Chapter 216


    Just as she was about to walk over there, she felt a shadow swiftly approaching her from behind.


    ra instinctively nced over her shoulder, and she locked eyes with a man whose fierce re


    sent chills down her spine.


    A sense of dread washed over ra, and she bolted. But her body was already weak from low


    blood sugar, and the pursuer was a man. ra didn’t get far before she heard a menacing shout


    from behind.


    “ra, you’re dead meat!”


    As the words rang out, ra felt something ssh against her back. A searing, unbearable pain


    followed immediately.


    ra realized in an instant what the liquid was. If it had hit her face, her life as she knew it would


    have been over.


    Ignoring everything else, she sprinted forward, pulling out her phone to make a call. The man


    behind was relentless in his pursuit.


    Just as ra felt another onught of the liquiding her way, a tall figure shielded her in his


    embrace. Before she could even process what was happening, Ianshed out with a kick to the


    man’s belly.


    The man let out a howl of pain and crumbled to the ground. The bottle’s contents spilled over him,


    and he shrieked in agony.


    Ian, with panic etched across his features, quickly scanned ra.


    “ra, where are you hurt?”


    Fighting through the pain, she managed to gasp out, “My back.”


    Ian spun her around to see that the skin on ra’s back had been scalded. His heart twisted in


    anguish.


    He scanned the area and spotted a car wash nearby. With no time to waste, Ian pulled ra


    towards it.


    However, he was so consumed with worry for her injuries that he overlooked the man on the


    ground, who had been sshed with the same corrosive liquid. Wincing in pain, the man slowly got


    to his feet. His eyes were filled with menacing intent as he charged at ra again.


    This time, however, he was brandishing a knife. As Ian reached for the hose, the man lunged at


    ra with the de.


    Just as the knife was about to pierce her, Ian reappeared. He wrapped ra in his arms


    protectively. Then, a muffled grunt sounded by ra’s ear. She felt something hot and wet trickling


    down her body.


    Pushing Ian away, she was met with the horrific sight of a knife embedded in his belly, blood


    gushing from the wound.


    “Ian!” ra’s voice was shrill with urgency.


    Ian managed a weak smile, yanked the knife out, and hurled it at the attacker. The de struck


    true, embedding itself in the man’s thigh. He copsed to the ground, moaning in agony.


    “Ian, I’m taking you to the hospital.”


    ra’s voice trembled, and her tears glistened in her eyes.


    Ian pushed ra away, his hand pressed to his wound. With a hoarse voice, he insisted, “ra, I’m


    fine. Stay put. Don’t move. I need to rinse that acid off you.”


    “I don’t care about that. You’re bleeding! I can’t stand to see you die.”


    Ignoring ra’s protests, Ian picked up the hose, adjusted the pressure to the lowest setting,


    opened the valve, and gently sprayed her back. The burning on ra’s back gradually subsided,


    reced by the sharp sting of her soaked skin. She knew the skin must have peeled away to hurt


    this much.


    Once Ian was satisfied that the acid was mostly washed off, he set the hose down.


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    ra was drenched, her clothes clinging to her frame, so he quickly shed his jacket and wrapped it


    around her. “Let’s get to the hospital.”


    But as he bent down to pick her up, his body gave way, and he copsed to the ground.


    “Ian!”