After waiting for a long time, James, who had finally calmed down, whispered, "Elizabeth..."
"Let's go."
Elizabeth did not answer, but just lowered her head and nodded.
"Help me up first."
Elizabeth nodded again, then lowered her head to stand up and bent over to help him up.
With her help, he struggled to stand up and put all his weight on his left foot. He said embarrassingly, "How's your injury? Maybe... maybe you need to help me..."
James really didn't want to say that. He never thought he would one day be a burden to someone else. Especially when the other one was injured as well.
But he had no other choice.
They could not stay here overnight. Although she had helped him clear his poisonous blood, it wasn't completely cleaned up yet. In any case, they couldn't stay here any longer.
However, it was all thanks to her. Otherwise, he might have fainted a long time ago. How could he be so sober and talk to her like this?
Hearing that, Elizabeth shook her head and then nodded again.
Looking at her like this, he only felt weird. "In addition to nodding and shaking your head, isn't there anything else you'd like to say?"
The answer to him was still her quick shake of her head.
"What's wrong with you?"
Elizabeth just turned her head slightly to the other side and shook her head.
James frowned, "Speak!"
Seeing the way she had just turned her head, he suddenly realized something. Without thinking, he reached out his hand to hold her face and turned her to him.
When he saw her face, he couldn't help but widen his eyes. "You..."
What did he see?
In addition to the wound on her face, her lips... well, her lips were red and swollen. Her original small mouth looked as if two large sausages had been stuck to it.
His heart trembled slightly. She must have become like this because she had just sucked the poisonous blood out of him.
He was a little sore in his heart, and his guilt made his breathing quicken.
Elizabeth smiled awkwardly at him and then tried to get rid of his hand uneasily. She was now simply embarrassed beyond words. Although she did not look into the mirror, she secretly touched it when she wiped her lips. It was swollen and thick! It must be very ugly. She hadn't been good enough, and now she had to let him see her like this. The frustration made her feel worse than dead.
However, he did not let her succeed. He maintained his position just now and asked in a deep voice, "Why didn't you tell me?" This must have been very uncomfortable for her. Why was she so stupid and did not say anything to him?
He had seen everything, so she finally said, "It's... it's not a big deal..." Her voice sounded muffled because of her thick and funny lips.
In fact, everything was fine at first. But when she sat down later, she felt that her lips were a little numb. It made her feel very uncomfortable. When she reached out to touch it, she found that her lips had begun to swell.
Her lips weren't very swollen at first. Then it gradually became what it was now.
"..." Hearing this, James was very angry, but he couldn't say a word.
"Let's go..."
He wanted to lose his temper, but in the end, he just closed his eyes in irritation and nodded with a muffled voice, "Okay."
Now, the most important thing was to go back to the car as soon as possible, and then go to the hospital. Everything else is secondary.
Under James's current situation, he couldn't use too much strength. Elizabeth put his arm on her shoulder, and desperately endured the pain on her body. She helped him step forward slowly and with difficulty.
But even so, Elizabeth didn't forget to take the shoes that were thrown on the ground by her first.
When James saw this, he shouted at her in a hurry, "What are you waiting for! Come here quickly!"
Hearing this, Elizabeth rushed to him. As soon as she reached him, he stretched out his hand and pulled her behind him.
She felt warm in her heart. She poked her head out from behind him, and saw that the dog was getting closer and closer to them. Its eyes with green light seemed to be very abrupt in the night. It was very fast and ran to them in the blink of an eye. It shouted and rushed straight to them.
Elizabeth's heart suddenly calmed down. Holding the wooden stick in her hand, she broke away from James and stood out, blocking in front of him.
"Don't move James! Leave it to me!" She said in a hurry with her back to him, but she looked straight ahead and estimated the distance and strength.
Before James could make a sound, he saw her raise the scarecrow high in her hand and hit the dog directly!
She was lucky this time to hit it successfully. It was knocked to the ground momentarily, then struggled to get up again. But this time, when it looked at the stick she held tightly in her hand, whose straw having come completely apart, it yelped twice, then turned and ran away.
Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at James with a happy smile. "I made it!"
James, look! Actually I can do my best to protect you...
James looked at her with a bit of astonishment. Now she was really not good- looking at all, especially her mouth...
But even so, he still felt that she, who looked like his Wonder Woman just now, was unusually dazzling.
After a long time, they finally made it back to the car when Elizabeth was about to run out of her energy.
Samuel, who was in a hurry beside the car, almost cried out of joy when he saw them. God, they are finally back!
But... Why didn't President wear any clothes? Their walking posture was not normal either.
"President! Young Madam! Where have you been? I went up the mountain to find you, but I didn't find you." Just as he was saying, he saw Elizabeth clearly with the light of the car, and immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Young Madam, your mouth..."
Before he could asked more, James said to him in a deep voice, "Hurry up! Send her to the hospital!"
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