Chapter 7: Mysterious Man

Cannibals are something more terrifying than wild beasts. I said: "There must be people living on the island, but this island is so big, they must live in the mountains and forests of the island, and we won’t go there and won’t meet the aborigines. Don’t think about it. Stay for a few more days and once rescue arrives, then we can go back."

"I hope so." She prayed.

On the way, we dug three nests of sweet potatoes, which are almost twenty catties, enough for us to eat for five or six days. Back on the beach in front of the shack, I gave her the task of washing the sweet potatoes and went to collect dry wood by myself.

After all this busy work, it was already evening. Fortunately, the tropical day was long, and after the sun fell into the sea, it would not go dark for a while.

I suggested: "There is still some time now, you can go take a bath."

She nodded, stood up, looked down at me for a moment, and said, "Then don't leave here. You will go when I finish washing."

"No problem." I'm not so dirty that I want to peek at her in the shower.

After two steps, she didn't feel relieved and asked me to sit on the beach. She had to see me when she took a bath. I was thinking about getting rid of the rust on the spearhead. So I readily agreed, and went to the pile of rocks to found a stone back.

Sitting on the beach and starting to deal with the spearhead, I glanced at rocks and saw that she was still standing on a rock staring at me. I really don't know how worried I make her. Then I just immersed myself in doing my own thing.

I don't know how many years the spearhead has been buried on the ground. As soon as the rust on it rubs against the stone, it will drop slag down, pour a little water, and immediately turn green and black.

After removing all the rust on the blade, the tip of the spear was one size smaller, but it was replaced by a yellowish reddish copper color, as bright as new. The rust on the small cylinder under the blade is not so easy to clean up, I just processed it briefly.

When I was proud, I suddenly heard Li Wanxue's horrifying shout.

Turning my head and looking over, I saw a guy who was mostly naked and with leaves attached to his body jumped out of the woods and rushed directly into the rubble.

I never dreamed that the aborigines would appear so soon. Quickly rushed over with the spear and yelled. The guy turned his head to see me, hesitated for a moment, ran to a rock and patted his chest with a weird cry.

I suddenly felt a little timid. The aborigines were like wild people. They lived in the mountains and forests all the year round, and they were much stronger than me. I definitely can't beat him.

"Lu Fei, Lu Fei... Come on." Li Wanxue's head emerged from behind a rock and waved at me vigorously with crying.

Her shout greatly aroused my courage. I can't let an aboriginal take my woman away. I spread out and rush forward with full strides. When the distance was less than fifty meters, the guy turned his head and ran into the woods.

When I ran to the rock where he was standing, I saw a branch that fell to the ground. I picked it up and checked it, and I was surprised to find that it had just been folded down.

"Lu Fei, why don't you chase him?" Li Wanxue put on her clothes and walked to me and asked, still crying in her voice.

I didn't expect her to say that, without considering my safety at all.

"I just didn't know the where the guy comes from, how can I rush to chase him?" I raised the branch in my hand to show her: "But it should be clear now, that guy should not be an aboriginal."

"What do you mean? It's not an aboriginal, who else would it be?" She asked in surprise, not looking at the branch in my hand.

I explained: "You see, the branches were clearly just broken off. No matter how primitive the aborigines are, they wouldn't be able to fold the branches directly to cover their bodies. So I suspect that guy should have been a survivor after the plane crash. He found you and in order to intimidate you, he pretended to be an aboriginal."

"If this is the case, then we don't have to be afraid of him." Li Wanxue said: "Let's go into the woods and have a look. He must have left a lot of traces."

I nodded and took her hand and followed the footsteps that the man had left on the beach. Soon after entering the woods, I found more broken branches, but the guy was long gone.

Seeing that it was getting late, I led her back and folded a small tree on the way, intending to take it back to make a long handle for the spearhead.

Li Wanxue walked to the door of the shack, and while taking out the wild sweet potatoes from the inside, she said: "Lu Fei, I will bake the sweet potatoes tonight. You can do your own things."

Rather than being hardworking, she thinks roasting sweet potatoes is fun.

I started to trim the tree stick with the spearhead. With a spear, our safety can be greatly guaranteed in the future.

After the wild sweet potatoes were roasted, Li Wanxue used a stick to pull them out of the ashes one by one. Then she held her hands and looked at me with a smile on her face. I put away the finished spear, picked up a sweet potato and started peeling it. It was very hot.

"Lu Fei, if that person is really a survivor of an air crash, he will definitely come to us. Then we'd better ignore him. I don't think he is a good person."

I handed her the peeled wild sweet potato and took another one in my hand: "Anyway, we have to guard against that guy. We must never disclose our identity information to him, so that after being rescued back, that guy will harass you."