Chapter 720: Chapter 704: Extra 2: Everyone Loves Tang Zhaozhao (Part 5) (6,200 Words)

She suddenly felt a bit regretful, and before she could speak, she realized that Tao Hai had already moved like lightning, carrying his grass mat into hers, while placing his grass mat on top.

Before she could say anything, Tao Hai had already hugged her.

Tang Zhaozhao’s cheeks were flushed; she was so embarrassed she wanted to die. She had never been this close to a man before.

But in the more than half a month spent with Tao Hai, she had tried everything she had never experienced before.

The first time being kissed, the first time a man washed her period cloth, the first time wearing a man’s clothes.

And the first time sleeping squeezed in with a man.

The first time being tightly held in someone’s arms.

Tang Zhaozhao struggled a little, and Tao Hai only held her tighter.

"Don’t move; it’s too cold now. Any movement lets the cold air in."

Tang Zhaozhao had no choice but to remain still.

Admittedly, having a source of warmth by her side in the cold winter truly made it much warmer.

But it was still cold in the middle of the night; she looked at the campfire and found it had already gone out.

She nudged Tao Hai’s foot.

"Go and relight the fire."

Tao Hai nodded and went to rekindle the fire.

Tang Zhaozhao, feeling a bit warmer, wanted Tao Hai to sleep by himself, but he naturally crawled back into her bedding.

"So cold, freezing me to death."

Tang Zhaozhao: "...."

She had let the wolf into the house!

She pushed Tao Hai: "It’s warm now; you should go outside."

Tao Hai looked at Tang Zhaozhao incredulously, as if she were the heartbreaker.

"I just went to light the fire. I was blown by the cold wind. You don’t know how cold I am."

"But now it’s the warmest here, and you tell me to go outside to sleep. Are you trying to freeze me to death?"

Tang Zhaozhao looked at Tao Hai’s accusing eyes, opened her mouth, but couldn’t say anything.

Tao Hai held her tightly again and drifted back to sleep.

Tao Hai’s body heated up quickly, and soon Tang Zhaozhao fell asleep in this warmth.

When she woke up, it was already morning, daylight breaking.

Tao Hai was already up and had even prepared breakfast.

The breakfast was rather light; he had cooked some chestnut porridge.

He looked at Tang Zhaozhao: "The chestnut tree is a bit far from the cave. Before, I worried about you and didn’t dare go too far. Now we can go there and gather chestnuts; it’s also the only staple food we can have."

Tang Zhaozhao nodded.

Tao Hai said, "Besides, I also need to confirm something there."

Tang Zhaozhao cooperatively nodded.

After having breakfast, they both set out with baskets on their backs.

In Tao Hai’s basket was a stone-made hoe, made of an incredibly hard stone. She had no idea how Tao Hai made it.

Once at the chestnut area, Tao Hai first used the hoe to clear the snow, then used it to gather chestnuts into a newly woven bamboo basket.

Tang Zhaozhao followed his lead, helping Tao Hai put the chestnuts into the basket.

These chestnuts were spiky and snow-covered; if they collected for a whole day, their hands would certainly get frostbitten. By bringing them back to the cave, they wouldn’t be so cold.

Both of them were adept in Qinggong, traversing back and forth several times a day, accumulating many chestnuts in the cave.

Then, Tao Hai said: "Follow me to a place that might have salt."

Tang Zhaozhao thought it was a salt lake but found they were heading deeper into the mountains.

Tang Zhaozhao didn’t question, and when they arrived, she discovered it was a rock.

Tao Hai said: "I saw herbivores licking the rocks here before, so I guessed there might be salt here, but there are also predators." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Tang Zhaozhao nodded: "No problem, we’ll go together."

Tao Hai chuckled, his eyes bright as he looked at Tang Zhaozhao.

"Alright, let’s go together."

They approached the rock and immediately saw fresh blood on the ground.

They exchanged a glance and moved closer together, stepping cautiously toward the rock.

Tao Hai used all his strength to break off a large chunk from the rock, enough to last them a long time if fully processed.

After finishing, they retreated shoulder by shoulder, constantly on guard for wild animals.

When they were about to leave, no wild animals appeared, so both let out a breath of relief.

As they were midway back, a wild boar suddenly charged out from the surroundings.

Seeing the wild boar, Tao Hai frowned.