Chapter 54. If you love me, kiss me
Fang Ziyao had just walked a short distance from the intersection and turned on her phone to check the messages when she realized the phone in her hand was not hers. It suddenly rang. When she was packing up, Xu Jiaru asked her to help her take down her phone, but she forgot to put it back when she left.
What a fool.
After spitting softly, Fang Ziyao turned around and ran back to chase her, but she saw Xu Jiaru being held by two men and dragged into a black commercial vehicle on the street.
Fang Ziyao was extremely shocked and her whole body tensed up. Looking at the car about to start, she quickly calmed down, turned on the camera, and took a picture of the license plate with shaking hands.
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The TV was playing in the living room. Xie Fei was wearing an apron and making supper for Xu Jiaru in the kitchen. At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang. He wiped his hands, took off his apron, picked up the phone from the dining table, looked at the words "Wife" written by Xu Jiaru on it, and smiled: "Come back soon——"
"Is this Xie Fei? Jiaru was kidnapped. It was a black business car with a license plate of..." An anxious voice came from the phone.
Xie Fei's eyes darkened instantly, and he was extremely angry. As his mind moved, the entire Kyoto, every street and every alley flashed quickly through his mind.
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When Xu Jiaru woke up, she found herself lying on the cold ground. The room was dark, with only a little dim light coming in through a small window high on the wall. She could vaguely see a lot of waste piled up around her.
Her hands and feet were tied tightly, and Xu Jiaru felt stiff and uncomfortable. Her mouth was also tightly sealed with a piece of tape. She rubbed her way up to the ground and sat up. She could faintly hear the low conversation of several men outside the house.
"Lao Wu, when will the buyer come? It will be difficult to take the person away once he wakes up."
"She's coming soon." Another person replied, "It's a gloomy day today. I'm afraid it's going to rain heavily. No one will notice her then. At worst, we can give her some sleeping pills and let her sleep over there."
"No, this drug is of inferior quality. It is harmful if used too much. If someone becomes stupid, the buyer might want to return it." Another person said.
After just these two sentences, there was no sound outside.
Xu Jiaru huddled up in fear. She guessed that she might have met a human trafficker. The scenes of the abducted women in Zhao Village that she had seen on TV last year suddenly popped up in her mind. Her body couldn't help but shiver, and her face turned pale as snow. A chill rose from the bottom of her heart and rushed straight to her scalp. The hairs on her body were frozen stiff, and tears as big as beans kept pouring out of her eyes. She was afraid of startling the people outside, so she could only sob quietly.
I prayed secretly in my heart - Brother Fei, please save me, I don’t want to be sold, please save me!
Every second felt like an age in the dim room. The fear in her heart made Xu Jiaru concentrate her attention to stare at the door, trying hard to listen to the sounds outside.
After an unknown amount of time, a car seemed to be approaching amid the sound of the drizzling rain, followed by a man's excited voice: "Here it comes, there was a traffic jam, but it came pretty fast."
Xu Jiaru's body instantly tensed up. She tried to calm down and listened attentively with bated breath.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, a miserable scream rang out, and a series of crackling sounds of collision and thrashing reached Xu Jiaru's ears clearly. She struggled to get up and rubbed against the crack of the door to take a look, but because of fear, she was so weak all over that her feet were frozen on the ground and she couldn't even lift them up.
The screams gradually turned into painful groans and wails, and the pleas for mercy became lower and lower.
Xu Jiaru couldn't tell friend from foe and didn't dare to speak rashly. Just as she hesitated, the door was kicked open and a tall and straight figure was projected in by the dim light. Against the light, the man's face was a little dark, but Xu Jiaru's eyes burst into shining light. She didn't care about the tape on her mouth and began to stammer and sob.
Xie Fei took off his coat and gently put it on her. While helping her tear off the tape, he took out a knife from his waist and cut the rope.
Xu Jiaru was so scared that she threw herself into his arms, hugged his waist tightly, and absorbed his breath. Her panicked heart gradually calmed down. Her face was full of tear marks, her hair was messy and draped behind her, and her petite body was trembling, looking very pitiful.
She opened her stiff mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end she could only sob hoarsely: "Brother Fei..."
Xie Fei used his hand as a comb to gently comb her hair, and with his other hand he patted her back soothingly.
Xu Jiaru's tense heart relaxed, and her spirit became depressed. She nestled in his arms, and under his comfort, she gradually lost consciousness and fell into a coma.
Xie Fei picked her up horizontally, got into the car and left quickly. The people outside the house were also knocked unconscious and thrown into another car and taken away.
In the Gu family villa, Gu Shanshan and the nanny stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, waiting for Lao Wu and others to bring good news.
The sky outside the window was dark and gloomy. The wind made the branches downstairs sway all over. The whistling sound of the wind came into Gu Shanshan's ears through the window. The heavy rain fell and hit the window.
In the dark clouds, lightning flashed with terrifying light, illuminating the wet ground with unusual brightness.
At this moment, rumbling thunder exploded in the sky, shaking the whole house. Gu Shanshan's body shook violently, and her heart was raised to her throat, beating wildly. She put her hand on her chest, frowning tightly, and the uneasiness in her heart grew bigger and bigger. She hesitated and said, "Nanny, I feel uneasy. Why haven't they sent any information yet?"
Mrs. Wu glanced at Gu Shanshan calmly and said, "Why are you panicking? This is your first time doing something like this, so of course you'll be uneasy. When I stole the baby, I was even more uneasy than you. I didn't sleep well for a whole month. I was always suspicious and would get restless at the slightest sign of trouble. Facts have proved that I was just overthinking. They didn't even notice this."
After hearing this, Gu Shanshan felt much better. She nodded and looked out the window quietly again, a smile slowly appearing at the corner of her mouth.
It’s great, when the day comes after the rain, everything will be settled.
The dense rain gathered into a stream that continuously washed the windows. The view outside the window was white and unreal. In the silence of the room, the phone rang.
Didn’t you say you were going to send a message? Why are you calling?
The two looked at each other, and Gu Shanshan answered the phone in doubt: "Hello."
"Hello, Miss Gu, we have got the person, but unfortunately we seem to have learned something incredible, so I think the cost may need to be re-estimated."
Gu Shanshan frowned and said unhappily, "What do you mean? What's the big deal?"
"The cat replaces the prince, what a wonderful show." The man laughed.
Gu Shanshan was shocked and asked in a hoarse voice: "How did you know?"
"This is not your concern. If you want to shut me up, you'd better come to the South City Aircraft Scrap Depot with enough money within an hour to see me. I will immediately board a plane to go abroad and never come back. Otherwise, I don't mind sending the real daughter back to the Gu family."
After saying that, the man hung up the phone. Gu Shanshan held the phone with a grim face, but time waits for no one. She didn't have time to think about it. She quickly picked up her bank card wallet and suitcase and quietly went out with her nanny.
As soon as they left the house, a car followed and headed straight for the South City Airport.
Because of the heavy rain, the lights in the waiting hall were bright, but the waste bin was extremely dark. Gu Shanshan and the nanny pushed open the door awkwardly with their suitcases. There was a sofa in the middle with its back to the door, and a thin and quiet man was sitting on the sofa.
On both sides stood strong men all dressed in black, with expressionless faces and staring straight ahead.
Somehow, Gu Shanshan felt that the atmosphere here was a little strange, but she couldn't tell what was strange.
Putting the suitcase on the ground and unzipping it, she said impatiently, "I brought the money. If it's not enough, I'll give it to you later. I just want to know two things. First, where is Xu Jiaru now? Second, how do you know she is the daughter of the Gu family?"
"How do you know it? I know it the same way." The person on the sofa said indifferently.
At this moment, Gu Shanshan felt that his voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it. Was it the same voice as the one on the phone just now? She thought uncertainly.
Before she could think deeply, she turned her head to look at the bewildered Wu, frowned and said, "Impossible, she won't tell you."
"Oh? Are you sure?" the man laughed, "Although she is your wet nurse and your biological mother, you are a high-ranking lady and will not acknowledge her, let alone support her until the end of her life. In order to live a rich life in her later years, are you sure she won't take the opportunity to blackmail you?"
That was quite right, she wasn't sure.
Gu Shanshan thought to herself, but Wu widened her eyes and roared, "I won't! Shanshan, believe me, I love you so much, I will never do such a thing!"
However, Gu Shanshan thought about how her father had abandoned Wu, and even wanted to abandon her when Wu was giving birth. How could she love her? Maybe he had been with her for all these years just waiting for this moment, to exchange the truth for a huge sum of money.
"No, you will. You don't love me at all. If Mrs. Gu hadn't happened to get into a car accident, you wouldn't have swapped my child with hers. I would only be abandoned by you, just like Xu Jiaru, just in a different place..." Gu Shanshan stared at Wu and spoke word by word.
"Gu Shanshan! Wu Qiuyue! How have my Gu family ever wronged you that you treat my child like this!" Before she could finish her words, an angry roar suddenly rang out from the scrap warehouse, and then the three masters of the Gu family emerged from behind the scrap pile one after another.
Hearing this familiar voice, Gu Shanshan turned around in panic, just in time to see the angry faces of the Gu family. Her head was buzzing, and she instinctively asked: "Mom and Dad, why are you..."
"Shut up! I'm not your mother. You have been occupying my home for so many years, and now you even send people to kidnap my daughter. You deserve to die just like your mother!" Gu's mother punched and kicked the two of them without caring, especially Wu. She hated her so much. It was this vicious woman who asked her to help raise her daughter, provide her with good food and drink, and enjoy wealth and glory, while her own daughter was thrown into an orphanage by her, where she was hungry and cold, and was despised and looked down upon, and even kidnapped and sold. She simply couldn't imagine what was waiting for her daughter. When she thought of this, Gu's mother wished she could skin them alive!
Gu Shanshan's legs went limp and she fell to her knees. She ran over on her knees and tried to hug the legs of the Gu couple, but was kicked in the chest by Gu's father. She burst into tears in pain and wailed while covering her chest, "No, Mom and Dad, please believe me. I really just found out about this. It was her who did it! I was just bewitched by her and made a big mistake in a moment of confusion. I didn't mean to do it. I also wanted to tell you, but it was too late by then. Wu had already made her move..."
Mrs. Wu stood there in a daze, her hair disheveled and her clothes covered with shoe prints. Over the years, she had been devoted to Gu Shanshan, and even if she had thought of abandoning her before, it was out of necessity. But she could never have imagined that the daughter she had cherished for so many years would be stabbed mercilessly when disaster struck.
"I don't want to listen. Just wait for the police's sanctions—" Gu's mother said viciously.
"No, that's too easy for them. Let me take care of it." Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted. The man who stood up from the sofa was Xie Fei.
Seeing him, Gu Shanshan and the other two widened their eyes in horror. An inexplicable fear spread from the bottom of their hearts to every part of their bodies. The two of them shrank back, their faces pale as they said, "No, no, spare me... I was wrong..."
Xie Fei looked at the three Gu family members and smiled faintly: "Let's go, let's go see Jiaru together, someone will take care of the matter here." As he said that, he snapped his fingers, and the burly men on both sides knocked Gu Shanshan unconscious and took her away.
Mother Gu nodded happily and pulled her husband out the door. Gu Yuanchen lagged behind and asked Xie Fei curiously, "Where are they taking those two people?"
"Let's go to a good place." Xie Fei smiled mysteriously, "If you are interested, go with us. Jiaru is still resting now."
Gu Yuanchen hated the two men so much that after hesitating for a moment, he immediately turned around and walked to the other side. He wanted to see with his own eyes what happened to these two people. If it wasn't tragic enough, he wouldn't mind stabbing them again.
The car stopped in front of a courtyard in the suburbs. Several people carried the two unconscious people in. Gu Yuanchen followed in puzzled.
In the middle of the yard stood a large closed box, with various horrific torture instruments beside it. Several men quickly tied the two men to a tiger bench, and the other two each brought a basin of ice-cold water and poured it over their heads. The two men woke up with a start.
Then these strong men began to torture them one by one with expressionless faces, without any reaction to the two people's screams and ferocious expressions.
One person first inserted red-hot embroidery needles into the gaps between the fingernails of the two people's hands, and then used pliers to pull out the nails one by one.
One of them took a red-hot iron and burned the two of them.
One of them held a delicate knife and gently cut the skin on the two people's thighs, then used the knife to slowly separate the skin and muscles, striving to peel off four perfect skins.
One person poured boiling water on the skinned thigh, and then used an iron brush to brush out the white bones bit by bit.
Another person held a knife in one hand and pinched their noses and ears with the other, slowly looking for the right place to cut.
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The screams of the two people echoed throughout the yard, making Gu Yuanchen's scalp numb, his hair standing on end, and his legs weak. He was so scared that he closed his eyes and covered his ears, not daring to look or listen. If his legs had not been so weak that he could not walk, he would have wanted to run away.
The area around the tiger bench was covered in blood. Gu Shanshan's throat was broken from screaming, but the pain in her body was still very clear. For the first time, she felt that death was so beautiful. She trembled and begged with trembling lips, "Please, please, let me die..."
However, no one listened to her. When the strong men finished everything in an orderly manner, Gu Shanshan and Wu had fainted. They no longer had the demeanor of the young ladies and wet nurses of the past. Their faces were deathly pale, their black hair was disheveled, their clothes were half-covered, and their bodies were covered with blood and dirt.
The two strong men brought two basins of ice water and poured them down. Gu Shanshan and the other girl looked at these people in horror. Before they could say anything, several people lifted them up and threw them into the box in the yard.
Screams and wails instantly pierced the sky. Gu Yuanchen didn't want to see, but he couldn't resist his curiosity. He walked up to the platform to take a look, and his eyes suddenly widened. The box was full of various snakes. Gu Shanshan and Wu were trapped in the middle, tightly entangled by them, and then they drilled into any hole, simply penetrating every hole. The two ignored the pain all over their bodies and waved their arms to dodge, but almost in an instant, their noses, ears, and mouths were filled. They rushed in one after another, then churned in their stomachs, and broke out after a while. The two screamed with their eyes wide open, gradually losing their vitality, and at this last moment, countless snakes drilled in and out more happily, biting everywhere. The two's bodies twitched instinctively, and finally they were gradually swallowed into their stomachs along with the torn clothes...
This shocking and horrifying scene filled Gu Yuanchen with deep fear. He could still seem to hear the horrifying screams. The smell of blood in the air made him feel nauseous. He rolled down the platform, ran to the side, held onto a tree trunk, and began to vomit violently.
After that night, Gu Yuanchen stayed in bed for half a month before he recovered. He didn't tell anyone about this incident, but it became a worry in his heart. Whenever he saw Xie Fei, he felt fear. After he knew that his sister and Xie Fei were in love, he gradually got along with Xie Fei normally.
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