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.

had flung away earlier, then brought it crashing

to be caught in a daze. Without

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

on turned a sickly pale. Nora gulped, then quickly said, “Let’s

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

settle down to eat and drink. No matter what else happened to us, at least we knew we wouldn’t go

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

Nora panted. The near-constant rate of trekking had left

wild. It’s not very sweet, but it’s edible.

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

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

resigned to waiting on the ground below,

leisurely on the branches. She greedily ate any fruits she’d

She’d sensibly

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.

continued throwing fruits down. Laurel

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

shrugged

are the two of you talking about? Let’s be quick! Once we’re done picking the fruits, we should hurry along,” I

wasting time discussing trivial matters? These girls can be

the entire tree. We even

we’d killed was the only aggressive one we encountered. The rest of the way, though bumpy, contained nothing

supply of water, fruits, and a side

crossed few peaks, daylight slowly began to fade. We still hadn’t found ourselves a suitable resting spot for the night, however. Nora grew visibly anxious, insisting, “Let’s keep going forward. I saw a couple of manmade paths along the trail, which means there must be a village or two nearby. If we walk on, we’ll surely meet someone! We’ll be

for now. The other

quickly. We’ll be home soon,” we urged each

indeed saw flares

strode forward, she fantasized out loud, “When I get home, 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 the

everyone

feel as if I could eat a whole cow,” Nora declared exaggeratedly, popping the rest of the stash she’d picked into

to make it out of here

Exchanging glances, the rest of

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if we indeed get to go home this

want? That question lingered in my mind as I continued trudging forward, deep

pause, I concluded, “I want to see the person

seemed taken by surprise. Then she curiously pressed, “Is it somebody you’re in

her a faint smile but declined

quite

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

hunker down for the night,” Nora suggested, already making her way towards the door of the nearest

A dog suddenly rushed out into the yard and began sounding the alert

other, terrified. Fortunately, the dog was leashed to a

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

understood what he was trying to say. After a

any closer

all into disarray. Upon seeing our confused faces, the owner of the cottage seemed to further mistake

young woman, approximately sixteen years of age, ran out of the cottage just then. She tugged

man for a while. He then grew noticeably calmer and lowered

a few hesitant motions with

did, however,

Its clay walls were caked with soot, doubtless from the fire that

decades ago. The lamp burned dimly at a bare fifty

corner. The roof of the cottage was, in fact, a tent stitched together out of gunny sacks. There was dust everywhere. It turned to grime at damp spots where rainwater had seeped

the tent looked sure to be full

took out two bowls from

to gesture furiously. He seemed to be inviting

us. The food was steeped in chili. Nora

a starting dish. Shall we try it?” Tabitha exclaimed rather adventurously. She had

we dug in rather gratefully. The flavor of the pickled onions, spicy with a hint of sourness,

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

squatted in a corner. They gazed at us with curiosity and awe, mixed with

Nora persisted in her attempts to communicate with them. Along with her hand signals, she

worked. Somehow, both father and daughter came to understand that we were here to borrow a device to contact

however, by what

to seek help from his fellow villagers. Until then, we’d

the next morning, the man was already up in the tree in his yard

with a basket, picking up the soft fruits he’d accidentally let tumble onto

in our direction. It was as if she was eagerly

the link between happiness and wealth, doesn’t it?” Tabitha mused, looking rather wistful. She looked almost like a child with her slender

leaning against the door frame. “Why? Are you thinking of something

this whole turn of events, and I feel as if I’ve been enlightened. How

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

“Can we take a break from philosophy for

into the yard and began

smiles

say

to head home, Nora hauled me along into

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

at miming remained futile. We departed

Laurel was the first to speak. “If we can’t get any results here, we

If we aren’t careful, we may be mistaken for thieves and locked up,” Nora countered.

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

the local police, they may

the most promising idea we’d had. We cheered up instantly at the thought and launching into a feverish discussion of what we should do to capture the attention of the

there’s even a functional police station around here? I wondered

any criminal act, regardless of its

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

yards under the pretense

them returned with their arms laden with fruit,

at the two girls’ theft. However, on account of Nora and Tabitha being foreigners, the villager

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