Chapter 749

"Did you husband and wife plan this together? One of you leaves, then the other comes? If you keep this up, don't blame me for getting nasty. And do you know what the consequences will be if I get nasty? You should know very well. If you two insist on fighting me, then I'll see it through to the end."

"I just don't get it. Are you two determined to force me to make a move? Why do you have so much free time to come looking for trouble with me? Wouldn't it be better to go find your own trouble? Why must you come looking for mine? Do I look that easy to bully? Do I look especially easy to bully? Is that why you came to cause me trouble? If so, let me make this clear: I'm not easy to bully. Not even a little. If I were easy to bully, I wouldn't have lived until now. You should know why I've stayed here all this time. It's because I know perfectly well that if I leave, your scheme will succeed. And your scheme cannot be allowed to succeed. If it does, then there would have been no point in my coming here. So no matter what, I won't let the likes of you succeed in your scheme. That's why I can't possibly leave. Whether it's you or that husband of yours, it makes no difference to me. I absolutely won't leave. If I leave now, it would be the same as letting your scheme succeed. That is absolutely impossible, absolutely unrealistic. No matter what, I won't allow that to happen. If it does happen, it won't be good for me or for any of you. I absolutely won't permit it. So there's no need for you to