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

"Water...why haven't we found any water yet?" Wang Qiang kicked his male subordinate next to him in frustration. "Are you guys pigs? This island is so big, and you can't even find a drop of water?"

The subordinate, Zhang Tao, was still wearing the green Submariner he'd just stolen, but he looked ashen-faced. "Brother Qiang, really, there's nothing here. This area is all saltwater; that kid took everything drinkable..."

"Useless!" Wang Qiang cursed, his sinister gaze sweeping across the beach.

Suddenly, his gaze became fixed on the mountainside.

Lin Fan was carrying the last case of bottled water into the cave.

Under the setting sun, those transparent plastic bottles made Wang Qiang's eyes turn green with envy.

"Looking for a pen? There are plenty up there, aren't they?" Wang Qiang pointed to the mountainside and grinned maliciously. "That kid has hoarded so many, why don't you go and grab a few boxes?"

Zhang Tao hesitated for a moment, "But... Lin Fan seemed a bit difficult to talk to just now..."

"Difficult to talk to?" Wang Qiang slapped Zhang Tao on the back of the head. "He's just a lowly intern! At the company, my word is law! It's the same here on this wretched island! I'm the supervisor; it's my right to allocate resources!"

He turned to another male colleague, Li Bin, who wore glasses: "You two go and tell him to bring the water down. Just say it's for everyone to share, and that General Manager Su is watching down there. If he dares to hoard supplies, I'll fire him immediately!"

Zhang Tao and Li Bin exchanged a glance; greed ultimately triumphed over reason.

I'm so thirsty.

With Wang Qiang as their strong leader, their concerns instantly vanished.

"Let's go! Let's get some water!" The two encouraged each other and trudged up the mountainside, one step at a time.

Lin Fan had just finished camouflaging the vines at the cave entrance when he turned around and saw two uninvited guests climbing up, panting heavily.

He looked at the two of them expressionlessly.

[Zhang Tao (Sales Department): Extremely dehydrated, 40% stamina remaining. Combat ability: 0.5 goose. Inner thoughts: I'll drink all your water and then steal your luncheon meat.]

[Li Bin (Personnel Department): Extremely dehydrated, mild heatstroke. Combat effectiveness: 0.3 goose. Inner thoughts: This kid is usually honest; a little scare and he'll back down.]

The fighting power is less than that of a goose. A complete weakling.

Lin Fan sneered.

"Lin Fan!" Zhang Tao put his hands on his hips, trying to maintain his usual seniority, "Brother Qiang told you to carry the water down! Everyone is dying of thirst, and you're hogging so many resources by yourself. Don't you have any sense of teamwork?"

Li Bin adjusted his glasses and chimed in sarcastically, "That's right, President Su is still watching from downstairs. Your behavior is seriously selfish. If you know what's good for you, hurry up and move downstairs. Brother Qiang might put in a good word for you with President Su."

If this were still a civilized society, Lin Fan might have been more diplomatic. But now, he didn't even bother to look at him properly, only uttering a single word indifferently.

"roll."

Both of them were taken aback.

Lin Fan, who was always obsequious and never hesitated to serve tea and water at the company, actually dared to tell them to get lost?

"What the hell did you say?" Zhang Tao felt he'd lost face, and stepped forward, his neck stiff. "Lin Fan, don't push your luck! Believe me, when we get back, I'll get Brother Qiang to blacklist you from the entire industry!"

"There's no Brother Qiang here, and no company here either." Lin Fan's eyes turned icy. "Want some water? Go find some yourself. Take another step forward, and I'll break your legs."

Zhang Tao took a half step back under that gaze, but then he thought, there are two of us on my side, and the other side is just a skinny intern, what's there to be afraid of?

"You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences! I'll take it myself!"

Zhang Tao gave Li Bin a wink, and the two of them, one on each side, reached out to push Lin Fan, intending to force their way into the cave to grab the water.

Lin Fan stood still, without moving an inch.

Just as Zhang Tao's hand was about to touch his shoulder, Lin Fan suddenly lifted his leg.

"Bang!"

The kick landed squarely on Zhang Tao's stomach. There were no fancy moves, just a powerful, bone-slinging blow—real damage.

"Awooo—!"

Zhang Tao let out a bloodcurdling scream, and rolled down the slope like a gourd.

It rolled seven or eight meters before crashing into a tree and stopping. It clutched its stomach and retched violently, almost vomiting bile.

Li Bin was stunned on the spot. His hand, which was raised in mid-air, froze. He couldn't go forward or back.

"You want to give it a try too?" Lin Fan asked coldly.

Li Bin let out a strange cry, turned around, and scrambled down the mountain.

at the foot of the mountain.

Wang Qiang was boasting to several female colleagues about his glorious past, while secretly ogling Liu Feifei's exposed thighs.

Upon seeing the two men who had fled back in a disheveled state, Wang Qiang's smile instantly froze.

"What happened? Where's the water?"

"Brother Qiang... Lin Fan has gone mad!" Li Bin gasped for breath, pointing up the mountain with a mournful face. "He wouldn't give it to us! He even started hitting people! Zhang Tao was kicked so hard he vomited blood!"

Zhang Tao, who had just climbed back, added fuel to the fire, clutching his stomach and wailing, "Brother Qiang, this kid said... he said you're nothing! He even said this water is for dogs, he wouldn't give you a single drop!"

"This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"

Wang Qiang was trembling with rage. How dare that pushover, who he usually let do whatever he wanted, dare to bully him like that?

If he can't even manage an intern at a time like this, how will he lead this group of people in the future? Su Qingxue was watching from not far away. If he loses face like this, his chances of promotion will be completely over!

"Damn it, you shameless bastard!"

Wang Qiang grabbed a thick wooden stick from the ground and waved it menacingly. "All you men, come at me! I want to see if this kid's got some nerve! If we don't get this water back today, I'll change my name!"

Several male colleagues who had initially been observing started to get restless after seeing Wang Qiang take the lead. Partly, they wanted to impress their boss, and partly, they were genuinely eager to try.

A group of people charged aggressively toward the rocky slope.

"Manager Wang! You can't do this!"

A petite figure suddenly rushed out and blocked the only path leading to the mountainside. It was Song Ya.

She spread her arms wide, her eyes red with anxiety: "Those are supplies that Lin Fan painstakingly found himself! What right do you have to steal them? President Su said we should all work together to find a solution, not to fight amongst ourselves!"

"Get out of my way!" Wang Qiang was furious and didn't care about being gentle with her. He roughly shoved Song Ya into the sand. "I'll get you some water tonight and teach you a lesson!"

Su Qingxue, who was not far away, frowned. She wanted to speak up to stop them, but her dry throat prevented her from making a loud sound.

Moreover... looking at Lin Fan's indifferent back, she also felt a faint sense of dissatisfaction.

Although these are special times, monopolizing freshwater resources like this is truly going too far. Letting Wang Qiang teach them a lesson is fine, as long as no one dies.

"President Su, it seems your company's management is somewhat inadequate!"

"Fire him when we get back," Su Qingxue replied coldly.

Halfway up the mountain.

Lin Fan looked at the five or six men rushing towards him menacingly. Instead of dodging, he pulled out the magnesium rod from his tactical leg pack and casually wiped it on his clothes.

Wang Qiang took the lead, rushed to a stop three meters in front of Lin Fan, pointed his stick at Lin Fan's nose, and spat everywhere.

"Lin Fan! You think you've gotten so tough, huh? You dare hit your colleague? And you even embezzled company resources?"

Severe dehydration combined with extreme anger made Wang Qiang's face look exceptionally ferocious. "I'm ordering you now! Immediately! Hand over the water! Then kowtow and apologize to Zhang Tao! Otherwise, don't blame me for showing no mercy!"

Lin Fan stopped what he was doing and raised his eyelids.

[Wang Qiang (Sales Manager): Anger level MAX, IQ -50. Severe dehydration has caused a complete loss of judgment. The withered wooden stick in his hand is extremely brittle and will break easily. Threat level: The worst of the worst.]

"What if I don't?"

"No?" Wang Qiang laughed angrily, turning around and shouting at the crowd, "Everyone heard that! This kid is asking for trouble! Get him! Take the water! I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong!"

Before he finished speaking, he swung the thick wooden stick in his hand and smashed it down hard on Lin Fan's head.

The wind howled. If that blow landed squarely, it would surely crack his skull open on the spot.

Song Ya, who had been pushed to the ground, screamed in fright, "Lin Fan, watch out!"

Lin Fan didn't move.

Just as the stick was about to fall, he slightly turned his body. The seemingly thick but actually rotten wooden stick slammed into the rock beside him and snapped in two with a "crack".

Wang Qiang couldn't stop his momentum and his body lurched forward.

Before he could even regain his footing, Lin Fan's hand gripped his throat tightly.

Followed by.

A sickening metallic scraping sound rang out.

"Clang!"