Chapter 1049

Lulu asked, "Why do you insist on taking me away?" "Or what, am I supposed to not care while you get yourself killed?" Irene snapped, not abiding with her self-destructive tendencies just then. "Has anyone lived their lives without facing setbacks and rough patches? Is that worth getting killed for? There wouldn't be that many people alive if that were the case." "Did they suffer like I do?" Lulu countered. Irene was stumped, but there definitely had not been many who suffered like Lulu did. Even so, Irene pushed on. "It's always darkest before the dawn." "I'm tired," Lulu replied, shaking her head and reluctant to speak further. Irene knew that Lulu was refusing to see reason and pressed, "If you're not going to do it for anyone, do it for Jean. Just think about it—what if Zachary marries someone and Jean has to live with a stepmother? You should know very well that the stepmother would definitely abuse Jean and put her through all the pain in the world. In fact, you weren't all