Desert Island Girl (Pure Lily) - Chapter 39.1

“No… I can’t anymore, Sister Yun, I really can’t eat any more…”

After devouring three red fruits in one go, Jiang Ning leaned against a tree, gently rubbing her round belly, hiccupping nonstop like a little chicken.

Yi Yun also ate two.

She wiped her mouth, still savoring the taste, and glanced at the five scattered fruit pits at her feet.

A wave of unease crept up again: Damn… couldn’t resist the temptation and ate so many. I don’t even know if they’re poisonous…

But what’s done was done, and regretting it now was too late.

She could only blame herself for trusting the young miss’s words too easily.

After anxiously waiting a few minutes without any bad reactions, Yi Yun finally relaxed a bit: Hmm, seems like they’re just ordinary wild fruits…

Calling Jiang Ning over, Yi Yun told her to stay put and watch while she chopped trees, not to wander off.

She quickly felled a few nearby small trees, and Xiao Yang and the others soon arrived, pulling a standing rack.

“Sister Yun, finished chopping the trees? Want us to help?”

Parking the rack, Xiao Yang was a bit out of breath—honestly, pushing this kind of rack through a forest was tough.

They had to stick to relatively flat dirt paths to move forward.

“No need, I’m done. Just load them onto the rack and haul them away—how’s that? Have we gathered enough wood?”

Tucking her hair back, Yi Yun asked Xiao Yang.

Together with Mu Mu and Ting Ting, they lifted the tree trunks onto the rack.

Xiao Yang casually snapped off some branches.

“Plenty! We’ve nearly cleared out all the small trees around here. It’s definitely enough for a fence! Next, let’s go to the ship and grab some fire axes and shovels. These knives are wearing out too much; the blades are already chipped…”

As she spoke, Xiao Yang suddenly noticed the fruit pits on the ground and couldn’t help but ask curiously: “Huh? Sister Yun? Did you bring apples to eat?”

Apples were a longer-lasting fruit, but the girls hadn’t eaten any these past few days, sticking to short-shelf-life fruits like strawberries, grapes, and bananas.

So, seeing fruit pits here made Xiao Yang curious: The young miss didn’t even like apples, and Sister Yun wasn’t the type to sneak food. Knowing her, if she wanted to eat an apple, she’d do it openly without hesitation.

“Uh…”

Feeling guilty, Yi Yun toyed with her hair, stammering.

“The young miss and I found a fruit tree. The fruits were really tasty, so we ate a few…”

As she spoke, Yi Yun pointed to the fruit tree nearby.

“Yeah! Those fruits were so good! Sweet and sticky! I ate three in one go! Xiao Yang, you guys should try some too!”

“What? How could you eat something unknown like that…”

As if expecting Xiao Yang’s scolding, the young miss acted fast!

The moment Xiao Yang opened her mouth, a fruit was already stuffed inside.

“Mmph!”

With her mouth full, Xiao Yang stepped back, taking a big bite before spitting the fruit out.

Juice splashed everywhere! Chewing instinctively, the sweet, sticky flavor instantly filled her mouth!

So… so delicious!

“Hmph… how’s that? Tasty, right?”

Seeing Xiao Yang’s stunned look, the young miss smugly crossed her arms.

“Sister Yun and I both ate them, and they’re not poisonous at all—this miss is so cautious, you think I’d eat something unknown without being sure? You underestimate me, Xiao Yang.”

With that, she handed out a few fruits to Mu Mu and Ting Ting.

“Come on, everyone try some! Eating bananas every day, this miss is about to turn into a monkey! Let’s switch fruits and spice up our taste!”

Looking at the bright red fruits in their hands, Mu Mu and Ting Ting glanced at Xiao Yang.

Taking a big bite of the fruit, Xiao Yang could only smile helplessly.

“It’s really sticky and sweet, super juicy—everyone’s been working hard, so let’s quench our thirst…”

Though Sister Yun and Ning’er testing the fruit with their bodies was reckless, with no reactions after so long, it was basically safe to say the stuff wasn’t poisonous.

With even cautious Xiao Yang saying so, Mu Mu and Ting Ting didn’t hesitate.

The sweet fruit quickly won over all the girls’ taste buds, and soon, the grass was littered with more fruit pits.

“Mmm~ so fragrant… I’m so full…,” Ting Ting said contentedly, rubbing her small belly after finishing one.

Mu Mu let out a soft breath: “I don’t know what these fruits are. I’ve never seen them before…”

“Hmm… maybe a type of apple?” Xiao Yang tilted her head.

“Who cares! As long as it’s delicious!”

The young miss raised her little head, bouncing ahead.

“Alright! Come on, sisters! Follow this miss forward! Back to base to build that fence!”

Watching Jiang Ning wave her small knife to clear the path ahead, Xiao Yang and the others, full and satisfied, exchanged smiles.

The young miss was such a little ray of sunshine… saving her was so worth it…

…

Returning to the campsite in a grand procession from the forest, the girls piled the collected wood beside the camp.

Xiao Yang didn’t rush to build the fence—through chopping trees, she’d learned a lesson: To do a job well, you need the right tools!

Originally, to speed things up, Xiao Yang thought of using kitchen knives as makeshift axes, but without proper tools, the work was exhausting and took too long!

And to set up a fence, they’d need to dig holes!