At this moment, the woman hanging on the cross-shaped torture device was dressed in rags, her face unrecognizable, and large areas of her clothes were torn, revealing flesh covered in whip marks. There was not an inch of her body that was unharmed.
Suddenly witnessing everything, Yu Qianqian stared at the woman in surprise, her eyes gradually revealing fear. She hadn't seen Su Ruan for a long time, and seeing this scene now shocked her. This was Su Ruan's current appearance.
Imagine a perfectly healthy person who is repeatedly plunged into despair, enduring the poisonous consequences of their own actions every day, experiencing the cruelest tortures, having their hope extinguished in chaos, and their life forever plunged into darkness, devoid of any light. That would be reaping what they sowed.
Yu Qianqian told Mu Beichen to wait aside. She walked closer to the woman step by step, her gaze fixed on the woman's bloodstained face. Her eyes were so direct, seemingly devoid of any anxiety. No matter how much she glared at her, whether with resentment or hatred, she never received any response from that face.
Her eyes, her expression, that almost foolish lookâthese are things that no normal person could imitate.
Yu Qianqian walked quickly to Su Ruan and stopped, staring with a pair of bright and angry eyes. She followed Su Ruan's gaze, but after a long while, she couldn't find any clues.
She stared intently at her, her gaze fixed on her, while the other woman's eyes were fixed on her, her face now showing only oppression and panic, as well as the weakness and helplessness that she always revealed.
Su Ruan sobbed under her gaze, her face soon covered in blood and tears, but she didn't utter a single word even after most of the day had passed.
Yu Qianqian scrutinized her closely, her emotions incredibly complex: "The resentment between us runs too deep. Whether I live or die in this life, it cannot atone for your sins. If I could do it all over again, I would give anything to just brush past you; even if you were torn to pieces and your bones were reduced to ashes, it wouldn't change my hatred for you! But... I don't want to force myself anymore. I don't want to live in hatred forever. For my own sake, I'm willing to give up everything. Su Ruan, I only wish that we would never have any connection again in this life, that we had never met..."
After saying this, she turned to the side and closed her eyes. Due to a momentary loss of control of her emotions, she stumbled and took several steps backward.
Immediately following behind, Mu Beichen rushed over with lightning speed and caught her from behind. "Qianqian, are you alright?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing!" Yu Qianqian reacted, immediately regained her footing, turned to face him and shook her head decisively, her tone unusually indignant.
Immediately afterwards, the jailer obeyed the order and untied Su Ruan, then walked away in a flurry around them.
Yu Qianqian remained motionless in the same spot, her pale face expressionless, her eyes lowered and staring straight at the ground.
She felt completely empty inside, and she couldn't take it anymore. At that moment, she really needed someone to lean on.
Mu Beichen seemed to have known everything beforehand, but he chose to remain silent. He knew she couldn't bear it much, so he gently held her head against his chest, soothing her with his gentle touch, letting her cry out in his arms...
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