Three days later, the Forest of Poison.
Esteban Zaragosa and his group pitched a tent in the poisonous forest and ate around a campfire in front of a barbecue.
Esteban Zaragosa, with little appetite, sat by the campfire and took the red rope bracelet off his arms, looking at it fondly.
For the past three days, he had been thinking about what the girl had told him.
For her sake, she can even throw away her stable life, what else can’t she know?
Now that he knew her heart, and knew that even if he let her go, she would be sad and upset, it would be better to keep her with him and spoil her, even if it was dangerous, and have a moment of sweetness and happiness.
Tom Paul approached with a roast leg of lamb and handed it to Esteban Zaragosa. “You’re not still thinking about that little girlfriend of yours?”.
Esteban Zaragosa picked up the roasted leg of lamb and grimaced, “Do you feel like it?”.
Tom Paul: “… Heh, I don’t give a shit about that sour, stinkin’ love, it’s a big trouble!”
Tom Paul gave her a parting glance, “You’re not really going to take that girl, are you?”
Esteban Zaragosa took a bite of his leg of lamb and gave him a sidelong glance, “You mean I can’t die?”
“Your disease is salvageable, after all, the pill I developed is the most advanced anti-cancer medicine in the world, and after the surgery and you’ve been taking my medicine for a month, you’re basically cured as of now, but I can only guarantee that you won’t die of the disease, not that you won’t die in an asura war.”
Esteban Zaragosa growled coldly and tossed the leg of lamb into his arms, “I don’t need you to worry about that in the Shura, just mind your own business and don’t hold Claudio and me back and we’ll thank you.”
Tom Paul grabbed the leg of lamb and took a big bite, pointing to Esteban Zaragosa’s back, “How you talk! I’m the one who saved your life.”
…
In the days following Esteban Zaragosa’s departure, Dulcina Calvo slept in Esteban Zaragosa’s bedroom, awaiting his return.
Dulcina Calvo sent several messages to Esteban Zaragosa and there was no response. Dulcina Calvo sat in front of her bedroom, thinking it was because she had a bad signal, and kept shaking her phone with her hand outstretched in search of a signal.
Yanamaria Felix couldn’t help but laugh when she saw this, “Don’t look for a sign, even if you had one, it’s impossible for Esteban Zaragosa to have one, at the moment, they are in the poisonous forest, there is no sign in the poisonous forest.”
When Dulcina Calvo heard the name “The Poisoned Forest,” she suddenly remembered that the dark figure who had kidnapped her earlier had also spoken of the poisoned forest and had said that she would be thrown into it to feed the wolves.
Dulcina Calvo asked worriedly, “Miss Yanamaria, is it true that the poisonous forest is poisoned?”.
“The poisonous forest has always been known for the poisonous gases emanating from it.”
Dulcina Calvo became even more concerned upon hearing this and asked with a frown, “So wouldn’t Esteban Zaragosa and the others be dead?”
Yanamaria Felix looked at the simple girl and smiled, “They will be wearing gas masks, everything will be fine.”
“Oh … how ignorant I am, I don’t understand any of this and even if I were then with Esteban Zaragosa, I wouldn’t be able to help him. I’d probably even hold him back.”
It’s like the last time she was kidnapped by the Black Shadow and needed Esteban Zaragosa to risk his life to save her.
Yanamaria Felix stroked her head and said, “Two people are together because they like and love each other, it’s not that they are together because of who can help who to solve their problems, if that were the case, then wouldn’t everyone have to find someone awesome to marry?”
“Miss Yanamaria, do you also think that Esteban Zaragosa would be more appropriate with Claudio Belles?”
Yanamaria Felix shook her head and said, “I never felt they were right for each other, after all these years, Esteban never expressed his love for Claudio, and Claudio, on the other hand, was always in love, and Claudio was so stubborn that she was the only one in the world who was worthy of Esteban Zaragosa, but love is never a matter of compatibility. If they were meant for each other, they would already be together, and you wouldn’t have been touched.”
“But for Esteban Zaragosa, I must have been a great burden.”
Yanamaria Felix smiled intrigued: “A burden yes, but for Esteban Zaragosa you could be a sweet burden”.
Dulcina Calvo hugged herself and smiled unconsciously sweetly.
…
Esteban Zaragosa returned safely on the fifth night.
Dulcina Calvo was falling asleep when she was awakened by the roar of an airplane.
He rubbed his eyes and stood up in his slippers as he saw many fighter jets and helicopters flying outside and his heart broke.
It must be Esteban Zaragosa who has returned!
Dulcina Calvo ran out of the bedroom without thinking, and on the way, she ran as fast as she could.
When they reached the playground, in the half-light, Dulcina Calvo caught a glimpse of Esteban Zaragosa, who had just disembarked from his fighter plane.
Dulcina Calvo’s heart had never beaten so much, and seeing him return safe and sound made her want to fly to him.
And indeed, her legs, long disobeyed, threw themselves upon her.
Esteban Zaragosa was talking to a colleague when a soft little girl rushed into his arms.
She lowered her eyes slightly, and at the sight of the small, white face she had longed for, the suppressed excitement and ecstasy in her heart spread in an instant.
Ignoring the vague glances of the others, Esteban Zaragosa reached out and embraced the person in his arms. Esteban Zaragosa also reached out and embraced the person in his arms, despite the vague glances of the others.
Dulcina Calvo choked on her chest, trembling slightly, “I was worried about you.”
“I know.”
The little girl in my arms choked, “Don’t order me to let go of you, I don’t want to let go of you again, even if you scold me and push me away.”
A touch of warmth crossed Esteban Zaragosa’s eyes and his magnetic voice trailed off, “Then hold on tight.”
The man leans in slightly and grabs her in a sudden horizontal embrace.
Dulcina Calvo then saw that there were many more pairs of eyes around …
Oops, I got so excited that I forgot there were others….
Whatever, I already lost a lot of face once, and I don’t mind doing it again!
Dulcina Calvo buried her face directly into Esteban Zaragosa’s battle suit and wrapped her two small arms around his neck.
Esteban Zaragosa looked at her with loving eyes, his thin lips curved and the emptiness of his heart was filled with her for a moment.
He led her to the bedroom.
It was then that Dulcina Calvo peeked her little face out of her battlesuit, sniffing around the outside world like a little mouse who’d done something wrong. “There’s no one else, is there?”
“It’s just you and me.”
Dulcina Calvo jumped out of Esteban Zaragosa’s arms, only to have him grab her wrists and pull them back into his arms, holding them firmly. “No one else, so no more cuddling?”.
Dulcina Calvo: “…”
She froze for a couple of seconds, then tilted her small face and looked at him with starry watery eyes, “You’re not going to throw me out?”.
“To be returned to The Holy City, the matter is non-negotiable.”
Dulcina Calvo’s face fell instantly: “Esteban Zaragosa, why are you so stubborn! Or are you afraid that I am a burden to you, and that is why you insist on sending me back to the Holy City?
Esteban Zaragosa looked down at her chaste lips, his gaze darkening as he grabbed the back of her neck, lowered his head and kissed her.
I felt more like hugging and kissing her than talking to her about all the nonsense, to relieve the overwhelming thoughts of the day.