“I didn’t seduce anyone,” Yao Wanyin said calmly. “I met him… by pure chance.”
Yao Manning's gaze was cold, and a mocking smile appeared on her bright red lips.
"Ha, my sister is a beauty of unparalleled grace. Even when she's sick, men still flock to her!" Her sharp nails traced across Yao Wanyin's face. "If this face were ruined, I wonder what expression Young Master Bai would have when he sees you again?"
“Sister, you wouldn’t do that.” Yao Wanyin looked at her.
Those pale, beautiful eyes revealed a resolute determination to face death.
Yao Manning hated and feared this kind of look.
"Do you think I really wouldn't dare?" she gritted her teeth, and with a sudden burst of strength, she gripped Yao Wanyin's throat.
Yao Wanyin frowned, a suffocating fear and despair creeping up her heart.
"Sister," she said with great difficulty, each word distinct, "if... I really disappear from this world, you will lose everything too!"
Yao Manning felt her sore spot was hit, and she slowly loosened her grip, but her eyes remained fierce.
"If you really ruin my face, then my injuries will be in plain sight." Yao Wanyin curled her lips. "You don't want anyone to see what you've done, do you?"
"Yao Wanyin!"
"Sister, death would be a relief for me. But you still have to live, right?"
"Think about it, if you really let your parents know how you treated me, you'll have nothing left, and even your background will be exposed... Are you sure that's what you want?"
Yao Manning's expression changed, and the corners of her mouth twitched uncontrollably.
She clenched her fists, stood up, looked down at Yao Wanyin, gave a cold smile, and turned to leave the room.
Only when the sound of high heels faded into the distance did Yao Wanyin's tense body relax, her shoulders trembling incessantly.
She hugged herself, buried her face between her knees, and dared not cry loudly, only sobbing softly.
Someone walked by outside the door, but she didn't hear it.
The person outside the door paused in their tracks.
Those few seconds of silence felt like centuries; Bai Jingyuan's mind was completely blank. He withdrew his hand, which was about to knock on the door, gave a self-deprecating laugh, shook his head, and continued walking forward.
How could there be someone in the hospital storage room? That crying sound just now must have been my imagination.
Bai Jingyuan's phone rang, and he quickly took it out to answer it.
"Young Master, we've just tracked down the yacht!"
"What?" Bai Jingyuan exclaimed with joy, "Where is it?"
"...The signal is intermittent, so we can't be sure for now. But what we can be sure of is that Third Young Master and the others are definitely on some small island nearby!"
"Then hurry up and go find them, contact the rescue team, and send more people!"
Bai Jingyuan shouted as he strode forward.
He didn't notice that the storage room behind him had a small crack in the door. Yao Wanyin looked at his back, tears gradually blurring her vision.
She told herself that there would be no future for them, because he was just a dream to her.
But she was unwilling to give up.
Yao Wanyin covered her mouth tightly, tears streaming down her face.
She took out her phone with trembling hands and looked through the messages Bai Jingyuan had sent her before—
"Wanyin, how are you?"
"There are so many stars tonight, would you like to come to my yard and look at them together?"
"My third brother and sister-in-law have a fat orange cat that's really cute. I can bring it over for you to play with sometime!"
"Wanyin, why do you never reply to me..."
Yao Wanyin bit her lip and wiped away her tears.
The last message read, "Wanyin, we're hosting a concert at sea. If you can come, please send a signal to the yacht! All my yachts can receive it."
Yao Wanyin's eyes darkened, and her pale fingertips hesitated on the screen.
...
Five days have passed in the blink of an eye on the island.
These days have been sunny and bright, and the island is vibrant with life thanks to its extensive green vegetation, and the air is exceptionally fresh.
If they hadn't come here in danger, they would have really wanted to treat this trip as a vacation.
With little food left, Huo Zhixing started catching fish in the sea yesterday. He was quite lucky and had a delicious fish soup that evening.
He also found tools like axes at the bottom of the cabin, took them into the woods, and chopped some wood.
Jiang Can looked at him with increasing admiration.
If she had been stranded on this deserted island alone, she certainly wouldn't have fared so well.
But with this man, everything changed.
She felt sorry for the blisters on his hands, smoothed his messy hair, and looked at his face, which hadn't been shaved for days, and suddenly smiled.
This was a side of him she had never seen before.
Seeing how reluctant the two were to part, Yin Ruohong felt a little awkward. He looked at his palms—he also had quite a few blisters on his hands. It wasn't just Huo Zhixing who had been doing all the heavy work these past few days!
But his daughter only had eyes for that man, not for him as her father.
Yin Ruohong smiled helplessly, then suddenly remembered that Yin Wenxi had been in the same situation back then, and couldn't help but feel sad.
He went into the wheelhouse and continued studying the yacht's instruction manual.
Over the past two days, he and Huo Zhixing have translated most of the Italian instruction manual, piecing it together so that they can roughly understand what it says.
He also tried adjusting it and found that there was still a slight signal.
As long as there is a signal, it can send the specific location!
Yin Ruohong chuckled and continued looking at the pictures.
...
That day, Huo Zhixing was discovered by Yin Ruohong as soon as he turned on the power switch.
"What are you doing?" Yin Ruohong scolded him sternly. "Why are you turning off the power in broad daylight! Didn't we agree to conserve electricity as much as possible? There's not much electricity on the yacht to begin with, and you're wasting it!"
Huo Zhixing glanced at him indifferently, "I can't let Cancan use cold water when she takes a bath."
"oh……"
Yin Ruohong's expression immediately changed. "Yes, girls are more prone to feeling cold, so we can't use cold water. We need to make her more comfortable."
“And me,” Huo Zhixing continued, “I need to take a shower too.”
"Go take a bath up in the mountains! There's a spring there!" Yin Ruohong's eyes widened.
Huo Zhixing remained silent, then frowned.
Yin Ruohong snorted again, "Anyway, I'm thick-skinned and don't need to worry about the cold!"
"Zhixing." Jiang Can walked over with clean clothes.
She first nodded politely to Yin Ruohong, then placed the clothes in Huo Zhixing's hands and said softly with a smile, "The water's ready, come over quickly, I'm waiting for you!"
Huo Zhixing ruffled her hair.
Turning around, she met Yin Ruohong's murderous gaze.
"What...are you doing?"
Huo Zhixing looked bewildered. "Take a bath, what else could it be?"
"You're all showering together?!"
Huo Zhixing looked him up and down a few times with disdain, then coldly uttered, "What's it to you? Boring!"
"you……"
Yin Ruohong already held the silver needle in her hand.
Huo Zhixing ignored him completely and walked straight towards his and Jiang Can's room.
"You little brat!"
"What kind of behavior is this!"
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