Chapter 360

Ruth understood the gravity of the situation.

"If she has asthma, should I call an ambulance?"

"She'll be fine." Serena saw that Wendy had thrown up most of the alcohol.

Serena's expression softened slightly as she shoved Ruth hard.

The other band members pulled their jackets over their heads and followed Ruth back to the private room.

Only Serena and Wendy remained at the booth.

Wendy raised her head, coughing a couple of times, and suddenly let out a laugh. "Aren't you afraid I'll use your friend to get myself killed and frame you for it?"

"You're far too afraid of dying to make it that easy," Serena replied coldly.

She walked over, looked at Wendy's disheveled appearance, and calmly tidied her own soaked hair.

"Besides, this isn't the first time someone's tried to force drinks down your throat. Ruth was drunk and didn't even hold your mouth shut. You barely drank anything. You were just coughing from the smell of alcohol."

Wendy's eyes widened slightly. "You still remember."

In that village, having asthma meant being seen as worthless. You survived there until I came to sponsor you-how could you

She recalled a typhoon day in that village, when Wendy had

had arranged for her to stay with a neighboring family for

wind howled and brought down the chicken coop next door,

family blamed Wendy's presence for the

storm had quieted, two women forced Wendy's head into a basin of

you who died? Without those hens laying eggs, how is my grandson

Why would the village chief make us feed you and care for you? You

Smith as their last name. By blood, one was Wendy's aunt and the

under the water, her limbs flailing

girl with asthma was on the verge of

to a nearby clinic, the doctor merely said, "She's got asthma,

a content belongs to

by the villagers

death. But Wendy just sat quietly on the hospital bed,

asthma's not that

away. She just gazed longingly at her

was a pitiful child,

stood under the dazzling lights of the bar, reeking of alcohol, looking

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