Shang Wu narrowed her eyes: "Where is Chen Mian?"
Another person said, "Locked inside."
The bodyguard captain immediately looked at Zhou Yanci.
"Go and confirm it."
Of all these people, Zhou Yanci was specifically asked to go and confirm.
The group looked at Zhou Yanci with curiosity, feeling both unhappy and a little jealous that he had gotten a chance to perform in front of President Shang.
Zhou Yanci stiffened slightly, and it took her two seconds to lift her foot and walk over.
He went to the door, took the key hanging next to him, and opened the door.
Even during the day, the house is very damp and dark, and when you open the door, you are hit with a musty smell.
Zhou Yanci could smell it even through her mask. After her eyes adjusted to the light inside, she finally saw a bed facing the door.
On the bed, Chenmian lay on her side with her back to the door, wearing a gray cotton and linen dress. It was unclear whether this was her natural color or if it was filthy.
Hearing someone push the door open and come in from behind, she said calmly, "It's not time to deliver food yet, what are you doing here?"
Zhou Yanci's breath hitched.
"Are you thinking about women again?"
Chenmian snorted coldly, sat up, and finally turned to face Zhou Yanci.
In just one week, she had been tortured beyond recognition.
She had lost a lot of weight, her hair was dry and dull, her face was haggard and sallow, and the scabbed scars were dark red, tangled on her face like tree roots without nutrients.
Chenmian stood up abruptly, without even glancing at Zhou Yanci, and took off her wide long dress.
Zhou Yanci's pupils constricted.
Shen Mian frowned and looked up at him: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up! Remember to give me an extra steamed bun when you're done, I'm starving." She didn't recognize Zhou Yanci.
Zhou Yanci's eyes widened in shock and fear. He didn't dare to meet Shen Mian's gaze for even a second. When he turned away, his throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton. After a long while, he lowered his voice and said, "There's a woman in the house. Everything is safe."
Chenmian was stunned for a moment, then immediately walked to the door. The moment she saw Shang Wu, she stopped abruptly.
Shang Wu pursed her lips, staring at her inhuman and ghostly appearance, and couldn't help but step closer.
She had just heard what Chenmian said, and it was hard to imagine the inhuman torture she was suffering here.
Seeing Chenmian's barely clothed state, Shangwu felt a pang of unease in her heart.
As a woman herself, she couldn't bear to watch this scene and coldly ordered, "Turn around, everyone! Don't look!"
As if waking from a dream, everyone turned their backs.
Zhou Yanci stood inside, motionless.
Shang Wu rummaged through the trunk and found a long coat, then draped it over Chen Mian's shoulders and buttoned it up.
She was so thin that she could barely keep her head up at the shoulders.
She didn't pull him away, but just numbly pursed her lips.
Shang Wu's eyes trembled slightly as she looked at her stunned expression, feeling an indescribable sense of oppression and suffocation in her heart.
She took a deep breath: "Chenmian, are you alright?"
Chenmian stared intently at her. "Where's Zhou Yanci? That beast, did you catch him?"
Shang Wu looked past her and at the person standing in the room, saying slowly and deliberately, "I've caught him. If you want revenge, I'll let you do whatever you want with me."
"Really?" A strange light suddenly flashed in his slumbering eyes.
Zhou Yanci swallowed hard, her legs stiffening and going numb uncontrollably.
He didn't know if Shang Wu was trying to comfort Chen Mian or if she had truly found his trail and was about to discover his identity.
Shang Wu said calmly, "Of course. Tell me, do you want to do something to him to vent your anger? As long as you don't kill him, you can do whatever you want."
Before she could finish speaking, Chenmian nodded vigorously without hesitation: "Of course, I couldn't be happier! He hurt me like this, locking me up and only giving me one meal a day. These bodyguards, with no one to control them, resorted to violence against me. Now they're not even giving me food; I have to serve them to get a single steamed bun! Tell me, how could I not take revenge!"
She gritted her teeth fiercely and took a step back like a ghost.
"If I hadn't been holding onto my pride, either to get revenge on Zhou Yanci or to find out he was in jail, I wouldn't be alive today!"
Shang Wu quietly looked at her distressed and disheveled appearance, and thought of Ji Yu.
Ji Yu is now in prison and has come forward to expose more of Zhou Yanci's deeds.
She had experienced the same thing before.
These bodyguards who follow Zhou Yanci are ruthless and capable of anything. They treated Ji Yu like this last time, and now they've even ruined the woman Zhou Yanci once loved...
"good."
Shang Wu closed her eyes briefly to compose herself.
She looked up, her gaze fixed directly and coldly on the person inside the room.
"Men, tie Zhou Yanci up."
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