The day's time passed torturously, and the Linyin District between the two ore zones was like the filling in a sandwich cookie—so close yet not cool enough, though it did a good job of dissipating heat from vehicles.
Shangguan Xi stripped off his soaked clothes, wrung them out, and tossed them back into the luggage compartment. Holding an ice bucket, he said, "If it weren't for the location, I would definitely not even wear pants."
"No one wants to see your bare ass," Pan Qiao teased him while using a prop to cool down Kuang Wenjun.
Kuang Wenjun, who wore the thickest clothing—a jacket over a long-sleeved shirt and long pants—seemed to detest others' peculiar stares, so she didn't even take off her hat.
Now everyone was so hot that they were frantic, and no one cared about her past.
"I'll go for a walk," Shangguan Xi said, dropping an empty water bottle as he walked behind a large tree. Just past the edge of the bush, a fluffy rabbit jumped out, looking quite delicious.
