Zhao Qian was startled by him, "I, I'm cold, I want to dry my clothes..."
As he spoke, the water on his clothes dripped from the hem, quickly forming a small puddle on the ground. He had been too busy looking for firewood to notice, but now that things had calmed down, he felt the chill.
Shen Qingqing couldn't help but chuckle, patting the man's broad shoulder. "Don't be nervous. Take off your clothes and dry them too."
Fu Jingshu's gaze swept around, and he quickly found a two-meter-long branch.
Before long, a makeshift barrier was erected between Zhao Qian and Shen Qingqing using several branches and a jacket.
Zhao Qian's mouth twitched, "Is it really necessary..."
He wouldn't take everything off, his wife wouldn't see him!
Besides, if she did see him, as the unmarried one, he would be the one at a disadvantage!
Shen Qingqing's voice, suppressing a laugh, came from the other side, "Sorry, hurry up and dry your clothes. We need to do the same."
Then came the rustling sound of fabric friction.
Zhao Qian sighed, spread his clothes open, and felt the warmth in front of him. "It's just the three of us left, right?"
"I don't know."
Shen Qingqing's reply was crisp, leaving Zhao Qian speechless for a moment as he silently stared at the flames.
Shen Qingqing paused, then said, "Once your clothes are dry, you eat some fruit, and we'll go see if we can find anyone else."
"You don't have to go."
Fu Jingshu's deep voice cut in.
Zhao Qian was puzzled, "Why? Isn't it more likely to find the main group if there are more people?"
He spoke and then waited attentively for an answer. After a long silence, he heard hushed whispers from the other side, but no one answered him.
He realized belatedly that they had no intention of acknowledging him.
"...Fine, if you're not going to talk to me."
He diligently dried his clothes.
He was completely unaware that a small dispute had already occurred over the matter, or more accurately, Shen Qingqing was unilaterally displeased.
"It's just a minor injury. It doesn't even hurt after applying the medicine."
"But you bled a lot."
Fu Jingshu still remembered the sight of her pale and lifeless face in the sea. The memory twisted his heart every time.
"Stop talking about it. Eat some fruit."
He simply wouldn't listen.
Shen Qingqing had to reason with him, "Don't forget our objective. We must find Z."
Fu Jingshu paused, still silent.
"Don't worry, I won't overexert myself. At worst, you can support me. If I can't walk, you can carry me." Shen Qingqing raised her arms, hooked them around his neck, and kissed his cheek, resorting to a beauty strategy to get him to agree.
Although the beauty was somewhat disheveled now, with messy hair and a pale face, her eyes remained captivating.
Fu Jingshu looked at her for a long time. Only when she slightly frowned, looking a little unhappy, did he reluctantly nod.
"Tell me if you're tired. Don't push yourself."
"I know."
Soon, the clothes were all dry. The separating objects were not removed, and Shen Qingqing had no objections. It was Zhao Qian, however, who couldn't help but grumble a few words at Fu Jingshu's stingy demeanor.
Neither of the couple paid him any mind.
After eating and drinking their fill, Shen Qingqing yawned, "Let's go..."
"You sleep for a while first," Fu Jingshu interrupted her directly. Her complexion hadn't recovered yet, and with limited supplies on the island, her lost blood couldn't be replenished.
How could he not worry?
"I'm really fine..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she yawned again, a faint blush appearing on her pale cheeks.
"It's you!"
An excited voice rang out from not far away.
Shen Qingqing followed the sound and saw Aisen standing on a hillside not far away, waving his arms excitedly in their direction!
Then he sprinted towards them!
When he reached them, his face was flushed with excitement, and he panted, "I finally found you! I knew that if there was a fire here, it must be our main group!"
Shen Qingqing raised an eyebrow, "Main group?"
"Ah, everyone is over there. Come with me, I'll take you to the assembly point."
So the three of them tidied up briefly. In fact, there wasn't much to tidy up, just two backpacks, which belonged to Shen Qingqing and Fu Jingshu. Zhao Qian's backpack was already gone.
The three followed him as they walked slowly towards the location. Along the way, Aisen briefly explained the situation.
After falling into the sea, everyone swam towards the island. It was a coincidence that most of the people who came this time could swim.
Even those who couldn't swim were brought ashore with the help of others.
Aisen's expression suddenly turned somber.
"What's wrong?" The couple didn't talk much, so it was naturally Zhao Qian who communicated with Aisen.
"However, when we took stock of the numbers, five people still didn't make it ashore..." Aisen said with difficulty.
"Be content. It's better than everyone perishing."
Aisen's face stiffened, and he became a little angry. "Can't you say something more pleasant? What do you mean by everyone perishing? We all know how to swim, and we got here by our own abilities."
"I didn't say you didn't use your own abilities," Shen Qingqing gave him a strange look. "But I'm truly astonished at how naive you are."
"What do you mean?"
"You think you made it ashore just by your own abilities?"
The sea storm this time was short-lived, and they happened to be far from the center of the storm, so after capsizing the ship, it didn't continue to stir up a storm.
Otherwise, they would all be dead.
Even with Shen Qingqing and Fu Jingshu's capabilities, they wouldn't have been able to escape.
It could only be said that they were lucky this time...
No!
Shen Qingqing thought of something. Mr. Z wouldn't bring them to the sea to die. Sea storms could be predicted. Why didn't he predict it?
Could it have been intentional?
"Regardless of what happened, we made it ashore. Although some people are still missing, that's their fate!"
Aisen was, after all, a young master. His sadness lasted only for a moment before he quickly returned to normal.
The fleeting inspiration in Shen Qingqing's mind disappeared with his interruption, and she couldn't help but glare at him.
Aisen was bewildered.
Why was she glaring at him? Did he say something wrong?
As they spoke, they arrived at the gathering point. The people there were quite good at finding a spot, between two large rocks, with their backs against the mountain.
Seeing Shen Qingqing and the others, their expressions were complex.
"Pretty sister!"
A pale figure rushed towards Shen Qingqing. She still had an injury on her leg, but couldn't withstand the impact. She dodged to the side.
As a result, this person couldn't maintain balance and lunged towards Fu Jingshu.
Her face turned red, and she waved her hands repeatedly, "Brother Fu, move aside quickly!"
Fu Jingshu followed her lead, calmly stepped aside, and casually pulled his wife into his arms, his indifferent eyes watching the person fall to the ground.
With a "thump!"
Everyone winced. Hearing the sound, they knew the fall was not light!
Aisen ran over, concerned, and helped Ai Qi up. "Little sister, how are you?"
Ai Qi spat several times, her small face smudged with dirt. She wailed, "My knees hurt so much..."