Lu Xuan didn't say anything, just looked at Leng Mengyao silently.
Leng Mengyao held up three fingers: "Including the two captains, a sailor, a mechanic, and our company's people, there are a total of thirty-nine people..."
"Huh...you scared me..."
Hearing this number, Lu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. If President Leng had directly reported 44 people, he would have been scared to death.
However, Leng Mengyao smiled bitterly and pointed to the west.
Lu Xuan's eyes suddenly widened...
I actually forgot about this.
"How many of them are there in total? Five or six?"
The "they" Lu Xuan was referring to was none other than the group of men who came to the island in a speedboat to take pictures of the corpse.
"If I remember correctly, it's... five..."
Now...
Lu Xuan fell into complete silence, as if everything around him had gone silent as well. The gentle sea breeze blew past him, bringing a chill that went straight down his spine, a chill that penetrated his very bones, causing him to shiver uncontrollably.
"No, no, no... We must have miscalculated somewhere. Also... even if there really were 39 people on the yacht, that doesn't mean all 39 of them landed on the island. It's just a coincidence, just a coincidence..."
The two of them faced each other, their eyes met, and they were silent for three seconds. Finally, Lu Xuan was the first to break the terrible silence.
Seeing the man in front of him like this, Leng Mengyao couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Hey, can you be serious? You can still laugh at this time?"
Seeing that President Leng could still laugh at this time, Lu Xuan was speechless.
"Do you think I'm obsessed with trivial matters and deceiving myself? Are you doing the same thing now?"
After hearing this, Lu Xuan was instantly speechless.
Although I always claim in my heart that I am a materialist and an atheist, what is the reality?
If you really don't care about anything, why would you bother about the number "44"?
"Well... okay, I admit I was deceiving myself. What about you... do you really believe this legend?"
Lu Xuan hung his head, sighed, and asked Leng Mengyao.
"We humans are actually a veritable collection of contradictions, especially our own people. We constantly preach about breaking superstition, believing in science, and upholding materialism... but how many of us are truly not afraid of monsters and demons? How many of us haven't truly studied things like marriage, fate, astrology, and feng shui? By the way, do you remember last year's company trip to Kyoto?"
Leng Mengyao said this very easily, as if she had seen through everything long ago. At the end, she asked Lu Xuan a strange question.
"I remember, what's wrong?"
"Then you should remember what those two tour guides said. Almost all of our country's landmark buildings were built by experts who consulted their feng shui... So, in reality, from top to bottom, from the inside out, everyone on Earth believes in metaphysics to some degree. It's just that on the surface, we're doing our best to promote the idea that man can conquer nature..."
Lu Xuan blinked twice and looked at Leng Mengyao in front of him in surprise.
I didn't expect that this woman had her own understanding and achievements in this area.
"So what do you mean? Believe?"
Lu Xuan was not interested in analyzing and discussing this with Leng Mengyao. After all, metaphysics was something that could not be heard or seen, so naturally everyone had their own opinions, and there was no standard answer at all.
There's not much point in wasting too much time on this.
"Aren't you afraid of death?"
As a result, President Leng gave another irrelevant answer and instead threw another question to Lu Xuan.
"Why should I be afraid? Besides, even if this legend is true, I still have about 400 days to live. Besides, having you three beauties by my side for 400 days is worth it! And... even if every word of this legend is true, almost all of us who landed on the island will die after 400 days. But doesn't it say that four people can survive? There are exactly four of us here. We are the chosen ones!"
As a grown man, how could I be easily frightened by such a question?
What's more, Lu Xuan is not afraid of wearing shoes even if he is barefoot. He is penniless, but he has three rich and powerful beauties by his side. This deal can make him a small profit.
“Puff…”
President Leng was amused by Lu Xuan's words again.
"Okay, I believe you. I have three plans now. Do you want to hear them?"
The girl was laughing but also keeping the other person in suspense.
"Just tell me, little brother, I'm listening."
Lu Xuan deliberately put his ear close to Leng Mengyao's mouth, acting as if he was fearless.
"...Okay... you two are here after all... Hehehe, now I've discovered you, right? Tell me how you're going to bribe me. As long as you satisfy me, I won't tell Ke Yin that you're 'doing bad things' here."
As a result, President Leng didn't say anything, but he called Yin Yichen over.
Now, this girl seemed to have caught some evidence and actually asked for a bribe directly.
"Bribing you is a big deal, we are discussing serious matters..."
Lu Xuan turned his head and rolled his eyes at Yin Yichen.
"Okay, okay, okay, but..."
Yin Yichen put her hands on her hips, looked angry, and turned around to shout.
But before he could even utter the word "Yin", he saw Shen Keyin already standing at the entrance of the bamboo forest wall.
The girl glanced at Yin Yichen, then looked at Leng Mengyao and Lu Xuan from left to right.
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