CHAPTER XVI

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Early May, Mexico.

In the ancient city of Durham, the afternoon sun is scorching, the ruins are half-hidden by lush trees, and the air on the ground is humid and sticky.

The abundant rain has caused lianas to devour the stone steps and towers built by ancient humans, and in order to protect these ancient cultural sites of great significance, the local government has to arrange personnel to come and clean up the lush vegetation.

"Are you sure you want to come with me, I'm really worried that you'll be eaten by the mosquitoes here and there will be no bones left, and the ones with fine skin and tender meat are always loved by them."

The man in the blue shirt cleared the way in front of him with a machete, trying to untangle the tangled vines.

“……”

The man was followed by a thin, palm-tree-like figure in a light blue uniform, a large hat on his head, and a pruning shears taller than her in his hand.

"Bailey?"

Probably not answered, the man turned his head strangely, "Are you listening to me?" ”

Hearing this, the little man raised his head, revealing a white face that was incompatible with the whole of Mexico, and replied without any expression: "Mr. Banner, I have answered you many times before and on the way here, and it is no problem for me to tidy up and prune the plants." ”

"Ninety-nine percent of the plants around here, they're much stronger than you, and your arms aren't even as good as this little tree." The man knocked on a small tree next to him that had just been born for a few days with a machete, and the expression on his face was a little helpless, "Bailey, you are just a sixteen-year-old girl, fragile and petite, and you are not suitable for this kind of physical work at first glance." Listen to me, go back early, lest the scorching sun spoil you. ”

“……”

She didn't say a word, picked up the pruning shears in her hand and smashed them at a branch that poked out her head on the side of the road, and her two little hands held the pruning shears tightly, hard, hard, harder, harder.

A large bird, whose name it did not know, stood arrogantly on a branch, tilted its head to look at her, and then let out a loud cry similar to mockery.

“……”

Well, she can't cut it off.

"Do you want to go back......" The man who had been watching for a long time said quietly.

The girl stood still.

“……”

"Okay, you can follow me, but don't do anything."

Once again, the man named Banner compromised with her. Isbelle was the hardest person he'd ever met.

About three months ago, he rescued her from a trafficker, and in the following month, he rescued her from being trafficked by different people in different places. If it weren't for the fact that every time he saved her, she had a blank and pitiful look with many wounds, he would have thought that she had been sent by some person to deliberately approach him and follow him.

"What's your name?"

"Isbelli."

"Which nationality looks like Asian, where is your home, what are the names of your parents, do you know the address?"

“……”

“？”

“……”

Banner wanted to take her home, but she didn't know where her parents and home were, and she didn't want to call the police for help. He checked on the Internet and didn't see a missing person notice about her, so he had no choice but to live with her temporarily.

Isbelle has a criminal face, especially for devils with perverted habits, torturing or destroying her can make them happy. So every time he saw her, she was covered with wounds, the most severe of which was the wound in the heart, which almost killed her.

Luckily, he happened to be a doctor, and she was saved.

"After a while, we're going to leave Mexico for Peru, and after that, we won't go anywhere else, and I want to settle down there, where you can recuperate and recuperate and find your family."

This is also the reason why Banner has been receiving a lot of part-time jobs recently, and he wants to raise enough money to travel to Peru.

"Do you know Peru?"

“……”

"You're starting to stop talking again, what a strange kid."

“……”

"It's rude for someone to ask and not answer. You must be the daughter of a rich family, pampered since childhood, and do whatever you want, that's why your personality is so self-conscious. ”

“……”

"You can't do this, no one will want to be friends with you, and when you go to Peru, you should change your temper."

“……”

Isbelle squinted at the chattering man, what's wrong with not being able to talk, Steve and Jarvis didn't say anything, why did this old man named Bruce Banner keep nagging. Let's find a chance to slip away, anyway, my body is almost recovered, and it's time to go back to the United States to find that woman.

"Who's there!"

Suddenly, Banner shouted non-stop, and at the same time quickly blocked her behind him, holding a machete and staring at a large tree wrapped in vines and shrubs in front of him.