At Huang Xiao's words, Zhao Yunhui stopped sobbing and said, "What else do you want to say? On this deserted island, there are only the two of us. Right now, we don't even know whether we can leave. If we really can't leave for the rest of our lives, are you and I supposed to spend our whole lives like this? Do you think we could still draw a line between us then?"
Huang Xiao had been wondering how to persuade Zhao Yunhui, but now she had spoken first.
Zhao Yunhui's words were not without reason. If the two of them really could not return, he and she would be the only people on this island. One man and one woman, alone together, with a whole long lifetime ahead of them-could they treat each other with the courtesy of honored guests? Huang Xiao did not know whether he could hold out.
"In a few years, or a few decades, when our clothes are in tatters and can no longer cover us, when we're stark naked like savages, will you refuse to look at me then? When we're both completely bare before each other, how would we be any different from husband and wife?" Zhao Yunhui could not help asking as she recalled how Huang Xiao had seen her naked.
"I..." For a moment, Huang Xiao could not refute her. Everything Zhao Yunhui said was true.
"I only want you to treat me the way you treat little sister Xin'er while we're on this island. Even if you take me for her, I'm willing." As Zhao Yunhui spoke, she buried her face deep in Huang Xiao's chest. "If we really leave this island and return to the Central Plains, we'll treat everything here as a dream."
"Ah, in the end, I've