Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 143 No One Is Perfect from Head to Toe

Thinking back to that near-death moment, I felt like my voice had just up and left me. I stared at him, dumbfounded, for a few seconds before managing a weak, "Thanks." "That's it?" His voice went up a notch, clearly not satisfied.

"What else do you want?"

I was struggling to breathe under his weight and tried to push him off, but he was like a freaking statue.

"If you're not gonna offer yourself, at least a kiss, right?"

Even now, Faris was still cracking jokes.

The gratitude I felt a second ago vanished, and I shoved him harder.

"Get off."

Right then, the door got kicked open.

Bobby and the others rushed in, flashlights blinding us.

"Are you guys okay?" They surrounded us in no time.

Bobby shouted, "Faris, your leg!"

A few guys hurried over to lift the wooden beam together.

I had a bad feeling. But Faris seemed chill, still wearing that faint smile.

After they moved the beam, they helped Faris up from on top of me.

Bobby's flashlight hit Faris's leg, and I almost lost it.

His jeans were soaked in blood.

Bobby said, worried, "Faris, your leg looks bad. But we can't get down the mountain now. What do we do?"

One of the guys sighed. "I checked earlier; a tree behind the house fell and hit the roof, breaking this beam. Faris, you have the worst luck!"

Only I knew I was the unlucky one. If Faris hadn't saved me, I'd be the one crushed.

Faris just smiled nonchalantly. "It's nothing, just a scratch."

But seeing his pant leg drenched in blood, it was definitely more than a scratch.

"Bobby, got any hemostatic stuff?" I asked.

Bobby thought for a moment. "I think we have some hemostatic powder."

I nodded. "We need to stop the bleeding first."

Everyone decided to move Faris to the bed in the next room. One guy supported his head, two held his waist, and the others took his legs. Faris couldn't help but chuckle as they carried him. "I can walk, you know. One of my legs is still good."

Bobby said, "We don't know if you broke anything, so we gotta be careful. You're still young."

After Bobby found the hemostatic supplies, he also brought a bottle of hot water and handed me a towel.

I took it without hesitation, ready to clean Faris's wound.

injured saving

so

nodded quickly and went to get

leg while two guys held flashlights. Pulling back the soaked jeans revealed Faris's bloodied flesh, making it hard to

blood. But luckily,

off his leg and said, "I might touch

his hands behind his head, looked like

make a sound, I'm not a man,"

the blood, I could see a deep wound. It was hard

wound with the clean cloth Bobby found. Faris didn't

everything was done, Bobby prepared a bowl of electrolyte

gathered in the

sky lightened, the snow

with

the kitchen, saying he'd

fully bright, and light streamed in through the

lay on the bed, wide

are you smiling at?" I

bed frame with his hand outside the

are you gonna give me that

a moment, said

bled so much to save you, and I might not even walk again. Doesn't that

"I'll go check if Bobby's oatmeal is

was stunned to see Ethan, about to knock. He looked serious, glanced past me at Faris on

seem surprised. Moments later, a group of Faris's buddies rushed

happened to

leg injured? Is it

one to come in was Richard. When he saw me, his

and slapped Richard hard across

"You?"

disbelief, raising a hand to retaliate. But

Every word I spat out was dripping

father now, and still acting like a fool? Seems like you didn't learn a damn thing. If we

jaw moved slightly. He clearly didn't like me. But knowing he was in the wrong,

in the kitchen, probably

leg is messed up; you guys need to get him to a hospital, pronto." So, we didn't get to

down the mountain, and Ethan took my

"Let's go home."

said to me since he

a ton of questions. How should I explain it

the path down the mountain was super slippery. I

suddenly let go of my hand

I'll

I hesitated

and Faris's group walked ahead like he was their real

turns carrying Faris, and Ethan carried me, so our

I finally mustered the courage to say softly, "There's nothing between

knew it was

with a sound. But I couldn't tell if it meant he believed me or

out I'm not as