"Huh?"Gilbert answered half-heartedly and so lazily that Kisa was about to think he was asleep."Where is this place, and why are you here too?""This is a cave, and I am here to save you." He simply told her the truth.Kisa was still a bit confused. "Wasn't I pursued by Emma and fell down the snow slope? Then you...""I saw it, but it was too late to save you. So I simply jumped down with you from where you fell. It was lucky that I landed in the same place as you did. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to find you in such a big mountain forest with such a heavy snowfall." He spoke calmly. Kisa was too shocked to speak because of what Gilbert had said.'He has gone so far as to jump down a snowy slope to save her. Did it occur to him at that moment that the jump might have killed him? Why does his saving of me sound like a fantasy?' Kisa thought to herself, and she could not help believing it in this place and at this moment.Gilbert suddenly snorted when he heard nothing
"You were not the one who hurt Grandma." He repeated with an air of obstinacy and slight annoyance.Kisa smiled dementedly. "Why am I not now? Didn't you convict me of this crime in the first place? You grabbed my hand and forced me to sign that confession? Have you forgotten? Gilbert, you're not trying to cheat me out of my feelings again, are you?""No," Gilbert murmured. "I heard the conversation between Grandma and Sharon, and Sharon was the one who harmed Grandma.""Heh!" Kisa was shocked upon hearing that, but there was even more self-deprecation and sadness, all without a bit of happiness. "Gilbert, right from the beginning, I told you vociferously that I did not hurt your grandma. I even kneeled before you and begged you to believe me, but you didn't. You only ever thought of me as a vicious woman. Back then, if you had believed me, maybe you wouldn't have sent me to jail, and our child wouldn't have died.""The child..." He almost made a Freudian slip, revealing the fact t
"You!" Kisa was sad, and when she heard what he said, it instantly bummed her out. 'I really, really can't talk to this man about feelings, or I will definitely be pissed off.' His EQ was high in business but low in relationships. Kisa was so pissed that she thought she might as well keep her mouth shut.Gilbert also stopped talking, and the already depressive atmosphere became even tenser.Feeling irritated, Kisa subtly moved her body, pulling away from him. This time, he did not draw her back to him."Want to sleep?" He suddenly spoke from above her head."What?" Kisa subconsciously responded."If you don't want to sleep, let's do something else," he said in a flat tone of voice.Kisa's body involuntarily tensed up. "W-What do you want to do?"Gilbert knew she was thinking the wrong way as soon as he heard her tense and defensive tone of voice. He snickered, and his eyes glowed cunningly in the darkness. "What do you think?""H-How do I know what you want to do?""I want to.
"Here you go!" She held out one of the slightly larger loaves of bread to him.Gilbert glanced down at it, then at the bread in her other hand, and said disdainfully, "Do you think I'd eat a sweet thing like that?""You!" Kisa was really pissed off. She took the bread back. "Forget it. Why are you still so picky in time like this?" She sat back down at the place where she had just slept. Seeing that his coat was still on the floor, she reached out and picked it up before throwing it at him. "Put it on, or you will bother me if you get sick.""Put it on. You are much weaker and more likely to get sick." Gilbert threw the coat back again, landing on her body. The coat still carried the warmth of their body.She looked at his thin sweater and said, "I'm not very cold. I won't get sick. So you should put it on." Kisa was about to throw the coat back.Gilbert suddenly sneered. "Stop playing tough with that kind of body of yours. You will only trouble me if you get sick." He always soun
"Heh, do you think that's possible?" Gilbert snorted, his face full of disdain."Why is it impossible? You men are the most cunning." Kisa grunted."Humph!"Gilbert snorted again with a look of growing disdain that made Kisa want to punch him in the face. She glared at him but decided to ignore him, as anger cost energy, and she was already hungry.The fire gradually flared up, warm and bright, illuminating the entire cave. Gilbert turned off the torchlight of his phone and checked the battery indicator; only 20% of the battery was left. He looked at Kisa across from him. "How much power do you have left on your phone?"Kisa was puzzled as she took out her phone and checked."Only 28%.""Turn it off. When the blizzard stops, we can call Davian for help if we can get up there."Kisa nodded and turned off the phone as told. Gilbert warmed himself in front of the fire for a while, then got up and collected more dead twigs. Kisa looked at him for a while and got up to help him.Ju
"You had better eat something, even if it doesn't taste good. At least you can replenish some energy, lest you faint before we get out."Gilbert glanced at the bread wrapped in the packaging and sneered, "Is this thing even edible?"Kisa took a deep breath and put the bread back in her pocket. "Fine. I will see how long you can last."He lowered his head again and earnestly moved the twigs around a bit in the fire. He was wearing a thin, light gray sweater with a slightly short collar, so she could see the clean ends of his hair and the back of his neck as soon as she raised her eyes.While the icy wind was howling outside the cave, the crackling sound of burning branches accented the quietness in the cave.Gilbert suddenly said, "If you want to sleep, sleep some more. We will find a way to go up in the morning."Kisa hugged her legs and rested her chin on her knees silently.Gilbert ignored her and lay down by the fire. He rested one hand on the back of his head and the other a
Mia's eyes were red with resentment. "It is all because of you. If you hadn't forced Jensen to go out and look for him, Jensen wouldn't have gone missing. If Gilbert comes back and Jensen is missing, I bet you are going to feel guilty for the rest of your life."Madalyn covered her face and sobbed uncontrollably, looking pitiful and hateful.Adrien glanced slyly at Madalyn, the corners of his lips curled up in mockery.Peter suddenly pulled Mia over. "Come on, Mrs. Kooper Sr. is sad enough. Can you not add salt to injury? Besides, if Gilbert can come back, why not Jensen? In your mind, is Jensen not as capable as Gilbert?""Jensen is certainly just as capable as Gilbert. I'm just pissed off.""Okay, I know you are angry, but you are not going to skin Mrs. Kooper Sr. alive, are you?""Absolutely." Davian chimed in and said to Mia, "Mrs. Kooper Sr. is at least Jensen's grandmother. If you rebuke her like this, Jensen will not be happy if he finds out.""Heh, Jensen's grandmother?"
"Don't worry, if I really get sick, I will hit myself against the wall and definitely won't become your burden in the slightest!" Kisa instantly pulled her hand back, her eyes reddening as she stared at him with resentment and aggrievement. "Also, if my foot can't get better and you have found a way to get out, leave. I definitely won't hold you back," she said with utmost determination.Gilbert was upset to hear what she said. He told himself to be patient and softened his tone of voice. "I don't mean that. I just want you to stay well, and we can leave this cave together. Only this way will the chance of us being rescued become greater. What will I do if you fall ill or your foot injury worsens?""What do you mean? You can just go by yourself.""Then wouldn't my jumping down with you be all for naught?"Kisa stared at him, not saying anything. 'Hell knows why he jumped down after me.'Gilbert held her hands tightly again and said in a deep voice, "You know it; there is no way I