Somewhere out of Chu Zhe's sight, Chu Ting cried from fright.
Yes, she cried from fright.
Hong Hao had been frightened too, but the earthquake had only lasted a dozen seconds or so, and after a while, he recovered.
Except that by the time he recovered, Chu Ting was still crying.
As a man, he felt somewhat impatient, but remembering that the girl beside him was not yet an adult, he patiently comforted her for a while.
Who would have thought that the more he comforted her, the harder her tears flowed? Eventually, even the staff stepped in.
For the first time, Hong Hao desperately wished his partner had been the other girl. Although she looked cold and unlikely to pay him any attention, at least she would not cry endlessly whenever something happened.
Then there was the misery of their journey to collect eggs.
Under this young lady's grand direction, they had taken a wrong turn.
They spent nearly an hour bumbling around before finally finding the right road. Along the way, the young lady shaded herself with a parasol and fanned herself, and whenever she spotted a pretty stretch of countryside, she would take a couple of pictures. Time slipped through their fingers just like that.
In the end, even the staff could not resist reminding her that she needed to complete her task.
But the young lady offered a fine-sounding justification instead. "Our task doesn't take much time or effort. Once we've collected the eggs, we can leave. We have plenty of time, so don't worry. I know what I'm doing."
Hong Hao clearly saw the staff member's lips twitch after the young lady delivered her speech.
Then he realized their task might not be as easy as he had imagined. But if the young lady dared