However, he was not afraid of pain. He was even glad that Old Man Zhou had chosen a sturdier rope with wire attached, so that Luo Xiaoyi would not fall.
But how much pain must Xiaoyi be in? All her weight was concentrated on the ropes binding her wrists. He looked up at her; her wrists were covered in bright red blood. What if her wrists were broken? And she had even been shot in the right arm while protecting him!
How much blood must she have lost? How could she possibly bear it!
Her face was as white as snow in winter, a pitiful, frighteningly white. Her whole body was so thin and frail, swaying like a falling snowflake, about to fall and disappear...
His dark eyes were already wet; at this moment, his throat tightened, and his heart ached so much that he could hardly breathe…
He was terrified, afraid that Xiaoyi wouldn't be able to hold on any longer. In that instant, his impenetrable mental defenses completely collapsed.
At this moment, Old Zhou pulled out a gleaming dagger from the tea table, walked up to Ou Zihan, and stomped Ou Zihan's face hard on the ground.
Old Zhou gave a mocking and disdainful sneer; he was extremely arrogant and smug!
"Hahaha, Ou Zihan, weren't you so proud? Weren't you always so high and mighty, so arrogant? Weren't you always the one who trampled others underfoot, loved to torment them, and made them never be able to hold their heads up again? Your greatest skill was making others wish they were dead! With all your abilities, you never thought you'd end up like this. How does it feel to be trampled under my feet? Beg me, beg me, and I'll let your woman go, how about it? President Ou?"
He enunciated the last three words, 'President Ou,' with a tone full of contempt and mockery. He looked at Ou Zihan triumphantly, who was weaker than a dog under his feet. Even a dog can bite, but he could only be trampled to death without being able to fight back!
Old Zhou's ugly, fat face beamed with such smugness and radiance that tears streamed down his face. He had finally reached the day when he could take his revenge!
He suffered so much in prison! He was locked up for six months, and during those six months, it was like falling into a dark hell. He worked in the mines for sixteen hours every day. He was an old man, and he was so exhausted that his body was about to fall apart and he was almost unable to live. If he stopped for even a moment, he would be whipped until he was covered in bloody welts! He would lie on the ground and couldn't get up for a long time. Even then, the instructors would kick him and break his ribs!
These pains fueled his intense hatred every day, and he dreamed of killing Ou Zihan every night!
He used to eat abalone and bird's nest every day, but now he's reduced to eating cornbread and drinking vegetable soup that tastes like dishwater. Of course, in prison, there's no room for choice; being able to eat his fill is already a blessing, so he had no choice but to accept his fate.
But what happened? Some of the prisoners in the jail who acted like tyrants weren't even human; they were beasts! He was new, and these tyrants bullied him relentlessly every day, beating him to death and not letting him eat!
What did those prison bullies think of trampling him underfoot? They even made him drink their urine. To survive, he drank their urine and licked their shoes clean with his mouth. How did he endure it? Every day was incredibly difficult, like an eternity. When he thought of this pain and humiliation, he gritted his teeth in hatred!
His leather shoes crushed Ou Zihan's face hard, and bright red blood flowed from the corner of Ou Zihan's mouth. However, he only frowned slightly and did not utter a sound because of the pain!
"Zihan, don't beg this despicable man! Don't worry about me! Let go! Let go! Kill this demon right now! I don't want to see you suffer like this!"
“I don’t want you to lower your self-respect and beg for mercy from this despicable person. This vile scoundrel won’t let me go just because you beg him. Don’t believe him. He only wants to trample on your self-respect. I don’t want you to lose your life because of me. I don’t want you to lose everything… Zihan, don’t worry about me, kill him! Kill him!”
Luo Xiaoyi cried out loudly. She didn't want Zihan to lose everything because of her. She would rather die than let Zihan lose her dignity and live a good life!
"..." Ou Zihan's face was distorted from being stepped on. He didn't answer her. For him, the most important thing was the woman he loved. He was willing to give up his life for the woman he loved. What did self-esteem matter?
He knew that Luo Xiaoyi was right and that Old Man Zhou would not let Luo Xiaoyi go just because he begged for mercy. However, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would try it even if it was a trap.
At this moment, even when facing such a despicable person whom he didn't want to look at at all, he still had to treat Old Man Zhou like a master, put down his noble status, and beg Old Man Zhou to let Luo Xiaoyi go. At this point, he had no other choice but to take a desperate gamble.
"Old Zhou, you've won, I've lost. I'm completely at your mercy now. You can kill me or torture me as you please, I have no objection. I beg you to release Luo Xiaoyi, okay? As long as you release her, you can name whatever conditions you want, alright?"
“I, Ou Zihan, have never asked anyone for anything before. I’m asking you this once. I promise you, I will do what I say. You can torture me until I’m on the verge of death, lock me up, and keep me there until you meet your requirements. Then, you can kill me. Is that alright?”
Ou Zihan was no longer as angry and arrogant as when he first came in. His tone was now clearly full of frustration, sorrow, humility and pleading. He was like a wounded cheetah crawling on the ground, barely clinging to life, without any offensive power.
He raised his head, his sorrowful eyes looking at the high and mighty Old Man Zhou, hoping that his humble pleas would persuade Old Man Zhou to let Luo Xiaoyi go.
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