âWhat a family! Couldnât get through on the phone, couldnât find anyone, they shouldâve reported this immediately after so many days! Now that sheâs injured like this, they still havenât come to see her? I think Huanhuan was hurt by her own family! It makes me furiousâ¦â Mo Weiyi wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Xiao Yebai.
Zhan Yao helplessly said, âLittle Princess, Iâm not in charge of this case, so thereâs not much I can do. How about I try to rush my colleagues when I get back?â
Xiao Yebai said indifferently, âYou can go now.â
âYou got it!â Zhan Yao turned and ran immediately.
Mo Weiyi snorted and muttered, âI was supposed to return to my law firmâs internship on Monday. I planned to ask Huanhuan for some work-related guidance, nowâ¦â
âItâs my fault, I shouldâve taken more care of her,â Su Wanwan said.
The two men didnât speak, and the atmosphere seemed a bit downbeat.
They didnât know the exact situation, Chu Xiuhuang didnât go into details, so everyone thought Shi Huan was just the victim of a misfortune.
Besides feeling worried, it seemed they couldnât do anything else but wait for Shi Huan to embrace consciousness.
**
At that time, in the Shi Familyâs living room.
Tu Youran sat on the couch, seeming nervous and jumpy.
Next to her, the old lady stubbornly said, âWhat are you doing, asking me to go to the hospital to see her? No way! Iâm not going!â
Shi Minyan tried to persuade her, âMom, Huanhuan hasnât been avoiding you intentionally recently, she was injured. The hospital says we have to go there.â
âIâm not going!â The old lady protested hysterically, âThe police came a few days ago, itâs as if they want to scare me to death! This damn girl must have offended someone, otherwise how could she have been beaten up like this? I canât go, if I go and am seen by her enemies, then what will I do when they come for me?â
Qian Yulin was speechless.
Shi Minyan couldnât help sighing either, âHow could that be? Mom, Huanhuan is injured now, itâs exactly the time when she needs her familyâs support.â
âWhen did she support me! Iâm not going! Iâm not going!â The old lady stormed off back to her room after saying this.
Qian Yulin reluctantly said, âLetâs drop it, Minyan, Iâll go with you.â
âOkay.â
That was all they could do.
âYouran, letâs go.â
Tu Youran sat there without responding.
âYouran? Youran?â
Suddenly touched on the shoulder, Tu Youran snapped out of her daze, âHuh! What happened?â
Shi Minyan frowned, âWhatâs wrong with you? Why have you been so absent-minded these days? Didnât you hear me calling you for a long time?â
Tu Youran hurriedly said, âMinyan, Iâm not feeling well, can I go home and rest?â
Hearing this, Shi Minyanâs face immediately turned gloomier, âWe agreed to go see Huanhuan together today. Sheâs been missing for days, you as her aunt didnât inquire about it, and now that sheâs injured, you wonât go to see her either? How is that acceptable? If it gets out, what will others think?â
Tu Youran could only get up, âI see.â
â¦
After getting in the car, Qian Yulin asked, âMinyan, how is Huanhuan? Is the injury serious?â
âI only found out when the police called, they said she has been in the hospital for a few days and the injury is quite serious.â
âWhy would this happen?â As Qian Yulin spoke, her nose started to sting, and her eyes turned red.
Her pitiful daughter was abducted by human traffickers when she was young and only returned to Shi Family after living till fifteen in an orphanage. She didnât manage to enjoy the good life for long until tragedy hit the Shi family. For all these years, she has been working hard to repay the Shi familyâs debt. Now that the debt is almost clear, she ran into such a situation.
As Shi Minyan was driving and trying to console her, he noticed Tu Youran being absorbed in her thoughts in the back seat, feeling even more unrest.
The phone suddenly rang.
Tu Youran quickly answered, âHello?â
ââ¦â
âWhat? The report is wrong? Okay, I got it, Iâll be there right away.â
Having said that, she quickly hung up the phone, âMinyan, sister-in-law, Iâm sorry, the company suddenly has an urgent matter and asked me to rush over.â
Qian Yulin was stunned.
Shi Minyan couldnât hold back his anger, âWhatâs wrong with you? Canât you just say you canât leave because a family member is in the hospital?â
âI donât have a choice, the manager asked me to go there immediately, or I will have to bear the consequences.â
Tu Youran spoke softly, âSister-in-law, Iâm really sorry, let Minyan accompany you to the hospital. Iâll finish up at the company and join you immediately, okay?â
Given what she said, Qian Yulin could only nod, âWell, if thatâs the case, you should go to the company first.â
Shi Minyan didnât say anything, just sharply turned the car to the right and parked by the roadside.
Tu Youran bit her lip and unbuckled her seatbelt, âMinyan, Iâm sorry.â
She got out of the car, watching as the black Audi slowly drove away, and only then did she finally relax.
People often say âthe thief has a guilty conscienceâ.
Tu Youran had really not been living well these days.
Shi Huan disappeared for several days, and she was nervous for several days. When the police came to visit a couple of days ago, she had nightmares that night!
Butâ¦
Huanhuan, donât blame me.
I was just protecting my love, my family.
Donât worry, once your injuries heal, I will make it up to you.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
The phone rang again, Tu Youran answered, âMom.â
Her mother asked, âYouran, whatâs going on, you mentioned something about the company⦠what do you mean?â
âItâs nothing, Mom, I was just feeling a bit unwell and wanted to go home to rest.â
âOh, thatâs good.â
While mother and daughter were talking, Tu Youran quickly hailed a taxi.
But as soon as she arrived home and the elevator door opened, she heard the sound of a childâs laughter.
The door to her flat was open?
She quickly walked over and found that indeed, the front door was wide open, and the sound of Luoluoâs laughter was particularly clear.
She walked in with a stern face, âLuoluo!â
Luoluo, frightened by the sound, quickly turned around, âMom.â
âYouâre Tu Youran?â A cold male voice suddenly rang out.
Tu Youran got a big shock but, taking a closer look, she noticed a tall, slender man in black standing by the door next to the floor-to-ceiling window.
His face was long and narrow, his features fine, handsome, with a pair of narrow, deep phoenix eyes, they looked⦠familiar.
âWho are you?â
Before Tu Youran could finish speaking, a large hand suddenly appeared before her eyes.
âAh, let me go, let goâ¦â
Tu Youran widened her eyes, too stunned to react, and found herself being strangled and dragged into the bedroom.
The door slammed shut.
Tranquillity returned to the living room.
On the sofa, Little Luoluo stood there, holding her Peppa Pig toy in a tight embrace. Her large, clear eyes filled with confusion. âWhereâs Mommy?â
âLuoluo, be a good girl. Would you like to go out and play with your brother-in-law?â Chu Xiuhuang asked, and with that, he picked up the little girl.
The sweet aroma of her filled his senses.
Little Luoluo reached up her small hand, encircling Chu Xiuhuangâs arms, nodding meekly with approval, âOkay.â
Chu Xiuhuang smiled slightly, âLetâs go.â
And, just like that, he carried Little Luoluo away.
As for what transpired in the bedroomâ¦
Tu Youran was dragged in and thrown straight onto the floor.
The act was so rough and forceful that it left her dazed. With no light penetrating through the tightly drawn curtains, the room bore an eerie and terrifying air.
Her mind spinning, Tu Youran just managed to steady herself when suddenly, the lights flicked on, illuminating the bedroom as bright as day.
Tu Youran opened her eyes, and the sight that confronted her caused her to let out a piercing scream, âWho are you? What do you want with me?â
Unbelievably, the room was filled with men!
A total of 10 men!
10 strangers!
They lined the walls, each standing tall and rugged with grotesque faces.
Fear seized Tu Youran. As she scrambled to her feet to flee the room, she was swiftly pulled back by the arm and thrown back down.
âHelp! Someone, please helpâ¦!â Tu Youran screamed for rescue.
âStop yelling!â
The man who had brought her here sneered contemptuously. His voice was cold and brutal. âWe havenât even begun. I advise you to conserve your energy.â
âWh⦠what do you mean?â
The man chuckled, âStill clueless, are you? Then think about what youâve done. Have you figured it out yet?â
âNoâ¦â Tu Youranâs voice was filled with despair.
Was the dreadful thing she had been fearing finally about to unfold?
Left with no time to think, she could only make her last desperate plea, âI beg of you, let me go. Iâll give you whatever amount of money you wantâ¦â
âChu has offered us more money than you could ever afford in your lifetime.â
As Chu Xiuhuang has ordered, ten men, not one less.
For every affront his woman had endured, he would see to it that this woman suffered double.
The man gave a start of annoyance, âWhat are you waiting for?â
The rest of the men immediately lunged at her.
Tu Youran cried out in distress, âNo! No! Ahhhhhâ¦â
Yet no matter how she thrashed about or resisted, no matter how loudly she screamed, her nightmare had just begun.
The womanâs shrieks echoed, unbearably agonizing.
â¦
Tu Youran was caught in the worst nightmare she had ever experienced in her life.
She screamed until her voice became hoarse, to the point where she could no longer utter a single word.
Dizziness swirled her mind. Eventually, she lost all sense of shame, praying numbly for the nightmare to end.
She felt as though she were as good as dead.
In her dazed state, she thought she heard someone speaking.
âMr. Chu, all done.â
âGot the video recording.â
âGood, I understand.â
She lay there like a corpse, her mind clouded. She could vaguely hear rustling noises, the creaking of the door opening, footsteps recedingâ¦
The room once again quietened.
Tu Youran stirred and, gritting her teeth, she managed to pull her battered self up from the floor.
She had to clean the room immediately!
She couldnât leave any trace behind!
Nobody must know what happened today!
Especially Shi Minyan.
If they found out, she was done for!
Completely done for!
Medicine!
Right, there was also medicine!
Tu Youran rummaged through the cabinets until she finally found a box of contraception pills. Without any water to take them with, she swallowed two dry.
After taking care of everything, she steered herself out of the bedroom with a trash bag in hand.
The living room was tranquil. The main door stayed shut, and there wasnât a single soul in sight. Luoluo was nowhere to be seen. She was all by herself, all aloneâ¦
Tu Youran stood there, staring into the emptiness. Suddenly, she couldnât help but burst into uncontrollable loud sobs.
**
Nangong Hospital.
Shi Minyan and Qian Yulin rushed to the hospital as quickly as they could, but they could only catch a glimpse of Shi Huan through the glass windows of the ICU.
It wasnât because they didnât want to go in, butâ¦
âIâm sorry, but the vice dean said that Miss Shi is still in a critical condition. No visitors are allowed inside,â explained a nurse.
Upon hearing this, Qian Yulin burst into tears.
Her poor daughter. It had been a week since the incident and she was yet to regain consciousness?
All Shi Minyan could do was quietly console her.