Stranded on a Deserted Island—They All Started Plotting Against Me - Chapter 10 - Chapter 10

Hearing Anya’s unprecedentedly gentle tone, Zhang Liu froze for a moment, then quickly reacted and said, “This water isn’t drinkable yet.”

“Hmm?” Upon hearing this, Qin Ruoshuang, who had been eagerly anticipating the chance to rinse her mouth with the water, wore a surprised expression.

Anya also turned her head, blinking slightly as if asking, “Why?”

“I mentioned it earlier, didn’t I? I’ll drink this water tonight, and if I feel fine tomorrow, then we can drink it too,” Zhang Liu said seriously. “According to survival knowledge, if water tastes bitter, it means there’s something wrong with it—it could even be toxic.”

“You misunderstood. I just wanted to rinse my mouth,” Anya said, a slight smile curving her lips as she looked at Zhang Liu’s serious expression.

For some reason, she felt a strange sense of pleasure from being cared for in this moment.

But soon, Anya began to remind herself internally.

This guy was just a poor boy, and her change in attitude was only because they were on an island together at the moment.

That’s right!

As the only daughter in the Japanese An family, Anya knew she would inherit billions in assets in the future. Zhang Liu, on the other hand, was just an ordinary boy with a little ambition.

People like him, who could only work hard, were a dime a dozen in the company. There was no need to pay any special attention to him.

While Anya wrestled with her thoughts, she didn’t notice that Qin Ruoshuang had already moved past her, walked up to the small puddle, and started rinsing her mouth.

“Gululu… gululu…” Had it been three days ago, Qin Ruoshuang would never have made such a sound in front of a boy. Even if she needed to rinse her mouth, she would have chosen a private bathroom.

But now, she just glanced at Zhang Liu, who was watching her with concern, and gently spat out the slightly bitter liquid.

Qin Ruoshuang was a very beautiful girl.

This was evident in her delicate features. Though her name had the character for “frost,”
(shuang) her lips were not the thin, cold-looking type. They had just the right fullness.

If she applied some lipstick, her lips would easily remind one of a cherry-red pout.

At this moment, Qin Ruoshuang awkwardly wiped the saliva that had dripped from the edge of her lips with the back of her hand. The sticky strands clung to her chest and even stuck to her thighs.

It was a bit embarrassing.

But after wiping herself, she couldn’t help but smile in satisfaction.

The refreshing feeling in her mouth was something she hadn’t experienced in a long time.

Even when she had used bitter, salty seawater to rinse her mouth after drinking coconut juice, it never felt this pleasant.

Zhang Liu watched the scene, his gaze a bit distracted.

Then, he heard a very displeased voice.

“Zhang Liu, what are you looking at?” Anya, who was about a head shorter than Zhang Liu, glared at him, looking as if she was about to lose her temper.

This guy, staring at Qin Ruoshuang while she spat?

“Huh?” Zhang Liu snapped back to reality, looking down at Anya’s furious face and explaining, “I was just thinking about something.”

“Thinking about something? I think you were eyeing Qin Ruoshuang’s body!” Anya crossed her arms in front of her chest, trying to accentuate her small frame, and continued, “Just now, you were clearly looking at her chest and thighs!”

Upon hearing this, Qin Ruoshuang was immediately stunned and looked at Zhang Liu, her cheeks flushing bright red.

Zhang Liu, on the other hand, was momentarily dumbfounded, then grew embarrassed.

He was dumbfounded because he hadn’t been staring at her chest or thighs, but had been thinking about what to use to effectively store water.

The embarrassment came when he remembered touching Qin Ruoshuang during CPR and the feeling of her soft, real body.

“Don’t talk nonsense… I was just thinking about getting something to hold water. Otherwise, if we three want to drink later, it will take forever,” Zhang Liu stammered. “I’m not the kind of person who takes advantage of others.”

“Anya, Zhang Liu and I have always been polite with each other,” Qin Ruoshuang also spoke up in her defense. “He’s always been considerate toward me. He’s a very gentlemanly boy.”

Hearing such praise, Zhang Liu only grew more embarrassed.

He had indeed had impure thoughts when he opened her lips to check on her during the CPR.

“…” Anya pursed her lips and stayed silent.

She regretted her earlier words, spoken in frustration. However, now that the words had left her mouth, she could only continue.

But just as Anya was about to say something else, Zhang Liu suddenly clapped his hands and pointed at the cave, saying, “Let’s go check out the cave first, shall we?”

“Hmm!” Qin Ruoshuang lightly nodded. She knew Zhang Liu was trying to change the subject, so she looked at the cave in front of them and said, “Looks like we won’t need to sleep in the sea breeze tonight.”

Anya, looking at the scene before her, didn’t know what to do for a moment.

She knew they were intentionally avoiding the topic.

After a few seconds of silence, Anya chose to join Qin Ruoshuang in helping Zhang Liu move some rocks.

The cave was quite high, and for someone like Anya, with her small, petite frame, the entrance was about half her height.

However, there were places nearby that can be used to climb with leverage.

After adding some stones to use as footholds, even Qin Ruoshuang, who was physically less agile, could easily enter the cave without needing Zhang Liu to help pull her.

“A bit dirty.” Compared to Zhang Liu, who was very satisfied after entering the cave, Qin Ruoshuang found the area somewhat dirty.

Following behind the two, Anya looked at the gravel and broken stones on the cave floor and felt somewhat downcast.

Before the plane crash, she had always held the belief that sleep should take up forty percent of one’s life, so her bed was an expensive handmade luxury worth tens of millions of yen.

Now, she had spent the night on the beach, and tonight, she would have to spend the night here as well.

As for the future…

Turning to glance at the empty sea outside, Anya gritted her teeth and tried to calm the aching tip of her nose, unwilling to cry in front of Zhang Liu and Qin Ruoshuang.

“Anya, we’ll sleep here tonight, and Zhang Liu can sleep over there. Is that okay?” In contrast to Anya, who was lost in thought, Qin Ruoshuang had already started dividing up the cave for use.

“I don’t want to sleep with that guy!” Hearing Qin Ruoshuang’s suggestion, Anya subconsciously objected, as she took sleep quality very seriously.

Then, she heard Qin Ruoshuang’s response.

“Then you’ll have to find another place to sleep!” Sitting on a relatively clean stone, Qin Ruoshuang looked at the embarrassed Anya and said slowly, “This place was discovered by him, so technically, it’s up to him whether we can stay here.”

After saying this, she turned to Zhang Liu and smiled, asking, “Zhang Liu, would you be okay with Anya staying here tonight?”