Chapter 422

Ryan contemplated how to dig a canal to divert water from the river to the plot. As he was doing that, Eloise was crouched on the ground drawing something with her stick. As her body leaned forward, her shirt slid up her back slightly to reveal a bit of fair and smooth skin. There was a slight bump where her spine was. Ryan recalled a game that he used to play with his friends in the winter when he was younger. They would put their cold hands under someone else's shirt. The feeling of that sudden chill was still fresh in his mind. Upon noticing Eloise's bare skin, he had the impulse to put his cold hand on her back just to mess with her. On second thought, it would ruin the others' impression of him if he did that. They would think that he was frivolous. He wiped his intrusive thoughts from his mind and approached Eloise. She had drawn a river on the left and a rectangle on the right. Ryan couldn't understand her drawings. What does this mean?" he asked. Eloise didn't ackno