I knew all along that Bai Wei and his men wouldn't give up so easily after seeing how much fruit we found.

I just didn't expect them to arrive so quickly.

I put Xu Wei down and patted her shoulder: "You should rest well. When you wake up, I'll take you to see that orchard. It's really spectacular."

Xiao Qiang smiled and nodded, then covered Xu Wei with the wolf skin covering her.

"Sihai said there are lots of fresh fruits there. You've been sick these past two days, so I don't dare give you too many cold fruits. I'll go wash a peach for you. After you finish eating, it'll be almost time for dinner. After you take your medicine, get a good night's sleep. Taking care of your health is the most important thing, otherwise I'll have Sihai all to myself."

Xu Wei blushed when she heard Xiao Qiang's words.

"I've known for a long time that Sister Xiao Qiang likes Brother Si Hai. Si Hai belongs only to you, and I hope that the two of you can be together forever. I'm already very satisfied that Sister Xiao Qiang doesn't hate me for being by your side. How could I dare to think about sharing Brother Si Hai with you?"

When I saw that these two women were about to talk about me again, I was afraid that I would be a third wheel and a punching bag, so I quickly used the excuse that Xiao Qiang had just given me to leave the treehouse.

When I went out, I saw Chen Jian gritting his teeth in anger.

Bai Wei and his group, on the other hand, acted as if it were perfectly normal.

Bai Wei and his group were stunned when they saw me come out, and then Bai Wei took the lead and stepped forward.

However, his face still bore the bruises from when I hit him that day.

“Zhao Sihai, we’re all stranded on this deserted island, and we’re all colleagues. We’ve already explained to you that we didn’t come here to steal their food that day. We genuinely ran out of food, and with the heavy rain, we couldn’t go out. So we just wanted to borrow some food. If you want it, we’ll make it up to you in the next couple of days. Besides, didn’t you already take so much food from our cave that day? Why are you still so insistent?”

I chuckled at Bai Wei and sat down on the small stool that Chen Jian had made from a tree root by the door.

"I really don't know what President Bai means by coming here and saying all this. What do you mean by 'I took so much food from you'? That originally belonged to us. And what about how I was being so unreasonable? After what happened that day, I haven't caused you any more trouble. I think I've done a very good job. What? Do you expect me to kowtow and apologize to you three times?"

"Zhao Sihai, you know perfectly well that's not what I meant, so why are you trying to argue your way out of this?"

Bai Wei always acts like this, as if he has absolute power in the company. Although his company isn't very big, he always feels like the whole city belongs to him. He's so arrogant. I don't know who gives him that confidence.

I couldn't be bothered to talk to him, but I knew I had to give him an answer before he would give up.

He then looked at Bai Wei and said, "Mr. Bai, let's get straight to the point. What is it you want? Speak your mind. I don't have time to waste here with you."

A male colleague next to me looked at me with a big smile on his face.

"Brother Sihai, Mr. Bai might have sounded a bit agitated, but that's not what we meant. We came here to ask if you could share some of the fruit you brought. We haven't had fresh fruit in a long time, and we've already eaten all the apples we brought. And look, these female colleagues' lips are peeling; they're clearly lacking vitamins. Brother Sihai, you're so capable, always finding all sorts of food, but our wilderness survival skills aren't up to par. Could you please help us?"

Before his male colleague could finish speaking, Chen Jian chuckled coldly, "Hey bro, are you kidding me? We went through all that trouble to find this fruit, and you think we're just going to hand it over to you because you've got nothing to say? Do you think we're that kind of people? Besides, you bullied our people while we were away, and now you're coming here asking for food? What are you thinking? Have you no shame?"

Bai Wei has always been a person who values ​​his reputation above all else. I thought he would leave angrily after hearing Chen Jian's sarcastic remarks, but to my surprise, this time he actually looked at Chen Jian, gritted his teeth, and didn't say a word.

Then he turned to me and said, "Zhao Sihai, I know what you're thinking. You found some fruit and so openly took it down the mountain to wash it, but you won't share it with us. Isn't that just showing off? Don't be so selfish. After all, we helped you when you built this treehouse! Even if we're in the same boat, you can't just watch us starve to death without anything to eat, can you?"

I know that Bai Wei and his men will not give up until they get these fruits.

However, if it were the original fruit, I might have given some to them. After all, we found so much that we couldn't possibly eat it all, and with the weather so hot, it would all rot in a few days, which would be a real shame.

But the thought of Bai Wei and his gang bullying Wang Xiaoxiao and causing Xu Wei to remain ill still fills her with resentment.

"Want some fruit? Sure, it's the same old rule. When you first came to live under my cave, I told you that everything has to be exchanged. For example, we don't have much firewood right now. One bundle of firewood for one peach, a big bundle for a bunch of grapes, and two bundles of firewood for two kinds of fruit. I'll give you three kinds of fruit, and you can choose whatever you want. Is that fair? After all, we went through a lot of trouble to find and bring back this fruit. We're colleagues, and I can't just watch you die from vitamin deficiency, can I? This is already the biggest concession I can make. Think about it carefully! Oh, by the way, it's already noon, and we don't have that much firewood left for tonight's fire. If anyone wants something to eat, they'll have to use their brains to exchange for it."

After I finished speaking, I looked at Chen Jian and pulled him back to the treehouse.

The door to our treehouse is still broken, and we need to figure out a way to make a new one. We don't have time to waste talking to Bai Wei and the others.

Moreover, with several of us crammed into this small treehouse, it's really too crowded. At the latest, we'll have to rebuild the treehouse once Wang Ping's legs are strong enough to get out of bed.

Moreover, this time I felt that if I was going to do it, I should do it big, otherwise staying in this small room would feel really cramped.

However, this mountaintop has already been largely expanded by us, so there's not much space left to build houses. Therefore, we need to plan this matter carefully.