Her kiss, tinged with the bitterness of tears, made me freeze almost instantly.
"Zhao Sihai, hug me..."
Xiao Qiang's voice was murmured, and those words were like a spell, making me almost unable to resist as I reached out and wrapped my arms around her waist.
Xiao Qiang lay limply in my arms, wrapping her arms around my neck.
My nostrils were filled with Xiao Qiang's unique fragrance, and my body quickly became warm.
He then began to respond to her...
Just as I was about to take Xiao Qiang to her death on the spot, a scream suddenly came from behind me.
"Hey! What are you two doing?!"
Xiao Qiang, who was in my arms, trembled. I was also startled and turned my head to look. I saw Wang Xiaoxiao standing on a rock with a torch in her hand, staring at me and Xiao Qiang with a dark expression on her face.
I was about to explain when Xiao Qiang reached out and wrapped her arms around my neck, looking at Wang Xiaoxiao with a somewhat provocative tone.
"What are we doing? Can't you see?"
"Hmph, of course I saw it, but I just wanted to tell you two that if you don't come down soon, you won't get any dinner."
After saying that, Wang Xiaoxiao threw the torch onto the stone steps and turned to go down the mountain.
I hurriedly got up, wanting to call Wang Xiaoxiao and explain to her, but Xiao Qiang, who was next to me, grabbed me tightly. Her face was flushed, but she was biting her lip and looked angry.
"What, you just kissed me and now you're rushing back to explain to her? Are you two even together? Why are you putting up with her feelings?"
Xiao Qiang's question caught me off guard. Wang Xiaoxiao and I are just friends, so there's really nothing to explain.
But judging from Wang Xiaoxiao's expression just now, she was clearly angry!
"Zhao Sihai, I like you, can you feel it? If you like me too, then don't go!"
After Xiao Qiang finished speaking, she looked at me with bright eyes.
My mind was completely blank for a moment.
At the company, beauties like Xiao Qiang were far beyond my reach, and she wouldn't even glance at me normally.
But who could have imagined that one day we would all be stranded on this deserted island, sharing the same plight?
I never imagined that one day Xiao Qiang would tell me in person that she liked me.
But right now, I'm not in the mood to talk about love and romance.
However, seeing Xiao Qiang's serious expression, I felt a little secretly pleased.
"I don't know if I like you, but I'm happy when I see you happy, and I'm sad when I see you unhappy. When you were following behind me today, I was thinking that I would never let you get hurt. But let's try to escape now. If you still like me after we get off this deserted island, I will definitely give you an explanation."
After listening to me, Xiao Qiang stared at me blankly for a long time before sighing, seemingly with a hint of self-mockery.
"Never mind, let's go eat."
After Xiao Qiang finished speaking, she got up, turned around, and went down the mountain. This put me in a rather awkward position, and after feeling embarrassed for a long time, I followed Xiao Qiang down the mountain.
When they returned to the cave, only Xiao Qiang was still eating.
Wang Xiaoxiao glared at me, then turned and lay down on the bed.
I awkwardly ate two pieces of meat and drank a bowl of soup before going to bed.
I slept exceptionally well all night, and the next morning I left the cave early to go see the fish basket placed by the sea.
But when we got to the beach, we found that the tide had come in the day before, and the fish basket had been washed away somewhere.
There were many seashells, sea urchins, several sea cucumbers, and a huge crab stranded on the beach.
After I collected them all, I brought them back to the cave.
Wang Xiaoxiao still ignored me, and Xiao Qiang ignored me too. Only Liu Jiaojiao and Xu Wei happily helped me pack my things.
"We'll have this seafood for lunch. I'll head further out this afternoon to see what's going on. After all, after this war, Bai Wei and his men won't come back easily. That way, you guys will be safer. I'll go and come back as soon as possible."
Xu Wei shook her head after hearing this: "I'll go with you. I'd like to pick some more fruit anyway. We don't have much wine left, but I know how to make wine. Let's make some fruit wine to drink, so we can warm ourselves up when it's cold."
When Xu Wei said that, I got a little excited too. I never expected that this seemingly gentle girl would know this.
"Since that's the case, let's take the basket with us and take a look at the surrounding environment and situation."
Liu Jiaojiao sprained her ankle when she had a conflict with Bai Wei and the others yesterday, and she still walks with a limp.
Xiao Qiang and Wang Xiaoxiao were having a falling out with me, and only Xu Wei was still paying attention to me.
After lunch, Xu Wei and I took a dagger, a basket, and a sharpened wooden stick and went down the mountain.
As we were leaving, Wang Xiaoxiao called me back and told us to be careful and come back quickly.
Although Xiao Qiang didn't say anything, her eyes were full of worry as she looked at me, and she filled wine bottles with spring water for Xu Wei and me.
I was secretly delighted, and I led Xu Wei down the mountain, heading towards the other side.
We had never explored the other side before. It was only when we went there this time that we discovered that there were many flowers of various colors blooming at the foot of the mountain, and there were also many wild vegetables in the woods.
Xu Wei was, after all, a young girl. Seeing that there was no danger around her and that she saw so many flowers and plants, she was overjoyed.
She was busy picking a pink flower one moment and a red one the next.
Seeing her happy made me feel much more relaxed.
After walking for several kilometers, we suddenly came across a large forest.
Beside the woods, there was a very small stream, crystal clear.
We had already run out of water, and we were really thirsty, so we lay down by the water and drank it in big gulps.
We filled another bottle with water and went into the woods. There were many trees in the woods, and many fruits were hanging on the branches.
I didn't recognize many of the fruits, but after walking for a while, I unexpectedly found several apple trees.
The fruit is very large, and its bright red color is quite pleasing.
Xu Wei's eyes widened, and with a look of surprise, she grabbed a piece, wiped it, and took a bite. After taking the bite, her eyes were filled with delight.
"It's sweet! It's so sweet!"
As he spoke, he held the apple to my lips. I took a bite and realized that the apple tasted really good.
After eating sour and astringent fruits for so long, taking a bite of an apple now feels like a long-awaited rain after a drought.
We immediately got to work and filled the basket to the brim before we stopped.
After resting for a while, I decided to take Xu Wei further ahead, since the purpose of coming out was to survey the terrain and the surrounding area.
But to our surprise, we hadn't walked far when we found a dozen or so strange piles of stones on the beach.
The piles of stones were stacked in a very layered manner, and the spacing between them was also very well done; it was clear that they couldn't have been made by wild animals.
My heart leaped with joy and excitement. Could it be that there were other living people on this island besides us?
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