Chapter 171 Punishment
Xu Chuchu didn't react from beginning to end, and Shao Zhi outside the window almost suffocated when she saw this scene!
No, it wasn't that woman who used some evil magic to control Xiao Yu. It was Xiao Yu who imprisoned that woman because he was worried that she would escape!
Although Shao Zhi didn't like Xu Chuchu, she had been severely punished by her and had seen how she dealt with people. She admitted that she was indeed a capable monster.
I didn't expect that a monster like this would be taken in by Xiao Yu.
She had become as dull as a puppet, practically indistinguishable from a walking corpse... What had Xiao Yu done to her?!
For the first time, Shao Zhi felt scared because of Xiao Yu. She only wanted to marry Xiao Yu and didn't care about his strange illness and rumors, but she never thought that he would be a pervert who imprisoned and controlled women!
It was also the first time that she was glad that Xiao Yu fell in love with Xu Chuchu and not her.
If she had been locked up for so many years, she would have gone crazy long ago. What's the point of being rich and famous? She'd be better off dead!
At this time, Xiao Yu picked up Xu Chuchu after washing her feet, put her in a huge iron cage wrapped with a red ribbon, and then locked it.
…He locked her in a cage! Is this how people are treated? Worse than animals!
Shao Zhi felt something was wrong and subconsciously wanted to escape, but then she saw Xiao Yu touching Xu Chuchu's face in ecstasy.
"I haven't touched your body for several hours. It's really unbearable. But don't be impatient, wait a little longer..." He spoke while touching her, his voice seemed to tremble a little.
"I'll go take care of that eavesdropping rat first."
Eavesdropping... Shao Zhi realized that he was talking about her, and was horrified. She turned around and ran away!
However, she was just a weak woman who was powerless, so how could she escape the pursuit of those who were interested?
Xiao Yu walked out of the room calmly and clapped his hands casually. Two teams of servants rushed out from the dark and quickly subdued Shao Zhi.
"Let me go, let me go, you monsters!" Shao Zhi screamed, "Master, Master Xiao! I'm sorry! I didn't see or hear anything. Please let me go! I won't trouble you again!"
"Words are not enough, Miss Shao." Xiao Yu smiled contemptuously and said to the servant, "Take him away."
Shao Zhi was escorted by several strong men to a dark room without windows.
She screamed and cried all the way, shouting things like "I am the eldest daughter of the Shao family" and "My grandmother is the Empress Dowager's close friend for many years", but no one was moved.
Everyone in the mansion was busy with their own work. Ever since their master's temperament changed drastically, they all kept their heads down, fearing that they would be the next to suffer.
Upon hearing the news, Ah Fu rushed over from a distance. Seeing Shao Zhi being escorted away, he secretly regretted that he did not send her out personally, giving her the opportunity to cause trouble.
But when he heard her shrill cries of pain and saw the silence of the people around her, he felt that... the Xiao Mansion was no longer the same Xiao Mansion.
Shao Zhi was pinned to the ground by two servants and made to kneel in front of Xiao Yu who was sitting in the middle.
She looked around the darkroom and was filled with extreme fear.
It was like a warehouse, filled with boxes and jars she had never seen before.
There are whisks and compasses used by fortune tellers, various weapons, and even terrifying torture instruments that make people shudder at the sight of them.
I don’t know what’s in the rows of jars on the shelves. Some of them even shake by themselves, as if they contain some living thing.
No one was more afraid of these unknown jars than Shao Zhi. She once saw Xu Chuchu take out a small black snake from such a jar and feed it into her mouth. That was her lifelong nightmare.
"Please forgive me, Master Xiao...Brother Yu!" she cried, "Azhi really knows she's wrong. Azhi promises she won't say a word!"
Xiao Yu was turning over the jars one by one, frowning, as if he had forgotten what was in each jar.
"You know what?" he said lightly, "Chuchu criticized me for you a few days ago."
"What……"
"She said that I knew what kind of woman you were, but I still pretended to be calm and cared for you like a younger sister." He continued, "I think she's right. It's indeed a bit hypocritical, so I decided to change my ways."
"I don't know what you're talking about... I'm sincere to you!" Shao Zhi yelled, "Brother Yu! I came here today to tell you that I don't care about your illness, and I'm willing to be with you! If you don't accept it, that's fine, but don't hurt a girl who has feelings for you!"
Xiao Yu was still concentrating on looking at the jars one by one, not even glancing at her.
"Does it matter whether it's sincere or not?" he asked.
"What do you mean?"
Xiao Yu suddenly stood up: "You've been stuck between Chuchu and me for too long. She's been in a bad mood recently, maybe it's because of you."
"Me? I haven't done anything recently... recently!" Shao Zhi broke out in a cold sweat again.
She finally realized that Xiao Yu's words and actions now had no logic at all.
Whatever he thinks, that is what he gets.
"No one can come between Chuchu and me, no matter if it's a man or a woman." Xiao Yu suddenly stood up and walked in front of Shao Zhi.
"Pinch her mouth open," he instructed his men.
"No, no! Don't feed me those things anymore, no, please!" Shao Zhi struggled desperately, but it was of no use.
The two servants holding her down were very strong, and soon her chin was pinched and she was forced to open her mouth.
She felt Xiao Yu hand the cold earthenware jar to her lips, shaking it and pouring it down.
Then something alive crawled out of the jar, up her tongue, and down her esophagus.
She sobbed and tried desperately to vomit it out, but it was no use.
She didn't even know what she had swallowed, she only knew it had a lot of legs and was hairy!
"For your brother's sake, I'll spare your life." Xiao Yu put the jar back in its place and said slowly, "But I'm not as kind as Chu Chu. I'm just trying to intimidate you."
"From now on, it will devour your flesh and blood every three months. It might be painful. If you appear before us again, or tell others about what you saw or heard today... it will devour you completely from the inside out."
Then he smiled again and said, "Just this one cost me three thousand taels of silver."
Shao Zhi suddenly found the strength to break free from the two servants, and lay on the ground, retching continuously.
"You can't, you can't do this to me... I have feelings for you..."
She regrets it now, regrets it so much!
She shouldn't have coveted status... A man like Xiao Yu is simply not someone an ordinary woman can touch!
"Throw it away." Xiao Yu frowned. "I hate hearing this."
…
For the next period of time, Xiao Yu was still busy with the important matters at hand, and from time to time he would call Ah Fu to ask about the progress of the wedding preparations.
What progress could there possibly be? There was nothing to prepare for.
He also asked Ah Fu about the expenses for the preparations. Ah Fu told him honestly that he was also very dissatisfied and said that Chu Chu's wedding should not be so cheap.
But Ah Fu had no other choice. Without ceremony and guests, where would he spend the money?
"Master Xu." Finally, Ah Fu brought a tray of various jewelry to Xu Chuchu, "Please choose the jewelry you want to wear on your wedding day. These are all the best in the capital, selected by the young master himself."
"Anything is fine." Xu Chuchu turned a page of the book without even raising her eyes.
Ah Fu took a deep breath and said in a pleading tone, "Please pick one."
Xu Chuchu didn't want to make things difficult for Ah Fu, so she just grabbed a few golden items and prepared to deal with the matter.
But he was surprised to find that under the gold jewelry, there was a white paper package the size of a fingernail.
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