Chapter 233 Lizard 3
The clamor of the night wind and the gurgling of blood blurred Yu Mo's hearing. She only caught a slightly awkward and strange accent, as if speaking the language of Western Fujian... Clear... She was suddenly startled, realizing that the owner of this room seemed to speak in that same way.
Listening to the man opposite her repeating his name repeatedly, as if trying to reduce her fear, although Yu Mo did not sense any danger from him, her nerves were suddenly tense because of his self-exposure of his identity.
The brain automatically processes the two words that best match his accent: Min Xi.
If he really was the owner of this house, it would be fine if he sneaked out at night and didn't come home, but he actually attacked the islanders he lived with! Although she couldn't see clearly, her sense of smell was still keen. The wet and fishy smell, like that of a slaughterhouse, was overwhelming.
Regardless of his true identity, he wanted her to believe who he was, so Yu Mo had no choice but to obey. She swallowed hard, expressing her belief in his words and repeating his name. "Min Xi, thank you for your help. I won't tell anyone what happened just now..."
At that moment, the moon, hidden behind clouds, slowly peeked out, its light softly casting a shadow over the dark island. Yu Mo unconsciously held her breath as she thought she saw something like a green, glimmering gem flash by, like an eye... She didn't see the person clearly, and even the body vanished. It didn't matter; the person had helped her solve her troubles tonight and had also proactively avoided the hassle of explaining it later.
She was deeply grateful to him. But when asked if she wanted to repay his kindness, Yu Mo felt it would be best if she never saw him again. The powerful, dangerous, beast-like pressure left her lying in bed for a long time, unable to calm down.
Yu Mo had originally planned to wait for the satellite phone to be repaired. She was confident she could contact her teacher and then find a way to reunite with them. After all, given her current situation, leaving the island would mean drifting in the boundless ocean, with no clear destination for her.
But the chief's visit forced her to consider another risky decision.
"You are a beautiful girl." This was the first sentence the leader said.
Yu Mo's face was smeared with mud. Her entire face was covered in cracked mud. Now wasn't the time to be clean; her clothes were filthy and, if you smelled closely, smelled foul. But compared to the islanders who had lived on the deserted island for so long, she was clean.
The island's sun is intense, leaving skin tanned. Food resources are scarce. Despite being surrounded by the sea and boasting lush green forests, the islanders lack access to its natural resources. Those who live here endure immense hardship and lack adequate food, becoming emaciated and exuding a sense of decay and decay.
Therefore, even if Yu Mo deliberately hid herself, compared with this group of islanders who had lived on the deserted island for a long time and had long lost hope of leaving, she was like a phoenix with colorful tail feathers falling into a pile of sparrows. Even if her body was covered in dirty mud, she was still conspicuous.
The chief's slightly critical gaze made Yu Mo feel uncomfortable. She felt like fish in a market, waiting for someone to pick her meat. The clothes that covered her body were useless. This discomfort made her touch her belt with her arm, where the saber was fastened. When she touched it, Yu Mo relaxed and let the chief look at her.
Yu Mo let the leader look at her for a while. Perhaps because she acted docile, the leader dismissed the people who followed her in and waved at Yu Mo, signaling her to come closer. "Come to me."
This lack of morality led the islanders to feel a sense of superiority and dominance over the survivors. Staying here was clearly not the best option; in the islanders' eyes, she was no more than a fat lamb...
Looking around, she saw a window at the back of the cabin, wide enough for a person to enter. Killing the leader would clearly be more beneficial to her; a village in chaos would be less harmful than one controlled by a leader. But the thought only crossed her mind once, unable to break through her mental defenses. The hand that had touched the saber shifted to her pocket.
"Chief! Lauren is dead!"
The chief shouted impatiently, "Throw it into the sea!"
"Chief...Lauren's body suddenly appeared, thrown out from the dense forest over there. And Li and An's necks had big holes in them, as if they were bitten by wild animals..."
The leader's face changed drastically, and he left in a hurry. Yu Mo did not feel relieved. The men who broke in last night and the arrival of the leader made her realize that it was very unsafe to be alone on a deserted island.
This feeling of insecurity mixed with disgust even overshadowed the insecurity of drifting on the ocean. Yu Mo dug out the sickle she had found at Minxi's house, rolled up her sleeves, and climbed down the slope to the woods.
She had long noticed a bamboo forest nearby. At times like this, she couldn't help but thank Zhihe for the skills training it provides its employees every year. Teacher Li's team often conducts research in desolate and remote areas, and as a member of the team, field skills training is essential.
But when she reached the bamboo forest, she was stunned. The bamboos were unlike anything she'd ever seen, both in toughness and hardness. The sickle chopped them off without breaking a single inch, and Yu Mo's arms went numb from the shockwaves.
Yu Mo continued to chop, unconvinced. When she saw a few slightly longer ones, she walked over with her sickle. Then she was nailed to the spot, her chest beating violently, and before her eyes appeared a strange thing still bleeding!
What shocked her most was that the underwear she had washed a few days ago appeared next to her.
She stifled the scream that threatened to burst forth, calmly assessing her surroundings. If a wild animal lurked nearby, her flight would only excite it... How had her underwear ended up here? Yu Mo pursed her lips, quelling her chaotic thoughts. Standing still, she noticed a clearly concealed cave entrance right next to her underwear. Slowly, she backed away... Could it have been the wind? But her underwear was drying inside!
She knew that some monkeys in the wild would sneak into houses and steal things when their owners were away. Could it be a monkey? But do monkeys live in burrows? Although blaming the monkeys for this was somewhat reasonable, it still seemed strange no matter how she thought about it.
Yu Mo even felt a strong sense of being watched over her head. This feeling made her tremble all over, her hairs stood on end, and her blood flowed rapidly in her veins. The sense of crisis that death was approaching made her almost unable to control her screams.
But she held back.
The bamboo leaves fell with a faint smell of blood.
Yu Mo's attention once again focused on the severed object—it was a severed tail, a long, brown tail. It was longer than she was tall, and thicker than she was. Covered in rough scales, it looked like it had just been severed. The tail twitched slightly on the ground, and blood oozed from the severed surface, though not much.
The shape of the tail alone looked a bit like a lizard. She knew that some lizards would break off their tails to survive when in danger, but the tail in front of her was completely severed, as if it had been severed from the root.
Yu Mo didn't dare to stay any longer and turned to leave the bamboo forest.
After she left, if she looked up, she could see a humanoid lizard clinging to the spot where she had been. He looked a little weak, but stared at her with surprise, his eyes so intense that they seemed to stare her out of the hole.
He quickly leaped to the ground, first looking at the severed tail with heartache, then stuffed the thing stained with the scent of the little female into his cave. After burying it, he staggered down the hillside and lay down in the grass beside the wooden house.
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When night fell, Yu Mo, who was repairing the phone in the house, heard a noise coming from outside. She looked outside and the first thing she saw was the bamboo poles piled outside the door, and then the man next to her.
Although the night was dim, she could still clearly see the man squatting beside the bamboo pole. He was wearing clothes that she didn't know where he came from: a white shirt with a plaid vest, a black bow tie at the collar, and a knee-length black suit, clearly the attire of a Western aristocrat.
The whole body is wrapped tightly.
Yu Mo's intuition told her that this was the man from last night. What was he doing here? Yu Mo didn't dare go out, but just called his name in the house. The man quickly turned around to look at her, then picked up the bamboo pole and stood up. Yu Mo became alert, but finally found that he stopped at her arm's length, pointing at the bamboo pole, and then at Yu Mo.
She was still guessing his purpose, but she didn't expect that when he came to her, although his facial expression was cold and revealed a hint of oppression, his actions were inexplicably flattering.
He was trying to please her? Yu Mo found this idea incredible!
Then she noticed his eyes. It turned out that the illusion from last night was real. His eyes were green. If she stared at him closely, she could even see the edge of the green pupil, which was hidden with dark red lines.
It was hard to tell whether his face was handsome or ugly. It gave people a very strange feeling, very strange. Yu Mo only glanced at him at the beginning, then looked away. Her mind was still replaying those eyes staring straight at her...
The person outside the window was still looking at her. At first, he knocked on the window frame with his white-gloved hands to attract her attention, but before he could get a response from Yu Mo, he slowly squatted on the ground.
The corners of Yu Mo's mouth twitched slightly. Although he was a bit disrespectful, the person before her couldn't be associated with the barbarians on the island. He looked more like an animal with human nature.
Or someone with a brain problem.
Yu Mo took a deep breath, "Is this for me?"
The man squatting on the ground seemed unprepared for her sudden voice. He froze for a moment, as if he wanted to look up, but he didn't, simply burying his head in his arms. His pupils, which were no different from those of a human, slowly shrank into a vertical shape at Yu Mo's voice. He pushed all the bamboo poles under the window.
A gurgling sound came from the throat.
The voice was very low, and Yu Mo didn't hear it clearly, so he stopped talking.
"How did you know I needed bamboo poles?" Without waiting for a response, Yu Mo added, "You live nearby, right?" That must be the case. He lived nearby, so he was able to rush over last night. He saw her cutting bamboo during the day and brought it to her that night.
"Are you Min Xi?"
He understood and made a gurgling sound in his throat. Yu Mo mistook this strange gurgling sound for "hmm". Then she heard him say hoarsely and awkwardly: "Minxi... Minxi... I am Minxi."
He seemed to think that just because he was Min Xi, he could gain her trust. Yu Mo stared at him through the window, repeatedly confirming that he wasn't pretending, but was indeed a little weird. She pushed the door open, thanked him, and squatted in front of the bamboo pole to look through it.
My arm was touched.
Yu Mo looked at the person next to her. He stretched out his white-gloved hand in the air, touched her arm with his fingertips, paused for a moment, quickly retracted it behind him, and then pointed at the bamboo forest.
It means that if it is not enough, he can take more.
Yu Mo understood what he meant and thanked him. Suddenly, she remembered the grilled fish from a few days ago. He had gotten those two grilled fish, hadn't he? Perhaps he really had no ill intentions. Thinking of this, she gave Min Xi a sincere smile.
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