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"Meng Yao, with a name like that, she must be a beauty. How can someone marry their daughter to a man she has never even seen?"

On the quiet mountain road, Lin Fan looked at the address in his hand.

After six years of military service, he had returned to the country and was ordered by his master to go to the Ning household.

His master had said, as soon as he arrived, the Ning family would willingly offer Meng Yao to him.

And retrieve the dagger that was tied to his own origins.

But he had neither a marriage agreement nor any contact.

On what basis would the Ning family offer their treasured daughter to him, a man they had never met?

He had reason to believe that his master, who always boasted about being a debt collector, had tricked him.

"Ah..."

A scream interrupted Lin Fan's thoughts.

Following the voice, he saw a sports car stopped by the roadside.

A woman in a red dress was scrambling out of the underbrush.

"What are you playing at, what's so thrilling?"

It was only when Lin Fan approached that he realized she had a remarkably beautiful face.

But at the moment, it was as pale as paper.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with terror as she looked into the depths of the underbrush.

Her delicate and plush lips had also turned purple.

Her thin clothes were drenched in cold sweat.

"There... there... a snake... bit me!"

The terrified woman's voice was altered.

Before she had finished speaking, Lin Fan had already dashed into the underbrush.

Soon, he walked out holding a snake more than a meter long.

Having lived in the mountains since he was a child, he was quite familiar with these venomous creatures.

"You're lucky, this is a venomous Banded Krait. Bitten by it, you'd not survive half an hour."

"Then... am I going to die?"

The burning pain made the woman cry out in agony.

"Not necessarily, you're lucky you met me today. I just need to suck out the poison," Lin Fan said.

He raised his hand and threw the snake back into the underbrush.

Knowing what type of venomous snake it was, he knew how to treat her.

"No way..."

The woman instinctively pressed down her skirt hem, instinctively rejecting the idea.

"Then there's nothing I can do, wish you a good journey."

Lin Fan shrugged his shoulders and turned to leave.

Watching Lin Fan walking away, the woman's strong will to survive made her call out to him at last.

"Don't leave... save me... please... help me!"

She was only twenty-three years old, with a whole life of youth ahead.

She didn't want to die like this.

"Right, even ants cling to life, let alone humans. Where is your wound?" Lin Fan asked, squatting in front of her, smiling.

"Here..."

The woman, consumed by embarrassment, dared not look at Lin Fan.

She slowly lifted her dress.

It was then that Lin Fan understood why she had initially refused help.

Because the location of the wound was near her thigh.

"Will it work?"

The woman's face turned as red as an apple in embarrassment.

She had urgently needed to relieve herself, so she had gotten out of the car.

Little had she expected that the venomous snake would strike just as she squatted down.

"No problem, let's get back to the car first," Lin Fan suggested.

He carried the slender woman back to the driver's seat and positioned her sideways against the backrest.

Only then did he squat down and begin to inspect the still oozing black-blood wound.

"It's going to hurt a bit, just endure it and it will be over soon," he reassured.

Once he located the wound, Lin Fan bent over and began treatment.

The woman, who dared not open her eyes through the whole ordeal, felt only the searing pain at the site of her wound.

Yet she could only purse her lips, unwilling to make a sound.

After much difficulty, Lin Fan finally spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

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That also meant, most of the poison had been sucked out by him.

He rinsed his mouth with mineral water.

He found some herbs in the bushes, chewed them up, and applied them to the wound.

He tore off a piece of the skirt's hem and tightly bandaged her wound.

"Most of the poison has been extracted, though a small amount has entered your body, it's not fatal, at most your heartbeat will speed up, and your temperature will rise, just drink more water and you'll be fine. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now!"

Lin Fan said to the woman and turned to leave.

"Stop... Taking advantage and then wanting to leave, are you still a man!"

The woman, her face flushed, hurriedly stopped Lin Fan.

"Beauty, are you scamming me? I just saved your life, you're not even saying thank you, and now you're trying to blackmail me, isn't that a bit improper?"

Lin Fan had a bitter smile on his face.

It seems like not only old ladies who fall down can't be helped.

This beauty bitten by a snake might be a femme fatale.

"I don't care... you can't just leave like this!"

The woman stared at Lin Fan with teary eyes.

"Then what do you want? I don't have any money."

Lin Fan's pockets were now cleaner than his face.

"Be my man!"

The woman took a deep breath.

She spoke decisively.

"So you've taken a fancy to my good looks. Your place, my place, or a hotel?"

Lin Fan rubbed his chin.

The charm was too hard to resist.

"Right here, right now!"

The woman appeared to have made up her mind and leaned back in the seat.

"Are you serious?"

Lin Fan really couldn't believe it.

This gentle beauty was surprisingly unrestrained.

What's more, she was still untouched.

"Anyway, I have to give myself to a disgusting man, I might as well repay you for saving my life, but it can only be this one time because tonight I'm going to get married, and after that, we will never see each other again, and we'll be even."

The woman had a resolute look on her face.

"It doesn't have to be so extreme. Feelings can also be cultivated."

Lin Fan was curious, to whom this woman was actually getting married.

"The person I'm marrying, even if he died, wouldn't have feelings. I indeed thought about dying, but I didn't want my family to suffer because of me..."

The woman suddenly stepped forward, "What, do you think I'm ugly?"

"That's not it, you're beautiful!"

The fragrance was overwhelming, and Lin Fan's mind wavered.

After a thorough inspection just now, that silky smooth body was definitely a top-notch beauty.

"Then that settles it… you've seen everything you should and shouldn't… come on!"

The woman didn't hesitate anymore, and directly sat in the passenger seat.

"This... isn't really appropriate!"

A stunning beauty so close at hand, it was impossible for Lin Fan not to be moved.

But without the soul of love, how could there be any resonance?

"What's wrong with it if it's consensual, or are you not able?"

The woman, completely unrestrained now, really dared to say anything.

She flipped her black, silky hair, that slightly contemptuous look was something no man could endure.

"Alright, then I'll make you never forget me for the rest of your life!"

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"I still don't know your name?"

Looking at the gorgeous girl, Lin Fan whispered in her ear.

"My name... Ning Mengyao, don't forget me!"

Ning Mengyao, who initially didn't want to reveal her name, ultimately ended up whispering it helplessly in his ear.

After all, this was her man.

She didn't want him to forget her.

"Ning Mengyao!"

When he heard the name, Lin Fan's body shook.

That was precisely the name of the woman he was going to marry.