Chapter 23 twenty two

My god, what are you doing here?Are you crazy?Silverbacks are going to kill you!She speaks in English. The sight of a woman in military uniform startled Mary more than an angry gorilla could.But the woman was clearly not a soldier, but a freckled Caucasian with thick red hair under a wide brim. Who are you?Mary asked in English. The woman's face darkened.My name is Joan.Deli Li, director of the Gorilla Research Station in the Karisoke area.I have absolutely no tolerance for tourists hiking alone through nature reserves.You put your own lives at risk. Wild gorillas are extremely sensitive animals that are not immune to many human diseases.If everyone hangs around here like you guys, gorillas will be extinct in no time!In addition, free movement of idlers is strictly prohibited here!I will report to the Reserve Management Office, and you will inevitably be punished severely.

sorry.After Joan's lecture was over, Mary said, we are not tourists, we are forced. Explain to me in a moment!follow me now!Joan turned around and strode away with vigorous steps.Mary and Raphael struggled to keep up.After a few hundred meters, the head of the gorilla research station stopped and looked back at the two people.uh, sorry.I forgot, you are not familiar with the terrain here.You don't wear clothes that are quite suitable for a forest outing.She waited a moment, then slowed down and continued on. When the three arrived at the research station, it was already late. You stay here tonight.Joan made up her mind.Tomorrow morning, I will send a forest inspector to accompany you to the management office.Who is your guide?

I told you we are not tourists.Marie explained that we are business consultants of Copeland International Business Consulting in Germany.We are here to investigate the situation of the nearby field experiment station set up by Offana Company.However, we were attacked and forced to flee. attack?Who did it? We don't know either.maybe a kidnapper, or or what? We found gorillas in captivity at that field station.Maybe it was used for animal experiments. Joan's freckled face was flushed.What?This is impossible! This is true.Raphael confirmed. where are they now We don't know either.But if the only reason we were hunting us was because we found the gorillas, they'd probably have removed the gorillas, or

It took Joan a while, trying to find the right words.Is there anything that humans can't do?She said loudly, animal experimentation!Experiment with the world's last wild gorilla!It's unimaginable!Please tell me, what is the name of that company?You believe me!I won't let it go, just wait and see! We don't think company executives knew about animal testing.Mary said. Of course, Joan snorted.Of course they don't know what kind of dirty things the people down there are doing!She shook her head vigorously.Oh My God!It's just unbelievable.We have worked hard over the years to keep the gorillas alive.The results of it?Out of nowhere an international conglomerate popped up and in one fell swoop destroyed what we had worked so hard to build.Just for a few damn experiments!She paused, as if she had to get the dreadful thing together in her head.

That helicopter just came to find you?After a while, she asked. Yes.Mary answered. Why go to such trouble?Just because you saw through their tricks?It's okay to experiment with orangutans!my God!Unfortunately, in this country, there are too few people who care about wild gorillas.They are only protected if tourists pay to see them.And people here will turn a blind eye to a few small money, and turn a blind eye.A group of wild gorillas were massacred by poachers a few months ago and left alone.These bastards are simply unscrupulous.There must be someone behind them!What is that experimental station for?

We don't know either.Mary said.She felt a slight pressure on the small glass bottle on her chest, but she still thought it would be best not to disclose it to Joan, and to hand it directly to the German officials for a laboratory test. The tempting aroma of rice hits the nostrils.Mary's legs were weak with hunger.She looked longingly at a copper cauldron set on a fire.An African girl is sitting in front of a fire, stirring a pot of bubbling food with a ladle.Joan noticed her eyes. You must be starving.Come here, eat first, and then I'll check your wounds. In the pot is a thick soup of vegetables and pork belly.Mary had never eaten such delicious food in all her life.

After the meal, Joan cleaned up the scratches on her legs and the wound on Raphael's forehead for her.At first, Mary thought that a little scratch was nothing and nothing to deal with.But the head of the Wild Gorilla Research Station soon let her understand that even a small wound in Africa could be fatal.After these things were done, Joan took them to a small hut, which was specially provided for visiting scholars to stay overnight, and there was only a narrow bed in it.Mary and Raphael also promised not to mind.After sleeping in the tree last night, the temptation to lie down on a real bed was too great, and they no longer cared about the width of the bed.

They lay naked side by side on narrow beds, covered with a damp blanket that would never dry.Although Mary was extremely tired, she still couldn't fall asleep for a long time, quietly listening to Rafael's even breathing.Her heartbeat started to quicken.Leaning against Rafael's side, feeling the warmth from him, made Mary nervous. A delicate relationship emerged between them.He is both her student and her teacher; both her protege and her protector.Without him, she would have died hopelessly in a car accident long ago.He is younger than her, childish and willful, but at the same time has a natural self-confidence, which makes him different from the virtues of ordinary people like Li Ke, a big man who puts on airs.This confidence gave him vitality and willpower.

Rafael reminded her of Ian, who was gentle, considerate, and had a sense of humor like him, but he was too cautious and rational, cautious in doing things, and did not dare to act rashly, which was a bit boring.Rafael is impulsive, clueless and difficult to grasp, but that is his allure.Besides, she couldn't tell which part of Rafael was the long curly hair, the brown eyes, the sly smile, or the full beard he had these days, but she had to admit that they were lovable. Suddenly Mary wanted to touch his hair, look into his eyes, touch that open mouth.When she thought that she could make this idea come true with just a little movement of her body, she couldn't help feeling a surge of heat flow through her body.She tried her best to restrain her impulse.Do not have sex with colleagues at this moment!She closed her eyes, her heart still beating fast.And what happened in the past twenty-four hours also made her unable to close her eyes.

She turned the other way, actually angry with him. Can't sleep?he asked softly. Mary was startled.In a panic, she even felt that he had seen through her thoughts.She pretended not to hear, only pretending to have rolled over in her sleep. But he's not that easy to cheat.He moved closer to her.God, he's getting close!His chest was almost against her back, just like last night in the tree.He stretched out his arms around her, stroking her belly lightly.She didn't even dare to breathe.Even though he noticed how nervous she was and how fast her heart was beating, he didn't act like he realized it.

She lay still, wandering from side to side in desperate anticipation.She wished she could relax and fall asleep, and wished he could move his hands over her breasts and stir her up even further.She hadn't felt such an urge for a long time. However, Rafael didn't take any more actions, it seemed that he only wanted her to rely on him to help her dispel her despair. Mary was very grateful.She had never had a one-night stand or experienced pure lust.She had always prided herself on her restraint. In the beginning, when she and Ion entered into a relationship, she was very clear-headed.That decision was by no means a whim, but after careful consideration.She has never regretted it so far.Similarly, when she clearly realized that there was no common future between the two, she soberly put an end to the relationship between the two. She's never lost control, but this time she's lost for some inexplicably stupid reason.She couldn't fall asleep for a long time, trying to clarify this strange contradiction in her heart. The aroma of freshly ground coffee woke her up.Rafael was standing by her bed, holding a tray with fruit, scrambled eggs with bacon, tortillas, and two cups of coffee.Seeing her open her eyes, he grinned.Good morning! The moment he bent down to put the tray on the bed, Mary suddenly realized that she had fallen in love with this Raphael.grande.It's like a little girl madly in love with her colleague, a man who is several years younger than her!This is problematic purely statistically, because the vast majority of couples are in which the man is older than the woman.From a mathematical point of view, it is even more impossible for Rafael to respond to her feelings.Relationships that take place under extreme circumstances certainly cannot last.She'd better drop the idea right away.It's now. She smiled unnaturally.Good morning! Mary was glad that breakfast was passed in silence. After breakfast, Joan introduced a man named Kubeck to them.He is a forest inspector and a sightseeing guide for natural parks.He will take them to the Kisoro police station.Kubek's dark face was wrinkled, and his curly hair was much white, but his body was still strong and his movements were quick.He was wearing only khaki shorts, with a short knife stuck in his belt. Mary thanks Joan again for her help. I just want you to do one thing and find a way to get that bastard into a lawsuit.Joan said, I really want to go with you and see that pig's head caught with my own eyes.But after yesterday's commotion, I'd better stay here and take care of the frightened gorillas, especially the fourth group of gorillas you've encountered.They must be very disturbed.Please let me know the progress.In Africa, the processing of such cases can sometimes be time-consuming, with unexpected results.Mary understood the meaning without Joan Duo's explanation. Mary promised Joan that she would call her as soon as she arrived at the police station, and then she and Raphael followed Kubek into the jungle. Along the way, Kubek was taciturn, occasionally showing them difficult places to go in his broken English.There was also little communication between Mary and Rafael.Kubeck walked lightly and deftly through the steep hills, but he often had to stop and wait for Mary and Raphael, who were panting and stumbling behind. Once, they heard the rumble of a nearby helicopter and looked around in horror.The sound quickly disappeared into the distance.Kubeck just gave them a meaningful look and asked them to follow. After about three hours' journey, they came to a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain.Parked there is a rusty gray bus and a dark green jeep. Two men in military uniform stepped out of the jeep.They hold pistols, wear handcuffs on their waists, and wear the national emblem of Uganda on their chests, including water waves, suns and African drums surrounded by antelopes and crowned cranes.Kubeck chatted with the two men in local dialect.The two nodded. One of the policemen turned to Mary and said, in the name of the Ugandan government, I will arrest you according to the law for your violation of the wildlife protection law. Mary thought they were joking at first, but then panicked.arrest?Violating Wildlife Protection Laws?This is a misunderstanding!she said aloud, looking at Kubek in despair.He looked at her without blinking.please!We want to report someone illegally using animals for experiments!we have been attacked The police ignored her words at all.He twisted Mary's arms behind her back, handcuffed them, and pushed her and Raphael into the back of the jeep.