Chapter 328 Replace It If It Breaks
The room was fragrant with incense, adorned with a pile of books and various artworks on the fancy table.
Emma, with a heavy heart, clutched her books and began to recite under Myron's sharp gaze.
"Myron, can you stop staring at me like that?"
Myron coldly asked, "Why?"
"I get shy," Emma mumbled.
Then Emma saw a straight cane fall to the ground.
She was dumbfounded and said, "What is this?"
"Kids who don't study well need a little punishment," Myron replied.
"I'll recite, I promise! Isn't that enough?" Emma pleaded.
Three hours later, Emma set her books down, looking as if she faced impending doom.
Myron didn't even look at her and directly asked her a few professional questions.
Emma stammered and answered only a tenth of them.
She sighed deeply, "I think I have no talent for studying. I must have been picked up from a trash can."
Myron ignored her words and said, "I'll give you one night. Tomorrow I'll give you a test. If you don't score fifty, you know the consequences."
"Fifty? You're overestimating me. I'll be lucky to get ten!" Emma said anxiously, "Can't we take it step by step?"
Myron nodded and said, "Alright,for every ten points you miss, Grandpa will deduct ten percent of your allowance."
Emma's eyes widened, pointing at him. She said,"You're despicable!"
Myron continued, "On the contrary, if you reach the score, I can..."
"Do you want to increase my allowance? I have plenty of money, I don't need more!" Emma arrogantly interrupted.
I can grant you a wish," Myron finished his sentence.
Emma's ears perked up, showing interest."Really?Any wish?"
Myron nodded, "Of course, I keep my word."
Emma grinned and quickly stood up, saying,"Then I'll go study now. See you tomorrow!"
With that, she stuffed all the materials into her canvas bag and rushed out.
The night, sky was desolate, without a single star.
The night sky appeared desolate, devoid of any stars.
It seemed like it was going to rain.
Hanging outside the fourteenth floor, Ross swayed on the rope, enduring the discomfort.
"After being suspended for so long, my tied-up part is hurting," Ross murmured.
"I need to use the bathroom," he said to the driver sitting on the broken window ledge of the sixteenth floor, engrossed in his phone.
The driver, sitting on the broken window ledge of the sixteenth floor and playing with his phone, glanced down at him. He said,"Didn't you just go half an hour ago?You haven't drunk much water, where's the urine coming from?"
Ross forced a stiff smile and said, "It's too cold and I can't stand it."
The driver impatiently curled his lip, leaned out halfway, grabbed the rope above Ross's head with one hand, and held onto the wall with the other, easily pulling Ross inside.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, Ross felt much lighter.
Due to the two-floor height difference in the rope length, Ross had enough room to move around a small area.
The driver nodded towards the stairwell and said,"Go ahead, hurry up."
"If I catch you playing tricks, you won't keep your little life!"
Ross shivered and slowly made his way there.
"Hurry up! Get moving!" the driver barked.
Ross wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "My stomach hurts."
"Need to take a dump?" The driver wrinkled his nose in disgust.
Ross shook his head and lifted his shirt, revealing a deep, purplish bruise around his waist.
"You can't handle it after being hung up for this short while? How are you going to survive the next half month?" The driver shook his head, a bit gleeful.
Hearing this, Ross urgently pleaded,"I know this is your work. But we don't have any personal grudges. Myron and the others don't know what's going on here."
"Could you please show some mercy and let me off a bit? I won't make it hard for you! Even if you just let me down to rest for an hour or two a day!"
"If I stay hung up like this, I'll die!"
Ross looked at the driver with desperate hope and said, "I'll give you a reward, how about a million dollars?"
However, the driver just smirked indifferently, "A million? Did you see that villa next door? Myron personally had gifted it to me, and it's worth at least ten million."
"Ten... ten million..." Ross was stunned, gritting his teeth, and made a bold decision. "I can give you ten million too! as long as you show me some leniency!"
'Even if Myron didn't kill him. But being hung up for a month,no normal person could endure that.By then, even if he wasn't dead, he wouldn't have much life left in him.Spending ten million to save his life was worth it!As long as he was alive, he could earn it back later!'Ross thought.
The driver was silent, seemingly contemplating.
Seeing this, Ross thought he had tempted him and quickly continued, "Ten million is a substantial amount. It's just the two of us here, and if I want to live, I won't utter a word! As long as you keep quiet, who would know?"
"After a month, I'll give you even more money!"
"Please!"
The driver chuckled.
His smile was mocking.
He patted Ross's face and the flesh on his face jiggled from the slap.
"Do you really think I'm stupid?"
"Would I risk offending Myron for ten million?
"Your offer is tempting, but if I anger Myron, I won't live to spend it."
"You should just stay hung up here and stop scheming."
"Don't worry, I won't let you die. I'll be here watching you all time. If anything happens, I'll take care of you immediately."
"As for your waist, I'll buy some medicine for you tomorrow, how about that?"
Ross's heart sank, and he said, "I..."
The driver interrupted him, "Alright, if you're not going to the bathroom, get back up there."
"I'll go." Ross walked step by step, his mind in turmoil, his eyes conflicted. He seemed to be thinking about how to escape from here.
"Looks like it's going to rain. How about not hanging me up tonight?"
The driver ignored him and directly yanked the rope, throwing him back out.
Ross looked up worriedly.
The rope wasn't very thick, which made him anxious.
"Shouldn't we replace this rope?"
The driver, without looking up, said, "Don't worry. If it breaks, we'll replace it."
Ross was shocked by his words.
