A loud bang was heard as the door to the basement slammed open.

Concurrently, the person who slammed into the door fell to the ground.

Winnie and Yulissa turned in the direction of the door in unison and saw that the person was Christopher.

Due to insufficient stamina, he wasn’t able to stand back up even after lying on the ground for a while.

His entire body was covered in blood, and his face had turned terribly pale. Despite that, he still tried so hard to stand up. It made Winnie’s heart ache when she saw that.

Staring at him, she spoke in a deep voice. “Stop moving. You can’t afford to bleed anymore. Stop it!”

As both of them gazed at each other, Christopher pursed his lips silently.

He simply stared straight at Winnie, who was dangling in front of him.

He then gritted his teeth and stood back up.

The instant he started moving again, his wound bled once more.

Unable to watch him suffer any longer, Winnie exclaimed, “Stop moving! Didn’t you hear me the first time?”

He was still staring at her wordlessly.

With great difficulty, he moved his feet. Even though it was only a few short steps, it still took him a few seconds to complete them.

Instead of walking to Winnie, he arrived in front of Yulissa.

Christopher had a wolfishness quality to him. While years of institutional training had polished him, turning him into a masculine and just person, deep down inside, a part of him was still feral.

It was his training and sense of justice that helped suppress the wildness inside him. However, at that moment, he didn’t want to restrain that part of him anymore.

Christopher’s eyes were fixed on Yulissa. It was as though he could swallow her whole with his look alone.

Yulissa had always been somewhat fearful of him. At that moment, she was shocked by his intimidating look, so much so that she subconsciously took half a step backward.

“Let her go!” No longer was he concealing his utter ruthlessness as he stared at her with his sharpest look.

Reflexively, Yulissa wanted to back away further, but he grabbed her neck in a single motion.

Christopher glared at Yulissa with gritted teeth. Because he was exerting his strength, the veins on his arm and forehead were protruding. “Where’s the key? Give it to me!”

Yulissa’s face was turning red due to suffocation. “W-What are you saying? What key?”

“Stop playing dumb!” His grip tightened. “The key to open the shackles. I’m telling you to let Winnie go!”

“Let me go first!” She felt her neck was on the verge of being crushed by him. “How can I give you the key if you don’t let me go?”

“Give me the key!” Christopher growled. He wasn’t going to fall for Yulissa’s trick and let go because that was the last bit of strength he could conjure.

Should he let her go right away, he would promptly fall to the ground and become completely immobilized, like a puddle of mud stuck to the floor.

If he couldn’t stand up anymore, his and Winnie’s story would end right there and then.

Yulissa was almost out of breath.

She was close to pulling out the key because she was afraid Christopher really would suffocate her, killing her in a painful manner. Of course, she didn’t want to die. She still wanted to live and find her grandfather, after all.

A plan was even formulated in her mind, which involved her ambushing him from behind when he grabbed the key to rescue Winnie.

However, she quickly realized that was a stupid plan. Why should I wait until he grabbed the key before I retaliate? He’s injured! He’s about to die from massive blood loss! There’s no reason for me to be afraid of him. Do I have a loose screw in my head? Based on how much effort it took him to stand up earlier, I bet the strength he’s using to grab my neck is probably all the energy he has left.

of thought ended

longer any fear in

knee and ramming it right into the wound

his most severe wound. She believed he would go down soon if she

her strategy

empty shell by that point. He had expended all the

his body couldn’t hold up any longer, and he dropped to the

of

her neck, which was almost crushed by Christopher’s hand, and sneered, “Come

“Let her go… You can do whatever you want with me, either beating me up or

she caressed her neck in

have a telepathic connection! She asked me to let you go, and you’re asking me to let her go! Do you think it’s even

do? I hate her! I wish she would die! Do you know you two are making things very difficult for me? Earlier, she was

furious she became. Why is there always someone trying to save Winnie whenever she’s in danger? Why is Christopher trying to kill me in the end, even though I risked my

What did you get from her? A look? A few words of comfort? Is your brain all messed up? Is it worth it? How about this?” Yulissa let out a huge sigh. “I’ll give you a choice. You can beg me to send you to the hospital. I’ll find you the best doctor and the best place to recuperate. As

you kneel in front of me and beg me now, I’ll take

up

pitiful woman. Do you want someone to kneel before you that badly?

hair, forcefully lifting his head. “Don’t

face and your crazy obsession have told me everything I need to know. No matter

You’re saying I’m ugly and twisted, is it?” His

against the wall, each strike harder than the

dignity away and trample on it hard!” As Yulissa spoke, she stood and grabbed

Yulissa, but her right arm was still

hesitation or delay, Yulissa swung the stick

When Christopher returned to his senses, it was already

arm. It was pretty evident that, even if

dodge the attack. All she could

in pain once. No matter how painful it got afterward, she resisted the

pissed off when she saw that. I want to see her begging me for mercy as I beat her up! Why is she enduring this

Winnie? Aren’t you in pain? If you

She would not cry in front of

glared at Yulissa and sneered, “You’re

give you a taste of what it’s like to have your entire body beaten blue and black. I

suddenly struggled to sit straight up. He pleaded,

yielding to me! He’s begging me to stop!

to him with anticipation in her crazed look. “Kneel then! Kneel in front of me

looked at Christopher and yelled, “Don’t kneel before her! Don’t

of Yulissa and apologizing to Winnie, “If I had listened to her earlier, your hand wouldn’t have been

you kneeling in front of a criminal? You didn’t do anything bad to me! The person who hurt me was her, not you! You don’t need

as he gazed at her. Yet, he didn’t

and clutch her leg. “Please, let her go. You can trample

how high and mighty you appeared when you captured me. Oh, how the tables turned. I want you to bark and crawl on the ground like a dog, Christopher.

roared when she saw Christopher was about to get down on all

didn’t even bat an eye

a real dog, he crawled around Yulissa and barked like one after she

Patting his head, she

like that made Winnie feel even more humiliated

watch him act like that

raised her leg to lift

Quickly, go and tell her to open her eyes and let her take a good look at you. Otherwise, I may

crawled very slowly

her head, Winnie peered at him with

My heart would’ve been shattered if that had happened instead. I don’t think

formed below his body when he stayed in front of Winnie

choking and sobbing

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