Jenny's crutch was in the shelter, making it inconvenient for her to walk. Luo Jun saw her embarrassed look and supported her.
"Mr. Luo, I need to use the restroom. Could you help me over there?" Jenny asked. Luo Jun then realized he had not built a sit-down toilet. With her injured thigh, Jenny definitely could not squat down. He had overlooked her needs these past couple days.
"Alright, I'll help you over."
Luo Jun slowly walked with her towards the new toilet, thirty meters away.
On the way, Luo Jun couldn't help but ask, "How have you been using the toilet these past few days?"
Embarrassed, Jenny replied, "I just had Lorna or Li Shi help me over to a rock by the creek. I would lift up my skirt, take off my panties, and sit on the rock to do my business. It was easy for #1 but very difficult for #2. I had to find a rock downstream with an overhang so I could stick my behind out... I only had to do that once, thankfully."
Luo Jun wiped his brow. Out in the wilderness, women's needs were already difficult to accommodate. Her injury made it even more troublesome.
Luo Jun hadn't considered her situation at all. Otherwise he would have brought over some large rocks when building the toilet to make a makeshift seat.
It wouldn't have been difficult for Luo Jun to fashion a toilet seat. He just needed to bring over two decently sized, elevated rocks and flatten one end with an ax. Propped up on either side of the latrine, Jenny could use her thighs to lower herself onto the seat.
When they arrived at the toilet, Jenny leaned on the bamboo pole for support.
"Could you help me with this?" Jenny awkwardly asked Luo Jun.
Puzzled, Luo Jun asked, "How can I help?"
"I can't squat down to take off my panties. Could you help me with that?" Jenny had already reached under her short skirt, hooking her briefs with her fingers.
Unable to squat, Luo Jun could only oblige. He took her panties and turned away, walking several meters off. He wondered how Jenny was able to urinate if she couldn't squat.
Hearing the trickling sound, Luo Jun's curiosity got the better of him. Glancing back, he saw Jenny's awkward pose as she stood to relieve herself. Luo Jun slapped his forehead.
"How embarrassing. I really need to make that toilet seat soon."
Jenny was mortified. If not for her injury, she would never do something so unladylike.
"I'm done," Jenny shamefully called out.
Luo Jun came over and handed her the panties. Unable to put them on herself, Jenny could only lean on the bamboo pole as Luo Jun crouched down. He slowly guided her feet through as she lifted them up one at a time until they were on.
After she finished dressing, Luo Jun stood up and supported Jenny as they walked back.
"Thank you, Mr. Luo."
"You're welcome. I'll make you a makeshift toilet seat tomorrow."
Jenny was deeply moved by Luo Jun's thoughtfulness.
"I don't know how to repay your kindness. You not only saved me but have helped me so much. If only Jack had listened to you in the beginning, he might not have died."
Thinking about it made Jenny very sad.
"Everyone has their own fate. Being shipwrecked, our fates were adrift like boats on the sea, ambiguous and uncertain. There's no use dwelling on regrets."
Luo Jun had a penetrating perspective on life and death. In the past, he lived each day as if it were his last.
Like the dying Don Quixote (character from Spanish classic), opposing and resisting the hope of pain made his reason unusually tense, allowing him to view everything through new eyes.
So the world Luo Jun saw was different from what ordinary people saw.
The sunlight, the plants, everything around him now - he appreciated it all with the fresh wonder of a newborn, because each day survived was a joy.
Not everyone could attain this philosophical attitude towards life.
And because of this mindset, even if sudden death came upon him, Luo Jun could face it calmly.
Luo Jun had discussed perspectives on death with Pan Long before. Their views were completely different. Pan Long's view could be described as passive or neutral. He believed death was "non-existence", agreeing with the philosophy of Robert Nozick (American). Luo Jun's view was more akin to Nietzsche's.
Seeing how casually Luo Jun spoke of death, Jenny sensed no disrespect in his tone towards Jack's passing. It was merely his attitude.
"Mr. Luo, I heard from Lorna and the others that our clothes came from two people you killed. Is that true?" Jenny tentatively asked.
Luo Jun smiled faintly. "Are you afraid now?"
Jenny shook her head. "I'm not sure. I was quite scared of you at first because Jack said you were a killer. But after getting to know you, I wasn't afraid anymore. Then I became afraid again when you left."
Luo Jun chuckled softly. "Don't think too much about it. Just focus on recovering."
"Mr. Luo, can I ask you a question?" Jenny timidly ventured.
"What is it?" Luo Jun was curious.
"What does it feel like to kill someone? Have you killed a lot of people?"
Luo Jun was silent for a moment after Jenny's questions.
"It's best if you don't ponder such matters. The war between angels and demons will always favor the demons. The angels only return in self-righteous poses after the demons' defeat. The more you think about this, the more it will drag you into the abyss... Why do you want to kill someone?"
Luo Jun bluntly asked Jenny in return.
Jenny shook her head again. "Just curious."
"No. Your subconscious must harbor this desire, to compel you to ask this. Everyone harbors immense evil desires. That doesn't make one a bad person. Perverted, sordid, sinful thoughts - we all have them, arising at every moment. But without impetus and opportunity, they remain hidden."
Luo Jun's words left Jenny somewhat at a loss.
But he didn't continue the topic. Upon returning to the shelter, he opened the door and let Jenny go in to sleep.
Luo Jun glanced at where the women slept. Lorna hadn't let Li Shi take her spot tonight.
Luo Jun smiled faintly and crawled in as well.
As soon as he lay down, Lorna rolled over to embrace him. In the pitch black shelter, she could take certain liberties that the other women wouldn't notice. Anything major would surely draw attention.
Of course, Luo Jun and Lorna didn't care how the others felt. They were both open-minded.
Intertwined, their bodies could keep each other warm.
And the shelter floor was quite sturdy.
Hearing the commotion, Li Shi was most distressed. She would occasionally reach out with her cold little hands to startle the two, chilling their skin.
The shock made Lorna gasp and then chuckle alluringly, too much for Li Shi to bear.
"Shameless! Go to sleep!"
Angrily, Li Shi turned away to hug Jenny as they slept. Jenny was also restless and flustered.
iving with nine beautiful women. [Ding! Welcome back to the Joyous Sect, Host…] Lin Yu: ??? I’m clearly in a shared rental, but you’re saying I’m in the Joyous Sect? Watering plants is now [Tending to Spiritual Flora]? Cooking becomes [Researching Elixirs]? Making the bed turns into [Setting Up Formations]? A gentle and innocent auntie, twin classmates, a mysterious hacker girl on leave, a severely socially anxious artist, an elementary school Chinese teacher, a community hospital nurse, a pet shop owner, an antique clock restorer… This system… is kinda interesting.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
