Chapter 84 - pay me with your body (2/2)

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I don't know how long I spent under the sand. I didn't lose consciousness. I didn't sleep. I didn't feel pain. I didn't breathe. My skin was eaten by worms in the sand. It would reform again. The process was endless. I didn't die. I kept my eyes closed and replayed mine and Li Jun's memories. I hoped for a miracle. I wanted death to find me.

I was found, but it wasn't death. It was a man. I hated it when I opened my eyes. He forced me to leave with him. I didn't want to leave the place where Li Jun left me. I was hoping that it would be Kang Si An or the timekeeper instead of a stranger.

Li Jun was really cruel. He should have left me to drown. I doubt that anyone could bring me up from the bottom of the sea. He could have stayed with me there. I don't want to wander the world alone without him.

So cruel. He even smiled when he left me. Was he happy to leave me alone in the world?

I miss my parents and my annoying brother. They aren't even born yet.

People wish for a long life because they want to spend it with happiness. Without loved ones, is it worth living? I am alone and there is no one to hold my hand. The man who held it is no longer in the world. I don't know how to live this life.

When I left him, I still felt secure. He was alive somewhere in the world. Even if we couldn't be together, he was in the same world as me. The hope that I could see him again kept me going.

The door is suddenly opened. A man comes inside with a tray. He places it in front of me. There is a dried piece of bun and a glass of water. I have seen him earlier with that other cranky and rude man.

”Your name is Mo Wei, right?” The man must be in his mid-twenties. Physically, I am 21. But I have lived a lot longer than him, though I don't know how long I was buried there. I must be older than most people on this ship.

”What's the year?” I don't need to eat. So, I won't eat. It's better if all the people are scared of me. If that happens, they will think less of me as a woman and more of me as a monster.

The man replies nervously, ”Year XXXX?”

It's been 300 years already. Time flies by when you are buried under the ground.

The primitive man comes back. He glances at the food and says, ”You aren't eating? Then, do you plan to starve yourself to death? You shouldn't work so hard. I told you that I won't let you die easily. You have some uses.”

How many times I have been threatened to be rȧpėd by now? Nobody else other than Li Jun will ever touch this body. I am scared of this person. Reluctantly, I pick up the bun and eat it. There is no taste as if my tongue lost all the taste buds. I am just glad that I didn't lose other senses.

He seems satisfied with my actions. There are only two beds in the cabin. He climbs on one and covers himself with a blanket. His younger brother looks at the bed where I am sitting.

”I will sleep on the floor,” I tell him before he could say anything.

”Lu Yuan.” The horrible man speaks with his back to us. ”Go and share someone else's cabin.”

”Elder brother, don't be bad to her.” Lu Yuan runs out after saying those words.

I stare hard at his back. The man doesn't turn around. He doesn't move for a long time. I can't sleep with him in the same room. When I left Li Jun and wandered alone in the ancient K country, many bad things happened. The ancient world isn't kind or much different from the modern world. A lone woman without a home or family meets many disasters.

”If you don't stop staring at me, I will misunderstand that you are willing to pay me with your body.”

There is only one thing in his dirty head.

I lie down on the bed. It's chilly at night. I gaze at the ceiling until I hear his snores. It's the right time to make my escape.