"I could never like someone as awful as you."
"I feel it's dirty just to touch it."
All, dislike, dirty
He emphasized each word slowly and deliberately, his lips, as red as peonies, uttering words that chilled the heart. His narrow, almond-shaped eyes reflected a sharp white light, carrying an arrogant disdain.
She couldn't breathe, her heart felt like it was being crushed, and she explained intermittently, "I didn't, I'm not a bad person."
"Don't believe Chen Baozhu, I didn't..." Her shoulders slumped weakly, her voice trembling with tears, "I didn't mess around with men..."
"Who would believe that?" Shen Zhao's lips curled into a mocking smile, and a disdainful sneer escaped his throat.
His hand, gleaming with the luster of white jade, shoved her shoulder away forcefully.
She fell backward unexpectedly.
A mud pit appeared behind her, and a skeletal hand reached out, forcefully and domineeringly pulling her into the mud pit.
Incredulous, her eyes reddened, and she stared unblinkingly at Shen Zhao's disdainful and condescending expression, as if he were looking down on her: "You? You think you're worthy?"
Why do you hate me too?
She didn't cry when they beat her, she didn't cry when they locked her in the pigsty and forced her to eat pig feed, and she didn't even cry when they drugged her and removed her spleen.
Now, she felt the cool liquid dripping onto her cheek, raised her finger to touch it, and saw the glistening liquid on her fingertip.
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Yu Qiao gasped for breath, like someone about to suffocate, desperately drawing oxygen into her aching chest.
His clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and even his lips were trembling. He clenched his thighs with his long fingers, trying to use the pain to wake himself up.
That's not real, it was just a nightmare.
The young master wouldn't dislike her; he would never look at her with such contempt and disgust.
Yu Qiao bit her lip hard, resentful that all the suffering had to come her way.
She complained about the unfairness of fate and hated herself for always wanting things. When she was in Reed Village, she wanted to live; now she wanted to sink into darkness.
Everything she wanted seemed so unattainable to her.
Yu Qiao felt a chill run through her body. She brushed the hair that was sticky with sweat to her face, blinked, and looked at the sky outside the window, which was gradually brightening.
I felt a mix of pain and lingering fear, and my whole body felt weak and exhausted. It was as if I was just one step away from reaching the summit, but someone kicked me off and sent me tumbling down a cliff.
She felt so bad that her heart felt like it was being crushed and she couldn't breathe.
Once again, she became even more determined to kill Chen Baozhu and Zhuang Yaozu.
No one can threaten or harm her anymore.
She wants to live well and stay with the young master.
No one is allowed to stop us!
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Yu Qiao has disappeared.
Shen Zhao has been unable to contact Yu Qiao for three hours.
"Cough cough cough cough..." He pressed his long fingers to his chest, breathing heavily, the metallic taste of blood escaping his throat. As he hurried downstairs, he picked up his phone and called his bodyguard, Fang Jiaojiao: "Immediately, find out where Yu Qiao is?"
My baby never goes more than five minutes without replying to his messages.
This is the first time.
Three hours passed, and there was still no sign of him.
A strong sense of unease welled up in Shen Zhao's heart. His thin, frail body swayed precariously as he leaned against the wall, coughing until his eyes were bloodshot.
"What? You mean Yuan Jiang has been found?" Qin Jin'er's shocked voice came from behind.
Shen Zhao exhaled a deep breath and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw Qin Jin'er, Jiang Zhujun, and others sitting by the French windows in the living room...
Shen Zhao's peach blossom eyes widened slightly.
That's Yuan Zhiling?!
The person who disappeared for more than half a year has returned?!
"Cough cough cough..." He coughed a few more times due to his anxiety.
The coughing attracted their attention. Qin Jin'er and Jiang Zhujun were both stunned. Only Yuan Zhiling got up and rushed over. He placed his calloused hands on his shoulders and asked with tears in his eyes, "Chen Zhao, is Yuan Jiang with you?"
Shen Zhao frowned: "Yuan Jiang? Never seen her before."
"No, no, I forgot in my haste." Yuan Zhiling's voice trembled slightly, and tears welled up in her eyes. Her gaze was complex and filled with tears. "She's not called Yuan Jiang anymore, she's called Yu Qiao, she's called Yu Qiao now!"
"My daughter, Yuan Jiang, is Yu Qiao!"
"What……?"
Bang the ground.
Shen Zhao's mind went completely blank.
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" His eyes immediately turned red.
Yuan Jiang, how could it be Yu Qiao!
Why is Yu Qiao Yuan Jiang?
The metallic taste of blood seeped from Shen Zhao's throat, and his lean body trembled, almost causing him to fall.
He knew that Yuan Jiang was the biological daughter of Jiang Zhujun and Yuan Zhiling. She went missing at her fifth birthday party and was never found again.
Everyone says that Yuan Jiang died long ago and was maliciously taken away, either for organs or for sale.
Shen Zhao pressed his chest, panting heavily, as if he had suffered a great blow, his vision blurring between black and white.
Suddenly, his blood rushed to his head, and he vomited a pool of blood.
Blood trickled down his lips, and Shen Zhao's eyes stung. He remembered Yu Qiao's body covered in scars, her empty, cold eyes, and her reactions of being easily startled by the slightest sound...
He couldn't breathe. Why did they treat her like this? Yu Qiao was actually Yuan Jiang.
How much suffering she endured!
Shen Zhao stood upright, his fingertips digging into his palms, his peach blossom eyes shimmering with mist. He took a step, only to find his legs weak. He staggered forward two steps, his whole body swaying precariously.
"what is going on!"
Yuan Zhiling was equally heartbroken: "I found out about Yuan Jiang's whereabouts half a year ago and searched for her with all my might, but I got lost in the mountains."
“That day I thought I was going to die, but I found a mountain villa on fire. When I got there, I saw Yuan Jiang.”
"I recognized her at first glance, that's my Yuan Jiang!"
“She was wearing a red wedding dress, with heavy jewelry on her head, staring at me with cold eyes, and holding a fire stick in her hand. She was the one who started the fire.” Yuan Zhiling covered her face and cried bitterly: “At that time, a man woke up on the way. I didn’t have time to recognize her before I got into a chaotic fight with that man.”
“I don’t know what that child went through! That man was killed by Yuan Jiang. I was useless. I was too weak and passed out. When I woke up, all that was left was ashes. Yuan Jiang was nowhere to be found.”
"When I woke up, I was tied up by a man until two days ago when Yuan Jiang rescued me."
"That's when I realized that Yuan Jiang really did escape. Yuan Jiang is Yu Qiao!"
Jiang Zhujun was in tears: "I knew it. I always felt close to that child. It turns out she is my Jiang Jiang."
"Shen Zhao, where is Yu Qiao?" Yuan Zhiling pressed Shen Zhao's shoulder, urgently asking, her aged face streaked with tears.
"I don't know." Shen Zhao's voice trembled as he clenched his teeth, trying to control his emotions that were about to burst forth.
Why must all the hardships and misfortunes befall her alone?
"Where did she rescue you from?!"
“Given her personality, she must have gone to see those people,” Shen Zhao said in a suppressed voice.
Yuan Zhiling wiped away her tears and quickly said, "The man's name is Zhuang Yaozu, and the woman's name is Chen Baozhu."
"She went to find Zhuang Yaozu and Chen Baozhu. I'm going to find her." Shen Zhao pressed his tongue against his back teeth, moved with the weight of a thousand pounds, and stumbled and swayed as he rushed out the door.
Knowing the baby's personality, she must have gone to find those two people.
He was going to find the baby. The baby must be very scared right now, and he didn't want her to face these evil people who had caused her so much pain all alone again.
Why didn't he notice it in time?
Why didn't he investigate where the baby's injuries came from? The baby clearly had so many abnormalities, why...?
With a "snap".
Shen Zhao slapped himself hard across the face, his thin, handsome cheeks quickly swelling and turning red, his peach blossom eyes glistening with tears.
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Chaotianmen Wharf in City A.
"You brat, the cruise ship you prepared is far too shabby. You should at least have prepared a luxurious seven- or eight-story cruise ship!" Chen Baozhu leaned on the railing, looking at the magnificent giant cruise ship in the distance, and then comparing it with the simple medium-sized cruise ship under her feet. She showed disgust and dissatisfaction, and muttered under her breath, "They really do get stingier the richer they are."
Zhuang Yaozu, on the other hand, was quite satisfied. He looked up at the blue sea and sky with contentment, let out a long sigh, and his eyes were full of longing for a better life: "Finally, I'm going to live a carefree life."
Yu Qiao stood behind Chen Baozhu and Zhuang Yaozu, a secret smile curving her cold lips, her dark eyes gradually brightening, revealing an undisguised excitement.
Her voice was clear and gentle: "After all, there are hundreds of millions of dollars in cash on the cruise ship, so it's not appropriate to be too ostentatious."
“Hmm…that makes sense.” Chen Baozhu smiled thoughtfully, her face so fleshy that it made her features look small and grotesque, revealing her yellowish-black teeth: “You’re very thoughtful.”
"No wonder I raised him myself."
Yu Qiao's crimson lips curved into a smile as she stared intently at Chen Baozhu with a sinister gaze, her fair fingers brushing aside the stray hairs tousled by the sea breeze.
Seeing their complete lack of awareness of the crisis, he chuckled and said, "This is what I should do."
“If you had been so obedient from the beginning and told your mother that you were the daughter of a rich man, none of this would have happened,” Chen Baozhu clicked her tongue.
"But it's not too late now."
Zhuang Yaozu said excitedly, "Alright, alright, quickly take me and Baozhu to see the money you prepared for us."
"This way." Yu Qiao turned around and led Zhuang Yaozu toward the third floor.
This is a medium-sized cruise ship. The first floor has hot spring rooms, the second floor has restaurants, and the third floor has rest areas.
It takes five or six minutes to walk around each floor.
Da, da, da
The only sound was the crashing of the sea. Yu Qiao's light footsteps sounded eerie and sinister on the cruise ship, but the two people behind her were completely unaware, chatting and laughing about how to spend the money.
"We're going abroad. I've heard that foreign countries are very open. We'll hire a few bodyguards and go to auctions to buy some hot guys and have some fun."
"Yaozu, you're so thoughtful. At first, all I thought about was taking the money to buy a house and becoming a landlord!"
"You damn woman, you're all talk and no action. With so much money, we could never spend it all in our lifetime. And we don't have any kids yet, right? We'll just spend some money and get... to give us a son!"
"..."
Yu Qiao listened quietly to these disgusting and filthy words, her dark eyes fixed on the door in front of her. She stopped and pushed the door open with her fingers that gleamed like white jade.
She glanced sideways, a faint smile on her face, and said in a gentle tone, "This is it."
"let me see!"
Chen Baozhu pushed Yu Qiao aside and rushed inside.
Zhuang Yaozu followed closely behind, excitedly frantic, his face flushed red and his eyes shining: "Where is it?!"
"Where's the money?!"
"You brat, you dare to play us?!" Chen Baozhu searched inside and out, but couldn't find a single penny. Her face immediately changed, and her eyes blazed with fury: "Have you forgotten what I said?! If you don't prepare the money for me, I'll release those videos right now! Let everyone see how you used to be a dog?!"
"By then, are you sure that young master from the Shen family will still be able to overlook you and still look down on you?"
Zhuang Yaozu was teetering on the edge of rage, his breathing becoming labored. He had lost sight in his left eye, and the bone that Yu Qiao had broken had not yet healed. At this moment, he was so angry that his whole body ached.
His cloudy eyes glared at Yu Qiao: "Where's the money! If you dare to play me for a fool, I'll make you pay!!!"
"Oh? Is that so?" Yu Qiao chuckled lightly, but her eyes were full of coldness.
Da, da, da
She stepped inside, slammed the door shut behind her, and her phoenix eyes flashed with icy coldness as she gave a forced smile: "Then let me see if you have the ability!"
"What...what do you want to do?!" Chen Baozhu was shocked and furious, yelling at Yu Qiao, "You little brat, how can you be so petty? If it weren't for me, you would have been killed long ago!"
"You're rich now, what's wrong with giving your mother some money for her retirement?!"
"I should have thrown you into a cesspool and drowned you back then! Don't come any closer! You...aren't you really afraid I'll leak those videos? And then..."
As Yu Qiao approached step by step, Chen Baozhu broke out in a cold sweat, her neck stiff and face flushed as she threatened, "Then you'll never have a peaceful life again! The Shen family won't respect you anymore!"
As Yu Qiao walked, she slowly tied her long hair into a ponytail. Faced with Chen Baozhu's impotent rage, her pretty face remained expressionless.
She reached out and pulled out a cigarette, skillfully took out a lighter and lit it. She smoked hard, skillfully blowing out smoke rings.
A clicking sound.
Yu Qiao stopped walking, her high ponytail, reaching her waist, cascading down her slender waist and swaying with her movements.
Her dark pupils glowed faintly as she exhaled a smoke ring, the grayish-white mist blurring her fierce and cold expression, leaving only her soft voice audible.
“Chen Baozhu, I have never forgotten those humiliations. My self-respect and pride have been trampled under your feet.”
"At that time, I thought to myself, you'd better always be so arrogant and keep me under your thumb."
"If you deny it, things will turn out like this."
Yu Qiao's fair, long fingers held the cigarette, the burning cigarette butt turning scarlet, ash settling on her fingertips.
Her crimson lips curled up as she stared intently at Chen Baozhu, a strange laugh escaping her throat.
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