But as they waited and waited, the anticipated rescue never came. Instead, Albert's dog kennel became more and more upgraded, more concealed, and more fortified. Eventually, Edmund and Salem gave up on their unrealistic hopes and resigned themselves to survive in this place.

At this moment, Edmund had just finished his dialysis and was lying weakly on the bed, having eaten the porridge his father had fed him.

Jiro, who worked here, was pushing a small cart over. He called out, "Hey, Whittakers, bring the dishes over after you're done eating!"

Salem quickly took the dishes to the iron fence, and after Jiro came by, he threw the dishes into the plastic recycling bin.

Just as Jiro was about to leave, Salem hastily said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Kobayashi!"

Jiro glared at him. "What?"

Salem pleaded, "Tomorrow is my son's birthday. Could you please ask the supervisor to bring a cake for him?"

He then quickly added, "It doesn't have to be a big one, just an ordinary cupcake will do.