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.

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

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

satisfied, when the snake had been utterly reduced to bits

gulped, then quickly said, “Let’s go. It’s getting late,

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

No matter what else happened to us, at least we knew we wouldn’t

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

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

down. “It’s grown in the wild. It’s not very sweet, but it’s edible. We can pick them all and bring them

the tree after Tabitha. Tessa, however, sat a little way off fiddling with her own belongings. She’d eaten quite a lot of mushrooms along the way and was no longer as

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

clumsily made a few attempts but gave up after a while. Laurel was resigned

greedily ate any fruits she’d managed to

a clear head. She’d sensibly

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

throwing fruits down. Laurel continued picking them up in her ungainly

remained aloof at the side. Looking down, Nora observed, “What is that woman doing? She’s been fumbling with her things ever since we got here! Did killing that snake mess with her

merely shrugged in

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

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 that weren’t yet ripe to

encountered. The

and a side of mushrooms,

resting spot for the night, however. Nora grew visibly anxious, insisting, “Let’s keep going forward. I saw a couple of

for now. The other girls found Nora’s

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

our steps, we crossed another peak and indeed saw flares of light ahead

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 longest

everyone out to high tea, then. My

I could eat a whole cow,” Nora declared exaggeratedly, popping the rest of the stash she’d picked into her mouth. Nora was

make it out of here

rest of us decided to pay no heed to Tessa’s

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

That question lingered in my mind

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

curiously pressed, “Is

a faint smile but declined to

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

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

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

the yard and began

each other, terrified. Fortunately, the dog was leashed to a rope. It strained against its

cottage had evidently heard the ruckus. Out stepped

to say. After a

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 another

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

ran out

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

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

did, however, let

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

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

fact, a tent stitched together out of gunny sacks.

that covered the tent

bowls from a cabinet and

man continued to gesture furiously. He seemed to be inviting us

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

Shall we try it?” Tabitha exclaimed rather adventurously. She had more of an appetite than the

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

days since we’d really tasted anything.

man and his daughter 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

father and daughter came to understand that we were

were stumped, however, by what

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

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

a smile in our direction. It was

mused, looking rather wistful. She looked almost like a child with

Are you

of events, and I feel as if I’ve been enlightened. How we live

philosophical tendencies she’d been harboring all this way. We’d finally managed to

her temple, groaning, “Can we take

into the yard

smiles and gestures seemed

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

on the door of the next cottage, however, Nora’s hand signals asking for a phone only met with baffled

miming remained futile. We departed

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

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

thoughtfully. “Surely, the local policeman knows a little more than the average

“If we get in touch with the local police, they

promising idea we’d had. We cheered up instantly at the thought and launching into a feverish discussion of what

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

participate in any criminal

and Tabitha, however, were enthusiastic. “Leave it

up to one of the villager’s yards under the pretense of borrowing something. They then grabbed

with fruit, fully expecting the police to

two girls’ theft. However, on account of Nora and Tabitha

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