I felt like a storm was brewing, a coming tempest. "This is really an unexpected turn of events!" I couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness.

"Pervert! Shameless! I completely misjudged you!" Xu Xiaorong was furious, her fair face turning pale as she scolded me before turning away and leaving.

"It's really an accident, Su Jie, you have to testify for me!" I shouted, feeling helpless.

Su Jie also grunted with some dissatisfaction, saying, "An accident? I think you did it on purpose, why aren't you wearing pants? I think you did it on purpose!"

"My pants were taken by a monkey; it's a long story." I explained.

"Well, I didn't expect you to spare even the monkeys." Peggy chuckled foolishly from the side, starting to mock me.

"Come on, let's talk inside; quite a few things happened just now." I had to lead them back into the cave.

Inside the cave, I saw Li Lin cleaning vegetables, while Xu Xiaorong sat against the wall, facing away from us, ignoring our presence. When Li Lin saw us come in, she stared at me strangely. I knew Xu Xiaorong must have said something to her. It seemed like they all thought I deliberately acted like a rogue.

I sighed, cleared my throat, and, while dealing with the silly birds' feathers, I began to tell them about today's experience. As expected, everyone was very happy to hear about finding the hot spring; evidently, they all wanted to take a bath. Then, I mentioned the incident with the monkeys stealing my pants, and everyone suddenly realized that I really didn't do it on purpose.

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Xu Xiaorong turned her face to look at me, giving me a stern glare. "Even if your pants were stolen, you must have had improper thoughts at that time. Otherwise, how could..." She blushed and didn't continue.

I knew she probably wanted to say that I must have had improper thoughts, or how else could it have gotten hard. There was no way to explain that. I didn't dare to respond to her words, but quickly moved on to talk about encountering Li Xulong's group. This time, I didn't hide anything from them. I told them I hit Li Xulong, left him in the mountains to be wolf food.

When they heard about this, the atmosphere suddenly became very serious.

"So, Qianyi sided with this scoundrel, Hu Yijian, to harm us!"

"This beast is really despicable!"

"Big Brother Xiaowei, what should we do? Will they come to trouble us again?"

Several girls were a bit frightened.

I quickly reassured them, "Everyone, don't worry too much. They didn't dare to show up in front of us directly, always sneaking around. This only indicates that their weapons and equipment are far inferior to ours. As long as we are a bit careful, there's no need to fear them!"

Under my calm leadership, everyone felt a little more at ease.

"However, in the future, we need to keep an eye on our weapons. We must not let them steal them. This time, I think it was because I used a gun in the woods. They heard the gunshot and lurked over. If I hadn't been cautious and stayed close to the shore while soaking in the hot spring, they might have stolen the gun. We might not have made it back today." I added, feeling a bit scared at the thought.

When soaking in the hot spring, I kept one hand propped on the shore, next to my clothes. Li Xulong and the woman didn't find an opportunity. Later, if it weren't for that monkey sneakily stealing my pants, they might not have made a move. After all, the two of them couldn't match the agility of a monkey.