Walking and walking, he left the city and arrived at a large, upscale residential complex near the suburbs.

Then...

He stopped not far in front of a villa that looked like a small castle, with a courtyard spanning several thousand square meters.

The time was exactly six o'clock in the afternoon.

As the sun set in the west, it cast a charming afterglow over this picturesque neighborhood.

Samuel Thompson looked up, gazing at the clouds tinged with crimson at the edge of the sky.

The sky was clear and the air was fresh.

As he gazed at the clouds on the horizon, a luxury sedan drove up from a nearby path, gradually slowing down as it approached the villa's courtyard.

No verification was needed; as the car was about to enter the courtyard, a doorman in a suit quickly opened the iron gate.

Samuel Thompson watched.

Through the car window, which had not yet been rolled up, he could see a dignified woman with tassel earrings and shoulder-length, light golden wavy hair, exuding an air of nobility, sitting in the back seat, looking down at some documents. In front of her was the driver, focused intently on the slowly opening gate...

Ruby Redmond.

Everything was as usual.

It seemed as if nothing was out of the ordinary when she returned home earlier.

As if...

She had never committed the crime of running someone over.

Samuel Thompson watched quietly.

No one noticed the young man standing by the two-lane road, dressed like a student.

No one realized that his fate and that of the noblewoman before him were about to reach the greatest turning point of their lives.

No...

That wasn't quite true.

Sitting in the car, the thirty-something-looking Ruby Redmond seemed to sense something. She suddenly looked up from her documents, turned her head, and her gaze landed on the young man at the roadside.

Then...

Her expression changed, as if she recognized the boy.

Almost the instant her gaze fell on him, the boy who had been standing there calmly just a second before suddenly moved!

"Roar!"

In the void, there seemed to be a silent roar.

Like a tiger pouncing on its prey, he exploded into action, moving as fast as lightning, breaking through the air with a thunderous sound.

"Bang!"

Samuel Thompson strode forward, instantly crossing the less than three meters between himself and the car. He grabbed the door of the slowly moving sedan and yanked it open. Before Ruby Redmond in the car could react, he seized her slender, fair shoulder and violently pulled her out of the car.

"Ah!"

A shrill scream of pain burst from Ruby Redmond, who had been forcibly dragged out of the car.

Falling heavily to the ground, Ruby Redmond instantly lost the poise she had maintained just a moment before. Her knees, scraped against the ground, were covered in blood, and the intense pain made her scream uncontrollably.

"Screech!"

"Stop!"

The car came to a sudden halt. As the door opened, the furious driver rushed out.

"Bang!"

Before the driver could do anything to stop him, Samuel Thompson spun around, took a quick step, and smashed his right fist into the driver's temple, knocking him out on the spot.

"What are you doing! Somebody help! Help, someone come quickly!"

The doorman, who had been opening the gate, shouted loudly when he saw this scene.

Samuel Thompson ignored the doorman's cries. He stepped forward to where Ruby Redmond was clutching her knee, struggling to get up, and kicked her in the inside of her long leg at the knee. With a slight "crack," Ruby Redmond screamed again, rolling onto the ground, her face twisted in pain and terror.

"Ah, I know you! You're that little bastard born of that bitch! How dare you treat me like this! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"

The intense pain drove the already ruthless Ruby Redmond into a frenzy, and she screamed hysterically.

Expressionless, Samuel Thompson grabbed Ruby Redmond's fair right calf and dragged her step by step toward the Chi family mansion.

Her delicate skin scraped against the rough ground, turning her fair knees bright red with blood.

Seeing how vicious Samuel Thompson was, the doorman was terrified. While shouting "Help! Someone help!" he quickly ran into the villa.

Samuel Thompson dragged Ruby Redmond for six meters and threw her in the middle of the road.

Then Samuel Thompson quickly turned and left.

Seeing this, Ruby Redmond thought he was trying to escape. Her face, already pale from pain, twisted with malice: "You're dead, you little bastard, you're dead! I'll run you over just like I ran over your bitch mother..."

Before Ruby Redmond could finish her words, the vicious expression on her face suddenly froze, and in the next moment, terror flooded her features: "What are you doing... What do you want to do!?"

Samuel Thompson, who had turned to leave, got into the sedan parked on the road, put it in reverse, backed up twenty meters, and as he reversed, turned the steering wheel, swinging the car around so that the front was aimed directly at Ruby Redmond.