"Don't you study abroad? I think you should just be called Li Haigui, so it's less trouble! You want to eat, right? Then earn it with labor!"
With that, I grabbed Li Degui by the collar and dragged him out of the cave.
Pan Lili stepped forward to stop me, but I casually pushed her aside.
Outside, I pointed at the cave entrance and said to Li Degui, "Today, you need to make a curtain for the cave. You eat when you finish!"
Li Degui, with some unknown strength, lunged at me. "Lu Ziye, you stinking security guard, what right do you have to order me around? I've disliked you for a long time, I'm going to kill you!"
I sneered. You, with your crippled body, think you can kill me?
Calmly, I sidestepped and kicked Li Degui away with a whip kick.
Li Degui cried out and fell to the ground, twitching a couple of times.
I stepped forward, grabbed Li Degui by the collar again, and dragged him towards the bamboo grove.
When we reached the bamboo grove, I saw Li Degui's clothes were torn by rocks, he had lost one shoe, and his face was covered in dirt, looking miserable.
I casually threw Li Degui to the ground and tossed a bamboo knife next to him. "Stop playing dead here and get to work!"
Li Degui grumbled on the ground, shouting, "You stinking gatekeeper, if I move an inch today, I'll take your surname!"
Seeing Li Degui's defiant attitude, I felt annoyed.
Li Degui, you truly don't know my power!
With a swift movement, I drew the alloy knife from my back and twirled it.
"Li Degui, I'll ask you one more time, are you going to work or not!"
Seeing the situation, Li Degui's face broke out in a cold sweat, but he stubbornly said, "I'm not working! If you dare, stab me!"
Seeing that Li Degui refused to cooperate, I stopped wasting my breath and immediately placed the alloy knife at his throat.
Li Degui, seeing that I was serious, immediately caved.
"No, no, no, Lu Ziye. Let's talk. I'll do it, I'll do it!"
He then picked up the bamboo knife tremblingly and started chopping bamboo with all his might.
This Li Degui is truly a coward!
I leaned on the alloy knife, found a large rock to lean against, and supervised Li Degui.
Li Degui, accustomed to idling his time away, had never done such physical labor as chopping bamboo.
Li Degui lost his grip and seemed to have pulled something in his back. He groaned for a long time, unable to straighten up.
"Li Degui, stop pretending to be sick! If you keep pretending, I'll personally cure your illness!"
Seeing Li Degui stop, I assumed the scoundrel was trying to slack off by feigning illness and threatened him.
Li Degui immediately got up, clutching his back, and started working again.
However, as he worked, he kept glaring at me with a look of resentment, as if he thought I wouldn't notice. His face was filled with malice, and he kept muttering something.
If I hadn't been watching him closely, he probably would have charged at me with the bamboo knife.
I felt a sense of disdain. A fellow like Li Degui, who could never accomplish anything and always messed things up, wouldn't dare retaliate against me even if he had the guts.
Even though I thought so, I secretly heightened my guard.
After all, treacherous people are hard to guard against!
Who knows what Li Degui might do.
After a while, seeing Li Degui diligently chopping bamboo, my thoughts drifted elsewhere.
For some reason, this island always gave me a strange feeling, as if it was missing something compared to my impression of islands.
I pondered for a long time. Without thinking, I looked up at the sky and suddenly discovered a blind spot I had overlooked.
On this island, except for the rabbit I encountered earlier, I hadn't seen any other animals!
I hadn't seen any birds flying in the sky either. Compared to the small islands I had seen before, this island was excessively quiet.
The more I thought about it, the more uneasy I felt. In the depths of my heart, I felt that some great crisis was slowly approaching us on this island.