How to Stop the Villain from Going Crazy
Translator: Fuyu
Chapter 53 - Other than blood and water, was there another method? (2)
At 2 AM, Bo Li had Thorne lie down on the haystack, face the wall, and curl into a ball. She told him to start shaking and rolling around when he heard Mrs. Merlin's voice.
After confirming that he understood, Bo Li took a deep breath, went up the stairs, and started pounding on the basement door.
"Help! Help! Mrs. Merlin, help! Something is wrong with Thorne! He's dying… Mrs. Merlin，Thorne is dying!"
A few minutes later, there was the sound of footsteps. She saw an approaching light under the door. It was a cursing Mrs. Merlin coming here with a lantern.
"Quiet! Keep your voice down! Shut your chatterbox! Are you trying to get the police to come?"
The bolt was pulled back, and the basement door was opened.
Holding the lantern, Mrs. Merlin coldly looked at Bo Li: "Get down from the stairs. Don't think you can escape when I come down. The door can also be locked from the inside.”
Bo Li's eyes were swollen and red from crying. Sobbing, she said, "I'm really not doing this to try to run away… Please come look. Thorne looks like he's dying… I don't know what happened. I just didn't want him to get close to me, and he suddenly started spasming… I went towards him to take off the sack on his head so I could check if he has epilepsy, but his spasming got worse… I'm scared that he's going to die like this…"
"Alright, enough." Mrs. Merlin impatiently said, "This kid doesn't have any ID. It won't matter if he dies. If you keep up this racket, I'll kill you first."
Bo Li seemed startled. With tears in her eyes, she covered her mouth and barely stopped her sobbing.
Mrs. Merlin walked towards Thorne. "What are you up to, brat? If I find out that you're playing tricks on me, I'll beat you to death."
Thorne shuddered.
Bo Li was worried he would turn against her, so she immediately shouted, "He's moving… Is he having another seizure?"
"If you shout one more time," Mrs. Merlin warned, "I'll cut out your tongue."
Perhaps, Bo Li's acting was too good, or it could also be that Mrs. Merlin saw her as a foolish, kind girl.
Without any concern for her safety, Mrs. Merlin crouched down with her back facing Bo Li.
Now!
Bo Li stared at Mrs. Merlin's neck, tightened her grip on the knife, and suddenly thrusted!
Her memory seemed to fragment in the following moments. How many times did she stab her? She only remembered how the blood spurted out and quickly soaked through the cloth strip and her dress. Her body felt heavy as if it was weighed down by the blood.
Mrs. Merlin clutched her neck and turned to look at Bo Li. She wanted to speak, but only spat out blood with saliva and foam when she opened her mouth.
Surprisingly, when things escalated to this point, Bo Li became very calm.
She didn't give Mrs. Merlin a chance to attack her. She pulled out the dagger and aimed for Mrs. Merlin's heart.
Mrs. Merlin finally recovered from her shock and incredulously said, "You… You…"
Her arm muscles bulged as if she wanted to snatch the knife and fight back. However, she panicked when she felt the sticky blood on her hands.
The wound on her neck was like a gaping mouth. Blood kept spurting out of it. In the end, she fell to the ground with a thud.
Bo Li threw away the knife, took the keychain from Mrs. Merlin's body, and tried out each key until she finally opened the basement door.
She pulled up Thorne, who was frozen in horror, and told him to go through the door first.
Then, she took off the blood-soaked layers of her petticoat, untied the cloth strip, and tossed them on top of Mrs. Merlin's body before leaving the basement.
She killed someone. The thought flashed through her mind and quickly disappeared into the night.
Bo Li roughly cleaned off the blood on her face, found a clean cloak and dress from a wardrobe in a bedroom, and put them on.
Then, she rummaged through the drawers and found the gun that Mrs. Merlin had taken from her.
Bo Li gripped the gun and said to Thorne, "Let's go."
Thorne mechanically nodded. It was as if his soul had fled in terror and only a puppet remained.
Bo Li doused herself in lavender perfume to cover up the strong smell of blood. She felt like her body was saturated in the smell of Mrs. Merlin's blood.
… Too dirty. She couldn't stand it.
She also put a cloak on Thorne and told him that if they encountered a patrol on the streets, he should keep quiet. Don't cry either. She would handle it.
Thorne nodded in agreement.
Fortunately, there were only patrols in the wealthy areas. Once they left Garden Villa Street, they didn't see any more patrols.
It took half an hour to return to the hotel with the carriage she had driven to the house.
She opened a room for Thorne in the hotel and told him to get a good night's sleep. They would discuss the future after waking up.
After that, she asked the hotel staff on duty for a barrel of hot water.
He said the boiler was always running. It wouldn't take long before she could take a bath.
Bo Li gave him a dollar tip.
After taking a bath, she returned to her room while drying her hair. She took off the cloak and dress and changed into her own clothing.
It was only then she noticed that she hadn't cleaned her fingernails enough. It was full of dark, coagulated blood.
Bo Li's expression was indifferent. While using a handkerchief to remove the blood, she looked around.
Erik wasn't in the room.
She didn't have the energy to guess what he was doing. Too many things happened today. Her mind was a mess, and she just wanted to sleep.