As if she had slept for a long time, Yu Qiao gently lifted her eyelids, her eyes revealing a hint of daze and confusion.
With her vision still blurry and her head throbbing, Yu Qiao realized she was no longer in the basement.
Suddenly—
Yu Qiao suddenly sat up, rubbed her eyes, and found herself in a cage!
This must be an abandoned palace; it's dirty, dusty, with a ruined fountain, a collapsing Cupid statue, and dilapidated buildings covered in dust...
The only valuable thing is probably this golden cage.
Thinking of Shen Zhu before she fell asleep, she bit her lip, her eyes filled with anger.
That wretched little dog, how did he manage to escape?!
They actually broke free and locked her up!?
Seriously! Bad dog! Stinky dog!
Sure enough, a vicious owner raises a vicious dog!
"Young Miss".
A cold voice, tinged with amusement, came from the side.
Yu Qiao's eyelashes trembled, and she turned around abruptly to look in the direction of the sound, only to find that Shen Zhu was dressed unusually formally today.
He was dressed in a sharp black suit, resembling an elegant and noble gentleman, but his cold face and sinister eyes revealed a ruthless and venomous nature.
She wore a white shirt underneath, with the cuffs neatly rolled up, showing meticulous attention to detail.
"Little dog! I order you to open this cage for me!" Yu Qiao got off the bed in the cage, her slender, delicate fingers gripping the metal bars, and glared fiercely at Shen Zhu.
"No." Shen Zhu's thin lips twitched slightly as he rejected her without any mercy.
He stood outside the cage, his long, dark eyes revealing satisfaction, as if he were examining an object.
Suddenly, he frowned and said apologetically, "This cage is beautifully made, but it's a pity I can't afford diamonds yet."
"Otherwise, it would definitely suit you better, Miss."
This cage was designed by Shen Zhu himself and crafted by a blacksmith he hired at a high price.
He spent all of Shen Zhu's savings, but unfortunately, even a slightly larger diamond costs a lot of money, not to mention that what he wanted was the most beautiful and dazzling diamond.
“Miss, I will work hard to earn money and try to buy you lots of diamonds to make the cage more beautiful and sturdier.”
"Bastard!" Yu Qiao gritted her teeth. What nonsense was this little dog spouting?!
Are we going to lock her up for the rest of her life?!
Damn it, now that he's broken free, he's locked her up. Next, will he ruthlessly expose her identity, arrogantly order her parents to kick her out of the Yu family? And then, in his superior position, choose a gentle and beautiful girl to be his perfect partner?
Forced to accept all this, she was reduced to a helpless life in the slums, forced to watch helplessly as her parents doted on him, while he married a girl more beautiful and gentle than her!
Yu Qiao's eyes turned bloodshot with anger: "You bastard, you might as well kill me!"
"Young Miss." Shen Zhu could tell she was truly angry, and dared not tease her any further. He called out earnestly, his dark eyes revealing seriousness and sincerity: "Are you insecure?"
"Are you afraid that after I expose your identity, Wei Yun and Yu Tinglie will look at you with disgust and hatred and tell you to get out of the Yu family, or are you afraid that without power, I won't listen to you?"
she……
Of course not!
"Don't flatter yourself!" Yu Qiao bared her teeth fiercely, clenching her fist and waving it. "I just don't want to become a girl in the slums, living in a dirty, disgusting, dilapidated house!"
"As for you?" Her amber eyes paused for a moment. "If I can't have you, I can find someone else!"
Do you think you're unique?
"No, that's not true!"
"I hate you the most, you disobedient little dog! Only an idiot would be afraid of losing you!"
"Hmm?" A faint smile flickered in Shen Zhu's stern black eyes as he looked at her, who was pretending not to care but whose beautiful eyes revealed fear and apprehension, as if he were looking at a kitten whose fur was standing on end because of anxiety and fear.
He took a few steps closer, his long, slender legs moving with a gleaming white jade-like sheen. He ran his long fingers through the metal bars of the cage, patted her head, and lowered his voice as if to comfort her: "Miss, no matter your status or position, I will always be your little dog."
“But now, I’m going to play this game with you.” Shen Zhu lowered his head, a pleasant chuckle escaping his throat: “After all, I’ve really thought about it for a long time.”
"However, I'm sorry, I should have pulled my mother into the room and talked to her privately that day, instead of in the living room, and talking so loudly that the young lady heard us."
"The young lady must have been in a lot of pain during that time."
"You bastard, what nonsense are you spouting!" Yu Qiao glared at him fiercely, and finally bared her teeth and bit his wrist.
She only released her grip when blood oozed from her wrist; the bright red blood on her lips resembled a beautiful, poisonous flower.
"See? I'm not in pain. I'm trying to kill you! Then... I'll throw them all into the mountains, and they'd better never come out again!" Yu Qiao glared at him with her last bit of strength: "You'd better kill me now, or once I get out, I'll definitely do what I said!"
Rather than letting her accept being kicked out by her parents and watching helplessly as her dog marries someone else, leaving her only to become a poor person, powerless to struggle.
That would be better than killing her right now!
Just thinking about that scene made Yu Qiao's eyes well up with tears, and she wiped away the tears that were about to fall with the back of her hand.
"What...annoying guy!"
Her tears felt like they were falling on Shen Zhu's heart, piercing him like needles, making it hard for him to breathe: "Why are you crying?"
"I didn't cry!" Yu Qiao glared at him fiercely, turned her back to him, and her thin shoulders trembled.
Shen Zhu frowned, his long, dark eyebrows furrowing. His hands, which had been hanging limply, clenched into fists. He stared intently at her slender back and repeated those three words: "Why are you crying?"
"Ah!! You bastard, I told you I didn't cry, I didn't cry!" Yu Qiao was furious, tears still hanging from the corners of her eyes, fiercely grabbing the metal cage bars and baring her teeth as she cursed, "Can't you understand human language?!"
"Get out of my way! Get out!! I don't want to see you!!!"
"I, Yu Qiao, don't want to see you, you hateful, disgusting dog! You're so wicked!"
"It seems Miss is in good spirits." Seeing that she wasn't crying but was still flustered, Shen Zhu smiled and took out a key from his pocket, opened the cage, and went inside: "Then let's do as Miss says."
"Let's play some games that require physical exertion."
"You, you're shameless!" Yu Qiao was pressed back step by step, retreating until her back pressed against the metal cage bars, with nowhere left to go.
But Shen Zhu continued to advance.
"Young Miss, cry for me again later."
"asshole!"
The enchanting atmosphere lingered for a long time.
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