Luo Yunji followed the scent and ran over, picking up a cracked fruit from the ground. He peered at the split, sniffed at it, then stuck out his tongue and licked the white juice seeping from the crack.
His eyes immediately went wide. "It smells amazing! Little Senior Brother, try some!"
Zhang Xiaofan quickly took the fruit his little junior brother was holding out, nearly poking him in the eye with it, and sampled a bit. It was indeed fragrant and sweet!
"Let's pick some more!" Luo Yunji happily grabbed another fruit, waved his hand lightly over it to cut a slit, then put his mouth to the opening and guzzled it down.
When he had finished, he even stuck out his tongue to lick the juice clinging to his lips.
Seeing how much Luo Yunji liked them, Zhang Xiaofan turned to seek out the largest fruits. Before long, he had picked quite a few, piling them to one side until the heap was almost as tall as a person.
Once Luo Yunji had drunk his fill and rested, the two of them set off at a leisurely pace toward the island's interior. Zhang Xiaofan had one hanging around his neck, several in his hands, and a few slung over his shoulders, while Luo Yunji carried a fruit in each hand.
The farther they went, the more unfamiliar plants they found. Besides the towering plants they had seen on the beach, there were also low shrubs they had never seen before. They walked for a long time without finding a path. It seemed no one had been here in the past hundred years or so.
From the sky, the island had looked small, but now that they were on it, they realized it was quite large!
They had walked for