<h4>Chapter 80: Chapter 79: Light in the Darkness</h4>


    "I’ll bring her back, hanging up."


    As she said this, Hannah Collins had already arrived at an abandoned factory. Through the car window, she saw the car parked by the roadside—it was the one used to kidnap Elliana Lyle.


    Beside her was arge, abandoned factory. In this remote wilderness, such a huge factory stood here, it was simply a crime scene!


    After parking, she swiftly got out of the car and walked towards the abandoned factory.


    "Shane Southwell---! Kill me! Don’t do this to me---! I’m begging you..."


    Just as Hannah’s Martin boots stepped through the main entrance, she heard Elliana’s faint cries. Immediately, she quickened her pace, running towards the source of the sound.


    "Don’t...e any closer..." The person on the chair struggled desperately, her eyes full of terror as she looked at the men approaching with sinister smiles.


    The men were moving closer to her.


    The man as thin as a bamboo pole grinned and said, "Tiger, why don’t you go first?"


    Tiger said, "Let’s all get in on it, there’s more than one hole, hehe..."


    "No way, I’m afraid this bitch will bite me."


    Faced with such vile words, Elliana nearly fell into despair. Such humiliation was more devastating than death.


    "Yo, let me have a look." Tiger mped her face with his calloused hands, his eyes revealing a lecherous gleam.


    His rough thumb covered her soft lips, and the next second!


    "Ah---!" A man’s agonizing scream echoed in the factory.


    Elliana spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, smiling triumphantly at the man in front of her.


    And on Tiger’s thumb, blood was dripping.


    "You bitch!"


    With Tiger’s angry roar, a p hard enough to make one dizzynded on Elliana’s face; it hurt, it hurt so much that for a moment, she couldn’t lift her head.


    The cor of her white sweater was roughly pulled apart, revealing the snow-white thermal wear underneath and her slender neck.


    Elliana’s head was held down by the skinny guy, her eyes staring straight ahead at this environment—a rather spacious room, surrounded by cement walls and broken wallpaper.


    She was going to die here.


    In her final moments, she fixed her gaze on the window directly in front of her. As her pupils reflected a silhouette, she heard a series of crashes! The ss shattered everywhere, and that familiar figure burst through the window!


    Shane Southwell’s underlings were attracted by the sound, stunned one by one.


    For Elliana, it was a beam of light shooting into the night, yet at the same time, she feared this light would be engulfed by the darkness.


    "Hannah... run! Run!"


    "Oh! Dare to bully my people!" The woman in the ck trench coat, with fierce eyes, held a wrist-thick wooden stick found in the corridor, swinging it back like a general.


    "Where did this bitche from?" Tiger was first to ask.


    "Ah!"


    With a scream, Tiger, who was close to her, was already knocked down by Hannah with one blow. Seeing this, the other men exchanged nces, pulled out their knives, and charged at Hannah.


    Elliana could only watch as Hannah fought against Shane’s underlings. Thankfully, Hannah’s skills were impressive, giving her the upper hand.


    Their sharp weapons were useless against Hannah, her stick broke their wrists!


    "Run! This bitch is too fierce!" The skinny guy clutched his hand and stumbled out. He was just a small-time thug collecting protection money before; in a life-threatening situation, he was scared too.


    Soon, Shane’s underlings were scattered and fled by Hannah.


    "Hannah... Hannah..." Elliana cried intensely, her whole body shaking. She hadn’t expected Hannah toe to save her. She thought she was going to die here...


    "Silly girl, don’t cry, I’ll untie you," Hannah said, walking towards her.


    At this moment, Shane appeared behind Hannah, alerted by the noise!


    Shane’s legs hadn’t fully recovered; she walked slowly. Seeing the scene in front of her, she was filled with murderous intent.


    The gun she held in her hand was raised, aimed directly at Elliana, and pulled the trigger!


    At this critical moment! Hannah kicked away the chair binding Elliana!


    "Hiss~" Pain surged through her leg; her right leg was shot!


    Blood instantly soaked her pants, and just as Shane was about to fire again, Hannah quickly reacted, picking up a small knife dropped by one of Shane’s underlings, throwing it forcefully, directly into the man’s knee!


    "Ah---!" The pistol fell to the ground, and Shane wailed in agony!


    Seizing the moment of Shane’s painful wail, Hannah struggled to stand up, biting back the pain, and quickly pulled Elliana behind a concrete tform on the side, barely covering them both.


    Looking at Hannah, sweat pouring from her forehead, and her bullet-riddled bleeding leg, Elliana, still tied to the chair, turned pale in fright, trembling, "Hannah... Hannah, are you okay?"


    She hadn’t seen Hannah get shot when Hannah pushed her out in panic, but the moment she heard the gunshot...


    "I’m fine!" The sharp de cut the rope, and Elliana felt the tension in her body ease.


    Meanwhile, Shane sat on the ground, forcefully pulling the knife out of his knee, causing him to scream again!


    "You have to go!" Hannah pointed towards the door behind her.


    "No, I won’t leave!" Elliana half-squatted, mustering all her strength to help the tall Hannah up. Her own ankle was so painful it was numb, but she couldn’t care; such pain was nothing.


    The two of them supported each other, leaving through the back door.


    Bam!


    Another shot, but the bullet hit the doorframe, causing the aged doorframe to copse with a crash due to the noise.


    Watching their figures appear at the doorway, an enraged Shane spat on the ground, his eyes exceptionally sinister. He didn’t intend to let them go, dragging his injured leg and limping after them.


    After about a minute, a tormenting minute, Elliana kept looking back, fearing Shane would catch up.


    The feeling of her heart trembling continuously was like racing against the Grim Reaper.


    Hannah’s injured leg was slowing her down, eventually weakening until both of them fell onto the cement ground.


    "Little Sprout, go... don’t worry about me."


    "No! No matter what you say, I can’t go first!"


    No matter what, she refused to leave the injured Hannah behind. Even if it meant dying together, she wouldn’t let Hannah fall into Shane’s hands alone.


    "Idiot! Then help me to that side, bandage me up; look at the blood all over the ce."


    "Okay!" Elliana gritted her teeth, struggling to help Hannah up again.


    She helped Hannah behind the wall, letting her sit against it. Following Hannah’s guidance, Elliana first gave the wound a simple treatment, using cloth strips torn from her own skirt as a tourniquet, roughly bandaging it.


    "I can see you! I’m going to kill you!" Shane’s shout echoed from afar, he walked extremely slowly, almost needing to support himself against the wall.


    Elliana’s heart sank involuntarily. She wanted to support Hannah again, but seeing the room resembling arge hall with multiple exits, she paused,


    Then, realizing something, she picked up Hannah’s torn-off pant leg and stood up.


    This house had five exits, three leading to external enclosed balconies with attached staircases, onedder leaned against the inner left corner of the room, and another going upstairs from the inner right corner.


    She chose to head down the stairs. In a few seconds, Elliana had left Hannah’s line of sight.


    Hannah felt somewhat relieved; it’s better for one of them to escape than for both to die here. She tightened her grip on the knife and slowly crawled to the edge of the open doorframe.


    Meanwhile, Elliana was tightly twisting Hannah’s pant leg—this trail of blood droplets could serve as bait!


    "Why did youe back?" Hannah looked at the returning Elliana, her expression serious.


    Elliana didn’t answer, she first wiped her hands clean on her sweater, then removed Hannah’s shoes, quickly using her skirt hem to wipe the obvious blood off Hannah’s leg.


    "Let’s go upstairs from this side." Elliana pointed in the opposite direction, and Hannah, seeing the trail of blood leading down the steps, suddenly understood what this little girl was doing.


    Elliana helped Hannah up, while Shane’s footsteps got closer!


    "Go!"


    The two of them evaded by taking the opposite route. Once they were gone, Shane inevitably appeared where they had recently been.


    Seeing the trail of blood down the stairs, Shane sneered coldly and continued pursuing.


    Reaching the end of the blood trail, he found a piece of ck fabric stained with blood.


    "Damn it!"


    Realizing he had been tricked, Shane was furious. Dragging his injured leg, he limped back to where they had just been, looked around, and finally saw a spot of red on the wall to his right.


    It was left by Elliana holding onto the wall.


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