17: Chapter 17 is clearly a perk for Lin Fan.

Su Qingxue looked at the scene inside the Karst Cave, and her brain went momentarily blank at that moment.

Under the flickering firelight, Lin Fan, the low-level intern who didn't even dare to make eye contact with her in the company and earned a meager salary of three thousand yuan every month, was currently sitting straddle-legged by the warm campfire.

And at his feet, Liu Feifei, the aloof and arrogant "national first love" who wielded great influence in the domestic entertainment industry, was actually lying bare in his arms without a stitch of clothing.

This visually impactful scene tore Su Qingxue's class concepts and moral bottom line, which she had built over more than twenty years, to shreds!

"Lin Fan... You... How dare you..."

Su Qingxue's voice trembled violently, unsure whether it was from shock or the cold. She pointed at Liu Feifei, then pointed at Lin Fan, unable to force out a complete sentence for a long time.

Hearing the commotion, Liu Feifei raised her head and realized the newcomer was Su Qingxue. A trace of panic first flashed in her eyes, but that panic vanished in an instant.

It would be one thing if this woman died on the island today, but if she could return alive, the scene of her cringing before Lin Fan tonight, and even going so far as to sell her body, would become a fatal handle in Su Qingxue's hands.

That little girl named Song Ya was easy to deal with, but she definitely couldn't make Su Qingxue shut up.

In that case, the best method was to drag this high-and-mighty president into this dirty quagmire as well.

"Yo, President Su, why did you come up at this time?" Instead of hiding, Liu Feifei intentionally burrowed further into Lin Fan's arms, wrapped her arms around Lin Fan's waist, and cast a sideways glance at Su Qingxue.

"The wind outside is very cold, right? I heard the sound of waves hitting the reef from the cave entrance just now; that sound was really like a urging for one's life."

"Stop putting on a front. That expensive swimsuit is stuck to your body right now, and it must feel awful, right? I saw with my own eyes just now that you were smoked by those toxic fumes down there to the point where you couldn't even straighten your waist."

"Come in, President Su. This campfire is so warm, and Brother Lin Fan here still has meat and clean mineral water. As long as you nod and strip off that useless president's airs, this place is heaven. Look at me, I'm not cold at all right now, and my stomach is full."

"Anyway, there's no one else here, no cameras, no bodyguards, and no annoying fans. Here, who recognizes that you're a president worth tens of billions? We're both women; staying alive... isn't that better than anything else?"

Su Qingxue was sickened to the extreme by Liu Feifei's shameless appearance. Her stomach churned violently, and that physiological disgust made her unable to help retching.

"Liu Feifei! Shut up!" Su Qingxue screamed, "You shameless bitch! You're a public figure! How can you face the fans who like you?"

"You actually knelt in front of a low-level intern like a dog and wagged your tail just for half a mouthful of food? You've simply lost all face for women! The trash of the entertainment industry truly lives up to its reputation!"

Liu Feifei's expression stiffened for a fraction of a second, and then she smiled even more brilliantly, "Face? President Su, you're talking to me about face? Then you standing at the cave entrance right now, freezing like a drowned chicken, is this your face?"

Su Qingxue trembled all over with anger. She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the shock and humiliation in her heart, and strove to prop up her tottering president's aura once again.

"Lin Fan, I have to admit, you make me look at you in a new light. On this island, you indeed have more survival experience than all of us, and you're ruthless and composed enough."

Su Qingxue's voice recovered the cold hardness she usually had when issuing orders in the meeting room, "But you should be clear that this is reality, not those web novels you fantasize about. As long as my Shengtang Group's rescue helicopter flies over! By then, all order will return to normal!"

As she spoke, her gaze uncontrollably glanced at the half-box of leftover luncheon meat beside the campfire.

Those brown chunks of meat were sizzling and oiling under the flame's roast. The rich meaty aroma and the scorched fragrance of grease frantically teased her stomach wall, which was already cramped with hunger and even beginning to produce sour water.

"Gurgle～"

A roar from the intestines sounded abruptly inside the quiet Karst Cave.

Su Qingxue's exquisitely beautiful face, smeared with black ash, instantly flushed red. The sense of defeat of being humiliated by physiological instinct made her wish she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

She bit her lip hard, forcibly moved her line of sight away from the luncheon meat, and continued to throw out her chips.

"Lin Fan, I am now formally proposing a transaction to you in the capacity of the president of Shengtang Group."

"As long as you cede the campfire to me now, hand over all the food and water to me for management, and take charge of my safety on this island."

"When the rescue arrives tomorrow and we return to Jiangcheng, I will directly promote you to the vice president of Shengtang Group! An annual salary starting at ten million! Plus a 300-square-meter flat in the city center! I can even send you abroad for further studies, allowing you to completely escape the lower-class society!"

Su Qingxue slightly raised her chin, a trace of condescending arrogance flashing in her eyes.

She knew these lower-class working stiffs too well; they worked themselves to death every month for a few thousand yuan in rent and living expenses. Faced with ten million in cash and the temptation of crossing social classes, no poor loser could refuse such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reach the heavens in a single bound.

In her view, how was this trying to survive? This was clearly giving Lin Fan benefits.

However, Lin Fan didn't look at her at all.

He picked up a piece of luncheon meat that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and shoved it into his mouth amidst Su Qingxue's extremely eager gaze.

"Snap."

The crispy meat skin was bitten open, and the bountiful grease burst open in Lin Fan's oral cavity.

He deliberately chewed very loudly, and after swallowing, he let out a long breath of extreme enjoyment.

"President Su, did you inhale too much sulfur dioxide downstairs and smoke your brain bad?"

"Your bad check, on this island, I'd find it too stiff even to use to wipe my ass. Still vice president? Still ten million? Do you think I'm lacking that little bit of numbers from you right now?"

Su Qingxue's expression changed, and anger burned in her heart. The dignity of being offended by a subordinate made her instantly lose control: "Lin Fan! Don't be ungrateful! Do you think you can reach the heavens just because you took advantage of a little situation now?"

"Fifty million! I'll give you fifty million! Even twenty percent of the shares of Shengtang Group! You couldn't earn this much money in ten lifetimes or a hundred lifetimes! As long as you nod, you can immediately cross classes and become a true superior person!"

"Crossing classes?"

As if hearing some earth-shattering joke, Lin Fan suddenly burst into loud laughter.

After a while, he stood up and walked step by step in front of Su Qingxue.

For the first time, Su Qingxue felt that this intern's gaze was somewhat terrifying.

She unconsciously retreated backward, her fair, long legs rubbing against the gravel ground, until her back pressed tightly against the cold, damp rock wall with nowhere left to retreat.

"Su Qingxue, open your dog eyes and look at the sky outside! Look at that crazy Patek Philippe on your wrist!"

Lin Fan grabbed Su Qingxue's delicate chin, forcing her to look at the pitch-black, wave-rolling abyss outside the cave.

"This is the unknown waters of the Devils Triangle! The magnetic field here can even distort light, and even time is messed up! Your broken satellite phone right now is not even as good as a brick used to prop up a table corner!"

"Still rescue must arrive at twelve? Still fifty million? I'm telling you, even if you moved the entire Shengtang Group over right now, on this island, it wouldn't even trade for a mouthful of water in my hands!"

"No... Impossible... You're talking nonsense! You're just retaliating against me, you're raising a false alarm!"

Su Qingxue shook her head desperately, unvarnished fear surfacing in the depths of her eyes, but the arrogance carved into her bones still made her stubborn to the core, "You're just a low-level intern, what do you know about satellite communications? Rescue will definitely come; even if the people in my company are good-for-nothing sacks of wine, my dad will definitely send people to save me."

Looking at Su Qingxue's self-deceiving and ridiculous appearance, Lin Fan sneered and let go of his hand.

"Fine, since you believe so firmly that your rescue will come, what are you running into my dog kennel for? Roll down and wait for your helicopter with Wang Qiang and the others. Right, let me remind you by the way, the temperature outside is still dropping, and I hope you can live to see tomorrow's sun."

Lin Fan pointed outside the cave and mercilessly issued an eviction order, then turned around, sat back down by the campfire, and began adding firewood to the fire.

Su Qingxue froze in place, her legs unable to move an inch.

The cold wind outside the cave howled, and the temperature had already dropped below five degrees. The swimsuit on her body stuck to her skin, frantically extracting the last remaining heat from her body.

She could feel her body temperature draining away, and her consciousness was beginning to become somewhat hazy.

If she walked out now without fire and without food, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to survive tonight at all.

The instinct for survival finally completely shattered the so-called dignity in the heart of this arrogant female president.

"Lin Fan..."

Su Qingxue's voice completely softened, carrying a hint of a humiliated trembling tone, and even a slight crying inflection, "I... I'm really cold, and I'm very hungry. Exactly what conditions do you want before you're willing to let me stay? As long as it's something I can give, I can consider it."

In Su Qingxue's view, this was already the biggest compromise she had made in her life.

"What conditions do you want?"

Lin Fan sat back down by the campfire, his extremely uninhibited gaze sweeping back and forth over Su Qingxue's exaggerated S-shaped curves.

It had to be said that Su Qingxue's figure was truly a supreme masterpiece among humans.

That slender waist that could be grasped with a gentle grip, the full and upright peaks, and that pair of long, straight, peerless beautiful legs glowing with a porcelain-white luster under the firelight—even though they were stained with mud at the moment, they still exuded a hormone temptation that drove people crazy.

After a long time, he finally spoke, "My conditions are very simple."

"Take off your clothes, not a single piece left. Then, just like our Sister Fei, serve me comfortably. As long as you can satisfy me, this half-box of luncheon meat and this campfire will be yours."