She was crying like a child and repeating, “Please, don’t die!” There was no answer. Arianna cried louder, “Don’t leave me alone here!”
When she said that, an image of him R. I. P. popped up in her mind; he was lying in her arms, his face covered with starlight. She thought of the saying, “The fate of twins is often the same,” and became more and more desperate and panicked. She didn’t find out when Vince opened his eyes.
He said slowly, “Don’t cry, cry again, and you will bring the wolf.”
Arianna’s brain sounded an rm. She wiped her tears and asked with vignce,” The snake is not poisonous?”
“Who said it is poisonous? It just hurts.”
She bounced off the ground, “At this time, you deliberately pretend to be dying to scare me?”Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org.
“I’m afraid of blood, and I fainted. That was just a natural physiological reaction.”
“You… didn’t back down when a gun was pointed against your head… Now you are saying you are afraid of blood?”
“You were scared by a snake, too, right?” Vince sighed, “But you seemed to be concerned about me.”
“Stop that! I was just worrying that I might be trapped here alone!”
“Arianna, remember I am your savior just now, okay? If I didn’t see it, now the snake should’ve been wrapped around your neck. Can you at least y nice if you don’t want to thank me for that?”
He stretched his finger and made a curved hovering motion toward her neck, making Arianna feel like a nightmare.
After a while, Arianna gnashed her teeth and said, “But I’m here all because of your family! You shouldpensate me!”
“Easy. Marry me, and let mepensate you with all my property.”
“You can wait until the rain falling down the sky turns red!”
This pair of partners, who had just gone through a life or death crisis together, now had disputes again. Luckily, just a few minutester, the people from the Johnson Family found them. From their loss of them to the present, it took only more than an hour.
Lady Johnson came to them personally and hugged both of them. York, who seldom expressed his innermost feelings, gave Arianna his most excited hug.
This event marked the end of Arianna’s long vacation. Arianna then decided she would not go out again before she went on the return trip to Country C.
That day, Lady Johnson personally sent her back to York’s house.
Arianna asked, “Are you okay? Did the cops capture the kidnappers?”
“They ran away. Forget it. Some people just need to get what they want with the risk of their lives.”
“You are fine, and that’s all that matters.”
Later, when they talked about Arianna’s return trip, the olddy said, “I live here every half of a year. Will youe back to see me often?”
“Yes,” Arianna said with a little uncertainty.
The olddyughed twice, “The next time youe, I don’t know if I’ll be still alive.”
Arianna was speechless for a while, and she was a little sad.
“Girl, listen to my old-school advice. If you are a smart person, you should be good at forgetting things and cherishing what you have now. Look into the future, and don’t dwell on your past.”
“I have been looking forward to it, ma’am. I never miss the past.”
“Is it true? Then I bless you, child.”
****
When Lady Johnson went to Vince’s bedroom, the doctor had just left. Vince’s wrist had been re-wrapped and shot.
“Are you okay?” asked the olddy.
“Pain.” Vince frowned.
“You just let the girl run away? With such a good chance, the hero saved the beauty twice, and she still feels nothing for you?”
“Grandma, you read too many romantic novels.” Vince nced at the door and lowered his voice, “And, such a game is not fun at all.”
The olddy smiled, “When did you find out?”
“Not too early, nor toote.” Vince changed his sitting posture, “Madam Director, aren’t you afraid this game will be seen through, and we will all look ugly by then? And you arrange to throw us in the wild, what if we got eaten by snakes or beasts?”
“The two young men are pros. They can do well by themselves. As for snakes and beasts… we have never seen the beasts within dozens of square kilometers, and there are only a few non-venomous snakes. It also took good luck for you to meet one snake today.”
Vince smirked.
“Young man, what’s that look of you? I am thinking about creating opportunities for you to show your love. You should be grateful to me.” Lady Johnson sighed, “That is a good girl. She was so afraid, but she stood in front of me against the so-called kidnappers. I only wonder why she is so stubborn about you?”
“Grandmother, your drama today is mainly designed for Henry and me, right? The things that were taken away are to annihte some evidence and, by the way, warn someone? Unfortunately, he reacted too slowly and did not cherish this opportunity. He called the police early lest nothing happened to me. As for Arianna, it’s unfortunate that she happened to be in your drama today.”
“My child, since your mind is so clear, how can you make a face-to-face confrontation with him? When you make this step, your actions will be more difficultter.”
“I like to face up with people, not to lurk in the shadows.”
“This old-fashioned knight style is not popr now. Vince, he is your second uncle, and this is your family. You can do what you want, but you can’t do things that will damage our family’s reputation.”
“Because you don’t want to damage the Johnson Family’s reputation, do you allow so many lies and conspiracies to exist?”
“What do you mean?”
Vince didn’t speak, and his expression was a little disorganized. He tapped the two shoulder straps that were removed from Arianna’s bra and used a hand to make them into a dead knot.
“Vince,” the olddy cleared her throat, “I am your grandmother, and you are my grandson, and there is Reba. You are not going to ask me where Reba went in the past few days?”
“I don’t care even if you sell her to the Arabian Penins, but please don’t try to destroy everything that should belong to you.”
Vince continued to be silent. He put two more knots with the two straps, very tight knots.