Chapter 82 Shi Yang is locked in the wine cellar
That evening, Xie Ran booked a seafood dinner at the hotel.
Shi Yang put on makeup and walked towards the restaurant, arm in arm with Ji Peiheng.
Everyone else has arrived.
Lu Qingqing and Wen Wanwan were both dressed up. They were still bickering on the way here.
Lu pouted slightly: "I won't let you use my cosmetics next time. Your face is so big that you used up all my foundation."
"Bullshit! My face is small. It's obvious you were almost out of money anyway, you're just trying to scam me into buying you a new one..."
Shi Yue also attended, arm in arm with Ji Jinyu. Shi Yue had changed into a proper dress and smiled gently at everyone.
Before taking their seats, he specifically told Shi Yang, "Yang Yang loves seafood the most. Seafood is cold, so Pei Heng, you have to keep an eye on Yang Yang and make sure she doesn't eat it all at once."
Ji Peiheng was extremely blunt: "Do you need to tell me?"
Shi Yue awkwardly shut up.
The waiter brought out various rare seafood and precious fresh shrimp to the table, with wisps of white mist emanating from the dry ice beneath the plates.
Xie Ran picked up the wine on the table, examined it for a moment, and said with a hint of disdain, "This is the wine? How can it be worthy of my status?"
Wen Huai'an said to the waiter, "Hello, could you please bring us a few bottles of good wine?"
Shi Yue stopped the waiter, stood up and said, "I know there is a wine cellar in this hotel, where the owner has a collection of wines. I have already spoken to the owner, and she told us to go to the wine cellar and choose the wines we like."
Xie Ran clapped her hands: "That would be great, thank you for your help, sister-in-law."
Shi Yue: "Okay, then I'll personally pick out a few bottles of good wine to add to the festive atmosphere."
As they approached the door, she suddenly turned around and said, "Yangyang, the wine cellar is a bit far from here. Why don't you come with me?"
Ji Peiheng toyed with Shi Yang's soft, boneless little hand, without raising his head: "She's not going."
Shi Yue stood at the door, biting her lip.
Seeing them snuggling together so intimately, Ji Jinyu felt a dull ache in his heart. He couldn't bear to watch any longer and said, "Pei Heng, A Yue and your sister-in-law are sisters. Don't be so domineering. You have to give your sister-in-law some time together."
Shi Yang squeezed Ji Peiheng's strong knuckles with her other hand: "I'll go pick out your favorite wine, I'll be back in a bit."
She got up, put on her coat, and walked with Shi Yue toward the wine cellar.
The moon was bright and the stars were few; the streetlights along the way made the night appear hazy and translucent.
Just like Shi Yue said, the wine cellar is quite far away.
The further you go, the fewer lights there are.
Shi Yue said, "Seeing that your relationship with Ji Peiheng is getting better and better, I feel relieved."
She spoke in a tone that suggested an older sister genuinely wanted the best for her younger sister.
Shi Yang didn't believe a single word.
Don't expect someone who's inherently bad to suddenly become good.
She was going to perform, so she forced a smile and said, "Thank you for your blessings, sister. I hope you and your brother will get better and better."
Shi Yue sighed sadly, "I don't know if it's just my imagination, but A Yu doesn't seem to like me as much as before. I always feel like he's fallen for someone else."
Shi Yang replied casually, "How could that be? You are the person my brother cherishes most. Even if my brother loves many people, you are still the one he loves the most."
These words were anything but comforting; they were full of sarcasm.
Shi Yang acted as if she hadn't heard, then suddenly stopped in her tracks: "Yang Yang, do you think if I hadn't returned to China, you and Jin Yu would have already..."
"Shi Yue, it's all in the past now, there's no point in dwelling on 'what ifs'."
"Yes, I was worrying unnecessarily. I also hope that we sisters can get along peacefully in the future. I will make it up to you if you have done something wrong in the past."
As she passed a streetlamp, the stark white light illuminated Shi Yue, making her appear ghostly and menacing.
Shi Yang's eyes were expressionless, and she gave a forced smile: "Okay, we sisters will take care of each other from now on."
We walked for a while.
Shi Yue: "We've arrived."
Shi Yue found a bunch of keys under the carpet behind the door, inserted them into the lock cylinder and turned them.
The heavy wooden door was pushed open, and a smell mixed with rotten soil and alcohol wafted out.
"Go in, Yangyang."
Shi Yang stepped aside and made a gesture: "Please go first, elder sister."
Shi Yue smiled and stepped into the wine cellar first. She then expertly pressed the light switch.
As she said, the cellar was full of rare, high-quality wines. All kinds of wines were displayed on the shelves, a dazzling array.
As Shi Yang was wondering what kind of wine Ji Peiheng would like to drink, Shi Yue pointed to a bottle on the third shelf and said, "That's a bottle of Burgundy from an excellent vintage. Ayu likes to drink it."
As she spoke, she reached out to take it.
She struggled to stand on tiptoe for a long time before turning around and saying, "Yangyang, you're taller than me, please help me."
Shi Yang reached out and checked; it was almost there too.
Shi Yue glanced around and pointed to the corner: "There's a small stool over there, I'll go get it."
Shi Yang also took a liking to a bottle of wine, thinking that Ji Peiheng would like it, and turned to get it.
My fingertips just touched the cold wine bottle.
A loud "bang" came from behind, and the wooden door slammed shut.
Shi Yue's figure had already disappeared into the wine cellar.
Soon, the lights in the wine cellar went out, and Shi Yang was instantly swallowed by darkness. The boundless chill and gloom of the wine cellar enveloped him.
Shi Yang smiled.
I thought there were some sophisticated methods involved.
Shi Yue stood outside the door, swinging her keys in her hand, and said smugly, "Shi Yang, this door can't be opened from the inside. This place is in a remote location. Even if you shout at the top of your lungs, no one will know. Don't expect Ji Peiheng to make it here. By the time he gets here, will you still be able to hold on? You're so afraid of the dark, this period of time is enough to make you break down."
She knew better than anyone how afraid Shi Yang was of the dark, because it was all her doing. Her proudest achievement in life was leaving Shi Yang with a severe psychological trauma.
When she was little, whenever her mother locked her in a dark place, Shi Yang would cry and kneel down to beg her.
She turned on her phone and listened to some old recordings.
The voices inside were all pleading for mercy.
A series of heart-wrenching cries and pleas for mercy rang out, some of which were childish: "Sister, I was wrong, please forgive me, I will never do it again, I'm sorry."
Some of the older girls said, "Sister, I'll never take your toys from you again. I'm sorry, I'll give them back to you in a little while, please..."
Hearing these melodious pleas for mercy, Shi Yue felt a sense of complete pleasure.
"Shi Yang, after all these years without teaching you a lesson, you really think you're something special, you lowly thing, a monster afraid of the dark..." she said recklessly, "Beg me, beg me like before, beg me like a dog, and I'll have the mercy to let you out!"
Despite the countless insults and curses outside, Shi Yang remained calm. She turned on her phone's flashlight. There was no signal in the wine cellar, but she had set a timer before entering. If she couldn't get back within half an hour, her location would be automatically sent to Lu Qingqing's phone.
She took out her phone to record, then stuck it on the door, recording Shi Yue's crazed voice.
Shi Yue went berserk for a while, but seeing that she didn't move, she became furious: "You didn't die of fright, did you? Why aren't you saying anything? Why aren't you begging for mercy?"
A cold, indifferent voice came from behind: "You're suddenly doing this because you've realized Ji Jinyu doesn't love you anymore?"
One sentence struck a nerve with her.
Shi Yue kicked the door shut: "Shut up! Even if he doesn't like me, you can't be with him!"
She was filled with hatred. She had witnessed everything during the engagement dinner between the two families on that rainy night.
She could accept that Ji Jinyu no longer loved her, but she couldn't accept that Ji Jinyu had fallen in love with Shi Yang, especially since Ji Jinyu seemed to be considering breaking off the engagement.
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