Jeremy suddenly relented.Madeline quickly turned, facing Jeremy’s firm expression, though she did not find this unexpected. He relented solely because of the concern he had for her.The corner of Carter’s lips raised at these words. This was the answer he wanted.“Carter, state your terms,” Jeremy requested, not showing much patience for Carter.Carter did not beat around the bush. “Let Shirley go,” he said bluntly.Madeline had thought that Carter’s demand would be something very difficult or unreasonable. However, she had not expected Carter’s only stipulation was Shirley’s release.Jeremy too found this doubtful. If this was the only stipulation, why should he not oblige?After all, his main purpose in kidnapping Shirley was to exchange her for the anti-toxoid test reagent.“I can let her go, but I have to see the anti-toxoid test reagent first. She told me herself that there’s no completed product, so I’d like to verify that you’re telling the truth and that there’s truly
Jeremy gave Madeline a serious look, saying nothing in response.The snow grew heavier over time, gradually piling on the ground.Half an hour later, Jeremy’s car stopped at the villa’s gates once again.When Madeline got out of the car, her eyes were immediately drawn to the two lines of tire tracks that were imprinted on the snow.This villa was detached. Under normal circumstances, no one would be passing by this place, let alone leaving tire tracks at the gates, unless they came here deliberately.“I see. You’ve locked her up here,” Carter said as he got out of the car. “Lead the way.” He seemed impatient, but his expression still looked perfectly calm.Perhaps Jeremy was still worried about Madeline, for he did not notice the tire tracks on the snow.He opened the gates and led the way with Madeline in tow.“Jeremy, something’s off,” Madeline said, expressing her concern.“Off? What do you mean?” Jeremy asked, confused. However, when he was at the entryway opening the doo
Jeremy shouted, attempting to stop Carter, but Carter had made up his mind.With all his might, Carter hurled the vial of anti-toxoid test reagent out of the balcony, ensuring that neither party won.However, Jeremy was unwilling to stand by and watch Carter throwing out the anti-toxoid test reagent. At that moment, he launched himself toward the trajectory of the vial, leaping forward like a sword flying from its scabbard, his entire person seemed to soar with the vial.Madeline’s heart suddenly leaped as this scene unfolded.“No! Jeremy…”Madeline cried out in alarm and ran over to Jeremy.However, she could not catch up with Jeremy’s speed. She watched as Jeremy jumped down the balcony, trying to catch the vial of anti-toxoid test reagent.“Jeremy!” Madeline ran hurriedly to the balcony and looked down. She then turned to head downstairs to find Jeremy.However, when she ran past Carter, he suddenly reached out a hand, grabbing her arm.“Let go!” Madeline struggled angrily.
At Jeremy’s urging, Madeline questioned no further. She quickly retrieved the anti-toxoid test reagent she kept in her pocket and handed it to Jeremy.Jeremy took it just as Carter walked out from the entryway.He immediately spotted Jeremy and Madeline, then walked straight over.He shifted his gaze toward the vial of anti-toxoid test reagent that laid next to Jeremy. Upon seeing the shattered pieces of the vial, Carter’s eyes flashed with delight, then darkened further.“Jeremy, that was the only available vial of anti-toxoid test reagent that could help Madeline, and now it has been shattered. Now, you can only watch the suffering of your beloved. Unless you release Shirley. She’ll then have time to develop the anti-toxoid test reagent.”After listening to Carter’s words, Jeremy calmly stood up.Madeline got up as well. She lightly patted away the snowflakes on Jeremy’s coat, looking at the shattered vial by Jeremy’s feet with a grave expression.“Carter, you still dare think
With that, Carter turned and left with a carefree demeanor.Madeline, staring at Carter’s back as he walked away with such finality, felt slightly uneasy.She felt her chest tightened upon seeing the vial of anti-toxoid test reagent shattered on the snow.Noticing the changes in Madeline’s mood, Jeremy, whose face was surprisingly happy, held her hand and comforted her.“Linnie, I know you’re worried about me, but your condition is more urgent now. Even if poison inside me were to flare up, it wouldn’t be much of a problem with Adam around. However, it’s a different story for you. Carter would never genuinely give you the anti-toxoid test reagent.”Madeline could not deny that Jeremy had a point. Nonetheless, she was still fairly upset seeing the shattered vial. Once Carter had left, Madeline and Jeremy returned to the guest room once again.Jeremy examined the room’s condition and inspected the puddle of blood.It was indeed human blood, and judging from the state of which it
The light in the basement was dim, so Shirley could not see the woman’s face. However, she could imagine how malicious this woman’s face would look now.“What are you trying to do?” Shirley supported herself with both hands and tried her best to move backward.She was not scared of the torture this woman would inflict on her, but she could not accept sustaining any injuries on her face.No woman could accept this.The woman waved the fruit knife and strode in front of Shirley, towering over her as she arrogantly peered askance at Shirley.“Shirley, I know I can never compare to you in some aspects and I can never replace you. The only thing I can do now is to change your physical appearance.”After Shirley heard this, she was even more certain that this woman wanted to disfigure her.She knew if she did not fight back, her face would be atrociously disfigured in her hands.She could not sit here and resign to her fate.When she saw the woman waving the knife at her face, Shirl
Shirley clutched her face and ran forward without bothering which way she was going, braving the biting cold wind and snow.The blood that seeped through the gaps of her fingers fell on the white snow drop by drop, and beautiful blooming flowers seemed to appear on the ground in a split secondShirley did not know how long she had been running for, nor did she know where she was headed to. Her consciousness was getting more and more blurry. When she almost fainted, she rushed out into the road.A taxi could not stop in time and directly crashed into Shirley who was running around blindly.The taxi driver quickly hit the brakes and was so scared by this sudden incident that he was holding the steering wheel without budging an inch.“It’s not my fault. She ran out into the road. It’s not my fault.”The driver kept emphasizing.When Adam and Cathy saw this from the backseat, the two of them opened the door and got out at the same time.As a doctor, Adam would not leave the wounded
She would not feel assured if she did not have the anti-toxoid test reagent that Adam gave her with her.If Jeremy were to experience another flare-up at a sudden timing, she would not know what to do.However, even though she could get through to Adam, no one was picking up the call.Madeline figured that Adam might be busy, so she thought she would call him later. However, when she was about to put her phone away, Adam called her back.Madeline quickly answered the call and heard Cathy’s voice from the other side.“Evie, it’s me.”“Cathy, are you with Adam? Is he unable to come to the phone now?”“Evie, he can’t come to the phone because…”After Madeline heard what Cathy said, her eyes flashed suddenly.Jeremy came back into the ward after making the call. When he saw Madeline’s strange expression, he strode to her and asked, “Linnie, what’s going on?”“Something bad has happened to Shirley.” After Madeline said that, she grabbed Jeremy’s hand to walk out of the ward. At th