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 have been

at her. She recalled a typhoon day in that

for her to stay with a neighboring family for a

howled and brought down the chicken coop

family blamed Wendy's

next morning, after the storm had quieted, two women forced

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

useless child raised in the countryside! Why would the village chief make us feed you and care

By blood, one

the water,

girl

the doctor merely said, "She's got asthma, yeah.

a content belongs to

by the

life and death. But

die that easily. My asthma's not that serious." She got

didn't ask Serena to take her away. She just gazed longingly at her clean, warm clothes, then

a pitiful

the bar, reeking of

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