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.

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.

that Tabitha had flung away earlier, then brought it crashing firmly down on the

be caught in a daze. Without hesitation, Tessa vehemently crushed it with a few

Tessa only stopped, satisfied, when the snake

Nora gulped, then quickly said, “Let’s

pick quite a lot

drink. No matter what else happened to

red fruit, resembling an apple, growing

The near-constant rate of trekking had left her face flushed and dripping with

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

off fiddling with her own belongings. She’d eaten quite a lot of mushrooms along the way and was no longer as concerned about getting food as the rest of

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

attempts but gave up after a while. Laurel was resigned to waiting on the

fruits she’d managed

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

then took another huge bite of the apple in her hand. “That made me nervous! Let me eat another apple to calm my nerves,” Nora

continued throwing fruits down. Laurel continued picking them

observed, “What is that woman doing? She’s been fumbling

shrugged

of you talking about? Let’s be quick! Once we’re done picking

are they wasting time discussing trivial matters? These girls can

ensure that we had enough and a little more besides, we’d wiped out the entire tree.

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

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

I saw a couple of manmade paths along the

to be the only viable solution for now. The other girls found Nora’s proposal agreeable

get to the village quickly. We’ll be home

indeed saw

rejoiced. As Tabitha 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

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

steak. I feel as if I could eat a whole cow,” Nora declared exaggeratedly, popping the rest of the stash she’d picked into her mouth. Nora was a rather lovely girl, particularly

remarked rather evenly, “We’re lucky to make it out of here alive.

our cheeriness. Exchanging glances, the rest of us decided to pay no heed to Tessa’s

never say

“Scarlett, if we indeed get to go home this time around, what would

question lingered in my mind as I continued

I was especially craving. After a moment’s pause, I concluded, “I want to see the person I miss most, give

taken by surprise. Then she curiously

her a faint

signs of human life. The village we’d arrived at was located in quite a rural area of the mountains, and perhaps due to its inaccessibility, there didn’t seem to

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

Nora suggested, already making her way towards the door of the nearest

Woof!” A dog suddenly rushed out into the yard

Fortunately, the dog was leashed to a rope.

the ruckus.

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

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

into disarray. Upon seeing our confused faces, the owner of the cottage seemed to further mistake our intentions. He waved his

of age, ran out of

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

made a few hesitant motions with her hands in return, trying

tell if he understood. He did, however, let us into his

within. Its clay walls were caked with soot, doubtless from the fire that was burning in its

have used decades ago. The lamp burned dimly at a

a tent stitched together out of gunny sacks. There was dust everywhere. It turned to grime at

blackened dirt that covered the tent looked sure to

took out two bowls from a cabinet and

gesture furiously. He seemed to be

in front of us. The food was steeped in chili.

pickled 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

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

days since we’d really tasted anything. The pickled onions

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

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

both father and daughter came to understand that we were here

however, by what exactly a

the next day for the man to seek help from his fellow villagers. Until then, we’d have to take

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

tree with a basket, picking up the

bent over to pick up some fruit, she’d beam a smile in our direction. It

mused, looking rather wistful. She looked almost like

against the door frame. “Why? Are you thinking of something sad?” she quizzed, raising

on this whole turn of events, and I feel as if I’ve been enlightened. How we live our lives should be entirely up to us.

quipped. This discussion aligned with the philosophical tendencies

“Can we take

She marched straight out into the yard and began picking up fruits

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

never say

our desperation to head home, Nora hauled me along into the village in our hunt

When we knocked on the door of the next cottage,

miming remained futile. We

find them sitting side by side, disconsolate. Laurel was the first to speak. “If we can’t get any results

the road up ahead is. If we aren’t

than the average villager. If we

in touch with the local police, they may be able

up instantly at the thought and launching into a feverish discussion of what

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

her conviction that she shouldn’t participate in any criminal act, regardless of its

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

villager’s yards under the pretense of borrowing something. They then grabbed a bundle

laden with fruit, fully expecting the police to be hot on their

house had been enraged at the two girls’ theft. However, on

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