Hearing the police officer's exclamation, Song Xia almost lost her balance, thinking that something had happened to Zhili.
Her face was pale, and her hands and feet had never trembled so uncontrollably before. When she reached the entrance to the basement, she almost collapsed.
Seeing the girl covered in blood, she used all her strength to hug her tightly.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Mom is here."
Zhili's eyes were lifeless, and she was like a doll, being manipulated at will.
The police officers looked at Zhili strangely, then took pictures of the scene.
The doctor arrived quickly, but apart from Song Xia, she strongly resisted the approach of anyone else. She then vomited violently, expelling bits of meat and blood from her mouth along with the vomit until her stomach was completely empty, even the acidic fluid was gone.
At this point, it was impossible for the police to take any more statements. Song Xia had hired a lawyer, and there were also people from the embassy present. No one could force Zhili to do anything anymore.
By the time Zhili was cleaned up, most of the day had passed. She had many injuries, some from beatings and others from bites.
Apart from Song Xia, no one else was allowed to touch her injuries. So, under the doctor's guidance, Song Xia disinfected, applied medicine, and bandaged her wounds. Song Xia also personally administered the IV drips. Even the doctor was amazed by Song Xia's quick learning speed and her ruthlessness towards herself.
To ensure the needle could be inserted, she would test it on herself several times at the nurses' station before giving it to Zhili.
"Go to sleep." The medicine contained a sedative, but Zhili couldn't close her eyes.
Song Xia felt extremely distressed. Whenever she thought of the scene where she found Zhili, her heart ached as if it were being stabbed with needles. This would likely become a lifelong shadow in the child's mind.
That foreign man died a horrible death.
Police have initially determined that they have killed at least four girls.
Song Xia couldn't imagine what Zhili had gone through back then.
The only fortunate thing was that Zhili won the battle and survived.
"I'm sorry, it's Mom's fault for not protecting you." Song Xia gently stroked Zhili's cheek. The medicine slowly took effect, and Zhili's eyelids gradually drooped, but she quickly woke up again, waving her hands and feet in fear.
Song Xia hugged Zhili tightly again and again, constantly saying comforting words.
Gradually, Zhili hugged her own legs, and Song Xia followed suit, wrapping her arms around her.
"Xiaoling, is there any way to make Zhili fall asleep without hurting her or putting her in her mouth?"
“There is a medicine that you can smell that can put her to sleep completely and nourish her nerves, but it can’t heal her emotional wounds.”
"Change it for me."
After giving Zhili the medicine, her body visibly softened, and Song Xia secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, this couldn't go on. Zhili gagged even when she drank a sip of water and couldn't eat anything at all.
She gently closed the door: "Has the therapist you invited arrived?"
"We've arrived and are currently speaking with the doctors and police to understand the patient's condition and what happened."
After instructing her assistant on a few more things, Song Xia picked up her phone only to find it was out of battery. When she finally charged it and turned it on, it was full of missed calls and messages.
She dialed Wenwen's number, and Wenwen answered immediately: "Mom, did you save Zhili?"
After a long silence, Song Xia replied in a hoarse voice as Wenwen waited anxiously, "Found it."
Wenwen noticed something was wrong with her: "Did something else happen? Could it be that pervert..."
"Zhili was not physically injured. Those who tried to harm her were killed by her. What's serious for Zhili now is psychological damage."
Song Xia didn't tell Wenwen the details of Zhili's counterattack. Many years later, when Zhili had almost let go of the past and talked about it herself, it made Wenwen feel nauseous and unable to eat.
"It's good that no one is seriously injured." Wenwen didn't think much of him and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was just a lingering effect that would soon pass. "Then, Mom, when are you planning to come back?"
"We'll have to wait a while to see how Zhili is doing."
"Okay." Wenwen hung up the phone with relief. When she went to the airport to pick up Song Xia and Zhili half a month later and saw how thin and frail the two of them were, she belatedly realized that things were not so simple.
But her mother avoided talking about it, and Zhili was even more unable to open up, so she could only bury her heartache deep inside.
Yu Peiyan is truly a traitor. Because of her greed and resentment, Zhili has suffered such a great ordeal.
Cheng Shizhang and Cheng Zhibo also came to visit. Song Xia had nothing to hide from them, and the two felt guilty and dared not approach.
"She was arrested over there, will she be extradited back?"
“She’ll serve her full sentence in jail before she comes back.” A ruthless glint flashed in Song Xia’s eyes. This outcome was entirely Yu Peiyan’s doing.
In foreign countries, they don't care if it's your daughter or not. As long as kidnapping is committed, the police can prosecute you. The voice messages and text messages she sent to Song Xia asking for money are evidence of her kidnapping.
An Asian woman imprisoned abroad—it's easy to imagine that her life wouldn't be easy. Cheng Shizhang sighed, his face ashen. How did things come to this?
"I'll leave Zhili in your care from now on. Please transfer her household registration to your side to avoid future troubles. I will take Zhibo with me when I leave City C."
The two tall men looked as if their bodies were bent under the weight, but Song Xia couldn't feel any sympathy for them.
Song Xia turned and went to the kitchen to cook. After the psychologist's guidance, Zhili was able to eat some food, but it could only be cooked by Song Xia herself, and it had to be vegetarian.
As long as she's willing to eat, Song Xia is willing to endure any hardship.
After returning, Cheng Shizhang and Cheng Zhibo quickly dealt with the remaining matters of Cheng's Group, then packed up and left City C. Although the company is still called Cheng's Group, they no longer have any shares. Fortunately, the older generation of the Cheng family had accumulated a lot of old things, so after everything was auctioned off, the father and son were still able to keep a little money for settling down. However, they could no longer live the extravagant life of the past. They could live a simple life by cutting back on their clothes and food for a while.
Originally, given Yu Peiyan's actions this time, Song Xia didn't want to bid on the Cheng family's villa anymore. But after thinking about it, she figured it wouldn't matter if it was just left there, so she bought it anyway.
Years later, the house was still transferred to Zhili because it was large enough and in a good location, so Zhili turned it into a jewelry exhibition hall.
A month after returning home, Zhili's daily routine consisted of sleeping, eating, and staring blankly at the sky. Wenwen would come back every day to talk to her, while Song Xia would take care of her attentively and then forcefully drag Zhili downstairs for a walk.
Song Xia also bought her a cat and a dog. Zhili didn't object, but she only allowed the two little creatures to sleep near her feet.
Then one day, she suddenly hugged Song Xia and burst into tears.
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