He quickly ran to Lacey. “Lacey, it's me! I'm here.”

Lacey turned around as soon as she heard his voice.

As she was close to the fire, her face was a little reddish and slightly smeared with soot. She was sweating profusely.

However, it didn't affect her beautiful aura.

Zeke's heart raced.

No matter when, where, or how Lacey looked, Zeke's heart would flutter.

Such is love.

Seeing Zeke running toward her, Lacey smiled. However, it gradually turned into a bitter smile. She looked at him aggrievedly and said, “Zeke, I miss you.”

Those words warmed Zeke's heart.

He rushed over and hugged her in his arms. “Lacey, I'm sorry I couldn't protect you.”

Lacey quickly shoved him away. “Careful. I'm covered in dirt.”

Zeke hugged her even tighter and refused to let go. “Well, I just feel like holding you like this and never let go for the rest of my life.”

Lacey relaxed in Zeke's embrace, quietly enjoying his warmth.

After a while, she seemed to remember something and quickly broke away from his arms. “Oh, no.”

She raked the fire and revealed a large lump of clay.

Lacey pulled out the clay with a stick and said, “Zeke, I made roasted chicken for you. Here, see if my cooking has deteriorated.”

“Okay.”

With a smile on his face, Zeke reached out to take the food.

Lacey quickly stopped him. “Be careful. It's hot. Eat it later.”

“It's fine.”

Zeke had already surpassed the limit of what the human body could endure by many folds. A mere roasted chicken wouldn't burn him.

Zeke smashed the outer layer of the clay, exposing the three layers of leaves wrapped around the chicken.

The leaves were roasted, soaked in fat, and full of fragrance.

Then he peeled off the three layers of leaves to reveal the roasted chicken within.

The chicken was roasted to a pinkish color, and it smelled aromatic.

Zeke was famished, and he gulped.

On the desolate Theos Island, all he ate was food that tasted bland, like boiled meat and cabbages.

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