On the next day, Michael instructed Mr. York to contact the media to remove all the negative news about Christian on social media, as promised.

As for Wendy, she asked Zess to prepare food for her to bring to the hospital. Then, Michael and Wendy went to the hospital together.

Zen could not eat any solid food yet, so the food was actually for Mr. and Mrs.

Tanner.

Wendy handed the thermos to Mr. Tanner and said, "Uncle, Auntie, eat the food while it is still hot."

Zen had already come around. Therefore, both of them could finally put their mind at ease.

"Thank you." Mr. Tanner nodded, but Wendy could still see the worry in his eyes.

Wendy knew what was on his mind even if she did not ask him about it.

As expected, Mrs. Tanner walked toward Wendy and sighed, "Wendy, you are Zen’s friend. Could you help me to talk to her so that she comes around? She did not want to talk nor open her eyes since yesterday. I am afraid that she will..."

Mrs. Tanner did not continue with her words, but Wendy understood what she meant.

Wendy and Michael took a glance at each other.

Then, Michael said, "Uncle, Auntie, could we talk to Zen privately?"

Mr. and Mrs. Tanner looked worriedly at Zen, who was lying on the bed. Eventually, they nodded their head.

The night before, they had said a lot of things to Zen. However, Zen was still the same.

They could not do anything about it anymore, so they decided to give Wendy a try instead.

They nodded their head and walked out of the ward.

Wendy took the thermos and handed it over to them before they left.

After Mr. and Mrs. Tanner went out, only Wendy, Michael, and Zen were left in the ward.

They took the chairs to the bedside and sat on them.

Wendy said as she saw Zen close her eyes, "Zen, I know that you are awake. Can we talk?"

Zen did not respond to her.

In fact, this was what Wendy expected.

She then placed her hand on Zen’s tummy and deliberately touched the cut. "I know you are sad over losing the child."

Wendy knew that the only way to get Zen to respond to her was to go straight for the cut.

Just as she expected, tears started to flow from the corner of Zen’s eyes to her cheeks, even though she still remained silent.

Wendy sighed as she took a tissue paper to wipe off Zen’s tears.

"Zen, I just want to have a good chat with you," said Wendy as she held onto her cold hands. Wendy let go of her hands immediately and covered them with the blanket. "I know that you feel exceptionally terrible right now, and you can’t wait to die. If you have something to say, you may tell me now. I’m all ears. Even if..."

Wendy halted for a moment before she continued, "Even if you still insist on dying after we have a chat. I promise you that I will not stop you anymore, and I will take care of your parents on your behalf."

The promise instantly caught Zen’s attention.

What she cared about in this world now was her parents.

If someone was willing to take care of them on her behalf, then she could finally put her mind at ease.

The next moment, Zen opened her eyes.

She was struggling as if she wanted to sit up straight.

Wendy helped her up immediately.

"Wendy..." Zen burst into tears as soon as she called her name.

She then gradually placed her hands on her tummy.

Once, there was a little life inside her tummy.

The child was going to meet the world in just another month. However, she ended the little life herself.

"I was already prepared to die when I jumped off the car. I never expect to still be alive," said Zen as she cried. "Do you know how miserable I am now? Do you know how much pain I feel now? Why? Why do you want to save me? I killed my child with my own hands, Wendy. Yet, I am still alive!"

...

"Death is never the hardest thing in the world, but living is," Wendy said as she wiped her tears off.

"But I don’t want to live anymore," Zen said agitatedly as she grabbed Wendy’s hand. She then pleaded, "Wendy, I am sorry for everything that I have done to you. I could only repay you in my next life. However, could you take care of my parents on my behalf? I beg you, Wendy."

"Did you hear what Christian said to you when you were unconscious?" Wendy did not answer her question directly. On the contrary, she asked her a question instead.

Zen let go of Wendy’s hands all of a sudden.

"Do you mean the words Christian said that he will kill my parents?" Zen’s eyes were filled with disappointment and emptiness at that particular moment.

"Also, he mentioned that even if you die, he will bury your ashes in his land too," Wendy said. "You should know Christian better than any of us here. There is nothing in this world that he can’t do.

So, do you think you will be able to leave him even though you are dead?

No! After you die, you will have to stay by his side eternally."

Upon hearing what Wendy said, Zen twitched her mouth into a disappointed and helpless smile.

"You are the one who called Christian to come over, am I right? He had no intention to wake me up, right?" Zen’s tone was so calm that she did not seem to be a living person at all. "What conditions did you agree to?"

"He stated two conditions. One of them was to remove all the negative news about him from social media. The other one was that you have to return to his side after you wake up," Wendy told her the truth without hiding anything from her.

Although Zen had just come around the day before, it would not be nice for them to hide anything from her based on her current condition.

Perhaps, Zen would choose to live on based on her hatred towards Christian if they agitated her.

Of course, Zen could help them go against Christian too.

Christian was a toxin to the world. With his existence in the world, not only Zen, every single person in the world would be harmed by him.

Zen snorted as she twitched her mouth, "Indeed, that’s something that he is capable of."

"Zen, the things that I am going to tell you in a while, I hope that you will not tell Christian about it no matter which side you choose," Wendy said seriously as she looked into Zen’s eyes.

"Do you think that I will still love Christian after what he did to me?" Zen could guess that the things Wendy was going to tell her would be unfavorable to Christian.

Zen raised her chin as she stopped crying, "As for Christian, I love him no more."

How many lives did she have left to love him? She was not a cat who had nine lives.

How many parents could she put at stake for loving him too?

Upon hearing Zen’s words, Wendy and Michael looked at each other. They could finally put their mind at ease.

It seemed that they had been worrying for nothing the day before.

Indeed, when things had come to this point, nobody would choose to be on the same side as the demon anymore.

Even if their feelings were beyond control, the brain could still function properly.

At least, Zen was rational.

"Well then, I will be frank to you then," Wendy said. "Christian has already set Lake City as his base. He intends to open up the drug market in the country.

We are already in contact with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Now, we are trying hard to find evidence of his drug trafficking business.

I mean, we wanted to nab Christian and all the drug traffickers behind the scene once and for all. However, Christian’s main base is at Rheinsville City.

If we are going to take them down, we need help from the International Drug Enforcement Administration.

And for this, we have to prove that he is in cahoots with Rheinsville City’s drug traffickers.

Therefore, we need your help to go back to his side to gather the evidence."

...

Wendy explained to her briefly, but Zen did not respond to her immediately.

She could tell that Zen hesitated.

Wendy understood how she felt right now.

She then continued, "Zen, I hope that you will understand the concept of drug-related crimes.

He had already committed crimes!

I know that you loved Christian wholeheartedly before.

It might be cruel for you to help us by sending him to jail personally.

But, you have to know that as long as Christian is alive, you will need to stay by his side no matter dead or alive.

If you still love him, I have nothing to say.

But, to this point, you should know better than anyone else that you can’t love him anymore.

You will only gain your freedom when Christian is down or dead.

Not only you, but your parents, family, relatives, and friends as well.

If you commit suicide again, do you think Christian will let your friends and family off?

I can protect your parents from harm, but if Christian was determined to harm them.Our protection will turn into imprisonment instead. They will lose their freedom and live in fear every day.

Do you bear to see your parents live in fear at their age now?"

Zen still remained silent. However, Wendy saw her clenched her fingers into fists.

"Zen..." Wendy was about to say something, but she was interrupted by Zen, "What do you need me to do?"

Upon hearing what Zen said, Wendy’s tense expression softened slightly.

She smiled as she held onto Zen’s hands, "You didn’t let me down indeed."

However, Zen’s eyes darkened.

In fact, Zen was trembling when she asked the question.

Her hatred towards Christian was indescribable.

However, she knew very well that she had to help Wendy to send Christian to jail.

Even if she had to send him to his execution.

As a matter of fact, she knew that she would go against Christian sooner or later.

When this day came, she knew that she would do the right thing rationally.

However, the pain in her heart was unbearable too...

"We need you to return to Christian’s side. By the way, Christian will ask you to go back with him too. So, it shouldn’t be a problem."

Wendy then said, "The evidence that we are referring to is actually a safe. We have been searching everywhere but to no avail. We suspect Christian hid it in his house.

When you return to his house, you help me keep a lookout for this safe. If you find it, try to steal it and give it to us."

"In his house?" Suddenly, Zen recalled that Christian had a room with all the things that Wendy used before inside.

She could not help but feel disgusted all of a sudden.

"What’s wrong? Have you seen it before?" Wendy asked.

Zen swallowed hard and raised her head to look at Wendy. She then shook her head.

Zen lowered her head slightly when she saw the disappointment in Wendy’s eyes.

Perhaps, Christian hid the safe in that room.

However, Zen did not know how to tell Wendy about that room.

Zen felt it hard to talk about this sickening and disgusting act of Christian to Wendy.

"No worries. Try to grab some opportunities to look around for the safe then," Wendy said. "Other than the safe, if you found any other evidence, I hope that you will tell us too."

Zen shook her head as she smiled wryly, "You think too highly of me, Wendy. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Although I have been with Christian for years, he has never revealed anything to me."

Wendy sighed as it was totally within Wendy’s expectations.

"Rest assured. Since I have agreed to help you, I will try my best to find the evidence for you," Zen said as she looked outside the window. The sun was shining brightly outside the window. Then, she said softly, "I am helping myself too."