125 Chapter 125: Emergency Escape (1/2)
Alicia and I managed to dig Cecilia out of the rubble. The daughter of the Stuart family was unconscious, failing to rouse even when Alicia gently shook her.
”Cecilia…”
”She's hurt,” I explained. ”Yuan Dao hit her really hard.”
”We have to get her out of here!” Alicia was desperately fighting her panic. She looked at me pleadingly, tears in her eyes. ”Before the whole building collapses!”
”I know. Let's go.” Pulling her arm over my shoulder, I began to drag her away from the broken wall. Before we left the reception room, however, I staggered toward a corner of the room. ”Alicia, help me a bit.”
”Hmm?” Alicia nodded obediently as I passed Cecilia to her. Bending down, I slapped Adrian as hard as possible.
”AAAAH!” Adrian jolted upright, regaining consciousness. He broke into cold sweat and began trembling. ”W…what…what happened?”
His jaw dropped when he saw the battle occurring over my shoulder. Wood had blotted out our view of the two combatants, a dense forest of trees growing rapidly to engulf the vast space of the reception room. Tremors shook the floor as the two masters within the artificially created forest clashed. Occasionally, I caught a glimpse of Yuan Dao smashing his way out of the wood, splinters raining harmlessly on him as he emerged, only for him to punch his way through a solid barrier of trees to get to his employer.
”The whole building's going to blow,” I informed him as I took over assisting Cecilia from a stunned Alicia, only to wince. Damn, it looked like my own injuries weren't light either. ”It's not going to survive their fight. We have best get out of here before those two bring the entire building crashing down on top of us.”
”We won't survive that,” Alicia agreed.
”Sure thing,” Adrian mumbled groggily, still in shock from the massive killing intent that Yuan Dao Yue Guang continued to emanate, but he was somehow able to follow us out of the reception room.
”What the hell did you tell Yuan Dao?” I demanded as we raced down the corridor and toward the elevator.
”Huh? Mr. Yuan Dao?” Adrian looked confused. ”I didn't tell him anything.”
”Don't fucking lie to me!” I yelled, my nerves having frayed from the stress that resulted after all that happened. ”Do you really expect me to believe that it was a coincidence that Yuan Dao went fucking ballistic right after you talked to him?”
”You mean that time before he did…did that thing?” Adrian shuddered. ”I only told him to read the letter my father wrote to him. Earlier, during your match with Shawn Franklin, Father called me to press the issue. He wanted me to tell Mr. Yuan Dao to read the letter as soon as possible, so when I had the chance to approach him, that's what I told him.”
I remembered Adrian talking on the phone during a pause in my match with Franklin. So that must be what the call was about. So I nodded, relaxing a little.
”What was in the letter?” Alicia asked curiously. ”Do you know?”
Adrian looked a little guilty. ”Well…I peeked into it, so…”
At that moment, we managed to reach the elevator. Fortunately for us, the doors were open and the elevator was already waiting for us. Whether by design or pure coincidence, I didn't know, but I didn't pause to consider my fortune. Pulling Cecilia in, I waited for the other two to file in before I quickly hit the button for the lobby.
Placing Cecilia in a comfortable position in the corner of the elevator, I glanced at the lights above, which indicated our slow journey down almost two hundred stories. Exhausted, I slumped down next to Adrian, while Alicia took care of Cecilia.
”You were saying that you peeked into Yuan Dao's letter?” I pressed. Adrian looked a little guilty.
”I couldn't help it! Father said that the letter had something to do with Mr. Yuan Dao's wife! That's what convinced him to read it immediately!”
”What was in the letter?” Alicia repeated her question, returning her attention back to the guilty-looking kid. As for me, I could already guess what this whole farce was about the moment Adrian mentioned Yuan Dao's wife.
”Don't tell me…”
”Somehow, Father managed to gather evidence that Lord Stuart was having an affair with Mr. Yuan Dao's wife,” Adrian explained sheepishly, his cheeks a little red. ”So he placed all those photographs in that envelope, together with a note.”
”An affair?!” Alicia's hands flew to her mouth, a horrified expression taking over her pretty face.
”Why am I not surprised?” I muttered, recalling how Stuart actively encouraged me to take Alicia as my mistress even though he was supposedly forcing me to marry his daughter. That guy was absolute scum. Okay, maybe not, but his treatment of women was…ugh.
Speaking of which, didn't he forcibly kiss Cecilia's mother before they finally dated and got married? To think that he went after other women after the death of his wife…well, I mean, he was free to move on with his life, but come on…to go after another man's woman? Especially if that man was a loyal subordinate who had dedicated so many years of life to serve him? Wow…I was speechless with his audacity.
No wonder Yuan Dao was so mad.
I couldn't help but chuckle, despite the grave situation. Both Alicia and Adrian stared at me in surprise.
”I probably should thank your dad, Adrian.” I shook my head in amusement. ”Thanks to him, I was able to avoid Stuart's grasp and a forced marriage. At least we got to see one epic clash between absolute masters before escaping from right under Stuart's nose! Ha ha ha! I can't imagine what kind of expression he will have when he finds out that I'm long gone from here!”
”I wonder who will win.” Adrian stared at the ceiling of the elevator, intrigued. ”Both of them are so powerful.”
”Well, whatever the case, they'll be busy for a while.” I was grinning gleefully. ”By the time they conclude their battle, we will have disappeared to safety.”
After that, we fell silent, allowing the humming of the elevator to take over our conversation. As giddy as I felt from successfully escaping Stuart's grasp, it still wasn't over yet.