Bumpkins Rich Handsome Husband

Chapter 107

Afer looking at each other, Veronica and the masked man pinned their hopes on the

However, the tree was on the right side, which was also the masked man‘s side.

Veronica moved to the right, trying to give herself the opportunity to grasp the big tree as it might be her only chance to survive. However, the masked man might become the biggest obstacle to her survival, so she had to seize the opportunity.

The two moved to the right together, but just as they were about to reach the tree, the water surged fier cely against them with even greater resistance. As both of them were on the right side, the thick woode n pole suddenly tilted in the water and flowed downstream vertically, dragging them further away from t he big tree horizontally all at once.

“You let go of the wooden pole. I‘ll grab you.” Veronica took the masked man‘s hand right away while te lling him to let go of the wooden pole and swim to the river bank. After all, even a bit of a struggle could buy them a chance to survive. At this very moment, she had no other choice. Even if the chance of survival was sli m, she had to shoot for it–even if the masked man might survive and kill her by cutting the rope. I don‘t want to die! she thought.

With his eyes behind his mask, the masked man gave Veronica a meaningful look. Then, he let go of her. The two had a rope tied between them. After letting go of Veronica, he struggled to swim to th e right with all his might.

They were ten meters away from the big tree. Then, as the masked man swam closer and closer to the tree, the distance between them and the big tree shortened. They were six meters away… three meter s away… one meter away!

The ten– meter distance was covered in the blink of an eye. At this moment, however, the masked man was still a distance away from the tree.

Veronica‘s nerves were on edge; she was very nervous, for she feared that they might miss the opportu nity again. However, at the critical moment, the masked man suddenly took out a dagger and clutched i t in his hand. Just when he nearly brushed past the tree, he suddenly thrust the dagger in his hand into the tree trunk.

Immediately, Veronica let go of the thick wooden pole she was clinging onto to prevent the strong current from sweeping the masked man away and ruining the last op portunity to struggle for their survival.

The masked man cluiched the dagger to stay close to the tree. Even though Veronica had put pressure on him, he nonetheless stretched out his arm and hugged the tree trunk Climbing onto the river bank lit tle by little, he successfully got himself out of danger.

Veronica was still in the water, and she grabbed the rope tied between her and the masked man while swimming toward him. However, the ma n held up the dagger in his hand. With a slight wave of his dagger, Veronica would be swept away by the river!

Veronica‘s heart was thumping; she had never been so desirous of staying alive as she was at this very moment. Without saying a word, she continued swimming toward the masked man. However, just whe n she was getting close to him, he thrust the dagger in his hand downward right away!

At that moment, Veronica‘s heart sank. She felt like she had seen Death. However, she refused to resig n herself to death. At the last moment, she swam against the current with all her strength. Then, she str

etched out her hand and tried to hug the tree trunk, but she had underestimated how strong the current was. Instead of hugging the tree trunk, she was swept dozens of centimeters away from it!

Am I really gonna die here? A big question mark popped up in her mind.

Just then, however, the masked man grabbed her hand and pulled her up.

The two reached the river bank by climbing along the tree. Physically exhausted, they lay on the river b ank, feeling so worn out that they didn‘t want to struggle anymore.

Just then, Veronica asked, “Why did you save me?” The moment the masked man thrust his dagger downward, she thought he was going to cut the rope and let her fall into the swift river current. To her surprise, the man merely put away his dagger and pulled her out of danger.

The masked man didn‘t answer her question, though. NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

With that, the two lay on the river bank. After recovering their strength, they stood up and headed into t he distance.

As they made their way through the woods, the sound of the fiercely surging river water faded away in the distance. Everything became quiet, and even the rain stopped.

The man was no longer stooping and limping as he had been before. Instead, he stood upright and wal ked at a blistering pace like a normal person.

Veronica should‘ve found out long ago that this man‘s identity was dubious. However, she and the othe rs had only decided to come to Dawnpol Village not long ago, and the masked man had been in the vill

age before they arrived. Judging by the timeline, she felt that nothing could‘ve been wrong with the masked man, but it turned out that she had underestimated him.

The masked man ignored her as they merely kept walking on. However, there wasn‘t a soul in sight around them, so they chose to climb up the mountain in the end. When they stood on the top of the mountain breathlessly a nd looked around, they couldn‘t see anyone or any village except the thin haze that was curling upward .

“The flood current was flowing at a velocity of at least 40 kilometers per hour,” Veronica said while raisi ng her hand to check the time on her wristwatch.

Five hours had passed since she woke up in the morning. It took about half an hour to reach the river b ank from the village chief‘s house, whereas it took an hour for them to get to the mountain from the rive r. In other words, after falling into the water, they had held out for three and a half hours. This meant the y were already 140 kilometers away, which was a very long distance.

Veronica was unfamiliar with the geographical environment around here, so she was somewhat at a los s for what to do for a moment.

The rain, which had just stopped, continued again, but Veronica felt weak all over, and she walked weakly. She looked down at her right arm, which had a scary big cut that turned pale and swelle

Veronica‘s arm hurt very much, but there was nothing for her to reduce the inflammation at the moment.

The masked man took a glance at Veronica‘s wound without saying a word as he headed toward the foot of the mountain.

Veronica followed the masked man as they went all the way down the mountain. After walking for some

Unbeknownst to her, though, the masked man had imperceptibly slowed down his pace a lou. It was jus

If there was still nobody within a 100– mile radius around them, it would be a great challenge for them. After the heavy downpour, there was m

Veronica willed herself to follow the masked man all the way forward with strong willpower. In the end, w

Hearing the sound behind him, the masked man looked back to see Veronica sitting against a tree with a pale face. After looking at her with a complicated expression, he wa sharp edge at her as if saying, “Since you‘re dying, I might as well kill you myself to complete my task.”

Veronica slowly closed her eyes. She neither struggled nor said anything, for she knew that the masked man would‘ve killed her long ago if he wanted to. Why would he wait until now instead? =_=)

Thud! With a sudden thud, the masked man thrust his dagger into the tree behind Veronica. “I’ll let you o