I was dragged back to the tomb dungeon by the guards and locked up for three whole days. I almost thought I would rot in the darkness.
The visa should be ready. The 100 million yuan promised by Evan's mother has been transferred to an overseas account. I can use it as soon as I leave Evan and go abroad. I can take my brother away from this nightmare place immediately. I can't die here.
On the fourth day, Lilith suddenly arrived. Although she was wearing a hospital gown, she looked energetic and holding a specially made metal container. She smiled maliciously, "Sister Elaine, do you want to know where your brother's 'gift' is?"
I stared at her, my teeth almost breaking. She opened the container, and a strong smell of blood and rot hit me. Inside was a vague minced meat.
"My blood core is completely fine," Lilith leaned close to my ear, her voice as venomous as a snake's tongue. "That day in the Moonlight Tower, I stabbed myself in the abdomen to disguise it. I fed your brother's portion of 'Life Source' to my pet hellhound. Look, it's eating it with such relish."
"You devil!" I rushed over and tried to fight her, but was easily held down by the guards around her.
Her face darkened, and she raised her hand and slapped me hard. The crisp sound echoed in the dungeon: "Bitch! Shame on you! What do you think your brother is? He was just a bargaining chip for you to negotiate with Lord Evan! Now that he's gone, you've lost your last hope!"
The tiny recording device hidden in my pocket was still working. I had secretly asked Uncle Zhou to get it, and it recorded her every word.
Just then, my phone rang. It was the blood therapy hospital calling. I struggled to pick it up, and the nurse's voice was panicked: "Elaine, your brother has a severe rejection reaction and infection after surgery, and his vital signs are rapidly declining! Please come quickly! If you're late..."
"No more?" Lilith laughed, snatched the phone and screamed at the other end, "It's better to die! It saves us from wasting blood healing resources!" After saying that, she threw the phone hard to the ground, and the screen shattered.
I pushed aside the guards and rushed to the blood treatment center like a madman. But when I rushed into the ward, my brother had already stopped breathing.
His eEvans were still open, as if waiting for my arrival.
The doctor said that when he was dying, he kept mumbling: "Sister... don't sacrifice yourself for me..."
"Brother..." I fell in front of the bed, tears dripping on his cold and pale face.
In the chaos of dealing with my brother's funeral, I suddenly felt a tearing pain in my lower abdomen. My eEvans went black and I rolled down the stairs.
When I woke up again, I was still in the blood treatment hospital.
The doctor stood by the bed, his face heavy. "Elaine, you...are pregnant. But the impact of the fall was too severe, and the child...can't be saved. I apologize for your condolences, and...the possibility of you conceiving again in the future is extremely low."
Pregnant? I subconsciously stroked my flat belly, tears silently falling again.
My brother is gone, my child is gone, and my last connection to this world is gone too.
I took out the recording device from under my pillow and listened again.
Lilith's vicious laughter and Evan's cold threat were clear as day.
I slowly sat up, and the last trace of warmth in my eEvans completely disappeared.
"Evan, Lilith," I whispered to myself, my voice calm, "I will take back what you owe me, bit by bit, with interest."
I contacted my butler, Uncle Zhou: "Uncle Zhou, please help me one more time and help me retrieve the castle's recent surveillance records..."
Outside the window, eternal night descended once more. I gripped the recording device tightly, my nails digging into my palms, drawing blood.
The door of the ward was pushed open, and Evan appeared holding a large bunch of dark red "blood roses" that exuded a strong and exotic fragrance. This kind of rose was watered with blood, and was a beautiful thing for vampires, but a source of severe poison and allergies for some humans.
The rich floral scent instantly penetrated my nasal cavity, my throat immediately tightened, and I couldn't help coughing violently, and large red rashes appeared on the exposed skin.
I'm allergic to blood roses. I've known this since I was hospitalized at fifteen after accidentally eating a cake containing its pollen. Later, when we shared the attic, I repeatedly reminded him of this. He even hugged me and smiled, saying he would remember this for the rest of his life and would never let me touch it again.
But now, he has completely forgotten even this trivial matter.
Evan pushed the bouquet toward me, and when he saw me resisting and stepping back, the smile on his face faded.
"Elaine, I know you've been upset lately. But Lilith just underwent a blood nuclear transplant and is weak. You need to be more patient. When your mother entrusted you to me, she said, 'Evan, from now on you will be Elaine's deepest bond.' Isn't everything I do for your own good?"
"For my own good?" I held the cold urn in my arms, my voice trembling. "For my own good, you're going to take away Achen's life source?"
Evan frowned. "Why are you still nagging about this? Lilith is the victim! Your brother's subsequent blood treatment costs still depend on the Evan family! If you make trouble again, I will immediately cut off his supply! Do you want him to die?"
He didn't know Evant that Lin Chen was already dead. He died on the day he "sought justice" for Lilith.
I looked at his naturally cold face, and the itch in my throat turned into real thorns, entangling me so that I couldn't breathe.
I hugged the urn tightly: "Okay, I won't make a fuss."
Evan thought I had finally given in, and his expression softened slightly. He patted the seat next to him and said, "Now you're being obedient. There's a secret auction tomorrow night. I'll take you there to relax and pick out some jewelry for Lilith. You need to get along well with her."
I said nothing, my gaze fixed on the suitcase in the corner of the ward. The auction was over, and that was when I left.
