A Way to Punish the Class Monitor

Ning Shu took such responsibility!

The other three girls all gave her looks of admiration and gratitude.

But Ning Shu had thought it through!

What punishment could Lu Zhe give her at a time like this?

Nothing beyond doing more work and taking more care of her companions!

What else could there be?

Right now, she was the only one in the best physical condition. Even without a punishment, she would have to work, so she might as well volunteer and build up some good karma!

Lu Zhe gave her an approving thumbs-up. "That's our class monitor! You really take responsibility!"

Ning Shu cupped her fists with a dashing air. "You're too kind!"

Lu Zhe nodded. "I was originally going to punish all four of you, but since the class monitor has taken it all on herself, I'll just punish her!"

Ning Shu said resolutely, "Go on, what's the punishment?"

What should he punish her with?

Lu Zhe thought about it. What was their most urgent task right now?

Cooking?

Building a shelter?

Both seemed urgent, but neither was the hardest thing to accomplish!

The hardest thing could only be that!

Lu Zhe nodded. "All right, then the class monitor will find seeds for everyone!"

"No problem..." Ning Shu agreed without a care, but immediately sensed something wrong. "What seeds?"

Lu Zhe explained, "Before boarding the plane, some of us may have eaten fruit. If it was something like watermelon or muskmelon, we might have accidentally swallowed some seeds and brought them onto the island!"

Ning Shu suddenly recalled the sight of Lu Zhe searching Tang Xiaoguo's poop for seeds, and her face instantly went pale. "You're not asking me to... look through poop, are you?"

Lu Zhe gave her a thumbs-up, clicking his tongue in praise. "That's why you're the class monitor! One hint and you get it!"

Ning Shu froze!

At that moment, a breeze swept past, leaving the fine hair over her forehead utterly disheveled!

She looked at her slender, fair, delicate hands, soft as though they had no bones!

With hands like these, she could easily be a hand model!

Was she really supposed to search through that stuff?

Was this something a girl as lovely as a flower and as precious as jade like me should have to endure?

Ning Shu couldn't help dry-heaving. "Lu Zhe... maybe the rescue team will arrive before we even grow any fruit! Then there wouldn't be any need to put effort into doing this..."

Lu Zhe said bluntly, "It would be best if the rescue team came, but what if they don't?"

Ning Shu said, torn, "Isn't there a black box...?"

Lu Zhe said, "But is the black box beside us? Do we know how far the plane kept gliding after we fell out? Even taking ten thousand steps back, if the black box were right beside us now, would it definitely be found?"

Ning Shu froze. She understood that Lu Zhe wasn't deliberately trying to scare them. In fact, the chances of finding a black box in the sea were far too low.

Hearing this, Tang Xiaoguo began crying miserably. "Aaaah, my mom and dad and Lu Xiao Zhe must all think I'm dead..."

Lu Zhe frowned. "Who the hell is Lu Xiao Zhe?"

"My bichon frise!"

Lu Zhe said irritably, "Tang Xiaoguo, you went too far with that name!"

"It's just a coincidence!"

Jiang Yao sighed forlornly. "Now there's no one to stop my mom and dad. They can have a second child without any worries!"

Lu Zhe said from the bottom of his heart, "Listen, everyone, we don't need to be blindly optimistic, but we don't have to be this pessimistic either. After all, we're all still alive. As long as we're alive, there's hope!"

His voice wasn't loud, but it had a deeply reassuring quality!

Ning Shu nodded with newfound resolve. "Everyone, I'll do it! But Lu Zhe..."

She lifted her head and asked a very practical question. "I won't have to dig through yours too, will I?"

Lu Zhe shook his head. "Sorry, I haven't eaten any fruit likely to carry seeds in the past week. If you're hoping to search my feces, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed!"

Ning Shu cried, "Who's disappointed? I'm incredibly relieved, okay!"

Suddenly, something occurred to her!

Since Lu Zhe hadn't eaten any fruit likely to carry seeds within the past week, if the other girls hadn't either, wouldn't that mean she wouldn't have to do this?

"Right, what fruit have you three eaten?"

Lin Qianqian, Jiang Yao, and Tang Xiaoguo all shook their heads like rattle drums!

"None!"

Lu Zhe was speechless. "It's one thing for Jiang Yao and Qianqian to say they haven't, but Tang Xiaoguo, that's not right!"

Tang Xiaoguo pouted. "I haven't either!"

Lu Zhe held up a little plastic packet between his fingers. "Then what's this?"

Tang Xiaoguo feigned innocence. "What? How would I know what that is? Who knows where you got it!"

"Don't you know these strawberry seeds were all found in your poop?"

"They were not! You must have found them somewhere else and deliberately said they were mine! I'm a fairy. How could a fairy poop wherever she pleases like Lu Xiao Zhe?"

"Tang Xiaoguo, stop being a fairy. Be a human!"

"No, it's too embarrassing!"

Lu Zhe sighed. "Looks like everyone's already prepared to replenish their carbohydrates by gnawing on tree bark four months from now!"

At this point, Lin Qianqian said, "I... I think Lu Zhe has a point! On a deserted island, life with fruit and life without fruit are completely different! Besides, I think planting and watering can give us something to look forward to and hope for..."

Lu Zhe said approvingly, "See? Our study representative has the right attitude! Now look at the rest of you! So, Lin Qianqian, what did you eat before boarding the plane?"

"I... had pineapple, peaches, and passion fruit!"

"The passion fruit seeds might have survived!"

Lu Zhe nodded delightedly. "With the strawberries, that gives us two kinds of seeds we can plant! Jiang Yao, what about you...?"

"I had..." Jiang Yao blushed and worked herself up for a long time before finally saying, "Star fruit, sweet oranges, watermelon... do those count?"

"Of course they count. Watermelon seeds are very likely to have survived! That's three kinds! Class monitor, what about you?"

"Looks like there's no escaping it..."

Ning Shu sighed. "Bananas, cherry tomatoes, pineapple... and muskmelon!"

"Muskmelon? Did you shake out the seeds?"

Ning Shu shook her head. "Actually, I really like eating the seedy pulp in muskmelons, so I just... sigh..."

"What are you sighing for? This is a good thing! Class monitor, are you ready for this?"

She looked at her slender, delicate hands and shuddered:

This meant she would have to search through the poop of every surviving girl for seeds.