Chapter 2 Chapter One

Liz dipped her hands into the bath to test the water temperature, and then took off her clothes. After a day of horse riding and a few hours of desk work, it was a great pleasure to soak comfortably in the bathtub.She has finished her report and can be on her way home tomorrow. She took off her clothes only to realize that she didn't take the bathrobe into the bathroom, it was still hanging on the front of the double-door wardrobe.She opened the side door of the closet, and her heart stopped for a moment, because there was a man in the closet, his eyes and mouth were wide open, staring at her body.God relied on her improvisation as a reporter for many years, she closed the door extremely quickly and turned the key to lock it.The man knocked on the closet door in protest, not daring to make any noise, as if afraid of attracting burglars.

Liz took a step back towards the bed and turned to grab the sheet to cover her nakedness, but what happened next happened so quickly that she had no time to react.The door to the left of the closet behind him opened, and a man stepped out of it. Before she could see his face, he hugged her, put his arms around her back, and fixed her head on his chest. The moment the man's hand touched her skin, she gasped, stiff and unable to move, feeling that he was holding her shoulder with one hand and her waist with the other, "Who are you? What do you want to do?" She asked fearfully, her voice trembling, the man's shoulders were broad and his arms were strong, she could never escape, "If you want money..." Her strength slowly recovered and she tried to struggle, but his arms Tighten to interrupt her.

His left hand began to caress the hair that fell down her back, curling the soft blonde hair with his fingers.Even though Liz was still terrified, she relaxed a little, and the man didn't seem to have any intention of hurting her.She tried to raise her head so she could breathe freely, but he held her back, and his strong yet gentle arms held her tighter, making their cuddle even more intimate. "Let me out." The man locked in the closet whispered. The man holding Liz continued to caress her hair without hearing it, and his right hand stroked her back to her smooth buttocks, making her shiver, a thrill of sensual pleasure and excitement.She had never been caressed by a man before, but his hands were so gentle, when she was caressing her like a baby, how could she not be intoxicated.

oh!She must be crazy!He is a strange thief! After waking up, she struggled hard, trying to break free from his arms, but he held her firmly, not causing her pain, but he had no intention of relaxing her. "Who are you?" She asked again, "What do you want? I don't have much money, but I have a valuable bracelet. Let me go and I'll give it to you." After no matter how hard she struggled, she gave up, relaxed and leaned against him to rest, "If you want to use violence to get me, I guarantee that it will not be easy for you, at least there will be more bloodstains on your face." She Tried to look up at him, but he pressed her head back against his chest, not allowing her to see his face.

Am I saying the wrong thing?She thought, maybe the man didn't mean to rape her, but now she was moved by her words, he mysteriously didn't answer, the uneasy fate made her shiver, he hugged her a little tighter, and changed to something else. Under such circumstances, she would think that his actions were to protect her. "We were sent by your father." He finally spoke, his voice was deep and deep, very nice, "The two of us are here to take you home." "Okay, I was going to go home, but first I have to..." "Shh," he whispered softly and pushed her back into place, as if they were a couple, and it was only natural for him to hold her smooth body like this, "no matter what you plan, you have to be with her now." Let's go home." He continued to caress her hair, as if comforting her and himself, as if he hadn't met a woman for a long time, caressing her involuntarily, "Our mission is to bring You go home, if you want to quarrel, wait until you see your father and then quarrel with him, understand?"

"But my report hasn't..." "Liz," he fixed her head so that she wouldn't move, "I'm going to let you go and put on your clothes, and then I'll let Pister out. I'll get the horse ready outside, and you can only bring the most Necessary luggage, we have to go through the rainforest swamp, it will take several days, remember to bring rain gear." "Through the rainforest? Why? No one can walk through that wild place." She exclaimed. For some reason, she completely believed in his words, and she didn't have any intention of resisting him. His voice had a charming persuasive power, and his gentle caress made her unable to resist.

"I know how to go through the rainforest, don't worry, just prepare to leave as soon as possible." "Let's hand over my manuscript to John Anderson first." Strangely, she was a little bit reluctant to leave Lie Ren's arms. "Who's John Anderson?" he asked. "My friend and newspaper editor, who was the first to suspect Hughes Lenny of selling rifles to the Indians." He lowered his head, buried his face in her hair and took a breath, "We'll talk about this later, we have to go now, you have to get dressed before we can go." Liz waited, but he still hugged her Her hand was still stroking behind her back.

"Hey, do you want to let me go?" "Aren't you cold!" "I'm not cold, but I'm not used to being kidnapped by a strange man. God knows if you are really sent by my father. Can you please let me go and let me get dressed?" That's right, she finally returned to normal up. "Okay." He replied like this but he didn't let go of her, as if he was going to hold her like this for a whole year. Liz let out a low moan, half angry protesting, half resisting with her soul. Today, the world has indulged herself for too long, and she still can't extricate herself from being hugged by a man whose face she didn't even see for a long time. It must be because she is too lonely and hungry, the sorrow of an old maid!But the man's gentle caress and intoxicating voice also contributed.

"Di Nan, if you hurt her, I will teach you how to look good." The man in the closet threatened. Di Nan hugged her for a few more seconds, then let go of her with a faint sigh, turned and walked to the dressing table.A series of movements prevented her from seeing his face in time. Liz nervously grabbed a corner of the sheet to cover her body, but she really didn't need to because he was playing with things on her dresser with his back to her.However, she covered herself with a sheet and went to the closet, and took out a riding suit from the closet on the left. With her back turned to him, she glanced back at him.He was a big guy, broad shoulders and a little skinny, and his clothes were brand new and never been in the water, even the riding boots, the gun pouch, the gun, all brand new.After he let her go, he didn't speak, and looked down at the thing in his hand, which was blocked by his body. She didn't know why he was so interested in looking at it.

Liz took out the underwear from the drawer, glanced at him curiously as she put it on, trying to see what his face looked like, but she couldn't see it.She dressed as fast as she could, and when she was done she said, "Okay." She thought he would turn to look at her, but he went straight to the closet and unlocked it, and out came a blond man. "Help her pack her luggage, I'll wait for you outside." After finishing speaking, Dinan climbed out of the window, leaving her to face the blond man. There was a feeling of loss in her heart, and the blond man approached her with a smile.He is a handsome man, his blue eyes narrowed his smile like he found a treasure, Liz believes that many women will be melted by his charming smile, but not her, he is not to her liking, the mysterious Dinant It seems to be more attractive to her, although she hasn't seen Di Nan's appearance yet.

"I'm Ash Pester, and I apologize for what happened just now." His expression was not at all apologetic, but rather pleased that their first sight was when she was naked The next thing happened, "We are really sent by your father. The task is to take you home. No matter what excuse you have, we will not accept it. Your father is very worried." She curled her lips, "Listening to you is like repeating my father's sentence. I will go with you, but I need to bring some luggage." She went to the dressing table to pack her things, and found that the item that Di Nan was interested in just now was a hand mirror.She shook the mirror and realized that what he was interested in just now was admiring her dressing process from the mirror.The hypocrite, the blind and sore thief!Her first reaction was to curse him angrily in her heart, then she smiled and put the mirror into the bag, then went to the table and folded the manuscript on the table and stuffed it into the bag.After thinking for a while, she sat down and wrote a short note to her host, Hughes Lenny, explaining the original purpose of her visit and telling her intentions. She followed Ash Pester out of the window where two horses were waiting for them under the trees. "Miss Liz," Ash said, "I'm honored to..." "You pursue him later," said the familiar voice of Liz. She searched for his face, which was hidden in the brim of the hat and the shadow of the tree. "We have to get out of here quickly." Both Yixu and Liz quickly obeyed the order. Liz rode with Ash throughout the night and the next day. They passed through several villages and camps, trying to avoid places where there were people, and some trails were so narrow that they had to dismount and lead the horse.Di Nan has been leading the way, scouting the road ahead. They stopped only once, when Dinan gave a low whistle, and Ash Pester asked Liz to stop, and he went up to ask Dinan what orders he had, and then came back to say that there was a party ahead of them resting for lunch, So they had to wait until those people were gone before they could start. Ai Ji took off the saddle bag, took out the water bottle and dry food to share with Liz. She leaned her back against the tree trunk and slid to the ground along the trunk, feeling exhausted and aching all over, "I think there must be something wrong with your Mr. Dinan." She lowered her eyes, knowing that the best way to get news is to pretend that she doesn't care Can you get an answer, "I think he must be uglier than a toad, so I dare not show his face to others." "He's not my Dinant," said Ash. "If he belonged to anyone, it was your father, and your father hired him." "Does he know why we have to pass through the rainforest?" She turned around and asked, "Why do you want to pass through the wild and primitive rainforest swamp on purpose?" Before Ash answered, they heard Dinant's whistle.Like an obedient dog, Ash immediately jumped up to pack his things and get on the horse. "Has anyone seen this Mr. Dinan?" Liz asked as she got on the horse. Her strong curiosity was the driving force behind her becoming a reporter. In the era when women were not allowed to go out alone, it was very instructive for her to travel alone. Men dare not learn.Strong observation skills are also one of Liz's strengths, she can see that Ash is not good at riding a horse, and the time he spent on horseback in his life may only be one-tenth of hers. Ash stared at her, "Why are you so interested in him?" "Professional curiosity. Do you know why my dad hired him? What qualifications does he have to take us through the rainforest?" Ash shrugged, "He walked through the rainforest. He was indeed a strange guy. He seemed to dislike dealing with people. He kept moving his bedding away from the campfire. He didn't ride side by side or talk much. , Ask him about personal matters, he is even more silent, I also want to know why your father hired him. " "If you knew my dad well enough, you wouldn't want to ask," she half-groans.When she gets home, she must settle this ridiculous account with her father for kidnapping her home. They heard the whistle again as the sun went down, and Ash went up to listen to Dinant's instructions, and returned in a few minutes with two fresh new horses. "Did you tell him we needed a break?" "Of course I said," Ash looked more tired than she, as if he had never ridden for such a long time, "but we have to keep going, Dinan told us to wait until we entered the rainforest before we rested, he said when we got there Then you can rest all day." "Dinant, Dinant," she muttered, changing horses, "mysterious, sadistic faceless man." He suddenly appeared in her room, hugged her naked for a while, and then disappeared in front of her, full of mystery.Why would her dad hire him?And who is Ash Pester?A handsome young man who is younger than her, her father would not choose a soft-footed crab like Ash to kidnap her, what is his father's plan? They rode the horse for another whole night. Counting they had walked for two days and two nights without sleep, Liz dozed off on the horse's back and almost fell off the horse twice.She blinked her eyes several times, forcing herself to wake up, and looked carefully that there seemed to be a campfire ahead, "Look, Mr. Peister." She woke up Ash, who was also dozing on horseback, and they excitedly urged the horses to get close to the campfire, and they could finally rest. When the horse stopped, the blanket fell to the ground, and even the man slipped on the ground and fell asleep as soon as he touched the blanket. I don't know how long she had slept. She was woken up. The sky was so dark that it seemed that it was not time for Minyang to show her face. Her sleepy eyes saw a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat taking care of the horses for her and Ash. food.She dimly watched him walk up to her, still half-asleep and half-awake, her consciousness was confused.He knelt down in front of her and hugged her naturally. She was like a sleepy child, smiling and nestling in his warm arms. "You'll catch cold sleeping on your bedding without a blanket," he said softly, in the tone of a nanny. She nodded, let him pull the blanket off her body, and then lay down, he helped her to adjust the blanket, and for a moment his lips were close to her forehead, as if her father was kissing her.She closed her eyes and smiled and murmured, "Good night, Dinant." She fell asleep immediately.It was broad daylight when she awoke again, and for a moment she thought she was dreaming.There are tall and thick trees all around, almost blocking the sun, moss everywhere, and the air smells of damp. Ash, who was a few steps away from her, was still asleep, making her feel like she was the only living person in the primeval forest.She slowly stood up and observed the environment. Few people dare to try the rainforest. I heard that it is easy to get lost. Some people wandered in the rainforest and couldn't get out. When they finally went out, they had turned into grass roots, bark, Lizards, eat everything - monsters, lunatics. Liz thought for a while, they came from the right, so she chose the road on the left, the so-called road is just a place trampled by horseshoes, after walking a few steps and setting up camp, she seemed to be the only one in the world Human beings couldn't see anything artificial except for the trees. She continued to walk and heard the sound of water. After walking a short distance, she saw a small stream.Suddenly she wanted to jump in and take a shower, to wash away the dust and fatigue of the past two days, and she missed the lovely warm water she didn't use at the Hughes's. Why not?Both of them must still be asleep.what!If she hadn't opened the closet to find a bathrobe, the two peeping ghosts would have waited until she had showered to show up.Fortunately, she is not too disadvantaged. There was water on the ground, the water was so cold that goosebumps came out all over her body, but she really wanted to wash herself clean, so she stood behind a big tree trunk and began to take a bath, so that if a man came over, she could immediately Hide, or run into the woods. After taking a shower, she felt less cold and regretted that she didn't bring a towel.As soon as she finished thinking, she heard the whistle, and looked vigilantly, Ash was walking towards the stream, she hurriedly grabbed her clothes and ran into the woods, but bumped into a fleshy wall, which she was already familiar with. Broad and thin chest. For a few seconds they were speechless in astonishment. The dense forest was full of overhanging branches and broad leaves, so that their line of sight was limited and they bumped into each other unexpectedly. Dinan put his arms around her lightly, and took a small step back to see her naked body, "Miss Liz, I recognize you everywhere." He said with a smile. "Oh!" She groaned shamefully and angrily, pushed him away and ran a few steps to hide behind a tree and put on her clothes with trembling fingers. "The water is too cold for bathing," he said with a teasing smile, "It's not that I don't appreciate beauties taking a bath, but next time you'd better ask my opinion first, I don't want you to catch a cold." Liz put her head on her clothes, she had been fascinated by this mysterious man all day yesterday, and her mind was full of him, imagining how ugly he looked.But in just a few seconds' glimpse, she saw the most handsome face in the world. It turned out that he was too handsome so she didn't let her see it, not because he was too ugly, it's weird!Would anyone hide their face because he was too handsome?He should be proud of his handsomeness! She did not expect that the black-haired man would have a pair of blue eyes brighter than the North Star, those extremely beautiful eyes are like two blue diamonds, and his straight but not severe nose bridge, sexy and alluring lips , with a very graceful and extremely curved jaw.oh!God!It is reasonable for his face to be stingy with seeing people, just looking at him, her knees are still too weak until now.After getting dressed, she mustered up the courage to walk out of the tree. He sat on the ground with his back to her. Liz suddenly wondered if it was his face she saw just now?No one can have such perfect facial features. Could it be that the elf of the forest attached to him at that moment, causing the little sorcery to transform him into heaven. When he put her to bed last night, she guessed he must be at least forty years old to cover her with blankets like a father, but he was still very young, definitely not a few years older than her. He should have heard the sound of her approaching, but he didn't turn his head, and she stubbornly stood in front of him, determined to see his face clearly again, to prove that the impression in her mind was not a hallucination.He didn't look up.His face was hidden under a wide-brimmed hat.Liz sat and stared at the brim of his hat, waiting for another chance to see his handsome face. He lowered his head and said, "Miss Liz, I want to apologize to you. I seem to embarrass you every time. I didn't mean it." His soft voice is also the most beautiful voice in the world.oh!How gracious God has been to him, and has given him all the assets that turn all living beings upside down. His fingers unconsciously drew on the grass, "The unusual situation when we met was caused by the environment. I don't want you to have a wrong impression of me. Your father hired me to take you home, and I just want to complete this task." Liz looked at the brim of his hat and thought, this man has made her a fool twice, hugged her three times, twice of which she was naked, he kidnapped her, and at this moment she had the idea of ​​comforting him .She reached out to touch his hand, and saw a red scar on his wrist, half hidden in his sleeve, "You're hurt." She whispered in concern. He stood up immediately, and before she knew what she had said wrong, he turned away, ran away, calling for Ash Pester. Liz was stunned and couldn't figure out where she had offended him, and then she heard his voice, "Here she is." Dinan said and led Ash over. Although she knew little about Dinan, she could hear it. The voice he speaks now is not the original voice, but a modified falsetto, "You haven't had any formal introductions yet. This is Ash Pester. He is your father's friend. He will walk through the rainforest with us. Ash , why don't you take Miss Marson to go fishing? We need fresh food, and you will come back with some firewood later." Dinan pushed Ash towards Liz. Ash smiled and held out his hand to her, "Shall we go fishing, Miss Liz?" Liz really couldn't figure out what Dinan was up to, why she and Ash had to deal with it, she didn't want to fish with Ash at all, but in this case she had no choice.She looked at Dinan, still unable to see his face under the brim of his hat, so she could only accept Ash's hand, "Okay!" When she stood up, Dinan had already walked away. She and Ash walked back to the camp to get things. There were two more fishing rods in the camp, and Bo Muchuan believed that they were conjured by Dinan. "Is fishing your business or Mr. Dinan's?" she asked as they walked towards the stream. . Ash laughed, "I don't think he's Mr. Dinan. He doesn't seem to have a surname. Let's not talk about him. I heard you work for a newspaper. Are you really the famous goddess of justice, Nora Dallas?" "Nara Dallas is my pseudonym." She casts the fishing line absently in the water, and she has been good at fishing since she was a child. "When I read your article, I thought you were too old or a man's pseudonym. Are those stories really your own experience and not fabricated?" "Every story is true," she said.I wondered how could Di Nanshan be so mysterious? "Even being a showgirl, dancing on stage in a pink leotard?" She recalled her previous adventures and said with a smile: "I ended up being thrown out of the theater in the second act. I'm really not a good dancer. Mr. Pistor, why did my father choose you to participate in the kidnapping of me?" ? I thought he'd choose someone who understood the rainforest." "That's Dinant's job. He tends the horses, supplies the food, and looks after our..." "Then what do you do?" Ash smiled, "My job is to make your trip a pleasant one." "Oh?" She looked at the water even more confusedly, this is not her father's style, "Mr. Pistor, what do you do for a living?" "Please call me Ash, we are no longer strangers." Liz controlled the expression on her face, not thinking about what it was like when she first met this man.sky!She would never have opened her closet naked to find a man inside to write into her adventures. "I owned my sawmill until last year when a fire cost me everything." She glanced at him, unable to see his sad expression, "Have you started another business?" "All my properties have been ruined, and I'm even in debt." He lowered his head helplessly, and after a while he looked at her and smiled, "But I hold hope and believe that my luck is about to turn around. Look! There are fish I'm hooked, do you want me to pull it up for you?" "I can handle it," she said as she caught a not-so-small salmon.In the next hour she caught eight fish and Ash caught only two small pocket fish. But Ash didn't mean to trick her, and praised her with a smile, as if he was optimistic by nature and didn't care about being defeated by a woman. They walked back to the camp, where a fire had been lit, which must have been started by Dinant, but he was nowhere to be seen. While putting the cleaned fish on a wooden spit and grilling it on the fire, Liz said, "Pease...uh, Ash, I want to talk to you and Mr. Dinan at the same time, but it seems difficult for me to bring you together." Putting it all together, I went to Hughes Lenny's house to investigate a rumor, and it turned out that Hughes Lenny, in order to get some land, hired white gunmen dressed as Indians to harass and refuse to sell the land to him Eight families of settlers." Every time Liz sees unfair things, Lisi's righteous anger bursts out, "I still have evidence that he sold guns to Indians, and his crimes are worse than mine. I thought too much. I have to send the materials and manuscripts to the newspaper office. According to my estimation, we are not far to the west of the newspaper office, so I have to go to the newspaper office tomorrow." Ash held his hat in his hand, twirled it and said, "Liz, I'm sure your father doesn't want you to accuse Hughes Lenny of a crime. We'd better go back to your father's house first, and let him decide whether to send him a crime." Someone sent your manuscript to the newspaper, and now you'd better stay in the rainforest safely." Liz has seen a lot of men like Ash who treat women like trash. She knows that these men are still very old-fashioned and don't believe that women have other talents besides dressing up beautifully and raising children. No matter how much she wastes her tongue It didn't work either. "The fish is ready." She said in a feminine voice, and she got Ash's smile. She understood the meaning of his smile. It's enough for a woman to do what a woman should do. She smiled back, but the smile was not fleshy Lol, man, when will they learn that women aren't inferior creatures? They ate and chatted, and she acted ladylike without revealing her plan to send the manuscript to John Anderson.She got up as soon as they had finished eating. "I'll go to Monsieur Dinant for some fish." She went to the river. "If I were you, I wouldn't go. He only shows up when he wants to. He must be full. Why don't you sit down and relax and enjoy my company." She hates people telling her what to do. How to do it is also the reason why she often conflicts with her beloved father, who is used to ordering people, and she is never used to blindly following. She smiled sweetly at Ash, "I'd better go and see him." Without waiting for Ash to answer, she quickly walked towards the river, and a few seconds later she heard Ash chasing her.Thanks to her mother for making her so small, she was able to hide behind a tree and wait for Ash to pass by. After Ash had gone far, she went to another direction to find Dinan.She walked forward smiling, she always had a knack for sniffing out where the person she was looking for was. Walking in the rainforest has a very special feeling. Except for the tree trunks and the land, everything is green, with various shades of green, and hundreds of plants are also green, which makes people sigh the magic of the creator.Because the branches and leaves are dense, the sunlight is not easy to penetrate, so the humidity in the forest is quite heavy. When she pushed aside a clump of plants, she was startled and almost stepped on Dinan who was lying on the ground and fell asleep. He was covered with a blanket and took a bag as a pillow. He was indeed so handsome, with a sleeping face He looks very young.Liz was shocked by his handsomeness again.It's a crime, a man shouldn't have such perfect facial features, how many girls he will fascinate, she can sit and look at his face for a century without getting bored. She looked at him obsessively, admiring him in her heart.He turned over and felt her eyes open as if they were babies. "Liz." He closed his eyes with a slight smile, sat up and put on his hat in less than three seconds, and lowered the brim of the hat, "Miss Marson, aren't you fishing with Ash?" "Just now, I caught too many fish, so we went back to camp and grilled fish, and then I ran away from Ash and found you. Did you sleep well in the afternoon? You were awake last night to take care of us, You should get more sleep now." Like a little boy just waking up, he rubbed his eyes, and Liz saw the scars on his wrists where the skin had been worn out, and there were some bruises on his cheeks. "Why don't you go back to camp and talk with us?" she said softly. "We still have some fish left. Have you eaten yet?" "After eating, you go back! Ash may be worried about you." He stood up and pulled his hat, "Besides, I have to start working to explore the road ahead. Since I was here last time, some trees have fallen to block the road." On the way." "When was that, Monsieur Dinan?" "You can just call me Dinant, and there is no need to add Mr." He said this sentence in a flat tone, as if he had said it a thousand times. Liz also stood up and approached him, but he turned his back to her, took off his hat and combed his hair with his fingers, his hair was still wet, maybe he just took a shower, just now from his open shirt, she You can see his ribs, he is very thin, almost skinny, he should not be so thin for his size, it is likely that he has been hungry for a long time. "I don't want to cause trouble, I know you just want to do what my father told you to do, but..." She hesitated, "But, Dinan, I think you should have a good meal, I insist that you go back to camp with me Go, and if you won't, I promise it will make our journey very long." He opened his mouth to speak but kept silent, and then replaced words with a smile.Liz's knees were weak, and when he smiled charmingly, even an angel would be tempted by him to jump off the mundane world. "I can't refuse this kind of invitation. You go first, and I will follow." "No, let's go together." Thank God she could still maintain a steady voice, "Why did you walk through the rainforest? Who opened the way?" "Don't you like fishing with Ash? He's a great company, he's been a great help to me when we've come, he's got a knack for calming horses, everyone we meet on the road likes him, I'm sure You like him too." "Yes," she replied confused, not knowing why he changed the subject suddenly, "how did you know my father?" "Ash has known your father for many years. It's strange that you haven't met. Ash's father made money in the East. I believe that Ash will also prosper in the future." Liz looked at Di Nan suspiciously.What game is he playing?As for Ash, even Ash's own mother would not praise Ash more than him.Why did Dinan keep pulling their conversation toward Ash?What she asked had nothing to do with Ash at all.But Dinant just smiled, and she wondered if he knew the charm of his smile, and put it on specially to make the woman shut up and stop asking him questions that he didn't want to answer. She smiled sweetly back at him, and if he knew her well enough, he would know that when her eyes shone, she accepted the challenge, determined to find out the truth about this enigmatic man.She would not be content to know that his name was Dinant; she did not even know whether Dinant was his first or last name!