After just a few steps, there was a murmur in the crowd.
“Bastion is young, and he still wants to drag us to repair the house. How could the house collapse when it was fine? It’s obvious that he slept on it.”
“Young people, it’s very normal to do this kind of thing.”
“Look at this new man she’s found. He’s handsome, tall, narrow waist, perky buttocks, it’s obvious he’s capable in that area.”
After the words fell, a group of people all shifted their gaze at the same time, silently turning to the man beside Paige.
To be precise, they turned to his buttocks.
What kind of conversation was this?
She just said why everyone’s eyes had become like that, and it turned out that everyone knew that her house had collapsed, and then they started to think in a divergent way, generating all kinds of associations.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t say that they were all wrong.
Paige glanced over at the man next to her and saw that Enrico’s face had turned pale.
The country’s number one conglomerate had probably never before been criticized for his… butt.
As she thought about it, Paige was about to clarify the situation when she heard the crowd whispering again, as if they thought no one could hear them.
“Hey, don’t tell me, but this new guy Paige has picked is good-looking. I’ve never seen anyone look so good.”
“What about Alfredo and Kevin?”
“What’s there to do about it? I’ve only ever heard the new guy laugh. Alfredo’s not as good-looking as the others, and Kevin is missing a leg, so just accept it.”
“What’s there to worry about? Paige is a good person, and even if she has a new love, she won’t neglect the first two.”
“She can’t neglect them. Not to mention Kevin, but has Alfredo been waiting for Paige for years without finding anyone else?”
“I say, you two are having such a good chat, what are the laws in Country A like now, do they allow polygamy?”
“That’s definitely not allowed, and when we go out, the marriage certificate will still have to be in Alfredo’s name. There has to be a first come, first served.”
Enrico’s face was no longer blue.
It was black.
His face was taut, the blue veins on his forehead gradually standing out, almost ready to explode, his fingers clenching around her, as if he wanted to break them off.
Suddenly, Paige’s hand slipped from under his fingers.
He looked at her with a stern face, but saw that Paige had already lifted her foot and walked towards Alfredo and Kevin.
“…” Enrico stared at her tightly.
“Kevin, is everyone here now?”
Paige walked up to the group and stopped, her eyes sweeping towards Kevin. Her tone was indifferent, as if she wasn’t affected by everyone’s strange looks at all.
Hearing this, Kevin nodded, “After searching for a while last night, we are basically all here. There are still two or three households living in the forest that we haven’t found yet, but we are already looking for them, and I believe we will have results soon.”
“Good,” Paige nodded, scanning the group in front of her, “Since we are almost all here, I have a few important things to tell you.”
“Little Paige, do you want to change your clothes first?” Uncle Artie kindly reminded.
Paige looked down at her T-shirt and pants. No matter how hard she tried to clean them, they were still dirty, and standing here like this would only give everyone more to think about.
She withdrew her gaze, gave a faint smile, and said indifferently, “That’s it.”
Enrico stood nearby, his face cold as he watched her.
Hearing that Paige had something important to say, everyone leaned towards the center, crowding around her.
“The first thing is that I need to clarify something,”
Paige stood still, her eyes looking coldly at everyone as she said, word for word, “I have been on this island for three years, and I believe you all know just how chaotic the relationships between the men and women on this island are. Back then, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I asked Alfredo to pretend to be my boyfriend.”
Upon hearing this, Enrico’s eyes twitched.
“Pretend to be…”
“What?”
There was an immediate uproar in the crowd.
“Alfredo,” Paige said, looking at the frail young man sitting in front of her, her tone indifferent, “please tell everyone if I was in a relationship with you.”
Upon hearing this, Alfredo looked at her from his chair.
She stood there, her face serious, her gaze very frank, without any impurities or extraneous things.
She had felt strange to him last night, but now this feeling of familiarity slowly returned. She had always been like this.
He squeezed his hand on his knee, then smiled, “No, we have always cooperated with each other as a way to drive away some so-called suitors. There is no extra emotion.”
“…”
The crowd once again erupted.
It’s fake, these two are actually fake?
They actually thought that Alfredo had been waiting for Paige for three years, without a woman.
Very good.
Paige shifted her gaze from Alfredo to Kevin, “The rumors about Kevin are even more exaggerated. I have always been friends with him, and there is no pretending.”
Kevin stood in front of the crowd, looked up at Enrico standing not far away, and smiled, “Yes, what you people spread is also too ridiculous. Paige is just my savior. Do you have to add a little scandal between men and women to make it look interesting?”
“…”
The crowd discussed.
“Bastion,” Paige said coldly.
Bastion was startled by the coldness and stood up confusedly, looking at him weakly.
Paige looked down at the skinny teenager and said in a cold voice, “Bastion, if I hear you call me anything else in the future, you don’t need to call me sister anymore.”
The power of these words was too heavy.
It was so heavy that Bastion’s face suddenly turned white and his eyes reddened.
“Sister Paige…” Bastion looked at her blankly, almost crying.
“Today, I’ve clarified this matter, so from now on, if anyone spreads rumors again, don’t blame me for not being nice to him, and don’t consider our friendship,” Paige said coldly in front of everyone, turning her head to look behind her.
Enrico was still standing in the same place, staring at her, his face already looking much better.
Paige looked at him and her eyes softened.
Then she lifted her feet and walked towards him, reached out and took his warm hand, and led him step by step to the front of the crowd.
Enrico let her lead him, not looking at anyone, just staring at her.
She stood next to him, holding his hand, facing the crowd, her eyebrows and eyes firm, “My man, there is only one, and that is Enrico.”
The whole audience fell silent.
My man, there is only one…
For no reason, his heart started pounding, just like the day she drove the car to the marriage registry office.
He always felt that she couldn’t coax a man, but now he realized that she was too good at it.
Not to mention getting angry, he was now coaxed by her to the point where he wanted to cut his heart out and give it to her to play with.
Everyone watched the two of them in silence.
Kevin was still smiling, but his eyes gradually dimmed.
Alfredo sat there, looking up at the two of them, looking at their clasped hands, a little surprised, but not really.
He had long understood that someone like Paige could never belong to Wind Island, and even less so to any one person on Wind Island.