It's not surprising that she asked this question, it's human nature.
And my answer must be yes, this is human nature.
Even though I have a family, I also love my wife very much.
But if I really want to stay on this island for the rest of my life, and there happens to be a woman here, there is no doubt that I will be with her.
Of course, no matter who this woman is, even if she is an ugly girl.
Because loneliness is more terrible than loneliness!
After being silent and drunk, I replied: "Aren't you talking nonsense again? In other words, there is only one man and woman left in this world. No matter who he is or what she looks like, you think they will
Together?"
Wang Yi smiled bitterly, and then said a little absent-mindedly: "You mean, it doesn't matter who you are, right?"
"That's the truth."
"Okay, I get it."
…
That night, it rained on the island. The rain was not light, and there was a constant patter.
The wind blowing in from outside the cave blew out the bonfire, and it was the first time since I stayed on this island that I had insomnia.
Wang Yi slept soundly, and she talked in her sleep, repeating the words "I'm sorry".
I know she has always hoped that I could forgive her, but I have never really hated her, so how can I forgive her?
It’s me who wants to say I’m sorry.
Because it was me who brought her out of the mountains and brought her back to the city. It was also because of me that so many things happened to her.
Looking back, it seems that many people around me have died or been injured because of me...
Over the years, it has felt like a dream, an unreal dream.
What I gained and what I lost, I can clearly calculate this night.
I don’t know when I fell asleep, but I didn’t dream any more that night, and it was already dawn when I woke up.
The rain is still falling, and the whole world is wet.
On this day, Wang Yi and I did nothing. The food she brought back yesterday was enough for us to eat for two days.
We kept staring at the sea, expecting to see the rescue team's speedboat.
But from morning to night, there was still not even a shadow of a ship.
We just waited and waited, from day to night, and from night to dawn.
Time passed day by day, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.
Yes, it has been ten days since we arrived on this island.
For ten days, there was no sign of the rescue team.
During this period, we saw several passing cargo ships. Wang Yi and I also tried countless ways to make them discover us, but to no avail.
I even made a bamboo raft to paddle out to the island myself.
But after almost drowning in this vast sea, I gave up because this road simply didn't work.
But ten days have passed and the rescue team has not come yet, which only means that they may have thought that we were killed.
I was so disheartened that I didn't even eat a bite of food for the next two days. I just stared at the sea every day, with a mentality of waiting to die.
That morning, Wang Yi returned to the cave carrying a mouse.
She said to me: "Chen Feng, this trap of yours is really good! Look, another mouse has been trapped... I went to bake it, and each of us took half."
I glanced at her and ignored her.
She has really changed now. From the person who was afraid of mice when she first saw them, she has become someone who can not only kill mice with her bare hands, but also eat them.
She had been eating mice for several days in a row. Because I was completely exhausted and didn’t look for food. Wang Yi could only get mice with his skills, or he would go to the beach to pick them up.
After a while, she had already put the mouse up and roasted it.
I was still staring at the sea motionless. I had no expectations anymore. I stared at the sea out of despair.
After she roasted the rat meat, she brought it to me and said, "You haven't eaten anything for two days. Eat more!"
"You can eat it yourself and leave me alone."
She sighed, sat down next to me and said, "I know what you're thinking, but it's already like this. Are you really ready to starve to death here?"
"To people outside, we are already dead. If that's the case, what's the point of living?"
"I think we should still have hope. It's only ten days, just in case..."
"There is no chance. It has been ten days and no one has found us here. It only means that no one outside is looking for us."
"No, it would make sense if I was the only one missing and no one could find me... But you are different!"
"What's wrong with me?"
"Your identity is different, do you think An Lan will not look for you? Even if I really thought you were killed, if I were An Lan, I would still see your body."
I was stunned. Wang Yi was right, An Lan would not ignore me.
Then there is only one reason, she is in danger now!
In my silence, Wang Yi divided the roasted mouse into half and handed it to me and said, "Here, eat some. Don't give up. This is what you told me before."
I turned to look at her, then at the half of the rat meat she handed over, and said with a wry smile: "You have been eating rat meat for several days in a row, are you still not tired of it?"
Wang Yi pouted and said, "I'm tired of it a long time ago, but there's nothing I can do! There's nothing else to eat."
I sighed softly and said, "I'll let you eat something good tonight."
"Really? What are you going to eat?" Wang Yi said, his eyes suddenly gleaming.
"Eat bear meat."
Wang Yi looked at me with an exaggerated expression and said, "Really or not? Are you...are you going to kill the bear?"
"I don't have the skills to kill a bear, but the venison is pretty good."
"Are there deer on this island? Why haven't I seen one?"
"Yes, but not too few. I know where it is."
"That thing runs so fast, can you get it?"
I reached out and tapped her head and said, "As long as your thoughts don't slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties."
Wang Yi looked at my calf again and said, "Is your leg healed?"
"It's almost done. Although it hasn't returned to its previous state, I can still walk without any problem."
"That's okay, as long as you don't be so depressed, we have to have hope... If it doesn't work out, just stay on this island."
The half roasted rat meat Wang Yi gave me was the only food I ate in the past two days. After drinking some water, I felt that my body had recovered a little.
I also started to prepare some tools for hunting deer in the afternoon. I made some bows, arrows and spears a few days ago, and twisted some fine flax from the island into a rope.
These tools have not been used since they were made. I will take them out today to try them out. It is best to get a deer, but if not, you can get some other animals.
After the tools were prepared, Wang Yi and I set out together.
Wang Yi is no longer wearing the short skirt before. I made her a grass skirt using some wild grass on the island a few days ago, and it looks quite fashionable.
However, in this short period of ten days, Wang Yi and I seemed to have changed as different people.
Especially me, with my unshaven beard and unkempt hair, I feel at least ten years older.
Wang Yi was okay, she was just a little moody in the first two days, but later on she was more optimistic than me.
This is probably the function of having a companion. Without Wang Yi, I might not be able to persist, and she might not be able to persist on the first day she came to the island.
I no longer look forward to the rescue team, now I just want to keep myself alive!