Chapter 291 Encountered Trouble
I nodded vigorously, supporting him as we continued to walk through the bushes ahead. The path within these bushes was indeed difficult to navigate. Although it was easy to discern the direction, the density of the bushes, coupled with the sharp thorns on many of them, made walking particularly strenuous.
Especially Daniel, who already had a leg injury. Sometimes, when he was accidentally bumped into, the pain could be imagined.
Afraid that he would aggravate his leg injury, I walked ahead to clear the path. He was worried and called out to me, “Tabatha, don’t touch those thorns with your hands, use this.”
I turned around and saw him breaking a long stick, laughing, “If I had known when I just came out of the woods, I would have picked up a few thicker ones in there…” As I said this, I suddenly noticed something wriggling on the right side of Daniel’s neck. I
subconsciously took a closer look, and when I realized what it was, I broke out in a cold sweat.
Daniel noticed my sudden silence and instinctively turned towards me.
“Don’t move!” I held my breath, my hands and feet were almost numb.
Daniel paused, his handsome brows slightly furrowed, but fortunately he listened to me and didn’t move. Instead, he stiffened slightly and asked, “What’s wrong?”
I stared intently at the black snake on his right side, my heart nearly pounding out of my chest, I whispered, “There’s…”
Before I could finish my sentence, the thing suddenly lunged at
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Daniel’s neck. Almost instantly, without thinking, I instinctively reached out and grabbed hold of its black half-b*dy.
At the same time, the sl*ppery touch made my hair stand on end. Simultaneously, a sudden pain shot through my wrist, and instinctively, I let go of the thing in my hand.
Subsequently, due to the pain, he couldn’t help but gasp for cold air, and subconsciously stepped back a few steps, “Hiss!”
Daniel reacted quickly, swinging the long stick in his hand at the black snake that I had thrown away. He struck the snake hard on the head, causing it to dart towards the thickest bushes and escape.
Daniel wanted to reach out and grab, but the bushes were full of thorns. How could a human hand possibly compare to a snake’s b*dy? In the end, he didn’t catch the snake, but his hand was scraped and bleeding profusely.
I stopped him, breaking out in a cold sweat, “Stop grabbing, there are thorns inside, don’t hurt yourself.”
He furrowed his brows, knowing that what I said was the truth, and he didn’t persist any further.
He looked back at me and asked, “Are you okay?”
shook my head, lowering it to look at my aching wrist.
Suddenly, my wrist was seized by Daniel. His handsome face tensed up abruptly as he looked at me and said, “You’ve been bitten.” After he spoke, I felt a warmth spreading from my wrist.
He then couldn’t help but widen his eyes, how did he inhale…
Unaccustomed to being so close to him, I wanted to withdraw my hand, only to belatedly realize that the blood he was spitting out was
black.
I was stunned, still not having reacted.
His voice turned hoarse as he said, “That snake just now was poisonous.”
I froze, my mind blank for a few seconds. A snake bite was one thing, but a venomous snake bite was a whole different story. We were in the middle of nowhere, and now with Daniel injured, if we couldn’t find antivenom in time, then I…
Daniel’s reaction was faster than mine. He quickly stripped off his clothes and then tightly bound my arm, looking at me and saying, “We need to find someone for help immediately.”
I nodded, only to feel a faint trace of greenish-purple and red swelling from the place where the snake had bitten me. I didn’t know if it was just my imagination, but I vaguely felt a bit of panic and shortness of breath.
Daniel was pulling me forward, in his hurry, many parts of his b*dy were scratched by the thorns in the bushes, especially since he had given me his jacket, many parts of his arm were faintly stained with blood.
I followed him, feeling my vision blur slightly, my voice hoarse as I said, “Mr. Monroe, you’re injured.”
Daniel turned to look at me, his face suddenly changing, his pupils slightly shrinking as he said, “Tabatha, are you okay?”
I shook my head, afraid that he would worry, and forced a smile, saying, “No…”
Just as the words left my mouth, my head spun and I fell straight down. Luckily, he reacted quickly and caught me.
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I only felt dizzy and nauseous, my legs were weak, everything around me was spinning, and my stomach was terribly uncomfortable. It seemed to be related to the effect of the snake venom.
Looking at Daniel, who was half-holding me, his face pale, I said, “Mr. Monroe, you go first, find someone, I’ll wait for you here.”
