The sky had completely darkened. When Chuck returned to the cave, it was approaching eight in the evening.
Outside the cave, the rain was still falling heavily.
Inside the cave, Lee So-yeon and her companions began adding firewood to the fire, boiling collected rainwater over the fire to wash up, laying out straw mats made of palm leaves and dried grass around them, and making preparations before sleeping.
After Chuck returned, he didn't disturb them either. He squatted alone by the fire, baking off the residual rainwater on his body.
By the firelight, Lee So-yeon, who was rolling up her pant legs and using a little warm water to rinse her feet, quietly turned her head. Looking at Chuck's broad, muscular back and arms, a trace of hesitation gradually appeared in her eyes.
Lee So-yeon was not a naive child; she understood their current situation very well.
Surviving on a deserted island, worldly laws and morals had long ceased to exist. Although they had strength in numbers, they were just a group of weak women. Chuck was strong and robust; even if he was alone, he completely had the ability to rob, kill, and pillage.
But not only had he not done so, up to today, towards the two sisters and the companions around them, he could be said to be quite kind.
He exchanged precious lamb with them for wild fruits and vegetables. Now he brought even more food, all of which were precious supplies they could almost never find on this deserted island relying on their own abilities. Chuck generously gave them away just because he was taking shelter from the rain and staying overnight this time.
Therefore, reasonably speaking, she should entertain Chuck well. At least, she should let him have the best conditions they could offer in this cave. Tonight, she also ought to let Chuck sleep in the warmest spot by the fire.
But this storm came fiercely, and the firewood they prepared was insufficient to begin with. After half a day, more than a quarter had been consumed. It was impossible to build a second fire.
So when laying out the straw beds at night, it was still the same as before. Everyone formed a circle around the fire. Being closer to each other would also make them a bit warmer.
But Chuck was ultimately a man.
Not only that, hearing what Tang Yumo said before, he was probably also quite a lustful man, the kind who would definitely make a move on women when given the chance.
So even though Chuck wasn't some dangerous thug and wouldn't harm their lives, when the night grew silent and women were sleeping beside him, even the most upright man would become dangerous to their group of women.
What should be done...
Lee So-yeon hesitated for a long time, wanting to speak to Chuck time and again, but ultimately failing to put it into action.
Putting herself in his shoes, if she demanded he sleep alone deep in the cave at night, this would not only show distrust towards him but also make him freeze when falling asleep at night. He kindly brought so many supplies, only to receive such treatment in return. Even if Chuck didn't fly into a rage on the spot and tear up their relationship, future supply exchanges would definitely be out of the question.
After pondering for a long time, Lee So-yeon finally made a decision.
Waiting until the companions had laid out the straw mats one by one, fetched their respective jackets and life jackets, and before lying down tiredly in their usual spots by the fire, Lee So-yeon found Tang Yumo and another dark-skinned woman and whispered a few instructions.
Only then did she come behind Chuck, who was standing bare-chested at the cave entrance staring blankly at the pitch-black rain curtain, and smilingly patted his arm.
"Mr. Chuck, it's already very late, please rest early."
Hearing this, Chuck turned his head. Looking at that cold face, beautiful beyond words under the scattered hair and set against the firelight, he suppressed the desire and impulse in his heart and nodded calmly.
"Mmh, where do I sleep?"
"Over here, please come with me."
Lee So-yeon tightened the jacket draped over her shoulders, then turned and came to the fire, which was already surrounded by straw mats and women. She pointed to the only two remaining, empty spots.
Of those two spots, one was next to the pink-haired girl Lee Na-eun, who was still sleeping soundly with a fever. The other was right next to Tang Yumo, who was sitting cross-legged, also with her hair scattered, staring blankly at the fire.
Under Chuck's somewhat surprised gaze, Lee So-yeon pointed to the spot next to Tang Yumo.
"Mr. Chuck, please rest early."
After speaking, she lowered her head, picked up a dry and soft life jacket from the side, and placed it in Chuck's hands.
Chuck looked at the life jacket in his hands, then at Lee So-yeon in front of him, and finally at the bed he was assigned to tonight.
He couldn't help but feel a bit of admiration for Lee So-yeon's brain.
As the person involved, how could Chuck himself not understand that the biggest problem with his staying overnight here was the sleeping arrangement at night? He never brought up the matter, also wanting to see what Lee So-yeon would do.
And living up to his expectations, Lee So-yeon actually found the best answer in this situation.
Tang Yumo met with a rebuff from him during the day, and was already a useless woman now. As for herself, being the leader of the settlement, she believed that even if Chuck harbored ill intentions, he wouldn't make a move on her here and now...
The two of them, one on the left and one on the right, sandwiching Chuck in the middle. This way, it neither slighted him nor prevented him from acting handsy with any companion at night. It could be said to have solved both problems simultaneously.
"Then thank you."
Chuck sighed in his heart, but the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up. He nodded at Lee So-yeon, didn't stand on ceremony, and walked directly to the straw mat, leaning over and lying down.
He placed the life jacket, which still retained a faint fragrance, under his head, yawned, and closed his eyes.
He fell asleep cleanly and neatly.
Lee So-yeon also sat down in her own spot. Looking at the tall man less than thirty centimeters away from her, her heartbeat involuntarily sped up a bit.
Although she was formerly a famous idol and became an entertainment company executive after retiring, mingling in the Korean entertainment circle—a dye vat that could be called decadent—for so many years, given that the company was originally a family business, from the moment she was born, she stood on the side of capital, on the side of exploiting rather than being exploited.
Coupled with the fact that their parents doted on the two sisters in every possible way, up to today, Lee So-yeon, just like her sister Lee Na-eun, had never touched a man. Let alone sleeping together at such close proximity.
Looking at Chuck, who seemed to have fallen asleep, Lee So-yeon inevitably felt somewhat apprehensive in her heart.
Although she arranged it this way herself, as a woman, she was inherently the passive party. She could only pin her hopes on Chuck being a gentleman tonight.
He shouldn't... do anything to me, right?
But what if he really made a move on me...
What should I do then?
The more she thought, the more confused her mind became. The companions around her lay down one by one. The whispers before sleep gradually quieted down. Ultimately, only Lee So-yeon was left sitting alone by the fire. The only sounds remaining around her were the rising and falling, faint and steady sounds of breathing.
Lee So-yeon raised her slender palm, added another branch to the fire, and finally turned her head slowly once again.
Chuck still maintained the exact same posture as just now, lying flat with his half-dry short sleeves draped over his body, hands resting on his abdomen, eyes closed properly, his breathing steady and long.
Lee So-yeon's gaze gradually swept over his broad shoulders, thick arms, and protruding Adam's apple, feeling the masculine hormonal scent faintly drifting in the air.
Her throat swallowed involuntarily.
A strange feeling she had never experienced before quietly appeared in her lower abdomen.
So strange.
This man... clearly his looks are just ordinary. But why is it that after he falls asleep, the more I look... the more pleasing to the eye he becomes?
Under her scattered black hair, a faint blush quietly flew across her fair cheeks. On the straw mat, her snowy white feet crossed cross-legged, the toes also curled up anxiously from time to time.
She finally shook her head, driving away the distracting thoughts in her mind, gathered the long hair by her ear, and lay flat on the straw mat.
She slowly closed her eyelids.
A hard discomfort came from the back of her head. This was because she lent her "pillow," the life jacket, to Chuck.
She could only make do like this.
...
The night grew deeper.
The burning fire overhead occasionally emitted faint crackling sounds. Radiating heat, it became the only heat source in this cold cave, allowing the full twelve people around it to sleep peacefully.
Outside the cave, the continuous and dense white noise still echoed, occasionally mixed with a dull distant thunder, echoing in the spacious cave.
Chuck still maintained his posture unchanged from when he lay down, his eyes still tightly closed.
But just like when he lay down, he didn't fall asleep soundly just like that. First, because he was used to sleeping on the large bed at home, this straw mat was ultimately somewhat uncomfortable. Second, with his current physical and mental stats, two hours of sleep a day was enough to meet his body's needs. He could even not sleep at all; just lying down like this with his eyes closed to rest his mind could also restore his body and mind.
Of course, these were not the main reasons he kept pretending to be asleep.
The most main reason was because before evening, when he walked out of the cave for an extra meal, relying on his powerful perception ability, he heard a rustling conversation coming from inside the cave.
However, although his perception was powerful, the heavy rain and howling wind around him interfered after all. At that time, he was crazily scarfing down his extra meal in the rain, so he only heard the gist of it intermittently. But he didn't miss the most crucial sentence at the end, or rather, two keywords.
"Tonight" and "go sleep with him."
Lee So-yeon was very smart, very rational, even rational to the point of making Chuck feel some admiration. She knew very well that sex was the most important bargaining chip in negotiating with him, which was why she planned ahead, even accepting Tang Yumo's previous proposal to offer herself in her place.
In order to strive for as many benefits as possible, she took every step very cautiously.
But she overlooked the essence of the problem.
She wanted to strive for more benefits from Chuck to let her companions live a better life. But the problem was, her companions didn't necessarily have to rely on her to live a good life.
Just like Kaede and Kaoru back then, many times, people tend to overlook some obvious answers.
About an hour and a half after Chuck lay down, a rustling sound came from the two o'clock direction above Chuck's head, exactly as Chuck expected.
Based on the sleeping positions of everyone he saw and remembered before going to sleep, and his precise perception, Chuck easily determined the direction the sound came from.
So the corners of his tightly closed eyes couldn't help but twitch twice.
It was actually that... Henan girl named Wang Xinrui?!
Although Chuck heard that sentence, he wasn't sure who said it. The women here communicated with each other in English. Even this Wang Xinrui only used her hometown dialect when communicating with compatriots like him and flight attendant He Xiaoyu.
But although this girl looked quite delicate, for some reason, Chuck inexplicably felt his scalp tingle.
He really wasn't sure if he could accept it when he put his dick in and heard not "ohohoho", but "zhong zhong zhong" (okay okay okay in Henan dialect). Would he go soft on the spot?
However, to his surprise, after the rustling sound appeared, it didn't approach him. Instead, it headed towards the splashing rain curtain.
Not long after, the sound of clothes rubbing, accompanied by the ensuing sound of trickling water, made Chuck breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.
It seemed this Henan girl forgot to relieve herself before going to bed.
"Fucking dog weather... froze my butt numb..."
After Wang Xinrui finished peeing, she hummed groggily twice, seeming to complain that the cold wind blown in by the storm outside froze her butt too much. She quickly and slowly returned to her own spot and lay down on the straw mat again.
Soon, her breathing became steady again.
It seemed it wasn't her.
Chuck wasn't anxious either. He just continued to close his eyes and rest his mind, constantly calculating and thinking about the affairs at home, as well as subsequent plans and intentions, so he didn't feel bored either.
Time continued to pass slowly. During this period, although some faint noises also came from around, such as scattered teeth grinding and sleep talking, no one made a move again.
Until another half hour passed.
According to Chuck's estimation, the current time had already reached eleven o'clock at night. At this point in time, even when he was at home before, he would have finished his grand battle with the women, opened the window to catch some breeze, and fallen sound asleep on the kang.
This time, the direction the noise sounded from was the eleven o'clock direction.
The precise positioning once again allowed Chuck to guess the source of the noise immediately.
It was that Spanish woman named Sofia!
Realizing this, Chuck's mood couldn't help but become joyful.
If he remembered correctly, this Spanish woman had ear-length dark brown curly hair, a straightforward and quite passionate personality, three-dimensional facial features, deep pupils, and a skin tone similar to Kaede's wheat color. She had a slender figure; although not as hot and bewitching as Julia, she was also quite firm and healthy, mostly likely from year-round exercise.
Fucking such a European mare must also have a unique flavor.
Just as Chuck was thinking this, as if responding to him, the rustling sound came straight towards him without disguise. After stopping in front of him, she leaned over and squatted down.
The next moment, Chuck felt his crotch instantly as if electrocuted, transmitting a strange sensation.
Good heavens??
Getting hands-on directly is okay!