Once they arrived at the log cabin, everyone began their assigned tasks. They cleaned the house, started the fire, prepared food, and after bustling around for a while, they finally had a chance to rest, concurrent with the nightfall.
Zhuo Hang and Ouyang Jin were set to work the first half of the night; Ning Qi and Deng Wenli, the second half. Everything seemed normal, yet Gu Fan felt there was something askew, as long as Ning Qi was involved in it.
However, Gu Fan concealed his suspicion, along with everyone else, he crawled into his sleeping bag and walked into dreamland.
On the contrary, Gu Fan didn't settle into a deep sleep faithful to appearances. Just as before, he estimated the time, set an alarm on his phone, and woke up in the latter half of the night.
Gu Fan didn't rise immediately, he carefully observed his surroundings to find that the people supposed to be on night duty, Ning Qi and Deng Wenli, were absent.
