Chapter 275
Nelson felt a surge of vitality and was about to embrace Xanthea in his excitement, but then he saw Mr. Lockwood approaching.
Better safe than sorry.
After finally filtering the water, Xanthea was extremely thirsty. She grabbed a fresh lotus leaf, scooped up some water, and was about to drink when someone held down the stem of the leaf.
“Mr. Lockwood?”
She looked up at Orion with confusion. In the next moment, brion poured the water from the leaf into an empty water bottle.
“I want to try your filtered water too.”
What?
Before Xanthea could react, Orion tilted his head back, his Adam’s apple bobbing as he swallowed. It wasn’t a joke; he was actually drinking it.
He was really drinking river water?
Although she had done some basic treatment and filtering, the facilities were rudimentary, and the water surely still contained some impurities and bacteria.
The trainees had no other options; some water was better than none. But he had bottled water available, so why on earth would he drink the river water she had? Plus, wasn’t he known for being a germaphobe?
The camera zoomed in on Xanthea’s surprised face as Orion took a sip and then handed the water back to her..
Xanthea saw how he had performed a sleight of hand under the camera, her eyes widening in astonishment.
He returned not the bottle filled with river water, but a bottle of real bottled water. The two bottles looked identical, with nearly the same amount of water and no distinguishing marks on the caps it was impossible to tell them apart.
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He had deliberately poured the river water into the bottled water container and drank from it just to switch it with real bottled water for
her!
How could he be so good to her?
Despite his germophobia…
Xanthea looked at him incredulously, her eyes glistening with emotion.
Orion remarked, “Not bad at all.”
“Really?”
Orion, why are you always so good to me? So good I don’t even know what to do.
“Here come the ingredients!”
“Guess what I caught?”
“We’ve got some minnows, catfish, crayfish, and a few spiny eels, plenty for our dinner for six!”
Martin came ashore with his shirt full of fish and shellfish. The trainees gathered around him, sorting through the catch with joy, “This little crayfish is so cute, it’s still crawling!”
“This catfish is huge, Martin, how did you catch it?”
“Big fish are easy to catch; it’s the small ones are not!”
“Now that we’ve got the ingredients, how should we cook them?”
There’s nothing much on this island; we have to grill them, right?”
You guys figure it out, I’m going to get some water!”
Martin put down the fish and went to Xanthea for a drink. Nelson, Isabella, and Rachel huddled together to discuss how to grill the fish, while Olivia stood alone on the side, her eyes reddening as she watched their joyful camaraderie.
Nearby, a junior assistant noticed Olivia’looking pale and trembling, as if she might faint at any moment.
Olivia, why don’t you try some of Xanthea’s purified water too? Everyone else has, including her, and they’re all fine.”
Shut up!”
Olivia snapped at her. She’d rather die of thirst than drink Xanthea’s water!
Especially after she had made a statement in front of the cameras. If she went to drink now, wouldn’t it be like slapping her own face?