Ian merely stood there, watching how Susan went about starting the fire. She blew on the blackened coals until red flames really did start slowly appearing.

Suddenly, there was a crackle as the fire flared and spat sparks.

Susan's mind went blank. Before she could react, a hand had already moved in front of her face to shield her, and she felt herself getting pulled backward swiftly.

Everything happened so quickly that Susan was still in a daze after getting dragged backward.

"Ian? What happened to the two of you? Are you okay?"

Vivian was setting the table in the living room when she noticed the commotion and rushed toward them worriedly.

Susan finally returned to her senses, instantly realizing what had happened. She straightened her back immediately as if by reflex while she stood in the arms of the person behind her, then turned to grab the hand he had quickly retracted.

"Are you okay, Ian? Let me see your hand."

"I'm fine," he replied, stubbornly refusing.

He did not let either of the two girls take a look at his hand. After all, a minor injury like that was nothing to a man like him.

such a critical moment, Vivian came up from behind and

around his, practically

let me take a

stared at them,

are these two

had the latter not stepped forward to

Ian showed

he was when he showed them his

goodness! That's serious! Quick, I'll

it was, Susan immediately became anxious and dragged him after her without

but just when she reached

are you

have to worry about? Hurry up and eat. Otherwise, the

her back to the living room, he made her sit down, ladled steaming hot stew into a bowl for her, and told her to

Once we're full, we'll go and game for

up on a bicycle after

in the evening light without saying

a short distance to the clinic near our university, so we can just ride the bicycle there. If we were to go to

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