Work Prophet
Chapter 279 - 37 Please Help Me

Chapter 279: Chapter 37 Please Help Me

"It’s simple, just drink it with water," Clara said. Seeing that Xie Wei was still a bit worried, she added, "All right, then I’ll go back with you and watch your mother take the medicine."

"Really?" The chubby boy was overjoyed at her words, "With Miss Clara there, my mom is sure to get better."

"It has nothing to do with me. It’s just Prophet Merlin’s Divine Medicine that’s powerful," Clara said, "I’m just an ordinary little maid."

"You’re too modest. Everyone knows that you are Prophet Merlin’s favorite apprentice and that you live with the Prophet. You must have learned a lot of his skills. A lot of believers have seen you exercise Divine Power before," Xie Wei flattered.

"Ah, that’s all a misunderstanding." Having put on her cloak, Clara was about to head out with the chubby boy, but then she remembered what Li Yu had told her a few days ago. She ran back to her room, rummaged through the box under the bed, and pulled out a small green bottle, which she stuffed into her little shoulder bag.

She ran back to the door and said to Xie Wei, "Let’s go! We’re going to save your mom."

"Uh-huh."

The chubby boy led the way, and their village was not far from the territory of the Double Rest Sect.

Clara, having nothing better to do, would sometimes run over there for fun.

In fact, since the Double Rest Sect began its missionary work, many villagers nearby soon became followers of Prophet Merlin. Of course, there were also people who had relatives and friends killed by the lizard people and still harbored suspicion and even hatred towards the Double Rest Sect.

However, their hatred was generally directed only at the lizard people, and they were rather indifferent to other followers of the Double Rest Sect. Anyway, the little maid never encountered any trouble on her visits.

Moreover, most people were probably gathered to watch Ireya’s induction ceremony at this time, so Clara felt even less danger.

In her mind, she was just an insignificant little person.

Of course, she actually quite enjoyed being this insignificant person. She didn’t have to worry about big things, ate when it was time to eat, slept when it was time to sleep, took care of Li Yu’s daily life, slacked off a bit, and the day passed.

Aside from having to study, everything else was pretty perfect.

Clara just never expected that even an unimportant salted fish like herself would one day catch someone’s attention.

As they drew nearer to the village where Xie Wei lived, the chubby boy suddenly stopped walking, turned to the little maid, and said with a guilty face, "I’m sorry."

While saying this, he hung his head low, not daring to look into Clara’s eyes.

"Why are you suddenly apologizing?"

"I lied to you; my mother isn’t sick at all. I... called you out because I wanted to take you to meet someone."

"Then why didn’t you discuss it with me directly?"

"Because then you wouldn’t agree to meet him," the chubby boy said with a red face. "You helped me, but I betrayed you. It’s a despicable act... but I had no choice. My father owed a lot of money, and the house and shoe store we had in the city have been taken away, and they also took my sister!

"But if you go with me to meet that man, the debt will be canceled out, and we can get the shoe store and my sister back. So please, save my family. I will be grateful for your kindness all my life. And the man also promised me that he would absolutely not harm you."

Xie Wei knelt on the ground and pleaded with Clara.

However, she unhesitatingly refused him, "No, you’ve encountered difficulties, so why didn’t you seek help from Prophet Merlin earlier instead of keeping it a secret until now? You were the first to betray me, so I have no reason to help you anymore."

The little maid spoke, turning back as she walked away.

No matter how the chubby boy cried and begged, she never looked back.

Finally, a ferocious look flashed across Xie Wei’s face, and he leaped up from the ground, chasing after Clara.

The little maid had been paying attention to the sounds behind her, and noticing this, she also hurriedly quickened her pace.

As one chased and the other fled, Clara, being three years older than Xie Wei and having had more time to develop, still had the disadvantage of being a woman in terms of physical strength and speed compared to a man.

It was only because Xie Wei was relatively chubby that Clara wasn’t caught sooner.

But continuing to flee like this was no solution, as the distance between them steadily decreased.

Clara could only run and cry for help, hoping that someone nearby would hear her shouts and come to her rescue.

But Xie Wei had chosen this place to confront her for a reason, as it was some distance from the village where Xie Wei lived and the territory of the Double Rest Sect. Usually, there weren’t many people around, and now everyone had gone to watch Ireya’s initiation ceremony.

After running for so long, the little maid hadn’t encountered a single soul.

In the end, she was still caught by Xie Wei, who grabbed her dress and yanked her so hard that Clara stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Scream, scream! See if I’ll let you scream again!" Xie Wei sat on top of Clara, his hands around the little maid’s neck, his face completely maddened with rage.

His complexion turned terrifyingly sinister, veins throbbed on his forehead, and his voice was as shrill as a woman’s, "I begged you, yet why couldn’t you just obediently come with me?"

As Clara was being strangled, she couldn’t speak; the chubby boy’s grip was so strong she couldn’t even breathe. She tried everything she could, but whether she clawed or scratched, she couldn’t break free.

Gradually, Clara’s consciousness began to blur, and Xie Wei’s words seemed to float from a distant, faraway place, "Promise me you won’t run away, and if you come with me obediently, I will let go of you... okay?"

In a daze, the little maid’s hand brushed against the small shoulder bag she wore.

She seemed to remember something and, using the last of her strength, reached into the bag and found the small green bottle.

Clara flicked open the cap with her thumb and lifted it to the chubby boy’s face. Taking advantage of Xie Wei’s shock and confusion, she pressed the red button on top.

The next moment a mist sprayed out, hitting the chubby boy squarely in the face!

He immediately let out a scream, no longer trying to strangle Clara, and covered his face with his hands, rolling on the ground.

Under the burn of capsaicin, his mouth, throat, and trachea felt as though they were on fire, coughing uncontrollably. What was worse was his eyes, which had taken the direct hit—tearing up from the pain, he could no longer see anything clearly.

Meanwhile, the little maid took this opportunity to get up from the ground again. First, she took several deep breaths of fresh air, then coughed several times from the irritation herself.

She quickly covered her mouth again and continued to flee in the direction of the Double Rest Sect’s territory.

Perhaps her luck had finally turned, because this time, after only a dozen steps, she ran into someone.