Aino walked out of the room herself. Other than a slightly sprained left foot, she was lively and in great spirits.
Sabrina immediately hugged her daughter. "It's fine as long as my daughter is well. You've scared me to death. Tell me, how did you escape?”
Everyone was looking at Aino. Many of them were smiling in tears. That was particularly so for her uncle, Zayn. His tears were unable to stop streaming down his cheeks. Zayn had watched Aino grow up. Since the moment she was born, he had been protecting her as if he was protecting his own life. He had changed her diapers, cleaned her wastes, and fed her formula powder. In Zayn’s heart, Aino was just like his own biological daughter.
"Uncle Zayn, stop crying." Aino got out of her mother's arms and came to Zayn.
Zayn immediately hugged Aino. "Promise me, don't ever go out alone anymore in the future. It's too dangerous this way!"
Aino shook her head. "Uncle Zayn, I am already grown up now. With my intelligence, no one can harm me."
The young girl who had just gotten out of danger immediately became cocky.
Zayn changed the topic. "Hurry up and tell me, how did you get yourself out of danger? How did you escape?"
Aino rolled her eyes. "The three of them were too foolish. They actually thought that I was afraid. They even thought that I had fallen asleep. However, I still have to thank my dad. At first, they were afraid of dad, so they did not dare to tie me up too tightly. I deliberately pretended to be so afraid that I cried in front of them and let them think that I looked very timid."
Aino recounted the dangerous experience she had been through and she made everyone present become very quiet. The young lady was indeed very smart and resourceful. After she had been abducted by the three men, she pretended to be frightened beyond measure. She was trembling all over and she never stopped crying. To the three brothers, she looked completely harmless. They were afraid of Sebastian's powers, after all. They only wanted to use Aino as a bargaining chip when negotiating with Sebastian. They wanted to let Sebastian apologize to the three of them in front of the entire South City. Also, they wanted to drive Gloria, Sabrina, and even Yvonne out of the Shaw family. Only then were they able to vent
their resentment! Based on this purpose, the three brothers indeed also did not dare to do anything to Aino. They did not even dare to tie up Aino's hands too tightly as they were afraid that would hurt her.
The third brother, Lokni, however, was the most heartless. "Keegan! Must we treat her so well? She is the child of our enemy!"
"Even if she is the child of our enemy, we can't completely offend Sebastian. It's one matter to let Sebastian make a compromise. As long as his daughter is in our hands, he would make any kind of compromise. If the child is slightly harmed, Sebastian truly would pursue us to the ends of the world. Do you want such an arch-enemy?" Caelus said.
Lokni did not say anything anymore. It was very obvious that his brothers were right.
After the three brothers meticulously thought about it, they decided not to tie Aino up too tightly. It was enough as long as she was unable to run away. She was just a child. Besides, she was being watched by three men, so how could she run away? She had long been scared silly. Also, they were in the deep mountain. A 13-year-old child may have long gotten lost. She would not dare to run away. After they had figured that out, the three brothers treated the child extra politely. Aino also pretended to not be that hostile toward the three of them anymore.
Every time Aino slept for a while, she would wake the three brothers up. She would do this for a moment, then do that after another. She cried wolf in one moment, then said there were cries of wild beasts in another moment. She created all sorts of disturbances for the three brothers and made them incomparably nervous. Long after midnight, the three brothers unexpectedly had fallen asleep.
However, Aino did not sleep. She was very, very sleepy, but she kept telling herself that she must not fall asleep and she had to hold on. At the time when she wanted to sleep the most, Aino actually bit her tongue very hard.
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