Chapter 18
He was stunned for a moment when spanked by the black snake, and his eyes immediately turned red.
Although he lived in poverty since childhood, his grandfather, who adopted him, treated him like a pearl, pampering and loving him, never uttering a harsh word. Now, as a grown-up, being taught a lesson by a snake for his own mistake was truly shameful.
Wan Zhong faced the wall and sniffled.
The black snake: “…”
Thinking it hurt him by slapping, the tip of its tail curled up and rubbed the red butts for him.
It was okay if the black snake didn’t coax him, but once it did, Wan Zhong’s shoulders trembled slightly, and he tilted his head, sobbing softly.
“Woo~”
The black snake: “!!!”
Its tail drew random circles in the air, and after a second of panic, it swooped out of the cave and disappeared.
“Woo~~~”
Looking back while crying, Wan Zhong saw that the black snake was no longer there. He hurriedly took off his dirty pants and top.
He first rinsed his mouth carefully with water, then chewed a few herbal leaves to clean his teeth. After ensuring his mouth was clean and hygienic, he chewed more herbal leaves and applied them to the injured area, beginning to drink water in stages.
Unsure if it would be useful, it was the best way he could think of to care for himself at the moment.
To avoid wound infection, Wan Zhong dared not do anything else, not even putting on clothes covered in mud.
Naked in the cool, dry ventilation of the cave entrance, he reflected in the excruciating pain.
He would never have dared to steal the white stone if he had thought about it more carefully.
The black snake had never had a serious fight with him, so he took a chance, thinking that if he could obtain the source of fire, it would be worth risking the black snake’s anger.
But he overlooked…
There was no doctor or medicine on the island, filled with dangers. Lacking survival skills in the wild, any mistake could be fatal. And that black snake knew far more than he did.
If he could have restrained his desire for the fire at that time, pondered why the black snake didn’t let him touch the white stone, and listened to its words, he might have avoided the dangerous situation at this moment.
Wan Zhong bit his lip, warning himself.
‘You must listen to the black snake in the future. You must learn to control your desires.’
Between gains and losses, he should always stay rational, learn to judge, and compare the pros and cons after careful consideration, not letting himself fall into a more serious crisis because of small losses.
Now, he only hoped the black snake would not be angry with him again.
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The black snake went somewhere unknown, and it wasn’t until noon the next day that it suddenly came back with a strange fish.
It seemed like a fish monster. It looked similar to the common carp but had no tail fin. Instead, it dragged a slippery, slender round tail, similar to a snake.
It stood erect on the ground, its tail covered with mottled patterns twisted and coiled together, looking terrifying and disgusting.
The black snake rolled up a dagger and gave it to him, the meaning self-evident.
Wan Zhong hurriedly hid behind it, shook his head randomly, and said, “No! I won’t eat this! I won’t eat this!”
The black snake narrowed its eyes, pressed him next to the strange fish, and insisted he eat.
Wan Zhong panicked! His eyes turned red as he resisted. Before he could repeat his old trick, the black snake flicked its tail and pulled out a towering tree more than twenty meters high for him to see.
Wan Zhong: “!!!”
Without saying a word, he quickly took the dagger and stabbed the strange fish through.
The black snake was very satisfied. It rolled up the dagger, sliced a thin piece of raw meat with bloodshot eyes on the strange fish, and stuffed it into his mouth with lightning speed.
Wan Zhong immediately put his hand on the ground, bent over, and stuck his neck: “Ouch~!”
The black snake lifted his chin with the tip of its tail, the dark vertical line in its green eyes carrying a cold threat: ‘Dare you spit it out?’
Wan Zhong shivered, inwardly screaming. He really wanted to point at the black snake’s nostrils and accuse it loudly: ‘Tyrant!’
But he was timid.
He didn’t dare.