Chapter 17 - A Very Strange Beautiful Creature
"Who are they?" Tristan asked her inquisitively.
"They are my parents."
'Parents? She calls her parents Fa-Fa and Mo-Mo??? This girl is really weird… and strange… ' Tristan couldn't help but frown.
'A very strange beautiful creature I have ever met…' he added to his thoughts.
"So you mean your parents are also here in this mountain right now? But I didn't see anyone except you."
Zhen Zhen paused, bringing her forefinger to her lips as if she was thinking about what she should reply to him.
'D@mn, even that simple gesture of her makes her so cute and pretty.' Tristan thought to himself.
"I don't know if they are here. We got separated a long long time ago." Zhen- Zhen honestly said to him.
He creased his brows in confusion. He couldn't understand her. Her statements didn't make sense to him.
'She is looking for her parents here at the mountain? And she was saying that they got separated a long long time ago?'
"Sorry lady, I haven't seen them here."
After a while, Tristan's eyes widened in realization.
'Is this girl dumb or fool? Does she have a problem with her mental state? She's really strange.'
Tristan stared at her intently, assessing her appearance and facial expression. But to his disappointment, he couldn't tell if his assumption was correct. She appeared to be both normal and not normal in his eyes.
After a moment of silence, Zhen Zhen spoke up again. This time her bright expression disappeared.
"Forget it. I think… they were really gone now." There was a hint of sadness in her voice.
When Tristan gazed up, he saw her sullen expression. Then suddenly, tears coursed down her cheeks without warning.
The thought of her parents being gone now brought tears to her eyes. She had been wandering in this mountain searching for them since she woke up but she couldn't find them.
Then a vision flashed to her mind. It was the last moment with her father and his last words coming from him.
{ Her father fell on his knee as he reached out to hug her and said, "Zhen-Zhen, my cute little angel… always remember that Fa-Fa and Mo-Mo love you so much. We will always be with you, guiding you." }
Meanwhile, Tristan who saw her tears felt alarmed. He didn't know what to do. This beautiful maiden was suddenly shedding her tears before him. He was fretting over what to do.
'D@mn? Is she bipolar too? Why is it she's suddenly crying?' Tristan felt like he was getting a headache.
He was an expert in wooing women but he was not good at comforting them when they were sad. He loved to give them pleasure but not making them cry. And now, this lady was in tears.
His instinct just told him to hug her and say some comforting words and so he did. Tristan pulled her against his body and wrapped her into his strong arms.
Then he started stroking her hair while saying, "Hey don't cry. We will find your parents. I will help you."
Zhen Zhen couldn't explain it but the moment Tristan embraced her and the way he was stroking her hair right now gave her a sense of security. It warmed her heart.
Just a moment ago, she felt lost. After failing to find her parents, she was afraid and frightened that she would now be alone. Then she found him. She felt at ease with his presence and she wanted to trust this man and to stick with him.
After a few moments, Tristan realized that their naked bodies were now touching each other. Before his lust would take over his mind once again, he immediately released her.
He grabbed her hand and gently pulled her out of the water. "Come, let's put our clothes on first. Then let's go and find your parents in this mountain."
Tristan avoided staring at her naked intoxicatingly beautiful body. He was afraid that once he looked at her he couldn't fight his lust any longer and he would finally succumb to his desire to possess her.
He put his clothes on first. After that, he turned to face her, thinking that she was already wearing her clothes. But he was wrong. He was baffled to see her... still naked before him.
'F*ck! Is she trying to seduce me once again?' Tristan cursed inwardly.
"Zhen Zhen?! Why are you just standing there? Where are your clothes? For goodness sake… put them on right now!" Tristan couldn't help but raise his voice.
He was trying to be a gentleman but this girl was really trying to test his patience...and his self-control. Tristan wanted to cry right now. She was unintentionally torturing him.
Zhen Zhen just gave him a confused look before shaking her head.
"Are you referring to those?" Zhen Zhen pointed her forefinger at Tristan's clothes.
"I don't have one." She said matter-of-factly.
"WHAT?!! Don't tell me you are roaming around this mountain without wearing any clothes?"
Zhen Zhen innocently bobbed her head as her response.
'Oh Gosh! What am I gonna do with this girl? I couldn't believe it. She is walking around here naked?! What if others had seen her like that and tried to take advantage of that? There's a high possibility that she will be r*pe. She didn't even protest when I started touching her body just a while ago!'
Tristan was getting mad just thinking about that. Taking a deep sigh, he removed his jacket as well as his shirt.
"Here… put them on!" Tristan gave her his jacket and shirt.
Zhen Zhen accepted it and mimicked Tristan's movement a while ago on how he wore those clothes. Tristan felt relieved after seeing that his shirt was long enough to hide her sensitive parts just below her waist.
But he had to admit that she looked more hot and sexy wearing his shirt. It could just barely cover her flawless skin. And her legs were… long and soft.
"Here…"
Zhen Zhen's soft voice pulled him out of his daydream. His gaze fell on her hand which was holding his jacket.
Seeing the confusion in Tristan's eyes, Zhen Zhen explained to him.
"You can use this. It's still quite cold here in this mountain. You need this to warm your body." She flashed her charming smile after saying those words.
Tristan took his jacket from her hand and just nodded at her absentmindedly. Her smile was really enchanting.