“Aria, regardless of how great your resentment is, just direct it at me. The child is innocent. How about this? Come down first. If you have any requests, then feel free to speak up. So long as it’s within my abilities, I will definitely fulfil them.” Jenna held back the grief and indignation in her heart and tried to persuade her civilly. She knew that if she were to reason with such a mentally twisted person at that moment, it would be akin to talking to a brick wall.
At that point, the best way was to go along with her and save Jerry from her.
Jerry was her life.
“Me? Go down?” Aria laughed hysterically. “Do you really think I’m that stupid? As long as I go down, I’ll be immediately caught by you. Do you really think that I’m dumb to this extent?”
Aria continued to laugh scornfully, with her eyes glancing behind her.
Jenna jumped in surprise as her eyes followed the direction of Aria’s line of sight.
Behind her, they saw that Kimmel and the policemen led by Jordan were slowly approaching her.
“Quick, let them step back first. Don’t come over, or else I’ll immediately kill the child.” Aria was triggered, causing her hands to tremble even more violently. She raised Jerry high up in the air and howled sharply.
Jerry cried and shouted in Aria’s arms. He struggled with his face looking downwards. When he saw the turbulent moat below, he was so scared that he lost all the desire to cry.
“No! Alright, alright. I’ll make all of them step back.” Jenna was so frightened by this situation that she was shuddering all over. She hurriedly gave her word to Aria.
“Quick, back off, all of you, don’t come up.” Aria, who had been provoked, was once again in a muddled state of consciousness as she shouted fiercely.
“Don’t come over, all of you. Back off quickly.” Jenna was afraid that Aria would dump Jerry into the moat after getting triggered. So, she quickly turned around and called out to Jordan and Kimmel.
That day, she had come alone and did not take anyone with her because she was afraid that the situation would be out of control. She did not expect that they would still come. However, at that time, they might ruin the whole thing. This was what she had dreaded the most.
Jerry was her only priority at that time. Seeing Jerry’s pale face was like a whip dipped in salt water, lashing her.
She must make sure Jerry was safe at all costs.
This was the only thought that came to her mind.
“Quick, all of you, back off. Don’t come any closer.” Seeing Jordan and Kimmel just standing where they were, Jenna hesitated for a moment and then shouted. Granted, as long as she could protect Jerry, there was nothing she would not give.
“Mr. Jordan, let’s step back.” Seeing Aria holding up Jerry, Kimmel was startled and frightened. He remembered what Madam Lilian had said and quickly advised Jordan.
At that time, Jordan had no choice but to stop his men from moving forward.
As such, there were a bunch of people who could only watch from afar and did not dare to approach.
Seeing that everyone was standing still, Aria hugged Jerry in her arms again.
“Aria, tell me, what do you want?” Once again, Jenna grovelled before her.
Aria saw that there were so many people looking at her, yet they were at her mercy. She laughed again.
“Jenna, come up now and give me the Ocean Heart, and I will return the child to you.” She stared at Jenna, who was standing on a rock in the water, and said with a grim smile.
“Okay, okay, I’ll go up right away. Wait for me.” Jenna immediately nodded her head and agreed. She took out the Ocean Heart in her hand and waved it towards Aria. Only after she had observed the surroundings did she begin thinking about where to climb up.
She first went back to the shore from the rock, and then went around the shore to the bottom of the opposite cliff. There was a slope where she could slowly climb up.
“Jenna, don’t.” Just as Jenna was about to climb up, a ground-shattering cry came from behind. She turned around and saw Hansen yelling at her from the river not far away.
Jenna pursed her lips and looked at him for a moment.
Hansen rushed over and saw Jenna, who was pregnant, trying to climb up such a high cliff. His heart ached and he wailed out in sorrow.
Jenna looked at him and wiped her tears with her hand.
“Hansen, don’t be scared,” Jenna said loudly, and her face was filled with a tragic smile. “I can do it. From now on, you must take care of Jerry. You can’t let him be frightened like this again.”
“No,” Hansen roared. “Jenna, just you wait for me. Let me send the Ocean Heart.”
With that said, Hansen ran towards Jenna.
Hearing Hansen’s voice, Aria, from the other side of the river, lowered her head and looked at the handsome figure of the man whom she had been so deeply in love with. The emotion buried deep in the bottom of her heart was suddenly stirred up, and hatred rose.
“Hansen, you can’t come over. Quickly back off. I’ll only let Jenna come. Otherwise, I’ll throw the child to death right now.” Aria wasn’t that foolish. If Hansen were to come up, then would she still have a way out? Thus, she raised Jerry in her arms and threatened fiercely.
“No, don’t.” Jenna was worried to the point of insanity when she saw such a scene. She immediately stopped her and immediately turned her head to speak to Hansen. “Hansen, if you still want Jerry to live, then quickly back down and don’t let them come up. Trust me, let me go to her. This is the best solution.”
When she finished her sentence, Jenna no longer looked at him. Clenching her teeth, she began to scale the cliff.
Hansen’s eyes were bloodshot. He could only stop and watch as Jenna climbed up step by step, with her swell belly. Blood was dripping from his heart.
He turned his head and ran back.
“Say it, where can you take a shortcut from that high up?” Hansen turned around and took out a pistol from his pocket and pointed it at a filthy man behind him. His eyes were red as he bellowed in a deep voice.
It turned out that when Zoella had left in a hurry, Hansen had tried his best to find her lair. He had caught one of her underlings there and had him lead the way here. However, everything was too late. It was too late. Aria had already brought Jerry and stood on a dangerous cliff. He could only think of another way.
“Please spare my life.” The man was kicked in the shins by Hansen. He immediately knelt on the ground, picked up his hands, and put them on his head, screaming.
“Spit it out.” Hansen snapped, cocking the trigger of the pistol in his hand.
“I’ll talk, I’ll talk, from here…” The man raised his head and pointed to a small path in front.
“Quick, take me there.” Hansen picked him up and had the man lead the way.
The man staggered to his feet. The moment he looked up, he saw Hansen’s contorted face and bloodshot eyes. He was so scared that his legs began to tremble.
Kimmel’s eyes lit up when he saw that this man could find another way. He also quietly followed behind.
Jenna tried her best to climb the rugged mountain route, with the journey compounded by the peculiar rocky road path up the mountain.
Her fair fingers gripped the mountain rocks and the sharp edges had left her slender hands bleeding, but she didn’t register any pain. She just tried hard to climb and there was only one thought in her mind, to rescue Jerry.
There were a few times where she almost fell, but she stubbornly held onto the stones on the path.
Step by step, relying on her strong and unyielding willpower, she finally scaled halfway up, getting closer and closer to Jerry.