102: Chapter 102 Su Qingxue's Kindness

Divided among them, the chunk of meat each person got was not even as big as a woman's fist.

Dozens of hands snatched it away in an instant.

There was no verbal communication, only teeth-gritting sounds of chewing and swallowing.

Xiao Liang grabbed his piece, and because it was too hot, he tossed it back and forth in his hands a couple of times before shoving it straight into his mouth.

The meat was too tough for him to chew through, so he simply stiffened his neck and swallowed it raw.

After swallowing, he still wasn't satisfied. He shoved his grease-and-blood-stained hands directly into his mouth, sucking on each finger one by one, and even dug out the bits of meat from under his fingernails to swallow them.

In front of this piece of meat, the so-called executives, white-collar workers, and dignity were all torn to shreds.

Su Qingxue got the two portions for herself and Liu Feifei. The chunks of meat were very small, their surfaces coated with coarse salt crystals, and looked filthy.

If it were before, she wouldn't even have glanced at such dusty, rare, gamey meat.

But now, Su Qingxue held that piece of meat in both hands, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

She took a bite.

The gamey and salty tastes mixed with the charred aroma of the roasted meat exploded on her taste buds.

This was an ultimate stimulation.

She closed her eyes, squeezing out two physiological tears from the corners of her eyes.

She wanted so badly to swallow the whole piece of meat.

But after swallowing the first bite, she forcibly stopped her actions.

Su Qingxue turned her head to look at Song Ya, who was leaning against the corner of the rock wall with her hands tied behind her back and in a semi-conscious state.

Due to excruciating pain and dehydration, Song Ya's face was as pale as paper, and her chapped lips were full of bloody cracks.

Su Qingxue pushed aside Liu Feifei, who was wolfing down her food nearby.

She walked over to Song Ya's side, looking at the chunk of meat in her hand.

After two seconds of silence, Su Qingxue forcefully tore the remaining half of the meat into two halves.

"Eat up." Su Qingxue's voice was hoarse as she shoved half of the meat into Song Ya's mouth.

Having been starved by Lin Fan for a day, plus today, Song Ya had not had a single drop of water for thirty hours. Unable to withstand the hunger, she slowly began to chew with her mouth.

After finishing all this, Su Qingxue collapsed to the ground, placed the remaining half of the meat into her own mouth with utmost care, and chewed it slowly.

This action fell into the eyes of Wang Lan and Chen Jian not far away.

No one spoke out to stop Su Qingxue from sharing the meat.

Xiao Liang, who had just licked his fingers clean nearby, stared fixedly at Su Qingxue's actions and heavily swallowed a mouthful of sour saliva, but he didn't stand up to snatch it either.

Because everyone understood one logic.

Lin Fan had just spoken up there: if someone died or became disabled, they wouldn't be worth anything.

These ten catties of meat, eaten by these twenty-something people, would at most fill the gaps between their teeth.

But if Song Ya starved to death, that mountain-like pile of instant noodles, mineral water, ham sausages, and self-heating rice up there would be completely ruined.

Song Ya couldn't die right now.

Su Qingxue using her own share to feed her not only preserved the chips for the entire camp but also did not harm the interests of others.

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The rock cleft was filled with a burnt and gamey odor.

This was the best meal everyone had eaten since drifting onto the Deserted Island.

But this amount of meat couldn't even fill the folds of the stomach wall.

Once the meat scraps went down, they instead awakened the digestive system that had been dormant for days.

Stomach acid secreted frantically, scorching everyone's nerves.

They were even hungrier and more irritable than before eating.

Su Qingxue sat in the shadows, holding a half-flat plastic bottle in her hand.

There was still half a bottle of mineral water left inside.

This was what she had forcibly saved from between her teeth when the supplies were distributed just now.

She stood up and walked toward the depths of the rock cleft.

Song Ya was tied up with her hands behind her back, slumped against the cold rock wall.

Her cheeks were swollen high, her chapped lips covered with a thick layer of dead skin, and bloodstains solidified at the corners of her mouth.

Su Qingxue walked up to her and squatted down.

The mouth of the bottle was brought close to Song Ya's lips.

Song Ya's eyelids moved, and smelling the moisture, she instinctively opened her mouth.

The warm liquid slid down her throat.

She drank too eagerly and suddenly began to cough violently.

Water droplets dripped down her chin into the sand.

Su Qingxue immediately moved the bottle away, her brows tightly knitted.

She felt distressed over those few drops of spilled water.

Song Ya caught her breath, opened her eyes, and looked at the exquisite yet dust-covered face before her.

"Thank you... Thank you, President Su." Song Ya's voice was extremely hoarse, harshly raspy.

Su Qingxue paused her actions, tightened the bottle cap, and said in a very calm voice: "We are all women, no need to thank me."

Su Qingxue did not leave immediately.

She squatted in place, her gaze falling on the rough rope marks on Song Ya's wrists.

If... If tonight, taking advantage of when no one was paying attention, she untied Song Ya's ropes and let her go, she wouldn't have to suffer like this.

But the next second, Su Qingxue turned her head, glanced at Chen Jian sitting upright outside the rock cleft, and then glanced at the few male employees staring this way with red eyes not far away.

She instantly woke up.

Lin Fan was an extremely cold-blooded thug.

Back then, even when she took out tens of millions to buy supplies, Lin Fan didn't agree.

How could he possibly take her in now? Without Song Ya, where else would they get food and water?

She didn't want to live the kind of days they had a few days ago either.

Su Qingxue reined in her thoughts, stood straight, patted the sand off her trouser legs, and completely snuffed out that dangerous idea.

She retreated back to her original position, maintaining an absolutely safe distance from Song Ya.

Liu Feifei leaned nearby and said, "Qingxue, why do you care whether she lives or dies? If you drank those two mouthfuls of water yourself, wouldn't it be better to save more strength?"

Su Qingxue crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked coldly ahead: "As long as she still has a breath left, we still have a chance to trade for supplies."

Liu Feifei curled her lips and didn't reply further.

At the other end of the rock cleft, several male employees leaned together, their eyes all fixed on the darkening sky.

He had swallowed that piece of meat raw just now, and now his stomach was spasming in waves.

He raised his head and looked at Chen Jian sitting right in the middle.

"Engineer Chen." Xiao Liang swallowed his dry saliva. "The meat is finished. What should we do next? How should we deal with that bitch Song Ya? Those three bastards have already betrayed us. Are we really going to follow what Lin Fan said and let three people go trade for supplies?"

The air fell silent, and everyone's gaze focused on Chen Jian.