Nina did not quite understand and asked. "What do you mean? How is he being too hard on you?"

James explained, "Yesterday, the captain punished me by making me train until midnight and then get up at the crack of dawn."

"Didn't he say you like working out at night?" Nina was surprised.

"Did he say that?" James felt pitiful and could only swallow his tears and admit, "Alright, I like working out at night."

When they arrived at Nina's floor, she said, "Wait here. I'll be back soon."

"Okay."

James would ensure her safety while respecting her privacy. They had checked the apartment environment, and it seemed relatively safe.

Nina was heading home but paused at Wilfred's door. She had many questions but did not know why he wouldn't see her.

Maybe he had his reasons. Was he home now?

Nina hesitated for a moment and then rang his doorbell three times.

she assumed he wasn't home. Just as she was about to leave, the door suddenly

"Wilfred..."

slumped toward

was stunned and hurried to

held onto the door, not putting all his weight on her, so Nina managed to hold him up easily.

"Ivy..." Wilfred called weakly.

it and helped him inside. She

can full of

on the sofa and saw his abdomen stained with fresh

and quickly tore off the gauze to rebandage his

stared at

of inferiority. "Don't touch me. I'm dirty. I don't

that made Nina move closer to him, feeling a

should not be like this. He should

a doctor, the purest profession in the world. How could

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