"This is a hairdryer, used to dry wet hair."
Gu Qingcheng said that with it, she could wash her hair in any weather, whenever she pleased, without needing to check the forecast.
Du Lanyue expressed envy.
After her hair was quickly dried, she grew fond of this thing called a hairdryer.
Du Lanyue was very clever. After drying her own hair, she immediately learned how to use the hairdryer and took her turn drying Gu Qingcheng's hair.
After both of them had dried their hair, Gu Qingcheng said,
"Sister Lanyue, are you hungry? Let's have a good meal first, and then we can go explore Water Star Island.
I checked the terrain earlier. It's not far from Water Star Island. In fact, our boat ended up docked in a sheltered spot on the backside of Water Star Island."
"Alright. Is there a kitchen here? I can cook,"
Du Lanyue didn't see the familiar stove. As a guest, she couldn't possibly expect Gu Qingcheng to cook for her, could she?
"No need to cook. Go to the bathroom and put on some balm or something. I have some ready on the boat."
Gu Qingcheng sent Du Lanyue away, then went to the kitchen and took out a Cantonese breakfast from the storage cabinet: shrimp dumplings, sweet rice cakes, char siu bao, and soy milk.
By the time she had laid out the breakfast, Du Lanyue had finished applying her balm and came out.
She held a jar of cosmetics in a small green bottle and asked, "Qingcheng, is it okay if I use this? It smells so good."
Gu Qingcheng looked and saw it was her mother's Rose Oil.
It was a bit early for Du Lanyue to be using this, but using it once or twice wouldn't hurt. So she said,
"Yes."
"Okay. I just put it on, but I was a bit worried I might have used the wrong thing, so I brought it out to ask you."
Du Lanyue put the Rose Oil back on the shelf in the bathroom and turned to leave.
However, she didn't notice that the bathroom was filled with various bottles and jars for application, yet none of them had moved from their positions during the hurricane last night, miraculously remaining intact.
When she arrived at the dining area and saw the steaming breakfast laid out, Du Lanyue's stomach grumbled.
Fortunately, the two of them had spent over ten days together in the cave on Peach Blossom Island, so they were familiar with each other's habits and understood each other well. There wasn't too much awkwardness, and they smoothed it over by speaking their minds:
"I'm hungry, and it smells delicious."
"Eat."
Gu Qingcheng's words were direct. After surviving the disaster, it was natural to reward their stomachs.
She had changed back into men's clothing. Du Lanyue felt that she looked more comfortable this way.
After they finished eating, the yacht autonomously navigated back to the waterway they had originally set sail from.
"Qingcheng, do we really have to go ashore? What if there are still people on the island?"
Du Lanyue asked worriedly.
"Don't worry. Last night's gale was extremely destructive. Most of the structures on the island were temporary. And when the wind picked up, it was almost midnight. Many people were asleep. It was night, so they had no time to escape. I estimate that there won't be many survivors on the island. Even if there are survivors, they'll likely be without any fighting ability."
Gu Qingcheng said calmly.
Upon landing on the island, everything was as Gu Qingcheng had predicted. Not to mention buildings, there wasn't even a human silhouette. The island had originally had some low shrubbery, but now even these shrubs had been uprooted by the tornado. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Although Du Lanyue had been frightened by the hurricane on the boat last night, in broad daylight, witnessing the scene of devastation on the island that had been bustling just yesterday, the desolate environment left her even more shaken.
"How could this happen?"
Du Lanyue murmured.
"The destructive power of nature is terrifying. We are insignificant in its face."
Gu Qingcheng sighed.
As they walked, they indeed saw no one. It was likely that everyone had been caught off guard by the tornado and sucked into the sky, perhaps flung hundreds of miles away.
As they approached the residential area, they saw that the roofs of the buildings had been torn off, leaving only shattered ruins.
"Isn't this the same private room where we were drinking yesterday?"
Du Lanyue vaguely recognized it through the deformed structures.
"Yes. Come, let's take a look inside. We might find something good."
Gu Qingcheng recalled that when she was drinking with Huo Yu yesterday, he had mentioned that he had been accumulating resources and possessed a large amount of gold and silver. He was confident that within a few more years, he could establish the Great Huo Dynasty.
Thinking this, she felt that Huo Yu must have a secret treasury.
Gu Qingcheng couldn't have come all this way for nothing, could she?
After working hard all night, she deserved to collect some compensation from Huo Yu.
Du Lanyue was still a bit fearful, looking around nervously.
Gu Qingcheng, however, was not worried at all. She knew that last night's gale had been at least level 16. With the capabilities of people at that time, and without preparation, they would have been powerless to resist.
Let alone them, if Gu Qingcheng hadn't had the protection of the yacht last night, she would have met an untimely end.
Huo Yu's bedroom, which had been so luxurious yesterday, was now a complete mess.
Although Huo Yu's bedroom was on Water Star Island, the furniture inside was made of fine rosewood, exuding a low-key luxury. Now, the rosewood furniture had been damaged by debris carried by the wind and soaked by the rain, causing it to warp.
Gu Qingcheng saw that none of the furniture was salvageable and lost interest. She was stepping on the ground, and Du Lanyue, not knowing what she was doing, watched as she crouched down, pried open a small hole, and lifted it, revealing a trapdoor.
"Wow, there's a basement here?"
Du Lanyue exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes. If Huo Yu hadn't been so aggressive last night, insisting on chasing us, and had stayed inside the house, he could have escaped into this basement.
So, always leave a way out, both for others and for yourself. Unfortunately, he didn't understand that."
Gu Qingcheng chuckled and told Du Lanyue to wait above while she jumped into the cellar.
Although there were basically no survivors on the island now, Gu Qingcheng still acted with caution. If she and Du Lanyue were to go down together, and if there were any survivors who discovered them, wouldn't they be trapped like turtles in a jar?
As soon as Gu Qingcheng entered the cellar, she took out a flashlight from the storage cabinet. Under the light, she saw that the cellar was a hundred square meters, filled with large wooden crates stacked from floor to ceiling.
Gu Qingcheng pried open a box and was stunned.
Huo Yu had not lied. The box was filled with a whole chest of silver.
Opening another box, she found it filled with gold bars.
It seemed that the boxes inside contained either gold or silver.
Gu Qingcheng immediately activated the collection mode of the storage cabinet.
As for the exact quantity of gold and silver, since the boxes were stacked in a mixed manner, Gu Qingcheng could not estimate the amount for the moment. She decided to collect what she could.
However, since Huo Yu intended to use this as capital to rebuild the Great Huo Dynasty, hundreds of tons of gold and silver would likely not be enough. It was not impossible that Huo Yu had other hiding places.
But Gu Qingcheng didn't have the time to search the entire island. With this gold and silver, it was enough for her to further expand the business empire of Phoenix Village.
After collecting the gold and silver, Gu Qingcheng returned to the surface.
Du Lanyue was anxiously waiting for her. Seeing her come up, she breathed a sigh of relief and said,
"Qingcheng, let's leave quickly. You were gone, and I was so scared being here alone."