Roll Like a Crocodile

At this moment, Lu Zhe was moved again!

The candlelight outlined her exquisite face!

He and Shen Bing were as shy as first love, the cave was like their wedding chamber!

After a violent storm, the waves gradually calmed down!

It was still raining outside, but not as suffocating as before.

The four girls squatted there in their swimsuits, looking at the bizarre scene before them.

Two crocodiles tied together were rolling in the rainwater, rolling over here and then over there.

Mud splashed everywhere.

Jiang Yao looked slightly confused and said, "Class president, why are we watching this in the heavy rain?"

Tang Xiaoguo nodded: "Yeah, how boring!"

Lin Qianqian was watching rather seriously: "Are they one male and one female or two females?"

Ning Shu said, "Hey, isn't this a once-in-a-century sight? You can't see this on Animal Planet or Planet Earth, not even in David Attenborough's documentaries you’d see two crocodiles rolling together like this!"

"This is precious footage?"

"Of course!"

"If we take a video, will we get sued by the Animal Protection Association?"

......

At the same time, Shen Bing was lying on Lu Zhe's chest with her eyes closed, looking extremely serene.

"To be honest, you've been awake for a while now, haven't you!"

Shen Bing moved her mouth and whispered softly, "Who said that! I'm still unconscious!"

"Do you look unconscious?"

"I do!"

"How so?"

"How about this then?" Shen Bing slowly raised her head, staring blankly at Lu Zhe: "Darling..."

Lu Zhe was stunned.

Suddenly, she burst out laughing uncontrollably.

With laughter shaking her body.

Lu Zhe was speechless: "Boss, are you a policewoman or an actress? How can you pretend so well?"

Shen Bing pursed her lips and smiled, taking a hair tie to tie her hair into a simple ponytail, with her lush hair piled up behind, exuding charm: "Sometimes I need to be undercover, and knowing how to act helps!"

"Were you even hurt at all!"

"Not really!" Shen Bing thought for a while: "To be honest, at first I was really scared by the python, but then when you called me darling, I came around."

"Why didn't you say so then!"

"Well..." Shen Bing said coyly like a young lady: "I thought it sounded quite sweet when you called me darling and dear wife, so I wanted to hear it a few more times. Is that okay?"

"Then just say it straight, I can secretly call you that a hundred times a day."

"Why secretly?" Shen Bing pretended to be upset: "Are you afraid those other girls would get jealous?"

Lu Zhe admitted frankly: "Yes!"

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore! Call them back now! The rain is quite heavy, don't want them catching a cold."

"The rain will rinse them off, we have to make do with harsh conditions and be thrifty..."

Lu Zhe looked at the time, it had only been half an hour since he had just warmed up.

However, thinking of the four girls still out there in the rain, he briskly put his clothes back on.

Poking his head out, he saw the girls squatting there watching the crocodiles.

Shen Bing took out an umbrella from the package: “Let’s go down and take a look too!”

"Alright!"

Even though the campsite was on high ground, the water had already risen above the ankles. The two of them walked barefoot in the rainwater to the girls, holding the umbrella.

"Wow, Sister Bing!"

"Yeah!"

"Sister Bing, you’re okay!"

Shen Bing smiled and nodded: "I'm fine, very good!"

"That's great!"

The girls gathered around Shen Bing and chatted with her.

Ning Shu pulled Lu Zhe aside: "Lu Zhe...?"

Lu Zhe nodded: "Yeah!"

"I knew it!"

Ning Shu looked at her watch, seeming a little worried: "It's only been half an hour? Are you too tired lately...?"

"Shut up, I'm fine!"

"Really? If anything comes up we can make up, don't hide it from me, I won't just because of this..."

"I said I'm fine! It was short because I was worried you'd catch a cold in the rain!"

"Oh, I see!" Ning Shu nodded: "Then I'll tell them we don’t need to keep watching the crocodiles..."

At this point, Lu Zhe noticed the thylacine crouching under the rock wall.

He pondered: "Take advantage now while the rain has eased to move some of the food and other important items from the hammocks into the stone house. Leave some room for them to take shelter from the rain."

Ning Shu nodded: "Have you named the puppy?"

Lu Zhe thought for a moment: "Let's call him Wang Cai!"

Ning Shu happily greeted: "Hi, Wang Cai!"

The group moved several more packages into the stone house, leaving some empty space under the hammocks.

Lu Zhe beckoned, and the mother thylacine intuitively ran over, lying down with her joey where Lu Zhe had slept earlier.

"You get along well with it!"

"Of course! Smart animals all know that I'm a good person!"

At this point, Shen Bing noticed: "Lu Zhe, this creature looks like...a thylacine?"

"As expected Sister Bing, you are knowledgeable. This is indeed a thylacine!"

"My god! Isn't that an extinct animal‽ "

"I happened to discover it on Insect Island. But looking at the environment there, the breeding conditions for the thylacine don’t seem optimistic."

"It’s a pity there’s only one, it can’t reproduce!"

"No, there are two more joeys in her pouch!" Saying so, Lu Zhe gently reached out his hand and took out two baby thylacines from the thylacine's pouch.

He turned them over and looked: "Haha, one male and one female!"

Qianqian said in surprise: “But they are siblings!"

"Animals are not as squeamish as humans. One male with two females can still reproduce just fine. After a few generations some familial traits will become more prominent, forming unique markings for that tribe, ultimately distinguishable from other thylacine tribes, effectively becoming thylacine subspecies."

Jiang Yao was shocked: “You mean the little ones would have to...mate with their mom‽ That’s too bizarre!"

"Not at all bizarre! In fact, the white tigers we often see captive in zoos were artificially bred like this!"

Xiaoguo was puzzled: “What white tigers..."

Shen Bing nodded: “I didn’t expect that getting stranded on a deserted island, we’d discover an extinct species..."

Jiang Yao nodded: "If the Australian authorities find out, I guess they’d be willing to spend a billion to buy it back."

Lu Zhe scoffed: "Have some confidence, for a species like this no less than 10 billion minimum!"

Xiaoguo exclaimed: “Then we’d really achieve financial freedom!"

Just then, there was another rumble of thunder.

The wind picked up again and the rain poured heavier!

The sky darkened once more.

"Stop discussing, everyone get back into the stone house quickly!"

Everyone hurried back into the stone house. The rain poured down heavily again. After wiping themselves down, they blocked the cave entrance.

"What’s the plan going forward?"

"Are we going to be cooped up here until the downpour stops?"

At this point, Lu Zhe pondered: “I’ve never had a chance to check out the bottom of the volcano before! Now that it’s raining, the temperature of the hot springs should also have dropped some. I want to take this opportunity to see how our sweet potato vines and chili peppers are doing down there!"

"It's too dangerous to go out in such heavy rain." Ning Shu worriedly thought for a moment: "I’ll still go with you to be safe."