Love Unspoken

Chapter 1580

Quinn was totally confused. "Wait, Kyle and the others haven't found this place yet?"

Alexander shook his head. "Nah, they're way out at sea. It's gonna take them a while to get here."

He went on, "Plus, we're thinking of turning this place into a supply station. Otherwise, they might end up starving out there."

Quinn raised an eyebrow. "That sounds like a huge job."

Alexander nodded. "Exactly. That's why we waited until things calmed down before bringing you here. But hey, we can start by clearing the weeds since we've got nothing better to do."

Quinn looked at him like he was crazy. "Are you serious?"

Alexander laughed. "Isn't it kinda funny?"

Quinn forced a smile. Nope, not funny at all. This place was massive, and there were weeds everywhere. How long would it take for just the two of them to clear it all?

After they ate, Alexander got up and headed outside.

Quinn didn't want to stay inside alone, so she quickly followed him. Even in daylight, the place gave her the creeps.

She caught up to him and grabbed his arm. "Are you sure we can develop this place?"

Alexander nodded. "Yeah, I think so. This place isn't even in the country. Look at those mountains behind us; the only way in is by helicopter. Judging by the buildings, it's been abandoned for at least fifty years. No one remembers it."

He glanced back at the endless mountains and then at the vast ocean ahead. "Even though the tide comes in every night, these houses haven't been flooded. It's a good spot."

The tide had gone out, revealing a big stretch of beach. The ocean seemed far away now.

Alexander suddenly asked, "Ever gone clamming?"

Quinn shook her head. "Nope."

Alexander looked around but couldn't find any tools. He picked up a random stick and led her to the beach.

Quinn asked, "What are we doing?"

Alexander grinned. "Clamming."

Quinn gave him a skeptical look. Alexander seemed like he was on vacation, but this place was anything but a vacation spot.

Quinn had never tried clamming before. She kicked off her shoes and followed Alexander onto the beach. After the tide had receded, there were all sorts of things on the sand. She bent down and picked up an orange starfish. Quinn smiled. "This is pretty. I can take it back as a decoration."

Alexander added, "There should be clams and razor clams around here."

Quinn squatted down and used a stick to dig around. She found some clams but no razor clams.

Quinn asked, "What do razor clams even look like?"

called, waving her over. Quinn hurried over and saw two bamboo-like

It was stuck tight,

two had already burrowed back into the

"Yeah, they're alive, so they can

stick and started digging around. She saw a bunch of them

were here, they'd have

bring

until this

Alexander nodded. "For sure."

wandered further out. She saw crabs, some stranded shrimp, and fish she didn't recognize.

watching her run around in the sunlight. For a moment, it felt like they were

was just as

up a large conch shell and waved it at Alexander, showing

the conch shell. "Look, I've never seen one this big. It's bigger than my hand." Alexander

an octopus?

still burrowing. He quickly grabbed one of its legs and

her, "It's fine. I've

a large octopus out of the

on the beach, and the octopus wriggled around. Quinn was so scared

the one who wanted to catch

too

letting the octopus

her, "Don't run too far,

realized they had run quite a distance. The village

felt a reluctance

Quinn was exhausted. In the end, they didn't find much except for the conch shell and

fishing village, tired, and plopped down on a stone by the roadside. "If we lived by the sea and relied on clamming for a living, we'd probably starve." Alexander chuckled.

suddenly said, "When I was far

"Maybe everyone just

so?"

There are lots of mountain villages that get abandoned because people leave. This

his explanation.

pieces of bread and took a few

check out

was stunned. He still hadn't given up on exploring. She

"Don't worry, it's daytime. It's fine. Maybe I'll find a

if they found one, it didn't feel like it would be much better inside. But Alexander had already made up his mind and walked deeper

down her bread and

you really

"We've come this far. Do you

had already reached another house. He kicked open the door, and this house was even more terrifying. There were three coffins neatly placed in the hall, scaring Quinn into hugging him. "Don't go in. Let's move on," she urged, pulling Alexander to prevent his curiosity from making

what was

no choice but to leave this house and go to