Chapter 204: Chapter 204: The King’s Return (1)
 

“Miss Sheng, what do you think Brother Ting would say if he saw you like this? A ‘Canary’ kept in a cage, lying here naked and at the mercy of anyone…”

Chuzheng faintly heard the voice.

But her body was slow to react until the voice faded, and it wasn’t until after the sound of the door slamming shut that she began to recover.

The surroundings were very dark.

She couldn’t see her hand in front of her face; the ink-thick darkness was terrifying.

Chuzheng felt soft and tender, her limbs without strength, like someone utterly helpless.

Chuzheng lay down flat.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I doing?

After these three bewildered questions, Chuzheng’s consciousness gradually returned, the keywords slowly connecting and clarifying her current situation.

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The original owner of the body was a Sheng.

The Sheng Family had always been a hereditary crime syndicate, powerful and vast, operating across both legal and illegal spheres.

But, half a year ago, the head of the Sheng Family, Sheng Min, suddenly disappeared.

Sheng Min was the original owner’s father.

Sheng Min had only one child, the original owner, and an adopted son, Sheng Ting.

After Sheng Min’s disappearance, Sheng Ting quickly set up his own faction, taking away most of the people, and the Sheng Family was in imminent danger.

The only daughter of the Sheng Family had never been involved in such matters, nor did she understand them.

She was like a Princess kept in a castle, never to see the dark side of the world.

However, when Sheng Min disappeared, the original owner was no longer the envied, respected little Princess.

The Sheng Family descended into turmoil, and the young girl was at a loss.

Various forces coveted their territory, ready to swallow the organization that had lost its leader.

In the midst of her confusion, Sheng Ting suddenly appeared.

The original owner respected this adoptive brother, and when he showed up, she gave him all her dependence.

But unexpectedly, Sheng Ting harbored different feelings for her.

He was fond of the original owner.

He wanted the original owner to be his woman.

The original owner only saw Sheng Ting as a brother and did not like him that way.

Sheng Ting, however, blackmailed her with the fate of the Sheng Family, saying that if she dared to leave him, he would let the Sheng Family fall to ruin.

The original owner, a girl pampered and untouched by darkness.

Intimidated by Sheng Ting, she dared not run away.

She was locked up by Sheng Ting.

She had no idea what had become of the Sheng Family; her daily life, food, and clothing were all arranged by Sheng Ting.

Fortunately, Sheng Ting had not laid a hand on her because he wanted her to willingly become his woman.

However, the original owner’s resistance against Sheng Ting grew stronger.

Her resistance and fear greatly irritated Sheng Ting.

The original owner did not want to be confined by Sheng Ting, she wanted to leave him.

But she couldn’t.

There was a woman named Zhuang Yi by Sheng Ting’s side; everyone said she was Sheng Ting’s lover, but not even girlfriend material.

Zhuang Yi harbored a deep animosity towards the original owner because she liked Sheng Ting, yet it was the original owner who Sheng Ting wanted.

The original owner never expected Zhuang Yi to confront her.

She told herself that she could find a chance to leave this place, but she must never let Sheng Ting find her again.

This thought aligned with what the original owner wanted, and she almost immediately agreed.

But that time, she didn’t escape.

Sheng Ting caught up with her very soon.

Sheng Ting didn’t seize her; he just watched her run, watched her fear, her helplessness.

Of course, in the end, the original owner was still caught and taken back.

Zhuang Yi’s assistance went undiscovered, but Sheng Ting became even more vigilant in his watch over the original owner, and at first Zhuang Yi still planned to find an opportunity to set the original owner free.

As Sheng Ting’s behavior escalated, Zhuang Yi grew to hate the original owner more and more.

Finally, in Sheng Ting’s absence, Zhuang Yi took the original owner out.

But she did not intend to let the original owner go; she wanted to destroy her completely.

When the original owner was found, she hadn’t been violated, but she had been injected with some kind of addictive drug.

It was the kind of drug that hooked you the moment you tried it.

After the original owner was brought back, she was unable to quit it, no matter how hard she tried.

Because every time Sheng Ting helped her to detoxify, Zhuang Yi would secretly increase her addiction.

The original host was tortured beyond recognition, unable to even die.

For a while, it seemed Sheng Ting was busy with other matters and visited the original host less frequently.

Instead, Zhuang Yi had plenty of time to spend with her.

Zhuang Yi tormented her.

Made her kneel on the ground begging for relief when her drug addiction kicked in.

When Zhuang Yi felt her vengeance was satisfied, she staged the original host’s escape with someone else. During the chase, the original host supposedly fell to her death by accident on a hillside.

And with that, the original host’s life came to an end.

Chuzheng exhaled a breath.

The current timeline should be where Zhuang Yi once helped the original host to escape, the original host was captured and brought back, Zhuang Yi gradually came to hate her, and then took her out again, planning to destroy her.

Chuzheng felt her own wrist in the dark.

It should not have been injected with anything yet.

But it would be soon.

She needed to leave this hellish place.

Chuzheng squeezed her wrist, feeling the strength of this body…

What a joke of strength.

This body was truly a “Canary”.

Soft and tender, barely able to exert any force, Chuzheng doubted she could even lift a weight of ten pounds.

Proper exercise and learning were indeed necessary!

Chuzheng leaned against the wall and sat up. It was a very empty room, with nothing in it and not very large, about ten square meters in size.

Chuzheng calmly assessed her surroundings and finally found the door along the wall.

Tap, tap…

The sound of high heels tapping crisply on the floor.

Someone was coming outside the door.

The door’s soundproofing wasn’t very good, and Chuzheng could clearly hear the voices outside.

“Sister Yi, if Brother Ting finds out about this, we’re not getting away with it.”

A woman’s voice rang out, “Don’t worry, Brother Ting isn’t in town. As long as you all keep your mouths shut and say she ran out on her own, no one will know.”

“But…”

The woman interrupted, “Enough, bring the stuff in and hurry up.”

The sound of high heels gradually faded away.

The people outside waited a while and then started whispering among themselves.

“Are we really doing this?”

“Sister Yi ordered it, can we not do it?”

“But this is Sheng Chuzheng we’re talking about. If Brother Ting finds out, we’re all dead.”

“What can we do? Are you going to tell Sister Yi? Do we have any way out now? Once we finish this, we’ll take the money and leave immediately.”

“I’m still scared…”

“The money Sister Yi gave us is enough to leave the country. By the time Brother Ting comes back, we’ll be long gone. Come on, stop dawdling and speed it up.”

The chatter outside ceased.

The door lock began to turn.

Chuzheng leaned against the door. As it was pushed open, light seeped through the cracks, gradually illuminating the entire room.

“Where is she?”

Two figures entered from outside simultaneously.

With enough light now to see the entire room clearly.

In the empty room, they saw no one, just felt a tingling on their scalps.

Locked securely.

How could she be missing?

“Looking for me?”

Bang—

The door shut.

One of them held a flashlight, which snapped on and cast its beam toward the doorway.

The girl in a white dress, barefoot, stood by the wall.

Her waist-length hair wrapped around her slim and graceful body.

The girl’s complexion was pale, and her dark eyes, under the flashlight’s glare, seemed as though they could consume someone’s soul.

At this moment, she looked at them expressionlessly.

A chill ran from the soles of their feet to their foreheads.

Both shuddered at the same time.