These words brought Lu Wuyai back to reality, but he still held the upper hand and couldn't let it go for a long time.
That night, their relationship underwent a peculiar change.
The next morning, Lu Wuyai looked at his trousers with a wry smile. He could only sneak out of the cave and hastily clean them with the nearby dew.
From childhood to adulthood, aside from having one wet dream during puberty, last night was definitely the second time I've ever done something so absurd.
Inside the cave, Su Xi lowered his head, the blush on his face almost reaching his ears.
But for some reason, she thought of Liu Gongming again, and of those tragic years, and her whole body began to tremble.
Tang Xin could barely control her emotions until Lu Wuyai lifted the thermal blanket at the cave entrance.
cough cough
When Lu Wuyai saw Su Xi, he coughed a few times to ease his tension.
He didn't know why, maybe he felt inexplicably relieved about everything Su Xi had done, or maybe he was jealous of her body, but Lu Wuyai always felt a little awkward.
"I'm going to wake Song Xiaoyou up." Su Xi pursed her lips and straightened her clothes as she stood up.
But soon, Lu Wuyai heard Su Xi's worried voice.
"Song Xiaoyou's temperature is so high, he might have a fever."
Lu Wuyai was stunned. Could it be that it was illuminated last night?
Thinking of this, Lu Wuyai quickly went over and reached out to touch Song Xiaoyou's forehead. The burning temperature made Lu Wuyai frown instantly.
There was a faint damp smell in the air.
"Could it be that I have a sensitive stomach?"
Upon hearing Lu Wuyai's words, Su Xi's expression immediately turned strange.
But to verify, Su Xi blocked Lu Wuyai's view and examined Song Xiaoyou's body. It turned out he really did have diarrhea.
"It's probably because they didn't get a good rest yesterday." Lu Wuyai frowned, recalling how the three of them had been running around all day and drinking a lot of raw and stagnant water. He was afraid that this would make Song Xiaoyou feel sorry for them.
As for the fever, it's probably a lingering effect of the diarrhea.
"People with diarrhea should drink more hot water." After Tang Xin finished speaking, Lu Wuyai left the cave, built a stove with the rubble at the foot of the mountain, and began to boil water in a pottery pot.
During this time, Song Xiaoyou woke up once and then fell asleep again.
Su Xi was very worried because diarrhea could be fatal.
Soon, the hot water boiled. After it cooled for a while, Su Xi woke Song Xiaoyou up again and made her drink a lot of warm water. The exhausted Song Xiaoyou found some comfort.
"Let's not stay in the cave, let's go out," Su Xi said to Song Xiaoyou.
The air inside the cave was too stuffy. With Su Xi's support, Song Xiaoyou sat trembling in the woods.
The temperature today is unusually comfortable, with no strong sunlight, and the sky is full of white clouds, occasionally peeking out a corner of blue to show its presence.
Around noon, seeing that Song Xiaoyou's complexion had improved, Lu Wuyai decided to go to Shiqiu himself, since there was no fresh water left.
"This gun is for you."
Lu Wuyai hesitated again and again before handing the pistol to Su Xi.
Having completely forgotten about the incident, Su Xi was somewhat excited after receiving the pistol and tried to hug Lu Wuyai, but the latter avoided him.
“I’m waiting for you to come back,” Su Xi laughed, and Lu Wuyai thought she was being silly.
"Neuropathy." Lu Wuyai carried two buckets and quickly left the cave.
In the grove, Song Xiaoyou looked at Lu Wuyai's back and then glanced at Su Xi's smile. Her mind went blank for a moment.
Tonight, the relationship between the two seems to have changed somewhat.
On the way to Shiqiu, Lu Wuyai shook his head, feeling that he had gone a bit too far with Su Xi last night.
"Sure enough, all men are lustful." Lu Wuyai sighed, but considering that he might never be able to leave the deserted island in his lifetime, it wouldn't hurt to release some of his pent-up emotions occasionally.
To save time, Lu Wuyai jogged the entire way. What was originally a half-day journey was compressed into two hours.
We arrived at Shiqiu Creek at around 2:30 pm.
Lu Wuyai arrived at the forest downstream, looked around, and finding no sign of anyone, went straight out. As soon as he finished taking the two buckets of water, two disheveled survivors ran out of the forest.
At first, Lu Wuyai thought he was a savage, until he saw Xu Bin's familiar face.
"Give me the bucket." Xu Bin and another person surrounded Lu Wuyai, their target being Lu Wuyai's water bucket.
"Why should I give it to you?" Lu Wuyai wasn't one to be trifled with, so he pulled an axe from his waist. Having seen so many dead bodies, he naturally became even more courageous.
One against two, both armed, Lu Wuyai appeared to be at a disadvantage.
Three people stood facing each other by the stream. Time flew by. They were covered in sweat, and their legs were shaking as they stood.
Lu Wuyai grinned, revealing his teeth, and said, "You must have mental problems. It's just a broken bucket, why would you need to grab it?"
As he spoke, Lu Wuyai emptied the bucket and threw it at Xu Bin.
Caught off guard, Xu Bin reached for the bucket. The instant his hand touched it, Lu Wuyai, right behind him, stomped on Xu Bin's chest. The latter collapsed to the ground.
As for the other party, Lu Wuyai waved the axe in his hand, and the other party immediately retreated.
"Whatever." Lu Wuyai picked up the buckets, took two empty ones, and headed straight for the forest.
However, he did not leave, but went upstream. After filling two more buckets, he left the rocky hill and headed towards the cave.
As Lu Wuyai left the stream, he looked downstream and discovered that Xu Bing and his companions were gone.
This incident made Lu Wuyai even more upset. On his way to the cave, he deliberately took a long detour, which meant that even after dark he couldn't reach the cave.
It's too dangerous to go forward in the dark.
When Lu Wuyai returned to the cave, his clothes were already soaked with cold sweat.
"Why did you come back just now?" Su Xi stood up from the ground and looked at Lu Wuyai. Her heart was finally at ease.
Lu Wuyai was too exhausted to speak. He had been carrying two 20-liter buckets of water for four or five hours in the forest, and his legs were almost numb.
After re-laying the heated blanket over the hole, Lu Wuyai sat on the ground, unable to lift any energy.
Seeing this, Su Xi took the initiative to walk over and massage Lu Wuyai's stiff limbs, which made Lu Wuyai feel a little embarrassed.
"Let's boil the water first," Lu Wuyai said.
Song Xiaoyou is awake now, but because she hasn't had any water all afternoon, she is in very poor condition; her face is pale and her lips are cracked.
On the campfire, in the center, sat a huge earthenware jar filled with water, steaming hot.
Lu Wuyai noticed several orange-yellow fruits near the fire, which looked like tangerines. These were likely wild fruits that Su Xi had found nearby.
I've been busy running around these past two days and haven't had time to look for other food.
"I'm going out for a walk," Lu Wuyai said to Su Xi.
Tonight, the cave was quiet, but the stars in the sky were very bright, and above Lu Wuyai was an unpolluted starry sky.
The stars twinkled brightly, and the forest seemed to be bathed in their light.
To ensure he would have meat to eat tomorrow, Lu Wuyai decided to set several traps in the darkness. This way, he had some hope.
As for the bait used to set the trap, Lu Wuyai remembered that when he left the cave, he threw away some rabbit bones, and after searching, he actually found some.
The traps are all rope snares, which are both simple and effective. Moreover, the materials currently used are rescue ropes and aircraft debris, so luring and killing large predators is not a problem.
Using the starlight, Lu Wuyai set up twelve traps near the hillside, only stopping when he had used up all the earthen bones he had.
When he returned to the cave, Lu Wuyai found that Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou were already asleep.
Song Xiaoyou's complexion had improved considerably. She was fast asleep, nestled against the rock wall, clutching a warm blanket. Beside her was Su Xi, who was snoring with her head tilted to the side. A rare blush had also appeared on her fair cheeks.
Lu Wuyai couldn't sleep. He leaned against the cave entrance, watching the campfire slowly die out. He slowly closed his eyes until darkness enveloped the cave.
The next day at daybreak, Lu Wuyai woke up naturally, glanced at the cave, and headed toward the forest where he had set the trap the night before.
As a result, Lu Wuyai heard several melodious sounds coming from afar.
On a deserted island, Lu Wuyai never expected to see several wild deer.
Although he didn't know which one it was, Lu Wuyai still found it very novel.
There were three wild deer. They were all small and had no antlers. The noose around their necks was getting tighter and tighter. Their predicament made them very uneasy.
Lu Wuyai walked over indifferently. He remembered often hearing people say how delicious venison was. It seemed he had had enough food for the past two days.
As he thought about it, a pang of reluctance flashed through Lu Wuyai's heart, but it quickly disappeared.
The weak prey on the strong; this is one of the rules for survival on a deserted island.
Soon, Lu Wuyai, saw in hand, pounced on the three wild deer.
Half an hour later, the stench of blood filled the entire jungle. Lu Wuyai got up from the ground. Because this was his first time hunting this mammal, he was covered in deer blood.
Three wild deer can feed them for ten and a half days.
On the way back to the cave, Lu Wuyai threw the blood-soaked corpse into the forest, then picked up a bucket of water and began to thoroughly clean the wild deer.
The weather is still very hot. The only way Lu Wuyai can think of to prevent the wild venison from spoiling is to cure it with salt.
On a deserted island, the most indispensable thing is sea salt.
A bucket of stream water was barely enough to clean the wild deer. Later, Lu Wuyai used tools to cut the deer into pieces and put them in buckets or some larger earthenware jars.
After doing all this, it was exactly eight o'clock. The temperature on the deserted island gradually rose, and Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou woke up one after the other.
"It really is wild venison," Su Xi said, looking at the various sizes of meat pieces in the clay pot. She had eaten venison in the city before and knew what it tasted like, so she couldn't help but lick her lips.
However, when they heard that Lu Wuyai was going to the seaside to fetch salt alone, the two women hesitated.
“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely be back before dark,” Lu Wuyai said.
Su Xi thought for a while and took out her pistol, but Lu Wuyai refused.
In contrast, those inside the cave needed this weapon much more.
Soon, Lu Wuyai packed his bags and jogged eastward alone around 8:30.
Perhaps it was good luck, or perhaps Lu Wuyai was heading in the right direction. He really did see the sea and sky before noon. The blue seawater shimmered with golden sunlight, very captivating.
"oh"
Lu Wuyai screamed in surprise. Having lived on the deserted island for so long, he sometimes even forgot about the sea.
Ten minutes later, Lu Wuyai lit a campfire on a rock by the sea and began to extract salt using the principle of evaporation.
Of course, this extraction method can only slightly meet their salt needs. Neither the taste nor the color can compare to table salt from the city.
However, that's enough.
The beach was very hot. Lu Wuyai only stayed there for a while before hiding in the shade of a nearby tree, watching the campfire from afar.
Occasionally, he would go over and add some wood and seawater.
Before we knew it, the hottest time of the day had arrived.
Lu Wuyai was panting heavily. Due to the high temperature, his vision was distorted, and even the sea breeze felt frosty to him.
“No wonder people often say that the sea breeze on the beach is the most toxic thing.” Lu Wuyai touched the skin on his hand. It had obviously not been exposed to the sun much, but it still had a wheatish hue.
Seeing the thin mist rising from the reef, Lu Wuyai had no choice but to add more wood and seawater.
The two plastic bottles he carried with him already contained a lot of salt. Lu Wuyai calculated the time and figured he should be back around three o'clock.
After a while, Lu Wuyai suddenly noticed several coconut trees on the beach to his right, but they were all very tall. They were tall coconut trees, and the coconut juice from them must be extremely sweet.
"Take it back and let them try it." Lu Wuyai grinned, ran all the way to the coconut tree, and tied himself to the tree with a rescue rope.
After adjusting the distance between the two, Lu Wuyai began to kick his legs step by step, using the friction to move towards the crown of the coconut tree.
A few minutes later, Lu Wuyai hugged the tree crown, tightened the lifeline, and began to knock down the coconuts with the tools in his hand.
Perhaps because the coconuts were almost ripe, Lu Wuyai didn't have to exert much effort to knock down the entire coconut tree.
Finally, Lu Wuyai broke off a leaf and took a sip directly from the tree canopy.
"This is so thoughtful," Lu Wuyai praised. The coconut was high off the ground and had been exposed to the sun for a long time, so the coconut milk inside wasn't very sweet.
Lu Wuyai quickly took a sip of coconut water and was about to leave when he suddenly noticed some black spots on the sea.
"What exactly are they?" Lu Wuyai squinted. At first, he thought they were some large marine creatures, but soon his eyes widened.
As the black dots drew closer and became clearer, Lu Wuyai finally realized that they were five black kayaks with people rapidly approaching the shore.
Lu Wuyai suddenly became excited, pulled out a scope from his waist, and quickly glanced at it.
There weren't many people on the kayaks. Each kayak had only two to four people, both men and women.
Looking ahead along the distance they had glided, there were faint lights on the sea near the horizon.
"Another group of unlucky people," Lu Wuyai whispered.
He quickly climbed down from the coconut tree, extinguished the campfire on the rocks, and filled a clay pot with salt. After doing all this, he began to clean up the traces left by the campfire.
Oh, and he took all the coconuts he'd cracked before. This thing.
At this moment, the fastest kayak had already quickly docked, and Lu Wuyai fled into the forest, wanting to see who this group of people were.
It was 2:30 PM, and the temperature was very hot. The first kayak finally landed on the deserted island. Everyone on board looked like a survivor of a disaster.
By observing the surroundings, Lu Wuyai discovered that the first kayak contained one man and two women. The first thing they did after disembarking was to turn on their cell phones, but there was absolutely no signal.
On a deserted island, a cell phone is just a machine; it has no use other than for lighting.
"Judging from his appearance, I don't know if he's from our country or South Korea." Lu Wuyai couldn't be sure, but he just thought he was pretty good-looking.
Soon, the remaining kayaks came to rest on the shore, and the number of survivors increased instantly. After a careful count, there were 18 people in total.
They rested temporarily on the beach. Occasionally, there were sounds, but Lu Wuyai couldn't hear them clearly. The distance between them was still quite far.
Just as Lu Wuyai was pondering how to obtain more information, someone rushed out of the forest.
This time, not only was Lu Wuyai scared half to death, but those who had just arrived on the beach were also completely distracted. Their eyes widened, and the women screamed in terror, tears streaming down their faces.
Lu Wuyai swallowed hard. There were six people who rushed out of the forest. They looked like survivors who had lived on the deserted island at the same time as him.
Just then, they turned their sharp weapons on the group of men and women.
"ah"
"Who are you? Don't come any closer."
The screams rose and fell, letting Lu Wuyai know that these people were from the Bangzi Kingdom. No wonder their bodies and appearances were almost identical.
After the initial panic, the people quickly calmed down and used their tools to block the invasion of the five survivors.
However, the incident happened very suddenly, and some food and fresh water were still taken away, especially the fresh water.
Lu Wuyai lay in the grass, calmly watching the group of people, and finally quietly left.
Before nightfall, Lu Wuyai returned safely to the cave.
"You're back." Tang Xin stood up from the ground, and smiled when she saw Lu Wuyai.
Lu Wuyai felt a bit dazed. He had many dreams about himself and Su Xi, including cooking dinner and waiting for him to come home from work, strolling hand in hand, and arguing over trivial matters.
But now, his relationship with her is quite complicated.
Su Xi had pushed him to the brink of hell more than once, but now, this woman had come back to his side, bringing him warmth, love, and even herself.
Seeing that Lu Wuyai was still dazed, Su Xi waved her hand in front of his eyes to wake him up.
"What's wrong?" Su Xi asked.
Lu Wuyai shook his head, thought for a moment, and then told the story of his encounter with survivors on the beach.
“They are unfortunate too,” Su Xi said helplessly, then looked at Song Xiaoyou and asked her if she was hungry.
After receiving confirmation, Su Xi began roasting the venison, while Lu Wuyai used most of the salt to marinate it, leaving a small portion as a regular seasoning.
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