THE FAKE HEIRESS AND HER FIVE VILLAINOUS BROTHERS

Chapter 58

Yuan Ao prepared snacks, juice, and candy for Yuan Luoyi.

He soaked a towel in warm water, gently squeezed and wrung it out, then took Yuan Luoyi's little hand and carefully wiped it.

"You've always been a frail child. You'll get sick if you don't clean your hands before eating."

Yuan Luoyi said nothing, allowing Yuan Ao to meticulously care for her.

Looking at the locked door, sealed windows, and her diligent brother bustling about, Yuan Luoyi knew she couldn't escape.

Her brother had proxy disinhibited delusion syndrome. He used to be able to control it, but now he had broken down and it had erupted.

He treated Yuan Luoyi like a child, hoping she would remain weak forever, curled up in his hands like a newborn chick, relying on him to survive.

Her brother would never harm her, but he would also never give her freedom.

They were bound together by an invisible thread. If Yuan Luoyi escaped and forcibly broke the thread, her brother would collapse like a broken marionette, never to rise again.

So Yuan Luoyi chose to sit quietly in her chair, as obedient as she was as a child.

Time ticked by, second by second, and Yuan Luoyi felt like rewinding time might have been exhausted.

"BANG!"

The loud noise startled Yuan Luoyi. Someone was pounding on the door from outside.

Yuan Ao's eyes instantly darkened. He picked up a knife and walked silently to the door, standing beside it.

"BANG! BANG! BANG!"

The person outside continued pounding the door furiously, each strike more forceful than the last.

Yuan Luoyi held her breath. Yuan Ao had said the real killer was getting impatient and would send someone to kill him. The person outside could very well be the new assassin!

After a few minutes, silence fell again...

Suddenly, Yuan Luoyi smelled an acrid, burning odor as black smoke seeped in through the door and window cracks. The assassin was trying to burn them alive!

Yuan Ao strode over, took a long rifle from a cabinet, loaded it with bullets, and grabbed Yuan Luoyi's wrist.

"We'll leave through the secret passage."

The two went to another room, where Yuan Ao opened a hidden door leading to a long, dark tunnel. He pulled Yuan Luoyi inside.

After more than a minute, a faint light appeared ahead. Continuing forward, they arrived at a second-floor parking garage.

Several bodies in security guard uniforms lay on the ground, blood flowing from beneath them...

Yuan Ao shielded Yuan Luoyi from the grisly sight.

"BANG!"

A gunshot echoed hollowly.

Yuan Ao's arm erupted in a mist of blood, a few warm drops splattering Yuan Luoyi's face. Her heart skipped a beat as she frantically pulled Yuan Ao behind a car to take cover from the bullets.

"Brother, you're hurt!" she cried.

"It's nothing, just a graze to my arm."

He pulled out a bandage, gripping one end with his teeth while wrapping the other end around his arm with his free hand, stanching the bleeding with practiced calm, as if he felt no pain.