Chapter 1 (1/2)

The Man on the Island: Chapter 1

”Bok bok bok-”

With the cry of wild chickens, a new day begins on the island

Ji wearily opened her eyes, and saw a shadow move towards her The sweet aroma of food rushed to her nose Her e pains of hunger

The man walked close, and sat down Their eyes ony for a e”! The back of her neck throbbed upon recognition

The man seemed to have anticipated her reaction, and lifted up her s He furrowed his brows, and looked closely Then, he took out some herbs froloppy mess was pressed onto Ji's forehead

Ji's instinct was to run, but the lared at her, and pressed harder

She tried to cover her eyes, but it was no use Green secretions fro her eyes and htly

When the ave her a dead stare, watching her every move

Ji felt extre? I'm not some Buddha!

She shrugged her shoulders, and he watched; she tilted her head, and he watched; Finally, Ji lost her composure and swore Yet, he still watched with a steady eye…

He doesn't know a clue what I'!

Ji became sullen and bitter Her hands and feet were bound, but the savage didn't understand the words from her mouth

The man looked at her for quite a while, similar to how a scientist observes a lab rat At last, he stood up and walked towards a crude firepit He set a crooked clay pot on top of it, and started to boil soain

The e portion with a wooden ladle, and picked up two small, thin baan to eat loudly, stirring the pot at intervals

Ji's ignored stoain She sed lances to wishful longing

The , his back was straight and his eyes were sharp The stray light from the firepit illuminated Ji's obsessed expression The effect was like a bucket of ice water

So, what he's trying to convey is… ”If you look again, I'll throw you along in the pot”?

Ji shook her head, and embarrassedly turned away

When thesteadily towards her with half a bowl of fish stew in his hands

At first, Ji was overjoyed But then the thought of hi her to make her fat and tastier dawned She started to shake, and sobbed: ”Aren't, aren't you full? Don't… Don't come closer!”

The man stopped He pointed towards himself and said ”You?”

Ji nodded vigorously ”You're already full!”

The yi”

Her chest grew tight again ”You've already ate! I saw you eating!”

The rew impatient He set the pot down in front of her with a booyi!”

Ji suddenly stopped She then said, ”Gong—Yi?” Was that the savage's name?

He nodded The long hair on his face made it hard to discern an expression, but at least his posture relaxed

Ji looked at the bowl of soup, then back at hied her shoulders: ”But… I can't eat like this” She then — she opened her mouth, and bit at the air

The man seemed to understand, and started to untie her bonds When he was halfway done, he looked at her deeply, and pointed towards hiyi” And looked at her quizzically

Ji sed anothermore violently She quickly said: ”I'm Chen Weiji, Chen as in the surname, Wei as in Wade, Ji as in books”

Now, here's a little Chinese lesson for y'all It's near impossible determine specific Chinese words, phonetically In typical sentences, you deter, by context A lot of Chinese words (and I mean, a lot) can have the exact same sounds but completely different definitions The majority of people who hear your name wouldn't knohat your name looks on paper, since na So, whenever someone introduces thelish speakers spell letters in words- A as in apple, B as in Banana, and so on