His Precious Love

Chapter 82 Priceless

“That’s because I only feel alive when I’m working.”

Curtis’ voice was soft and flat. All Rayna could hear was the sound of the leaves rustling in the wind. “Mr. Faymon, what did you say?” she asked as she did not hear his response.

She wanted to lean in to hear him better but ended up tripping over some veins on the ground. Just as she was about to knock her head against his back, he turned around in the nick of time and held her firmly. It was as though he saw it coming.

“Ms. Garland, the ground is uneven,” Curtis said in resignation. Sometimes, I feel that she’s brilliant, and at times, I’d have the opposite opinion. Can’t she walk properly?

From then on, he held her wrist and moved forward while cutting down the shrubs with the other hand.

Rayna’s heart skipped a beat, and her ears flushed as she looked at her wrist that was within his grip.

Around ten minutes later, they finally reached the village and saw that the surrounding buildings were simple but solid. With various vegetables growing around them, the place looked full of vitality.

“Wait!” Rayna shouted at Curtis. Then, she grabbed two handfuls of soil and rubbed them on her face and arms before doing the same for him. Her actions caused him to knit his brows tightly.

“We can’t just go in like this. Let’s pretend we got lost,” she explained.

Curtis was at a loss for words.

“Someone’s coming, Mr. Faymon!” Seeing a man approaching with a hoe over his shoulders as if he was out to farm, Rayna whispered into Curtis’ ear, “Think on your feet.” With that, she proceeded to lie on the ground, acting as though she had fainted.

Curtis did not respond.

When he noticed that the man was heading in their direction, he quickly squatted down and carried Rayna into his arms. She looks like a fugitive with her face covered with soil. A look of amusement flashed across his eyes.

Once again, he was impressed by her.

Seconds later, the man, who was usually an alert person, put his guard down upon seeing how disheveled Curtis and Rayna looked. He then spoke to Curtis in a foreign language.

The latter did not understand what the man was saying but nodded when he noticed him pointing toward the village. With Rayna in his arms, Curtis followed the man into the village, and they soon entered a house.

After a short while, a woman with a headscarf walked in with a bowl of water that looked as clear as spring water.

Curtis took the bowl of water from the woman and drank a few mouthfuls first, pretending to be parched. Upon ensuring that it was safe to consume, he fed it to Rayna.

Rayna played along by taking a few sips of the water before gradually opening her eyes.

“Oh, my goodness! We didn’t die!” she exclaimed joyfully as she leaned into Curtis’ embrace. Tears of joy even flowed down her cheeks.

Curtis’ eyebrows twitched. Kristie isn’t the only one who can act well! This woman is also quite impressive in acting.

Rayna did not hug him for long. Soon, she let go of him and wiped off the tears on her face. Acting as if she had just seen the woman, she asked curiously in Uronian, “May I know where are we?”

“Y-You can speak our language?” The woman looked at Rayna in shock. Slightly excited, she continued, “I thought only the people in our village knew this language.”

Because Uronian was a language that was close to extinction and the villagers could not understand the language spoken by outsiders, they relied on hunting for survival.

In response, Rayna answered, “My grandpa taught me the language. He told me he had grown up in the northern region. No matter where he went, he made sure to remember his origin. Unfortunately… my grandpa passed away when I was young.”

“May God bless you.” The woman pushed Curtis aside and held Rayna’s hands. Gazing at the younger woman as if the latter were her daughter, she asked, “You must’ve gone through a lot of hardships, right?”

Rayna nodded with teary eyes. “My dad wouldn’t accept Zahar because he’s poor and mute. Instead, he wanted me to marry a sixty-year-old man. However, Zahar and I are truly in love. I’m willing to do anything for him.”

Hearing that, the woman swept a glance at Curtis and asked, “Is he Zahar? Are you two married?”

“Yes. You saw how much he loves me, right? I eloped with him. But I didn’t expect my dad would get so mad that he kept jeopardizing our business. We couldn’t stay in Mapleton anymore, so we brought our goods here. We planned on selling the goods so that we could provide for our child. Unfortunately, we lost our way and our truck at the same time,” Rayna uttered.

“Where’s your child?” the woman asked.

“I just got pregnant not long ago.” Rayna caressed her abdomen and put on a pitiful expression. “I don’t care if my dad hates me, but this child belongs to Zahar and me. I want to raise our child well.”

an act of comfort. “Poor child. I’m a mother, so I

you too much,” Rayna replied. “Perhaps you could

them. While looking at Rayna’s

anymore. “You’re

smile on her face,

she gave Curtis a look of admiration

smiled when he saw

voice, she said, “I told that woman we’re a married couple.

twitched, and he voiced his

their sympathy, of course.” Rayna beckoned him to come closer. Once he did, she added, “We’ll stay here tonight and

opened the layers of wrappers, revealing a

for a fool? Rayna pointed at the flower and stared

response before explaining, “A component extracted from this plant can regenerate cells

special about that?” she asked. “Now, medical researchers worldwide have already developed a lot of medicines to delay the aging of the

internationally can delay aging but can’t regenerate cells.” Curtis quirked his lips and added, “Cells have a short lifespan and cannot regenerate. This component, however, can make that happen. It can regenerate cells in the human body with a success rate of sixty percent. It warms and nourishes various organs in the body, and it also has a significant effect on

explanation, Rayna did not respond

what he was trying to convey. Basically, the thing in his hand was akin to

one billion?” Rayna held the plant and exclaimed in a

it possible that only a handful of people know about

his chin up and uttered in a deep voice, “It can only be found in this place. Otherwise, why would I have

Rayna smacked her forehead. How

83 Uncle Curtis

was the one who discovered the plant after obtaining a piece of paper with the

had derived its value, he immediately reported it to Curtis. Alas, the location indicated on the paper was written in Uronian, which was close to extinction. Therefore, they expended tremendous effort to find someone

merely felt like

but of course, they’ve expended much effort. After all, I’ve had a taste of Uncle Curtis’ interlocked

woman with the headscarf came in again and offered to bring

to turn her down, Rayna

that it was exceedingly bright. It turned out that the huge rocks placed around the place had been coated with a layer of vegetable dye. At night, they were

laid out in the open space, with small tables on top of them. The

was incredibly merry, and happiness was written on the face

envious of the scene before her that looked like a perfect picture, serene and heartwarming. Not only does one age slower here, but there’s also nothing to

few more days,” the

Yildiz, this is Sumeyye and her husband, Zahar. They were out to do business when they

appeared to be about thirty years old with some wrinkles around his eyes, young and robust. If Rayna had not known about

that there

for taking us in. We’re truly grateful,” Rayna gushed, having grown all the more

flooded Murat. “Aisha was right. You can really speak our language. I thought no one else could

proceeded to arrange for Rayna and Curtis to sit beside him before talking up

all the questions from Murat while acting pitifully from time to time. Throughout it all, Curtis sat at the side

few minutes into their conversation, Murat suddenly asked, “So, what kind of business are you both

Rayna plunged into

to ask Uncle Curtis about this in

turning

of flatbread from the plate, Curtis fed it to

her ear, making her shudder. Rayna

stuffing the flatbread into her mouth, she answered with a

cultivation, but they could not communicate with outsiders because of the language barrier. As such, they were unable

most. All their food came from

in such a business, but my father doesn’t like Zahar. I couldn’t sell off the seeds I

lack vegetables and cotton here. If you’re agreeable, I’ll trade for them with furs,” Murat

given me some food, I

good rest with Zahar tonight. I’ll send someone out to look for it tomorrow,” Murat

“Thank you, Mr. Yildiz.”

finally ended, Rayna

Murat turned to speak to someone else,

listened to it all, admiration showed in his