Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 70

Egbert Reed grabbed the biscuits and water, starting to munch in silence.

His appetite wasn’t much; he only had three biscuits and a small sip of water.

Seeing that the food consumption wasn’t much, Eileen Lopez relaxed a bit. She put the remaining food back into her bag, then asked him, “Got a sleeping bag?”

Egbert replied, “Nope.”

Eileen looked at him, all empty-handed and all, a bit disdainful, but she still dug out Elaine Lopez’s sleeping bag from her backpack and threw it at him, saying, “You’ll sleep in here,” and referring to the twig tent.

Egbert took the sleeping bag and looked at her.

Seeing him standing there, not moving, Eileen frowned, “Sleep when I tell you to sleep! What if you get sick again? Don’t you know you’re weak? How long were you ill last time? Have you forgotten? A whole twelve hours! Wasn’t it me taking care of you?”

Egbert thought back to that time and said helplessly, “That was an accident…”

“I don’t care if it was an accident; go in and sleep!” Eileen ordered.

Egbert just grinned and went into the twig tent with the sleeping bag.

Eileen took out her own sleeping bag, crawled in, and sat near the fire. She asked while warming herself, “What’s your plan for tomorrow?”

Egbert paused, then said, “Since we’re both team-less, why don’t we stick together?”

Eileen looked at the sky and snorted, “You want me to protect you?”

Egbert couldn’t help but laugh, then said softly, “If you say so.”

Eileen turned her head to him suddenly and said, “Then say something nice to make me feel good.”

Egbert was startled, then said in a coquettish manner, “You’re the best. Please promise to protect me.”

Eileen laughed, “Alright, since you said so, I’ll do you this favor.”

She then crawled into her sleeping bag, laid down, and said, “It’s bedtime now.”

Egbert sat in the twig tent, watching the lonely girl by the fire. The smile in his eyes never faded.

The next day, dawn was breaking.

of footsteps woke

up and saw Egbert coming towards her with a bunch of wild berries in

frowned. She didn’t have a watch, so she had

sat next to her, placed the fruits and his water bag on the ground, and said, “Time to get

bag, besides two bottles of drinking water for each team, there were also two empty water bags.

the water bag and

“Just the water bag.”

frowned, took her bag, and checked it. Indeed, only one water bag was missing. She said unhappily, “Don’t

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ked it sh

noticed it was heavy, “There’s water in

man

it. The water had a fishy smell; she asked, “What kind of water is this?”

from a

always lived in a privileged environment,

of tree that can store water. If

has its

up and asked, “Where

realized she was skeptical and pointed in a

over, and from a distance,

that the tree was indeed non-toxic, she finally took a big gulp of water, feeling instantly refreshed!

her teeth there.

not the Ink Berry from the previous

return, Egbert patted the ground next to him, indicating for her to sit.

So, Eileen did.

her a

mutated fruit, non-toxic, and shaped a bit

was very sweet, much tastier than the

foods can replenish the sugar in the

consume a large amount of sugar before exercising because sugar, when broken down in the body, forms water and carbon dioxide, which are excellent sources

wild, having sugary food was a great supplement for their bodies.

at Egbert contentedly, and said, “You’re really good at

picked up

watched him drink

drunk from that