Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 899

"What's the matter?" asked Xavier as he approached her, sensing her strange behavior.

While her head was lowered as she observed her surroundings, Veronica answered, "It's nothing."

"Did someone try to kill you?"

Despite her efforts to hide the truth, he had guessed the answer just from studying her expression.

Knowing she could not hide the truth from him anymore, she nodded without speaking as she observed the footsteps on the ground, wanting to find clues from the traces left behind.

Xavier went inside the tent and felt his heart skip when he saw the two stab marks. At that moment, his anger for Matthew surged, but he knew that no matter what the situation was, he did not want to see Veronica get hurt.

When he came out of her tent, he saw a few people coming toward them and whispered a reminder, "They're back. It's better if they didn't know what happened last night."

"Alright." She nodded and stood up straight before looking toward Nelson's tent. Narrowing her eyes, she fell into deep thought.

"We found a few wild bird eggs. Xavier, Miss Murphy, you guys get some water boiling so we can cook them," Liam ordered.

"How are we supposed to cook without a pot?"

Keeping the events of last night in her heart, Veronica smiled and joked with Liam, "There's no pot of any sort in our mighty backpack." Then, she pointed at the eggs in his hand. "Let's eat them raw."

Since they have limited resources, it was best to have it raw.

"Miss Murphy's right. I agree with her," Nelson voiced his agreement.

Frowning, Zac spoke in disdain, "We aren't in a hurry to head up to the mountain, so why make things difficult for ourselves? It's still quite early. We should slow down our pace. After all, isn't there a saying that those who covet gains ahead are unaware of the danger behind them?"

In other words, it was already challenging to find their target animal, so would it not be better if they let the other groups see the animal and fight amongst themselves for it? Then, they would be able to take advantage of their worn-out state and get what they wanted.