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 firmly down on

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

stopped, satisfied, when the snake had been utterly reduced

pale. Nora gulped, then quickly

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

and drink. No matter what else happened

spotted a red fruit, resembling

of trekking had left her face flushed and dripping

very sweet, but it’s edible.

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

short, however, climbing naturally

resigned to waiting on the ground below, picking up the

she’d

however, maintained a clear head. She’d

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! Let me eat another apple

shook her head helplessly, then continued throwing fruits down.

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

merely shrugged in

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

can be so flippant

we’d wiped out the entire tree. We even took the few that weren’t yet ripe

one we encountered. The rest of

a side of mushrooms, we considered ourselves

keep going forward. I saw a couple of

for now. The other girls found Nora’s proposal agreeable and continued their

Let’s get to the village quickly. We’ll be home soon,” we urged each other. Our spirits lifted at the

we crossed another peak and indeed saw

for a good foie

take everyone out to high tea,

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

it out of here alive. Let’s focus on

statement rather dampened our cheeriness. Exchanging glances, the rest of us decided to pay no heed

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

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

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

by surprise. Then she curiously pressed,

a faint smile but

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

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

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

A dog suddenly rushed out into the yard and began sounding

Fortunately, the dog was leashed

owner of the cottage had evidently heard the ruckus. Out stepped

understood what he was trying to say. After a while, Tabitha gasped. “We might have unknowingly crossed the

us any closer to home. We’d even gone

man’s foreign tongue threw us all into disarray. Upon seeing our confused faces, the owner of the cottage seemed to further mistake our intentions. He waved his axe at us threateningly in a bid to chase us

out of the cottage just

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

a few hesitant motions

did,

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

ago. The lamp burned dimly at a bare fifty watts, probably to save on electricity costs. Shadows

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

covered the tent looked sure to be

from a cabinet and placed them

continued to gesture furiously. He seemed to

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

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

rather gratefully. The flavor of the pickled onions, spicy with a hint of sourness, was quite

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

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

with her hand signals, she deliberately spoke a few

came to understand that we were

by what

next day for the man to seek help from his fellow villagers. Until then,

next morning, the man was

up the soft fruits he’d accidentally let tumble onto the

pick up some fruit, she’d beam a smile in our direction. It was as

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

Are you thinking

I was reflecting on this whole turn of events, and I feel as if I’ve been

This discussion aligned with the philosophical tendencies she’d

massaged her temple, groaning, “Can we take

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

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

never say never

to head home, Nora hauled me along

someone must have a phone around here! we thought. When we knocked on the door of the

futile. We departed

was the first to speak. “If we can’t get any results here, we should try moving further in. Perhaps we’ll get to the city. We may even meet

up ahead is. If we aren’t careful, we

about getting locked up?” Tessa asked thoughtfully. “Surely, the local policeman knows a little more than the average villager. If we manage to explain our situation to them, it might be our

in touch with the local police, they may be able to send us home. We won’t have to wander around

cheered up instantly at the thought and launching

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

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

however, were enthusiastic. “Leave it to

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

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

enraged at the two girls’ theft. However, on account of Nora and Tabitha being foreigners, the villager had assumed that both girls were foraging for

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