Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 222

As soon as Matthew mentioned that, the previously unaware Veronica instantly realized that he had a necktie wrapped around his hand while his wound was bandaged halfheartedly.

"What happened to your hand?"

She was full of doubt as she headed to stand in front of him and pulled his hand toward her to take a closer look. "Did I bite on your hand earlier?"

"I'm alright."

He withdrew his hand to prevent her from further worrying and he did not want her to feel guilty or blame herself either. However, he seemed to have been presumptuous.

"You deserve it!" she snorted coldly. "This is just a minor bite wound. In the past, I was forced to the point of mis..."

The incident of her miscarriage popped into her mind and she could not help feeling annoyed all of a sudden.

Veronica experienced a bad hemorrhage during that miscarriage and nearly lost her life. If it was not for her luck, she would quite likely have died ages ago at this point. Nonetheless, this was all in the past, so she no longer wanted to bring up unnecessary matters.

She looked at the two bowls of water tinged with blood and suggested, "Let's make a mark here and once we leave this place, get someone to analyze it to figure out what's exactly inside."

"I was just about to do that." Matthew's voice sounded exceptionally tender.

Perhaps it was because there were some feelings of guilt and self-blame that arose within him after hearing Veronica's unfinished sentence.

"Let's go." She turned around and walked out of the study room while Matthew trailed closely behind her.

They made their way around the massive chamber. In fact, it was better described as a maze than a chamber.

There were many rooms inside; there was a huge clubhouse, a study room, a bedroom and a room for producing pharmaceuticals. Furthermore, after exploring the place further, they found an armory too.

However, the weapons stored inside the armory were mostly from the ancient days. They seemed meaningful but due to their age, it was pretty much worthless even if they were auctioned.

They continued to explore the place for quite some time until Veronica finally ended up exhausted. She waved before she could proceed further. "I can't keep going. I'm knackered! I need a rest."

As they did not have any water to drink or food to eat and she had also used up a lot of her energy, she was quite exhausted and stumbled weakly before sitting on the ground. She lay down to rest without a care of the dusty ground.

"This place is too dirty. I'll find you a room to take a rest instead." Matthew squatted by her side and spoke tenderly.

"No, I'm tired. I don't want to move."

She shut her eyes and waved her hands at him. Right now, all she wanted was to take a long nap.

When Matthew saw her in such a weak and worn-out state, he patted her shoulders out of empathy. "Come on, get up. I'll give you a piggyback ride." He had his back facing her when he turned around to invite her.

The exhausted Veronica finally opened her eyes lazily and asked with anticipation, "Are you really going to give me a piggyback?" "Yeah."

He then signaled to her to hop on by using his eyes.

She looked at his wide shoulders and a cunning look flashed across her eyes just then. She sat up and immediately clung to his back. "Since you're keen on giving me a piggyback, then I'll be nice and give you the chance to do so. I have to remind you, though. You're the one who offered, so don't blame me if you end up hurt."

Regardless of whether Matthew's kindness was genuine or half-hearted, Veronica would never let go of the chance to take a break.

Although they could not contact the outside world with their cell phones at the moment, their watches were functioning normally.

It was now 3.00AM and they had been walking around in the chamber for twelve hours straight. They were in a dehydrated state and could no longer find the energy in them to continue moving.

Veronica clung to his back as he slowly rose to his feet. Not only did he not find her heavy, he actually felt that she could gain more weight. He found that she was gaunt and reckoned that she really needed some nourishment.

Matthew supported her body by placing his hands on her backside as she clung to him like a koala with one hand around his neck while she used the other hand to hold the lamp.

Inside the chamber, which was now a maze, they searched the place carefully several times and finally found some candles that came with a candle holder. As such, the candlelight would not easily be extinguished due to the slight breeze produced by their movements.