The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 222

Corinne grabbed Jeremy’s arm firmly and shook him. “Mister! Hey! Wake up! Don’t scare me like

that…”

The man closed his eyes to calm himself and was silent for about a minute before he opened his mouth again. “Why didn’t you continue what you just did?”

‘What I just did…? Corinne immediately understood what he meant, and her lips twitched as she looked at him with disdain. “Tch, all men are like this! Don’t try to take advantage of me!”

Corinne was very upset when she realized he tried to trick her. She shoved the remaining glass of water to him and said angrily, “Drink it yourself! I took a lot of effort to bring the water back for you, and it’ll leak out if you don’t drink it quicker!”

to drink it nonetheless because it was rare for her to be so conscientious. He opened his handsome eyes, reached out to take the leaf cup handed to him, and raised his head to drink the

a sudden realization as he stared at the empty cup made of reed leaves. His dark

was trying to tease her again. She rolled her eyes at him and said, “Don’t act like you’ve

is, have we

would have expected if he was trying to tease her. She then eyed him strangely and said, “Probably not. I lived in a remote place before I turned eighteen. I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to meet

and had a complicated expression. Ten years ago, he went to the countryside to inspect the poverty alleviation projects that the company had planned for certain poverty–stricken areas, but

those dire circumstances, he hid in the forest of a small mountain village and waited for his subordinates to come and get him. While waiting in the forest, he lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss, and the smell of blood lured in

little girl passed by and saved him. The girl was small–perhaps about ten years old–but she was calm, mature, and methodical. She tied his arm with a hair tie to stop the toxin from spreading along his blood vessels. Then, she sucked out the venomous blood for him with her mouth and spat it out. Lastly, she found an herb in the surrounding grass and chewed it before applying it to

plantain, grew in areas that were known to harbor snakes and could

she took out her handkerchief and helped him bandage