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

"stop."

Song Ya had just reached the edge of the platform at the top of the cliff when the sunlight made her squint. She heard Lin Fan's voice behind her.

She froze, stopped in her tracks, but did not turn around.

Did I let you leave?

"On this island, I set the rules. Taking my things, whether it's a whole bag or a piece of trash, is the same thing."

Lin Fan stood up, walked behind Song Ya, and said in an icy tone, "If I give you my things, that's a reward. If I don't give them to you and you take them, that's theft. You think you can just walk away after stealing my things? There's no such thing as a free lunch."

Song Ya turned around, her face pale, her thin shoulders trembling slightly: "What do you want? I have nothing now, not even my life is worth anything."

"I'm not asking you to pay with your life." Lin Fan pointed to the shady corner at the deepest part of the cave. "Go back and stay there. From now on, today and tomorrow, you can't eat a single bite or drink a single drop of water. This is the price you pay for breaking the rules. You can eat again when you learn to follow the rules."

Song Ya bit her bloodless lips, tears silently sliding down her cheeks.

She didn't argue or beg for mercy. She just turned around blankly, dragged her heavy steps back to the cave, and huddled alone in the corner that Lin Fan had designated.

Lin Fan didn't even glance at her, turning his head to walk towards the cardboard boxes piled with supplies.

He kicked aside the cardboard sign, pulled out several buckets of braised beef noodles, and grabbed a few bottles of mineral water, throwing them directly at Lily, Xiaoqin, and Xiaoliu's feet.

"This is your reward for reporting the mole." Lin Fan clapped his hands. "One bucket of noodles and one bottle of water for each of you."

Just moments ago, Lily felt guilty for framing Song Ya, but suddenly her eyes lit up with an alarming brightness.

She clutched the bucket of instant noodles tightly in both hands, kowtowing several times, saying, "Thank you, Brother Fan! Thank you, Brother Fan!"

The others rushed forward like madmen, clutching the supplies to their chests as if they were treasures.

Lin Fan started eating crab again, while the others boiled water, because the soup was a rare delicacy here.

Before long, the group, ignoring the heat, grabbed the noodles with their hands and stuffed them into their mouths. Soup dripped down their chins and onto their clothes, making them look disheveled, yet their faces were filled with a sickly satisfaction.

Zhang Tao and Xiao Zhou, watching this scene from a distance, swallowed hard.

They had been carrying crabs for ages, and their stomachs were growling with hunger. Now, seeing others eating steaming hot instant noodles, their eyes practically popped out of their sockets.

"Zhang Tao, Xiao Zhou."

Lin Fan suddenly called their names, and the two of them jumped.

"There are still a few blue crabs in the pot." Lin Fan, having eaten and drunk his fill, raised his chin. "These are what you brought up from the beach, so they're yours. Go catch some yourselves, and the rest are yours."

Zhang Tao launched himself forward, hurtling directly towards the iron pot.

Xiao Zhou scrambled to his feet, afraid that if he was a step too slow, he would miss out on a bite.

In the iron pot, the plump blue crabs were simmered in a base of beef tallow until they turned a bright red and glossy.

Zhang Tao reached out and grabbed a blue crab that was as big as an adult's fist.

"Snap!"

Zhang Tao took a bite and sucked the meat and its roe into his mouth.

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing!" Zhang Tao chewed with his mouth full of oil, tears almost streaming down his face. "Brother Fan, I, Zhang Tao, have never eaten anything so delicious in my life. I only got to eat this because of you. Long live Brother Fan!"

Xiao Zhou went even further, not even peeling the shell off the crab legs, but putting them directly into his mouth and biting them, greedily sucking every drop of juice inside.

This is a wild blue crab; in a high-end seafood restaurant, it would cost at least 500 yuan per pound.

On this deserted island, it is the ultimate luxury.

The rich, spicy seafood flavor completely overpowered the aroma of the instant noodles next to it.

Lily and her friends, who were enjoying their instant noodles, suddenly found that the noodles in their hands no longer tasted good.

No matter how delicious instant noodles are, they're still just carbohydrates and MSG.

What's bubbling in that pot over there is solid, juicy, high-quality protein!

Lily stopped chewing, her eyes fixed on the still steaming crab roe in Zhang Tao's hand, her Adam's apple bobbing uncontrollably.

She put down the instant noodle cup, her face once again displaying that cloyingly seductive smile, and swayed her hips as she walked to Lin Fan's side.

"Brother Fan..." Lily said in a high-pitched voice, drawing out her words, "This crab smells so good, can we have a bite? Just one crab leg will do."

Xiaoqin quickly chimed in, "Yes, Brother Fan, everyone is your people, you have to treat them all equally."

Lin Fan didn't even look at them directly. "The instant noodles and water I just gave you are the price to report me."

"As for the crabs in the pot, that was Zhang Tao and Xiao Zhou's reward for their hard work."

"My rules here are simple: those who obey will not starve. Those who work will get meat. What have you been doing? Just standing there talking, wanting meat too?"

Lily's smile vanished completely. She awkwardly took a half-step back, gritting her teeth and daring not to utter a sound.

Lin Fan stood up and looked at the group of people in the cave, each with their own thoughts.

"You want to eat meat, right? Okay."

Lin Fan walked to the cave entrance and pointed to the dense primeval forest in the distance. "Tomorrow morning, I'll take you into the mountains to get some real wild game. Whoever is fearless and dares to come with me will get to eat meat tomorrow night."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tao and Xiao Zhou paused in their crab-eating actions, while Lily and the others turned pale for a moment before quickly returning to normal.

Going into the mountains?

That prehistoric python that can swallow a person whole, and the Komodo dragon that just tore Ma Liang and his group apart on the slope, are both in that forest! Going to a place like that to hunt for wild game is no different from suicide.

But Lin Fan wasn't afraid, so they were even less afraid.

in the corner.

Song Ya heard the entire conversation clearly.

Her stomach was protesting violently; the hunger pangs felt like knives twisting inside her.

Watching Zhang Tao and the others eat meat heartily, and smelling the aroma in the air, her tears welled up again.

But this time, she didn't cry out.

She bit her hand hard, swallowing back all her sobs.

……

Below the cliff, in the area of ​​beach debris.

The sea breeze couldn't dispel the stench of blood in the air.

The eight men who had escaped lay sprawled on the sand, none of them uttering a sound.

The sound of waves crashing against the rocks seemed particularly jarring at this moment.

Chen Jian slumped down on a wooden board.

His glasses shattered in half during his escape, and now his face was covered in blood. He clutched his head tightly with both hands, and his body was trembling uncontrollably in spasms.

Wang Qiang leaned against a dilapidated storage box a few meters away.

The sand around his crotch was soaked, and the smell of urine mixed with the stench of sweat wafted out.

No one laughed at him, because half of the people on the slope had lost control of their bladders from fright.

"Ma Liang's thigh... was ripped off." A male employee dug into the sand with both hands, his eyes fixed blankly on the whitening sea surface. "That monster crushed his bones in one bite... with a crunch..."

"Stop talking!" Wang Qiang suddenly roared angrily. He looked around, afraid that another head covered in black scales would jump out of the jungle.

The silence lasted for less than five minutes.

Another employee leaned against the rock and spoke in a trembling voice.

"Don't you guys find this creepy?"