Chapter 298: I didn’t mean it (1/2)
Chapter 298: I didn’t mean it
Mu Linger had been locked up by Long Feiye in a small, secret, dark little room. The inside was completely black without a hint of sunlight. There was only a single, square opening where she was delivered her meals. It was scary enough being locked up in such a dark room for a day, but she’d been there for a month. Long Feiye was a cruel master. More than simply locking Mu Linger up, he had expressly forbidden any of the people delivering her meals to talk to her. For a girl who was naturally vivacious and lively, this was the most horrifying torture of all. Being stuck in a dark room like this, completely cut off from the rest of the world, was enough to make her fall apart.
Mu Linger had tried countless times to scream and shout like a lunatic, but nobody paid her any attention. The only thing she could do within the past month was listen to the sound of footsteps. Currently, some were heading her way even though it wasn’t mealtime yet. Delighted, she rushed to the square-shaped opening and cried, “Who is it? Who’s come?”
The footsteps stopped at her voice, making Mu Linger grow anxious enough to shout. “Who’s over there? Come out!”
“Speak! Are you a mute?”
“Just what do you want to do? Say something, ah!”
“Long Feiye, you can kill or torture me as much as you like! I, Mu Linger, am not afraid!”
“All I did was push Han Yunxi out, so what? If you have any skills, don’t lock up me! Kill me instead!”
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Very quickly, the footsteps resumed their walking. This time Mu Linger fell silent to wait, perched by the window of her cell door. She was extremely nervous, afraid that the footsteps would disappear if she was even slightly careless. She’d already been suffocated here for a month without being able to see a thing. All she could hear was the sound of footsteps. It was enough to drive her mad!
Even death row convicts had an execution date, right? But she was locked up with seemingly no end in sight. She had no idea when they would pass her sentence. Her bright eyes stared, round and wide, at the darkness before her. As the footsteps drew closer, light approached as well. Very soon, she saw who had arrived.
“Han Yunxi!” Mu Linger was stunned.
Han Yunxi drew closer step by step to look indifferently at Mu Linger. There were plenty of people who wanted her life for no reason, so she was long used to it. But this girl was different. She had risked her own life to save her at the Xuan gold door, pulling her away from the hordes of man-eating rats. But not long later, this girl had shoved her towards those same man-eating rats.
Just what was up with that?!
If her inner convictions weren’t so strong, she might have started doubting human capacity for kindness. Mu Linger immediately recovered her senses and smiled coldly. “Han Yunxi, so you’re not dead yet!”
Didn’t Jun Yixie kidnap this woman? She was rescued that quickly?
Han Yunxi crossed her arms over her chest and looked at Mu Linger with interest through the window in the door. This girl had fallen to the pits, but still dared to provoke her? Pretty gutsy! And yet, Mu Linger simply spoke up again. “What are you looking at? Kill me if you have the guts, otherwise, go scram!”
Han Yunxi sucked in a cold breath. This girl wasn’t simply stubborn, but pure obstinance. “I saved you, but you still repaid kindness with enmity!” she accused angrily.
“It’s not like I wanted you to save me! I don’t need it, your hypocritical ways!” Mu Linger immediately rebutted.
Han Yunxi narrowed her eyes and suddenly turned severe. “Someone come, give her a heavy punishment!”
Mu Linger grit her teeth and looked away, refusing to say a word. Very soon, an attendant arrived and asked, “Esteemed wangfei, which punishment shall it be?”
Han Yunxi wore a cold smile. “Since she didn’t need me to save her, use the rat torture. Let her taste the flavor of being chewed by rats.”
At these words, Mu Linger silently broke out into cold sweat. The so-called rat torture was done by placing a caged rat over the stomach of the victim. Then the cage would be cooked with flames, agitating the rat to escape for its life by burrowing through the victim’s stomach and internal organs to the other side. This was one of the top ten cruelest tortures in Cloud Realm Continent. Naturally, Mu Linger knew of it as well. She clenched her fists. Though she was afraid, she refused to lower her head and maintained her haughty expression.
Very soon, the implements of torture were brought over. The huge rat inside the cage had been starved for so long that it kept chittering nonstop. Mu Linger furrowed her brows. The noise sounded like raw claws scratching against her heart. Scary!
“Mu Linger, do or don’t you need me to save your life?” Han Yunxi was quite willing to give her another chance before the torture.
Finally, Mu Linger looked over. She glanced over the rat torture tools before resting her gaze on Han Yunxi’s face. Everyone along with Han Yunxi assumed that she’d admit her wrongs, but Mu Linger only said word by word, “I. Don’t. Need. It!”
A few of the attendants broke into an uproar, but Han Yunxi simply licked her lips in amusement. This was her first time seeing such a bullheaded girl. She didn’t believe that she couldn’t bring her into submission. Thus, she ordered without the slightest hesitation, “Someone come, start the torture!”