The waiter turned to Luca, “Madame, what do you think?"


    “It''s good," replied Luca.


    “Okay. Thank you for your reviews. Here are some souffle ces for you. I wish the two of you much


    love and happiness." The waiter picked up the te of souffle ces on the tray and ced it on the


    table. Then, he turned around and left.


    Luca was lost in her thoughts as she stared at the souffle ces on the table. Would she and Luke be


    able to live a happy life together?


    Should she tell Luke the truth after she finds the antidote? Would she be able to attack Abel with Luke''s


    help?


    However, if things turned out that way, what would happen to Eler and N, who were on the Ind of


    Despair?


    Luca felt crushed. She had done so many things that were detrimental to the interests of T Corporation


    and Watson Biopharmaceuticals. Would Luke forgive her if he found out about that?


    “What''s on your mind?" Luke picked up a souffle ce and ced it on her te.


    “Nothing," said Luca,ing back to her senses.


    “Have some. It tastes better while it''s warm." Luke noticed that Luca was preupied while staring at


    the souffle ce. He knew Luca must be thinking about the future.


    “Alright." Luca took a bite of the souffle ce and recalled what the waiter said to them. She secretly


    muttered to herself that she hoped so too.


    She hoped that she could still be together with Luke after what they would be going through and after


    they overcame the obstacles.


    She also hoped that N coulde back to her father and grow up happily.


    On the Ind of Despair.


    Eler was teaching N to read. The alphabet cards that she used were the ones Amur brought back


    here from the off-ind.


    “Ms. Eler, isn''t my mother a citizen of A City? Why am I learning Russian?" asked N in confusion,


    holding the Russian alphabet card in her hand.


    Eler stroked the little girl''s head, “It''s because we''re in Russia now. Besides, I only know how to speak


    English, but I can''t read."


    Eler learned how to speak English from Luca, after knowing her for three years. Yet, she had no idea


    how to read nor write English words.


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    She would not teach N something she did not know so that she would not mislead her.


    “Umm, but I''d like to learn English." N toyed with the card. “Learning Russian isn''t fun at all. I know


    how to speak Russian."


    Eler heaved a sigh. N was smart, and she could speak Russian eloquently. She also knew how to


    speak English.


    Even though the kid knew how to speak, she did not know how to write or recognize letters.


    Luca was not on the ind either. Hence, Eler could only teach N Russian, but she could not teach


    her English as Eler did not understand the letters either...


    “N, let''s wait for Mommy toe back and teach you English, okay? Let''s learn Russian first. See,


    you don''t even know how to spell these yet," persuaded Eler patiently.


    Now that Luca and Amur were out there. She was the only one looking after N. Thus, she had to


    take good care of herself.


    N rolled her eyes and suddenly rose to her feet. She wrapped her chubby arms around Eler''s neck,


    “Ms. Eler, Uncle Shanks knows how to speak English. Why don''t we go look for him?"


    Eler let out a helpless sigh as she looked at N''s little round eyes. “You wanted to y games with


    Uncle Shanks, right?"


    N smiled at her and pped her hands. "Ms. Eler, you''re pretty smart. It''s boring to sit here and look


    at the cards. There''s so much interesting stuff at Uncle Shank''s ce. Why don''t we head there?"


    “No, Mr. Shanks is busy with his researchtely. We shouldn''t disturb him." Eler shook her head and


    stopped N.


    Even though N did not spend much time together with Shanks, the little girl seemed to be fond of


    him.


    She would always look for Shanks when she had the chance.


    Although Eler could stop her, the little girl would be unhappy about it.


    “Ms. Eler." N heaved a sigh. “I''m bored."


    “Then let''s stop learning. Why don''t we y some board games?" Eler took a board game out. It was


    also something that Amur got for the child when he was out there.


    There were no toys on the ind.


    When Amur brought them back, they checked the toys and made sure that there were no signaling


    devices, surveince cameras, or any other devices, only then they allowed him to bring them into the


    ind.


    “Nah, this isn''t fun at all." N was already tired of it.


    Eler forced a smile. Sure enough, no matter how interesting a toy was, the kids would always get tired


    of it after ying with it for a while.


    It was more suitable for N to grow up in the outside world.


    Still, would N be able to get out of here?


    Eler let out a sigh.


    “Ms. Eler, why don''t we bring the board game along with us and look for Uncle Shanks? There''s


    nothing fun on this ind. I''m sure he has never yed this before." N blinked her eyes. All she had


    in mind was Shanks.


    Eler wanted to say yes, but they would probably run into someone else if they went out.


    Those people were up to no good.


    Furthermore, those people were always training and striving to reach higher. It would be a bad


    influence on N to see those people carrying knives, guns, or any other weapons with them.


    Besides, Eler was afraid of running into Abel...


    Abel reminded Eler of Luca whenever N saw him.


    "Ms. Eler..."


    "Be good. They''re training out there. If we go out, we might.." Eler stroked the child''s head.


    N noticed the fear in Eler''s eyes. She had no choice but topromise.


    She often wondered why Eler was afraid of those people.


    They were just training.


    Moreover, it seemed interesting to see those men carrying weapons in their hands.


    Eler smiled when N chose to acquiesce. She then suggested, "Why don''t we make it more


    interesting?"


    "How?" N''s big eyes were filled with confusion.


    "Let''s y Candy Land. The person who loses the game will have to get flicked in the forehead as


    punishment. What do you think?" asked Eler, raising her eyebrows.


    N nodded immediately. "Ms. Eler, you''re going to lose! You always lose when ites to such


    games."


    "We don''t know who''s the winner yet. Bring it on." Eler set up the board game and began to y with


    N.


    A bet had finally pulled N to join the game.


    Eler was ying with her while she secretly wondered when Luca and Amur would return.


    Eler was alone on the ind. She was scared and worried, and she could not stand it for much longer.


    Eler knew she was not strong enough. She could not even protect herself, not to mention protecting


    N.


    She was afraid something would happen to them if this continued.


    She needed to seize the chance to give Luca a call or a video call. It did noot matter if she would end


    up stuck on the Ind of Despair for the rest of her life. After all, she has been here since she was little.


    She was already resigned to her fate.


    However, things were different for N. Eler was hoping that Luca could get N out of here.


    The environment on the Ind of Despair was nothing but a bad influence on the little girl.


    ''Ms. Luca, pleasee back soon.'' Eler secretly thought to herself.