Zhao Tianqi was truly in despair. He never imagined that his fate would take such a turn, falling one step at a time.
Hit rock bottom!
He went from being the direct heir of the Zhao family to a counterfeit, and then from a counterfeit to a prisoner.
It turns out he had already planned out the final outcome of his life.
After all, in his original view, becoming the young master of the Zhao family of the East was already a condescension.
Fortunately, life is going well, and it seems to be even more carefree than before.
But he was well aware that, in terms of status and position, he was now many times lower than before.
But he knows how to use the mental victory method. Anyway, he's not as constrained as before, and he doesn't have to be controlled by all sorts of rules from the Zhao family. It seems pretty good.
So he accepted it calmly. In fact, there was nothing he could do if he didn't accept it; he was powerless to change the status quo.
Having money to spend and living a carefree life is enough for him; he's quite easygoing.
Unfortunately, there was also Zhao Ziyun at that time, who actually wanted to take away his rightful share of the property. How could he possibly tolerate that?
In the end, they had no choice but to resort to drastic measures.
But he never expected that this decision would lead him to his doom and bring him to his current predicament.
He hated it! He hated everyone!
Why was he replaced in the first place? And if he was replaced, why couldn't the plan continue? Why did we have to approach him earlier?
Even if it's a little later, once he has control of the Zhao family's resources, it will be too late for the other party to back out.
But fate was unfair, causing him to suffer such huge blows time and time again, leading to these setbacks.
Now they've become fish on someone else's chopping board.
He was frustrated, but that was all he could do.
But he now realizes that even dying quickly is difficult for him.
He's practically been subjected to all the cruelest tortures of the Qing Dynasty; they've used every method imaginable.
All sorts of painful things, unbearable and agonizing, were unleashed upon him.
He felt that the cruel tortures suffered by those underground party members in the past were nothing compared to what he was experiencing now.
Zhao Tianqi is now on the verge of death, with not a single part of his body intact.
But the Chu family managed to keep him alive, not let him die, keeping him hanging on by a thread...
It was all so that he would suffer more pain.
He had begged for mercy countless times, but to no avail; all he received in return was the other party's unrestrained and arrogant mockery.
"If only you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place. When you cruelly killed my son, did you ever think you would suffer this kind of retribution?"
"Knowing he was the young master of the Chu family, you still dared to lay a hand on him, so you should bear the consequences!"
"You brought this on yourself!"
That's right, Zhao Tianqi now admits that he brought it on himself.
But are others completely without fault?
Zhao Chen, in particular, should not have appeared.
He wouldn't have had to endure all of this if Zhao Chen hadn't shown up!
Nowadays, apart from the Chu family, Zhao Tianqi hates Zhao Chen the most.
This kid is the one who made him lose everything.
All his status, all his glory, all his favor—all turned to ashes overnight.
He hated it.
But now, Zhao Chen is someone he can't afford to mess with at all.
The Chu family had already caused him immense suffering; if Zhao Chen were to join in, he dared not imagine what the consequences would be.
So even if he hated it, he could only keep it to himself, silently retaliating and gritting his teeth as he endured everything.
Until one day, a voice suddenly spoke to him:
"Kid, you're in a lot of pain, aren't you? Do you want to be reborn? Do you want to live a normal life?"
"Do you want to trample all those who have humiliated and bullied you under your feet?"
The owner of this voice was wearing a black mask, obscuring their face.
But one thing is certain: they are definitely not from the Chu family.
The people from the Chu family wouldn't talk to him much; they would only torture him relentlessly, making him feel endless fear, unable to live or die.
But the person in front of him seemed to be giving him hope and a different feeling.
However, Zhao Tianqi wasn't sure if this was just another trick Chu Jia used to torment him.
After all, he had already been subjected to various forms of torture, and his mind had collapsed; he was on the verge of going insane.
Zhao Tianqi felt that if he continued to live like this for several days without seeing a future, he would probably go crazy and lose all his will.
But the person in front of him gave him hope, and whether it was real or not, he had to grasp it, like a drowning person grasping at a straw.
He wasn't willing to let go of even the slightest possibility.
"I...of course I want to!"
But what can I do?
The other party smiled faintly and said, "There is still a way, as long as you are willing to fully cooperate with us."
"We will rescue you when the time comes, but you must obey our orders 100% afterwards."
"We'll give you a new identity, a new look, and deceive everyone so that they'll forget what you were originally like!"
"Appearing before everyone with a completely new look."
"At that time, we will naturally give you the power, the power to take revenge!"
Hearing what the other person said, Zhao Tianqi was a little confused, but he didn't agree immediately. Instead, he asked:
"Why should I help you? Is this all I need to give to gain my freedom?"
"To come back to life?"
He could hardly believe it, after all, apart from the fact that Zhao Guohua and his wife were his biological parents who treated him unconditionally well.
Everyone else seemed to wish him dead.
Even his sisters didn't like him; it was as if they didn't want him to appear in the Zhao family.
Therefore, he dared not trust anyone.
Now he understands even more clearly that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and that nothing comes for free.
Since the other party is willing to go to great lengths to rescue him, a cripple, they will naturally make him pay an even greater price!
"Heh, do you still have the right to doubt anything or make any choices?"
"We are your only way out..."
Hearing the other person's words, Zhao Tianqi sighed weakly:
"You're right. In that case, I have nothing more to say."
"As long as you are willing to help me get out of this predicament, I am willing to do anything for you, even sell my soul."
“I have nothing left, and it seems there's nothing left for you to covet…”
What the other party said surprised Zhao Tianqi even more:
"No, no, no, you still have something valuable about you, and that is your luck!"
Zhao Tianqi opened his mouth, then couldn't help but laugh bitterly: "I'm already so unlucky, falling from a young master of a noble family to a prisoner now, where did I get all this luck?"
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