Chapter 3
I let out a soft laugh and replied, “I didn’t curse anyone. The facts are right in front of us.”
Lorenzo saw that I was being sarcastic and pointed at me. He said angrily, “Your husband is about to be seduced by that vixen Jessica. And you’re still acting like it doesn’t matter to you.”
When life and death were on the line, the bad nature of human nature was exposed. There was no room for previous friendships anymore.
On the other side, Damien was beaten so badly by his friends that he couldn’t stand up straight. Meanwhile, Jessica’s carefully combed hair was also messed up.
Seeing Jessica’s eyes turn into red eyes, my husband was completely enraged. He pulled out an electric baton from his pocket and threatened, “If you touch Jessica again, I won’t hold back.”
He was the leader of our neighborhood. It made him often carry an electric baton during safety patrols.
I didn’t expect it turned out to be just what he needed. Seeing him press the current switch with red eyes, the group of people quieted down again.
Jessica threw herself into Damien’s arms. Her high heels were stomped on the ground.
“Damien, they messed up my hairstyle!”
He comforted Jessica while speaking confidently, “Even if the stairs are broken, I have a way to get you all down safely.”
Hearing this, Lorenzo was so angry that he laughed. “How do we get down? Fly down?”
Damien snorted disdainfully. He glared at Lorenzo with disdain.
“Lorenzo, of course, you’d say that you are really a brainless person who dropped out of elementary school.”
He replied, “If the stairs are broken, there’s still the elevator. We can just take the elevator down, right?”
Someone immediately raised an objection. “The power in the building has been cut off for a long time, not to mention that we don’t know if the elevator can still be used normally. You’re basically telling us to jump into a fire pit!”
Damien proudly lifted his chin. “I’m the property manager of this neighborhood. I just took the maintenance worker to inspect the elevator yesterday. It’s really perfectly safe. And there won’t be any issues again.”
“There will be workers passing by here in ten minutes. We can ask them to restore the power for us.”
Upon hearing this, I fixed my gaze on Damien. I could confirm that he had also been reborn. In his previous life, there had indeed been workers who escaped from the factory and passed by the neighborhood.
But unfortunately, the workers didn’t recognize Jessica and weren’t willing to risk their lives
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to save her. After hearing Damien say this, everyone’s eyes were full of hope. Only Lorenzo was still holding back his anger.
“If it weren’t for you, we would have escaped long ago. Why would we have to wait for someone to rescue us?”
Damien glared at him fiercely. Jessica sat in his lap and took out a small mirror.
She wanted to touch up her makeup while sarcastically saying, “If you have a better idea, then go ahead and leave. We’re not stopping you.”
Lorenzo was flustered. His face looked increasingly red. I didn’t stay there but walked straight toward the broken staircase.
Damien reached out and grabbed my hand. “Where do you think you’re going?”
I replied calmly, “I’m going to jump down. Those workers don’t know you, guys. So why should they help you?”
Damien glared at me angrily. “Do you think everyone is as cold–blooded as you? So many people are trapped here, I believe that they’ll definitely help us!”
I shrugged and said with a smile, “I hope so.”
After saying that, I bit the bullet and jumped down. As soon as I touched the ground, my legs felt a sharp pain. My entire ankle swelled up.
Jessica looked down at me. Her eyes were full of provocation and gloating.
“Eugenia, are you okay?”
Damien snorted coldly, “It must be a fracture.”
“Why don’t you just stay where you are and wait for someone to come and rescue you? You had to be a hero.”
They didn’t know that there would be another wave of aftershocks before the workers
arrived. That was also the main reason Jessica became disabled.
