novelraw Chapter 959: If You Have the Guts, Chop Off My Hand!
Chapter 959: If You Have the Guts, Chop Off My Hand!
After taking a bus for more than an hour from the city, it was already night when they reached the area dense with coal mines.The night did not halt the busy operations of the major coal mines.
Many mine workers worked in three shifts; since there wasn’t much difference between day and night underground, night shifts often paid a little better.
Zoe Lewis looked at the chaotic coal mines, gazing at this dark and sunless place, unable to connect it with the daytime image of Ethan Zuo.
Just in the morning, he was driving a luxurious Lamborghini, wearing a striking mint-colored shirt, legs as long as a top male model’s, exuding a calm demeanor, eloquently merging the identities of the rich heir and secretary to the president of the Star Region Group.
In the evening, he was mining coal in such a place?
More surprisingly, he was born and raised here, carrying an unforgettable fondness for it, and when feeling unwell, he would fly back, hiding himself among the coal piles.
Left Million had already quickly contacted a few major coal mine owners, asking them to help find the person.
However, there were too many coal mines. Searching one by one would take a considerable amount of time, and Ethan Zuo might have deliberately gone to unknown small mines to avoid them.
Zoe Lewis carried a small bag, stuffed with two bottles of mineral water, riding a bicycle from mine to mine to search for Ethan Zuo.
The official large mines were left to Ethan’s parents, while she searched the small mines.
Fortunately, Left Million’s name was well known here; upon hearing she was looking for his son, the small mine owners warmly welcomed Zoe Lewis and took her to the mines to search.
Zoe Lewis was searching with a heart full of fear.
She realized that these small coal mines were like precarious buildings, with rocks and soil frequently falling from above, and the mining machines shaking the entire mine relentlessly.
She feared that one moment she entered a mine and the next she’d be buried inside, unable to get out!
She even witnessed a small mine collapse with several workers buried inside while the small boss angrily directed people to excavate the mine again to rescue them.
She finally understood why Ethan’s mother was so terrified; what if Ethan Zuo was also buried inside...
She didn’t dare to think further and frantically searched even more urgently.
At three o’clock in the morning, Zoe Lewis noticed something unusual in a small mine.
She entered and called out, "Ethan Zuo," prompting others to look over, except one person whose movements paused for a moment, then continued mining without even glancing at her.
Zoe Lewis quickly ran over: "Ethan Zuo!"
The person’s face was smeared with black coal dust, and their clothes were pitch-black, as if hearing nothing, grasping a pickaxe and mining coal using the most primitive method.
The handle of the pickaxe was mostly black, except for where his palm grasped, hinting a dark red color.
That was his blood.
He resembled a humanoid machine, striking large chunks of coal tirelessly, seemingly oblivious to pain.
Everyone else wore protective masks, but he wore nothing.
Zoe Lewis suddenly hugged him, crying out: "Stop mining, go home!"
Ethan Zuo’s movements halted.
Being deprived of food and water for a long time, his voice had become extremely hoarse: "Don’t touch me, I’ve already said so."
Zoe Lewis clung to him, unfazed by the coal dust smeared on her own body: "I will touch you, I will! If you dare, chop off my hands! You’re not allowed to mine anymore, or I won’t let go even if I die!"
Ethan Zuo pried her fingers apart one by one, his strength strong enough as if to break them.