Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband

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...”

she clamped a hand over her wrist, which now

his sentence. If Veronica hadn‘t shoved him away

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

by his sides as he watched Veronica from behind. After hesitating for a few seconds, he asked, “You need a knife? I‘ve

paused. “You have

safer to bring a knife with you,” he said while handing the dagger in his hand

nice coincidence.” Without saying another word, she made a cross–shaped cut in the wound on her wrist right

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

right away. In an instant, blood gushed from

she wasn‘t as simple as she seemed. “How did you learn to treat your wound in

bitten,” Veronica said to the masked man while struggling to endure the pain. Then, she returned the dagger to

trembled unstoppally, her Corsousness gradually slipped away as well. After a liule while, she blacked out and

the masked man clutched the dagger

evening breeze blew away

chimneys of the houses at the foot of the mountain. Everything looked as picturesque as an oil painting until the sun went

Melissa went down the mountain after they didn‘t get to meet Veronica

being tricked. After going down the mountain, he returned home right away without looking for Veronica. However, after he finished having dinner, Melissa turned up, saying, “M–Matthew… Veronica seems to have