Chapter 290: Chapter 246: Kill Them All

In the dim basement, two figures huddled together.

Those two were Bianca and Tiya.

The basement had no light sources, except for a few candles and matches to provide temporary light... and there were some scattered pieces of wood, indicating that the basement had originally been used for storage.

However, because these were the only light sources, they had to use them sparingly...

Therefore, the mother and daughter spent almost all their time in darkness.

Moreover, the basement door wouldn’t open, or at least they didn’t know how to open it. If they made too much noise, they might be heard by someone outside...

They could only cling tightly to each other, feeling each other’s warmth, to find a bit of comfort in this gloomy environment.

But that was only a bit of comfort.

Apart from the sheer darkness, the unknown... they didn’t know when the basement might be discovered, and the fear of being found hiding there constantly tormented them.

Furthermore, the darkness engulfed everything; not a single ray of light from outside could penetrate, so naturally, they had no idea how many times the sun had risen and set outside.

Bianca didn’t know how long she and her daughter had been here, nor how much longer they would need to stay...she just felt that a very, very long time had passed, perhaps even as long as a week.

Yet, even so, they could only wait again... waiting for those two benefactors to come rescue them.

"Mom..." at that moment, Tiya, weakly nestled in Bianca’s arms, said, "I... I’m so hungry."

Besides the aforementioned issues, there was another, more fatal problem: how much longer could they last here?

There was no food in the basement, just water that mysteriously seeped in, constantly dripping from above and pooling on the floor.

Bianca had managed to catch the water using the few containers she found in the basement, barely securing some hydration.

They had sustained themselves till now on this alone...but even though the containers were nearly full now, they would ultimately reach their limit without food.

"...Don’t worry." Bianca could only force out a voice, "It won’t be long now, those gentlemen will surely come rescue us."

Although Bianca was also uncertain, she could only say that.

"... Really? Then... let’s wait a bit longer," Tiya said, her voice growing weaker.

"..." Listening to her daughter’s voice, Bianca felt a wrenching pain in her heart.

Why? Why must my daughter endure such suffering and torment? She hadn’t done anything wrong!

Suddenly, Bianca felt a surge of anger. Her life had been tough and dull, merely spent in repetitive labor; there was nothing noteworthy in her life.

Therefore, she hoped her daughter could have a different life... Anyway, her own life was just like this; she just wanted her daughter not to have to live this kind of life.

It could be said that her daughter, Tiya, was everything to Bianca; she was willing to give her life for her.

However, Bianca had never imagined her daughter would suffer such hardships.

Disaster struck, their father died, and they had to survive harshly. Just when life seemed to glimpse a bit of hope, they were slandered as followers of the Evil God! Everything was ruined again!

Bianca really hated... she hated herself.

Why was she so powerless? Couldn’t she even let her child grow up healthy!?

At that moment, Bianca’s stomach also cramped.

The hunger had become so severe it turned into a tangible blade, stabbing her stomach fiercely, nearly piercing her spine.

"..." Bianca thought, finding it unbearable herself; how much pain must this child be enduring?

So, Bianca mustered her strength and stood up, lighting a candle with a match.

"... Mom?"

"I... I’ll look again to see if there’s anything here we can eat."

Bianca said, dragging her body into motion, unable to bear her daughter’s suffering any longer... if it came to it, she would cut off her own flesh...

Then, just as Bianca made up her mind, she suddenly saw a large rat lying motionless on the ground.

"... Thank goodness." Bianca grinned, "It’s meat..."

...

Afterwards, Xiao Yi kept thinking about how to get the mother and daughter out.

But the gentleman had disappeared as if vanished, Carl was looking dejected, while the people arranged by Hele were still relentlessly monitoring Xiao Yi.

Eventually, perhaps due to their lack of findings, the watchers relaxed their vigilance. This allowed Xiao Yi to seize the opportunity, evade their surveillance, and once again come to the entrance of the basement.

"I remember it was..." Xiao Yi opened the secret mechanism of the basement, and the door opened up to him once again.

Just as he stepped into the basement, a scent of meat, along with the hardened, silent air of the basement, assaulted Xiao Yi.

"What’s this?"

Xiao Yi instantly felt an acidic taste in his mouth and sensed something was amiss; he hurriedly quickened his steps.

Then, Xiao Yi saw Bianca constantly adding firewood under a pot-like container.

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