Chapter 82 - I came here looking for a treasure (1/2)

”There is something here.” Lu Yuan points at the spot. His eyes sparkle with excitement. ”The island from the map this one for sure. We will find a treasure if we dig here.”

Lu Weixue scowls at him. His mood is awful. They have been wandering in the sea for years because of a stupid map that his brother stole from an old drunk man who blabbered about some treasure that he hid on an island. The old man must be laughing in his grave because of his brother's foolishness.

”This is the last island.” Lu Weixue swears and picks up the shovel. ”We are going home after this.”

”We will be going home as rich men.” Lu Yuan is full of energy. ”Let's do this brother for our bright future. After going back home, you can get married. No woman would mind marrying a rich man even if he is old.”

Lu Weixue curses him. ”Shut your mouth if you don't want me to leave you here.”

He is old and unmarried because he believed his foolish brother and decided to find a secret treasure left behind by an old man.

The shovel hits something hard. Lu Weixue freezes when he hears a whimper. Lu Yuan stops shoveling right away. He stares at him with a ghastly face. What's beneath the sand that can whimper in pain? The sound is quite human too.

Lu Yuan asks with a low voice. ”Did we disturb someone's grave?”

Dead can't whimper. Lu Weixue digs with his hand until he finds a thin foot. The skin is cold to touch and there is bȧrėly any flesh. If it's dead, then who whimpered in pain earlier? Was it the ghost of this body?

His heart nearly leaps out of his ċhėst when the pale toes twitch suddenly.

”What was that?” Lu Yuan has also seen it. ”That's... Brother, I am leaving.”

”Yuan, wait.” Lu Weixue calls out his name. Lu Yuan runs with his tail between his legs as if the dead body. He wouldn't look back at his brother even once.

”Aish!” Lu Weixue's face turns sour. ”What kind of brother is he?”

He jumps when the pale toes in his hand twitch again. He doesn't know where the rationality and calmness come from. He keeps digging until he sees the face. The person opens her eyes slowly as if the person is waking up from a long dream. The body is so thin that he can count the bones on her ribcage. There is not a piece of clothing on her. He covers her with his coat.

It's such a disturbing sight. He steels his heart and asks her, ”Did someone bury you alive?”

”I buried myself alive,” She replies to him coldly. ”Why did you dig me out? You could have stopped when you saw that there was a person here.”

Stunned, Lu Weixue opens his mouth and then, he closes it. He doesn't know how to answer her. Was she trying to commit suicide and he disturbed her plans?

”Woman!” He looks at her with disbelief. ”You could have just jumped into the sea. That's a more sensible way to commit suicide. Why dig your grave and bury yourself?”

She shrugs her shoulder with disinterest. ”I can't drown.”

”Oh, it must be because you can swim.” He wrinkles his nose. The woman bȧrėly looks human. The skin is too pale. She's one step away from death.