Corinne grabbed Jeremy’s arm firmly and shook him. “Mister! Hey! Wake up! Don’t scare me like that…”

The man closed his eyes to calm himself and was silent for about a minute before he opened his mouth again. “Why didn’t you continue what you just did?”

‘What I just did…? Corinne immediately understood what he meant, and her lips twitched as she looked at him with disdain. “Tch, all men are like this! Don’t try to take advantage of me!”

Corinne was very upset when she realized he tried to trick her. She shoved the remaining glass of water to him and said angrily, “Drink it yourself! I took a lot of effort to bring the water back for you, and it’ll leak out if you don’t drink it quicker!”

Jeremy was not thirsty, but he decided to drink it nonetheless because it was rare for her to be so conscientious. He opened his handsome eyes, reached out to take the leaf cup handed to him, and raised his head to drink the water that remained inside.

Then, he seemed to have a sudden realization as he stared at the empty cup made of reed leaves. His dark pupils contracted as he asked pensively, “Have we met somewhere before?”

her feel that he was trying to tease her again. She rolled her eyes at him and said, “Don’t act like you’ve lost your memory! It’s hardly the time and place

by that is,

him strangely and

to the countryside to inspect the poverty alleviation projects that the company

those dire circumstances, he hid in the forest of a small mountain village and waited for his subordinates to come and get him. While waiting in the forest, he lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss, and the

him. The girl was small–perhaps about ten years old–but she was calm, mature, and methodical. She tied his arm with a hair tie to stop the toxin from spreading along

in areas that were known to harbor snakes and

out her handkerchief and helped him bandage another

snake venom left in his body, his eyes were blinded temporarily, and he could not see what her face

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