Chapter 949
Sydney was feeling unstoppable.
"Just watch," she boasted with a smirk, "Josefina won't make it to sunrise."
But her triumph was shattered when Shay pointed frantically down the hill. "Oh no!"
Both Dominic and Sydney's eyes followed Shay's, and they froze in shock. The assassin Sydney thought she had a handle on turned against her, launching a kick that sent Sydney rolling down the slope.
The wild man, with surprising agility, grabbed Shay, swung her like a rag doll, and tossed her aside.
Dominic, witnessing the mayhem, tried to make a run for it, but the wild man snagged her arm and booted her away.
Sydney's bodyguards, drawn by the uproar, opened fire on the wild man, managing a haphazard rescue as they beat a hasty retreat.
Meanwhile, Oliver and Josefina watched as the imposing figure of the wild man approached them.
In a hushed voice, Oliver asked, "Josie, do you know him?"
"I do," Josefina replied, stepping forward with resolve.
The man, previously hidden in shadow, lowered his head. Josefina gently swept the hair from his face to reveal a rugged, darkened visage.
Josefina was visibly moved, and the man mirrored her emotions, tears glistening in his eyes.
Oliver, worried for Josefina's safety, instinctively reached out to pull her away, but the man, still teary-eyed, swung a fist towards Oliver.
"Stop!" Josefina called out, and the fist halted mid-air, sparing Oliver.
Josefina took the man back to Oliver's place, suggesting a shower, and left some of Oliver's unworn clothes by the door for him.
Oliver lounged on the couch, feeling a pang of jealousy as he watched Josefina. Josie had never fetched clothes for him.
When Josefina moved to fix dinner, Oliver gently pulled her into his lap.
"Who is he?" Oliver teased. "You're so attentive to him, aren't you afraid I'll get jealous?"
Josefina sighed and began, "He's Nanshan, my apprentice. I broke up an illegal tab and found him there.. He's a failed experiment, with the mind of a six-year-old. Seeing him reminded me of my own abandonment, so I took him in. He called me Master, and I accepted him as my student. After I left the Scot, he disappeared too. ve been searching ever since, with no
luck-until now."
She went on, "Nanshan still has remnants of the experiments in him. My master and I have been working tirelessly on a cure, but we havent Cracked it yet."
As Josefina spoke, a voice came from behind them. "Master."
Both Oliver and Josefina turned.
Oliver quickly covered Josefina's eyes. "No peeking."
He let her go, then frowned as he tossed a shirt to Nanshan.
"You've got clothes, yet you're not wearing them. If you hate them so much, why not just go around stark naked?"
Nanshan stood there, unfazed, in just his underwear, heading straight for Josefina.
Oliver grabbed a robe and draped it over Nanshan.
"Master," Nanshan said, his voice heavy with sorrow.
Josefina turned to see the bruises on his face.
She stepped closer, pulling back the robe's collar to reveal more injuries, and demanded, "Who did this to you?"
Nanshan, looking pitiful, replied, "They said they knew where to find you. When I didn't listen, they beat me."
Oliver was dumbfounded. "You're so
strong, yet you just let them beat
you without fighting back? He
suspected Nanshan was playing the
sympathy card to win Josefina's
concern.
Nanshan explained, "I was afraid they wouldn't take me to you if I fought back.
Master, this uncle is so clueless."