In Love, Never Say Never

In Love, Never Say Never Chapter 641-642-643-644-645

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.

In love, never say never chapter 642

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.

Tabitha had flung away earlier, then brought it crashing firmly

snake seemed to be caught in a daze. Without hesitation, Tessa vehemently

everywhere. Tessa only stopped, satisfied, when the snake had been utterly reduced

other girls looking on turned a sickly pale. Nora gulped, then quickly said, “Let’s go. It’s

to pick quite a lot of

and drink. No

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

The near-constant rate of trekking had left her face

and tossed a few down. “It’s grown in the wild. It’s not very sweet, but it’s edible. We can pick them all and bring them along for something to

like a good plan. We quickly ascended the tree after Tabitha. Tessa, however, sat a little way off fiddling with her own belongings. She’d eaten quite a

her best shot. Being rather plump and short, however, climbing

Laurel was resigned to waiting on the ground below, picking up the fruits we

fruits she’d managed to

a clear head. She’d sensibly warned,

another huge bite of the apple in her hand. “That made me nervous! Let me

helplessly, then continued throwing fruits down. Laurel continued

down, Nora observed, “What is that woman doing? She’s been fumbling with her things ever since we got here! Did killing that snake

shrugged in

quick! Once we’re done picking the fruits, we should hurry along,”

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

enough and a little more besides, we’d wiped out the entire tree. We even took the few

only aggressive one we encountered. The rest of the way, though bumpy, contained nothing as

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

the night, however. Nora grew visibly anxious, insisting, “Let’s keep going forward. I saw a couple of manmade paths along the

other girls found Nora’s proposal agreeable and continued their

We’ll be home soon,” we urged each other. Our spirits lifted at

peak and indeed saw flares of light ahead

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

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

I could eat a whole cow,” Nora declared exaggeratedly, popping the rest of the stash she’d

it out of here

the rest of

love, never say never chapter

me and queried, “Scarlett, if we indeed get to go home this time around, what would you want to do most

lingered in my

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

she curiously pressed, “Is

a faint smile but declined

of human life. The village we’d arrived at was located in quite a rural

in the dark, there were probably

Nora suggested, already making

dog suddenly rushed out into the yard and began

the dog was leashed to a rope. It strained against its tether,

of the cottage had evidently heard the ruckus. Out stepped a middle-aged

to say. After a while, Tabitha gasped. “We might have unknowingly crossed

all froze. The arduous journey we’d made, crossing peak after peak, hadn’t brought us any closer to home. We’d even gone so far that we were in

foreign tongue threw us all into disarray. Upon seeing our confused faces, the owner of the cottage seemed to

of age, ran out of

for a while. He then grew noticeably calmer and lowered

Tabitha made a few hesitant motions with

couldn’t tell if he understood. He did, however, let us into his home

was a dismal sight and stripped down within. Its clay walls were caked with soot, doubtless

lamp hung from the ceiling, the sort that farming villages would have used decades ago. The lamp burned dimly at a bare fifty watts, probably to save on electricity costs.

stack in a corner. The roof of the cottage was, in fact, a tent stitched together out of gunny

dirt that covered the tent

two bowls from

language barrier, the man continued to gesture

at the bowls in front of us. The food was steeped in chili. Nora recoiled ever so slightly, asking,

onions. I think it’s supposed to be a starting dish. Shall we try it?” Tabitha exclaimed rather adventurously. She had more of an appetite than the rest of us for

rather gratefully. The flavor of

since we’d really tasted

They gazed at us with curiosity and awe, mixed with a

with

and daughter came to understand that we were here to borrow a device

however, by what exactly a phone

into another roadblock. We could only wait until the next day for the man to 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,

the man was already up in the tree

picking up the

fruit, she’d beam a smile in our direction. It was as if she was eagerly trying to transmit her simple

rethink the link between happiness and wealth, doesn’t it?” Tabitha mused, looking rather wistful. She

crossed her arms, leaning against the door frame. “Why? Are you thinking of

if I’ve been enlightened. How we live our lives

discussion aligned with the philosophical tendencies she’d been harboring all this way. We’d finally managed

groaning, “Can we take a break from philosophy for

ignored Nora. She marched straight out into the yard and began picking up

communicate with words but smiles and gestures seemed to suffice for

never say

along into the village in our

we knocked on the door of the next cottage, however, Nora’s hand signals

futile.

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

though. We don’t know how much longer the road up ahead is. If we aren’t careful,

asked thoughtfully. “Surely, the local policeman knows a little more than the average villager. If we manage to explain our situation

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

We cheered up instantly at the thought and launching into

a village on the mountain. Who knows if there’s even a functional police station

any criminal act,

and Tabitha, however, were enthusiastic. “Leave it to us!”

Nora and Tabitha walked boldly up to one of the villager’s yards under the pretense of borrowing something. They then grabbed a bundle of items

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

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

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255