Their Deaths
While comfortably talking to Gao Xiaohui about the latest fashion trends, she did not look at what was going on behind her. At this moment, one of the men of Cao Yang's had gotten closer to her slowly and creepily with a not too soft nor too hard pole that was made specifically to knock her out. It was during this time that she really wished she had not gone against what her father told her, "Never leave your back open. Sneak attacks are the most dangerous."
With a hard swing, the man hit her on the back the neck, harshly. Despite all the training she had gone through, at this moment she was vulnerable to the damage that the man had done.
After that hit on her nape, she fainted to the same side as her brother, leaning on his shoulder. Her vision going black as she felt the pain on the back of her neck. In the split second that she had left to stare at the people in front of her, the pupils in her black eyes expanded for a moment as though trying to remember their faces and names.
And in the moment that she wanted to call out to her brother, he said, "Qiao Jinghua, go to sleep. It will help us a lot."
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In a dark basement with no windows lighted only by one lightbulb hanging from the middle of the ceiling, Cao Yang and Qiao Guangli were staring at Qiao Jinghua who was chained to a plain cheap bed, still lying in what you would say is asleep.
"Who's first on the list," Qiao Guangli asked.
"Me," Cao Yang said with a lusty grin. "She's still virgin, isn't she? This young master wants to take her first."
Shaking his head, he said, "Okay."
Right after saying that, Li Huiqing walked in and said, "Cao Yang, don't you need to go talk to your father?"
"Father's here right now," Cao Yang asked.
"Yes," Li Huiqing answered. "He wants to talk about you want to deal with the girls. The men are fine as they are your own, but he is worried about the girls."
"Ah," Cao Yang moaned in understanding. "Just tell him the girls can die. I don't need them anymore."
"Okay," Li Huiqing said with a straight face.
At this moment, he did not want to smile or do anything because of how he was not in the mood. Li Huiqing thought that he was finally over from having to be friends with someone he hated but now, he had to continue faking that everything was fine. That knowing how a top military official could be more corrupted than a black market dealer.
With Li Huqing now gone, Cao Yang said, "Qiao Guangli, what are you still staying for? To see your sister get raped?"
Hearing what Cao Yang said, Qiao Guangli made a frown and left. It did not matter much to Qiao Guangli either way that Cao Yang would take firsts since the man always hated "sloppy seconds".
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Waking up from her deep forced slumber, she examined herself and the room to see a plain closed-off room and her being naked on a bed with nothing to cover her. She also saw that there was a bloodstain and white stains on the bed. She was not surprised to see these things.
Maybe she already knew what was coming for her when she felt the pain on the back of her neck. In these circumstances, she was still not disappointed with her brother albeit a little. Maybe he had some difficulties trying to stop Cao Yang was what she thought.
After all, Cao Yang was not your typical rich young master. Aside from being rich and a famous playboy, he was also the son of a top military official who could say what he wanted in the government and the boy with a dead mother that used to be the daughter of the person who controlled the black market.
At this moment, the only thankfulness that she was feeling was that she was not awake at the time her virginity was taken. She did not want to live through that nightmare of being raped.
When trying to stand up from the bed, she could feel pain on her waist and the weight on her feet from the metal chains that tied her to the bed. From these two feelings, she could only tell one thing. That she was in for more torture.
Not the pleasureful torture, but painful and forceful torture that would make her have nightmares every night and awaken her bad memories from the past. In fact, whether it was pleasureful or not, was not what she cared for. It was rather whether her brother or somebody would save her.
It was said that in the most troubling times could you find someone to trust because the person who saved you was probably a kind person. Though she only believed it halfway, in this time where she was stuck at the bottom, she hoped that there was a person that would save her.
Despite having awakened, she did not know what to do now. She could see that this basement only had one entrance and that there were no bricks that were standing out. Even the floor was plain and flat, showing that there were no secret entrances.
Even then, she had no way of releasing herself from the metal chain lock. She did not have a hairpin or even an item that would help her at all in this room. Another thing was that she could tell that the room was underground based on the moisty or stuffy smell in the room.
She really could only hope for someone to save her. Though, her hope was diminishing at this moment due to the fact that all entrances were sealed off except for one, which was the only door in the room.
Though she was struggling to be in this room, she would still trash the items that were in here. The only thing in here was a bed, so how was she going to pee and poop? In her mind, she was going, "Even if I don't die from torture, I'll still die from the horrible smell and probably little to no food."
Just when her mind thought that, the metal door opened and Li Huiqing came in with food. When Li Huiqing came closer, she could smell and see what the food was. They were all her favorite Chinese foods.
Reaching a talking distance, Li Huiqing said, "Qiao Jinghua, I'm sorry. I can't do much more than bring you food that I cooked. I don't know when Cao Yang will tell me to stop. Right now, he wants to keep you looking healthy because he has men on the list to… To…"
"To sleep with me, right," she asked curtly.
Though he kept his silence, she knew that silence meant yes.
"Qiao Jinghua, I'm sorry," Li Huiqing said again.
Giving a light-hearted laugh, she said, "Li Huiqing, why are you apologizing to me? Didn't you say it yourself? You have no power against them."
Hearing what she said, Li Huiqing made a surprised face. He did not think that she would remember whatever it was that he was telling her.
Since she lightened the mood a little, he also thought that he should do the same. It was much better to live ignorantly than to face something. At the very least, you could remain happily in this way.
"I'm not that good at cooking, but I hope these foods are to your liking," Li Huiqing said.
"Li Huiqing, how did you know that Chinese food is my favorite food," she asked him.
"Qiao Jinghua… I was always staring at you. Didn't you know," Li Huiqing asked.
Though he was still a little shy, he could be more open at this moment. If she left forever, he hoped that she would still remember that someone did care for her.
"I know," she answered.
"Anyways… Qiao Jinghua, I made baked tofu and scallion pancakes for you," Li Huiqing said.
"Oh, right. Li Huiqing, there's no toilet in here. How did he expect me to relieve myself," she asked.
"Uh… He told me to tell you that you had to knock on the door and tell the guard you want to use the restroom," Li Huiqing said.
When Li Huiqing said that, her eyes lit up. If she had access to outside, she could just use brute force to run away. However, she would need to have the energy to do so.
That means that she had to eat whatever was provided for her and not grumble about the things thrown at her. Once she ran away, what would these torture matter to her? Feeling revived, she started to chow down on the food that Li Huiqing cooked.
She might have even been eating too fast for Li Huiqing would occasionally say, "Qiao Jinghua, slow down. The food is not disappearing."
Whenever he said that she would laugh. Just in case she would never be able to feel the happy feelings once more, she wanted to push out all of her happy juices right now. However, with her laughing happily all the time, Li Huiqing felt more horrible.
Li Huiqing felt that she was laughing as though it was going to be her last days on Earth or in this world. He would rather her staying quiet and only speak when she wanted to trash someone.
When she finished eating, Li Huiqing grabbed the food containers and exited the room. Once again, he wanted to ignore the bad parts and just pretend that everything was fine. Every day, he would just cook her food and she would continue to live happily, though confined.
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In the living room of Chang Yuan's apartment, there was blood. It was not flowing like crazy but rather just in a single flow. Flowing from its owner to the floor that had started to puddle up in a deep red.
The person that was losing blood slowly and dying a slow death was Chang Yuan. In her most beautiful red dress that hugged her fitting form, with her eyes opened in shock, she laid on the glass coffee table in pain with no help nearby.
The person who stabbed her was none other than Qiao Guangli. In the while that Qiao Guangli stabbed her, the words that he left for her were, "Sorry, we can't leave any pieces of evidence behind."
In fact, she wanted to cry at that moment, but she thought that she could not cry. The man whom she had loved for so many years had just been the person to personally kill her. At this moment, she remembered when her sister told her that Qiao Guangli was a bad person and she should not be associated with him.
She regretted so much right now, but you could not turn back time. What could she do now that she was dying? The only thing she could do was to pray and hope that in the next life she can help Qiao Jinghua for helping the men with their horrible plan.
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"Hey, this is good enough, right," one of the men in black asked.
"It's more than enough. Young Master said to make it look like an accident. They already look like girls who committed suicide for dumb love," the other man in black said. "Let's move out already. The longer we stay, the more evidence we leave."
With that said, the group of men in black left the girl's bedroom through the window and disappeared into the darkness. What was left behind was two young ladies. One hanging on a rope from the ceiling and another with a knife inserted in her chest.
The one who was strangled to death was Gao Xiaohui. As for the one who was stabbed, it was Yuan Wenling. The men were right that the two friends would definitely die for each other, but they were wrong about one thing.
It was known throughout that should one die, the other would definitely go against all morality to get vengeance. So, though both died, they both left evidence that would help their family find the criminal.