"What?"
"You're a passenger of HA298-325, the plane that crashed?"
The sun was hung up high in the sky at noon with the blazing light passing through the grove that reflected on the ground, leaving mottled shadows. The sun shone down while the sea breeze gently blew. In the courtyard near the pool, three young people of different skin colors sat under the tree in the shade and conversed for the first time.
"Yes, I intended to head to the United States that day, but who would have thought… Sigh… I woke up here on this deserted island and until today, I have lived here for seven to eight days!" Xue Yue shook his head and sounded somewhat sad.
"Oh god, your fate is really miserable!" Helen said with a sympathetic expression. "HA298-325 had collided with an extraterrestrial meteorite over the western Pacific Ocean, causing the lives of more than 200 passengers and crew members to be lost. This has been extremely huge news in recent days!"
"However, as the plane directly exploded at high altitude, people thought that it was impossible for any passengers to have survived. As a result, neither China nor the United States has sent any search and rescue teams…"
"What? No search and rescue teams?" Xue Yue's expression changed. "If there are no search and rescue teams, then will I have to stay on this deserted island forever? This won't do. How can this be…"
"Xue Yue, don't worry!" Just then, the young man, Thomas faintly smiled. "Even though there are no search and rescue teams, it doesn't mean we can't go back!"
Xue Yue suddenly raised his head and looked up at Thomas as he asked, "What do you mean?"
"Hehe!" Thomas smiled proudly and a confident expression surfaced on his face. His tone of voice was also very arrogant. "There are no teams searching for you doesn't mean the same for me and Helen. We are different from you. Ha! As long as someone arrives, we can immediately leave this damned deserted island!"
"You mean to say, someone will come looking for you?" Xue Yue was somewhat surprised.
"Naturally. Our identities are different from yours. If you went missing, I reckon no one would care. But as for me and Helen…"
Helen slightly frowned and said in displeasure, "Thomas, can you not talk in such an arrogant tone? The three of us are left stranded on a deserted island and in the future, we will be friends, teammates who experienced a life and death circumstance. We should treat each other harmoniously. Not to mention, Xue Yue is our savior and you shouldn't look down on him!"
Thomas was somewhat unhappy. "Helen, I'm not looking down on him, but I was just explaining the facts. Besides, did I say anything wrong? He's only a Chinese kid that's stranded on this deserted island whereas both of us are noble…"
"That's enough!"
Before Thomas could finish his sentence, he had been interrupted by Helen, "Thomas, if you continue with your act, then don't talk to me anymore!"
After which, Helen stood up, pulled Xue Yue, and said, "Xue Yue, let's go. Ignore this arrogant guy!"
"You…"
Xue Yue was also somewhat displeased with the guy named Thomas. He had not even spoken two sentences and he was already on his high horse as if he was a notch higher than others!
As a result, Xue Yue followed Helen to the nearby pool while getting pulled by her.
"Helen took off her shoes and placed her pair of jade-like feet into the pool and cried out comfortably, "Ahhh~ So refreshing!"
And she said this sentence in accurate Mandarin!
Xue Yue was stunned and he asked, "You can speak Mandarin?"
Helen pursed her lips and hummed cutely. "Both my dad and grandfather are Chinese so what's wrong with me knowing how to speak Mandarin? Moreover, even though my family is in the United States, our lifestyle is completely based on Chinese traditions. We eat with chopsticks, we have fried dough sticks and beancurd for breakfast, noodles and dumplings for lunch… In short, I'm considered an American who grew up in a Chinese family!"
"No wonder I felt that you're somewhat different from those normal American girls!" Xue Yue nodded slightly. Even though they only knew each other for a short time, he came to realize that Helen was indeed different from normal Americans based on the short conversation they had. That type of inner personality was impossible to fake.
"Of course!" Helen said in a rather proud tone as she flapped her feet in the water, causing droplets of water to splash out.
Xue Yue and Helen were having a good talk near the pool while the expression on Thomas, who was seated under the tree, was overcast and jealousy surged forth within his eyes. In particular, when Helen shot him down for Xue Yue's sake, it made him very unhappy.
On usual occasions, Xue Yue was a quiet person who did not talk much. However, he had been alone on this deserted island for seven to eight days with no one to talk to, and now that he had encountered Helen, he became more talkative. The both of them happily conversed and unconsciously, the sun was already starting to set.
"Oh that's right, how did you two get captured by those barbarians? Moreover, why did they bring you here to this deserted island?" Xue Yue suddenly asked.
Having heard his question, a trace of lingering fear surfaced on Helen's face and she nibbled her lips and softly said, "Our summer vacation just started so Thomas and I, together with five classmates, had prepared to go on an adventure on a deserted island. However, we didn't expect to encounter a huge wave and our yacht was overturned. My classmates and I had no choice but to abandon the yacht and escape on a lifeboat!"
"What we never expected was to encounter a group of barbarians while we were drifting at sea. After which, we were captured by them and my other classmates had been eaten by them, leaving me and Thomas alone… Wuuu!"
While explaining their situation and mentioning the sad situation, Helen started sobbing again.
"You guys are honestly…"
Xue Yue shook his head and did not know what to say. A group of wealthy children who grew up in a greenhouse coming out on a dangerous adventure during summer vacation, but ended up in such a tragedy!
"Hey hey, don't cry!" Xue Yue hastily comforted her. "It's getting dark and I'll get something to eat. You and Thomas should stay here first!"
"Food?" Helen blankled out momentarily and looked at Xue Yue with a tear-stained face. It was only after a long time of hesitation before she nodded. That's right, she was currently on a deserted island and not her house where she would be clothed and fed with a wave of her hands. They had to find food to eat, otherwise they would go hungry.
Xue Yue smiled, stood up and walked into the cave and took out the long spear placed inside.
"Let me tag along!"
Just then, Thomas who had been sulking alone suddenly stood up with a gentle smile on his face.
"There's no need. You and Helen can stay here. The both of you just escaped danger and you should rest!" Xue Yue smiled and said.
"Haha, I'm feeling fine and not tired in the slightest!" Giving no chance to speak, Thomas snatched the spear from Xue Yue and took the lead to walk out.
"Xue Yue, will there be any danger here?" When Helen heard that both of them were leaving, she was instantly somewhat afraid.
"Don't worry. This place is very safe and there's not even a single bird here!" Xue Yue comforted.
"Alright then, then you guys should go and come back quickly!" Helen was relieved at Xue Yue's assurance.
"Ok!"
...
Xue Yue walked in front while Thomas walked behind him with the spear in his hands. The both of them quickly climbed up the slope and ascended one of the three mountain peaks on the other side of the valley. The mountain was not very high but it was similar to a primitive forest, and the trees were very lush.
Xue Yue had discovered the dodo bird in this very mountain forest!
"Xue Yue!" Thomas suddenly took the initiative and asked, "Isn't Helen very beautiful?"
"Yes she is!" Xue Yue was stunned by the sudden question, but he had answered honestly.
Helen was indeed an unreasonably beautiful mixed-blood beauty. At the very least, she was the most perfect woman he had ever seen and was tens or even a hundred times more beautiful than those celebrities. How should he explain her beauty?
She had perfectly inherited the excellent genes of the Chinese and Americans. Her white and delicate skin, valiant features were in line with the classical beauty of Chinese people. Moreover, she had a tall and elegant figure.
Her fair skin, prominent facial features, beautiful legs, and good figure was the perfect combination of two different lineages. An angel's appearance and devil's figure.
Xue Yue had not noticed it on the beach earlier on, but after Helen washed away the dirt on her face, she looked like an ugly duckling transforming into a swan. It was as if she had suddenly changed completely!
"Those group of barbarians honestly don't know the meaning of having tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex. To think that they were planning to eat such a beauty…" Xue Yue could not help but feel anger deep down.
A smile spread across Thomas's face and he said, " Haha, to tell you the truth, Helen is the beauty queen of our Stanford University. If her pursuers were to line up, they would wrap around the campus ten times! But Helen has never responded to any of those people."
"Oh, I'm somewhat surprised at that!" Xue Yue was indeed surprised. Ever since she met her, she had been very talkative and cheerful, and did not seem to be the kind of person who was arrogant.
"She's beautiful and she also has an amazing family background. I doubt you know of her family background, right?" Thomas added.
"I just got to know the both of you and naturally I have no idea. But you must come from a rich second generation or second generation of an official?" Xue Yue laughed as he questioned.
"Rich second generation? Second generation of an official?"
Thomas was slightly stunned and smiled soon after. "These two terms are very appropriate. Do you know? Amongst the numerous suitors of Helen, there are many rich second generations you mentioned. For example, the grandson of the seventh richest man in the world is one of them. There's also a second generation of an official, the son of the governor of California, Xiao Bulang."
Xue Yue was stunned.
What does other people chasing Helen have to do with him?
"That Xiao Bulang is very thick-skinned, thinking that he could win Helen's heart with a single luxury yacht." Thomas shook his head with disdain. "Isn't it just a luxury yacht worth 5.6 billion US dollars? Does he think he's chasing away beggars?"
Xue Yue frowned from what he was hearing.
"Xue Yue, what I said is right, isn't it? How is a single yacht worthy of a beauty like Helen?" Thomas asked with a smile on his face.
Xue Yue did not respond. He was not an idiot. Thomas explaining these things was because he wanted to tell him that Helen is not someone a poor and powerless person like him could pursue!
Therefore, you had better stay away from Helen!
"Thomas, I think you've made a mistake." Xue Yue thought it through and said, "We've only known each other for one to two hours: how could I possibly pursue Helen? You're too sensitive!"