Chapter 620 I Can Quit Smoking for You
Kisa was startled by the voice, and the fruits in her hand
fell to the ground. She turned her head in puzzlement and saw Gilbert striding toward her. He seemed to flounder a
little as if he was still half asleep or feeling weak because of hunger.
Gilbert held her shoulders up, asking anxiously, “Have you eaten? Have you eaten the fruits?”
Kisa shook her head in bewilderment. “No. W–What is wrong?”
Gilbert closed his eyes slightly, obviously relieved.
She looked at Gilbert’s anxious look and was worried. ” What is wrong? Why can’t I eat the fruits? Are they poisonous?”
Gilbert remained silent, just keeping his head low as if he was not feeling well.
Kisa hurriedly helped him to sit down. “Don’t scare me, Gilbert. You are not really poisoned, are you?”
Gilbert brushed his hair from his forehead and smiled.‘ How can that be? I’m fine. I’m just too hungry and
lacking strength.”
Kisa did not quite believe him. “Then why did you say I mustn’t eat the fruits?”
“We will be going out soon. It is better not to eat them in case they are really poisonous.”
“D–Didn’t you try that before?”
“I just ate a bit, and only two days have passed. What if they are poisonous and show their toxicity slowly? I thought that we would be trapped here for a long time if the blizzard didn’t stop. So, as a last resort, we could only
take these fruits to fill our stomachs. Now that the
blizzard has stopped, and I have thought of a way to get out, it is better not to eat them for safety’s sake.”
Kisa listened and felt that he had a point. But she still felt that it was wasteful to throw them away. “I have picked a
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