Chapter 27: Monster p1
Drowsy and dizzy.
Yu Chujin once thought she might die on this deserted island.
To die silently like this. Perhaps in a few years, or even a few decades, someone would find her, find a her that had already weathered into white bones.
And no one would care who the owner of the white bones was.
Was her short 21 years of life going to end like this?
She was so feverish and delirious that her mind seemed to be thinking a lot, and yet it seemed to be thinking nothing at all.
Just as her consciousness was about to completely sink into darkness, just as she wanted to give up, she kept hearing a sound in her ear, similar to a baby learning to speak.
The voice was intermittent and muffled.
“You… are… great… you… are… amazing…”
The voice kept swirling in her ear, so noisy that it made her already drowsy and painful head hurt even more.
Who was it, making such a racket?
She struggled to open her eyes, and what came into view was a large green snake’s head.
An ordinary person would probably faint from fright if they saw such a huge snake’s head right in front of them, but Yu Chujin was clearly no longer an ordinary person.
After more than a month of getting along, Yu Chujin had somehow come to find the terrifying green snake pleasing to the eye and no longer found it so scary.
So the one who had been making a racket just now was the large snake.
But that made sense. Besides Yu Chujin, there was only the large snake on the deserted island.
After many days, the large snake had spoken again today. Although it spoke very slowly and muffledly, it was not difficult to tell if one listened carefully.
It was probably saying, “You’re great, you’re amazing.”
It was the phrase Yu Chujin often used to praise the snake.
Seeing that Yu Chujin had finally woken up, the large snake’s large eyes first lit up, then it let out a whimper, as if begging for something.
Yu Chujin couldn’t respond to it. She opened her eyes for a moment, then tiredly closed them again.
Seeing her close her eyes again, the large snake became anxious, and the muffled words came again, “You’re great, you’re amazing…”
Its tone was as if it were about to cry, accompanied by sobs.
Yu Chujin wanted to respond to it, but her eyelids were too heavy, so heavy that she didn’t even have the strength to open her eyes again.
The large snake nuzzled her face with its head. The cool snake seemed to be able to act as an ice pack, providing physical cooling.
During this period, the voice in her ear never stopped. The large snake kept repeating, “You’re great, you’re amazing.”
The large snake had said it countless times. Yu Chujin finally regained some consciousness and strength and slowly opened her eyes.
The large snake’s large head immediately appeared in front of her.
Yu Chujin’s voice was hoarse and weak, “What are you doing? You keep nagging. You don’t talk when I ask you to, and now that I don’t need you to talk, you keep bothering me.”
The response to her was the large snake’s sad “wuwu” sound.
The large snake was very stubborn and kept repeating, “You’re great, you’re amazing.”
Perhaps because it had said it countless times, it had become much more fluent when it said this sentence.
Yu Chujin touched her own forehead. It was still a little hot, but much better than at the beginning.
She was lucky to have survived. Of course, it was also thanks to the large snake constantly helping her to cool down with its body.
Besides using its body to cool down, it seemed she should also thank it for its constant nagging…
Yu Chujin turned over and lay flat, looking at the sky. She remembered that it was daytime before she fell asleep, but now it was already late at night, with stars twinkling in the night sky.
Hmm? Something wasn’t right. Wasn’t she sleeping in the shelter? Wasn’t there a triangular tent? How could she see the stars now?
Yu Chujin’s mind was sluggish for a long time before she slowly realized that her shelter was gone.
Her big shelter was gone!
How it was gone was self-evident. Yu Chujin looked at the large snake beside her.
“How could you wreck the house while I’m sick?” Yu Chujin’s throat was hoarse as she questioned the large snake weakly.
The large snake nuzzled her cheek and repeated, “You’re great, you’re amazing.”
Perhaps because it was difficult for it to speak, it had even shortened “You’re great, you’re amazing” to “You’re great, you’re amazing.”
“Why do you keep repeating this sentence? Are you showing off that you can speak human language?” As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly thought of something.
Perhaps the large snake wasn’t showing off that it could speak, but that it only knew this one sentence.
Because this sentence appeared with the highest frequency, it had learned it by imitation.
By the same token, the word “bad snake” also appeared with high frequency.
The last time it had said “bad snake” was because Yu Chujin had hit its tail, and it was particularly sad and angry, so it had called her a bad snake.
This time, Yu Chujin was sick and had walked through the gates of hell. It was anxious and worried, and it couldn’t say anything else, so it could only use “You’re great, you’re amazing” to encourage and comfort her.
Every time the large snake heard a compliment, it would be super happy. It thought that if it praised the two-legged creature, the two-legged creature would be happy, and maybe her illness would get better.
For this reason, while Yu Chujin was in a coma, the large snake had tirelessly repeated this sentence.
“You’re great, you’re amazing.”
“You’re amazing.”
Yu Chujin looked at the large snake trying hard to speak, her feelings a little complicated, and also a little moved.
“Alright, I’m fine. I’m already mostly recovered,” Yu Chujin comforted it and patted it.
It came closer and sniffed her. It could still feel Yu Chujin’s weakness, and it couldn’t help but let out a sad whimper.
Yu Chujin gently pushed it away, “Don’t worry, I’m really fine now.”
As she spoke, her gaze fell on the ground, and her eyes paused.
The sand was covered with things, placed by her feet, densely packed.
There were nectarines, coconuts, loquats, and wild strawberries.
They were all foods that Yu Chujin loved to eat, which the large snake had gone out to find while she was in a coma.
Besides these, there was also a dark mass on the ground.
She picked it up and saw that it was actually a wild chicken. The feathers had been cleaned, the entrails had been dealt with, and it was even cooked.
The only drawback was that it was overcooked, burnt, and had become a dark mass.
Not only that, but the iron can was also filled with water. She reached out to touch it, and it was still warm. It was boiled water.
It couldn’t be that she could get up and roast a chicken and boil water while she was sick, right?
The only explanation was, Yu Chujin looked at the large snake.
The large snake could also boil hot water and roast a wild chicken?
Yu Chujin looked at the things on the ground, then at the sad and worried large snake. A scene couldn’t help but appear in her mind:
The large snake busy, using its small claws to boil water and roast a wild chicken by the bonfire.
That scene…
Yu Chujin chuckled.
She picked up the roasted wild chicken, “Did you roast this for me?”
The large snake: “Wuwu.”
“Stop whimpering. I’m already fine. See, I can eat food now,” Yu Chujin took a bite of the wild chicken the large snake had roasted.
Just as she took a bite, her face turned pale. The burnt wild chicken tasted very bitter and was hard to swallow. Yu Chujin almost spat it out.
But when she met the large snake’s worried gaze, Yu Chujin urgently stopped herself from spitting it out, smiled, and forced herself to swallow it.
“See, I ate it. I can eat food now, which means I’m already fine.”
Just as she said she was fine, she started to cough again the next second.
“Cough, cough, cough…”
The large snake raised its head and whimpered non-stop.
Yu Chujin: “…”
She had wanted to eat a few more bites of the wild chicken to show that she was fine, but looking at the dark mass, Yu Chujin hesitated for two seconds and chose to give up.
Instead, she picked up the hot water on the side and took a sip. The water went down her throat, and a tickling sensation arose, making her cough again.
She coughed until her face was flushed.
The large snake came closer and licked her cheek.
Yu Chujin didn’t stop it. Instead, she hugged it tightly, “It’s so good to have you.”
This was the third time she had expressed this sentiment.
“When I was sick before, no one was with me. Later, I got Da Huang, and Da Huang was with me. And then it became you.”
“I don’t seem to have much of a connection with people, but I have a strong connection with you small and large animals.”
“Thank you for always being with me and for getting me so much delicious food.”
The ground was covered with food. Who knows how long the large snake had spent collecting all these things.
She hadn’t fully recovered from the fever, and her body was still uncomfortable. Yu Chujin wanted to lie back down and continue to rest, but looking at the pile of food on the ground, she felt that she couldn’t let the large snake down. She had to eat at least a little.
She wouldn’t eat the burnt wild chicken. That thing was really inedible. But she could eat some fruit.
There were quite a few choices: nectarines, coconuts, wild strawberries, and loquats, a total of four kinds.
Who would have thought that she could eat so many fruits on a deserted island, and they were all pure and natural, pollution-free fruits, several times more delicious than the fruits bought in the market.
Loquats have a throat-soothing effect. Eating them might make her throat feel a little better?