When Hao Min went to ask, the classmates craned their necks to eavesdrop.
But Zhou Yi was very indifferent, as if he were asking a complete stranger.
"None of my business."
Seeing that Zhou Yi was so distant that he didn't even bother to look at her, Hao Min felt both anxious and discouraged.
She opened her mouth, wanting to probe for more information, but Zhou Yi had already left the classroom.
As soon as Zhou Yi left, the surrounding classmates immediately surrounded Hao Min, and some even urged, "Hao Min, didn't you go to Su Qingjiao's house?"
"Go and see why Su Qingjiao hasn't come to school for several days in a row. Is something wrong?"
"We are all very worried about Su Qingjiao."
I'm worried about her money.
After all, Su Qingjiao offered to pay for that meal, which is why they went. What does it mean that she's inexplicably disappeared for several days? Has she changed her mind?
A troubled look flashed across Hao Min's face.
She wouldn't do something so thankless and exhausting.
But she couldn't tell these people directly, since she was known in class for being easy to talk to and having a good temper, and only she knew where Su Qingjiao lived.
Hao Min sighed with a bitter face: "That's the most expensive villa area in the entire city of Luzhou. Without someone to guide us, we couldn't even get through the gate."
"Even if I get there, I can't get in. I'm sorry, I really can't help you."
“I know you’re worried about Jiaojiao, and I’m worried too, but we can only try to think positively. She’s probably just too busy these days, and maybe she’ll come back to school in a few days.”
Hao Min quickly left, afraid of being bothered by them again.
Meanwhile, Su Qingjiao, who had been missing for several days, had not taken a bath for several days. She was curled up on the ground, covered in dirt and smelling terrible. The odor emanating from her body was simply pungent.
She was awakened by the aroma of food.
When she woke up, she felt weak all over and dizzy. She opened and closed her eyes several times before she could finally see the people eating boxed lunches not far away.
She swallowed hard, and pleaded from her dry throat:
"I'm so hungry, give me something to eat."
"Please..."
She had no idea how many days she had been imprisoned. All she knew was that whenever she was about to starve, she would be given half a steamed bun. There was no water; she drank their urine instead.
Su Qingjiao was so hungry that her voice was so weak and feeble that it was almost like the buzzing of a mosquito.
Just when Su Qingjiao thought she was going to starve to death, the man who was eating finally noticed her.
Seeing that she was so hungry she was barely breathing, the man realized he hadn't fed Su Qingjiao all day: "Tsk tsk, want to eat? Fine, crawl over here on your knees."
The man poured the remaining portion of his boxed lunch onto the ground.
Su Qingjiao was so hungry that her eyes lit up at the sight of anything. She didn't care about leftovers or dirt. She crawled over on her knees and grabbed the leftovers on the ground, stuffing them into her mouth in big mouthfuls.
Her disheveled appearance was recorded in real time by video, and Zhang Qiang could see it as long as he opened the monitoring screen on his phone.
However, Zhang Qiang was not in the mood to see how miserably she was being tortured today. After lying in the hospital for so long, she could finally be discharged.
Early in the morning.
Zhang's father then came to complete Zhang Qiang's discharge procedures and drove the mother and son home, saying, "You've been given a second chance at life, so rest at home for a few more days. Don't rush back to school."
"The first thing you should do after you get to school is to go and apologize to Young Master Zhou, do you hear me?"
At the entrance of the residential compound, Zhang's father gave Zhang Qiang a stern warning, then rushed back to the company without even going inside the house.
Zhang Qiang returned to his room, closed the door, and turned on the monitor to check on Su Qingjiao's condition.
Having tormented Su Qingjiao for several days, and now that he's been discharged from the hospital, it's time to let her go.
After all, this is imprisonment. Su Qingjiao has been missing for so long, and if she is not released soon, things may escalate.
Zhang Qiang considered himself a law-abiding citizen, at most only skirting the edge of the law, and everything was within his tolerance.
After receiving the phone call, the guard walked up to Su Qingjiao.
Su Qingjiao reflexively begged for mercy, curling up in a corner: "Waaaaah, don't hit me, I've already told you everything."
"I really didn't lie."
"Please, let us go."
The man looked down at Su Qingjiao, his shadow enveloping her, making her appear like a mouse caught in a cat's clutches, unable to escape no matter how desperately she struggled.
The man squinted and said, "I'm getting a little tired of playing around, but what if I let you go and you go out and tell the police something?"
"I think it would be better to kill him to silence him."
Su Qingjiao trembled with fear: "I swear, I will never tell the police anything."
The man raised his foot, and Su Qingjiao, who had been trained to behave properly, hesitated for a moment, then rubbed her face against the sole of the man's leather shoe, waiting for him to kick her.
The man kicked her hard, and Su Qingjiao's head hit the wall with a dull thud. Su Qingjiao was in so much pain that she didn't dare to make a sound, and could only bite her lower lip tightly.
“Remember the lessons of the past few days. If you dare to say a word to the police, hehe, we may not have much, but we have plenty of brothers. Besides, with your minor injury and commotion, our boss can protect you. At most, you'll just get detained.”
"But then you're finished, you understand?"
Seeing Su Qingjiao crying and swearing, the man sneered, turned around and took away the surveillance camera, and then cleaned up the scene one last time.
He made sure that even if the police came, they wouldn't find any clues, and then he casually left with his hands in his pockets.
Hearing the engine sound outside, Su Qingjiao remained curled up on the ground, not daring to make any movement.
Perhaps this is yet another way for them to torture themselves; if they try to escape, they will be caught and beaten severely.
She thought to herself that she would never be fooled.
A few minutes later.
She didn't see anyone come in; it seemed the person guarding her had gone out and never returned.
Could it be...?
Was it Zhou Yi who called the police? Was it Zhou Yi who came to rescue her?
Su Qingjiao waited a few more minutes before mustering her courage to go out.
It wasn't until the warmth of the sunlight touched her that she realized she had actually come out.
Is there no one outside?
The person guarding her has really left!
Su Qingjiao burst into tears of joy and ran outside.
Fearing being discovered and chased by those people, Su Qingjiao was exhausted and hungry along the way, but she dared not slow down and remained on edge. She only relaxed after escaping to the city.
"It stinks..."
"Get away from her quickly..."
Seeing pedestrians pinching their noses and quickly walking past her, Su Qingjiao felt both aggrieved and angry. She did indeed have a strong smell of urine and vomit on her.
She was still more than ten kilometers away from the Zhou family villa, and she was so hungry that she could not walk anymore, but she dared not ask the authorities for help.
She had originally wanted to borrow money from someone, but seeing all the pedestrians keeping at least eight meters away from her, they would run away as soon as she approached.
Su Qingjiao, filled with resentment, followed the route she remembered to get home.
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