Stranded on a Deserted Island and Entangled by a Green Snake 17

Chapter 17: Whimpering

Yu Chujin’s hands trembled with nervousness.

Steady, steady. Victory is at hand.

The white smoke grew thicker. Seeing a flicker of fire, Yu Chujin quickly put down the glass bottle, lay down, leaned close to the tinder, and blew on it.

“Hoo…” She didn’t dare to blow too hard, but gently and slowly, for fear of extinguishing the spark she had worked so hard to create.

“Hoo… hoo… hoo.”

The white smoke grew heavier, and a flame flickered in the center of the tinder. Yu Chujin seized the opportunity and blew harder.

Poof.

The flame shot up, and the entire tinder was ignited.

!

Success!!

After two seconds of excitement, she quickly calmed down, hurriedly lit the dry grass she had placed on the side, and then arranged the firewood on top.

The firewood was arranged in a triangle, leaving a hollow space underneath. This arrangement helped the fire to burn.

She squatted on the side, the firelight illuminating her face. She carefully observed the burning of the fire until she was sure it would not go out halfway. Only then did her suspended heart finally settle.

Watching the fire grow stronger and stronger, Yu Chujin stood up, put her hands on her hips, and the corners of her mouth gradually widened into a grin. Finally, she burst out laughing.

“Hahahaha.”

“Hahahaha!”

As she laughed, she even started to jump up and down. She finally had fire. She could finally stop eating raw meat. She could finally live like a human being.

Finally, finally!!

The large snake slithered to her side, tilted its large head, and looked curiously at the laughing Yu Chujin, then curiously at the leaping flames.

Yu Chujin’s laughter came to an abrupt halt.

She reacted instantly, standing between the large snake and the fire, “Don’t you dare touch my fire!”

This husky-snake, Yu Chujin was afraid it would cause trouble. This was the fire she had worked so hard to start. She wasn’t even confident that if the fire went out this time, she would be able to start it again.

The process of starting the fire was too arduous, so arduous that Yu Chujin didn’t think she could easily start it a second time.

“Go away, go away. Don’t come near my fire.”

Yu Chujin loudly shooed the large snake away.

The large snake, which had done nothing, was inexplicably scolded. The small ears on its head drooped, its mouth turned down, and it looked extremely aggrieved.

The large snake was driven away. It slithered to a tree not far away, its claws on the trunk, and began to scratch the trunk in grievance.

“Crack, crack.”

The sound of its claws scratching the tree was particularly loud, as if it were expressing its dissatisfaction in this way.

Yu Chujin didn’t care about that. After confirming that the large snake would not come over to cause trouble again, she continued to add firewood to the fire with peace of mind.

As she added firewood, she looked back at the silly snake scratching the tree.

Seeing her look over, the large snake stopped scratching the tree. Its eyes lit up, and it blinked, full of expectation.

Yu Chujin looked at the fire behind her, then at the large snake, her face showing confusion. This large creature didn’t seem to be afraid of fire.

Shouldn’t all animals be afraid of fire? Why wasn’t it afraid? So strange.

Strange, but not strange. Because the strange points of this snake were not limited to this. There was nothing about it that wasn’t strange.

Both its personality and appearance were strange.

It was a good thing it lived on a deserted island. If it lived in a place frequented by humans, it would definitely be captured for research.

“Fire, aren’t you afraid of it?” Yu Chujin pointed at the fire.

“Hiss hiss.” The large snake grinned, showing its large white teeth.

Yu Chujin raised an eyebrow, “It seems you’re really not afraid. Have you seen fire before?”

The large snake’s small ears twitched. It was seriously trying to figure out what the two-legged creature was saying. After trying for a long time, it couldn’t figure it out and continued to grin foolishly, showing its large white teeth.

“Since you’re not afraid of fire and you’re not going to cause trouble, then come over,” Yu Chujin beckoned to it.

It understood the beckoning gesture and immediately came over happily.

“You don’t hold a grudge. I just drove you away, and you were so aggrieved. Now I’m asking you to come back, and you came over without a word,” Yu Chujin patted its head.

“Look at me talking. I used to hit you before. Just now, I only drove you away and didn’t hit you. How is that not me becoming gentler?”

The large snake strongly agreed with her words and leaned over, asking for more pats.

Yu Chujin chuckled, “What a silly snake.”

The fire had been started. Yu Chujin had no time to play with the snake. Her gaze fell precisely on the half of the wild boar that the large snake had left over from yesterday.

Meat, meat. She could eat meat.

She jogged over.

The clingy large snake also followed.

There was no way to preserve food on the deserted island. Yesterday, Yu Chujin was afraid the wild boar would spoil, so she had tied a rope to it and thrown it into the sea, using the low temperature of the seawater to preserve it.

“Help me pull the wild boar up, just like you helped me throw it down yesterday. There’s a rope here. Just bite it and pull it up.”

Yu Chujin pointed at the wild boar in the sea, then stuffed the rope into its mouth, ordering the large snake around with righteous indignation.

The large snake understood her meaning, bit the rope, and easily dragged the wild boar out of the water.

Yu Chujin patted its head and gave a thumbs-up, “You’re great, you’re amazing.”

She had to praise it when it was time to praise it. Otherwise, how could she command it next time? Yu Chujin’s little abacus was working well.

The large snake was cheerful, shaking its head, its tail wagging, full of joy after being praised.

Yu Chujin walked up to the wild boar, squatted down, and sniffed.

A strong smell of blood, accompanied by the unique gamey smell of wild boar, made her feel nauseous.

But it probably hadn’t spoiled. There was no smell of rot. It was probably still edible.

Yu Chujin wanted to cut a piece of meat from the wild boar. The thigh meat was very good, all lean meat. She liked to eat lean meat.

Without a knife, it was not an easy task to get a piece of meat from a wild boar. But, she had the large snake.

Yu Chujin once again ordered the large snake around with righteous indignation.

“Here, see? Help me get a piece of meat from here. Use your mouth to bite it off for me.”

After saying that, she shook her head, “No, no, no. If you bite it with your mouth, it will be all your saliva, so dirty. Use your claws. Your claws are also very sharp.”

Not only was she ordering it around, but she was also being picky. It was a good thing the large snake couldn’t understand. Otherwise, it probably wouldn’t even bother with her.

“Why aren’t you moving? Your claws, help me cut a piece of meat.” She spoke and gestured.

The large snake blinked its innocent eyes.

This creature was starting to not understand again.

Yu Chujin directly grabbed its claw.

The large snake: “Hiss hiss.”

Yu Chujin: “What are you hissing about? I’m just borrowing your claw to cut a piece of meat. Don’t be so stingy.”

The large snake: “Hiss hiss.”

She dragged its claw to cut the wild boar, not caring whether the large snake was willing or not.

The claws were very sharp, better than a knife. With a few casual swipes, a complete piece of wild boar leg meat was cut off.

After cutting the meat, she let go of its claw. The large snake was free. It quickly tucked its claw away, hiding it, for fear that Yu Chujin would grab it again.

“You’re even tucking it away. Tsk, look at how stingy you are.”

“Hiss hiss!”

The tone of this hiss was angry. Yu Chujin rubbed her nose and pretended that nothing had happened, carrying the large piece of cut leg meat away.

First, she went to the seaside to wash it clean, then she found a branch to skewer the leg meat, and finally, she ran back to the bonfire and began to roast it.

During the roasting process, Yu Chujin swallowed her saliva the whole time.

After eating fruits for so many days, she was both hungry and greedy. It was a good thing she had started a fire today. If not, she might really have had to gnaw on raw meat.

The large snake had come to her side at some point and was trying to get the two-legged creature’s attention, poking her with its tail from time to time.

Yu Chujin clicked her tongue, “If you have something to say, say it. I’m busy. Can’t you see I’m roasting meat?”

“Hiss hiss.”

The large snake couldn’t speak, so it couldn’t say what it wanted to say.

Yu Chujin didn’t care and continued to roast the meat seriously. Her heart and eyes were now full of this piece of meat, and she wished it would be cooked and she could eat it in the next second.

The large snake poked her with its tail again and let out an anxious “hiss.”

Yu Chujin had to pause her roasting and turned to look at it.

She wanted to see what this snake was up to. It had been “whimpering” on the side ever since she started roasting the meat.

Seeing that the two-legged creature had finally looked over, the large snake excitedly raised its claw to show her.

“What?”

The large snake shot over to the wild boar’s carcass with a whoosh, swiped at the wild boar with its claw, and then shot back with a whoosh.

After coming back, it stood in front of her, looking at her eagerly and expectantly.

Yu Chujin scratched her head, “What? What are you trying to say?”

The large snake was so anxious it stomped its claws.

Yu Chujin was full of question marks.