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.

the stone that Tabitha had flung away earlier,

maimed; the snake seemed to be caught in a

snake had been utterly reduced to

sickly pale. Nora gulped, then quickly said, “Let’s go. It’s getting late, and we

forward, we managed to pick quite a lot of mushrooms. The forested mountain was ancient

stumbled upon the occasional spring, we’d settle down to eat and drink. No matter what else happened to us, at least we knew

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

The near-constant rate of trekking had left her

and tossed a few down. “It’s grown in the wild. It’s not very

sat a little way off fiddling with her own belongings. She’d eaten quite a

and short, however,

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

any fruits she’d managed to

however, maintained a clear head. She’d sensibly

Nora shrieked, terrified 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. “That made me nervous! Let me eat another apple to calm

her head helplessly, then continued throwing fruits down. Laurel continued

been fumbling with her things ever since we

merely shrugged in

Once we’re done picking the

can be so flippant about

ensure that we had enough and a little more besides, we’d wiped out the entire tree. We even took the few that weren’t yet ripe to be consumed later

was the only aggressive one we encountered. The rest of the way, though bumpy, contained nothing as treacherous as

our ample supply of water, fruits, and a

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.

only viable solution for now. The other girls

the village quickly. We’ll be home soon,”

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

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

joined in. “I’ll take everyone

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

however, remarked rather evenly, “We’re lucky to make it out

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

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

That question lingered in my mind as I continued

any food I was especially craving. After a moment’s pause, I concluded, “I want

taken by surprise. Then she curiously

faint smile but declined

we finally reached saw 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

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

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

into the yard

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

ruckus. Out stepped

was trying to say. After a while, Tabitha gasped.

brought us any closer to home. We’d

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

a young woman, approximately sixteen years of age, ran out of the

a while. He then grew noticeably calmer and lowered

a few hesitant

couldn’t tell if he understood. He did, however, let us into

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

filament lamp hung from the ceiling, the sort that farming villages would have used decades ago. The lamp burned dimly at a bare fifty watts, probably to save on electricity costs. Shadows

fact, a tent stitched together out of gunny sacks.

dirt that covered the tent looked sure to be

two bowls from a cabinet and placed them before

gesture furiously. He seemed to be inviting

of us. The food was steeped in chili. Nora recoiled ever so slightly, asking, “What dish is

pickled onions. I think it’s supposed to be a starting dish. Shall we try it?” Tabitha exclaimed rather adventurously. She had more

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

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

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

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

came to understand that we were here to borrow a device to contact

stumped, however, by what exactly a phone

his fellow villagers. Until then, we’d have to take shelter in this battered cottage. Compared to spending a night out

the man was

beneath the tree with a basket, picking up

smile in our direction. It was as if she was eagerly trying to transmit her

happiness and wealth, doesn’t it?” Tabitha mused, looking rather wistful.

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

I was reflecting on this whole turn of events, and I feel as if I’ve been enlightened. How we live our lives

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

we take a break from philosophy

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

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

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me along into the village

around here! we thought. When we knocked on the door

best efforts at miming remained futile.

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

of that will be really low though. We don’t know how much longer the road up ahead is. If we aren’t careful,

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

Laurel leaped to her feet in excitement. “If we get in touch with the local police, they may be able to send us home. We won’t have to wander around so

instantly at the thought

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

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

however, were enthusiastic. “Leave it

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

them returned with their arms laden with fruit, fully

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

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