Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen novel Chapter 90

The comments popped up.

[Only in tourist spots do you see these prices.]

[Hahaha, you're not wrong, only in tourist spots would you find such inflated prices!]

[A tent for $9900, and it's second-hand, Eddie, you better not agree!]

In the end, Eddie still refused to buy the tent.

It was just too expensive.

Eileen didn't give up, she asked Burton and Elaine to bring over the pack and started taking things out of it.

"Do you need clothes and towels?"

Eddie hesitated at first, but thinking about needing to shower, he definitely needed to change clothes, so he said, "Yes."

"Do you need one or two?"

Eddie firmly said, "Two."

Lucas pulled him aside and whispered, "I don't need any, as long as there's a water source, I can just wash up a bit, these clothes are too expensive."

Eddie shook his head, "It's okay, an extra set of clothes will come in handy later, you can't go a month without a shower, right?" He then told Eileen, "Two, please."

Eileen handed them two T-shirts and two towels.

That's when Eddie realized there was a problem, he asked, "What about pants?"

Eileen looked up and said, "Pants cost extra, do you need pants? Underwear is $100, pants are $500."

Eddie still said, word by word, "I'll take them!"

Eileen quickly brought him two pairs of pants and two pairs of underwear.

Then she told Burton, "Quickly take them to shower."

And to Eddie and Lucas, she said, "We offer free back scrubbing service here, Burton will scrub your back."

Burton stood up, without any complaints, he said, "Follow me."

Eddie doesn't like back scrubbing, he pointed to Lucas's leg and said, "What about this..."

Eileen patted the first aid kit next to her and said, "You go shower first, and come applying medicine after you finish."

Eddie and Lucas followed Burton and left.

They returned after more than half an hour.

When they came back, Eddie saw from afar, Eileen and Egbert were together.

They seemed to be discussing the information on the green ribbon, sitting very close.

Eddie was a bit surprised.

Didn't they say that Egbert always keeps a distance from women, never having overly intimate behavior with other female artists?

But now these two, they were basically sticking to each other!

Eileen looked up and saw them, she stopped her conversation with Egbert and waved at Lucas, "Come and sit down."

Lucas walked over to Eileen, sat down, and rolled up his pant.

Eileen looked at the wound, calmly said, "The wound isn't deep, a couple of stitches will do, there's a bit of infection, need to clean it first, can you endure pain? We can use anesthesia, but it costs extra, $50 a shot."

Eddie said, "Go for it..."

"It’s okay." Lucas immediately refused, and turned back to Eddie, "Really, there’s no need."

Eddie sat next to him, watching them treat the wound, saying, "Okay, but if you feel any pain, let us know."

After Eileen treated Lucas's wound, and bandaged it, she handed them some medicine, "Don't let the wound touch water in the next few days, change the dressing every twelve hours, here's enough medicine for three days, after three days, the wound should start to heal."

Lucas took the medicine.

Eileen turned to Eddie, asked, "Is that a mosquito bite on your neck?"

Eileen waved the ribbon, asked Eddie, "Do you want to see the info inside?"

Eddie now understood her sales strategy, he directly asked, "How much to see the info?"

"It’s free." Eileen said.

Eddie was surprised, "Free? Really?"

Eileen smiled, "You can see it, but there's one condition, you have to take us to the place where you said you found the blue ribbon."

Just now Eileen and Egbert were discussing this issue, the information on this green ribbon is incomplete, in other words, there's only half of the information on the green ribbon.

They need to find the other half of the information to get the complete info.

But the other half of the info might be on the blue ribbon, or it could be on other colored ribbons.

Eileen guessed that snagging these ribbons seemed to be directly related to how complete the info was.

For instance, getting the red ribbon from the hornet's nest was a real pain in the ass, but they got full directional info—southeast.

But this green ribbon was way easier to get, so it only had half the info.

The show's crew sure knew how to play.

They had no idea how many ribbons there were in total, how long it would take them to gather all the clues, and find the map.

"We couldn't get the blue ribbon."

Before Eddie could even speak, Lucas said directly, "The whole river is full of alligators. We went there to find water, but as soon as we got close, we were nearly bitten. Those alligators can even come ashore, and we almost lost our lives. In the end, we didn't even manage to get a drop of water."

Eileen rubbed her chin, and asked Egbert, "Looks like getting that blue ribbon is hard?"

Egbert gave a noncommittal "Hmm", and said casually, "Might be a full clue."

Then they needed it even more.

Eileen cut to the chase, "Can you guys lead the way?"