The woman looked terrified and the grip on her child tightened. It looked somewhat realistic but Jewel didn’t want to interfere. Even if they weren’t the assassins who were pursuing her, she was still in danger herself and couldn’t save the woman.
The man had probably spotted her and suddenly shouted, “Mavis Bender, stop where you are!”
The woman in front of Jewel looked scared and quickened her pace as she fled with her child. The woman looked back as she ran which made her stumble, and Jewel bumped into her even though Jewel had deliberately avoided her. The collision made the woman fall backward uncontrollably, flinging her child more than 2 meters high which made the child burst into terrified tears. Jewel knew well that she should be on guard against anyone who came close to her, but she couldn’t just ignore the child and frantically reached out to catch the child.
Suddenly, a bright light flashed past. Although Jewel only caught a brief glance of it, she could discern that it was a steel wire fired by Blood Rose. Olivia’s frantic voice came through Jewel’s earpiece. “Watch out!”
Jewel knew she had fallen into a trap since she knew how powerful the wire was. It could pierce such a thick concrete wall, much less her body. However, she couldn’t just let the small child actually fall down since it would definitely result in death..
She might be able to avoid the wire. She stretched her arms backward and curved her waist forward to form an arch which was at the end of her physical limitations to avoid the wire, making the claws of the wire brush past her. She didn’t even know that her body was that flexible.
Just as she was thanking the fact that she could save the child without getting hurt by the wire, Blood Rose’s wire fired toward her again at a faster speed. Jewel had just caught the child and didn’t have the time to catch her balance.
At that very instant, she saw a figure flash past. The wire changed direction at once, its claws embedding into the wall.
Jewel looked over to see Alex, who had quickly thrown a dart at Blood Rose which was the one Phantom had used. Even though Blood Rose was alert enough that the dart did not hit her, it allowed Jewel to avoid the wire. Alex headed toward her and looked at her with a shaken expression. “Are you okay, Jewel?”
Jewel hugged the crying child and replied succinctly, “I’m fine.”
Blood Rose narrowed her eyes and sneered at the duo leaning toward each other. “So loyal, huh?” Jewel exclaimed angrily, “You haven’t changed at all and even used a child to your advantage.”
Blood Rose smiled mockingly. “You haven’t changed either and like interfering in other people’s business.”
She then shifted her glance toward Alex and raised her eyebrows meaningfully. “Your boyfriend is pretty handsome. If I sleep with him, will it feel much better than killing you?”
A wave of disgust rose inside Jewel. “If you haven’t slept enough, go back to bed.” Blood Rose laughed wildly. “Why? Your boyfriend may even be willing.”
Alex sniggered. “I only want to throw salt at the head of a shameless woman like you to absorb all the water inside.”
She frowned, eventually understanding what he meant. At least he had a good read on her since she was already used to being shameless. She laughed quietly. “Are you embarrassed? Is it because Jewel is with you? I’ll help you get rid of her then.”
The door to the washroom opened just as she finished speaking and an old woman with silver hair, a wrinkled face, and a humped back emerged before staring at them curiously, seemingly ignorant of what was happening.
Jewel was worried that the old woman might get hurt by Blood Rose and shouted, “Get back inside!”
Her voice was loud enough to make the old woman jump with shock and clutch her chest. “Oh, dear. You nearly scared me to death.”
Even as she said so, the woman didn’t heed Jewel’s words and started moving forward again. The elderly woman would bump into Blood Rose if she continued doing so.
