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.

a while with no answer, she assumed he wasn't home. Just as she was

"Wilfred..."

slumped toward

was stunned and hurried to support

his weight on her, so Nina managed to hold him up

"Ivy..." Wilfred called weakly.

not deny it and helped him inside. She

the trash can full of

on the sofa and saw his abdomen stained with fresh

quickly tore off the gauze to rebandage his wound. "Ivy..." Wilfred looked at Nina and tried to resist but

at him

feeling a powerless sense of inferiority. "Don't touch

made Nina move closer to him, feeling a sense of pity

be like

purest profession in the

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