In Love, Never Say Never

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In love, never say never chapter 641

“Let’s go that way!” Nora called to us. She spotted Tabitha and Laurel just climbing out of the hole. “What’s up, you two? If you’ve had a good rest, let’s move on!”

The two women nodded as they dusted the dirt and grime off their wrinkly clothes. They glanced at Tessa, who was still immersed in her prayers. Tabitha mumbled, “She’s so pious. Do you think God with really bless her?”

Nora shrugged. “Let’s go!”

The forest was rather humid in the morning. The soil had become loose. One could hear the soft crunching of the earth just by stepping on it.

“Ah!” Laurel screamed. Then, she squatted on the spot she had previously stepped on and began to scrape at the ground.

Very soon, we saw what had been hiding underneath the earth. It was a cluster of yellowish-white fungi. Some of them had been crushed under her feet.

Only a few short and stout ones were spared.

“Mushrooms!” Tessa, who had been reciting her prayers the whole time, promptly came forward and started digging up the plants from under the fertile soil. She wiped the dirt off and began to swallow them a few pieces at a time.

Laurel, looking equal parts terrified and worried, wondered, “Do we… eat them raw? Just like that?”

Tabitha turned around and, indeed, managed to find other mushrooms of the same variety under some rotten leaves.

She passed some of them to us. “Yes, this kind of mushrooms can be eaten raw. There used to be plenty at my place and we did this all the time. Sure, they won’t satisfy our hunger, but it’ll have to do for now. Let’s eat!”

They dug in. The rest of us, having barely eaten anything for a day, followed suit.

Nora helped herself to some mushrooms. A while later, she looked at Tabitha, a question on her mind. “Are you sure we won’t have any hallucinations after eating these? Once, I watched the news about poison testers in the south. They usually do that come May and June. Those who really did get poisoned are said to be able to ‘transcend reality’.”

Tabitha chuckled. “Well, if you know which ones to eat and which ones to avoid, basically you won’t have any hallucinations.”

Laurel found many other kinds of mushrooms in the soil. She turned around to ask the expert, “What about these?”

Tabitha nodded. “Sure, but we’ll need to cook them. If not, we’ll see things that aren’t there.”

“That’s a pity. None of us have a lighter, otherwise, we could have made ourselves a feast supplied by Mother Nature herself,” Nora sighed as she stuffed more mushrooms into her mouth.

“Ah!” Tessa shouted all of a sudden, prompting everyone else to look towards her, surprise hanging on our faces.

“What? Has your God decided to show Himself?” Nora spoke in annoyance.

Tessa’s face turned pale, her body stiffened, as she muttered, “B-B-Bamboo snake…”

All of us followed her gaze simultaneously. There was a tiny green snake, about fifty centimetres in length, hanging around the leaves of the tree next to her.

We would not have noticed it if we had not been paying attention. The snake spat out its forked tongue. It looked like it was preparing an attack.

“This snake is venomous. We have to be careful!” Tabitha yelled, her face pale and haggard.

I scanned the surroundings from the corner of my eyes. There was a branch that must have been snapped in half by the wind. One of its ends seemed rather sharp.

“What now! What now! I’m going crazy just looking at that ugly thing! Ah, it’s giving me goosebumps!” Nora stood close to me. Driven by anxiety and fright, she clung tightly onto me as if her life depended on it.

I wanted to comfort her, but I was scared too. The creature was inches away from us, equipped with venom!

“Is it not too late if we run now?” Nora muttered, already backing away.

“It’s too late!” Tessa said, her voice trembling. “This is a bamboo snake. It’ll come after us.”

“Damn it! But we can’t just stay here like this!”

Laurel was so scared that she was shaking uncontrollably, her face completely drained of color.

“Kill it!” Tabitha proposed. Despite being scrawny, she dared to glare at the reptile hiding among the leaves with a wicked glint in her dark eyes.

Tessa was closest to the snake. Any careless movements and the snake could latch onto her and sink its fangs on her neck.

But she was too frightened at the moment to do anything. Her body kept shaking. “Don’t provoke it, you guys. I’m scared.”

“What are you scared of? You recite your prayers all the time, right? Your God will protect you. Go on,” Nora said, with great irony.

In a situation like this, no one could afford to be distracted.

Tabitha turned to instruct Tessa. “Okay, here’s what we’re going to do. I’ll count to three. You get ready to dodge. I will throw a rock and see if I can hit it.”

What?

Tessa was on the verge of tears. “You can’t possibly hit it! The chances are slim. What if you hit me instead? I’ll die!”

“Do you have other ideas?” Tabitha asked a rhetorical question. Tessa shook her head in despair.

“It’s a gamble then!” With that said, Tabitha slowly bent down and picked up a stone.

Tessa was really having a breakdown, but time was running out and we had no other choice. We had to take our chances.

“One, two, three… Duck!” As if on cue, Tessa promptly moved away.

Tabitha flung the stone towards the bamboo snake hiding among the leaves.

Wild animals often had faster reflexes than humans.

The bamboo snake evaded Tabitha’s attack. Angered, it made its advance on Tessa, who had just barely got out of its way.

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A reactionary creature like this was even more fearful when it sprang into action.

It’s going to get Tessa! I hastily picked up the branch I’d spotted earlier on the ground and jabbed its sharp side at the snake.

Thankfully, that single thrust pierced through the snake’s mid-section and successfully pinned it down.

Its head and tail, however, remained wriggling furiously.

Tessa was still recovering from her fright. Anger and shock coursed through her, forming a volatile mix of emotions.

stone that Tabitha had flung away earlier, then

thus maimed; the snake seemed to be caught in a daze. Without hesitation, Tessa vehemently crushed it with a few

only stopped, satisfied, when the snake had been utterly reduced to

sickly pale. Nora gulped, then quickly

forged our way forward, we managed to pick quite a lot of mushrooms. The forested mountain

eat and drink. No matter what else happened

day’s journey, we spotted a red fruit, resembling an apple, growing on a

apples?” Nora panted. The near-constant rate of trekking had left her face flushed and

tossed a few down. “It’s grown in the wild. It’s not very sweet, but it’s edible. We can pick them

fiddling with her own belongings. She’d eaten quite a lot of mushrooms along the way and was

shot. Being rather plump and short, however, climbing naturally posed

up after a while. Laurel was resigned to waiting on the ground below, picking up the fruits we lobbed

ate any fruits she’d managed to pluck, blissfully indulging in the fruits

however, maintained a clear head. She’d sensibly warned, “Look out for

shrieked, terrified at the thought of having to face another snake. She wildly surveyed her surroundings, then took another huge bite of the apple in her hand. “That made me nervous!

head helplessly, then continued throwing fruits down. Laurel continued picking them up in

side. Looking down, Nora observed, “What is that woman doing? She’s been fumbling with her things

merely shrugged in

about? Let’s be quick! Once we’re done picking the fruits, we

are they wasting time discussing trivial matters? These girls can be so flippant about things sometimes!

we had enough and a little more besides, we’d wiped out the entire tree. We even took the few that weren’t

that snake that we’d killed was the only aggressive one we encountered. The rest of the way, though

water, fruits, and a side of mushrooms, we considered ourselves

saw a couple of manmade

now. The other girls found Nora’s proposal agreeable and continued their walk with renewed

village quickly. We’ll be home soon,” we urged each other. Our spirits

another peak and indeed saw flares of

a good foie gras and a seafood buffet. Besides, I’ll treat myself to some cosmetic products that I’ve been eyeing for the longest

too, joined in. “I’ll take everyone out to high tea, then.

exaggeratedly, popping the rest of the stash she’d picked into her mouth. Nora was a

remarked rather evenly, “We’re lucky to make it

dampened our cheeriness. Exchanging glances, the rest of us

say never

to me and queried, “Scarlett, if we indeed get to go home this time

want? That question lingered in my

pause, I concluded, “I want to see the person I miss most, give him a hug, and apologize

Then she curiously pressed, “Is it somebody you’re in love

a faint smile

was located in quite a rural area of the mountains, and perhaps due to its inaccessibility, there didn’t seem to be many inhabitants

of lamps we’d counted shining in the dark, there were probably thirty

night,” Nora suggested, already making her way towards the door of the

the yard

leashed to a rope. It strained against

the cottage had evidently heard the ruckus. Out

was trying to say. After

us any closer to home. We’d

faces, the owner of the cottage seemed to further mistake our intentions. He waved his axe at us threateningly in a bid to chase

sixteen years of age, ran out of the cottage just

urgently conferred with the man for a while. He then grew noticeably calmer and lowered the

and gestured. Uncomprehendingly, Tabitha made a few hesitant motions with her

He did, however,

and stripped down within. Its clay walls were caked with soot, doubtless from the

The lamp

the cottage was, in fact, a tent stitched together

the tent looked sure to be full

man took out two bowls from a cabinet

barrier, the man continued to gesture furiously. He seemed to be inviting us

food was steeped

I think it’s supposed to be a starting dish. Shall we try it?” Tabitha exclaimed rather adventurously. She had more

hunger for a whole day, we dug in rather gratefully. The flavor of the pickled onions, spicy with a hint of

been a few days since we’d really tasted anything. The pickled

the man and his daughter squatted in a corner. They gazed at us with curiosity and awe,

them. Along with her hand signals, she

that we were here to borrow

by what exactly a phone

seek help from his fellow villagers. Until then, we’d have to take shelter in this battered cottage. Compared to spending a night out in the open mountains, however,

man was already up in the

tree with a basket, picking up

fruit, she’d beam a smile in our direction. It was

mused, looking rather wistful. She looked almost like a child

arms, leaning against the door frame. “Why? Are

turn of events, and I feel as if I’ve been enlightened. How we live our lives should be entirely up to us. It doesn’t

Tessa quipped. This discussion aligned with the philosophical tendencies she’d been harboring all

groaning, “Can we take a break from philosophy for

yard and began picking up fruits with the

still couldn’t communicate with words but smiles and gestures seemed to

love, never say

home, Nora hauled me along into the village in our hunt for

knocked on the door of the next cottage, however, Nora’s hand signals asking for a

at miming remained futile. We departed after a good

the first to speak. “If we can’t get any results here, we should try moving further in. Perhaps we’ll get

though. We don’t know how much longer the road up ahead is. If we aren’t careful, we may be mistaken for thieves and locked up,” Nora countered. She plopped down onto the floor with a

more than the average villager. If we manage to explain our situation

in excitement. “If we get in touch with the local police, they may be able to send

at the thought and launching into a feverish discussion of what we should do to capture the attention of

mountain. Who knows if there’s

remained steadfast in her conviction that she shouldn’t participate in any criminal act, regardless of its motive. She

were enthusiastic. “Leave it

of the villager’s yards under the pretense of borrowing something. They

them returned with their arms laden with fruit, fully expecting the police to be

The owner of the house had been enraged at the two girls’ theft. However, on account of Nora and Tabitha being foreigners,

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