Tianyi got up and said, "Then I'll go eat outside the house and come back in. I didn't do it on purpose. Ai... the doctor instructed that you shouldn't eat seafood until the wound on your leg has fully recovered."
Susu ate her white rice and said, "Don't go out. I was just kidding. I won't be jealous that you're eating better than me."
Tianyi smiled helplessly. She didn't know that seafood on the island was the cheapest and white rice was the hardest to get.
He couldn't remember how many coconut trees he had climbed that afternoon, how many coconuts he had picked to exchange for this white rice.
Susu thought of something and said, "You said the doctor on this island is surnamed Ai? This doctor is quite professional."
"I didn't say his surname was Ai. I don't know his name either. The names of the people here are so strange," Tianyi said calmly, covering up.
"Can you understand what they're saying?"
"If I can guess one out of ten sentences, does that count as understanding?"
Susu couldn't help but laugh. "Then you still don't understand."
She really wanted to go out and see what kind of pristine island this was. She asked again, "Husband, when can I go out for a walk?"
"When the wound on your leg doesn't hurt anymore, you can move around freely," Tianyi handed her the coconut water.
She hummed, drank some coconut water, and felt full.
"By the way, after the yacht accident, do Ya Nan and Kang Xi know we're okay? Have you contacted them? I don't want them to worry on Dos Island."
"I want to contact them too, but there are no communication devices or internet here. It's a completely isolated island," Tianyi said helplessly.
If he had any other option, he wouldn't have compromised with Allen and agreed to never tell anyone that Yang Sijie was hiding here.
"Ah, is that so? Then how will we go back to find them?" Susu asked worriedly.
Tianyi had already inquired. The local who understood English said that there were only two wooden boats on the entire island, and every six months he would take a boat for all the islanders to go to a big town to purchase some supplies.
The islanders could be self-sufficient. Going out to purchase was merely to get some medicine and daily necessities.
"Don't worry. I've spoken with the locals. When your leg wound heals, they will take us back by boat."
"It's all my fault. If I hadn't gotten injured, we could have gone back by now. They can't find us and have no news of us, so they must be worried to death."
Tianyi looked at her injured leg. It was no longer red and swollen and was starting to scab.
"Your leg will be fine in a few more days. Don't rush, just rest and recover. The best news is that they have no news of us," Tianyi held her hand and smiled.
With Tianyi by her side, Susu felt particularly at ease.
In the following days, Tianyi went out early and returned late every day to pick coconuts. He said that cash and bank cards were like waste paper on this island. They could only rely on their own labor and getting along with the locals to exchange for food, drinks, and necessities.
Every evening when he returned, she would see that his feet had blisters and his arms always had small scratches, and she couldn't help but feel distressed.
Susu's injured leg still hurt when she moved it, but as long as Tianyi returned from outside, she would insist on greeting him at the door.
This was so that the hardworking Tianyi could rest more, and she would handle the rest.
Although she couldn't help much, she didn't want to be a burden to him.
How could Tianyi let her work with her injured leg? After dinner, he forcefully took the bowl and chopsticks from her hands and carried her to bed.
"I told you to rest well. Don't move around with your injured leg."
"My injury is much better now. Look, it doesn't hurt when I move it," Susu said with a smile, enduring the lingering ache.
The bed in this stone house was very narrow. In fact, they were quite cramped sleeping on it, so every night Tianyi could only hold her tightly, being careful not to touch her injured leg.
"Don't pretend. You still have scars on your leg. The doctor who treated you said that this is a critical time for wound healing."
Susu nestled in his arms, unable to refute the doctor's words. She just asked curiously, "Then he's really a miracle doctor. He didn't even look at my wound, and he knew the condition of my injury. I really want to meet this doctor. What does he look like?"
"He looks like the locals, dark and short. What's there to see?" Tianyi said dismissively. "He's the only one who can treat illnesses on the entire island. After treating so many people, he naturally knows if your wound is healed without looking."
"Do you think he might have superpowers?" Susu thought of the strange stories she had read, saying, "Places like this that haven't been developed usually have witch doctors. The programs and books I've read say that these witch doctors, besides healing, also have some inexplicable magical powers..."
Tianyi flicked her forehead and couldn't help but laugh, saying, "What are you thinking about? I think he's just an ordinary person, nothing special. The people here say he likes to stay in his house and doesn't like to go out."
"When I'm better, we'll visit him together to thank him, and also see where he lives. Maybe there's a secret hidden there?" Susu felt Tianyi was too rigid and rational. Being on an isolated island, why couldn't she imagine that there were magical people here?
Tianyi looked at her. For the first time, he felt that a woman's intuition was both accurate and terrifying. Allen's residence did indeed hide a secret, and that secret was Yang Sijie.
Susu and he were almost face to face. Being stared at like this made her a little flustered. She asked, "Why are you staring at me? Did I say something wrong?"
"No, I just think your brain should be writing science fiction novels."
"I'm so bored staying in this stone house every day, can't I just let my mind wander..."
Before she could finish speaking, Tianyi kissed her to silence her.
Susu wanted to push him away but felt his skin burning. "You, why are you doing this again... This bed is too small, and it makes a lot of noise."
"Is this bed small? I think it's just right. Besides, who would eavesdrop on us?" As he spoke, he kissed her neck, his entire body occupying the entire bed.
Susu had no choice but to lie on him. Confused, she was drawn into his emotions, and began to go along with him, yielding to him, entwining with him, and entering a sweet dream together.
After a night, Susu, wrapped in a cotton blanket, slept alone on the bed. Tianyi was nowhere to be seen.
She knew he had rushed out early to work. When she got up, she found that the table she hadn't had time to clear last night had become clean and tidy.
It was obviously tidied up by Tianyi before he left. He had also prepared breakfast and placed it there.
Under the plate was a note, "Good morning, my dear. I didn't have time to give you a good morning kiss, so I have to go out. Stay home, I'll discuss the boat matter with the locals today, so you won't be bored for too long, and we can go back."
At the end of the note was the signature, "Love you," and a heart symbol.