"I'm also curious to know your secrets," Tiffany mimicked with a wide grin. Soon, they started playing the game. In the first round, Adie went for 'rock' while Tiffany went for 'paper', which meant Adie lost the round and had to tell Tiffany a secret."A secret..." Adie scratched his head and frowned. "I don't think I have any." It wasn't that he was reluctant to share, but he had grown up with an open-minded family where it was easy to express himself. "Everyone has secrets, and I'm sure you do too. Think about it—is there anything your daddy, mommy, me, and the other kids don't know about?" Tiffany insisted, putting her hands on her waist. Adie thought about it for a long time, then finally sighed. "Fine, I'll tell you one." He looked at Tiffany and said coyly, "Well, the truth is… I've been lying to you.""What do you mean?" "I always said you were a crybaby who looked ugly when you cried, but… that's not true. You looked very beautiful," Adie mumbled, covering his face in
"What?" Adie stared at her helplessly, not knowing how to console her. Although he mostly only had one parent around growing up, he had been raised with plenty of love, so he couldn't put himself in Tiffany's shoes. "Don't be sad. If your mommy doesn't love you, you don't have to love her either." Adie couldn't understand Tiffany's sadness, but he tried his best to comfort her. "My mommy told me that we should only love people who love us, and we should only cry for people who love us too. She also said we shouldn't be affected by those who don't love us." "My mommy loved me very much back then…" Tiffany wiped away her tears, her lips quivering. "But now she's having a baby, so she loves her own child more. Why do people change? Why can't she love me forever?" "Love won't change. If it changes, it means that she never truly loved you in the first place," Adie said bluntly. He and Tiffany both treasured their relationships with others, but the difference between them was that Adie r
Stefan had been searching the island for a while, but still couldn't find Adie. Meanwhile, Renee was at the campsite. Initially, she didn't worry too much about Adie because she was busy barbecuing seafood with the other parents and playing Duck Duck Goose with the children. However, after a while, she started to feel uneasy. She glanced in the direction where Stefan had left, her worry growing. She figured he would have found Adie by now. Abby was worried too, and was too distracted to play games with the other children. She grabbed Renee's hand and asked anxiously, "Mommy, where's Adie? Why hasn't Daddy found him yet? Did something happen to Adie?""No, that won't happen." Although Renee said that, her heart was pounding in her chest. "Abby, be good and stay with the teacher. I'll go look for Stefan and Adie." "Mommy, I want to come too." Abby was worried about Adie and didn't want Renee to go out on her own at night. "No, it's dark now. It's safer if you stay here. If you go
Although Renee couldn't see who it was, she had to do something. "Hold on, I'll save you!" She put the torch in her mouth, planning to tear away the vines to see what was going on. "Don't move!" Stefan's voice came from behind her suddenly. He held her shoulders, stopping her from moving forward. Shocked, Renee turned around. She sighed in relief when she saw Stefan. "Where did you come from?""I was tricked when I used this path just now." Even in the dark, Stefan looked pale and weak. "What... What's wrong with you?" Renee asked hesitantly. "I got curious and tore off those vines, then I got bitten." Stefan sounded weaker as he spoke, and his body swayed for a while until he leaned against a boulder beside him."You got bitten?" Renee looked at the vines in confusion. "Wasn't someone calling for help? How did you get bitten?""It wasn't a human but an animal." Stefan coughed as his breathing grew shallow. "That animal… is quite rare. It's a human-shaped snake that lives in
"I'm not important!" Stefan protested hoarsely. "Go look for Adie first. I can still hold on.""You look like you're about to pass out. How can you hold on?" Renee ignored Stefan and insisted on helping him downhill. "Let's go back to the campsite. I've got to get you off the island and into a hospital." If Stefan really had been bitten by a narserial, it was very serious. Renee had read about an animal like that in ancient books like Legends of the Mountains and Seas. Although its existence was still questioned, it was indeed poisonous. If one was bitten by it, they had to be treated immediately or it could be fatal. Adie's safety was important, but Stefan's condition was more urgent. After some deliberation, Renee decided to send Stefan to the hospital first."I… I'm fine!" Stefan pushed Renee away, urging her to look for Adie. "I've searched the entire mountain except this path, so he has to be here. If you don't look for him now, he might go missing again when you want to come ba
"What did you see through?" Renee asked eagerly. This was the first time Stefan was speaking about this since he disappeared, so she was desperate to find out the truth."I… I…" Stefan muttered faintly, his head slipping down to Renee's shoulder. "What is it? Tell me!" Renee demanded impatiently, but she got no response from Stefan. In fact, she could feel his full weight now. He had probably been trying not to lean on her completely earlier, but now, he was too weak to support himself. Renee struggled a little under his weight, panting as she carried him. "Hold on—we'll talk once I catch my breath." Renee couldn't carry him any longer. She found a boulder and tried to lean Stefan against it, but his body slid down and dropped to the ground the moment she let go of him. "Stefan! Stefan!" Renee panicked and squatted down to shake him, and only then did she realize that he had fainted. His face was deathly pale, and his lips had turned a horrible blue-black colour. It was clear that
Renee had been so focused on Stefan that she hadn't noticed her dear Adie a few feet ahead of her. If not for Stefan, Renee would surely have found Adie, and Adie couldn't accept that his most beloved mother chose Stefan over him at such a critical moment. He slowly stopped struggling and gave up trying to run away. Since his mother didn't care about him, he might as well let that crazy woman hurt him...The teachers and parents were shocked to see Renee carrying Stefan back to the campsite."What... happened? Why is Mr. Hunt unconscious?" The head teacher asked in alarm.Renee had no time to explain, and grabbed the teacher's hand. "Is there any boat we can use to leave the island? Get us one now. We have to leave the island!""Yes, there is!" The teacher hurriedly said, "We have three yachts at the dock for emergencies, so you can take one of those.""Let's go." Renee hoisted Stefan further up her back."Let me help you!" A refined-looking man with glasses and a strong build im
A long sigh escaped Damon as he stared at the unconscious Stefan. "We'd usually need strong herbs like the Thousand Herb, Young Anthler, or other rare herbs… but there's no way we'd be able to get those now.""What should we do then?" The teacher asked tremulously, looking like she was about to burst into tears. There were no ordinary herbs on the island, let alone rare ones like the Thousand Herb, but they couldn't just let Stefan Hunt die. He was the famous president of Hunt Enterprise, and if something happened to him on this trip, the kindergarten would never be able to make up for it. Renee was silent for a long time, then she asked Damon calmly, "You're saying that strong herbs will be useful?""Yes, but the problem is we don't have those kinds of herbs around…" Damon fished out a syringe he had with him and tried to insert it into the area Stefan was bitten to slow the spread of the poison. It wasn't a solution; Stefan wouldn't be able to hold on for long without a strong h