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 be so conscientious. He opened his handsome

he 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

he was trying to tease her again.

I mean by that is, have we met

strangely and said, “Probably not. I lived in a remote place before I turned

countryside to inspect the poverty alleviation projects that the company had

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 a venomous snake

nearly died that day, but a 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

that were known to harbor snakes and could remove

she took out her handkerchief and helped him bandage

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