My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

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.

had no other options; some water was better than none. But he had bottled water available, so why on

surprised face as Orion took a sip and then handed the water

he had performed a sleight of hand under the

identical, with nearly the same amount of water and no distinguishing marks on the caps it was impossible to tell them

–

container and drank from it just to switch it with real bottled water

her!

so good to her?

Despite his germophobia…

her eyes glistening

“Not bad

“Really?”

are you always so good to me? So good

the

I

and a few spiny

came ashore with his shirt full of fish and shellfish. The trainees gathered around him, sorting through the catch with joy, “This

catfish is huge, Martin, how did you