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 bottled water available, so why on earth would he drink the river water she

Orion took a sip and then handed

how he had performed a sleight of hand under the

of real bottled water. The two bottles looked identical, with nearly the same amount of water and no distinguishing marks

–

had deliberately poured the river water into the bottled water container and drank from it just to switch it with real bottled

her!

could he be so good to

Despite his germophobia…

looked at him incredulously, her eyes glistening with

remarked, “Not bad

“Really?”

are you always so good to me? So good I don’t even

come the ingredients!”

what I caught?”

minnows, catfish, crayfish, and a few spiny eels, plenty for

shellfish. The trainees gathered around him, sorting through the catch with joy, “This little crayfish is so cute, it’s still crawling!”

Martin, how