The light snow was falling.
Paige drove in silence, Enrico didn’t say a word, and Gabriel sat behind them, shifting his little bottom from left to right and back again.
Where were the bottles? Where was the smoke in the bottle that made people fall asleep?
What was wrong with mummy?
Eh? Did daddy just say that he was mummy’s son? Did he? Didn’t he?
Gabriel scratched his hair, confused.
After a long time, the gates of the eastern city appeared in their line of sight. Compared to the heavily fortified southern city, the personnel here were a bit simpler, but they were all guarding the gates with real guns.
Paige understood what Enrico meant. “You want to use me to get out of the city?”
“…”
Enrico didn’t say a word.
The people guarding the city came out and stopped their car with their guns.
The car was forced to stop.
Paige lowered the window and saw her, and the people outside immediately bowed their heads, “Madam.”
Looking at Enrico inside again, their eyes paused for a moment and they did not call out.
“Open the city gate and let us out,” Paige said.
“Get out of the car,” Enrico’s voice suddenly sounded beside her.
Paige looked at him strangely, and Enrico had already pushed open the car door and got out, walking towards the city wall.
Paige could only follow him out of the car, allowing the guards to come down and rest first, and then took Gabriel’s hand and walked up the city wall.
The city was built a long time ago, and the city wall was a bit faded. Snow fell on the top of the wall and accumulated a thick layer.
When she got to the top, she saw Enrico standing alone on the city wall looking down, his figure like a pine tree, his lenses reflecting in the snow-white color, and it was impossible to tell what emotions he was feeling.
“Aren’t you leaving the city?”
Paige let go of Gabriel’s hand and walked towards Enrico, following his gaze down below.
The eastern city wall was built higher than the other three due to feng shui concerns, towering high above the rest like a majestic tower reaching for the stars.
In the vast expanse of white snow, the old-fashioned buildings all looked like blocks of building bricks, stacked one on top of the other, and dotted among them were the red silk trees all over the city.
The only strong colors fill the entire city.
“Why did you suddenly stop holding me?”
Enrico suddenly looked down at her, snickered, and said, “With your abilities, you can easily push me down, whether it’s the Folsom family or this city gate.”
Upon hearing this, Paige’s eyes moved, and she looked up at him, not answering but instead asking, “If you knew, why did you still dare to go to the Folsom family?”
Gabriel stood behind them, looking at the two tall figures. He felt that he could not interrupt the conversation, so he simply started playing in the snow.
“I have always been a fugitive, and I have always gambled with everything,” Enrico said, staring into her eyes.
“…”
Paige couldn’t figure out the meaning of his words. Did he mean that trying to catch her out of the city was a gamble?
Enrico turned his face to the city below, his hands behind his back, his tone a little lazy and casual, “You still haven’t answered Leonard’s question.”
“What?” Paige was stunned for a moment, and then she thought of the words Kevin had said before leaving.
“You never wanted to do anything drastic to him. Just like you never wanted to marry me, right?”
As she thought about it, Enrico added, “The whole city is covered in red, like a springtime miracle. Leonard has really gone all out for you, and I’m even a little moved.”
It was full of sarcasm.
Gabriel scooped up a handful of snow, squatted down, and squeezed it, making a strange shape.
Hearing this, Paige’s throat felt slightly bitter, and she took a step forward, her clothes scraping against the snow on the wall.
She looked at the red trees all over the city and her soft lips parted slightly, “I had these made.”
It had nothing to do with Kevin.
“Oh?” Enrico let out a light laugh, “Then it seems you’re looking forward to this wedding, why aren’t you even wearing your wedding dress?”
As he said this…
Paige listened to the very familiar voice of the man and felt only bitterness in her mouth. She curved the corners of her mouth and smiled with forced cheerfulness, “I didn’t get these made for Leonard.”
“Then who?” Enrico stood behind her, asking for details.
“For someone who… can’t wake up,”
she whispered, her voice hoarse.
The entire city was filled with red trees, and it really felt like a dream to look back on these days in this city.
She fought with Justin and the others, she watched Enrico become JT, she watched him try to create killing karma, and now, everyone will slowly get better, except for him.
Jared is dead, and he is doomed to not be awakened safely.
She doesn’t even know how long it will take before she sees him wake up, except to wait indefinitely…
Thinking about it like this, Paige doesn’t want to look at this city anymore. It has brought her nothing but endless fatigue.
“Let’s get out of the city,”
She didn’t want to care about anything anymore. Someone else would clean up the mess here anyway, she just wanted to leave.
Paige was about to turn around when the man’s deep, magnetic voice suddenly sounded next to her hair, with a hint of mockery, “I don’t think that person dares to wake up either.”
A snowflake landed on Paige’s eyelashes.
The man suddenly put his arms around the city wall from behind, circled her in his arms, lowered his handsome face, and stared at her with deep eyes through the lenses, “Paige, you are too greedy. You will only scare men away by doing this.”
“…”
“After all, no matter how strong a man is, he can’t stand the sight of red ribbons all over the city. You agree, right?”
He said, lifting his hand to take off the glasses on his nose, staring at her with lowered eyes, his thin lips curling up in a playful arc.
“…”
Paige stood stiffly in front of him, feeling only the whole world go blank after a loud noise, and all that was left in front of her was a face with a wicked smile.
She looked almost blankly into his eyes, as if her mind suddenly stopped working, unable to think of anything, unable to think of anything else, but a tear fell.
Gabriel crouched behind her and continued to squeeze the snowball, squeezing and squeezing.
This snowball is hard enough, so if it doesn’t work, I’ll just knock Daddy unconscious, right? As long as Mummy doesn’t feel sad.
Gabriel’s little hand, which was red from pinching, held the snowball in a throwing position. Wow, it’s so heavy, I can’t hit him on the head, it would hurt too much.
How about the stomach? Will he faint if I hit him there?
Never mind, I’ll squeeze a few more and then I’ll hit him.
Enrico wrapped his arms around her, his long fingers pinching his glasses as he tapped them against the wall. He gazed at her momentarily moist eyes, and a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.
The next second, he chuckled, “What, no? How about this: I’ll take off two red ribbons every day. If I haven’t finished by the time I turn 60, I’ll take medicine and try harder?”
Paige looked at him with a face full of impishness, and her tears fell even more heavily.
“You’re not satisfied with that?”
Enrico put down his glasses and reached out to wipe the tears from her face. With a forced smile, he said, “Three a day, no more. If you do more, your husband will have to take medicine when he turns forty.”
“…”
Speechless.
Paige’s nose was completely sour, and her tears were completely out of control, streaming down her face desperately.