Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

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.

that moment, the drone in the sky

showed the following

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I pay

Let me see! Let me see! Let me

“Let me see” was repeatedly popping up in the live chat.

the fish, Egbert had finally returned from his

was unbearable. Egbert was wearing half-dried camouflage pants and carrying his freshly washed

bare, showing off his evenly toned muscles and

ground, and when she heard footsteps, she instinctively looked

She was stunned!

her was nothing short of

footsteps grew closer, and soon, his cool body

moved a

at her, asking, “What’s wrong?”

unfurled his clothes and placed them on the fire rack as he said, “They’re not dry yet.” Eileen pursed her lips and stopped talking, continuing to grill the fish

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

tasted it and said,

said, “Of course, anything I grill is bound to

Egbert chuckled.

and the two of them ate with relish. The five fish were quickly finished.

was quite high at that moment. Eileen checked Egbert’s clothes that were

to the bare-chested Egbert, saying, “Put them

the clothes but didn’t put them on. Instead, he looked at Eileen and suddenly asked, “Do you want to take a bath too?”

down at her own clothes, which were indeed as

don’t have a change of clothes.”

threw his jacket to her, saying, “Wear

for a moment, then

Egbert’s jacket and headed upstream.

away,

bathe. Instead, she first washed her pants and then hung them on a nearby tree to dry. By the time she finished bathing, her pants were

her body with the vest, then put on

other clothes, she

jacket was quite

sleeves too long, but the hem of the jacket also reached her thighs.

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

the shade of a