Chapter 191: Death is Never the Heaviest Punishment
Hayden Cohen, with everyone’s help and Andrew Heiser’s full cooperation, quickly located the bomb.
Silas Blackwood had buried the bomb underground. Not far from where he buried it, there was a secret passage, allowing Silas to escape if things went awry. It was clear that this hideout wasn’t built in a day; Silas must have prepared the secret tunnel well in advance.
When Silas saw that the bomb had been discovered, he was already calm. From the start of his plan, he had anticipated various emergencies and included his own failure in the calculations.
The only thing he hadn’t accounted for was Tina’s formidable strength. Not only was she Grey Wolf with exceptional martial arts skills, but her ability to defuse bombs was also extraordinary.
Another oversight was that the Farrell family’s so-called useless son turned out to be far from useless.
After the bomb was defused, Tina and Jared Farrell released Silas Blackwood.
Silas glanced at them and closed his eyes, resigned, “I’ve lost. If you’re going to kill me, just do it!”
He had orchestrated this failure himself. Even if Tina and Jared didn’t kill him, the organization wouldn’t let him off. The organization had tasked him with securing a drug. The injection he had administered to his subordinates was indeed the latest development from the organization, but it was flawed. For instance, his subordinates would soon suffer violent deaths.
After Tina had breached his firewall, a deep frustration had settled in his heart, driving him to play this game to prove his superior hacking skills. Unfortunately, he lost.
Tina pulled out a tissue, wiping her hands that had touched Silas, her eyes glinting coldly, “I told you, death isn’t the end you desire. I will make you wish you were dead.”
As she was about to proceed, Jared stepped in front of her, touched her head affectionately, and said, “Leave it to me, don’t dirty your hands.”
Tina paused, touched by his gesture. It wasn’t her first time dealing with disobedient foes, but it was the first time someone had stepped in to protect the purest part of her heart.
She looked up, smiling warmly, “Okay.”
Jared raised his hand, and soon, someone approached him, “Break his limbs, feed him the drug, and throw him into the burial ground.”
Tina was surprised by his words.
Jared, seeing her look, smiled and asked, “Too lenient a punishment?”
“I was thinking of throwing him into a wolf den!” Tina’s eyes narrowed, her smile radiant yet chilling.
Jared’s lips curled up into a melodious smile, “Let’s not spoil the wolves’ stomachs.”Belongs © to NôvelDrama.Org.
Tina’s smile brightened, “Indeed, your punishment is better.”
Their conversation was light, but Silas shuddered, “Tina! If you dare, just shoot me!”
The prospect of being crippled and left in a burial ground was terrifying, even for someone as tough as Silas.
Tina approached him slowly, hands in pockets, still smiling, “Death-is never the heaviest punishment.”
After that, Tina turned to the injured and unconscious Cole Lyon, feeding him a pill before instructing Dexter Brookes and others, “Take him to the hospital.”
She had checked; the bullet hadn’t hit Cole Lyon’s heart.
Her pill would suffice; the hospital would only need to remove the bullet.
As Tina and Jared walked away under the moonlight, the crowd watched them go, only Silas’s agonized screams could be heard in the background.
Meanwhile, Dexter Brookes and others looked at Tina and Jared’s departing figures as if they were a beautiful painting, the couple ahead looking ethereally beautiful.
After a while, James Heart was the first to snap back to reality, “Damn! Serena’s going with that jerk!”
The group quickly regained their senses and hurried after them.
A few steps later, Nan Zhou remembered Tina’s instructions and had some men following Hayden Cohen take Cole Lyon to the hospital, then he chased after the others.
These men didn’t understand why they were being ordered around, but it was clear they were with the captain.
And since the man on the ground was seriously injured, they carried him away.
Hayden Cohen also snapped back to reality amid the noise, quickly gave a few instructions, and hurried off.
But when everyone came out, Tina and Jared had already driven away.
They hurriedly got into their cars and followed.
Meanwhile, Hugo and Jennie were left confused, “…”
What’s going on?
Why did their daughter just leave?
They were still there!
Just as Hugo was about to call Tina, Tina called first, “Mr. Reed, sorry, I need to go save Sophia. You go home first, I’ll be back once I’m done.”
After hanging up, Hugo sighed helplessly and told Jennie, “Let’s go, Tina is still going to save Sophia.”
Jennie expressed her concern, “She’s still going? It’s so dangerous, why didn’t you stop her?”
Hugo gave a bitter smile, “Who can stop her? We’ve all underestimated Tina’s strength.”
Just like Rebecca.
Jennie sighed and followed Hugo home.
On the road, Jared drove at full speed, his and Tina’s expressions very serious.
After the car started, Tina called Jayden, “How is it on your end? Did you rescue Sophia?”
“She’s been rescued!” Jayden replied. “It seems they anticipated you’d prioritize saving the Class 22D students first. There weren’t many guards around Miss Sophia, so I took care of them. She’s a bit shaken, but we’re planning to take her back to Mrs. Farrell’s villa.”
Tina’s tense heart relaxed slightly, “Okay, got it.”
Jared suddenly slowed the car down.
After hanging up, Tina asked Jared, “Sophia’s shaken up, is there a cake shop still open?”
She felt she owed Sophia this time.
But if she had to make the choice again, she would still save the Class 22D students first.
She couldn’t justify trading forty lives for one.
“I’ll have the chef make one now!”
With that, Jared dialed a number.
Then, the car headed towards Marie’s villa.
The cars following them kept a steady pace.
Half an hour later, they stopped in front of the villa.
Jared and Tina got out, immediately noticing three cars that had followed them.
Jared frowned, looking at Tina, “Are they here for you?”
He remembered that at the factory, those men seemed to be calling for Tina Serena.
Tina flashed him a mischievous smile, “They’re probably here for you.”
Jared was startled, “For me?”
Tina rested a hand on his shoulder, a brotherly gesture, “Uncle, they’re my brothers, here to force you to call off the engagement!”
Jared, “…”
So, these eight men were meeting him for the first time to fight over his fiancee?
Jared turned, glanced at them, and deliberately took Tina’s hand, striding towards the villa.
The men behind them looked as grim as could be.
James Heart stared at their hands, pointing at them, his anger making his nose nearly crooked, “He, he… That bastard, what is he doing? Holding Serena’s hand? MMP, I’ll chop it off!”
“He’s done for!” The others narrowed their eyes, their bodies radiating a dangerous aura.
Following them, Hayden Cohen, seeing their reactions, pretended not to notice and walked inside.
But he had barely taken a few steps when Dexter Brookes grabbed him by the collar and dragged him back, “Running away?”
“Hey, hey! What’s this? Let’s be civilized, no hitting!” Hayden struggled to go inside.
By now, if he didn’t understand what had happened, he’d really be a fool.
All this time, Serena had been right by his side, and he hadn’t noticed.
If they hadn’t found out about Serena’s engagement and come to Ensford to settle accounts with that jerk, he probably would still be blissfully unaware.
And, those guys wanting to cut off the jerk’s…!
Ah, just thinking about it gave him a headache!