Catwoman's eyes were like two deep pools, fixed unwaveringly on Chen Jue. A fleeting trace of fear passed through them like the faintest shooting star in the night sky, vanishing in an instant.
Seeing this, Hu Liena stepped lightly forward. Her gentle words brushed over them like a spring breeze, softly dispelling the tension in the air.
"Don't be afraid. We're good people!"
"We're here to take you out!"
Catwoman slowly turned her gaze toward Hu Liena, her wariness and unease gradually melting beneath the other woman's gentle gaze.
In their place came a subtle sense of trust and relief.
But Chen Jue still didn't dare approach, afraid Catwoman might have some sort of panic response.
Yet amid the delicate atmosphere, he vaguely sensed an unusual calm.
There wasn't the slightest hostility in Catwoman's eyes as she looked at Hu Liena.
"Nana, open the cage and let her out!"
At his words, tenderness flickered in Hu Liena's eyes. She stepped lightly forward and rested her fingers on the cage door's latch, moving so gently that she seemed afraid of startling Catwoman inside.
With a soft click, the cage door slowly opened.
Catwoman didn't rush to move. Her gaze first rested quietly on the gently opened door, then slowly rose until it finally settled on Chen Jue.
At that moment, time seemed to freeze, and an indescribable emotional tension filled the air.
Her eyes seemed to hold a thousand unspoken words. As the light rippled within them, memories of the past quietly surged into her heart like a tide.
The gloom of her former cage and the repeated punishments she had suffered for refusing to submit all gathered in those deep, complicated eyes.
Because of that, an indescribable fear welled up inside her, leaving her too frightened to come out.
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