"Hurry up. We don't have much time!"
Arching his body, Qin Wei wriggled over to Johnny's feet and helped gnaw through the wire around his ankles.
His teeth were hardly made of iron or bronze, and Royce had tied the wire tight. By the time he finally got it loose, the barbs had left his lips dripping with blood.
Royce, you bastard! You're screwing over your own teammate on purpose, aren't you?
Qin Wei spat out a mouthful of blood and cursed inwardly, figuring he would have to go to the hospital for a tetanus shot once this was over.
Johnny stood up and backed into the wall, smashing the wooden chair apart with a crash. He pulled away the wire around his arms and flexed his wrists, then helped free Qin Wei.
"Are you all right? I'm sorry I dragged you into this!"
Looking at Qin Wei's injuries, Johnny lowered his head.
Guilt took root in his heart and spread.
And that was exactly what Qin Wei wanted. Johnny was opening his heart to him while he was scheming against Johnny. Sincerity had never made people stay; only tricks won their hearts. After all that maneuvering, he felt he had at least a fifty-fifty chance of getting Joker's whereabouts out of him.
But fifty-fifty was nowhere near enough. If he failed, the other man would become extremely wary.
He only had one chance. He needed to keep laying the emotional groundwork.
"This isn't the time to feel guilty. We have to get out of here first!"
Qin Wei pressed his ear to the door.
"Did you hear that? Footsteps! That bastard's back!"
Johnny picked up a chair leg and hid behind Qin Wei.
The wooden door creaked open with a teeth-aching groan. Before Royce had even poked his whole