Chapter 1375 - 1371: Spoiled Every Day and Courting Death Nonstop
Due to Lauren’s ankle injury, she couldn’t walk, dragging down the entire team, so they stopped to rest. Medical staff from the show accompanied them to check on Lauren’s injury.
Chloe was also resting against the trunk of a large tree, seeing Constantine with his long arms propped against the trunk, partially encircling her, blocking all gazes. Even Wendy wanted to come over and check on Chloe but was too intimidated by Constantine to make a move.
Chloe rested for a while, finished the water in her canteen, and felt somewhat reenergized. She saw the show crew surrounding Lauren, and the other guests were all exhausted, half-squinting at Constantine, and in a very low voice, mockingly said, "Aren’t you going to check on her?"
"Watching you is enough." The man gazed ahead, noticing she wasn’t breathing as heavily, he reached out and gently brushed the stray hair from her forehead with his long, slender fingers, intentionally or not, touching her soft, rosy cheek.
Chloe glared at him, then got up, gripping her hiking stick, to go check on Lauren’s situation.
Lauren had a sprain, her ankle was slightly swollen, already applied medicine, and had a plaster applied, but walking made her howl in pain, indicating she couldn’t walk.
The production team was urgently discussing countermeasures and asked for Lauren’s opinion.
Lauren’s foot injury wasn’t very serious, walking was a bit painful, but she could still manage. However, seeing Constantine hadn’t come to check on her injury, she was red-eyed, both jealous and furious, simply pretending the injury was severe, claiming it was serious, and requested to drop out of filming.
The other guests were quite surprised, falling silent for a moment. This first-love goddess was truly acting spoiled and rebellious, courting death every day.
Originally she was the one holding the team back, her popularity online was diminishing day by day. Chloe was there to gain fans, yet what she was doing was exactly the opposite, losing fans, and she was oblivious, now causing a fuss to withdraw from the filming crew.
Even someone as popular as Charles Taylor would still push through to finish filming despite an injury, it’s a matter of professional integrity.
Everyone inwardly sneered, seeing Constantine on the sideline indifferent to this, finding it increasingly amusing, even her good friends Vicky and William didn’t want to pay attention to her.
William was dragged down by her for two days, exhausted like a dog, wishing she wouldn’t record the show, while Vicky, due to the previous incident siding with Lauren against Chloe, already had her public image damaged, and seeing Wendy as an equally unskilled heiress, yet clinging to Chloe’s alliance, enjoying good treatment and praise from netizens, instantly felt resentment, watching coldly without a word.
Daniel saw the situation and went to ask Constantine.
The man lowered his eyes, his deep like ink glance revealing no emotions, softly saying, "Have a helicopter send her back to the nearest provincial city, arrange for her agent to pick her up to Imperial City, the filming can proceed even if one person less."
Daniel, seeing that Lauren’s patron had spoken, joyfully arranged for the helicopter to send Lauren to the provincial city for treatment.
Throughout, Constantine didn’t say a word to Lauren, who boarded the helicopter with reddened eyes.
After everyone rested, they continued their journey.
After regaining strength, Chloe refused Constantine’s offer to carry her, relying on her hiking stick to keep up with the group.
The next day’s prearranged resting spot was a clearing in the forest. Along this route, it was all dense forests, they had crossed more than half of it, and by tomorrow they could reach the cabin in the woods to complete the task and go home.
At this moment, everyone was at a clearing in the forest, with only a simple shed in front, barely providing shelter from the wind and rain.
The guide gestured to everyone, indicating they would rest here tonight. Going any further, there was no open space to set up camp.
"I’m exhausted, I almost thought I’d die here," Desmond lay on the ground in a star shape, saying feebly.
"Desmond, when we get back to Imperial City, I’ll treat you to the most expensive meal," Wendy panted as she spoke.
Constantine helped Chloe take down her backpack, holding her bow and arrows, said blandly, "You stay at the camp, I’ll get dinner."
"I’ll go with you. Chloe’s with the camp, it’ll be fine," Charles stood up and said at the words.
Constantine cast a faint glance at him, consented, and the two men who still had some energy left brought the filming crew to seek food in the surrounding area.
After resting for a while, Chloe then assigned Desmond and William to set up tents, she and Wendy went to pick up dry branches, and after picking only a few, she suddenly realized a serious problem.
"Wendy, do you still have water?" Chloe licked her somewhat chapped lips and asked softly.
"None left, I drank it all on the road, being both hungry and thirsty, the show crew should still have some, we could exchange food for it later tonight," Wendy said.
Chloe furrowed her brows, calmly said, "Last night when we went to exchange stuff with the show crew, we saw their stock. There’s no purified water. Perhaps each crewmember had two bottles, but they must have finished it today."
Wendy only then realized the gravity of the problem, looking at her, dumbfounded and said, "Ah, Chloe, you mean?"
Chloe sighed softly, it was her oversight. Yesterday, they hurried into the forest, there were streams everywhere, and no one thought about the freshwater issue. If she remembered correctly, the last stream they passed was at least an hour’s distance.
It was about to get dark. Even if Constantine brought back food, without water, they couldn’t prepare it, and they might die of thirst.
Chloe called over Desmond, then went to communicate with the guide, learning that the nearest water source was an hour away, whether forward or backward, it was about the same.
The show crew was a bit dumbfounded too. They had brought dry food and water, but since last night’s camp was by a water source, everyone had drunk up today’s water, not thinking to keep some stock. The crew was stingy, only five or six bottles of pure water left, already opened, barely three bottles worth together. How could that suffice twenty people?
"There are two choices now, move forward one hour to reach the water source, but I asked the guide, that water source isn’t large, and there isn’t a suitable camping place, plus it’s about to get dark, walking at night is the least wise choice, especially in the deep forest," Chloe’s voice was slightly hoarse from lack of water, speaking in a low tone, "so that route is blocked."
"What’s the other option?" Desmond asked dumbfoundedly.
"Stay here and camp, but must send someone to find a water source nearby," Chloe’s eyes slightly brightened, firmly said.
Director Daniel was also anxious, like an ant on a hot pan, saying, "Then I’ll immediately have the show staff go find the water source."
Chloe shook her head, said, "Director Cai, it’s not about having more people, you all stay put, guard the camp, set it up before it gets dark, I’ll take Desmond to look."