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Xu Yanwu gripped Theresa's wrist and said to her, "I can't do it either—watch a girl who hasn't truly fulfilled her wish leave like this."
"So... Theresa! I refuse your request to leave!"
Over these past two nights, this was the only time Theresa had seen Xu Yanwu display such a forceful attitude.
Theresa had never expected him to use such forcefulness to refuse her departure.
"Xu Yanwu, what I said about leaving wasn't a request."
Theresa said to Xu Yanwu, "If I stay here, I won't be able to control myself. I'll hurt other people."
"But I refuse."
Xu Yanwu released Theresa's wrist and placed both hands on her shoulders, staring directly into her eyes. "Theresa, I'm not helping you fulfill your wish out of sympathy, self-satisfaction, some sense of justice, or anything like that."
"Everything I just did wasn't anything remarkable... But, Theresa, are you really willing to accept this?"
Xu Yanwu spoke to Theresa word by word. "Hiding everywhere while carrying the identity of a monster, then slowly becoming a real monster at some unknown time, in some unknown place... That kind of trashy script isn't even fit to be written into a book."
"Since the ending you've foreseen is already as terrible as it can get, why run away from it? Are you really willing to accept it? Are you willing to flee like this?"
Xu Yanwu stared into Theresa's blood-red eyes, using his words to stir her heart.
"But if I stay here, I'll only hurt others..."
Theresa used that excuse to reject herself, her gaze trying to turn away.
"But aren't I here now?"
Xu Yanwu would not let Theresa look away, making her look at him properly.
"Until your wish is fulfilled, drink as