299: Chapter 299 Su Qingxue, are you still asleep?

Lin Fan stopped in his tracks; he noticed the movement in her hands, but he paid even closer attention to her red-rimmed eyes.

Xu Zhixia pulled her hand back and wiped her eyes carelessly. 'Why did you come out?' Xu Zhixia spoke first.

Lin Fan didn't ask what was in Xu Zhixia's hand; instead, he asked, 'Does it hurt?'

Xu Zhixia shook her head.

'It's nothing.'

'That slap counts as something I owe her. She's pregnant, and her emotions are already on the verge of breakdown. Any other woman wouldn't be able to bear Liu Feifei's words.'

Xu Zhixia turned her head to look at the distant sea. 'Don't stay here.'

'Go inside and check on her.'

'She needs you to make your stance clear right now.'

Lin Fan looked at this woman, and at this moment, his heart genuinely ached for her a little.

Furthermore, her sensible nature made it heartbreaking.

'Go on in. Comfort Qingxue so that you can set your mind at ease tonight to deal with that monster.'

Lin Fan didn't respond further.

This woman lived too clearly and insightfully—so transparently that no one could find a single fault with her.

Since this one didn't need him, he might as well go back and counsel Su Qingxue.

When Lin Fan returned to the Karst Cave, Su Qingxue was merely shedding tears without making a sound. Leaning her back against the stone wall, she sat there completely numb.

Her hair was disheveled and her face was covered in tear stains. As Lin Fan walked over, he thought this young heiress certainly didn't know how to think things through as well as Xu Zhixia.

Su Qingxue didn't look at him.

'Have you made enough of a fuss?'

Lin Fan spoke, and Su Qingxue's eyelashes trembled slightly.

She lifted her face. 'Lin Fan, do you think you're really something special right now?'

'With all the women revolving around you.'

'I'm telling you, it's because they're cheap! I, Su Qingxue, won't play along anymore!'

Lin Fan didn't move an inch.

He let her finish all these blustering words.

When she paused to catch her breath, Lin Fan reached out and grabbed Su Qingxue's jawbone.

The force wasn't large, but Su Qingxue cried out in pain, forced to raise her face and look straight ahead.

'Su Qingxue, have you still not woken up from your dream?'

Lin Fan stared at her.

'Take a look at your surroundings.'

His free hand gestured in a circle around the Karst Cave.

'Look at these drafty gaps in the stones. Look at that pile of ragged grass roots on the ground. Look at the few rags you're wearing on your body.'

'Where is this?'

'This is not the top-floor conference room of the Shengtang Group! This is not your Su Family's sprawling villa of hundreds of square meters!'

Su Qingxue struggled hard to break free, using both hands to pry at Lin Fan's wrist.

She couldn't shake it by even a fraction.

'This is a Deserted Island!'

'Outside on the beach, there is a man-eating monster wandering around!'

'In the woods, there is a large snake that could swallow you whole at any moment!'

'And you're still here acting like a pampered queen with me?'

'Do you still think you're that President Su who could casually toss out tens of millions with a wave of her hand?'

'Su Qingxue, without me,' Lin Fan leaned his body forward by a fraction, 'you wouldn't even be able to see today's sun.'

These few sentences shattered the illusions that Su Qingxue had been desperately trying to maintain.

Recently, because of her pregnancy, and because Lin Fan gave her priority with all the food and drink,

treating her much better by several degrees, it had subconsciously given her a false impression.

She thought she had returned to that high and mighty core position, thinking she could control everything.

Until Liu Feifei tore away that layer of shame, and until Lin Fan's words just now made her recognize her true position.

On this island, she was nothing at all—just a burden who couldn't even run fast.

Lin Fan let go of his hand.

Su Qingxue's body swayed.

Those normally arrogant eyes were now bloodshot, staring blankly at Lin Fan's face. Her half-open lips trembled slightly, unable to utter a single word.

Lin Fan knew the timing was just right; he only wanted to scold her awake, not drive her to a complete breakdown.

Give a slap and then shove a date in their mouth—wasn't this the usual trick of capitalists like Su Qingxue in the past?

Lin Fan straightened his body and softened his tone, 'Qingxue.'

'I know you feel wronged. You're the only daughter of the Su Family, and you've never suffered this kind of anger growing up, let alone sharing a man with others.'

Lin Fan squatted down, aligning his line of sight with hers, 'But look outside. This is a Deserted Island, and those monsters all have Superpowers.'

'No matter what resentment or grievances you have, we must first figure out the background of this island. Once we leave here alive and return to the outside world, I'll accept whatever beating or scolding you give me.'

These words struck Su Qingxue's soft spot. Returning to the outside world was her only remaining thought at the moment.

Su Qingxue's eyelashes trembled violently.

Lin Fan's fingers rested on her shoulders. 'You awakened a special ability because of your pregnancy. If my deduction holds true...'

Lin Fan paused for a second. 'If Xu Zhixia also gets pregnant, she can likewise awaken some kind of Superpower.'

'On this island where people can die at any moment, we gain one more card in our hands. With one more person possessing a Superpower, our survival probability multiplies exponentially. The physical enhancement in me might also be able to stack once more.'

Lin Fan patted her shoulder.

'Everyone is just trying to survive.'

'Don't be so willful.'

These two sentences left Su Qingxue unable to find any words to refute.

Lin Fan had framed sleeping with other women as building a defensive stronghold for the team.

If she continued to make a fuss, it would be a willful act of disregard for everyone else's life and death.

It would mean pushing the team into a fiery pit.

Su Qingxue lowered her head and ignored Lin Fan.

Supporting herself with her hands on the rough stone slab, she stood up with some difficulty.

Step by step, she walked back into that dim partition.

Lin Fan stood up and turned to walk towards the pile of supplies. Whether Su Qingxue could accept it or not, what he said was the truth.

Now was the time to sharpen the dagger a bit more.

Yang Ningcong and Zhou Kai witnessed this entire conversation from beginning to end.

The second-generation rich kid nudged Zhou Kai beside him with his elbow. 'Xiaokai.'

Zhou Kai was changing the herbal medicine on his injured leg.

Lowering his voice, Yang Ningcong puckered his lips toward Lin Fan's back. 'Back in my circle, I've seen plenty of high-skilled scum-bags—things like PUA, compliance tests, I've seen them all.'

'But to be able to talk about sleeping with women with such righteous and awe-inspiring dignity, packaging building a harem as looking out for everyone's best interests—'

'Lin Fan is the very first I've ever seen. This trick, this thick skin, this logic—it's absolute perfection.'

Zhou Kai didn't bite, applying the herbal medicine stained with green juice onto his leg and wrapping it round and round with bandages.

Zhou Kai knew very well in his heart that Lin Fan was an extremely pragmatic person.

That set of laws and morals from civilized society had long been fed to the dogs by Lin Fan here.

Right now, whoever could bring benefits to the team was the core.

'Brother Fan spoke the truth,' Zhou Kai replied coldly.

He raised his head and found that Yang Ningcong's face was still turned toward Su Qingxue's partition.

Zhou Kai grabbed a wooden stick beside him and slammed it onto the ground. 'Yang Ningcong.'

Yang Ningcong turned his head.

'President Su is Brother Fan's woman,' Zhou Kai's warning had no beating around the bush. 'You'd better choke those playboy thoughts of a wealthy young master back into your stomach.'

'If Brother Fan finds out you're eyeing her, a hundred lives wouldn't be enough for you to pay with.'

Yang Ningcong was stunned for a moment, then curled his lips and waved his hands repeatedly. 'What kind of person do you take me for?'

'Back outside, I chased her so openly because the Su Family's industrial territory was huge. If I could bring her back to the Yang Family, it would be a strong alliance.'

Yang Ningcong leaned in closer. 'Besides, my dad said that the Su Family only has Su Qingxue as a daughter. Once those two old folks from the Su Family are gone, everything belonging to the Su Family will be the Yang Family's.'

'Now?'

'I've completely figured it out.'

'What commercial marriage, what territorial expansion—it's all fucking bullshit. There are plenty of pretty women outside; as long as you have cash in hand, what kind of look can't you get your hands on?'

Yang Ningcong leaned his head against the stone wall and sighed. 'After wandering around this lousy island and rolling through piles of dead bodies a few times, those thoughts are long gone.'

'I only have one thought right now.'

'Keep my life safe. Once I get back, I'll honestly be my rich second generation back home, build an artificial lake, and live luxuriously in a villa every day—isn't that wonderful?'

'Go and covet Lin Fan's woman now? Do I think I've lived too long?'

Zhou Kai stared at him intently, making Yang Ningcong feel a bit uncomfortable under his gaze.

'I'm telling the truth, I really don't covet Su Qingxue anymore.'

'After going back, I won't even take airplanes. Only by staying alive can I spend all that money belonging to the Yang Family.'

Zhou Kai was still looking at him, leaving Yang Ningcong baffled. Just as he was about to speak, Zhou Kai interrupted him, 'Um... can you arrange an artificial lake for me too?'

'You fucking...' Yang Ningcong gave him a nudge with his elbow, 'You scared the hell out of me.'

'As long as we can get back, these are all small problems. I'll arrange it!'

By late afternoon, Xu Zhixia and Lin Fan went into the woods again. Su Qingxue didn't say anything; rolling once was rolling, and rolling twice was rolling anyway.

When the two returned, Lin Fan was carrying a back-basket full of plants.

'These plants are all highly toxic. None of you come over and touch them.'

The few of them nodded.

...

The night slowly closed in.

The sea breeze outside the Karst Cave grew stronger.

The howling wind blew into the cracks of the rocks, making a wailing sound.

Lin Fan walked over to Liu Feifei...