Looking at Xiao He's serious expression, I didn't know whether to agree or refuse.
But in this situation, if we refuse outright, Xiao He and his men will definitely leave our current camp immediately, or even fight us to the death.
In short, the relationship is bound to deteriorate.
But I still feel uneasy if I agree.
In this situation, with this difficult problem, he completely passed the buck to me.
I glanced at Xiao He, then at the people standing behind me, and chuckled.
"We're all just pitiful souls stranded on a deserted island. What's all this talk about alliances? I think the only thing we should be doing right now is figuring out how to get out of this hellhole. As for alliances, that's really giving us too much credit. In our current situation, if we allied with you, we'd only be a burden to you. Let's focus on figuring out how to get out of here first, and then we can talk about it later."
Xiao He chuckled and nodded after hearing what I said.
"I was just asking for your opinions. Since that's the case, let's figure out a way to get out of this awful place first, and then we can talk about it later."
After changing the subject, Wang Ping and I went to the beach and leaned against a rock to rest with our eyes closed.
At first I was quite energetic, but after closing my eyes for a short while, I became completely dazed.
Wang Ping had already arranged for male colleagues to keep watch at night. Fortunately, although we were all injured, it wasn't too serious, so we took turns keeping watch, and we could manage for an hour each.
The next day, just as dawn broke, Wang Ping led his male colleagues to the beach to find something to eat.
I also caught a few fish from the crevices of the rocks by the sea.
Eating some fish soup in the morning is good for digestion.
After Bai Wei received the disinfectant injection yesterday, his mental state has improved considerably today.
He was quite puzzled to see so many unfamiliar people appear again.
Fortunately, this time he didn't do anything foolish. He just followed the crowd around, busy with other tasks, without saying anything.
Wang Ping told me that Bai Wei had once asked him how these people who suddenly appeared came about, but Wang Ping had no answer.
When I woke up this morning, the foreigners said they were going to bury their dead companion.
After all, the weather is very hot during the day, and if it is left like this for a day, it will probably rot and smell bad.
Moreover, their companion died a particularly gruesome death; his eyes were bulging out, his whole body was deathly pale, and he had lost too much of his appearance, making him especially eerie.
We're planning to find some tree roots and then dig a hole to bury this companion.
It turned out that Xiao He and his team had an entrenching tool. With the entrenching tool, they were able to move much faster and quickly dug a large pit to bury his male colleague.
These foreigners wept bitterly, clearly deeply saddened by the loss of a companion.
Although we don't have a very good impression of these foreigners, the loss of a human life is a blow to anyone.
Having taken care of his funeral, we must now set off again.
The only thing we need to plan for now is ourselves; otherwise, we can just follow Xiao He and the others and set up a new campsite for them.
Because I didn't tell them that we had a camp.
Alternatively, we can just part ways now, let them go their own way, and if they want to go treasure hunting, then let them.
Then we went back and continued searching the nearby beach. If we could find the boat they came in on, that would be the best outcome. If not, we would have to think of another way.
The foreigners looked at each other, clearly having their own thoughts.
Wang Ping is absolutely right. We have no way to stop anyone, nor can we make any demands or conditions on anyone.
If these foreigners really want to team up with Xiao He and his group, then there's nothing we can do about it.
We can only guarantee our own safety and the safety of our camp.
Wang Ping leaned closer to me and whispered, "I think we should leave first. There's no point in continuing to entangle with them. You should have understood when you talked to them yesterday that these people clearly don't want to leave with us. What good will it do us to stay with them? Let's go back and check on Chen Jian and the others as soon as possible."
I nodded, and was about to speak when Xiao He moved closer to me, looking at me with a smile and saying something.
"Young man, I think we should go together. This deserted island is full of poisonous snakes and wild animals. You have nowhere to go, so why bother?"
At that moment, a bearded man in the direction of the foreigner looked at me.
When I saw the way he was looking at me, I knew he probably had something he wanted to say to me.
Meanwhile, Xiao and the foreigners in his group had also taken a liking to the foreigner.
After the two sides taught him in a foreign language, the male colleague behind me leaned over and quietly translated.
"The foreigners asked them if they could help us leave this place, but the foreigner said that they also had no way to leave, and that we all had to figure out a way."
After listening to the translation, I became even more certain that Xiao He and the others would absolutely not take us away.
In that case, there's really no need to stay with them.
"Let's not do that. We just want to leave here. Since you don't want to leave, or don't have any other way, let's split up. If we find a solution first, we'll let you know."
After I finished speaking, I waved to my team. Wang Ping and Bai Wei immediately picked up the equipment we had brought and got up to follow me to leave.
But then, that group of foreigners actually followed us in a grand procession.
This surprised me a bit, because the facts are clear: if they really wanted to turn against us, their situation would be much better if they followed Xiao He and the others.
But to our surprise, they chose us, which means they must have known that being with Xiao He and his group would be more dangerous.
At that moment, the bearded man trotted over to my side and whispered something to me.
But I couldn't understand what he was saying and was completely confused when my male colleague quickly ran to my side.
The bearded foreigner repeated himself, and my male colleague quietly translated for me.
"He said he's decided to stay with us because he thinks you're a good person!"
When I heard this foreigner say that, I couldn't help but laugh to myself. I don't know where this guy got the idea that I was a good person.
However, their decision to follow us is a good thing for us.
I walked at the front of the group, followed by a large number of people.
As I was about to turn the corner, I turned around and saw Xiao He and his group of seven standing behind me, all of them with grim expressions.
I couldn't help but sneer inwardly. It seemed they really did want to use us, but they hadn't expected us not to agree.
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