Tang Nuan was awakened by the heat, feeling as if she were in a giant furnace, about to be burned through.

She slowly woke up, realized she was in an unfamiliar environment, and immediately sat up.

"You're finally awake. They really knocked you out. You slept for two days straight. If you hadn't woken up, I would have thrown you into the ditch."

The sound of a man's laughter reached my ears.

Tang Nuan had excellent hearing and found the voice very familiar, so she hid in the innermost part of the room in fright.

"Who are you!"

"It's only been a short time since we parted, and you've already forgotten me, you little blind man?" The man spoke with his usual emphasis, his tone laced with a wicked smile.

Tang Nuan felt a cold sweat break out on her back, and she stammered uncertainly, "You, you are..."

"Yes, it's the person you're most afraid of."

Siye deliberately moved closer to her and blew on her face. "The last time we met was in Laibu. This is the second time, right? Little blind girl, you still remember me. I'm really touched."

"Get away!"

Tang Nuan looked terrified and pushed him away, backing away.

She was about to fall off the bed when she quickly grabbed the bed frame.

She was in an abandoned house, lying on a wooden bed. She felt hot because there was a brazier in front of the bed.

Si Ye was dressed in coarse linen clothes, but that couldn't hide the roguish air about his handsome face. He was gently stirring the charcoal in the brazier with a stick.

Tang Nuan smelled the aroma of sweet potatoes; it smelled wonderful and made her stomach rumble.

Siye looked at her stomach. "Hungry?"

She blushed with embarrassment, clutched her stomach, and asked, "Weren't you dead? Why are you here?"

"It's clear that I didn't die, which disappointed you."

He picked up a sweet potato with a stick and examined it, raising his eyebrows slightly. "You want me to die? How could that be? I had my fortune told before, and he said I'm very resilient and won't die."

Tang Nuan felt that he was very dangerous and wanted to escape, so she got up from the bed to leave.

"Little blind boy, stop struggling. You can't escape from my hands now."

She didn't believe it and struggled to get out of bed.

However, as soon as she stretched out her leg, her toes touched the scalding hot brazier, and she immediately pulled it back in pain.

Siye broke open a sweet potato, took a bite, and sneered, "I know this place inside and out. Believe me or not, you just ran away, and I can catch you in the next second. But my punishment methods are not ordinary. If you dare to run away once, I will burn you with fire until you die."

He found it amusing to see the young woman's body trembling with fear.

"Why did you bring me here? Let me out."

"I went through so much trouble to bring you away from them, why should I let you go? Oh right, I saved your life, so from now on you're mine."

"You big bad guy, I will not obey you. Release me right now, or I will call the police."

"Heh, go ahead and call the police if you dare. I bet your family doesn't even know if you're alive or dead. If I hadn't been here last night, you would have been buried alive. How could you still be here talking to me?"

Tang Nuan touched the side, grabbed a stick, and swung it at him, her voice trembling, "Siye, let me go right now, or I'll fight you to the death!"

Siye looked at the woman's puffed-up face and couldn't help but laugh in exasperation.

He easily snatched her stick away, patted her little face, and said, "Little blind girl, I've been through so much in the underworld, what haven't I seen? You think this can scare me? Save your breath."

Tang Nuan was very angry, but there was nothing she could do about it.

A slightly warm sweet potato was tossed into her arms.

His voice rang in her ears, "This is all we have now. Eat quickly, and I'll take you on your way after you're done."