“Jane, explain!” Someone like Alora would never be fooled so easily, of course. Her pretty face was icy cold. “Are you saying that you did not actually take some time off because you were tired?”As soon as she said that, Alora picked up her phone and looked at Jane. “It’s fine if you don’t want to tell me. I’ll just call Mr. Stewart.”It was not her best move, but Alora was not thinking straight right now.“Alora, Mr. Stewart won’t care about what happened to me.”Alora blinked. This time,

After Jane finished work, she walked home alone in the night as usual.Susie was not going to go to work and back with her, of course.When Jane returned to the dorm, she was slightly surprised to see the lights on in the living room. Susie was sitting on a simple couch there, playing on her phone.The moment Jane came in, Susie immediately put her phone down and stood up.“You’re back?”Jane was even more surprised now. Usually, Susie would be hiding in her room and sleeping by now, but to

Nobody expected Haydn to ask that all of a sudden. Even the air seemed to freeze in that instant. At the very least, all the hairs on Susie's body stood on end out of her sheer nervousness. "Hmm? Was what she said true, Jane?"Yes, or no. It was a one-word answer. Jane just had to open her mouth slightly. She could clearly feel Susie's gaze on her, anxious and panicked. She raised her head slowly, looking at Haydn. Her mouth opened, her lips curving into a smile. "Of course."The clo

The large and burly bodyguard expressionless stood in front of Susie.“Sir, this is East Emperor! What are you trying to do? No matter what you want to do, no one can do as they please here at East Emperor.”She did not panic. After all, this was East Emperor, and that fact was her biggest advantage.Mr. Denham hesitated as well. He had heard of East Emperor’s reputation even down in the south.All of a sudden, someone walked into the room and whispered something into Mr. Denham’s ear. The latter’s look of wariness immediately turned taunting. “Miss Thompson, I heard tell. You’re an outcast here at East Emperor, someone not under the protection of East Emperor.”Susie instantly remembered what Alora said that day, and her face immediately turned pale. She was properly panicked this time. “Y-You, stay away from me.”“Don’t be afraid, Miss Thompson. We’re not going to do anything to you. We just want you to perform something for us.”“Perform what?”“You’ll know once my old friend

Would it… count?No. No, wait.Erhai. Luka. That gentle girl did not save Jane’s life so that Jane would repay her this way.What about their Erhai dream? She had not fulfilled it yet. She could not… give up!Hence, Jane used the last of her strength to wave her fists, slamming them into the walls of the container as she said, “Save me… Gurgle gurgle…”All of her “save me”s turned into a long stream of bubbles, gurgling from her mouth. “Save… Gurgle gurgle…” Her vision was starting to blur,