Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 102

Veronica let out a chuckle. "No, not really. Helping those in need is one of us Destorians' traditional virtues, no?" she replied with a smile.

The two walked down the mountain for a while. As they walked on a very steep path, the masked man slipped and fell to the ground with a cry of pain. "Ouch!"

"Watch out!" Veronica saw the masked man lying on the ground with the steep mountain slope behind him. If he fell down the slope, he wouldn't die, but he would definitely be seriously injured.

Immediately, she rushed to him and grabbed his foot in a tight grasp. "Don't worry! I've got you."

She yanked the masked man toward herself with all her strength, only to realize that the man was very heavy despite his lanky figure. However, she didn't think much about it at the dangerous moment. After dragging him a few steps back, she sat down beside him and reached for his neck to support him. "Come on, get up." Since the man had difficulty walking, it was difficult for him to pick himself up after the fall. Having no alternative, she could only prop up his upper body to help him to his feet.

"Uh, thanks." The masked man took the opportunity to wrap his arm around Veronica's neck.

Veronica helped him up with all her strength. "You're quite heavy despite your skinny build, eh?"

As she was preoccupied with helping the masked man up, she didn't notice the flicker in the man's deep eyes behind his mask. At this very moment, a sharp dagger suddenly appeared in the hand he was wrapping around her neck, and it gleamed coldly under the setting sun. The dagger was aimed right at Veronica's neck, and a stab would be all it took to kill her.

However, before the man could strike, Veronica suddenly cried out, "Watch out!" Then, she shoved him away at once.

At the critical moment, the masked man swiftly put his dagger away at lightning speed and fell onto the slope, whereas Veronica gasped in pain."Hiss..."

Lying on the ground, the masked man watched Veronica gasp as she clamped a hand over her wrist, which now had two bleeding holes.

"You..." The masked man fell silent without finishing his sentence. If Veronica hadn't shoved him away just now, he would've been the one who got bitten.

"Oh, no! It's a snakebite! Sh*t! Don't tell me I'm gonna Peking die here!" Terrified, Veronica took off her headband at once, wrapping it again and again around her wrist until she could no longer stretch it before letting go. Everything had happened so suddenly that she dared not relax even the slightest bit. Immediately, she sucked on the wound, drawing out the venom and spitting it out to the ground. However, after sucking on the wound several times consecutively, she didn't manage to draw much venom out of it. She looked back at the masked man, saying, "I've got to go down the mountain first. Otherwise, I might die if I can't find a knife to treat the wound." Then, without waiting for the man's answer, she quickly headed down the mountain.

The masked man's hands clenched into fists by his sides as he watched Veronica from behind. After hesitating for a few seconds, he asked, "You need a knife? I've got one."

Veronica paused. "You have a knife?"

"Yeah. Wild animals often roam in the mountains, so it's safer to bring a knife with you," he said while handing the dagger in his hand to Veronica.

Veronica took the gleaming dagger from him. "Thanks! What a nice coincidence." Without saying another word, she made a cross-shaped cut in the wound on her wrist right away.

The dagger was razor-sharp, so it easily made a cut when she gently slid it across her wrist. However, the cut was so painful that she clenched her teeth hard, her hands trembling. Luckily, it was the outer side of her wrist that got wounded. If it were the inner side of her wrist—which was close to the artery—that got wounded, she would probably be beyond help.

Since Veronica got bitten by a venomous snake, she made a deep cross-shaped cut, which hurt so much that she slumped down to the ground right away. In an instant, blood gushed from the cut and trickled slowly down the back of her hand before dripping to the ground. Before long, the ground around her was stained red with blood.

Seeing how Veronica had treated the snakebite, the masked man instantly felt that she wasn't as simple as she seemed. "How did you learn to treat your wound in such a way?"