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

”Are you done?” She snaps at him.

Should he feel bad that he disturbed someone's suicide attempt? He already feels wronged for looking for a treasure for the last ten years and ending up in this situation. He is 35, poor, and sitting beside a nearly dead woman who tried to bury herself on an isolated island.

He grunts in frustration. There is nothing left. All the resources and his youth is wasted on looking for a treasure that never existed.

”Can you leave now?” She throws the coat at his face. ”Leave. I want to lie down here. Don't stare at my body.”

Why did she throw away the coat if she doesn't want him to stare? And which man will stare at that near skeleton body?

The woman doesn't give a fudge and lays down in her grave, ignoring him completely. She closes her eyes and wraps her bony arms around herself. He has never seen such a pitiable figure before.

He wonders why she is like this. Did someone abandon her here? Did her husband or love betray her? What kind of pain can force a person to dig her own grave and bury herself?

If he leaves her, she's going to die for sure.

”I came here looking for a treasure, but I found you.” He tosses the coat at her again. ”I am taking you with me.”

She doesn't reply to him. He wonders if she has lost her consciousness. Is she already dead? He leans closer to her to check if she's breathing.

Suddenly, she opens her dark eyes and looks at him sharply. Startled, he jumps back away from her.

”Go away.” Her voice carries a hint of warning. ”If you don't want to get cursed, then you should leave.”

”I am already cursed.” He spats the words out. What is the worse thing that can happen to him now? ”Woman, I am not going back empty-handed. You are going with me.”

”Let me go now.” She screams madly when he lifts her in his arms. She weighs less than a little child. Lu Weixue ignores her screams and carries her to the boat. He finds Lu Yuan waiting for him while biting his nails. His brother isn't shameless enough to leave him behind.

”Brother, what is that?” Lu Yuan points at the thing in his brother's arms.

”A woman.” He throws her into the boat. She winces in pain and looks at him like a little wild angry kitten. Lu Weixue wants to ask her why she is trying to commit suicide with such life in her eyes. She tries to climb off the boat. He grabs her by the back of her neck and pulls her back in. She bites his hand. He nearly slaps her in reflex.

Annoying woman!

”Lu Yuan.” He glares at his younger brother. ”Start moving.”

Lu Yuan gets the necessary push to move. He peeks at the woman clasped in his brother's arms to keep her still. She looks pretty much alive. Never in his dreams, he would have imagined that they would end up digging an alive woman out instead of a treasure or a rock.

That old man must have been a scammer.