Although I noticed Catherine's intention, I did not take action because I knew that she just wanted to do some physical release. Although I also wanted something to happen, I knew it was not the right time.

The first thirteen days of drifting on the sea were not only physical torture, but also mental torture. In addition, I was weak and my nutrition could not be fully supplemented.

Therefore, I was not interested.

However, women are different.

As long as women feel happy and safe, they can release themselves without pressure. This is determined by genes.

Of course, if I were still in my eighteens and twenties, my hormones would be at their peak, and I would naturally have no concerns.

Now, I am thirty-two years old. Whether it is physical strength or spirit, I can't be compared with myself in my twenties. The only thing that surpasses my youth is the precipitation of thoughts.

Women over thirty years old often have just awakened their bodies, and their desire for men may even exceed that of their youth.

This originated from ancient times. In order to prove their value in the tribe, the older women, in addition to giving birth, are labor.

Men prefer young women. If older women do not take the initiative, they will lose their reproductive rights and thus lose the protection of men.

In order to survive, hormones stimulate women to become more proactive and thus gain higher value.

Catherine thought I did not understand what she meant. She gently stroked my abdominal muscles and slowly groped down. Her red lips were close to my ears. Her plump body lay on her side, tightly pressed against my strong arms. Her round and slender legs were also bent and pressed against me.

"Catherine, stop."

I whispered, then stood up and said, "I'll go pick up some firewood."

I deliberately avoided Catherine, but I did not want to hurt her self-esteem.

"Uncle, can I follow you?" Zhu Ya could not sleep at all, and immediately straightened up. Obviously, she was always in high spirits.

"Then follow me!" I did not refuse, and patted Catherine by the way.

"Catherine, do you want to go pick up some firewood with us?" I asked.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little tired, you guys go." Catherine refused us.

I didn't say much, I agreed, and then went back to the beach with Zhu Ya.

There were many dry coconut leaves next to the coconut trees on the beach, and there were many other plant leaves further in.

I suggested that Zhu Ya should not go any further in.

Because tropical islands often hide poisonous creatures, such as scorpions, poisonous frogs, poisonous snakes, poisonous spiders, poisonous ants, etc.

These are very common in tropical islands.

Usually, the islands that people travel to are specially treated, so the islands that everyone sees are different from real deserted islands.

Not only are there dangers in the island forests, but there are also various poisonous creatures on the beaches and reef beaches, such as sea snakes, scorpion fish, blue-ringed octopuses, anemones, poisonous scorpionfish, and various stranded jellyfish.

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In the absence of good medical conditions, we must avoid contact with these poisonous creatures.

We picked up a lot of dry coconut leaves on the edge of the beach. I asked Zhu Ya to pile them together and light a bonfire to roast them after harvesting coconut crabs.

Zhu Ya was very excited.

It was as if we didn't come here because of a disaster, but came here to travel, camped on the beach at night, and now we were about to have a bonfire party.

She danced happily on the beach.

Innocent girls are particularly easy to drive my emotions, because this innocence and brilliance will always belong to children and girls.

For me, such childhood happiness will never be experienced again.

So seeing Zhu Ya's excitement, even if she did nothing, just watching her happy appearance, I would be very moved.

At Zhu Ya's age, she should have lived a carefree life.

Or have an unforgettable love with her peers to make life more memorable, instead of experiencing these hardships.

She reminded me of someone.

On the battlefield in Ukraine, the kind girl Alina dragged me, a seriously injured foreign mercenary, into her shelter basement, gave me food and medical treatment, and saved me from the brink of death.

At that time, I asked her if she knew that I was a mercenary from the enemy country.

She said she knew.

I asked her, aren't you afraid that I will wake up and kill you?

She stared at me with her big and beautiful eyes. I knew she was afraid, but she probably didn't think there would be such a result.

She was innocent, but she made me see the glorious moment of human nature.

After a long time, she told me that she just didn't want anyone to die. She wanted to go back to the time before the war so that she could go to high school and spend happy time with her teachers and classmates on campus.

She asked me when they could go back to school.

Asked me when the war would end.

Asked me if her brother would die in the war.

I couldn't answer her, and she herself shed tears while asking questions.

I don't know why, at that moment, my nose was sore, and I wanted to protect her and her two younger brothers.

But I couldn't do anything.

We lived together for two months, but the war didn't end. My wounds healed, and we parted ways.

When I left, I left her three thousand dollars, enough for them to spend for a while.

Alina said goodbye to me in tears. She asked me if I could come to her if the war was over. She wanted to marry a man like me.

But I don't know when the war will end.

And when I returned to the town again half a year later, the basement where she lived had been bombed flat.

I don't know if she and her two younger brothers are still alive.

Thinking about it now, I still can't calm down. I really hope they are still alive, in some aid country in the world.

This is the emotion and pain that I buried deep in my heart.

Perhaps, it's because I have a special feeling for Alina, which is placed on Zhu Ya.

So, she always makes me feel happy and touched from time to time.

I looked back at Catherine on the speedboat. Under the moonlight, her figure curled up. I knew she was lonely.

This is human nature.

Each of us is born lonely. Many people spend their lives looking for a partner, in fact, to solve loneliness.

And I have long learned how to get along with loneliness.

Even if I am alone and stranded on a deserted island, I can live alone.

Seeing that I was a little dazed, Zhu Ya called me twice, then hugged my arm with both hands and asked me if I could go catch coconut crabs.

I said that the coconut crab may have come out, but it has not yet concentrated on eating coconuts. Going now will alarm it. We have to wait until it is eating vigorously and suddenly catch it.

Zhu Ya had to sit on the beach and try to control her curiosity, looking at the sea and the brilliant starry sky.

And I sat next to her.

Zhu Ya always had endless questions. She asked me why I was a mercenary in Russia and why I went to the United States as an agent. She also said that she had been to China and said that China was beautiful and fun. If possible, she wanted to settle in China.

When it came to herself, Zhu Ya was very depressed and said that her country was full of shadows of various chaebols.

Ordinary people could not stand up at all, even officials were the same.

Students like Zhu Ya had only two ways to go, either study hard to become a tool of the chaebols, or become an entertainment star and a toy of the chaebols. If they wanted to do business on their own, small businesses could not survive at all.

Her father had already obtained Czech nationality through hard work.

Strictly speaking, Zhu Ya is now a Czech.

We talked a lot more, and I saw that the time was almost up, so I began to quietly enter the woods with Zhu Ya to prepare to catch coconut crabs.

The little girl's face was full of expectations, just like the scene when I went to my grandmother's country with my father for the first time when I was a child, holding a flashlight to catch frogs in the fields. I was really happy at that time, and even the noisy insect sounds at night were cute and exciting.

The emotions during the harvest are beyond words, and even now, I still remember them vividly.