Chapter 3: Indirect Contact

Two days ago, the ship that met with the accident carried thousands of people. Besides the teachers and students from Jianghai University, there were also other tourists and teachers and students from other universities.

Liu Qing knew that Chu Yang must have been stranded on this deserted island after the cruise ship accident, just like her. What surprised her was that Chu Yang was also a student from Jianghai University.

The next moment, Liu Qing sized up Chu Yang from head to toe. "Which department are you from?"

"The Computer Science Department!" Chu Yang replied.

"The same department as me? How come I've never seen you before?" Liu Qing was even more astonished.

It was too much of a coincidence. Not only were they from the same university, but also from the same department.

"There are hundreds of students in the Computer Science Department. It's normal that you haven't seen me!" Chu Yang smiled and answered casually.

Liu Qing nodded.

Indeed, each department in their university had at least several hundred students. Although it was possible to have seen someone before, it was impossible to know every single student.

"Maybe this is fate. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Chu Yang!" Chu Yang continued looking at Liu Qing.

Liu Qing nodded politely at Chu Yang. "My name is..."

"I know you. You're Liu Qing, the goddess of our Computer Science Department, the dream goddess in many people's hearts. I..." Chu Yang interrupted Liu Qing's self-introduction. But halfway through, he quickly swallowed his words back.

He lowered his head somewhat sheepishly, thinking to himself how lucky he was. He had almost blurted out that she was also the goddess in his heart.

"Huh?" Liu Qing had been listening carefully to what Chu Yang was saying. When she heard Chu Yang mention her name, her guard dropped a great deal.

Now she was sure that Chu Yang was indeed from the same department as her; otherwise, he couldn't have known her name.

"What were you going to say just now?" Suddenly, Liu Qing remembered that Chu Yang seemed to have something unfinished to say.

"I..." Hearing Liu Qing's follow-up question, Chu Yang felt a bit embarrassed.

"I was going to say that I also think you're very beautiful, even more beautiful than those stars!" After a few seconds, Chu Yang smiled and complimented her.

"Flirtatious!" Liu Qing glared at Chu Yang with her beautiful eyes.

However, a hint of surprise flashed across her face.

Obviously, Liu Qing was very pleased with Chu Yang's compliment.

"By the way, have you seen anyone else since you came to this deserted island?" Half a moment later, the surprise on Liu Qing's face disappeared, and she asked Chu Yang seriously.

This was what Liu Qing wanted to know most.

Now stranded on this unknown deserted island, the top priority was to find a way to leave. If there were other people on the island, they could brainstorm together.

"No. When I pulled you out of the sea, I had actually just arrived on this deserted island not long ago!" Chu Yang shook his head.

Hearing Chu Yang's words, a look of disappointment appeared on Liu Qing's face.

This situation meant that there were only the two of them on this deserted island.

"Don't worry. We'll definitely be able to leave here. There were thousands of people on the cruise ship. After such a big accident, the rescue team will surely come soon," Chu Yang said, trying to comfort Liu Qing.

In fact, he was also boosting his own morale and comforting himself.

Liu Qing wanted to leave this unknown deserted island, and he did too.

The most important thing now was not to give up. Even if there was only a glimmer of hope, they had to persevere.

"I hope so!" Liu Qing nodded.

"Gurgle, gurgle..." After Liu Qing finished speaking, her stomach made a series of hunger sounds.

Liu Qing looked at Chu Yang awkwardly.

Chu Yang smiled indifferently. Liu Qing must be in the same situation as him; she hadn't eaten anything for a whole day either.

"I picked up a ripe coconut just now. Have some to replenish your fluids first," Chu Yang said. He picked up a stone and poked a hole in the slightly blackened coconut before handing it to Liu Qing.

Originally, Chu Yang had planned to climb up the coconut tree to pick some coconuts to replenish fluids. But the coconut trees here were too tall, and now Chu Yang was a bit exhausted.

Fortunately, there were many ripe coconuts that had fallen under the coconut tree.

So Chu Yang chose one that was intact and in good condition.

"Thank you!" Liu Qing didn't hesitate to take the coconut and gulped it down thirstily.

Liu Qing drank most of the coconut water in one go, and the dry feeling in her mouth and throat immediately improved a lot.

Although she was still hungry and thirsty, Liu Qing knew the current situation and that Chu Yang's situation was probably similar to hers.

The next moment, Liu Qing handed the coconut to Chu Yang. "Finish the rest!"

Chu Yang swallowed his saliva and downed the remaining coconut water in big gulps.

In his thirst, Chu Yang didn't really taste what the coconut water tasted like. But after drinking it, he instantly felt relaxed, as if several heavy objects had been removed from his body.

"Hoo, that feels great!" Chu Yang took a deep breath.

But at this moment, Chu Yang glanced sideways and noticed that Liu Qing's face was flushed, even her fair neck.

"Are you okay?" Chu Yang immediately thought that maybe there was something wrong with the coconut water and quickly asked.

"No, I'm fine!" Liu Qing replied with her head down, looking a bit flustered. Her gaze intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the coconut in Chu Yang's hand several times.

Chu Yang was a bit puzzled.

"Huh?" But the next moment, Chu Yang seemed to realize something and shuddered.

He looked at the coconut in his hand and then at Liu Qing's shy appearance, and suddenly understood.

This coconut only had one hole poked in it. Liu Qing had drunk from it and then handed it to him. He had drunk from the same hole. Wasn't that an indirect...

"I forgot for a moment that you had drunk from this hole. I didn't mean to!" Chu Yang quickly explained to Liu Qing.

His heart was pounding like a drum.

The goddess of their department was right in front of him. Thinking about the indirect contact he had just had with her, how could Chu Yang stay calm.

It would have been okay if Chu Yang hadn't explained, but once he fully explained the situation, the blush on Liu Qing's face deepened, and she lowered her head even more.

For a moment, the atmosphere became a bit awkward.

"Um, I'll go get some food!" Chu Yang also felt a bit embarrassed and hurriedly got up and walked over to the pile of dry firewood he had dragged back earlier.

He quickly started bustling about on his own.

Picking up a relatively sharp stone, Chu Yang split a piece of dry firewood that was about as thick as an arm and somewhat rotten and porous.

The middle of this dry firewood was hollow. After splitting it open, a series of white things shaped like large peanuts were revealed.

Chu Yang collected these white things one by one.

Then, Chu Yang used the same method to split several more pieces of dry firewood and collected about twenty or thirty of these peanut-shaped white things.

Turning back to the fire, he put the white things on the ground and then found a large stone to put in the middle of the fire to dry-roast.

There were no pots or pans here, so they had to use this large stone as a substitute.

"What are these things?" Although Liu Qing was still a bit embarrassed facing Chu Yang after the earlier incident, she knew the current situation and was curious about the white things.

"These are our dinner tonight, and also a delicacy!" Chu Yang glanced at Liu Qing and didn't describe in detail, leaving a cliffhanger.

"A delicious meal?" Liu Qing was even more curious but full of disbelief.

On this deserted island where there was nothing, just filling their stomachs was a problem, let alone having delicious food.

"Haven't you heard that high-end and delicious food often only requires the simplest cooking methods?" Chu Yang said confidently.

Looking at the stone in the fire that was starting to glow, Chu Yang thought it was about time. He placed the white things in the center of the stone.

"Sizzle..." Soon, sizzling sounds came from the stone.

A smell of roasted meat soon spread around.

When Liu Qing smelled this roasted meat smell, her eyes lit up. But the next moment, when she shifted her gaze to the stone in the fire, Liu Qing was horrified.

"This... These are bugs!"