Chapter 8 [First Night 03]

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APRIL 23, 2021~ 8ONI

Editor : Jue

The night on the island was very quiet, for people who used to live in the city, with all the hustle and bustle, suddenly facing such a difference, they were bound to feel uncomfortable.
Especially Fang Daichuan, his occupation forced him to work 24 hours a day, all year around, and when he got busy, he couldn’t even tell the difference between night and day.
Occasionally, when he had a few days off, he called his friends to drink and sing or play cards, since doing such entertainment and social activities were also a part of his daily work.

If he suddenly had a vacation on the island, Fang Daichuan would definitely sleep in his room for seven days and seven nights.
It was a pity this island was not a tourist attraction, but an abyss that devoured human lives.

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

The long table in the lobby on the first floor was full.

Li Sinian sat in the corner with his legs crossed and head lowered, while he was playing with his identity magnetic card.
The corner of the magnetic card was located between his hand and the tabletop.
Yang Song was sitting in the top position, grinding her nails.
Her mango-colored nails were now bitten because she was anxious.
The little lovers were still sitting together.

Fang Daichuan held the cardboard box while Ding Zihui distributed clothes and water to everyone.
It might seem a lot, but in fact they were not much.
Fang Daichuan only got three bottles of mineral water and two packs of compressed biscuits.
The girls got a little bit more, but it was still not enough to cover their meals for seven days and nights.

Four or five people did not come down, Fang Daichuan put their share in front of their empty seats.

A middle-aged uncle looked at the T-shirt assigned to him and looked down at his figure grimacing, and said, “The hospitality is not good, is there no larger size?”

This uncle looked like a successful person, even when he was only wearing a shirt and trousers, when he was solemn like that, he looked imposing.
He might have been a good-looker with a nice figure in his youthful times, but he was not young anymore.
It was a bit difficult to fit into this tight-fitting T-shirt.
Fang Daichuan remembered him, he was quite calm during the day.
Unlike the others, he did not seem to be easy to provoke.

“There is no large size, they are all the same size,” Li Sinian raised his eyelids and glanced at the man.
“You have to make do with it.”

The big boss didn’t move much during the day so his white shirt was clean, forget the blood stains, he didn’t even sweat, thus he didn’t need much clothes.
He looked around and looked at Yang Song who was sitting on the top: “Girl, what is your name?”

Yang Song was not in any mood, so she raised her head and uttered two words: “Yang Song.”

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“Oh, my name is Du Chaosheng,” Boss Du smiled slightly, with a shrewd look on his face, “Look, girl, we have to stay on this island for seven days.
You can’t change clothes only once for seven days.
Right? I can’t wear this shirt anyway.
How about I exchange it for a bottle of water with you?”

The little couple was cuddling tightly, but the boy looked up when he heard Boss Du say this.
Fang Daichuan was opposite him and saw it. How to explain the look in his eyes..
there was a kind of strange concentration and thinking.
When he found the box just now, the boy squatted on the ground and joked with him a few times.
He looked just like an ordinary person, he did not look like someone who was hostile to others.
He wouldn’t have guessed Boss Du’s role just by relying on what Boss Du said, right? Fang Daichuan guessed a terrible possibility.
He recalled what Boss Du said, but he didn’t have the slightest clue.

As a girl, Yang Song received more bottles of water and a packet of biscuits than men.
After hearing this, she looked up at the white T-shirt, sneered, and said to Boss Du, “I’m not sure if I can live for seven days and seven nights.
This deal is not good for me.”

Boss Du looked like he wanted to say more.
The little couple looked at each other when they heard the words.
The girl turned her head and said to Boss Du, “Then, shall we change it with you?” The pair shared their water together, which somehow made them look like they were planning to live and die together.

It turned out they just needed the shirt! Fang Daichuan was relieved. If these people actually had high IQ and were not in the same range with him at all, then this game was really impossible to play for him.

Boss Du was stunned for a moment but didn’t care much.
He pushed the shirt to the two of them, and said with a smile: “How do I call you two?”

The boy stuffed a bottle of water into the opponent’s hand, without raising his face, and said coldly: “Du Wei, her name is Chen Hui.”

The atmosphere in the lobby became a bit awkward.

Yang Song was bewildered and said coldly, “You need an extra set of clothes for seven days? What do you plan to do? Such a waste of clothes.”

Didn’t know what Chen Hui was thinking, but her face flushed, she looked up at Yang Song and retorted: “No! We thought Li Sinian’s idea was pretty good.
We thought of going around checking on the island.
We think we might not be able to come back early the next morning, so we need to prepare an extra piece of clothing.”

Yang Song pulled the corner of his mouth: “Yes, yes, that’s what you said.”

Chen Hui wanted to say more, but Du Wei next to her pulled her arm.

Sitting on the other side of the table was another middle-aged man, in his fifties, flinching and being unable to sit upright.
He was shorter than boss Du and he was clearly out of shape.
He came out anxiously, and his shirt was not properly buttoned.
His middle-aged spread was on the edge of the table, he was looking a little embarrassed.

“Neither do I, I can’t put it on either.
Look, can anyone trade with me?” The beer belly smiled and rubbed his bare forehead with a handkerchief as he spoke.

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No one cared about him.

Yang Song snorted, and took a sip of water.
The couples were getting tired, and Chen Hui tilted her head on Du Wei’s shoulder, holding his earlobe in her hand and whispered sweet words of love.

The beer belly put down his T-shirt.

Ding Zihui might be afraid of others coveting her things.
She picked up her share and smiled: “I will put these in the room first, Fang Daichuan, do you want to go back to the room to sleep?” She might be a little scared, so she wanted to encourage Fang Daichuan to go up too, so she had a companion.

Fang Daichuan glanced at Li Sinian.

Li Sinian chuckled: “She is asking you, why are you looking at me? Are you going to sleep with me tonight?”

Fang Daichuan instantly blushed.

The speaker was unintentional but the listener was willing.
Ding Zihui’s face turned red all of a sudden, she realized what she said just now was indeed a bit wrong, as if she was inviting others to sleep together.
She turned and ran up to the second floor quickly.

Li Sinian sat in the corner with his chin resting on his right hand, deep in thought.

Fang Daichuan watched the girl running up to the second floor from the back, sat down beside Li Sinian, resting his chin on the table.

“The blood on it hasn’t been cleaned yet.” Li Sinian glanced at him, mocking.

Fang Daichuan immediately sat up with a straight back, his expression was indescribable, a mix of disgust and fear.

Li Sinian chuckled and laughed: “I lied to you! It didn’t splash here.”

Fang Daichuan gave him a resentful look.

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“So what is everyone waiting for?” Fang Daichuan asked with a frown as he couldn’t understand the plot.

Li Sinian glanced upstairs and lightly smiled: “Waiting for a show.”

 “???” Fang Daichuan’s face showed a questioning look.
“What do you mean?”

As if responding to him, there was a scream coming from upstairs.

Hearing the girl’s voice, Fang Daichuan jumped up from his seat, and quickly ran up the stairs.

He met Ding Zihui at the end of the corridor on the second floor, and the girl slammed right into him.
The girl was so frightened that she screamed and waved her arms desperately in the air.
When she saw Fang Daichuan’s face, instead of feeling relieved, she fiercely struggled, wanting to get past him to escape downstairs.

“Calm down!” Fang Daichuan got hit several times by her.
With a frown between his eyebrows, he tried to calm her down and he said with a soothing voice, “Calm down, girl, what are you doing?”

Ding Zihui looked up at him blankly for two seconds, then looked back at the empty corridor.
The large French windows were open, the curtains were blown up by the wind, and one of the tassels on the corner of the curtains was lying in the dark corridor.
Her share of drinking water and biscuits were all over the floor, and the white T-shirt was thrown on the ground, looking as if a person was crawling.

The girl jerked and her body slowly softened, Fang Daichuan pressed against her and could feel the other side’s body muscles softening a little.
He hurriedly reached out to stop her, half-supporting, half-hugging, and pulled her to the corner.

“Want to… do you want to go down?” Fang Daichuan asked, “There is light downstairs, you might feel better.”

Ding Zihui waved his hand, broke free of his support, squeezing the brass handrail of the stairs with one hand and holding her leg with the other, her eyes warily fixed on his face.

Fang Daichuan raised his head and let out a sigh of relief, raised his hands reluctantly, and motioned: “Don’t be afraid, I won’t hurt you.
What happened to you?”

As he was talking, there was a sound from the stairs, Du Wei and Chen Hui ran up from downstairs.
After a while, Yang Song followed, probably because she felt it was more dangerous for her to be with three male strangers downstairs.
The girls helped Ding Zhui.
Seeing there were more people, Ding Zihui became slightly relaxed.

Yang Song looked impatient, but she still gave Ding Zihui a bottle of water, and unscrewed the bottle cap for her: “What happened?! What made you scream like that?”

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Fang Daichuan didn’t notice Ding Zihui’s hands were shaking.
Now that she was holding the water bottle, Fang Daichuan discovered her trembling hands as she spilled several sips of water, which made Yang Song feel distressed.

She stared blankly at the empty corridor, swallowed two sips of water  nervously, took a few deep breaths, and then said, “Just now, when I came upstairs, someone was hiding behind the curtain……” She pointed to the flying curtains, her face full of horror, and shuddered when she thought of what just happened, “I am not very sure, it felt like a needle pierced my arm.”

When she turned her arm, everyone saw a bright red scratch on her forearm.

Immediately there was silence.
Only the breathing of several people could be heard,  and someone swallowed their throat and gulped which caused a loud sound.

Yang Song trembled.
“Did you see who it was?”

Ding Zihui cried and shook her head: “No, I was so scared, I pulled my arms, turned around and ran away.
Will I die, am I going to die?! Who is the witch? Please, give me the antidote!”

Fang Daichuan’s chest felt tight.

Li Sinian’s voice came from below: “Don’t panic, let me see.”

Following him, Boss Du and the sweaty beer belly followed.
Everyone looked nervous.

Ding Zihui looked like she just saw a saviour and stretched out her arm to show it to Li Sinian.
Li Sinian leaned close and touched with his fingers to take a closer look.

The scar was very long, but very shallow, only scratching the outermost layer of skin and exuding some tiny blood beads.

“It’s okay,” Li Sinian took a closer look.
His skin temperature was very low, and Ding Zihui unconsciously shivered, “Nothing will happen without the injection.”

As he spoke, he pressed Fang Daichuan’s hand in a calm manner, and Fang Daichuan’s right hand was about to reach into his waist pocket.

(T/N: And here it is, the updated picture because now we know two more names)