Yang Rui's question was really quite baffling.
First of all, on such a deserted island, with no one around, how can you talk about taking them in or not?
His words clearly placed me on a moral high ground.
If I don't take him in, judging from his words, it's as if I'm the one who's going to kill him.
I shook my head at Yang Rui: "I really can't accept what you're saying. After all, if you really want to stay in our team, I can't just kick you out. But I feel that Xiao He and the others are your friends. Is it really okay to talk about them like this?"
Yang Rui looked at me, then turned to look in the direction of Xiao He and the others and shook his head: "I know I'm not one of them, which is why I came here to say this. I think Brother Sihai is a person with a heart full of love. I just want to be with you. Whether you want to rebuild the camp or leave by boat, I can accept it."
I was looking at Yang Rui, unsure of what to say, when Lin Xubo suddenly appeared out of nowhere. After seeing me, he immediately nodded at Yang Rui, looking very confident.
"Don't worry, Zhao Sihai is a very kind person. If you don't leave, he definitely won't kick you out."
Upon hearing Lin Xubo's words, Wang Ping turned to look at Lin Xubo, his brows furrowing as if he was about to explode in anger.
I quickly tugged at Wang Ping.
"Of course. Even if I don't have a heart full of love, I can't just stand by and watch you go to your death. Alright, since you want to stay here, then do as you please."
After I finished speaking, I pulled Wang Ping aside. Lin Xubo and Yang Rui huddled together, heads down, talking about something.
Wang Ping stood next to me, his face flushed with anger, gritting his teeth.
"That bastard Lin Xubo, why is it always him? He's obviously causing trouble. Sihai, I'm going to beat him up later!"
I shook my head at Wang Ping: "Forget it. You should have known what kind of person Lin Xubo is. What I didn't expect was that he ended up with Yang Rui. You should investigate this matter privately. I suspect that besides Lin Xubo's mischief, there's something else going on."
Wang Ping nodded, but he was still somewhat indignant.
“This time, we could have let Yang Rui and the others leave together, but now that Lin Xubo has said this, and Yang Rui doesn’t want to leave, it’s obviously unrealistic to try to get rid of him. I’m always uneasy having him around.”
Actually, it's not just Wang Ping who's unreliable; I think so too.
But what can I do now that things have already happened?
I shook my head at Wang Ping: "Forget it, let's go check on how Chen Jian and the others are doing with the tree trunks. After all, we need to make sure we have a safe campsite first."
Wang Ping then took a deep breath, nodded, and soon left my side to run towards Chen Jian and the others.
Soon after, Wang Ping waved at me and called my name loudly.
When I got there, I found that Chen Jian and the others had already sorted all the tree trunks. They had categorized them into thick, thin, long, and short types, making it easy to see and very orderly.
Chen Jianzheng stood to the side watching me, smiling as if waiting for praise.
I nodded at Chen Jian and patted him on the shoulder: "You've really done well lately, you're becoming more and more of a leader."
Upon hearing my words, Chen Jian quickly waved his hand and said, "Brother Sihai, with you here, how can I have a say? Don't think about anything else. Right now, we just need to figure out how to move these logs up the mountain."
Chen Jian said that he had just taken a male colleague up the mountain, but from any perspective, the height of the mountain was a troublesome issue.
First of all, we don't have any of the ropes we used before, and if we use vines now, they'll break easily after winter, as they weren't very strong to begin with.
Leaving aside whether it can withstand the weight of these tree trunks, if they were to fall from mid-air, it could very likely cause injury or death. Therefore, we must think of a solution carefully before we proceed.
I looked around the woods, but I also felt that this method was a bit too troublesome.
However, in the current situation, without a rope, it's obviously not easy to get things done no matter what.
Wang Ping stood aside, thinking for a long time. Finally, he looked at me and said softly, "Sihai, I think we should go back to our old camp first. I don't believe this wildfire can spread to the top of the mountain. If our old camp is still there, then we don't need to go through so much trouble to start over here. We can just clean up that camp and still live there. Besides, we've lived there for a long time and are familiar with the surrounding environment. If we're afraid of those giants, we can just move our things from that camp here. That way, we won't have to go through so much trouble."
To be honest, I had considered this matter that Wang Ping mentioned a long time ago, but no matter how I considered it, I felt that the chances of success were not very high.
After all, the wildfire had been burning for so many days, and nobody knew whether it could spread to the mountaintop.
But seeing that Wang Ping seemed to have made a decision, I gritted my teeth and nodded.
"Alright, but let's not send too many people at the beginning. After all, this place needs to be guarded. How about this, the two of us will take two more people and go together. If we find anything, we can come back and call these people to move it. It should be about right in two days."
Wang Ping nodded: "Then let's call them foreigners. After all, we should keep more of our own people here for peace of mind."
After he finished speaking, Wang Ping turned around and was about to call for help when I grabbed him: "Don't call yet. I don't think we need to bring these foreigners. Why don't we just bring Yang Rui and Xiao He? They're just sitting there anyway, and Xiao He hasn't said anything yet. I think we should give him a chance, shouldn't we?"
Wang Ping was taken aback by what I said, then chuckled and said, "How come I never noticed you were so cunning when we were at work?"
After saying that, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go call them."
Then, Wang Ping turned around and went to the campfire where Xiao He and the others were. Not long after, Xiao He and Yang Rui came over.
Yang Rui remained far away from Xiao He and the others, seemingly deliberately keeping his distance.
This made me very uncomfortable; I always felt that there was some unspoken secret between them.
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