Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 220

He waved his hand once again to signal to Veronica not to step forward as he intended to face the danger by himself.

"Maybe... we should just give up looking. What if there's something that could harm both of us?" Veronica hesitated for quite some time as she was concerned that curiosity would kill the cat. Well, we're the cats in this case.

"We're stuck in a chamber right now and if there are any dangers lurking around that we don't know of, then that would be even more dangerous." They were still unable to exit the chamber even at this moment.

Inside the chamber, they had discovered more than a set of skeletal remains. Although it was quite likely that these people had died from starvation or dehydration due to the lack of food and water here, they could not exactly rule out the possibility that other external factors were involved too.

If there was indeed some living creature in the jar that could potentially harm them, it would be better for them to know their enemies first before building a defense system. "You're right." Veronica nodded and stood still in her original spot.

Matthew took a few steps forward toward the jar before he took a large bowl from the side. On the bottom of the bowl were three white circles, which gave off an aura of an antique porcelain bowl.

He placed two bowls on the table and he tilted his head slightly while holding onto the jar; subsequently, he put it down after slowly pouring the water out into the bowls.

The water in the two bowls bobbed slightly under the flickering candlelight before reverting to a calm

state.

The water was as clear as crystal with some sparking bits seen in the water under the candlelight. The patterns at the bottom of the bowl were evidently seen and without any impurities.

Veronica tilted her head and stared intently at the two bowls from a distance, but nothing happened at all. At that point, her brows were tightly knitted. "What the heck. This is so strange! The water's too clear and it doesn’t make sense at all. More importantly, there is nothing in the water, so what was it that made such a huge commotion earlier?"

As the situation created more mysteries and looser threads, the air was starting to feel eerie as chills ran down their spines.

Matthew approached the bowls gradually, but he continued to maintain a fair distance as he studied the water intently. However, nothing seemed weird or out of place. As the water barely moved, it felt that danger had completely dissipated.

As for Veronica, she was no longer as frightened as before; she walked forward to stand next to Matthew while muttering under her breath and staring at the two bowls of water. "They look like two regular bowls of water. The only strange thing is that the water is crystal clear with no impurities, seeing how it's been here for such a long time."

As she spoke, she took away the little knife in Matthew’s hand and stirred the water with the tip of the blade.

"Ahhh!”

Suddenly, she screamed and threw the knife aside. Her left hand was rubbing the back of her right hand, which was holding onto the knife earlier, as if there was something stuck on her hand.

"Roni, what's wrong?" Matthew instantly grabbed her and pulled her backward while keeping a tight grip onto her wrist.

Immediately, he held her wrist up to study her right hand, only to then witness a terrifying sight. Unknown, pinkie-sized creatures were bulging out from the back of her hand and moving inside it!

"The knife! Knife! Matthew, hurry up and hand me the knife!" Veronica reacted almost instantaneously with the intent to pierce her skin open to remove the creatures within her.

"Okay!"

She turned around and quickly grabbed the knife by the side.

"Give me your hand," Matthew spoke while holding on to her hand. Just as he was about to pierce her skin open to remove the creatures, the back of her hand suddenly returned to its usual state and there was nothing protruding on the back of her hand anymore.

Everything happened so quickly that it felt like a dream they just woke up from.

Veronica was dumbfounded as she remained stunned in place for quite some time. She reached out to touch the bulge from earlier but she no longer felt anything out of ordinary.