They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 330: ONE TWO THREE

At first, the swing felt right. The air rushed past his ears. The vine held.

But just as he reached the center, right above the deepest part of the quicksand, there was a snap.

A small one.

It wasn’t the vine…. yet

It was the branch it was tied to.

It cracked.

Then groaned.

Ekene’s hands slipped a little as the vine groaned under his weight.

“Wait” he gasped.

The thick vine holding him began to fray at the middle, the fibers visibly unraveling, strands tearing one by one like snapping violin strings.

Panic flooded his face as the realization hit him, if this vine gave way, he would plummet straight into the quicksand, and the speed of the fall would sink him instantly, like a stone crashing into a swamp.

“Ekene hold on!” Nnenna shouted, already scanning the trees.

“I can’t! I’m slipping!” His voice cracked, the fear raw and human.

Abuchi reached out, instinctively grabbing her arm. “Nnenna, don’t—!”

But she was already moving.

With a surge of adrenaline, Nnenna lunged toward a tree on the opposite side and seized another vine, one even thicker and longer than the last. She tested it quickly, fingers trembling but eyes clear with resolve.

head, Let me help.

said out loud, jaw clenched. “I can

for the vine Ekene still clung

shouted mid swing. “You have

“I can’t! I’ll fall—!”

need you to grab

wide, hanging mid air like a child on the edge

“One—”

vine groaned louder beneath

“Two—”

swallowed hard,

“Three!”

a shout,

stopping second, he

vine. Nnenna grunted as the added weight nearly pulled her down, but she held firm. Her arms screamed. Her shoulders felt like

“NOW!”

let go together, crashing onto the solid earth on the far side of the quicksand

Gasping. Alive.

them, pulling them upright, disbelief and relief mixing

like a wild drum. The shock of nearly dying

strands of hair off her sweaty forehead. Her chest rose and fell quickly. She didn’t speak, but the look in her eyes, calm, focused, and still watching him,

you…” he said, voice barely

at him, raising a brow slightly as if she didn’t expect him to say anything at all since he

“You saved my life. You didn’t even think twice. I, I was so scared, Nnenna. But you…” He broke off, shaking his head. “You

smile. “We’re in this together,

answer… it hit him right in

had been watching her, how she thought, how she fought, how she put others first even when no one asked her to. He had tried to suppress

was in love

in