Chapter 102: Fruit (2)

Luo Nuanfeng shook his head. He got down from the tree and handed one to Ye Xi as he said, “I dunno, but it should be edible. It also smells pretty good.”

Ye Xi didn’t accept it and instead responded back, “Why don’t you take a bite first?”

Nan Gonghai, who had also come down from the tree, voiced out his opinion, “Better to die from poison than starvation, right?”

Then, he raised the freshly picked fruit in his hand and took a bite. While he was still chewing the fruit, he continued, “It’s a bit sour, but mostly sweet. Should be edible to eat.”

Having seen this, Ye Xi took the fruit from Luo Nuanfeng’s hand.

The fruit was green and a little smaller compared to her palm. It didn’t look unusual and looked quite edible.

Ye Xi took a bite. Sweet? Did you say sweet?! It’s all sour! With how numb her mouth was from the taste, she reckoned she wouldn’t even be able to bite down on tofu at this moment.

However, she kept a straight face on and was silent for a moment. She then swallowed the fruit and squeezed out a smile. “It’s really sweet and tasty! I’m going to go pick a few more, who wants some?”

Because Ding Xiuxiu had been mad with hunger since a while ago. She was the first one to exclaim out, “Me! I want one!”

Ye Xi turned around and gave her a reassuring smile before handing the half-eaten fruit to Nan Gonghai, she motioned for him to help her out a little. Nan Gonghai was just about to reach for it when Wei Shenglan suddenly snatched it from Ye Xi’s palm.

She didn’t really care who took it, seeing as she wouldn’t take another bite anyways. After climbing up the tree, she realized that the fruit she had just eaten weren’t from this specific tree, but rather from another tree that grew alternately with it. Since they were nearly fused together, it was a bit difficult to tell.

Ye Xi observed the tree for a little while before finally picking out a few fruits. After coming down from the tree, she handed them to Ding Xiuxiu.

Ding Xiuxiu couldn’t wait for another moment, she quickly took one and munched on it. Suddenly, her face went stiff.

The sourness hit her so abruptly that by the time she reacted, her entire face was distorting.

The others who were also planning to take one suddenly hesitated.

Ding Xiuxiu now understood what Ye Xi was trying to do. With much difficulty, she forced out a smile. “It’s really delicious! Too delicious! I’ve never eaten such a delicious fruit in my life!”

If there weren’t any tears in her eyes, her words may have actually been credible.

However, even though everyone knew it was a lie, the greatest temptation to a boy was curiosity. And so, Wei Shenglan and the others still took one and carefully tried a bite.

The result was an entire circle of bitter faces.

Suddenly, Ye Xi had a realization. She said, “I think these are unripe plums.”

Nobody here really knew what immature plums looked like, but that wasn’t really important. They all just nodded casually at her words.

Luo Nuanfeng spoke up, “Why did you guys come looking for us?”

After hearing this, both Wei Shenglan and Ding Xiuxiu looked at Ye Xi.

Ye Xi started explaining, “We talked about it a little and figured that there may be some unknown dangers in these mountains, which is why it’s probably better if there’s more of us together. In the case we meet any beasts and the whatnot, we’ll be stronger with more people.”

Since everyone felt the explanation was reasonable enough, they didn’t linger on what she said.

Dong Fangyu asked, “Does that mean we should go look for Bing Yiyi and Shang Guanxi?”

When they heard this, everyone looked at each other. After a brief silence, Ding Xiuxiu piped up, “Why should we look for them? We wouldn’t be here in the first place if it weren’t for Bing Yiyi. We would have been in our cool rooms in school, drinking our favorite beverages, eating our favorite foods… the complete opposite of our current situation, being stung by mosquitoes, being bitten by bugs…”

The more she talked about it, the angrier she felt. She felt a burning rage to the point that she almost wanted to cry.

Everyone felt sad.

Dong Fangyu nodded. “Once we go back, I’ll definitely eat a whole tub of ice cream.”

Luo Nuanfeng nodded as well. “I want a big bottle of champagne.”

Nan Gonghai said, “I’ll never leave my computer again.”

Wei Shenglan pondered for a moment and joined in, “I want to drink an entire liter of water.”

Generally speaking, you’d only say things like that for your last words if you were dying, you know?!

Please don’t set up any more death flags!

Ye Xi was almost broken-hearted since she was dealing with these people who didn’t know anything. However, even she also couldn’t help herself and speak out too, “I want to eat hot pot, barbecue, fried crepes, fried chicken, beer, stewed fish, fried fish, noodles, Coca-Cola, ice cream, roast duck, sweet and sour pork ribs, vinegar and osmanthus pork slices, spicy crayfish, steamed fish, and baked shrimp… yep, that’s all I want.”

The audience couldn’t help but swallow their saliva.

While starving under the beating winds, this was bound to force them on the road of madness soon.

Ye Xi took a deep breath to calm down her desires for now and said, “Let’s go look for Shang Guanxi and Bing Yiyi.”

Ding Xiuxiu was the first to object. “Why?”

Ye Xi said, “For starters, Bing Yiyi is the reason that we’re here. But as for what’s going to happen to her, we should leave that to the police. Besides, they’re also our schoolmates and your friends. Didn’t I say so earlier? The more people we have, the stronger we are. No matter how you look at it, we should go look for them.”

Ding Xiuxiu opened her mouth, however, no matter how she went around this fact, she couldn’t refute her statements.

Because the others also found Ye Xi’s words to be reasonable, it was approved with a full vote.

After tidying up, they set off to look for Shang Guanxi and Bing Yiyi.