Chapter 1 The Castaway

  The sun is shining brightly, with a clear blue sky stretching for miles. A small, crystal-clear stream flows gently, with small fish swimming happily and flicking their tails. Along both banks of the stream are young and beautiful women, all washing... clothes.

  (Fainted?) Hehe)

  Two girls looked particularly bright and beautiful, their faces more radiant than the sun. One was washing clothes while the other giggled and chattered happily, adding a touch of spring color to the scene.

  "Huh? Yiguang, what's that?" One of the girls, who looked beautiful but had a hint of masculinity, pointed upstream and asked the delicate girl beside her in puzzlement.

  That delicate girl named Yiguang followed the heroic girl's finger, which was like a jade scallion, and looked over. After a while, she frowned cutely and said, "It seems to be a piece of clothing? Wasn't it that the villagers upstream were swept away by the river and lost their clothes?"

  "Ah, it seems like a piece of clothing... no! It seems like a person!" The British-style girl exclaimed.

  "Ah! Won't I drown to death?! How terrifying!" Yi Guang was so scared that she clasped her hands together and placed them on her chest, her face pale. It made even the most iron-hearted man unable to help but feel a strong urge to protect her well.

  "Don't be afraid, I'm here!" The English girl, who seemed to be the elder sister of the gentle and soft girl, took out a green bamboo stick from the washing basin beside her. The bamboo was not long, only about three feet (one foot) in length, resembling a green sword.

  "What's wrong?" asked a nearby woman.

  "It's nothing!" The English girl didn't want to scare the nearby women, their courage wasn't any greater than that of a firefly. Besides, it was just a dead person, did they need to make such a big fuss?

  "Ah! Adan, I...I'll go with you!" Yi Guang stood up and said bravely.

  "Hah! Hah! There's nothing to it, and you're so timid!" said the spirited girl Adan with a forced air of nonchalance.

  But obviously Yiguang didn't feel at ease with Adan going alone, although he was still a bit scared, he firmly grasped Adan's sleeve and said: "No! We'll go together!"

  Adan revealed a radiant smile and nodded: "Okay! Let's go together!"

  "Hmm!" Yi Guang heard this and nodded his small head with a smile, his eyebrows rising in delight.

  The body did not drift downstream, but was stuck in a shallow shoal. Fortunately, the terrain around here is relatively open, and after careful searching, Adan and Yiguang found the body.

  "So young! And quite handsome too!" Yi Guang muttered to himself as he stared at the "corpse", his hands still tightly grasping Adan's sleeves, but now involuntarily releasing them.

  "Huh, he's a handsome young man!" Adan looked at the youth with curiosity, his fair skin radiating an air of elegance. Although his skin was pale, it didn't give off any impression of weakness. His slightly high nose, rosy lips, and the faint mustache on his upper lip all added to his charm. His eyes, like those of a sharp eagle, seemed piercing, but Adan couldn't tell if they were as sharp as an eagle's gaze when he closed his eyelids.

  "Huh! Ah......Ah......" Yi Guang's whole body suddenly tensed up, his hands tightly grasping Adan's arm, his lips stuttering but unable to utter a complete sentence.

  "What's wrong!" Adan turned his head and looked at Yiguang, asking in puzzlement.

  Yi Guang suddenly dodged behind Ah Dan's back and finally spoke a complete sentence. "Corpse transformation!"

  Ah Dan listened and her legs trembled, she said that after all, it was just a fifteen-year-old girl, and her teeth chattered as she turned her head around. Only to see the "corpse" 's right hand index finger slightly twitching.

  At last, Ah Dan's courage was greater after all. With his whole body tense, he slowly stretched out the green bamboo in his hand and poked at the "corpse".

  "Cough! Cough!" It was fine if they didn't touch it, but as soon as they did, the corpse started coughing. Adan and Yiguang were so frightened that their hair stood on end. In broad daylight, they felt a chill run from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, making their whole body feel icy cold.

  "Huh? I remember the master saying that ghosts won't appear during the day!" Yi Guang suddenly said after a while.

  "Ah! Isn't this saying that it's not a ghost?" Ah Dan heard this and his face turned somewhat red. Alas, why didn't I have the guts to be braver just now? Woe is me! It's all ruined my brave image in front of Yi Guang!"

  Yi Guang didn't expect that Ah Dan would be afraid of such a thing, and he looked like a timid young man. He poked Ah Dan's back with his finger and said, "Ah Dan, go take a look to see if he's still alive!"

  "Ah!" Although he was also a little scared in his heart, Adan still agreed to it in one breath. In order to regain the fearless image in Yiguang's heart, Adan bravely took the first step. His finger, as white as jade, slowly reached out to touch the "corpse's" nose.

  A faint breath seemed to emanate from Adan's fingertips, giving him a tingling sensation.

  "There's breathing, it's alive! It's a human who came." Adan let out a sigh of relief and thought to himself: Ah, not a ghost after all.

  "Hmm!" Having heard that he was still alive, Yiguang curiously walked over and said: "Adan, since you're alive, let's take you back?"

  "Uh-huh!" Adan nodded vigorously and said: "You wait here, I'll go get someone to come over!"

  "Ah! No way, I'm scared!" Yi Guang's face turned pale with fright upon hearing this.

  "What's the big deal! There aren't any wild beasts around Wensha Creek, it's just a person. If you go to find someone, who knows how long it'll take!" Ah Dan said with a puffed up face, although he was puffed up, but even more mischievous.

  Yi Guang heard this, her fingers slowly placed on her lips, and her eyebrows tightly furrowed, looking very pitiful. But Ah Dan turned his head away, not looking at Yi Guang's pitiful appearance. After a while, Yi Guang reluctantly hesitated and replied: "Okay! But Ah Dan, you have to come back quickly!"

  "Hmm!" Adan smiled after hearing this, she did it with deep meaning. Yiguang's personality was weak and timid, and he had some inferiority complex. As Yiguang's good friend, Adan naturally hoped that Yiguang would become braver, even if he couldn't be brave, at least there would be some improvement.

  Watching Adan's back, Yiguang suddenly felt a sense of loneliness. His hands were slightly tense as he grasped the hem of his clothes.

  "Cough! Cough!......"

  "Ah!" Yi Guang was startled and sat back with a thud. Huh? Why is it so soft and mushy? It doesn't feel like the rocky shallows he had expected.

  She looked back and couldn't help but feel embarrassed, her face flushing with two red clouds, muttering: "Oh dear! I didn't realize I was sitting on him."

  "Cough! Cough!" The person who was sat on the stomach suddenly started coughing violently, and his body shook even harder.

  Scared to death, Yi Guang suddenly jumped up, his hands placed on his chest, worriedly muttering: "Oh no! Isn't he going to die from his injuries? Woe is me! Woe is me! Woe is me!......"

  Frightened and anxious in her heart, Yiguang could only cry to vent out the shock inside.

  "Ugh!" The castaway suddenly turned over, arched his back, and spat out a few mouthfuls of water.

  After vomiting, the victim seemed to be much better, gasping for air. Yiguang looked at him for a while and saw that he didn't seem to have anything wrong with him, and it seemed that he had even come back to life because of his own "sitting" just now, so he slowly stopped crying. With red eyes and nose, he looked especially pitiful.

  "Cough! Cough!" The castaway coughed a few times and felt his body improve a lot.

  "Uh... are you okay?" Yi Guang asked hesitantly, his tense hands spread across his chest.

  Yang Zilu furrowed her brow and muttered, "It's a bit like the Minnan dialect, is it from Taiwan? Or Fujian? But it also has some Cantonese flavor."

  "What? What did you say?" Yi Guang stared with a pair of eyes that seemed like stars, asking.

  "Oh! Miss……ah!" Yang Zilu weakly asked in a dialect similar to Minnan, wondering if he was in Taiwan or Fujian. But when he turned his head around, he suddenly froze. Firstly, it was due to Yiguang's beauty, and secondly, it was due to Yiguang's clothes. The style of clothing belonged to an era that Yang Zilu couldn't identify, but one thing was certain - this was the attire of ancient people.

  Is she filming a movie? Such a beautiful star, I've never seen her before, is she new? What a pity, actually entering the entertainment circle this dirty place! Yang Zilu thought to herself in a daze.

  "You don't have anything to do, right? Adan will bring people over soon." Yi Guang looked at the person in front of him who was wearing strange clothes. Just now he didn't feel anything, but now that he stood up, he felt a bit odd. However, the fabric seemed quite good! Could it be that he's a noble? Nobles are supposed to be addressed as "Your Excellency" or "My Lord", right? Or maybe a doctor?

  "Oh, I'm so lucky! I was on a plane that had an accident, but it seems like nothing serious happened. What a blessing in disguise! Thanks to the miss who saved me, ah! Did I fall into this small river?" Yang Zilu said with a smile as she looked at Yiguang.

  Ah! This person is really strange! What's he talking about, airplanes? What's coming? Will there be an accident? But that last sentence, "a blessing in disguise" makes sense! This person seems to be very knowledgeable, and with those clothes, is he a noble from a fallen family? Yi Guang stared at Yang Zilu with wide eyes.

  Yang Zilu also looked a bit embarrassed, coughed twice, and changed his tone to ask: "Miss, I don't know where this place is?"

  Yi Guang widened her eyes and shook her head, saying: "I'm not little! And I'm not a sister! What a strange way of addressing me, just call me Yi Guang."

  "Ah! Yiguang Xiao... Hehe!" Yang Zilu said halfway, suddenly realizing that the other party seemed to dislike being called "Miss". But why did the other party say this? Because of another meaning of "Miss"? To cover up this embarrassing term, he changed to use this explanation? Forget it, but there doesn't seem to be any crew members nearby. Such a beautiful star, and her agent isn't following her either? Oh! Right, he said earlier that Adan would bring people over soon, so Adan must be her agent, right?