7: Chapter 7 I have no interest in products packaged by capital like you

That tactical knife was pressed against Wang Qiang's carotid artery.

The blade pressed into his flesh, and beads of blood oozed along the serrated edge.

Wang Qiang's Adam's apple rolled violently up and down, and his eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.

His originally arrogant curses instantly got tightly stuck in his throat.

He could clearly feel the piercing chill coming from the blade and the sharp pain on his neck.

As long as Lin Fan's wrist shook slightly, his main artery would gush blood.

The few male colleagues who followed and rushed up were dumbstruck.

They froze in place maintaining their rushing posture, each with an ashen face, and the stones and wooden sticks in their hands dropped all over the ground with a patter.

A knife!

A real knife!

If a human life were truly lost, when they returned to the mainland, they wouldn't be able to escape their share of responsibility.

"Snatch?"

Lin Fan stared at Wang Qiang's distorted face, "Wang Qiang, what did you just say, who takes responsibility if something happens?"

Wang Qiang trembled all over like a sieve, and a warm current suddenly surged out of his crotch, dripping down his trouser legs onto the rocks.

He had literally scared himself into peeing.

"Lin... Lin Fan... Murder is illegal..." Wang Qiang begged for mercy with a trembling voice, his face smeared with snot and tears, completely lacking any of his previous imposing manner, "Let's talk things out... Please don't be impulsive..."

"The law?"

Lin Fan's wrist pressed down slightly, and the blade cut in another half fraction, scaring Wang Qiang into letting out a crack-voiced miserable howl.

"Ah... Stop..."

"Open your dog eyes and look clearly." Lin Fan pressed close to Wang Qiang's ear, his voice completely changed like a different person, "The King of Hell is easy to meet, but minor demons are hard to deal with. But on this Deserted Island, this knife is the law."

This scene not only shattered Wang Qiang's guts, but also shattered the civilized filters of everyone at the foot of the mountain.

Su Qingxue stood up, her beautiful eyes filled with unprecedented shock.

That intern who always kept his head down and worked without complaint in the company, holding a knife in one hand and stepping on the supervisor at this moment, actually made her feel an indescribable shudder.

The indifference and murderous intent in those eyes were definitely not put on.

He really dared to kill someone!

"Scram."

Lin Fan suddenly let go and kicked Wang Qiang heavily in the buttocks.

Wang Qiang scrambled and crawled away toward that group of subordinates, tightly clutching the bloodstain on his neck and panting heavily.

Lin Fan put the knife back into its sheath and scanned the entire audience from a condescending height.

His gaze crossed over everyone and finally stopped precisely on Su Qingxue.

Their eyes met.

This aloof ice-queen female president, who had always been high and mighty, unexpectedly felt a pang of palpitation against all odds and subconsciously averted her gaze.

The sun was still slanting westward, but the temperature had not dropped at all.

Su Qingxue sat in the shady part of the reef, licking her dry, peeling lips, her throat stinging as if she had swallowed a handful of broken glass.

She lowered her head to look at the satellite phone in her hand, its screen still pitch black.

There were still a few hours left until the latest twelve o'clock at night she had mentioned.

But her current physical state was already nearing its limit.

[Su Qingxue (President of Shengtang Group): Severe dehydration accompanied by mild heatstroke. Stamina remaining 20%. Internal thoughts: Cannot sit idly and await death, must get water, otherwise won't last until the rescue team lands.]

Lin Fan sat in the shade of the Karst Cave entrance, toying with the tactical dagger in his hand.

The omniscience prompt took in the states of everyone below at a glance.

Su Qingxue supported herself on the reef to stand up, tidying her half-dry white one-piece swimsuit.

She patted the sand off her legs and strode toward the mid-mountain slope.

Seeing this, Wang Qiang scrambled over: "President Su, where are you going? It's dangerous up there! That brat has gone mad, he really dares to use a knife!"

"Shut up." Su Qingxue said with a hoarse voice, not even glancing at Wang Qiang.

She climbed up along the jagged rock slope.

Her high heels were lost in the tsunami, and stepping barefoot on the scorching, sharp rocks, every step hurt straight to her heart.

But she clenched her teeth and stubbornly didn't let out a single cry of pain.

Arriving at the Karst Cave entrance, she stopped.

Lin Fan was sitting on an overturned plastic box.

Two bottles of mineral water were placed by his feet, and he was holding a freshly cut piece of Spam in his hand, chewing leisurely.

The aroma of meat and the cool aura unique to fresh water drifted over with the breeze.

Su Qingxue's throat rolled uncontrollably, swallowing a mouthful of dry saliva.

Her eyes stared fixedly at that bottle of water.

"Lin Fan." Su Qingxue spoke, trying hard to maintain her usual cool and aloof tone in the company, "Give me a bottle of water."

Lin Fan swallowed the meat in his mouth, raised his eyelids, and glanced at her: "Why?"

Su Qingxue frowned; in Shengtang Group, her orders never needed a reason.

"One hundred thousand." Su Qingxue directly named her price, "A bottle of water. When the rescue team arrives tonight and we return to the company, I'll have finance wire it directly to your card. This is worth a year of your intern salary."

Lin Fan smiled.

He didn't speak, picked up a bottle of water by his feet, and unscrewed the cap.

The water flow refracted an alluring luster under the sunlight, and Su Qingxue's breathing instantly grew rapid.

Lin Fan tilted his head back and took a large gulp, the gulping sound of "glug, glug" appearing exceptionally clear on the quiet mid-mountain slope.

On the beach below, Wang Qiang and the others saw Lin Fan's action, their eyes turning red, frantically swallowing non-existent saliva.

After drinking, Lin Fan leisurely screwed the bottle cap on tightly so not a single drop leaked out, and then placed it back by his feet.

"Two hundred thousand!" Su Qingxue took a deep breath, her chest rising and falling violently, "At the same time, I will arrange for you to return with me in the first batch."

Lin Fan didn't even raise his eyelids. Seeing Lin Fan acting like this, Su Qingxue became displeased, "Lin Fan, don't push your luck. Now is an extraordinary period; once the helicopter arrives tonight, the water in your hands will be worthless. Trading it for two hundred thousand and your life is the most cost-effective deal you've ever made in your life!"

Lin Fan picked up another piece of Spam, took a bite, and didn't even raise his head.

"Five hundred thousand!" Su Qingxue raised her price again, her voice hoarse, "Five hundred thousand to buy your two bottles of water! Enough for you to pay a full down payment in Jiangcheng! This is my bottom line!"

[Status Update: Heart rate too fast, blood sugar low, a negotiating posture of forcing oneself to hold on.]

Lin Fan stopped chewing. He stood up and walked up to Su Qingxue.

The distance between the two was less than half a meter. Lin Fan clearly saw her dry, bleeding lips and the sunken cheeks caused by lack of water.

"President Su." Lin Fan looked down at her, "Do you think having money can buy everything?"

"This is common sense." Su Qingxue raised her head, looking straight into Lin Fan's eyes.

"That's the common sense of a civilized society." Lin Fan pointed at the sea below, and then pointed at the jungle behind, "Here, your money is too stiff even to wipe your ass with. Five hundred thousand? Even if you transferred the entire shares of Shengtang Group to me, you couldn't trade it for a single drop of my water today."

Su Qingxue was stunned.

From Lin Fan's eyes, she saw absolute ruthlessness.

This wasn't playing hard to get, but complete and utter disregard.

"What on earth do you want?" Su Qingxue gritted her teeth.

"I want you to recognize reality." Lin Fan retreated to the Karst Cave entrance and sat down again, "This is a Deserted Island, not the president's office. Want to drink water? Sure. Bring equivalent survival supplies to trade. If there are no supplies, trade with labor. Go to the beach to pick kelp, go to the woods to find dry firewood. Don't try to feed me empty promises with pie in the sky."

Su Qingxue's face turned pale as death.

Let her go pick kelp? Find dry firewood? As the dignified president of Shengtang Group with a net worth of tens of billions, when had she ever done such menial labor?

"Lin Fan, you will regret this." Su Qingxue stared fixedly at him, turned around, and prepared to go down the mountain.

"Teacher Lin."

Before Su Qingxue could even move her feet, a coy voice came from below. Liu Feifei climbed up panting.

She was even more disheveled than Su Qingxue. Her cicada-wing-thin lace cover-up was torn with several large holes by the bushes, her fair thighs were covered in scratches, and she limped as she walked, but she still tried hard to maintain a female star's demeanor.

[Liu Feifei (First-tier Female Star): Severe dehydration, physical strength on the verge of overdraft. Combat power: 0.1 goose. Internal thoughts: As long as I can trade for water, it doesn't matter if I give him some sweetness; anyway, I'll deny it to death after going back.]

Liu Feifei walked up to Lin Fan, flicked her messy hair, and struck what she thought was the most perfect pitiful pose.

"Lin Fan... Brother Lin..." Liu Feifei looked at Lin Fan with watery peach blossom eyes, her voice coquettish, "Give me a sip of water, I'm really going to die of thirst..."

Lin Fan looked at her coldly, unmoved.

Liu Feifei bit her lip, bent over slightly, and deliberately displayed her proud curves.

"As long as you give me a bottle of water, when we return to the mainland, I can give you an exclusive private contact method." Liu Feifei's voice carried temptation, "Usually those big bosses can't even book a meal with me for tens of millions. As long as you help me now, I can agree to have a separate dinner with you... Even, fulfill a small wish of yours. This is a privilege you wouldn't even dare to dream of usually, oh."

Su Qingxue on the side frowned. She hadn't expected that this first-tier superstar, who usually projected a persona of a pure jade maiden and a big-heroine returning from abroad, would actually use such a borderline method to make a transaction for a mouthful of water.

Lin Fan lowered his head to look at Liu Feifei.

This woman's figure and face were indeed top-notch, and with this high-and-mighty yet seductive posture, a normal man probably wouldn't have been able to hold back long ago.

But Lin Fan's mind was exceptionally clear.

He sneered, his gaze looking her up and down without any concealment.

"I have no interest in commodities packaged by capital like you." Lin Fan's tone was flat, yet every word pierced the heart, "And, you overestimate your worth too much."

He pointed with his scabbard at Liu Feifei's fair and tender yet scar-filled hands.

"You can't even smash open a coconut, nor can you catch a single fish. On this island, besides wasting air and food, you have no value at all. A bottle of water in exchange for having a meal with you? Sorry, I feel it's a huge loss."

Liu Feifei's face turned alternately blue and white, filled with shame and indignation to the point of despair.

The national-level capital she was so proud of was actually worthless in the eyes of this bottom-rung laborer!

Su Qingxue stood to the side, looking at Lin Fan's stern profile, a sense of unprecedented frustration rising in her heart.

She vaguely felt that Lin Fan was right. On this island, all the halos, status, and wealth they once possessed seemed to have been completely wiped out.

"If you want water, I've already stated the rules just now." Lin Fan didn't look at these two stunning beauties again, turning around to walk deep into the Karst Cave, "Trade with dry firewood."