145: Chapter 145 I'm a respectable person, don't even think about it!

Time passed, second by agonizing second.

Lanna could only feel the air in her lungs rapidly depleting.

That deadly sensation of suffocation was like an invisible hand, tightly gripping her throat.

Her consciousness began to blur, her vision darkened in waves, and her body started to convulse uncontrollably.

Was she going to die?

Just when she thought she was truly going to die here.

A dark shadow swam rapidly toward her.

It was Qin Feng.

Lanna looked at him in despair, wanting to cry for help, but she couldn't even exhale a single bubble.

The next second.

Qin Feng wrapped his arms around her and kissed her directly.

Lanna's eyes widened sharply, her mind going completely blank.

Immediately after, a breath of air carrying a masculine scent was forcibly transferred into her mouth; like sweet rain after a long drought, it instantly eased her near-death suffocation.

She froze completely, like a petrified statue.

Shock, shame, anger... countless emotions churned wildly in her heart.

This jerk! What is he doing?!

How dare he?!

Yet, that life-saving air left her without the strength to resist even a little bit.

She could only passively accept it, feeling that overbearing and shameful "rescue," while her heart began to pound uncontrollably.

"Hum..."

The sound of the drone overhead seemed to fade, flying off into the distance.

Did it leave?

Just as Lanna breathed a sigh of relief, she realized that the jerk still hadn't let go!

He was still kissing her!

And, it seemed he was even... getting addicted to it?

Lanna's cheeks felt like they were boiling, even underwater.

Overcome with shame and anger, she didn't know where she found the strength, but she raised her hand and punched Qin Feng in the chest twice, trying to push him away.

But Qin Feng's body was like cast iron, not moving an inch.

Jerk! Scoundrel!

Lanna was going mad with anger and was just about to struggle and resist.

"Hum—hum—hum—"

The sound of the drone that had just moved away actually returned.

Now, it was roaring directly above their heads!

Closer and clearer than before!

Lanna stiffened, all her movements instantly freezing.

She suddenly realized something.

It was a trap!

The drone's departure just now was intentional!

It was to lure those hiding underwater to surface for air the moment they let their guard down!

That was close!

If it weren't for this Chef... if it weren't for him...

If she had actually pushed him away just now, they would probably have already been discovered.

So... he wasn't taking advantage of her.

He was using this method to remind her that the danger hadn't passed!

An indescribable warmth instantly flooded her entire body.

Suddenly.

She looked at the Chef, who was right in front of her, her eyes becoming incredibly complex.

There was gratitude, shyness, and a trace of... a flutter she couldn't even explain herself.

She stopped struggling, and even subconsciously, actively, responded a little.

Well, just a little.

Consider it... a repayment for him saving her multiple times.

Finally... after repeatedly observing and still finding nothing, the drone had to fly away dejectedly.

The surface of the water broke with a "splash."

Qin Feng and Lanna surfaced almost simultaneously, gasping for air.

Lanna's face was as red as a cooked shrimp, the flush spreading from her cheeks to her neck, and even her earlobes were tinged with an alluring pink.

She didn't dare to look at Qin Feng, hugging her arms across her chest subconsciously, as if that could soothe her pounding heart.

At this moment.

She felt her brain had completely crashed; recalling the lingering sensation on her lips left her feeling weak all over, unable to muster any strength.

However, Qin Feng, the "culprit," didn't even glance at her.

Half his body was still submerged in the water, but his eyes were like a hawk's, sharply scanning the surrounding woods.

His ears twitched slightly, catching every rustle of leaves in the wind.

The drone's return just now was definitely not a coincidence.

This showed that the drone operator from Yang Country was very experienced and might have already suspected that something was hidden under this pool.

Confirming from the images transmitted by the bionic spider that the drone's light spot had completely disappeared on the horizon,

and that no new threat signals appeared within five kilometers, Qin Feng finally truly relaxed.

He stood up from the water, glanced at Lanna, who was still "playing dead" beside him, and raised an eyebrow.

"Hey, what are you thinking about? I'm not going to carry you up."

Lanna jolted, then scrambled ashore in a panic, grabbed her tattered combat uniform, and hurriedly pulled it on.

Throughout the process, she kept her back to Qin Feng, moving as fast as a startled rabbit.

Qin Feng ignored her embarrassment, walked straight over to her, crouched down, and reached out to undo the clothes she had just put on.

"What are you doing!" Lanna, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly bristled and slapped his hand away.

"Changing your dressing." Qin Feng shook his head helplessly, "The wound soaked in water; if we don't re-treat it, do you want it to rot?"

His eyes were completely devoid of impure thoughts, so clear that Lanna herself felt she was making a fuss over nothing.

She bit her lip and finally turned around, albeit reluctantly.

When the alcohol-soaked cotton ball touched her wound again, Lanna gasped in pain, her body trembling involuntarily.

But this time, she didn't cry out.

"Are we... going to leave here immediately?"

Lanna asked in a low voice, her tone full of exhaustion.

"We're not leaving." Qin Feng replied without raising his head, "For now."

"But they..."

"The most dangerous place is the safest place."

Qin Feng interrupted her, tied the last section of the bandage, and looked up at her.

"This place was just searched back and forth by three drones; for a short time, this will actually be their blind spot."

Hearing this explanation, Lanna's hanging heart finally relaxed by half.

After days of continuous escape, her body and mind had long reached their limit.

After Qin Feng finished treating her wounds, he dug a palm-sized piece of waterproof cloth and a few sharpened branches out of his backpack and set up a simple single-person tent.

Although crude, it could at least shield them from wind and rain, and prevent snakes and insects.

Lanna watched his busy back, distracted for a moment.

This Dragon Country man was just like a riddle.

Sometimes like a ruthless devil who killed without blinking, sometimes like a petty, calculating merchant, but sometimes, he was so considerate it was startling.

Except for that mouth, which was poisonous enough to kill, it seemed... everything about him was pretty good.

But unfortunately, he was the enemy.

Lanna looked at that small tent, and an absurd thought uncontrollably popped up.

Tonight... the two of them... are they going to sleep together?

This thought made her cheeks, which had just cooled down, start to burn again.

However, she was obviously overthinking it.

Qin Feng finished setting up the tent, brushed the dirt off his hands, pointed to the tent, and said concisely: "Yours."

"... Then what about you? Where will you sleep?" Lanna asked after all.

"What's the matter? Do you want to sleep with me?"

Qin Feng looked shocked and hurriedly tightened his collar.

"I'm warning you! I'm a decent person, don't even think about it."

Lanna: "..."