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!”

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 water that

seemed to have a sudden realization as he stared at the empty cup made of reed leaves. His dark pupils contracted as he asked pensively, “Have we met somewhere

tease her again. She rolled her eyes

“What I mean by that is, have we met somewhere a very long

the seriousness in his tone, which was unlike what she would have expected if he was trying to tease her. She then eyed him strangely and said, “Probably not.

to the countryside to inspect the poverty alleviation projects that the company had planned for certain poverty–stricken areas, but his enemies plotted

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

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

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

her handkerchief and helped him bandage another wound on

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