“If you dare to hurt her, I am going to divorce you. I mean it!” Song Xiyu shouted towards the door.
Bai Rong turned around as she heard that. She saw Song Xiyu with her eyes red and fists clenched tight. Instead of anger and hatred, it was a look of helplessness and pity in the older woman’s eyes.
Then, the door was shut and Gu Tianhang’s men covered her eyes.
All she could see was pitch black.
As she was unable to see anything, she could only be dragged along by the men.
Bai Rong stayed calm and did not struggle nor make any noise, because she knew it would be futile doing all those. It would just speed up her end.
Two hours later, the blindfold on her eyes was removed.
The woman realized she was surrounded by only four walls and a metal gate.
There was no bed, no toilet and not even a bottle of water. She was left with only a table and a chair, and dim light coming from a lamp hanging from the ceiling.
“If you want to keep your life, copy what is written on the paper.” A man wearing a mask placed a few pieces of paper on the table and instructed her.
Bai Rong knew what was going on.
Gu Tianhang had kidnapped her.
After his goal was achieved, he wouldn’t let her live to see the next morning.
“I want to meet Gu Mingchen’s mother. Otherwise, I won’t do anything you ask me to.” Bai Rong was determined.
“You are asking for trouble.” The leader of the pack gave her a tight slap on her face.
She was slapped so hard that she almost fell over. The corners of her mouth twitched as she looked coldly at the masked man. “Do you think I will be allowed to live? Since I have to die anyway, there is nothing I am afraid of.”
The same man gave her another slap across her face but Bai Rong did not make a single sound.
The man was burning with anger. He took out a knife and pinned her right hand on the table. “Are you writing or not?” He threatened.
Bai Rong looked at the man with a penetrating gaze and pursed her lips. Her eyes were filled with resolute and hatred.
Her sharp gaze sent chills down the man’s spine. He lifted the knife and chopped off the woman’s pinkie finger.
Bai Rong felt a sharp pain sear through her. She pressed on the open wound of her little finger and turned pale while remained her piercing gaze.
The man was shocked by her imposing manner.
He could not believe that she did not even utter a sound.
While the man went out to make a call to report the situation, Bai Rong laid her head down on the table. Her forehead was filled with beads of perspiration and she stared at the bloodstains on the table.
She had two relationships altogether.
The first one, her husband cast her aside like an old shoe and pierced a thousand holes in her heart.
The other was a man she loved deeply but they had no choice but to separate. Her life was even hanging on a thread and she might not be able to die peacefully.
It was all because she was too weak and was disregarded and not respected. As such, she was like a carp on the chopping board with no mercy over her fate.
If she could survive this ordeal, she would definitely become stronger.
Just then, the leader of the group walked in with two other people in white coats and also wearing masks.
They staunched the blood from Bai Rong’s wound, gave her transfusion and performed emergency medical treatment.
“I will let you live.” Song Xiyu said resolutely.
When Bai Rong was satisfied that she had said everything she could, she picked up the pen.
As her hand was shaking, her handwriting was all over the place. There was no way she could write properly.
“This won’t do.” Song Xiyu stood up and made a call to Gu Tianhang. Her anger flared as she said, “Look at what you have done. You want her to write those words but you chopped off her finger. How do you expect her to be able to write? Even if she manages to, her handwriting would not be the same as her usual handwriting. How can you be so stupid?”
“I was not the one who chopped off her finger. Then get her to record a video instead. She can just read out the words on the paper.” Gu Tianhang was irritated.
After Song Xiyu hung up the phone, she looked at Bai Rong. “I will record a video of you. After Mingchen gets married, I will send you back.”
Bai Rong read through the contents on the paper and the corners of her mouth twitched. She could taste the saltiness of her own tears. With a look of determination, she said, “Let’s start.”
The older woman could not bear to see her in this state and felt pained. “I’m sorry.”
After apologizing, she took out her phone and started recording.
Bai Rong looked at the camera and said calmly, “Gu Mingchen, I don’t want to die.” Then, she raised up her injured hand and continued saying, “Just do as they say, please save me. They said that as long as you don’t agree, they will chop off one of my fingers each day until you agree. If my fingers are not enough, they will take my toes, limbs, eyes, nose, ears and mouth.”
A deep crease appeared between Song Xiyu’s brows as she turned her face away.
Bai Rong kept silent for ten seconds as her tears flowed endlessly down her cheeks. “Please, let me go.”
After Song Xiyu stopped the recording, she said, “You are a good woman, but Mingchen is not the right person for you. You will find someone who is more suitable for you next time. If you need help, feel free to look for me.”
Bai Rong shut her eyes. Her head felt heavy and she rested on her arms.
Once again, she felt small, helpless and despondent, as though she had fallen into the depths of the darkness…
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