Chapter 71

Eileen was oblivious to the fact that Egbert was taking off his shirt to cover her chest.

Nevertheless, she quietly held his clothes and asked, “Can you fish? Or should I do it?”

“No need.” The man took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trouser legs, and stepped into the water.

Eileen was a bit worried, as he seemed quite weak. She frowned and reminded him, “Be careful.”

Egbert glanced at her, saw her hugging his clothes tightly. With a slight smile, he walked into the river.

The water wasn’t deep, and Egbert bent over, his eyes intently focused on the fish swimming in the river. After a while, he suddenly lunged.

Eileen stood on the riverbank, tiptoeing to get a better look..

Seeing that Egbert hadn’t moved, she asked, “Did the fish get away?”

He didn’t reply.

Eileen was about to tell him it was okay, that failure was the mother of success, when suddenly he reached down and scooped a fish out of the water with one hand, throwing it towards her.

Eileen instinctively caught the fish, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

“You’re amazing!” she exclaimed.

Egbert smiled briefly. Then he caught fish after fish with precision. Ten minutes later, he had caught five fish.

Though five fish seemed like a lot, they weren’t particularly heavy. Together, they were just enough for two people.

Eileen did a quick calculation and said, “That’s enough. Let’s go back to the shore.”

Egbert, dripping wet, made his way back to the shore.

Eileen was busy starting a fire. She glanced at Egbert and said, “Why don’t you take a bath while you’re at it? I’ll call you when the fish is ready.”

Egbert paused, looking at her.

Eileen pointed in one direction, saying, “Over there, in the direction we came from. There are some big trees for cover. I checked; it’s safe. And the water is clean. Go take a bath.”

Egbert looked in the direction she pointed and said, “Okay.”

Egbert headed in that direction and started taking off his clothes by the riverbank.

in the

showed

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I pay to

Let me see! Let

was repeatedly popping up in

done grilling the fish, Egbert had finally

Egbert was wearing half-dried camouflage pants and carrying his freshly washed vest and jacket

was bare, showing off his

when she heard footsteps, she

She was stunned!

before her was nothing short of a visual

soon, his cool body naturally settled down next to her.

quickly moved a bit away!

looked at her,

look at Egbert, and asked, “Why aren’t you wearing any clothes?” Egbert calmly unfurled his clothes and placed them on the fire rack as he said, “They’re not dry

a few flowers by the riverbank, casually washed them, and then came back, smeared the juice from the flower stems on the fish, and handed it

it and said, “It’s delicious.”

course, anything I

Egbert chuckled.

were also ready, and the two of

that moment. Eileen checked Egbert’s clothes that were hanging on the rack, touched them, and said, “They’re dry

and threw them to the bare-chested Egbert,

he looked at Eileen and suddenly asked, “Do you want to take a bath too?”

which were indeed

don’t have a change of clothes.”

to

jacket, paused for a

that, she took Egbert’s

wisely turned away, not

bathe. Instead, she first washed her pants and then hung them on a nearby

with the vest, then put on

her other clothes,

jacket was quite big for her.

long, but the hem of the jacket also reached

returned barefoot because her feet were wet. So she didn’t put on her shoes but carried

resting in the shade of a

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