Autumn was completely at a loss when she heard these words.
She could tell that Charlie was not joking.
She really did not know what she should do if Charlie was truly unwilling to take her companions away with them.
She never would have expected her group of friends to actually be so anti-intellectual. They had already offended Charlie to death before he even revealed his own identity. Now, regardless of how much they begged or pleaded with Charlie, it would still be reasonable for Charlie to refuse to save them. 4
Although Autumn really wanted to leave this place and head to Aurous Hill so that she could be reunited with her father, she could not bear to leave so many of her friends behind and escape on her own.
There was even a certain moment where Autumn thought about not leaving at all. She thought that it might be better for her to simply stay back here with her friends so that they could live or die together. In that case, even if they were to ultimately face the worst consequence, she would at least have a clear conscience.
Otherwise, if she left on her own and the seven of them were to die here, she would never be able to get
rid of the guilt that would be buried deep down in her heart throughout her whole life.
Charlie never expected that these anti-intellectual fools with high academic qualifications would actually try to desperately drag Autumn into the mire.
They were using all kinds of methods, either by insulting, reprimanding, pleading, or acting pitiful and miserable so that they could repeatedly stimulate Autumn's psychological barrier. They could only have two possible purposes in doing so:
Firstly, they wanted Autumn to take them away together with her;
Or secondly, they wanted Autumn to also stay behind t o die together with them!
Charlie could not help but look at Autumn. When he saw that she had a very tangled and complicated expression on her face and she even had a firm and determined look on her face at this point, he could immediately tell that things were not looking good!
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