The Feeling of Happiness

Luo Jun observed for another ten minutes. By then, Lorna and Li Shi had climbed up from the downhill slope.

The two of them were carrying the bamboo basket woven by Luo Jun. Inside were palm-sized smooth pebbles. Luo Jun saw them carry the basket back to an open space about thirty meters from the shelter.

There was a ten meter high cliff. What were the two women doing carrying those rocks over there?

Luo Jun came out from the woods when he saw there was no danger. He followed the women to the cliff and realized the two hadn't been idle that day. They had dug a "slide" toilet there. The rocks were to line the squatting holes on both sides.

Luo Jun smiled. A makeshift toilet in the wilderness, did they have to make it so proper?

"The toilet is well made, just a bit too far from the shelter," said Luo Jun, suddenly appearing behind them and giving them a fright.

The two women clutched their chests in shock and turned around. Seeing Luo Jun's attire, they were very surprised.

"Uncle, how did you change into new clothes?"

"Long story, there are more clothes here, though some are torn and stained with blood. You can wash and separate them to wear. Or just wear them as is, up to you. Leave the toilet to me."

Luo Jun walked over and dumped the clothes into Li Shi's arms.

Lorna moved closer. She noticed the new gun on Luo Jun, clearly not the rifle he had taken out earlier.

"Mr Luo Jun, did you get into a fight?"

"Mm, two snipers, though they died before I could get any useful intel. You go take care of the clothes first. Patch them up if you can. I'll handle this."

Luo Jun told Lorna. Naturally he wouldn't reveal any intel to Lorna as there was no need.

"Alright, I'll go make dinner. Don't overwork yourself."

Lorna said and embraced Luo Jun, giving him a light kiss on the lips. Luo Jun had just returned bloodstained from battle. Lorna's sweet kiss excited him.

Li Shi, who had walked a few steps away, looked back and twisted her lips. She glanced at her own chest and sighed, before turning to leave.

"Men..."

Luo Jun grabbed Lorna around the waist.

Feeling Luo Jun's heartbeat, Lorna smiled smugly and moved in for a deep kiss.

The two remained in embrace for a good while before slowly breaking apart.

"I'll go back first."

"Wait."

Luo Jun stopped her. He took off his soft shell armor and had Lorna wear it.

"This was the sniper's?"

Seeing the bullet hole and bloodstains on the clothes, Lorna asked.

"Yeah, are you superstitious about wearing dead people's clothes?" Luo Jun asked back.

"Of course not. The shoes I'm wearing are also from a dead person. As long as they provide warmth, it's good."

Lorna stroked Luo Jun's face, looking at his eyes gently.

Unable to resist Lorna's gentle gaze, Luo Jun lightly kissed her pink forehead.

"Go make dinner."

Luo Jun sent Lorna away and took over the two women's work himself. He surveyed the toilet. The slide wasn't steep enough and the mud was too loose. Two pees in and holes were already forming. Let alone bigger business.

The feces wouldn't slide down at all.

What the women did well was choosing the location. It was downwind, at a cliff edge. The smell wouldn't blow towards the shelter.

And there was no need to worry about accumulation below either. The insects would consume their meager feces.

Luo Jun found a large stone slab nearby and brought it over. This slab was much wider than the slide.

Luo Jun only needed to carve out grooves at the slide edges to slot the slab in. That would prevent the slab from falling and serve as the slide.

To prevent the women from falling off the cliff on a midnight toilet trip, Luo Jun hammered in bamboo stakes around the toilet to form a wall.

By the time Luo Jun was done with the toilet, the sky had darkened. Returning to the shelter, he saw the women dividing fish soup and vegetables.

Luo Jun looked at today's vegetables. There were still quite a lot of these streamside.

Li Shi knew quite a bit about herbs and edible plants. This saved Luo Jun a lot of trouble. Couldn't underestimate this girl.

"Uncle, here's your fish soup and fish meat."

Li Shi directly handed him a steel helmet. Luo Jun saw the women were using bamboo tubes to eat from.

"Much appreciated."

"What's with the manners, this was prepared for you. You expended the most energy so eat more." Li Shi said with a laugh. She was already wearing one of the bloodstained thermal innerwear. The bloodstains were very noticeable, with tears and bloodstains under both armpits.

Luo Jun was certain Li Shi had guessed what the previous owner went through. Yet she seemed fine with it.

Not bad mental resilience.

Luo Jun didn't say much. He drank a mouthful of fish soup. With the potassium salt, it tasted slightly better.

After eating his fill, Luo Jun hung up the snake skin to dry before making pants.

It was too cold now. The usually cleanliness-loving women didn't wash the bloody clothes either, just hung them out to dry the blood before wearing them directly. But they were still short of two pairs of pants.

The bloody pants went to Lorna, the thermal inner layer to Jenny, and the mid layer to Li Shi.

Li Shi's dress was still warmer than Jenny's shorts.

If not for her injured legs, Lorna would have given Jenny the pants.

Li Shi and Lorna returned to the shelter first. Luo Jun saw they had spread a layer of soft grass, like dogtail grass, inside. Lying on it was much more comfortable than before and provided insulation.

Luo Jun couldn't help marveling. Though a makeshift shelter, it was different with women around. Give them a house and they'd turn the cold building into a home.

This was the first time Luo Jun experienced such happiness.

Luo Jun never had this kind of life before. Though he liked to relieve stress at bars and such, the women he brought home would ask for money the next day after waking, then leave. They probably forgot what the house even looked like once out the door.

Jenny stretched her long legs in front of Luo Jun, resting them on his lap. He was going to change her bandages.

Jenny's legs were as good-looking as a model's, proportional, long, straight.

She sat at the edge of the stove pit, Luo Jun before it, one high one low, so Luo Jun naturally saw everything. But he was too embarrassed to ogle, just a subconscious upward glance due to male genes.

Jenny was a little embarrassed, blushing but said nothing.

Luo Jun unwrapped her wound dressing to inspect the wound. It was a little hot and swollen but hadn't festered.

After disinfecting, Luo Jun wrapped it with new bandages. He didn't discard the old bandages either, planning to wash and sun them for disinfection, in case of future need.

Seeing Luo Jun put away the medkit, Jenny got up.

"Thank you."

Jenny said gently. Luo Jun smiled, "Your resistance is strong, I didn't help much. It'll heal quickly, don't worry too much, just avoid exerting it."

Jenny's delicate lips hesitated, her chest heaving slightly, seemingly nervous about something.