Chapter 401 Please, I Am Begging You (2/2)

nd then she quickly denied, ”No, I don't like rabbits.”

Joan asked tentatively, ”Why not? They have beautiful eyes. Red like rubies.”

Beryl raised her voice, as she shut her eyes and trembled, ”Just shut up.”

”What's the matter, Beryl? What's bothering you?” Joan asked.

”Just don't say that any more!”

Beryl burst into tears, her eyes as red as a rabbit's and her voice as fierce as a small animal's roar.

However, Joan knew that behind Beryl's tough exterior was a vulnerable child. She was just trying to protect herself in her own way.

”Don't be afraid, Beryl. All of us will protect you,” Joan comforted her.

”I told you to shut up!” Beryl's voice suddenly became so shrill that she didn't even bother to speak in Chinese, as she continued in English, ”What do you know? You know nothing!”

Beryl cried out, ”Do you know what I have been through? No one came to save me. Everyone and anyone, whether human beings or animals, who came in contact with me ended up dying because of me. Where were you when I was struggling all alone?

I hate all of you. I hate the world.

I know what you are doing here.

Stop trying and just leave me alone, Miss Joan.”

Joan didn't expect that Beryl would be sensitive and aware enough to see through her pretense. All the while, she was also greatly shocked by Beryl's words.

After a while, Joan let out a long sigh of disappointment and walked out of the room.