It wasn't until Chen Zhou repeated again for him to drink water that he snapped out of it, looked at the clay pot handed to him, and strained his neck to try to reach his mouth into the pot.
Seeing him in such an uncomfortable posture, Chen Zhou decided to be helpful to the end, and took out his dagger to cut the grass rope binding his hands.
The boy was extremely thirsty, and he grabbed the pot and frantically poured water into his stomach.
Watching the boy's fierce manner of drinking, Chen Zhou worried that drinking too much water at once might affect his stomach, so after estimating that the native boy had quenched his thirst enough, he took the pot back.
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The native boy was completely unrestrained but showed no care about Chen Zhou's actions.
He wiped his mouth with his forearm, cautiously glanced at Chen Zhou's face, then lowered his body and lay flat on the ground.
