Desert Island Survival: A Hundredfold Improvement After Having a Baby?

Su Qingxue's gaze passed over Chen Jian and landed on Wang Lan, who was clinging tightly to his clothes behind him.

"What did you do when Wang Qiang kicked you just now?"

"You don't even dare to speak up. If I put you in charge, could you manage it?"

Chen Jian's Adam's apple bobbed.

He was silent.

It's not that we have nothing to say.

Rather, he found that he couldn't refute it.

"So my suggestion..." Su Qingxue turned to face everyone, her voice rising half a tone. "I will coordinate management and resource allocation. Chen Jian will be responsible for technical support, finding water, starting fires, and building shelters. Everyone will have their own role."

"This isn't an election. This is a division of labor."

Chen Jian remained silent for three seconds.

"Division of labor is fine. But what about the final decision-making power?"

"It's in my hands." Su Qingxue said without any hesitation.

"On what grounds?"

"My name, Su Qingxue, is the last straw for everyone here."

Su Qingxue raised her chin and pointed to the empty sea.

"I can learn the survival skills you mentioned. But everything that happens after the rescue arrives—the compensation, the settlement, the return to a normal life—only I can provide those things."

"Let them choose." She pointed to the crowd. "Whether they choose a weak man who kneels on the ground after being kicked, or a boss who can still provide them with food when they go home."

Chen Jian's face turned ashen, and the crowd fell silent once more.

This is what makes Su Qingxue so amazing.

She lost in terms of physical strength and survival skills, but she won in a way that no one could ignore: they all thought they could go back.

As long as the premise of being able to return exists, Su Qingxue's billions in capital will always be her biggest bargaining chip.

"Exactly!" Wang Qiang's voice boomed. "Think about it, when we get back, President Su has promised compensation, a written promise! What can you expect from a spineless coward who can't even protect his own wife? Guidance from a gigolo?"

After saying this, he deliberately turned his head and spat in Chen Jian's direction.

"Pah! You coward!"

Several female colleagues' eyes darted back and forth between Su Qingxue and Chen Jian.

Ultimately, most people's attention returned to Su Qingxue.

It's not because I'm convinced.

It's because of greed.

Those numbers of one million or five million are too tempting.

There was another reason they couldn't say: they were afraid of Wang Qiang.

The sounds of that slap and that kick are still echoing in my ears.

Anyone who dares to stand up for Chen Jian will be the next one to be kicked.

Fear and greed work together to crush reason.

Chen Jian saw those looks.

He shut his mouth and took a step back.

You can't win.

It's not that logic can't win, it's that human nature can't win.

"Okay." Chen Jian finally said only one word.

He turned and walked back to Wang Lan's side, saying something in a low voice. Wang Lan's tense shoulders relaxed slightly, but her expression remained unpleasant.

When Chen Jian bent over, his trouser leg rode up a bit.

On his shinbone, the bruise from Wang Qiang's kick was spreading at a visible speed, turning a deep purple-black.

He pulled up his trouser leg to cover the bruise.

He made a note of this debt.

Su Qingxue took a deep breath and reorganized the team.

"Alright. From now on, the men will split into two groups. One group will follow Chen Jian to find fresh water, and the other group will collect dry firewood. The women will be responsible for cleaning the camp and... collecting and disposing of the remains."

Her voice trailed off slightly when she spoke of the remains, but she quickly continued.

"Wang Qiang, you are responsible for recording all the supplies and... maintaining order."

Su Qingxue spoke the last four words very softly.

But Wang Qiang heard it clearly.

Maintain order.

These four words are a get-out-of-jail-free card, a license to fire without limit.

Wang Qiang's eyes lit up.

That light was not the light of hope, but the light a hungry wolf sees when it sees a flock of sheep.

"Yes! Mr. Su, you can rest assured!"

He straightened up instantly, turned to the crowd, and shouted, "Did you all hear that? President Su has spoken! Get the hell up and move! Are you dawdling like a bunch of dead pigs, waiting for me to carry you away?!"

Nobody moved.

It's not that I don't want to move. It's that my whole body aches, I'm starving, I'm cold and scared, and I just can't muster the energy.

Wang Qiang's anger flared up the moment he saw it.

He rushed up to Zhang Tao in three strides, shouting, "You! Didn't you hear me? Are you deaf or stupid?"

Zhang Tao shrank back, "Brother Qiang... I... I'll go right away..."

The crowd dispersed slowly, like livestock that had been whipped.

The man walked towards the woods, while the woman began to squat on the ground and collect the wreckage.

No one spoke anymore.

No one questioned it anymore.

……

The crowd dispersed.

Only Su Qingxue and Wang Qiang remained on the beach.

A dozen steps away, Liu Feifei, wrapped in that dark coat of unknown origin, stood beside a rock, quietly watching everything.

Su Qingxue stared at Wang Qiang's back for a few seconds.

Then he said to Wang Qiang, "That Chen Jian from earlier... I don't think he's being honest. What if he finds water and hides it from us?"

Wang Qiang's eyes flickered slightly.

"Mr. Su, what do you mean?"

Su Qingxue didn't speak, but Wang Qiang understood her meaning. "I'll have Zhang Tao follow him. Zhang Tao is a coward, but he has sharp eyes. Have him keep an eye on things, and report to me immediately if Chen Jian finds anything."

Su Qingxue looked at Wang Qiang and remained silent for two seconds.

"Wang Qiang, I plan to open a branch in Jiang Province after we go back. I think your management skills are quite suitable."

Wang Qiang nodded and bowed excitedly, "Thank you, President Su, thank you, President Su."

He turned and jogged away, his steps as light as a child who had just received a red envelope.

Su Qingxue watched his retreating figure, and the muscles at the corner of her mouth twitched slightly.

When she got back, she certainly couldn't afford to offend dozens of people because of one person, especially since that person had no ability whatsoever.

……

As the crowd split up, Wang Qiang quickly caught up with Zhang Tao. "Listen to me, you follow Chen Jian. Wherever he goes, you follow. If he finds anything to eat or drink, you're the first to tell me. If you dare to embezzle or help him hide anything..."

He raised his fist and waved it in front of Zhang Tao's eyes.

"I'll break your teeth one by one and throw them into the sea, you hear me?"

"I heard you, Brother Qiang! I heard you! Don't worry!"

"roll."