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

Su Qingxue's eyes were full of warning.

"The sound just now... was indeed not very elegant," Xu Zhixia said.

Su Qingxue's expression froze.

"There are three people sitting outside." Xu Zhixia's tone returned to its professional calm. "Zhou Kai, a grown man, is squatting there counting, and Song Ya's face is so red it could bleed. Liu Feifei, on the other hand, is really enjoying the show and is almost bringing out a small stool."

She glanced at Su Qingxue.

"President Su, when you gave your 50-minute speech entirely in English at the Sheng Tang Annual Meeting, the 3,000 people in the audience praised you for your dignified and poised demeanor."

"That voice just now... how should I put it, it didn't quite match the dignified and elegant style."

Su Qingxue's face changed from white to red, and then from red to purple.

She tightened her grip on her coat.

Most people, if told that, would want to disappear into a crack in the ground.

But Su Qingxue is no ordinary person.

She paused for three seconds, then suddenly laughed.

"Xu Zhixia".

"Um?"

"You've never been with a man?"

Xu Zhixia's expression cracked.

"Oh! I forgot, you've never been in a relationship." Su Qingxue tilted her head, a vengeful smile playing on her lips. "That's why you're making such a fuss, right?"

"This has nothing to do with whether I'm in a relationship or not..."

"It's related," Su Qingxue interrupted her. "If you had any experience, you wouldn't have kicked the door open in the middle of the night to act as a savior."

Xu Zhixia's lips twitched.

"If you're experienced, you should know how much the person who gets interrupted wants to kill."

When Su Qingxue said this, her eyes were fixed on Xu Zhixia.

Xu Zhixia finally couldn't take it anymore and turned her face away.

"...I'm leaving."

"Go, go." Su Qingxue waved her hand. "If you dare to barge in again, I'll smash you to death with a rock."

Xu Zhixia lifted the curtain and went out.

The moment the curtain fell, she heard Su Qingxue mutter a curse under her breath inside.

They were the ones who were being insulted.

But there was no real hatred in his tone.

The two have known each other for almost ten years.

From college roommates to struggling on their own, and now both ending up stranded on a deserted island.

Su Qingxue's scolding was more like venting her anger; it wasn't a serious falling out.

But Xu Zhixia still felt her face burning.

It wasn't because I was scolded.

It's because she did do something stupid.

Outside the cubicle.

When Lin Fan came out, Song Ya was squatting by the fire, poking at the charcoal.

Hearing footsteps, Song Ya's hand trembled, and a burning branch rolled out of the fire.

She quickly used another stick to push it back, her movements so hurried that she even got soot flying all over her face.

She didn't look up, but the tips of her ears were bright red.

Lin Fan glanced around at the space of the cave.

To be honest, it's not very big.

The entire space, inside and out, is only a few dozen square meters, separated only by a tattered cloth.

The soundproofing in this place is practically zero.

What he was doing inside could be heard perfectly clearly outside.

It doesn't usually matter; we can just kick them out.

But rainy days are perfect for sleeping, and people sometimes can't help themselves. You can't just take your pants off and then come out to chase people away.

We need to find a new shelter and give these people a new home.

……

After an unknown amount of time, the wind that had been blowing all night suddenly subsided, and the raindrops hitting the rock face went from dense to sparse, and finally disappeared completely.

Deep in the crevice below, the fire was still burning. It was only thanks to the firewood left by the previous group that these people didn't freeze to death.

Yang Ningcong leaned against the stone wall, having not slept a wink all night.

It's not that I'm not sleepy, it's that I'm afraid to.

The skeletons were there, invisible in the darkness, but he knew they were there.

Coupled with Xiao Chuan's nonsense, every time he closed his eyes, the image of Meng Tiantian with only one hand would appear in his mind.

She was terrified that hand would come and strangle her. If it weren't for him, Meng Tiantian wouldn't have ended up crouching in the corner, reduced to pieces.

Several women huddled together nearby, some trembling, some silently weeping.

No one was asleep.

The only one who ever closed his eyes in the entire crevice was Wang Laoliu.

He leaned against the narrowest spot at the entrance, a short knife across his knees, his breathing steady.

When the first ray of grayish-white light pierced through the crack, it's unclear who spoke first.

"It's light...it's dawn..."

No one responded, but everyone's shoulders visibly relaxed.

Came alive.

That night, no ghosts came to claim lives, no seawater flooded in, and there was no second explosion.

They came back to life.

Yang Ningcong finally loosened his grip on the PLB beacon.

He couldn't tell if his palms were wet with sweat or rain. He glanced down at the indicator light on the beacon; it was still flashing.

The alternation of red and green is regular and stable.

The signal is sent again.

The Yang family should have received it by now.

The sky was gray, and the clouds had not completely dispersed, but a bright white slit had already appeared on the eastern horizon.

Yang Ningcong took a deep breath, and the salty, fishy air filled his lungs, making him feel incredibly refreshed.

It's good to be alive.

Several women emerged from the crack one after another, each disheveled and dirty, their bikinis covered in mud and ash, their hair matted together, looking completely different from their usual selves.

But nobody cares about appearances anymore.

Being able to stand in the light is already a luxury.

"When will the rescue arrive?" a female assistant asked timidly.

Yang Ningcong glanced at the beacon in his hand, then looked up at the sky.

"Soon." His tone softened considerably when he said those two words. "The helicopter can take off as soon as the weather clears up, by noon at the latest."

……

Lin Fan opened his eyes in the cave.

The space beside her was empty; the blanket was half-lifted, still warm from her body.

Su Qingxue had already gotten up.

Lin Fan sat up and stretched his shoulders and neck.

I was really exhausted last night.

The air inside the cubicle was stuffier than outside, carrying an ambiguous scent that mixed with the smell of sweat and the lingering fragrance of a woman.

He lifted the curtain and went outside.

Xu Zhixia is changing Zhou Kai's dressing.

Su Qingxue gazed towards the ocean from the cave entrance, and Lin Fan knew what she was waiting for.

He and she stood side by side. The torrential rain had washed the air so clear that visibility was much better than it had been a few days ago.

The horizon was clearly visible in the distance; there were no ships or helicopters.

Expected.

Su Qingxue looked somewhat disappointed. She didn't say anything and turned around, just in time to meet Xu Zhixia face to face.

Xu Zhixia paused for a moment.

She looked Su Qingxue up and down for two seconds, her gaze lingering on the other's face for a moment.

"You look good," Xu Zhixia said with a smile. "You're much better than a couple of days ago, and your mental state is much more stable."

Su Qingxue froze.

She subconsciously touched her face, then quickly lowered her hand.

"Just slept well." Su Qingxue's voice was very low, her tone deliberately maintaining its usual indifference.

Xu Zhixia didn't reply, but the corner of her mouth twitched slightly.

That curve was subtle; it wasn't mockery, but more like a tacit understanding where I understood but didn't say it.

Su Qingxue saw it.

Her ears started to feel hot.

The two walked silently to a spot further inside the cave, not far from the remains of the fire.

"last night……"