The Bigshot Married Himself to the Heiress-Chapter 582 - 623: Curly Bitten by a Snake

"Curly!" Sienna Johnson’s hand flew to her chest, her heart pounding. She felt like her heart was about to jump out.

In the bird’s nest on the tree, there were no small bird eggs, just a large, thick-bodied snake coiled up. The snake had devoured the eggs in the nest and was now resting there.

Curly reached into the nest, intending to feel for the eggs, but was bitten by the snake. That wasn’t the worst part; the most terrifying thing was that the snake then wrapped itself around Curly’s chubby arm. Fear drained the color from Curly’s small face.

"AAAHHH..." Curly’s desperate, high-pitched scream echoed throughout the base.

Everyone in the base heard it and stopped what they were doing, looking bewildered, unsure of what had happened.

"Hurry, save her..." Sienna yelled.

A figure flashed past, and someone started climbing the tree, but Curly lost her balance and fell.

"Curly!" Sienna instinctively reached out to catch her, but a smaller figure moved faster, catching Curly in mid-air. Sienna heard a CRACK—the sound of a bone breaking.

The person who caught Curly was none other than her new friend from the past few days, a little boy named Connie. Curly landed on top of him, the snake still wrapped around her arm. Her screams continued to echo through the base.

Adrian Desmond immediately recognized his daughter’s voice. Something must have happened! He rushed over. Sienna also hurried to her daughter, trying to remove the snake from her arm.

Adrian arrived just in time to stop Sienna’s dangerous action, telling her, "This snake is poisonous! Don’t touch it!"

He grabbed the snake’s head, pinched its neck with his thumb, and squeezed hard. The snake’s head burst. But before it died, it tightened its coils around Curly’s arm, causing it to turn purple from the lack of circulation.

"AAAHHH..." Curly was completely terrified. Her screams wouldn’t stop, echoing throughout the base.

"Adrian, hurry and get the snake off! Curly’s arm is losing circulation!" Sienna cried.

Adrian had noticed too. Brett Jacobs brought a dagger, and with the sharp blade, he chopped the snake into pieces, freeing Curly’s arm.

Sienna walked over and looked at the snake bite on her daughter’s wrist. Adrian said it was poisonous! She quickly removed her hair tie and tied it tightly around Curly’s arm. Hopefully, this will slow the poison’s spread.

Sienna bent down, grabbing her daughter’s chubby arm. I have to suck out the venom! But Adrian blocked her, asking, "What are you doing?"

"You said the snake is poisonous, right? I’m going to suck out the venom."

"You’re pregnant! Do you want to die?"

"Then you do it!"

Adrian looked at her, speechless. She’s pregnant and clearly not thinking straight!

"Where’s the doctor?" Adrian shouted to the onlookers. "Someone get the doctor! Tell him my daughter’s been bitten by a poisonous snake!"

Walter Klein, Adrian’s capable assistant, had seen Curly get bitten and had already rushed to the infirmary to fetch the doctor.

The base doctor arrived with his medical kit. He examined Curly’s arm wound and glanced at the dead snake on the ground. Without wasting words, he took an antivenom serum from his medical kit and injected it into Curly.

Curly was still crying. Sienna held her daughter and comforted her, "Curly, it’s okay. Daddy killed the snake; it won’t bite you anymore."

But Curly didn’t seem to hear, crying and convulsing.

"Curly, don’t be scared. It’s okay. The snake can’t hurt you anymore."

"No needles! No needles!" Curly screamed, terrified by the sight of the long syringe, and tried to hide in her father’s embrace.

"Adrian, hold her!" Sienna urged.

"Daddy, no needles! Curly’s scared, it hurts! Aunt Paige, no needles, it hurts Curly!" she wailed. "No needles..."

Paige Desmond, also heartbroken, didn’t know what to do. "Curly, don’t be afraid. It’ll just hurt for a moment."

"No needles! No needles!" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"That snake is poisonous! If you don’t get the shot, you’ll die!" Sienna said firmly.

"It hurts! It hurts so much!" Curly cried.

Adrian held Curly securely with one arm, immobilizing her small, struggling body in his embrace. Curly was drenched in sweat, as was Adrian, both thoroughly shaken by the ordeal with this little one.

Once the antivenom was injected, the doctor cleaned the wound with iodine. And that was that. The base’s doctor usually treated knife wounds, gunshot wounds, broken limbs, and the like. A snakebite like this was trivial compared to those injuries, yet it caused such a commotion.

However, he couldn’t voice such thoughts. This girl was the Sixth Master’s precious daughter, after all.

There was no helping it; she was just that cherished.

"Alright, she’ll be fine now," the doctor announced.

"Thank you," Sienna said.

"You’re welcome, Madam," the doctor replied.

Curly clung to Adrian, sobbing. She wouldn’t let Sienna hold her, just kept crying in Adrian’s arms.

Everyone was speechless. The sight of their great Sixth Master, usually so commanding, now flustered and sweating as he awkwardly tried to comfort the beautiful little girl clinging to him, left them at a loss.

We’d better look down to preserve the Sixth Master’s dignity, they thought, and everyone collectively lowered their heads.

"Curly, don’t cry anymore," Adrian coaxed. "The snake that bit you is dead. It won’t bite you again. Look, the snake is dead, isn’t it?"

"I won’t look! I won’t look! Get it away!" Curly shrieked, shaking her head and still wailing.

"Alright, alright, we’ll get it taken away, we’ll get it taken away," Adrian softly assured his daughter. Then, he roared at the others, "What are you all standing around for? Are you stupid? Get that snake out of here now!"

Everyone hurriedly crouched down, gathered the pieces of the snake, and then scurried off.

The Sixth Master is still furious, they thought. We’d better not provoke him.

Adrian then noticed Connie standing nearby and redirected his fury towards him. "How were you watching the Young Miss?" he yelled. "How could you let her get bitten by a snake?"

Connie stood there, head down, silent. Adrian’s anger flared, and he kicked Connie hard in the stomach. Sienna rushed over and tried to stop him. "Adrian, what are you doing? He’s just a child!"

Adrian’s kick had been delivered with full force. An adult would have struggled to withstand it, let alone a child.

Connie was sent flying. He landed heavily on the ground and vomited blood.

"Drag him over here!" Adrian, still furious, commanded. "Whip him 15 times!"

Adrian’s orders were absolute; no one dared disobey. As some men moved to grab Connie and carry out the punishment, Curly suddenly stopped crying.

"Stop! Don’t you dare hurt him!" Curly yelled, her commanding presence rivaling Adrian’s own.