"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!"
Shi Youxi gritted his teeth, the taste of blood spreading between his teeth. His jaw tightened, and he pulled it back forcefully.
The entire tunnel was filled with Bao Huiyi's low, hoarse screams, like those of a wild beast.
Fuck your mother!
Bao Hui also touched the wooden stick on the ground and swung it at Shi Youxi's face, and the biting force on his ear loosened.
Bao Hui also covered his earlobe, which had already separated from his face, and swung it hard at Shi Youxi's head.
"Fuck your mother! Fuck your mother! You dare bite me!"
"I'll beat you to death, bite me if you want!"
"Come and bite me if you dare!"
"You son of a bitch!"
Shi Youxi's head and neck were repeatedly struck, making him dizzy. His vision was blurred with blood, but even so, the boy still had a strange smile on his face.
"Hehe, does it sound nice, sister's voice?"
Bao Hui was also exhausted. He leaned on the wooden stick and gasped for breath. He looked at Shi Youxi, who was laughing loudly, and suddenly felt a little wary.
When Shi Youxi tied Bao Huiyi up in the basement and pierced his tongue, Shi Youxi laughed like that while cutting off Bao Huiyi's tongue, even though he was the one being beaten.
This person seems to be unable to feel pain.
No, it should be said that these pains made him feel pleasure.
Bao Hui didn't know why he had become timid. His hand holding the wooden stick trembled. He was not very brave to begin with, otherwise he would have killed You Xi the moment he was tied up, instead of setting fire to cover up his murderous intent.
Shi Youxi licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, the strong, fishy smell of rust.
He had a throbbing pain in the back of his head, his mouth was split open, and his face was probably swollen.
But he deserved it.
It was because he failed to protect his sister, because he didn't stay by her side, that his sister was implicated because of him.
He deserved it.
Compared to the pain her sister was experiencing in the darkness, Shi Youxi felt that her physical pain was nothing.
but…
Shi Youxi stared at Bao Huiyi with wide, bloodshot eyes: "But you, look at my sister's eyes, touch my sister's hands, hear my sister's voice, smell my sister's scent."
"I'm going to dig them all out."
Shi Youxi's phoenix eyes reflected a deep, dark light; at this moment, he resembled a demonic son who had lost his mind.
"Not only will I dig it out, I'll also skin you and make you into a doll, to be whipped every single day—"
"Madman! Madman! You're a madman!"
Bao Hui was also provoked by his crazy words, and he picked up a wooden stick and swung it around Shi Youxi's body without regard for anything else.
Just then.
A sudden noise came from above, the entrance to the tunnel was pulled up, and a woman's voice rang out intermittently, accompanied by the deafening alarm bells that echoed throughout the courtyard.
"Cheng Mo! It really is you! I knew it was you!"
Bao Huiyi: "Damn, how does anyone know about this place?"
Bao Hui hurriedly dropped the wooden stick. He glanced at Shi Youxi, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and gritted his teeth in resentment.
The conversation grew louder, and the people at the entrance walked inside!
There's no time left.
He had poured flammable organic matter along the tunnel wall, and the fire at the back gate of the villa would soon reach here.
Bao Hui also picked up his bag, pried open Shi Youxi's mouth, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth haphazardly with his clothes, and finally picked up a wooden stick and ran out towards the other end of the tunnel.
Shi Youxi lay on the ground in a daze, not knowing why the force that had been hitting her had disappeared. Then she heard Bao Huiyi's hurried footsteps as he left.
Regardless of why Bao Huiyi left, the most important thing now is to find her sister.
His sister must still be waiting for him.
He needs to get there quickly.
With his hands tied behind his back, Shi Youxi pressed his head against the concrete floor and slowly moved his body to get up.
I could hear voices.
Is that Shi Si?
"Shi Si, I'm here—" Shi Youxi shouted hoarsely, but received no answer.
"Cheng Mo, you've finally come to pick me up! I've been waiting for you for so long, so very long..."
"..."
Shi Youxi was stunned for a moment, then he instantly came to his senses.
This is...my mother's voice.
He vigorously wiped the blood clots from his eyes with his collar.
In the dimly lit tunnel ahead, the figures of two people embracing came into his view.
It's Bai Shengsheng and Cheng Mo.
Cheng Mo transformed into Alex's appearance.
Shi Youxi saw his mother, her eyes filled with tears, tightly embracing the man.
The look in Bai Shengsheng's eyes was the one Shi Youxi knew best; it was the look of intense love that Bai Shengsheng only had when Shi Youxi played Cheng Mo.
Bai Shengsheng had never looked at her husband, Shi Yan, like that before.
She had never looked at her son, Shi Youxi, like that before.
It's always been Cheng Mo...
Cheng Mo dodged Bai Shengsheng's hand. "Don't look at this face. It's not pretty... I'm sorry, Shengsheng. In order to escape from there and not be discovered by Shi Yan, I had no choice but to have this face."
Bai Shengsheng tearfully cupped his face, stroking his skin inch by inch. Her eyes were filled with heartache, pity, and love, but Shi Youxi, a few steps away, felt a pain in his heart that made it hard to breathe.
The fire spread in through the back door and quickly entered the tunnel.
The wall, which had been sprinkled with flammable organic matter by Bao Huiyi, came into contact with a spark and instantly burst into flames.
"Sheng Sheng, watch out! The fire is coming down!"
Not only was there a fire, but Shi Yan and the Shi Men people in the villa were also looking for her, their voices drawing ever closer.
Bai Shengsheng: "Let's go! Let's hurry and get to Cheng Mo."
Bai Shengsheng and Cheng Mo ran into the tunnel. The firelight illuminated the tunnel, and the boy's disheveled and broken body appeared in front of them.
"Mother...."
Bai Shengsheng was stunned: "Xiao Xi... how come you're here..." Then she realized what was happening and immediately stood in front of Cheng Mo.
Shi Youxi: "....."
"Mother... are you going with him...?"
"You...don't want me and Father anymore...?"
Bai Shengsheng stared at her stiffly, not answering Shi Youxi, but her hand was tightly holding the person behind her.
Shi Youxi suddenly felt very sad.
He recalled Shi Yan kneeling on the thousand-step staircase, and how Bai Shengsheng, even when she was hurt by him, still acted as Cheng Mo embracing his mother when she was having an attack.
His gaze towards Bai Shengsheng became complicated, and his voice was low and cold: "Mother, you can't leave. Neither of you can leave either!"
The fire burned the wall, and the lime fell down. At the same time, the cement slab on the top of the tunnel collapsed along with the mud.
"Xiao Xi!"
"Sheng Sheng, watch out!"
Cheng Mo pinned Bai Shengsheng down, using cement slabs, mud, and gravel to shield himself, while Shi Youxi, with no one to protect him and unable to run, was completely pinned down.
"Cheng Mo, are you... are you in pain? Your head is bleeding!"
Cheng Mo covered Bai Shengsheng's eyes: "Let's go quickly, Shengsheng, come with me."
“Okay, we…” Bai Shengsheng helped Cheng Mo stand up. She saw Shi Youxi, who was trapped under the cement slab and covered in blood, and her pupils contracted sharply. “Xiao Xi!”
She tried to run over and move the concrete slab, but Shi Si's voice came from the tunnel entrance: "The tunnel! It's in the tunnel! Young Master is here!"
"They're here! Sheng Sheng, let's go!"
Cheng Mo forcefully pulled Bai Shengsheng close, "He won't die, Shengsheng! If we don't leave now, we'll miss our chance."
Bai Shengsheng shifted her gaze from Shi Youxi to the injured Cheng Mo, "Okay... let's go!"
Bai Shengsheng, holding Cheng Mo's hand, ran towards the other side without looking back. They supported each other all the way, as the tunnel led to Shi Youxi's study.
As long as they escape before Shi Yan's men discover them, the two of them can do so. Cheng Mo's men will be waiting for them in the villa's courtyard.
Bai Shengsheng went up the stairs first. She pushed open the door and then pulled Cheng Mo up with her.
As soon as the two stood up, they saw the mahogany table in the study, where a handsome man sat elegantly in a chair.
Shi Yan moved his gaze up from their clasped hands, fixing it on Bai Shengsheng's bloodless face. He chuckled softly, "Shengsheng, you've finally come."
"....."
*
Amidst flickering flames and billowing smoke and swirling dust, Shi Youxi lay face down on the ground with her eyes closed, the boy pinned beneath a broken concrete slab, his handsome face covered in blood.
"Shi Youxi..."
Mu Yiran stumbled over and looked at Shi Youxi. A scene flashed before her eyes: her parents lying in the car, their heads covered in blood.
It's the same... and it's the same again...
Mu Yiran was watching them from outside again.
"No...."
Shi Si covered his mouth and nose and ran to Shi Youxi's side. He forcefully lifted the cement slab. The other two people at the entrance of the tunnel wanted to come in. "Don't come in! The tunnel is too small. Go and put out the fire at the entrance!"
"Blocking everyone in the tunnel will only increase the risk."
Fortunately, Shi Youxi managed to take a defensive action the moment the cement slab fell. In order not to increase any potential damage to Shi Youxi, he could only lift the cement slab up.
Mu Yiran placed the wet wipe that Guan Shiyan had given her over Shi Youxi's mouth and nose.
"elder sister..."
"I'm here! Just bear with me, it'll be quick, very quick!"
Shi Si had to avoid inhaling the thick smoke while also moving the cement block. "I can't lift this one," Shi Si said, bending down to look at Mu Yiran.
That concrete slab supports the other concrete slabs; without this load-bearing slab, the others will collapse.
"They forcibly pulled the young master out; his leg..."
Shi Youxi was already in a semi-conscious state, but her right hand was still unconsciously gripping Mu Yiran's skirt.
Mu Yiran: "...cough cough, I'll hold on, you carry the young master out,"
Shi Si: "No! You cough cough! It's too dangerous for you. You'll be the one who can't hold on and gets crushed underneath!"
Mu Yiran looked at her strangely drooping hand and suddenly smiled, "I... my hand has no strength..."
She couldn't carry Shi Youxi out at all.
She stood up abruptly, her tone resolute: "That's it, I'll hold on, hurry up!"
Mu Yiran walked towards Shi Si, but felt a resistance beneath her. Shi Youxi was tightly gripping her skirt and wouldn't let go no matter what.
"Young Master, Young Master, let go." Mu Yiran tried to pry his hand open, but her fingers were weak and powerless as she tried to move Shi Youxi's hand.
She leaned close to the boy's ear: "Let go, young master, I'll carry you out. Be good, okay?"
Upon hearing her voice, Shi Youxi stammered, "Sister..."
A soft touch brushed against her ear, causing Shi Youxi's eyelids to tremble slightly, and she released her grip.
Mu Yiran ran to the cement slab that Shi Si was supporting, braced herself against it, and watched as Shi Si carefully carried Shi Youxi out.
"Wait for me! I'll come in as soon as I see the young master out!" Shi Youxi was carried on Shi Si's shoulder as they walked out.
At that moment, the cement slab above their heads loosened.
"Watch out! Shi Youxi—"
The force of the thrust was intense, and Shi Youxi opened her eyes, "Sister..."
He hadn't misheard; his sister really had come, but she pushed him away.
Why did you push him away?
Don't push him away, don't leave him...
The collapsed cement slabs and clods of earth obscured the girl's face, and Shi Youxi could no longer see Mu Yiran.
He shouldn't have let go.
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