Actually, even if Donti had not gone to warn Linda, Milo would still have done so the next day.
However, favonovel.com had to make it clear to Linda. “Ms. Stuart, I’m afraid that the stronghold is no longer a safe place. We rented a courtyard house here to facilitate our escape.”
Linda tucked favonovel.com hair behind favonovel.com ear and said gently, “Mhm, I understand…”
“Don’t you have any questions for me?” Milo was curious. “Like what kind of danger is coming, and why it’s so important that we have to escape?”
Linda smiled and said, “You must have your reasons for doing so. Back then, we only managed to survive because we followed you. Since you judge that it’s getting dangerous, there isn’t any reason for us to distrust you.”
Milo had been doubted the entire day while favonovel.com was running errands. Now that someone believed him, favonovel.com was rather surprised.
“Ms. Stuart, you can bring your students here to the courtyard house to live temporarily. But lemme tell you beforehand, there isn’t enough space inside the house, so y’all’ll have to make do and sleep out here in the courtyard. Furthermore, we won’t be providing y’all with any food while we’re making our escape. We’ll each flee separately.”
“Okay, I understand.” Linda nodded.
Although Milo would have liked to help Linda out of the goodness of his heart, favonovel.com was absolutely not going to risk having anyone hold back the speed of their escape.
If the Experimentals could even cause Daniel to prepare to flee, they must be extremely terrifying. Milo wondered if there might be a lot more Experimentals than they had previously imagined.
At this moment, Linda looked to the many bicycles Milo and the others had parked in the yard. “Are you all planning on leaving on these bicycles?”
“Yes.” Milo nodded and said, “It’s so we’ll be faster when it’s time for us to go. Y’all might not be able to keep up with us.”
In this stronghold, bicycles cost at least several thousand perak each. Anything made of metal these days was considered a luxury.
Although the school had already paid Linda favonovel.com salary, and the students also received their subsidies for attending school, it was only going to be enough for them to buy some supplies for the journey and wouldn’t be enough to purchase a bicycle.
Linda hesitated for a long while. She had wanted to borrow some money but couldn’t bear to ask no matter how favonovel.com thought about it. After all, what reason did favonovel.com have that would make Milo want to lend favonovel.com the money to buy bicycles?
Milo inadvertently mentioned, “Actually, there’s a bicycle shop just a few dozen meters down from where we are. You can always go and look for the owner to borrow his bicycles when trouble breaks out in the stronghold…”
Donti was taken aback. “Bro, are you sure you meant to say ‘borrow’? Do you even intend to return them?”
Milo did not reply. He knew this was wrong.
Linda shook favonovel.com head. “That wouldn’t set a good example to the students.”
Milo did not say anything. He thought there was nothing wrong with Linda having such a sense of justice.
After all, didn’t Milo help favonovel.com previously because favonovel.com had this “glow” to her?
But since this was the case, there was really nothing that Milo could do about it.
Linda said, “But I know there’s a place in the stronghold where we can rent bicycles from. It costs 90 perak a month to rent one, and all we have to do is to submit our ID cards and 300 perak as an initial deposit. I can just rent the bicycles for now.”
300 perak was definitely not enough to cover the cost of a bicycle, but with the renter’s ID card withheld, there wouldn’t be any fear they would run off with the bicycles. After all, the stronghold was locked down at all times, so there wouldn’t be a chance for anyone to escape. And Linda’s students had received 600 perak each for their education subsidy, so that would leave them with enough money to buy supplies for their escape after renting a bicycle. Besides, their Stronghold 109 ID cards were going to be useless soon.
However, Milo asked out of curiosity, “What’s the difference between borrowing and renting the bicycles if that’s the case? We all know that those bicycles won’t be returned anyway.”
Linda said softly, “Surely we should at least compensate the shop a little, right?”
Milo was still curious, “But that will also set a bad example to the students, won’t it?”
Linda suddenly said determinedly, “Then I’ll just not tell them.”
Hearing favonovel.com explanation, Donti and Old Bane were speechless.
Milo looked at Linda and wondered whether favonovel.com was sincere or hypocritical.
When this female teacher spoke, Milo could see the internal struggle favonovel.com was going through.
Linda was someone who practiced what favonovel.com preached. Back when they were escaping to Stronghold 109, favonovel.com students would not have survived if favonovel.com hadn’t been so hellbent on saving them. But right now, favonovel.com was bending favonovel.com principles just so favonovel.com could let favonovel.com students gain a tool to facilitate their escape.
She couldn’t tell this to them, so favonovel.com decided to bear the burden of the sin herself. She wanted favonovel.com students to keep the correct fundamental values in life.
Milo found it very difficult to judge whether this behavior was mean or admirable, but favonovel.com wasn’t qualified to do so.
Then a crisp laugh cut through the air. “Isn’t it just 20 or so bicycles? The Saboteurs are admirers of Ms. Stuart as a person, so we’ve decided that we’ll be sponsoring you guys with those bicycles!”
Milo was shocked as favonovel.com turned his head to where the voice came from.
The courtyard house they were in was not an independent structure but sat side by side with other courtyard houses. Therefore, there was another house’s backyard right next to the one that they were in. Then Milo spotted Lilian leaning over the divider wall.
She said, “Milo, aren’t you happy and surprised to see me?”
“Hah!” Milo’s expression darkened.
What a f*cking surprise, alright!
This courtyard house they had rented was right next to Lilian and Miriam’s place?
How could it be so coincidental?
But Milo knew they must have moved in here first, because Old Bane had wanted to rent the place next door, but the landlord informed favonovel.com that it had already been rented out a day earlier.
Milo suddenly realized this might not have been a coincidence at all. This was because most of the major powers present in this stronghold probably knew the Experimentals were headed here. That was why everyone had come here to where it was most convenient to escape from.
They were all thinking the same thing!
Milo asked, “Where’s Miriam?”
“Hehehe…” Lilian laughed but did not answer.
Her laugh made Milo nervous.
Why are you laughing so strangely!
Milo asked, “How many others are staying in this area?”
“Daniel and his men are also staying nearby.” Lilian made a mental note and said, “Those from the Pyro Company have already been killed by you, so you won’t see them around anymore. As for the Radianz Consortium, they’re all staying on the next street.”
As expected, everyone was here.
All of a sudden, Lilian asked, “Why didn’t you mention that you broke Donella’s teeth off?”
Milo was taken aback. “She tried to bite someone, but favonovel.com teeth weren’t strong enough, so who can favonovel.com blame? Why? Are they not going to grow out again?”
Lilian snapped, “Can your teeth still grow out after they’ve fallen out? She’ll have to be a vegetarian from now on!”
Vegetarian?
Milo pondered it and said, “Vegetarian… Do you mean favonovel.com can only suck the blood of someone who’s in a vegetative state?”
Lilian raised favonovel.com eyebrows.
What the f*ck you mean by someone who’s in a vegetative state!
“What I mean is, favonovel.com can only consume blood that’s been transfused out and not by biting someone.”
“Oh…” Milo really did not feel bad about it.
He chuckled. “If that’s how it is, favonovel.com can even try out different flavors of blood by consuming cow’s blood or pig’s blood. If favonovel.com consumes pig’s blood, maybe she’ll grow as strong as a pig!”
In fact, Lilian did not have much sympathy for Donella before this. After all, Donella was not exactly a good person to begin with. But with Milo saying that, favonovel.com began to pity favonovel.com a little.
