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.

answer, she assumed he wasn't home. Just as she was about to leave,

"Wilfred..."

slumped toward her

and

not putting all his weight on her, so Nina managed to hold him up easily. "What

"Ivy..." Wilfred called weakly.

it and helped him

of bloody gauze,

and saw his

Nina. She had seen a lot of blood these days, so she was tense and quickly tore off the gauze to rebandage his wound. "Ivy..." Wilfred looked at Nina and tried to resist

at him

gaze, feeling a powerless sense of inferiority. "Don't

was this feeling of inferiority that made Nina move closer

like this. He should be

profession in the world. How could

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