Xiao Qiang was clearly very excited to see me, her eyes were red from crying. When she saw the wound on my leg, she bit her lip tightly, clearly very worried.

"Sihai, how's your leg? How did it get injured? Let me see..."

As she spoke, she gently opened my leg, which was covered in herbal medicine, looked at it, and then sobbed twice.

"If I had known something this dangerous would happen, I would have been better off staying with you guys. That way, I could have taken care of you!"

I quickly hugged Xiao Qiang and gently comforted her, "Don't worry, what hasn't your man seen? It's just a little scrape. It's only because you weren't with me and didn't have the herbs you brought that it got a bit serious. Now that we're back, you can take good care of me for a couple of days and I'll be fine. You really don't need to worry."

When Xiao Qiang heard me say that, she stopped crying and smiled, raising her delicate little hand to gently pat my chest.

"You're injured like this, and you're still talking nonsense!"

Looking at Xiao Qiang's face and seeing that she had no injuries at all, I breathed a sigh of relief.

He quickly asked her where they had been these past few days.

When Xiao Qiang heard me ask that question, she wiped away her tears.

"When Chen Jian and the others came back that day, they said that we couldn't stay in this place anymore because there might be a tsunami. We were quite scared when we heard that. After all, there is the sea all around us. If a tsunami really happened, it would be difficult to even survive. So we were quite panicked at the time. Later, Chen Jian suggested that we go to the jade mine to hide. Anyway, there are no large wild animals there. So we took all our dry food and went there."

Once there, Chen Jian arranged everything meticulously. To prevent wild animals seeking refuge from rushing into the mine in a panic and harming them, they brought several planks to prop up the entrance and also gathered a lot of dry firewood to pile inside.

Fortunately, Chen Jian was quite clever; he brought everything he was supposed to.

With fish oil lamps, warm wolf pelts, and medicines on wooden planks, they escaped unscathed this time, without encountering any real danger.

After hearing what Xiao Qiang said and seeing his still rosy complexion, I finally felt completely relieved.

"Where are Wang Xiaoxiao and the others? How are Xu Wei and the others? Liu Jiaojiao is heavily pregnant, she must be terrified these past few days."

Xiao Qiang nodded: "Wang Xiaoxiao and Xu Wei are fine, but Liu Jiaojiao is really scared. It's been pouring rain for the past two days, and we haven't been able to go out. We've been hiding in that gloomy cave every day. Bai Wei keeps yelling all sorts of nonsense, which is really a headache. Fortunately, we've finally reunited. I think our treehouse is quite sturdy; it didn't even budge during this disaster!"

I nodded, feeling extremely fortunate. After all, when we built these wooden houses, we were extremely careful in every aspect, all to make them sturdy.

After all, we have no idea if we'll ever have a chance to leave this deserted island. If we don't, then we'll probably have to live here for the rest of our lives.

The hiding place must be extremely sturdy.

I stretched and lay back down on the wooden bed. When I first arrived on this deserted island, I always felt that lying in such a hopeless place was agonizing.

But this time, when we were having a hard time eating even in that tiny hole, I found myself thinking more and more about the wooden house we had built with our own hands.

After all, Xiao Qiang and Xu Wei's presence is evident here, as is Wang Xiaoxiao's efforts, and there are also these soft wolf pelts lying here, which is much better than being in that gloomy mountain cave.

As Xiao Qiang and I were talking, Xu Wei walked in from outside. When she saw me, her eyes were red, but because Xiao Qiang was still sitting next to her, she could only restrain the urge to hug me. She looked at Xiao Qiang, then at me, and pursed her lips.

"Brother Sihai, I heard you were injured. Is it serious?"

After speaking, she cautiously moved closer to me and sighed as she looked at Xu Wei.

"Alright, you two chat. I'll go get some food outside. I'm sure everyone's been suffering these past few days, so let's fill our stomachs first before we talk about anything else."

After Xiao Qiang left, Xu Wei was obviously much more relaxed. She held my hand tightly and looked me up and down. She cried for a long time before I finally comforted her.

Seeing that they have been safe and sound these past few days, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After coaxing Xu Wei, the little girl finally stopped crying and started smiling, wiping away her tears.

"Sister Xiao Qiang has been worried about you these past two days, so I'll go help her out. But Sister Xiao Xiao has been acting strangely these past two days. I guess she might also be worried about you, since you two aren't best friends. Go out and talk to her properly later, otherwise, I think she might develop depression."

Xiao Qiang and Xu Wei both came to see me, but I didn't see Wang Xiaoxiao. However, I didn't know what to say to her after I saw her. After all, the things that happened between us were still playing in my mind like a movie.

After this incident, we've essentially faced another life-or-death situation, but I still can't accept our current relationship.

Moreover, I feel even more guilty towards Wang Ping.

After thinking for a moment, he sighed deeply, still feeling a headache coming on. He patted Xu Wei on the shoulder and said, "Alright, you go ahead and do your work. I'll lie here for a while longer."

Xu Wei kissed me again after hearing this, and then skipped downstairs.

It wasn't until nightfall that a delicious aroma wafted through the camp. When I went outside, I discovered that Chen Jian and his men had killed another wild goat.

When Wang Xiaoxiao and the others left, they must have sensed that this might be very dangerous, so they put all the wild goats into our house.

We also gathered a lot of grass and shellfish meat, so the wild goats and short-legged birds are still alive, which is fantastic news for us.

If it were the old days, I would have been heartbroken to kill a wild goat like that.

But now that we've survived this ordeal, we should treat ourselves to a good meal.

When I went outside, I saw Wang Xiaoxiao busy running around, but her gaze never fell on me.

I don't know if she's really become distant from me, or if she took everything she said to me that day seriously. If that's the case, then we can't even be friends anymore.

Thinking about it this way, I felt even worse. It seems I still need to have a serious talk with her about these things.