Stranded on a Deserted Island and Entangled by a Green Snake 37

Chapter 37: No Fate

Time passed, second by second. The last sliver of light on the horizon also faded, and the sky completely darkened.

The person who had been pacing back and forth gradually stopped.

This snake couldn’t have encountered danger, could it?

Yu Chujin shook her head. As long as it didn’t swim into the deep sea and didn’t leave this island too far behind, logically speaking, it couldn’t have encountered danger.

The large snake was at the top of the food chain on the island. No other animal on the island could pose a threat to it.

Since it hadn’t encountered danger, why hadn’t it come back so late?

Yu Chujin sighed. She had thought that as long as she returned to the deserted island, she would definitely be able to see it. Who would have thought that this snake could actually disappear?

It was already dark. Should she wait for it a little longer, or should she just turn back?

After thinking for a moment, Yu Chujin walked towards the boat. After walking two steps, she paused and sniffed the air.

Why was there a rotten smell? It was like the smell of a dead animal’s decaying corpse.

Yu Chujin’s expression changed slightly. She couldn’t help but subconsciously think of the worst.

She sniffed the air, searching for the source of the smell.

After walking for about two minutes, the smell grew stronger. Yu Chujin covered her nose, her brow furrowed.

Before long, she saw the source of the smell from a distance, by the reef on the beach.

Judging from its shape, it couldn’t be the large snake. Yu Chujin silently breathed a sigh of relief.

That scared me to death. I thought this stupid snake had died!

After confirming that it wasn’t the large snake, Yu Chujin didn’t really want to get close to that pile of things. It was really smelly. She didn’t know what kind of animal had died.

Yu Chujin wanted to turn around and leave, but her curiosity made her squint her eyes to look.

What kind of animal could form a small mountain after it died?

She was a little curious. Just a look, just a look. Yu Chujin held her breath and approached.

When she saw clearly what was piled on the sand, Yu Chujin’s expression froze slightly, and the hand covering her nose slowly lowered.

It was a pile of salmon.

The salmon were piled into a small mountain. A rough estimate would be sixty or seventy fish. The fish were of different sizes, all piled together.

It was already autumn, and the weather was not as hot as before. The rate of food decay was not as fast. But no matter how slow the rate of decay was, with so many fish, it was inevitable that they would stink.

Green flies were buzzing around the pile of salmon, and maggots had grown. The scene made one’s brow furrow.

And next to the pile of salmon, there were some other things: three iron oil drums and a pile of beverage cans. There were also quite a few glass bottles mixed in with the cans.

Yu Chujin looked at the scene before her and stood there for a long time without moving.

She still remembered what she had said to the large snake on the day she had left the island.

She had told it to catch a salmon and to find an iron can…

And now, there were piles of salmon and piles of iron cans on the beach.

Salmon was not easy to catch in this sea area, but the large snake had still caught so many. Did it go out to catch fish every day? Catching one fish a day, and it had slowly accumulated into a mountain.

Iron cans were also not easy to find. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have used that pitifully small iron can for the 77 days she had lived there.

How many times had the large snake circled the island to find these iron cans?

But, the human who had told it to catch fish and find iron cans had already left.

Had already abandoned it.

Although she had her unavoidable reasons, from an animal’s perspective, in the large snake’s eyes, that was perhaps abandonment, with no reason to explain.

A person who had abandoned it. Why did it still obey the words it had been told in the days after being abandoned?

Next to the iron cans, there was an imprint of a coil on the sand. It was probably the mark left by the large snake coiling in a fixed position for a long time.

Did the large snake go out to catch fish every morning, and after catching the fish, it would circle the island to find iron cans? After returning, it would guard this pile of things, waiting for the human to return.

But what if the human had never thought of coming back?

Yu Chujin squatted down and gently touched the imprint on the sand, her feelings mixed.

“What a silly snake.”

After being sad for half a minute, she couldn’t stand it anymore. It was too smelly.

Yu Chujin quickly moved away. After smelling the rotten smell for too long, even after moving away, she couldn’t help but retch.

She could still vaguely smell the stench. Yu Chujin moved a little further away again.

Looking at the pile of salmon from a distance, Yu Chujin shook her head helplessly.

She would wait for it a little longer. Since she was already here, it would be a bit of a shame to leave just like that.

At least she should see it once, give it some instructions, and then leave, so that it wouldn’t catch fish and look for iron cans every day.

It hadn’t come back so late. Maybe it had gone to catch fish and look for iron cans.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Chujin first returned to the boat. She was not preparing to leave, but was planning to spend the night on the boat.

The yacht had a room and a toilet. Compared to sleeping on the beach before, she could spend the night on the boat. It was too comfortable.

There was no rush to leave. She would sleep here for one night and wait for the large snake. Maybe it would come back at night.

It had taken three days of sailing to reach the deserted island. She had no rich experience in sailing, and she had been on edge all the way.

The double fatigue of mind and body made her fall into a deep sleep as soon as she lay down.

She didn’t know how long she had slept. She was woken up by the light.

Light from the skylight on the roof of the boat fell on her face. She had been in a hurry to sleep last night and had forgotten to pull the curtain.

She slowly sat up, leaned against the wall, and squinted at the skylight above her head, in a daze for a while.

She was in a daze, a little confused about where she was.

After being in a daze for two minutes, she finally remembered that she was on a boat and had come to find the large snake.

She had wanted to go and see if the large snake had come back in the middle of the night, but she had overslept.

She hurriedly put on her shoes. She didn’t even bother to wash up. The first thing she did was to run to the deck and look towards the beach.

The beach was empty, with nothing, and no sign of the large snake.

Yu Chujin bit her lip and frowned. A whole night had passed. Even if the large snake had gone to catch fish and look for iron cans, it shouldn’t have been gone for a whole night.

She climbed off the boat and walked towards the pile of fish.

The pile of fish was the same as yesterday, stinking, with flies buzzing around. There was no new fish on top.

The iron cans were also the same as before. No one had touched them, and there were no new slithering tracks on the sand.

This meant that the large snake had not come back last night.

Yu Chujin clicked her tongue, “Where did it go? Where on earth did it go? This stupid snake. It’s not even coming home.”

She impatiently kicked the sand at her feet, kicking a small hole in the sand.

Looking at the small hole on the ground, Yu Chujin suddenly thought of something. She hurriedly ran back to the side of the shelter.

She remembered that the large snake had hidden the jacket nearby. It had dug a small hole and buried it.

If the jacket was still there, then the large snake would definitely come back. If the jacket was gone, then the large snake might have really moved.

She had a strange confidence that if the large snake moved, it would definitely take the jacket with it.

Following her memory, she confirmed the location where the jacket had been buried before.

She started to dig with her bare hands.

The sand was very soft, and a large hole was dug with a casual dig.

When she dug up a plastic bag, Yu Chujin’s eyes lit up, and she sped up.

She dug out the entire bag, but there was no jacket inside, only an empty plastic bag.

It had even taken the jacket with it. Had it really moved? Where had it moved to? Was it still on this island?

Yu Chujin pinched the plastic bag, and various questions flashed through her mind.

Why did it move for no reason? When a person and a snake were separated, shouldn’t they wait in the same place? Why was it running around!

Yu Chujin threw the plastic bag on the ground. She wanted to scold the snake, but the snake was not here, so she couldn’t scold it. She could only curse to herself.

Just then, a rustling sound came from the forest.

“Crack.”

It was the sound of a branch being broken.

Yu Chujin looked up excitedly, “Snake, you’re back! Where have you been? I’ve been waiting for you for a long time…”

Halfway through her words, the rest of the words were stuck in her throat.

Her pupils constricted. She turned around and ran.

The sound from the forest was not from the large snake at all, but a black bear. Its eyes were glowing green, and it was staring intently at her.

Yu Chujin’s ears were ringing. She ran with all her might, not daring to look back at all.

She ran to the side of the boat and, without a moment’s delay, stumbled up.

After climbing onto the boat, she hid in the cabin. Her whole body was drained of strength. She fell against the door, panting heavily, her hands trembling slightly.

A black bear. How could she not be afraid? If she had run a little slower, she would have been dead.

After a long while, she regained her strength. She listened to the movements outside and looked towards the beach through the window.

The black bear did not chase after her. It was wandering on the beach and finally stopped at the pile of fish, sniffing it, and then began to feast.

Yu Chujin’s brow furrowed. It wasn’t because the black bear had eaten the fish. The fish were already so smelly, so of course Yu Chujin wouldn’t want them anymore. The reason she was frowning was…

This stretch of beach was the large snake’s territory. No other animal had ever set foot here.

At least in the 77 days that Yu Chujin had been trapped, besides a non-threatening little sea lion that had once come, no other large creature had ever appeared nearby.

Animals have strict territorial boundaries. The large snake was the boss on the island. Naturally, no other animal would dare to set foot in the boss’s territory.

But today, a black bear had appeared, running rampant in the large snake’s territory.

From the current situation, it was not difficult to judge that the large snake had not just not come back tonight, but had not come back here for many days.

There was no smell of the large snake nearby, so other animals dared to come. And for the large snake’s smell to dissipate, at the very least, the large snake had not been here for a week.

Even longer.

The jacket was gone, and a black bear had come to the large snake’s territory. All of this pointed to one thing.

No matter how long Yu Chujin waited, the large snake would not come back.

Yu Chujin was unwilling. She started the yacht and circled the island.

The large snake had moved. Perhaps it had not moved far and was still on this island. Maybe it had just moved from the east side of the island to the west side. If she circled around, she might be able to find it.

She drove the yacht at a slow speed, observing and calling out “snake” from time to time.

She circled the island for a full three times and returned to the starting point again.

Yu Chujin glanced at the fuel gauge. There was not enough fuel to support her for a fourth circle. She had to leave enough fuel to return.

Even if there was enough fuel, it would not be of much practical significance to circle a fourth or fifth time.

Circling so many times was just holding on to a glimmer of hope, a glimmer of hope that it might still be on the island. After all, there were no other islands nearby. Even if it moved, where could it go? It couldn’t have gone to human society.

Yu Chujin sat on the deck, her head bowed, and sat in a daze for half an hour, not knowing what she was thinking.

She placed the wishing bottle on the ground and spun it with her finger. The wishing bottle spun a few times, slowly stopped, and finally came to a rest.

Yu Chujin sighed, and a forced smile appeared on her face.

Forget it. Maybe it was just not meant to be. She had looked for it, and if she couldn’t find it, she could only leave.

She had suddenly fallen onto this deserted island and had lived there for 77 days. It was her fate with the large snake. After 87 days of leaving and coming back, the large snake was gone. Perhaps this was the end of their fate.

People talk about fate, and so do people and animals. When fate is over, this is probably what it’s like.

Yu Chujin was inevitably a little sad, but she was also helpless.

All good things must come to an end.

“Let’s go back, let’s go back,” Yu Chujin sighed and shrugged, giving up.

Before leaving, Yu Chujin moved some of the food from the boat. This portion of food was what Yu Chujin had promised to buy for the large snake.

Several large bags of meat, several large bags of freshwater fish, and a large bag of lemons.

The meat was not fresh. To bring raw food to the island, it would take three days and three nights. If it was not frozen, it would have spoiled long ago.

So, it was not fresh meat, but frozen meat.

She didn’t know if the large snake was used to eating frozen meat, but whether it was used to it or not, it probably wouldn’t be able to eat it. The snake was gone, so it couldn’t eat it from a distance.

After confirming that the black bear was not nearby, Yu Chujin moved three times and placed the food next to the shelter.

It was also considered keeping a promise, not just making an empty one.

Yu Chujin patted the food she had left and muttered to herself.

“I’ve left the things for you. I’m leaving. Don’t make friends with humans in the future. If you want to make friends, make friends with your own kind.”

“People are not that good. They have too many tricks up their sleeves, and they leave without saying goodbye from time to time. In short, hide when you see people in the future.”

“Alright, I’m done. I’m leaving.”

It wasn’t easy to come here. She probably wouldn’t come again in the future.

She pressed the yacht’s start button, and with the “buzzing” of the engine, the water splashed underneath.

The yacht slowly sailed away.

At the same time, by the beach, a figure poked its head out and appeared in front of the pile of food that Yu Chujin had left.

It was the large snake.

It sniffed the food with its nose, then nudged it with its head, and at the same time, pressed it with its claws.

It opened its large mouth and bit into a piece of meat. The unfrozen meat was, strictly speaking, a block of ice.

With one bite, the large snake’s head shook from the cold.

Not delicious. It was a bad snake.

Its gaze fell on the lemons. It bit open the package and buried its head to eat the lemons.

With one bite, the juice burst out, and the large snake’s eyes instantly sparkled.

Delicious. It was a good snake.

In two bites, it had finished a large bag of lemons. As it ate, it observed the slowly departing yacht.

Seeing the yacht getting farther and farther away, the large snake became a little anxious. It looked at the pile of unpalatable frozen meat and was in a difficult position. In the end, it chose to dig a hole and bury the meat.

After dealing with these, the first thing it did was to jump into the sea and chase after the yacht.

The speed of the yacht might be fast in the eyes of humans, but in the eyes of the large snake, it was a large creature moving at a turtle’s pace.

It followed leisurely behind, its tail still coiled around the jacket, and from time to time, it would check the condition of the jacket.

Seeing a salmon swimming in front of it, its attention was instantly diverted.

Its eyes lit up. The first thing it did was to chase after it and bite the fish.

It caught it! It was the fish its mate liked to eat!

After being happy for two seconds, it thought of the days of being abandoned. Its large mouth turned down, and it snorted angrily.

It was very angry. It angrily and carefully swam to the back of the yacht and threw the fish on the boat.

Then it buried itself in the sea and hid.

With a smack.

Yu Chujin’s shoulder trembled in surprise. She turned to look at the source of the sound. It was the back of the boat. Had something climbed onto the boat?

Yu Chujin immediately stopped the boat, took the baton that was placed on the side, held it with both hands, and walked towards the back of the boat, on high alert.

Then she saw a live and kicking salmon, thrashing on the deck.

Yu Chujin was stunned. A fish had actively jumped onto the boat? Was it tired of swimming and wanted to hitch a ride?

Yu Chujin walked over, looked at the fish, then at the sea. The surface of the sea was calm, with only slight ripples.

Yu Chujin relaxed her grip on the baton and let out a long sigh of relief. That scared me to death. I thought it was something. It’s a good thing it’s just a fish.

The sea was endless. A person and a boat sailing in it. The slightest movement would make one feel extremely terrified.

A person sailing at sea did not feel good.

Yu Chujin kicked the fish off the boat and turned to continue driving the boat.

Before long, she heard another smack. That fish was back on the boat.

Yu Chujin was a little dazed. What was going on? Why did the fish keep jumping onto the boat?

She looked at the sea again. It was still calm, with nothing unusual.