"So, you have to bear this bite."
Joshua’s words seemed to have encouraged Nellie. She held onto Adrian's arm tightly and bit him hard. She was so exhausted that sweat started to form on her forehead.
Adrian was in so much pain that he was in cold sweats, too.
He tried his best to struggle, but he could not break free of Joshua's clutches.
Just when Adrian was about to pass out from the pain, the door of the mansion opened once again.
Granny Lynch stood by the door with a wan expression and calmly remarked, "That's enough.
Even if you bite him to death, Neil won’t be resurrected from the dead."
Upon hearing Granny Lynch's voice, Nellie paused for a while before letting go of Adrian's arm.
Nellie's mouth was covered red with blood, nearly biting off a chunk of Adrian's flesh at his hand. 1
He was in so much pain that he sweated profusely. He slumped and sat on the ground as he panted heavily.
"Are you alright?" Joshua ignored Adrian, went around him, and approached Nellie. He picked her up, took a piece of tissue from the table, and wiped the
blood in her mouth while being concerned for her.
Nellie pursed her lips. She did not push him away as usual but silently laid in his arms, not saying anything.
Granny Lynch sighed and walked over slowly with her walking stick.
"I heard the conversation between both of you just now."
She walked over, bent down, and looked at the injuries on Adrian’s hand. She sneered.
"Your father passed away early, and I brought you up single-handedly. I was your father and your mother at the same time. In your later years, you married and gave birth to a child. Because your wife had a difficult labor, you took it out on Joshua. You threw him to me t o bring him up.
"Then, when Joshua's children came back, I thought I could finally enjoy my late years. I never would’ve thought..."
Granny Lynch sighed.
"Whether it was you or Joshua, I carefully protected you both when you were young. I was afraid that things might happen to you, that you might suffer in m y hands...
"I never would've thought that you could be so cruel to Joshua's child. Since you have no regard for my great-grandson, from today onward, you are no son of mine!"
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