Chapter 210 Crossing the River and Destroying the Bridge

"..."

Luo Huayi was practically thrown into his world.

In the empty villa, thorns completely surrounded the rooms.

He had lost count of how many times he had begged her.

It's useless.

For Xin Que, it was nothing more than an even more unrestrained seduction.

"Be good," Xin Que said gently, pinching his neck, "Don't say anything I don't want to hear... okay?"

Luo Huayi's vision went black in waves.

The feeling of impending death, from lack of oxygen and suffocation, was about to overwhelm the man completely.

When Xin Que suddenly released his grip, he felt as if he had been granted a pardon, coughing violently and gasping for fresh air.

"I'm... sorry... cough..." Luo Huayi's voice was distorted beyond recognition due to lack of oxygen.

“You’re wrong again,” Xin Que’s voice remained gentle. “How many times do I have to teach you before you understand… I don’t want an apology, I only want absolute obedience?”

The small thorns binding Luo Huayi's wrists gradually tightened.

Luo Huayi's dim pupils, half-hidden by her eyelashes, gradually lost focus under Xin Que's seemingly endless control.

...

When we refocus our attention, Luo Huayi is already half-leaning in the bathtub filled with water.

"Awake?" Xin Que reached out her hand to him.

Luo Huayi trembled.

He subconsciously rubbed the top of his head against her palm, and said, "Mmm."

His mind was still a little dazed, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should change how he addressed her.

Xin Que casually touched his hair.

“Master…” Luo Huayi blurted out almost without thinking.

Xin Que leaned down and pinched his ear, staring into his unfocused eyes, and interrupted him, "It's over, you don't need to do this anymore."

Luo Huayi's lips moved, but she ultimately didn't say anything more.

However, when he took the bathrobe from Xin Que, his movements were somewhat stiff and sluggish.

He tried to get up from the bathtub, but his legs gave way and he fell straight to the ground.

How long will it take to recover?

Xin Que caught the man who fell steadily and simply carried him out of the bathroom.

Luo Huayi leaned against her, finally managing to shake off some of her tamed and rigid thinking.

"It'll be over soon...it'll be over soon," Luo Huayi hugged her tightly, his hoarse voice still trembling slightly, "Don't go."

Xin Que put him on the bed and patted his arm. "I'm not leaving. I'll stay here."

She pulled the blanket over the bloodstains and bruises on his body, then sat down on the chair beside his bed and watched as Luo Huayi slowly closed his eyes.

Luo Huayi was exhausted, but she still couldn't sleep soundly.

He kept forcing himself to open his eyes to see if she was there, and after what seemed like the umpteenth time, the mattress next to him suddenly sank.

"Go to sleep." The woman's forceful voice came into his ears from above.

Luo Huayi couldn't tell if it was a dream or reality; she only knew that she needed to get closer to that person's presence and try her best to obtain a sense of security from them.

...

When he opened his eyes again, most of his injuries had healed.

Luo Huayi stared at the ceiling for a long time, then raised her sore arm and rubbed her swollen eyelids.

Turning his head, he realized that Xin Que was half-lying next to him, her upper body leaning against the headboard, and he had one arm tightly wrapped around her waist.

The defined abs on her waistband were right next to his face, and he could even feel her lower abdomen rising and falling slightly with her breathing when he moved.

Luo Huayi's face flushed bright red instantly.

“I’ve slept for four hours, it should be getting light over there,” Xin Que rolled out of bed. “Want to sleep a little longer, or come with me to the Xu family?”

Luo Huayi immediately grabbed Xin Que's arm, "I'll go with you."

Back in the car, Luo Huayi and Xin Que tacitly avoided mentioning the collaboration again.

As the car left the scenic area, it accelerated onto the wide road in the early light of dawn.

When they were a few hundred meters away from crossing the river on the bridge, Xin Que saw four or five SUVs blocking the exit through the windshield.

Xin Que glanced at the approaching sports car in the rearview mirror, didn't step on the brake, and simply shifted into gear to accelerate, causing the tachometer needle to rapidly reach its lowest point.

The thug, who was about to get out of the SUV, cursed, "Is that woman crazy?"

Stop her!!!

Several cars completely blocked the exit.

A loud crash followed the collision, fuel leaked, and the vehicles were quickly engulfed in flames; none escaped.

The engineer stared at the real-time synchronized screen, his expression grave.

"Is this a replica of the scene where a hardened criminal returns to the Huo family while being pursued?"

“Not only that,” another engineer said, frowning. “The world constructed by the interrogation scheme is on a completely different level from the technology of the real world. Moreover, the Huo family is the largest family in the city, so their security level is only more exaggerated.”

"In reality, the clash between Xin Que and the Huo family will only be more brutal."

"What grudge does she have against the Huo family...?" The engineer, unable to contain his curiosity as the scene became increasingly detailed and realistic, wondered, "Why would she knowingly throw an egg against a rock?"

"Like throwing an egg against a rock?" My colleague has already dug up the news about the Huo family's explosion.

"First, she killed so many assassins and spies chasing her, then faked her death while being wanted by the Huo family, and finally orchestrated the bombing that shocked the entire city..."

"At the time, the frontline reports said that the entire Huo family, including the head of the family, was killed by her. If it weren't for the fact that the young master of the Huo family was rescued by luck... it would have been a real case of the entire family being wiped out."

The engineer, after seeing the reports of the death toll, fell silent.

Even though so much time has passed since the incident, the case of the Huo family's massacre remains a hot topic.

Even though the young master of the Huo family, who had narrowly escaped death, used an iron fist to suppress public opinion, he was unable to completely erase the traces of this incident.

The reason is simple: the impact is so vast that it's almost affecting the entire city.

"The prisoner's behavioral logic is gradually converging towards reality under our guidance, which should be considered a major breakthrough in this interrogation, right?" Several engineers discussed the next steps of the interrogation while transmitting the latest data to the warden. "The next focus should be on..."

The doors to the control room suddenly opened to both sides.

Out of professional instinct, the engineer turned around and looked towards the door.

They were several armed men with live ammunition.

"The Huo family, Feng Caijun." The leading man in a suit smiled and pulled an identification card from the inside pocket of his suit. "Thank you all for your hard work."

The engineer, seeing the access card in Feng Caijun's hand, stood up from his chair, somewhat puzzled. "Mr. Feng, are you looking for the warden? But his office isn't here..."

“The Huo family will take full control of the upcoming interrogation,” Feng Caijun interrupted the engineer’s questions with a calm tone, without intending to explain further. “You can rest now.”

The engineer was taken aback.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Feng, we need to consult with the prison first..."

The gun barrel was already pressed against the engineer's forehead.

"What is your surname, Yu?" Feng Caijun glanced at the engineer's name tag.

Large beads of sweat appeared on Engineer Yu's forehead as he slowly raised his hands.

"Clear the area quickly." Feng Caijun ignored Yu Gong's show of weakness and ordered the armed men behind him without turning his head.

As the engineers were being led out of the control room with their hands cuffed behind their backs, they brushed past strangers dressed in Huo family uniforms.

Upon seeing the word "engineer" on their armbands, Engineer Yu's hands trembled even more violently.

He dared not think too deeply about why such a big thing had happened, and why the warden had not shown up at all.

The warden's office was clearly on the floor above, and the administrators' surveillance covered the entire prison; it was impossible for him to be completely unaware of what was happening in the control room.

The administrator didn't even issue an alarm...

The death knell that signaled their loss of value had already tolled.