he had prepared.
Whenever he saw Qin Ran, he couldn't help recalling the insulated food container in his hands.
It had smelled so good!
Feeling his mouth begin to water again, Dailifen quickly collected himself and suppressed the hunger rising from his stomach.
"Move out!"
The speech he had spent days preparing became a single, blunt command.
Dailifen walked over to the campfire, picked up a torch prepared in advance, and turned to leave.
The young people quickly followed.
There were no vehicles. Everyone traveled on foot.
In the pitch-black night, the torches wound through the wilderness like a snake moving through the darkness.
The procession was neither long nor short, and no one made a sound. Every young face wore a mixture of tension and anticipation. Even when they reached their destination, those feelings didn't