When Beauty Meets Beasts

Chapter 195: Young Xing Chen

The boy finally woke up. Huanhuan was very happy.

She helped the boy sit up and asked, “How do you feel? Are you feeling unwell?”

He shook his head gently to show that he was fine. Then, he asked, “Did you save me?”

His voice was clear and pleasant.

Huanhuan smiled and said, “Yes, you were washed onto the beach, so I pulled you over.”

The boy said, “Thank you. You’re such a good person.”

Huanhuan was immediately labeled as a good person.

She looked at the boy’s obedient appearance and couldn’t help but reach out to touch his hair. His slightly curly gray short hair was a little messy. It felt unexpectedly good.

Her smile grew kinder. “Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?”

The boy was stunned by her touch.

This was the first time someone had touched his head, and it was in such an intimate manner too.

He lowered his eyes, his long lashes hiding his expression. “I’m not hungry.”

Huanhuan looked at his skinny appearance and thought that this child had not eaten for countless days. He must be extremely hungry, but he still insisted that he was not hungry. He must have deliberately lied because he knew that food was very rare and precious on this island.

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What a sensible child.

As if by magic, Huanhuan took out two big sweet fruits from behind her. “Eat them!”

The boy looked at the sweet fruits in her hand and was stunned again. “Why do you have these fruits?”

Huanhuan blinked and said mysteriously, “This is my secret. I can’t tell you.”

The boy knew better than to pursue the matter. He reached out with his slender hands and took the sweet fruits. Then, he ate them in small bites.

His cheeks were very small, even smaller than the sweet fruits in his hand. It made him look even more exquisite and cute.

Huanhuan thought that when her children grew up, they would definitely be as cute as him.

Thinking of the children, the longing in Huanhuan’s heart surged.

Sigh, she wondered how Bai Di, Shuang Yun, and Sang Ye were doing.

After eating the sweet fruits, the boy looked a little better.

Huanhuan said, “My name is Huanhuan. What’s yours? What’s your name?”

The young man replied softly, “My name is Xing Chen.”

“Xing Chen… What a nice name!”

The young man lowered his head slightly as if he were shy. “You have a nice name too.”

Huanhuan added some firewood to the fire and asked casually, “How did the sea wash you to this island? Where’s your family?”

Xing Chen looked at the burning flames and said softly, “We were shipwrecked. My family was killed. I was the only one who survived. I held onto the driftwood from what remained of the ship and drifted for a long time. Then, for some reason, the waves washed me here.”

At this, he looked up at the female in front of him, his amber eyes sparkling in the firelight.

“Fortunately, I met you. Otherwise, I would be on this island where no one knows by myself.”

Huanhuan smiled. “Like you, I was washed to the island by the sea. It’s fate that we met. It’s only right that we help each other.”

Xing Chen said seriously, “You’re a good person.”

This was the second time she was complimented to be a good person tonight. Huanhuan smiled noncommittally and asked, “Do you know where we are?”

Xing Chen shook his head. “I don’t.”

“Surely you know the name of this sea?”

Xing Chen was silent for a moment before slowly saying, “This is the Sea of Illusions.”

Huanhuan looked confused. She had never heard of this place.

The system thoughtfully explained it to her.

“The Sea of Illusions is the legendary Dead Sea. It’s said that this is the place where life ends. Any living creature who enters this place will only die.”

Huanhuan couldn’t help but feel sad for her luck.

Out of so many places, the system had randomly teleported her to this terrifying place. She was too unlucky!

The words ‘Sea of Illusions’ made them both fall silent. The atmosphere became heavy.

In the end, Huanhuan was the first to break the silence.

“Who said that there can’t be living things here? Aren’t you and I alive and well? And those bamboos are also alive and well!” Huanhuan pointed at the bamboo forest in the distance. “We’ll definitely find a way to leave this damn place!”

When Xing Chen saw the bamboo forest, his amber eyes widened.

He had never seen any plants in this place. Whatever was planted in this land would eventually die.

This was the first time he had seen a plant survive here.

Xing Chen couldn’t help but stand up and walk toward the bamboo forest.

Although it was night, the stars in the sky were very bright. The starlight fell on the sea and formed layers of light. The entire island was illuminated. Even without a torch, one could see the road clearly.

However, Huanhuan was still worried that Xing Chen would fall. His body looked too thin, as if a gust of wind could blow it away.

She quickly followed and grabbed Xing Chen’s wrist. “Walk slower. Don’t fall.”

Xing Chen took the opportunity to slow down. He glanced at her hand, which was holding his. He wasn’t used to it, but he didn’t shake it off.

The bamboo was not fully grown yet and was not even as tall as Huanhuan’s chest. However, on this barren land, it could be considered a green miracle!

Xing Chen reached out and carefully touched the bamboo. His amber eyes flickered with a complicated light.

“It’s green. It looks so good…”

Huanhuan nodded in agreement. “The bamboo will look even better once it’s all grown.”

In the following days, Xing Chen would run to the bamboo forest almost every day. He seemed to care more about the growth of the bamboo than Huanhuan.

Seeing that he liked the bamboo so much, Huanhuan brought him to water them.

When Bai Di and the others learned that Huanhuan was short of fresh water, they filled many barrels of fresh water and put them into the shared ring space.

Ever since she had the help of Bai Di and the others, Huanhuan no longer had to laboriously distill fresh water every day.

Not only could she drink and shower without any worries, but she could also water the bamboo forest with this water.

Previously, when Huanhuan was alone, she had no qualms about taking things from the space. Now that she had Xing Chen, she would hide before retrieving anything. Although Xing Chen would be suspicious of where she got the supplies, she still felt that it would be better to hide it.

Ahem, she was just deceiving herself.

Xing Chen’s figure was thin and slender. Huanhuan did not dare to let him do too much work. Every time, she was in charge of carrying the wooden bucket filled with water to the bamboo forest. She would only hand it to Xing Chen to water the bamboo.

He showed a great deal of enthusiasm for the work, carefully watering each bamboo plant evenly.

The bamboo grew visibly into a dense bamboo forest.

Huanhuan rubbed her hands in excitement. She could finally make bamboo rafts!