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.

away earlier, then brought it

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

the snake had been utterly

then quickly said, “Let’s go. It’s

quite a lot of mushrooms. The forested mountain was ancient and

eat and drink. No matter what else happened

journey, we spotted a red fruit, resembling an apple,

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

few down. “It’s grown in the wild. It’s not very sweet, but

after Tabitha. Tessa, however, sat a little way off fiddling with her own belongings.

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

made a few attempts but gave up after a while. Laurel was resigned to waiting on the ground below, picking

on the branches. She greedily ate any fruits she’d managed to pluck, blissfully indulging in

head. She’d

the thought of having to face another snake. She wildly surveyed her surroundings, then took another huge bite of the

fruits down. Laurel

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

shrugged in

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

trivial matters? These girls can be so flippant about things sometimes! I fumed

entire tree. We even took the few

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

our ample supply of water, fruits, and a side

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 able to

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

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

crossed another peak and indeed saw flares of light ahead of

Tabitha strode forward, she fantasized out loud, “When I get home, I’ll surely take myself out for a good

“I’ll take everyone

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

evenly, “We’re lucky to make it out of here alive. Let’s focus

Exchanging glances, the rest of us decided to pay

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

question lingered in my mind as I continued trudging

“I want to see

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

gave her a faint smile but declined

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

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

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

suddenly rushed out into the yard and began sounding the

the dog was leashed to a

the cottage had evidently heard the ruckus.

After a while, Tabitha gasped. “We might

peak, hadn’t brought us any closer to home. We’d even gone so far that

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

of age, ran out of the cottage

He then grew noticeably calmer and

then turned toward us and gestured. Uncomprehendingly, Tabitha made a few hesitant motions with her hands

tell if he understood. He did, however,

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

sort that farming villages would have used decades ago. The lamp burned dimly at a bare fifty watts, probably

were some bowls and utensils in a neat stack in a corner. The roof of the cottage was, in fact, a tent stitched together out of gunny sacks. There was

blackened dirt that covered the tent looked sure

took out two bowls from a cabinet

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

food was steeped

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

gratefully. The flavor of the

days since we’d really tasted

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

communicate with them. Along with her hand

Somehow, both father and daughter came to understand that we were here to borrow

by what exactly

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, this was considered a

man was already up in the

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

she’d beam a smile in our direction. It was as if she was eagerly trying

mused, looking rather wistful. She looked

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

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

all been destined!” Tessa quipped. This discussion aligned with the philosophical tendencies she’d been harboring all this way. We’d finally managed to pique her

we take

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

with words but smiles and gestures

say

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

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

miming remained futile. We

Laurel hadn’t fared much better. We returned to find them sitting side by side, disconsolate. Laurel 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 some

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

local policeman knows a little more than the average villager. If we manage to explain our situation to them, it might

feet in excitement. “If we get in touch with the local police, they may be able to send us home. We won’t

this was the most promising idea we’d had. We cheered up instantly at the thought and

were in a village on the mountain. Who knows if there’s even

any criminal act, regardless

“Leave it to

Tabitha walked boldly up to one of the villager’s yards under

of them returned with their arms laden with fruit,

counted on the kindness of the villager. The owner of the house had been enraged at the two girls’ theft.

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