"It's not a bomb! I'm not that capable as Lucas. And I just secretly learned a little bit from him."
Joseph quickly stood in front of Zoe and threw a handful of soybeans out of his bag before landing.
At the same time, he poured the olive oil onto the floor. And it was difficult for people to stand on the
soybeans. So, the bodyguards who tried to grab them fell to the ground one by one.
"Joseph, you are awesome!"
Zoe landed on the ground, unable to stand steadily. Joseph supported her from behind, and then
grabbed her wrist again, taking her over easily.
"Joseph, you haven't told me yet. If that's not a bomb, what on earth is it?"
Zoe still hadn't forgotten the explosion just now, so she couldn't help but ask.
As Joseph dodged those who were ordered to catch them, he explained, "It's very simple. Fill empty
bottles with inflammable liquids, like gasoline, and set up specific devices. Then you can detonate them
at any time. The lethality is not great, but it can buy us time."
"I don't understand!"
Slightly depressed, Zoe frowned and thought, 'Why can't I understand what Lucas and Joseph say?
But we're of the same age, aren't we?'
Joseph turned around and smiled, "It doesn't matter. You are a girl. Just remember to stand behind us.
We will protect you."
"But it makes me too useless!"
As Zoe spoke, she observed the people around her. When she saw a bodyguard struggling to get up
not far away, she casually took an apple from the coffee table and threw it towards his forehead.
"Bingo!"
Zoe was so cheered that she wanted to jump. Unfortunately, she forgot that she was being held by
Joseph on the ground covered with olive oil. All of a sudden, she fell to the ground.
"Ouch!"
Pulled by Zoe, Joseph also fell to the ground.
At the sight of it, a bodyguard hurriedly shouted, "Hurry! Catch them!"
Joseph felt a little depressed. He looked at the bodyguards struggling over from the side and made up
his mind at once. He quickly pushed Zoe away from him.
The olive oil made the floor extremely slivery. Zoe was pushed straight to the entrance of the living
room.
"Run! Go back to find Mommy! Hurry up!"
Joseph shouted at Zoe, then turned around and took out other items from his bag, throwing them at the
bodyguards. There were cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbages and so on. Almost all the vegetables in the
kitchen had been packed in Joseph's bag.
Zoe froze for a second, unable to react.
"Joseph!"
"Run! Leave me alone! Go find Mommy and bring her to pick me up! Didn't you say you wanna protect
us? You're a female warrior now. I'm waiting for you to save me."
Joseph tried his best to stop everyone in front of him.
He was Vincent's son. Even if he was caught, he would only be beaten up. Vincent wouldn't kill his own
son, would he? However, Zoe was different.
Although Joseph did not know what had happened recently, his heart did hurt when he heard Vincent in
the club that day.
'Daddy actually wants to kill Lucas!
But that is his nephew!'
If Lucas couldn't be let go, Joseph didn't know if Vincent could let Zoe go. Right now, Joseph just
hoped Zoe could leave this place as soon as possible.
Zoe wanted to say something, but she found the courage upon hearing Joseph.
"Alright! Joseph, wait for me to bring Mommy to save you!"
With that, she turned around and ran away. Joseph smiled in relief as he saw the receding figure
covered with oil.
'As long as Zoe could leave this place and return to Mommy's side, everything will be fine.'
However, he had forgotten that Zoe was different from Lucas. She seldom had contact with the outside
world. After leaving this villa, she didn't even know where to go.
Zoe ran out of the villa. Only then did she discover that she was in a villa district, which was next to the
sea. A long passageway led straight to the underground, but not a single car passed by.
"Where am I? How can I contact Mommy?"
Zoe was in utter confusion.
Subconsciously, she wanted to take out her phone and call Nicole, but she couldn't find it. She then
remembered that it had been taken away.
"What should I do?"
Zoe stood alone on the passageway, not even knowing where to go.
But the bodyguards behind were about to come out.
Zoe gritted her teeth and ran in one direction.
After running for a long time, her calves became aching. However, she still didn't see any cars, nor did
she even see a person.
"I'm so hungry!"
Zoe touched her flat belly, recalling the steak that the woman had served not long ago. She couldn't
help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
"If only I could take a bite at that time."
Zoe muttered to herself. Looking left and right, she felt that the world was too big for her. She couldn't
even find a way home to see her mother.
"Mommy, Lucas, where are you?"
Tears gradually welled in Zoe's eyes.
Suddenly, she heard a car passing by from behind. Her eyes lit up, but she became upset the moment
she turned around.
'What if they were those bad guys?'
Zoe remembered that Joseph was still waiting for her to take Mommy over to save him. She couldn't
help but look around and found a garbage can beside her. She immediately ran over there and hid
behind it.
'It stinks!'
Zoe wrinkled her nose in grievance, but thinking of Joseph, she told herself to persevere.
The car drove past her and the garbage can.
Only then did Zoe heave a sigh of relief.
She suddenly felt a sharp pain from her feet. She lowered her head and saw that her shoes had fallen
off sometime. Her smooth and tender feet were scratched and bleeding.
"It hurts! Mommy, Lucas, where are you?"
Zoe cried in a low voice.
The sky became darker and darker. Zoe cried and fell asleep. Only when she was woken up by
someone did she find herself lying in an unfamiliar room.
"Where am I?"
Zoe opened her eyes and found that she was in an unfamiliar place. She hurriedly straightened up.
Only then did she realize her clothes had been changed and the wounds on her feet had been
bandaged up.
But she knew that this was not her home. She endured the pain and got out of bed. She jumped with
one foot to the door of the room. Just as she was about to open it, the door was suddenly opened from
outside.
"Ah!"
Zoe subconsciously screamed, startling the person outside the door.
"What's wrong? Is your foot hurting?"
Zoe was shocked when a familiar voice rang out in her ears.
"Dean? Why are you here?"
It was the good-looking boy that Nicole had known at the amusement park!
Dean smiled. The beautiful dimples made him even more handsome.
"This is my home! You fell beside the trash can at my door. I happened to see you when I passed by,
so I asked my nanny to bring you in."
Zoe was very surprised.
"Your trash can? You live here!"
"That's right. How is it? Are you hungry? I brought you something to eat. Do you want some?"
Dean placed the tray in his hand in front of Zoe.
Zoe was already starving. Seeing that it was all her favorite food, she nodded in a hurry and even
reached out for the food regardless of her image, but was stopped by Dean.
"Wash your hands."
"But I'm so hungry."
Zoe looked at Dean with a pitiful look. No one could have the heart to blame her under such a gaze.
However, Dean still smiled and said, "Wash your hands. You can't eat without washing your hands."
Although Dean was smiling, Zoe could feel the persistence in his words. Dean would not pamper her
like Mommy and Lucas.
Thinking of this, Zoe pouted, but she accepted her fate and went to the bathroom to wash her hands.
When she came out, she found that Dean had already cut the steak into small pieces. Then, he
brought the tray to her and said with a smile, "Help yourself."
"Thank you, Dean!"
Zoe beamed joyfully.
There was nothing in the world that made her happier than eating.
Feeling Zoe's pleasure, Dean rose the corner of his lips.
"Don't be so hurry. It's all yours. No one will fight with you. If it's not enough, I'll ask the servants to
make more for you."
Dean looked very gentlemanly.
Zoe nodded as she ate, having no time to speak.
She was too hungry!
'I've never been so hungry in my entire life! Besides, I've been running for a very long time!'
Zoe didn't stop until her belly was bulging. Dean gave her a cup of water in time.
"Drink some water. Don't choke."
"Thank you!"
After Zoe finished the meal, she felt the world was lit up.
Dean asked someone to pack up the dishes before asking, "Why were you alone in this villa district?
Do you live here?"
"No! Joseph and I were trapped here by my uncle."
Zoe snapped angrily. Suddenly, she was reminded of something and jumped up from the bed.
"Oh no! Joseph is still waiting for me to save him. How could I fall asleep? It's too late now. I don't know
how Joseph is going. Those people are fierce! I don't know if they will hit Joseph. I should kill myself!
Why am I so stupid?"
Zoe walked back and forth like a top, looking very anxious.
Dean got something from her words.
He frowned and asked, "Were you and your brother kidnapped?"
"Kidnapped? Probably. Anyway, they watched us and didn't allow us to leave the room. They even
confiscated our phones. Joseph asked me to escape first and take Mommy over to save him."
As Zoe spoke, Dean's expression changed.
"Did you call the police?"
"Call the police? Do you mean asking for the policemen's help? But Joseph asked me to look for
Mommy."
Zoe was somewhat conflicted.
'Should I call the police? But that is my uncle! Aren't we family?'
Dean didn't know what Zoe was thinking, but he felt the "uncle" who imprisoned children should be a
bad person. But Dean and Zoe were both children. If they wanted to rescue another imprisoned child,
they could only call the police.
"Zoe, listen to me. Those people might be very bad to your brother. Do you remember your mommy's
phone number?"
"Yes."
"Alright, call your mommy now. I'll talk to her."
Dean was afraid that Zoe would not make it clear, so he quickly suggested.
Zoe nodded in a hurry and took the phone from Dean to call Nicole, but Nicole's phone was
busy.
Zoe was somewhat conflicted.
‘Should | call the police? But that is my uncle! Aren't we family?’
Dean didn't know what Zoe was thinking, but he felt the "uncle" who imprisoned children should be a
bad person. But Dean and Zoe were both children. If they wanted to rescue another imprisoned child,
they could only call the police.
"Zoe, listen to me. Those people might be very bad to your brother. Do you remember your mommy's
phone number?"
"Yes."
"Alright, call your mommy now. I'll talk to her."
Dean was afraid that Zoe would not make it clear, so he quickly suggested.
Zoe nodded in a hurry and took the phone from Dean to call Nicole, but Nicole's phone was
busy.
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