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

Chapter 330

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.

love system whispered in her head, Let

said out loud, jaw clenched. “I

aiming for the vine Ekene still clung

me!” she shouted mid swing.

“I can’t! I’ll fall—!”

“I need you to grab my vine on the count of three. Just believe in me, just

looked at her, eyes wide, hanging mid air like a child on the edge of a collapsing

“One—”

groaned

“Two—”

hard,

“Three!”

shout,

a heart stopping second, he

her vine. Nnenna grunted as the added weight nearly pulled her down, but she held firm. Her arms screamed. Her shoulders felt like they were splitting. But she kept swinging, back and forth,

“NOW!”

together, crashing onto the solid earth on the far side of the quicksand pit, outside

Gasping. Alive.

them, pulling them upright, disbelief and relief

heart still racing like a wild drum. The shock of nearly dying hadn’t faded

knee, the other brushing strands of hair off her sweaty forehead. Her chest rose and fell quickly. She didn’t speak, but the look in

he said, voice barely above

if she didn’t expect him to say anything at all

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

let out a small, tired smile. “We’re in this together, remember? I’m not

him right in

others first even when no one asked her to. He had tried to suppress it, tried

was in love

in

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