Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband

Chapter 103

li was 8:00AM the next day when Veronica regained consciousness. Besides Melissa, Maithew was also in the room; the two had kept watch over her the entire night.

Veronica came round and opened her eyes, only to feel a little weak all over.

Seeing that she had regained consciousness, Melissa cried out, “Veronica! You‘re awake at last!”

Matthew immediately stood up, walked over, and put a hand on Veronica‘s forehead. Seeing that her fever had gone down, he asked, “How are you feeling?”

“How did I get back here?” Veronica asked subconsciously, before raising her wounded hand as her wrist hurt.

“You didn‘t come back even by midnight, so Matthew went searching for you with his men.” Melissa sat next to Veronica, her eyes red with hurt. “Luckily, you‘re alright. Otherwise, I‘d feel very sorry toward you.”

Born in a wealthy and distinguished family, Melissa was usually arrogant and domineering. However, she was crazy about Matthew, and Veronica, who was on friendly terms with him, could help her date him, so she liked Veronica very much as well. Despite her domineering disposition, beneath that flamboyant exterior, she was a kind-hearted person.

When Veronica recalled the masked man yesterday, her eyes darkened. “Did he bring me back?”

“Was there anything wrong?” Matthew sensed that something was amiss. He asked, “Who treated your wound?”

“Me. I did it myself,” Veronica replied.

didn‘t ask any further questions. He always brought a dagger with him when he went up the mountain, so he assumed that Veronica had done the same while going up the mountain last night. It was just that she collapsed near the steep mountain slope, so he thought she might have

to hear that you‘re alright.” Matthew‘s heart was finally put at rest when he saw that Veronica was fine. He said, “Just rest well for the next few days.

amount of blood, Veronica felt somewhat weak, and she didn‘t feel like moving

to nourish Veronica‘s health. In the afternoon, the warmhearted villagers came to visit her, bringing things like eggs, fish, chickens, ducks, and geese with them.

days, during which time Melissa followed her around and attended to her more eagerly than before,

man walking past the other side of the pond with his stick, she yelled, “Hey, you! Stop right there!” Laying aside the stick she was using to fish for crayfish, she stood up and trotted to the other side of the pond. Then, she walked up to the masked man and questioned, “Why did

stooped without looking at Veronica. He merely rolled up his sleeve and pointed at the bruises and grazes on his arm. “I–I fell down the

rolling up his left sleeve to reveal the bruises on his left arm, she decided to believe his story. “Alright. I thought you had ungratefully run away.” She

was still young, he was supposed to be inclined to have fun, so she thought of doing some crayfish fishing with him and having

work. On the other hand, Melissa was a wealthy heiress who only came to Almeida for the sake of formality, so there was no way she could do any work. With plenty of free time on their hands and nothing else to do, the two passed the time fishing for crayfish by the pond. After all, life was

I‘ll pass,” the masked man

“Aw, come on let‘s go! I‘m not good at crayfish

the mountains, however, the simple villagers mainly raised crops and worked in fields, so they weren‘t interested in crayfish at all. Because of that, there was an overabundance of crayfish in the

Melissa and Veronica were having a great time, the masked man fished for

gotten poisoned in order to save him, he put his dagger away and went down the mountain in

the masked man left before Matthew came. Veronica repeatedly pleaded

Quincy and the few others, they began prepping the crayfish and peeling garlic to make crayfish with garlic.

dinner, Veronica, who felt completely stuffed, took a stroll in the village,