His closed eyes trembled slightly from the strong sunlight, and the regular sound of waves sounded in his ears, Xue Rin opened his eyes half-asleep and saw the leaves swaying with the breeze in the blue sky, he turned his face sideways towards the horizon, still calm and still empty.

He was about to get up, but found that he was wearing a life jacket and layers of large banana leaves.

The bonfire beside him had been extinguished, he sat up, and saw Yao Zhixia, who had not woken up on the other side of the bonfire, curled up like a shrimp, clasped hands in front of his chest, with a straw mat made by her under him, his head resting on a lifebuoy, his hair scattered on the beach, and a little sand between his hair.

Xue Rin recalled the panic last night, his face was a little hot, he had never been so embarrassed, and he was the biggest ugly in front of this strange woman.

But the woman's performance last night surprised him, and he felt a little comfort, from her calm drying him off, to her silent silence, all of which were faintly preserving the self-esteem he had always cherished.

Thinking of this, Xue Rin stood up gently, covered the banana leaves on his body on Yao Zhixia's body, and then dragged his weak body to pick up firewood nearby.

Xue Rin walked into the woods, while thinking back to how he finally fell asleep last night, in a trance, he only remembered the side face red by the firelight, and the sound of the waves crashing on the beach, and the rest was like a hangover, and he didn't remember anything.

Forget it, it's not certain whether you can survive today, why do you want to do so much!

Xue Rin gave up thinking, and while making marks along the way, he walked deeper into the forest, this forest was all lush and green because of the perennial wanton growth, and the wide leaves were all extremely lush, and in some places even the sky was covered, when Xue Rin walked through a dense and opaque shade, the scene in front of Xue Rin gave Xue Rin hope.

When Xue Rin returned to the beach, she happened to see Yao Zhixia, who had woken up, running along the coastline into the distance, and she anxiously shouted "Mr. Xue" to the far side of the sea as she ran.

Seeing this, Xue Rin hurriedly shouted, "Yao Zhixia! I'm here!"

As soon as Yao Zhixia heard Xue Rin's voice, her hanging heart finally let go, and she hurriedly ran to Xue Rin.

"You're going to collect firewood, you're still weak, and although you got through last night, you still have to rest, don't have a fever. Looking at Xue Rin, who was holding firewood, Yao Zhixia was very worried.

"I was in a daze after last night, and I felt chills on my body, but fortunately I felt that the campfire was burning all the time, and it was very warm......"

Xue Rin suddenly realized something as he spoke, and paused, "When did you sleep?

Yao Zhixia nodded calmly, but Xue Rin paused, then scratched his head and changed the topic: "Why were you so nervous just now?

"Huh?" was guessed in his mind, Yao Zhixia was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

"I don't have the courage to commit suicide, what's more, I, Xue Rin, finally gasped out of the tsunami, how can I send it back by myself!"

Xue Rin had a rare look of relief on his face in the past two days, and Yao Zhixia relieved himself when he saw the corners of his upturned lips, smiling silently.

"Seriously, I just walked a little deeper into the woods, guess what I saw? Climb uphill for about two or three kilometers, there's a mountain, it's not too high, the point is, I see a stream, if we climb up further, maybe there will be a waterfall, if we're lucky, maybe we can climb to the top of the mountain and see if there's a base station. Xue Rin's tone became more and more firm.

"Okay, then let's go now, do you want to take these with you?" Yao Zhixia asked, pointing to the pile of equipment they had now.

"These are left here for now, I guess today is to find out the situation, we must return before dark, we don't know what is in this forest, we can't take the plunge. ”

Xue Rin picked up the stone knife he had sharpened yesterday, and picked up a long, thick hard stick on the ground to make a trekking pole.

Yao Zhixia didn't move on the side, just stared at Xue Rin's bare feet, looking a little embarrassed.

Noticing Yao Zhixia's gaze, Xue Rin raised his feet and looked at the soles of his feet, although the grass in the forest was very lush, but it couldn't stand the destruction of it by the hard stones and fallen branches, and now the soles of Xue Rin's feet were already red, and there were some scratched red marks and mud.

Yao Zhixia leaned down and groped in the straw mat she had knitted yesterday, and finally pulled out a pair of shoes made of leaves.

"You made it up? Why don't you know when you made it up?"

Xue Rin took the shoes in disbelief, and although the leaves went in and out, it seemed that they could hold out for a while. He put it on his feet, and although he was a little prickly, he was able to protect his feet and was the right size.

Xue Rin, who had never worn this kind of shoes, couldn't care so much, so after putting on straw sandals, he opened the way and led Yao Zhixia into the mountain.

The two of them walked along the direction of the stream, and the hunger of the past few days made them tremble as they walked, so they had to take the risk of poisoning and pick some small fruits that they could get enough to eat, although the fruit was sour and unbearable, but it was nothing to do after eating, and it also relieved some hunger and thirst somewhat.

After climbing the mountain for about an hour, they managed to barely reach the halfway point of the mountain, and happily, they found the upper reaches of the stream.

It was an open area of water, and the current became turbulent, and Xue Rin estimated that it was not far from the birthplace of the waterfall.

After cutting the bushes blocking the way with a stone knife, Xue Rin bent down and took the lead in passing through the narrow passage, while Yao Zhixia followed closely behind, and before she could stand up, she saw Xue Rin standing at the end of the passage in front of her, with her hands on her waist, looking around.

"What's wrong, is there something wrong?" asked Yao Zhixia suspiciously.

Xue Rin turned his head, bent down and stretched out a hand to Yao Zhixia, Yao Zhixia hesitated slightly, and then put his hand on Xue Rin's wrist, Xue Rin grabbed Yao Zhixia's wrist and dragged her out of the passage with a little effort.

The scene in front of him made Yao Zhixia overjoyed, although there was a cliff in front, there was a strong and wide path, not far from the top of the cliff stretched out a large piece forward, there was clear water rolling from the top of the cliff above, the turbulent water slapped on the outside of the path when it fell, splashing white mist, and then continued to flow down the mountain along the stone wall on the outside of the path, it turned out that they had unconsciously found the source of the waterfall.

"Looks like you've found the right place. ”

Xue Rin turned his head sideways and said to Yao Zhixia, Yao Zhixia also looked back at Xue Rin and smiled, smiling and smiling, she suddenly found that the wrists that the two of them were holding each other just now were still entangled.

Yao Zhixia immediately withdrew her hand and hid it behind her back in a panic, she lowered her head in embarrassment, her eyes didn't know where to look, Xue Rin looked very generous, and naturally scratched her hair with her hand.

"Let's drink some water first, and then take some water to the road. ”

Xue Rin walked along the path towards the waterfall, and Yao Zhixia took out the empty coconut shell that had been specially preserved in advance and prepared to use it to hold water.

"I'll do it!"

Xue Rin saw that the outside of the path had been polished by the water and was very slippery, so he snatched the coconut shell from Yao Zhixia, who was about to try to get close to the waterfall, and he first stretched out his foot forward to test the ground, and then stretched out his slender arm to catch the water.

The two of them looked at the clear water that was about to overflow in an instant, and both licked their lips unconsciously.

Xue Rin handed the coconut shell full of water to Yao Zhixia, who hesitated a little and did not reach out to take it.

"The first sip of coconut water on the island is what you got for us, this first sip of water, of course, you drink it first. Xue Rin handed the coconut shell a little closer to Yao Zhixia.

"Thank you. Yao Zhixia took the coconut shell with solemnity and great joy like baptismal holy water.

She took a sip first, and found that the water did not smell at all, it was clear and pure, and the aftertaste was even a little sweet, and she couldn't help but start to drink it in large gulps, and her hands were so excited that she couldn't even hold the coconut shell steadily, so that a few streams of water dripped down her red, sweaty cheeks and fell to the ground.

"How's it going, isn't it like drinking water for the first time in your life?" Xue Rin joked with his arms crossed.

Yao Zhixia's cheeks were full of water and bulging like a frog, and she pushed the coconut shell into Xue Rin's hand, and her mouth made a whining urging sound.

Xue Rin raised the coconut shell to his forehead with one hand, raised his head, opened his mouth to receive water, his Adam's apple kept rolling up and down, and at the end of the drink, Xue Rin closed his eyes directly, poured all the water on his face, he shook his hair, and wiped his face with his hand.

After drinking the water, the two decided to continue along the path under the waterfall, and the road in front of them began to wind up according to the direction of the cliff, and as they walked, they could see the mountains and forests at their feet in the distance, and the sea with a growing view.

At the end of the path, where the mountains and forests meet peacefully, there was a big hole in the cliff on one side of the path, and the two stopped at the entrance of the cave, carefully observing the situation in the cave, but they did not dare to enter rashly, the entrance of the cave was wide and high, but the depth of the cave was too dark, I don't know whether it was flat or empty.

"Ahh ”

Yao Zhixia whispered into the cave, wanting to feel the depth of the cave, and the echo quickly spread out in the cave, it seems that the hole is not deep.

"Why don't we make a fire and go in and have a look?" Xue Rin leaned forward with some curiosity.

Just as the two of them hesitated, there was a sudden menacing roar from a fierce beast in the cave, Xue Rin was so frightened that he looked at Yao Zhixia for a moment, and immediately grabbed her arm and ran towards the open flat mountain forest in front of him.

Yao Zhixia was so frightened by Xue Rin's nervous performance that even the coconut shell in her hand fell to the ground, Xue Rin pulled her to run in front, searching around while running, Yao Zhixia looked back at the entrance of the cave, wanting to see if there was really any monster or beast.

"Hurry up, climb up, I'll hold you!"

Xue Rin took Yao Zhixia to the bottom of a crooked neck tree, and before he could finish his words in a panic, he bent down, hugged Yao Zhixia's two thighs with his arms, and wanted to put her on the trunk.

Yao Zhixia, who was driven to the shelves, had to try his best to climb up the tree under Xue Rin's urging, and saw that Yao Zhixia had climbed higher, Xue Rin also hurriedly climbed up, and when he adjusted his posture and felt that this height was safer, he put down his heart and looked back at the cave.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no movement, and I couldn't see any behemoths coming out of the hole.

Xue Rin lost his patience, so he jumped directly from the tree, he looked around, raised his head and asked Yao Zhixia in wonder, "Could it be that I am hallucinating?"

Yao Zhixia was about to bow his head to answer him, but his gaze stopped not far behind him, "Don't move!"

Xue Rin saw her nervous expression and serious instructions, and her body instantly froze in place, "Can't I climb back to the tree right now?"

Yao Zhixia didn't answer him, but immediately broke off a branch in his hand and threw it in the other direction, shouting as he threw it: "Run!"

Xue Rin quickly took a step when he heard the command, and climbed up the tree three times and five by two, he never thought that he could be so agile as a monkey. After taking a few breaths in the tree, he turned his head to look in the direction where Yao Zhixia threw the branch.

"What is that? Is it a lion? How can there be a lion in this place?"

Xue Rin saw that the monster that had realized that he had been deceived turned its head and ran under the tree and yelled at the two of them, and he saw it clearly.

It was large, with long brownish-red hairs on its back, knotted under its eyes, white hairs on its four feet and chest, and bright red blood stains on its mouth, which was very frightening.

"Is this, dog?"

Yao Zhixia observed for a while before asking, it was obviously a dog barking, but the appearance of this monster was completely unrecognizable as a dog.

"How can there be a dog on this island? Is it a wild dog?" Xue Rin was still in the circle.

"By the way, how are we going down?" he reacted, and the two of them were now riding on the tree.

Yao Zhixia stared at the dog carefully, but suddenly found that its neck, which was already like a mess of grass, seemed to be strangled with a rope or something, she had an idea, and shouted: "Boom, sit!"

When the fierce dog heard the word "sit", it suddenly stopped barking, and sat on the ground, wagging its tail and sticking out its tongue to look at them.

Xue Rin was shocked when he saw this scene, he half-opened his mouth, turned his head stiffly to look at Yao Zhixia, and then looked at the dog on the ground, at this moment, Yao Zhixia was like a goddess who ruled the living beings.