As I was wondering, Xia Liuli spoke.
"Pan Lili, who was here before, seemed to hear something happening at the cave entrance. She ran out in a hurry and never returned."
Damn, this Pan Lili couldn't do much else.
She was certainly fast at running!
I angrily punched the wall, but it was fine, the objective of this trip had been achieved.
Having killed that beast Li Degui, the little Pan Lili wouldn't cause much trouble. I could deal with her later if I ever met her again.
I was no longer upset, and instead felt a bit happy.
With Li Degui and his group dead, all the supplies in the cave were now mine.
I called Su Yunran and Xia Liuli to clean up the spoils. I had to admit, Li Degui's group was quite capable of collecting supplies.
As I rummaged through, I found it strange that there were so few things. The bear meat that Pan Lili had stolen from us earlier had also disappeared.
I asked in confusion, "Sister Ran, did Li Degui and his group only manage to save this much?"
Su Yunran frowned, then after thinking for a moment, suddenly had a realization and pulled me towards the outside of the cave.
He pulled a gun at the entrance. I thought he was just lifting the dry grass covering a trap, but underneath was a pile of bear meat!
This bastard actually had some sense, knowing to hide his food.
But now this food had returned to its rightful owner!
With this food, we wouldn't have to worry about filling our stomachs for a while, and we could plan a way to escape this island.
This place is not suitable for lingering!
The smell of blood from Li Degui's corpse would surely attract wild beasts, so we had to hurry and leave!
As I was contemplating, my gaze fell upon Xu Jiaojiao.
Xu Jiaojiao, who had been unconscious on the ground, slowly woke up and, seeing me looking at her, screamed in fright and begged for mercy.
"Brother Ye, they forced me to do it. Don't kill me, please let me go!" She then turned to Su Yunran, "Sister Ran, please plead for me, I don't want to die!"
Su Yunran looked at Xu Jiaojiao with some disdain and whispered in my ear, "This Xu Jiaojiao isn't inherently bad, just a fence-sitter. Why don't we spare her life?"
I nodded at Su Yunran's words.
We were severely short on manpower right now. Keeping Xu Jiaojiao alive would mean one more person to help out.
So I said indifferently to Xu Jiaojiao, "I'm in a good mood right now, so I'll spare your life. But from now on, you have to follow us and work for me. Do you understand!"
Hearing my words, Xu Jiaojiao immediately breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed onto the ground.
I kicked her to get her to collect the bear meat.
After that, I packed up the dried meat from outside the cave and some herbs from inside, along with some pots and pans, and then the three of us returned with our bounty.
When we got back to our cave, Luo Yaqin and Shangguan Yao were just coming out.
As soon as Shangguan Yao saw me covered in blood, she was startled. Then she saw the two people behind me, and her expression instantly turned grim.
"Lu Ziye, you really are capable, managing to bring back two girls on a single outing. I really underestimated you."
Before I could even speak, Su Yunran behind me retorted, "Oh my, isn't this President Shangguan from the company? Don't you usually love to dress up? How did you become so disheveled on this deserted island?"
I thought to myself, this is bad!
Back at the company, Shangguan Yao and Su Yunran couldn't stand each other. Although Shangguan Yao was the president, Su Yunran had powerful backing in the head office.
Therefore, during meetings, the two would always confront each other, neither willing to back down. They were a notorious pair of rivals in the company.
The two of them exchanged barbs, and the scene immediately became heated.
Hearing the commotion at the entrance, Guan Haier also ran out from the cave.
Seeing me covered in blood, she immediately panicked, "Brother Ye, what happened to you! Where are you injured!"
Xia Liuli, who had been silent all the way, suddenly tugged my arm and whispered, "Brother, can I call you Brother Ye too?"
Guan Haier then saw the little girl behind me and looked at her with a hint of defensiveness.
"Brother Ye, who is she?"
Xia Liuli seemed frightened by Guan Haier's questioning, and pitifully hid behind me.
"Did I do something wrong? Did I anger this sister? It's all my fault."
Hearing Xia Liuli's words, Guan Haier's face immediately turned red with anger, and she lunged to grab Xia Liuli from behind me to confront her.
I felt like I was going to die of distress.
They say three women make a noisy gathering, and now there are five women, enough to form a mahjong table, with a referee added.
I was exasperated and had to try and placate the women.
"Can you all be quiet for a moment? We can discuss things after we get back to the cave."
Hearing my words, Luo Yaqin's temper flared, and she said sarcastically, "Oh, oh, oh, are you getting upset after just a few words? It's true that the new arrivals make you forget the old."
I covered my forehead. Why was this elder sister joining in the fun?
The scene became increasingly heated. Guan Haier and Xia Liuli chattered around me, while on the other side, Shangguan Yao was being verbally attacked by Su Yunran to the point of panting, appearing as if they were about to fight.
Luo Yaqin, however, remained quite calm, only crossing her arms and occasionally making sarcastic remarks. Xu Jiaojiao stood awkwardly behind me, holding the items.
Just as chaos erupted, Qu Xiangyun walked out of the cave, glanced at me, and said to everyone, "Alright, what are you all doing? Can't you see Lu Ziye is still holding things? Hurry inside, and we can talk about anything in there."
Qu Xiangyun's arrival was perfectly timed!
She was an angel!
I quickly took advantage of Qu Xiangyun's words and said, "You guys sort out these things I brought back. I'm sticky all over, I'm going to take a bath in the stream first."
Saying that, I didn't wait for anyone's reaction, quickly put down the things in my hands, and escaped.