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.

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

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

satisfied, when the snake had been

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

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

settle down to eat and drink. No matter what else happened to us,

a red fruit, resembling an apple, growing

rate of trekking had left her face flushed and dripping

“It’s grown in the wild. It’s not very

a good plan. We quickly ascended 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

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

resigned to waiting on the ground below, picking

she’d

clear head. She’d sensibly warned,

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

throwing fruits down. Laurel continued picking them up in her

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

merely shrugged

quick! Once we’re

These girls can be so flippant about things sometimes!

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

the only aggressive one we encountered. The

a side of

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

The other girls found Nora’s proposal

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

crossed another peak and indeed saw flares

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 cosmetic products that I’ve been eyeing for the longest

too, joined in. “I’ll take everyone out

as if I could eat a whole cow,” Nora declared exaggeratedly, popping the

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

glances, the rest

never say

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

in my mind as I

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 him

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

faint smile but declined

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

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

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

the yard and began

other, terrified. Fortunately, the dog was leashed to a

evidently heard the ruckus. Out stepped

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

arduous journey we’d made, crossing peak after peak, hadn’t brought us any closer to home. We’d even

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

young woman, approximately sixteen years of age, ran out of the cottage just then. She tugged

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

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

understood. He did, however, let us into his home

sight and stripped down within. Its clay walls were

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

a neat stack in a corner. The roof of the cottage was, in fact, a tent stitched together out of gunny sacks. There was dust everywhere. It turned to

that covered the tent

man took out two bowls from a

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

The food was steeped in chili. Nora recoiled ever

Tabitha exclaimed rather adventurously. She

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

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

corner. They gazed at us with curiosity

Along with her hand signals, she deliberately spoke

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

were stumped, however, by what exactly

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

next morning, the man was already up in

beneath the tree with a basket, picking up

she’d beam a smile in our direction. It was as if she was eagerly trying to transmit her simple joy

it?” Tabitha mused, looking

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

and I feel as if I’ve been enlightened. How we live our lives should be entirely up to

discussion aligned with the philosophical tendencies she’d been harboring

groaning, “Can we take a break from philosophy for

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

couldn’t communicate with words but smiles and gestures

say

Nora hauled me along into the village in

we knocked on the door of the next cottage, however, Nora’s hand signals asking

remained futile. We departed after a good

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

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

policeman knows a little more than the average villager. If we manage to explain our situation

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

the thought and launching into a feverish discussion of what we

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

participate in any criminal act, regardless of

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

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

arms laden with fruit, fully expecting the police to be hot

been enraged at the two girls’ theft. However, on account of Nora and Tabitha

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