"Mom, why am I being told that I cannot leave the compound today? I was just about to do something important, but I was held back." Scarlet complained the moment that she met with her mother.


    At this moment, she could not talk to her father considering that he had already left. The only one present at the moment was her mother, who was currently in the study room dealing with a few documents.


    Lynette looked up from the pile of documents at her daughter. At this moment, she could not help but feel a little helpless about this daughter of hers. They had always been spoiling her, and that was something that led to the current attitude that she possessed.


    It might be true that she was not that much childish, and would always think before doing things, but she possessed a fiery temper. Due to that, in case a person angered her, they would definitely suffer. Steven and her parents together with her siblings were the exceptions, with Sylvia of course.


    But for those people that she did not know, she would use her own strength to deal with the issue. She rarely depended on the family influence in order to be able to deal with the majority of the problems that she was facing out there.


    But this was something that they did not support. After all, it was completely risky for her to be involved in fights. It was just that they could not do anything about it considering that they were already late. After all, Scarlet was already all grown up.


    "Sigh." Lynette sighed. Then, she said, "Scarlet, you have to understand the current situation of the family. I do understand that you don''t really care much about the politics that are related to the family and the businesses. But even then, you are still a member of this family.


    That implies that if the family is affected, you will definitely be affected as well. So, I will have to inform you that we are currently dealing with the Williams, which I do believe that you already know about it. The attack yesterday was related to them, but there is nothing that we can do about it considering that we do not possess enough evidence.


    But even then, it seems that they are willing to do everything in order to eliminate us from the position that we are holding, before monopolizing all the markets that we are competing with them.


    You are part of the Johnsons, and so, you are the main target considering that they understand that you are the weak-link of our family. The moment that they manage to deal with you, that implies that they would be forcing our family to a narrow end.


    Previously, they did not have the intention of killing you or kidnapping you. Instead, they were simply attacking you as a form of warning to us. Since they attacked you once, it implies that they would attack you once again later on."


    Scarlet listened to her mother saying all this. To say the truth, she did not pay much attention to what her mother was saying, considering that she already understood that currently, they were facing the Williams. It was kind of risky, but she did not believe that they would definitely do something like killing her, right?


    "Mom, I do understand that you are doing this for my own safety. But even then, why is it that I cannot go out today? I will always go out on weekends to spend time with my friends. So, what is the difference this time? It is not as if we began fighting against the Williams today, right?" Scarlet asked with confusion on her face.


    "Yes, we began fighting long ago. But this is the first time that they have made a move against you. And it is clear that they will make subsequent moves on you. Currently, Jaden has left, and will be back on Monday. So, until Monday, you will have to remain within the premises of our residence, because this is the only safe place for you for now." Lynette stated.


    "What? You are trying to imply that I have to stay confined until Monday? That is too long. It is not as if I cannot protect myself. I want to go out, otherwise, I''m going to die of boredom inside here." Scarlet argued back.


    Lynette frowned after hearing that. Scarlet was at some point unreasonable. And this was one of those moments. She believed that Scarlet could easily tell the danger that she was in, but she was trying to ignore the danger and go out.


    In fact, Lynette believed that Scarlet was looking forward to being attacked. This way, she would be able to deal with the enemies that would attack her, so that she could prove that she could protect herself.


    That was exactly what Scarlet was thinking at this moment. And when her mother refused, she could not do anything in the end. Of course she was angry, but what could she do?


    To vent her anger, she immediately went to the gym. But when she got there, she realized that Sylvia was already there. In the end, the two of them began fighting with each other, with Scarlet fighting with all her might.


    At this moment, she realized that if she wanted to be free, she had to be strong enough to be able to protect herself. It was only then that she was going to be able to roam everywhere without depending on others.


    At the same time, she could not help but blame Jaden. After all, where the heck did he go? And for the first time, she really wanted him to be around. After all, it was only after he was around that she could be allowed to go out.


    The problem was the fact that she did not have his number. Otherwise, he would have already contacted him and asked him to come over. That way, she would be allowed to go out and deal with the issue that she had organized. But now that she was not going to go out, she could only postpone the issue.


    ….


    Jaden was driven to the area where he lived. Of course, the one who took him home was not Steven, but a driver that belonged to the Johnsons.


    After they arrived outside the dilapidated building, Jaden alighted. He thanked the driver, before heading directly for the building. But the moment that he was about to enter into the building, he suddenly detected that there was somebody that was keeping an eye on him.


    Immediately, he turned his gaze and looked towards that direction. At that moment, he suddenly saw someone''s head being retracted.


    Jaden squinted his eyes in that direction, but in the end, he decided to leave the matter for now. Instead, he entered into the building, and directly went for his room. But the moment that he arrived in front of his door, he realized that the door had already been broken.


    Just from outside, he could already see that everything that he had organized before had become a mess. It was clear that there was somebody that had come over, and they seemed to be looking for something.


    Jaden could not help but frown. At the same time, he immediately thought of the head that he had seen retracting. It seemed that there was somebody that was looking for him. And if he could make a guess, he believed that it might be related to the Williams.


    In the end, Jaden shook his head and decided to enter into the room anyway. In any case, there was nothing of great importance within the room. Everything important had already been lost back then when his relatives took everything that had been left by his parents.


    The moment that he entered into the room, Jaden immediately detected the smell of blood. Immediately, he shifted his attention towards the direction that the stench of blood was coming from.


    At that moment, his pupils suddenly contracted when he realized that there was a body of a person lying on the ground. There was a pool of blood surrounding the body, indicating that this person had suffered a big injury.


    Jaden''s heart began racing, considering that he could tell whose body it was. It was the body of the old man who owned this apartment.


    Jaden rushed forward. He grabbed the old man, and looked for signs of life. At the moment, he detected that there were some signs of life, but they were extremely faint. At that moment, he began administering first aid, something that he had learnt along the way during his survival.


    This was to be expected. After all, he was engaged in several street fights, and he was injured more than once. Had it not been for the fact that the system had healed him, his body would have definitely been full of scars.


    After giving a little first aid, he went ahead and used a the only remaining bandage gauze to wrap around the wound on the chest of the old man. From Jaden''s observation, it seemed that somebody had stabbed the old man in the chest. It was a good thing that it missed the heart.


    But from the looks of it, if the old man did not receive emergency medical attention, he would definitely pass away. Using his strength, Jaden managed to carry the old man from the floor, before rushing from the apartment.


    Of course, as he carried the old man, he made sure to be careful not to make any big movements that would end up injuring the old man further.


    After arriving outside the apartment, he looked for a vehicle, and coincidentally, or luckily, there was a taxi that had just dropped a person here. So, Jaden managed to get into the taxi by promising to pay double the price to the taxi driver, before the taxi driver agreed to have them on board.


    Then, the driver began driving towards the hospital. They had to get there as soon as possible, and so, Jaden told the driver to drive as fast as possible. As for the matter of the traffic rules, they would handle later after saving the patient.


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