What would a person do if she knew she was about to die?
Su Wan didn't know what others were thinking, but she knew what she had to do.
Enjoy the rest of your life on this island.
Thinking back to my past life, I longed to go on a beach vacation, and I did indeed go with my best friend during a holiday.
Before going, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night, her mind filled with images of the seaside scenery.
Blue sky, white clouds, sea breeze on my face, I'm wearing a bikini, holding my best friend's hand, barefoot on the soft sand, letting the seawater wash over me. I open my arms wide, breathing in the ocean scent, and shout with joy. I listen to the seagulls calling in the sky, and collect pretty seashells.
Tired from playing, I lay down under a parasol, wearing sunglasses, occasionally taking a sip of fresh juice from the small round table next to me. A waiter with a towel draped over his arm asked, "Miss Su, would you like some seafood? How about three-headed oysters?"
When they actually got to the beach, they discovered it wasn't what they expected.
Not only was it cloudy and overcast, but the beach was also packed with people. You couldn't even find a place to lie down. All you could see were big bellies and flabby bodies, and some people even had body odor. As for collecting seashells, forget about it. The beach was full of trash, and you could easily step on an empty drink box. Although it wouldn't pierce your foot, it would hurt.
That's not all; men would often approach them and say, "Ladies, you seem unfamiliar with this place. I'm a local, how about I show you around?"
She and her best friend, terrified of encountering a pervert, fled in a panic. Hungry, they ate at a seaside restaurant. The oysters were 24 heads each, eight times the amount she'd dreamed of. Three heads were too expensive; they couldn't afford them. Not to mention oysters, even a cup of fresh coconut juice cost her three days' worth of meals.
I spent half of the money I brought with me after the meal, and I wasn't even full. I'll have to make myself some instant noodles to eat when I get back.
That was incredibly tragic.
Now her wish has finally come true, and it's an extravagant one—a small island all to herself.
The island, like a white jade stone emerging from the azure sea, is adorned with lush green trees that add a touch of emerald green to the white jade. She named the island "Emerald".
In the center of Emerald Island are bungalows with full sea views, truly surrounded by the sea on all four sides. The basic furnishings don't matter; you can bring out your own apartment's bed, table, and sofa.
I slept until I naturally woke up, and it was already noon. First, I used a long pole to poke down a coconut and drank the coconut juice to soothe my throat. After the giant eagle caught a big fish, I sliced it into fillets, pan-fried it (the apartment kitchen had all sorts of seasonings), and served it with two turtle eggs.
As the tide recedes, the beach is covered with sea snails, scallops, clams, mussels, cockles, razor clams... You can't even finish picking them all off just one area. After cleaning them, you can put them in a pot with water to make a seafood soup, sprinkle some salt, and the taste is incredibly delicious.
As for oysters, she didn't like the ones that were sold one pound each, finding them too old, so she threw them all back into the sea. Three-headed oysters were the best.
The next day, as soon as the tide went out, the beach was full of food to collect, and all sorts of fish, whose names I didn't know, were jumping around on the sand. There was so much food that we couldn't possibly eat it all, no matter how we prepared it.
After eating and feeling comfortable, I put on sunglasses, lay down on a chair on the beach, with a parasol overhead and a small table next to me with two large coconuts on it, each with a straw. I would take a sip from time to time.
In the afternoon, there were books on the apartment bookshelf. I would pick one up to pass the time, wait for the sun to set below the horizon, and then go back to my room to sleep.
If she didn't feel like reading the next day, she would go to the beach to catch crabs and tease the sea turtles. Some of the crabs were bigger than her palm, waving their two big pincers and running around her. She didn't dare to catch them directly, so she used a small stick to knock them over one by one, put them in a pot to steam, and eat them with ginger and vinegar.
Sea turtles always come to the beach to lay their eggs, and there's more than one. Su Wan named them one by one according to their characteristics. The one with the tallest shell is called "Wotou" (a type of steamed bun), the one that always has a sad face is called "Kugua" (bitter melon), and the one that runs away from people but is also the slowest is called "Tanxiaogu" (cowardly mushroom).
There was a sea turtle that was extremely aggressive. When a giant eagle landed on the beach, it trampled one of its eggs. The turtle then tried to bite the eagle, but the eagle swung it away with one talon, sending it flying directly to the vicinity of the hut. Luckily, its thick shell and the branches caught it, preventing it from dying from the fall. Su Wan went to great lengths to move it onto a flatbed cart and transport it back to the beach, even naming it "Feifei".
Feifei probably thought she would protect her, so she would often run up to her and sleep with her eyes closed, and even allowed her to use her shell as a footrest, but she dared not provoke the giant eagle anymore.
Speaking of giant eagles, this guy has all sorts of tricks when it comes to catching fish. Sometimes he catches tuna, sometimes grouper, and once he even caught a small shark. She was so scared that she ran back into the house and didn't dare to come out until the shark stopped thrashing around.
There was rice in the apartment, and that day we ate shark fin rice.
The next day, the giant eagle brought back a large squid weighing over ten pounds. The squid was clearly defiant, not only clinging its tentacles tightly to the eagle's talons but also spraying ink all over the eagle. Su Wan used a basin to scoop up clean water from the pond and washed the giant eagle clean. She then grilled the squid.
Overall, she was happy and content, but there were some minor troubles. Once, while she was asleep on the beach, a seagull stole her sunglasses.
Speaking of those seagulls, they're all so fond of stealing things; they find everything fascinating. At first, she didn't know; she washed her underwear and hung it on the clothesline, and the next day it was all gone. Later, she saw a seagull carrying her socks away, and that's when she realized who had done it.
"Feifei, don't you think these seagulls are really annoying?"
She lay under the parasol, with her hands behind her head and her legs crossed on Feifei's tortoise shell, chatting with it.
Feifei naturally didn't speak, and just squinted her eyes to rest.
"Strange, judging by the time, they should be back by now," Su Wan glanced at her watch.
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