Chapter 46
【Boohoo, so touching. At such a dangerous moment, his first instinct was to protect you. Even though he was a scumbag, he changed for the better, boohoo…】
“…That’s enough. Do you want to be muted again?”
【Waaah~ You’re so heartless. Aren’t you curious about what happens next?】
“What else could happen? Nothing more than a life-or-death struggle with Jian Qiu. Settle the mission score, and don’t waste my time.”
【Ding! Mission completion successfully calculated. Completion rate is 65%. Wow! That’s 5% above passing. Keep it up, Host, press on!~】
“Next world.”
“Fu Nanjue, you lunatic! You psycho! Let Tiantian go!”
When Qiu Chi opened her eyes, she was being held tightly in someone’s arms. The man’s lips were about to land on her when her brow instantly furrowed. She immediately broke free from his embrace and threw a punch.
Qiu Chi’s movements were so fast that not only was the man she hit stunned, but even the man tied up on the floor, who had been cursing, was also dumbfounded, staring blankly at her.
The first to recover was the man who had been hit. His name was Fu Nanjue.
He touched the trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth. Instead of getting angry, a wicked grin spread across his face. “Interesting. So you’re a little wildcat with claws.”
Qiu Chi: “…” He was really asking for a beating.
The System laughed heartily: 【No, a tigress!】
Qiu Chi casually muted the System.
Then, she clenched her fists and stepped forward. The man, far from sensing the danger, leaned back lazily. A wicked smile played on his handsome face, and his tone was flippant. “Are you preparing to throw yourself into my arms? If you can satisfy me, I might just let that man on the floor go.”
The man who had been staring blankly at Qiu Chi now snapped back to his senses. Hearing Fu Nanjue’s words, he immediately shouted, “Tiantian, don’t go over there! I’d rather die than see you humiliated by him!”
Qiu Chi let out a cold laugh. “You’re certainly full of yourself.”
As she spoke, she had already walked up to him. When she raised her hand to strike, he was still lounging lazily, casually raising a hand as if he could block her move.
Qiu Chi promptly dislocated his arm, then proceeded to give him a thorough beating, leaving him completely unable to fight back.
But the man was a real masochist. He didn’t make a sound as Qiu Chi beat him, not even a muffled grunt. Instead, his eyes grew brighter as he looked at her.
Qiu Chi wasn’t about to indulge him. She went ahead and gave him two black eyes.
Only then did she shake out her hands, untie the ropes binding the man on the floor, and head for the exit.
The man scrambled up from the floor, glanced at Fu Nanjue’s miserable state, and pressed his lips together before quickly following Qiu Chi.
There were more of Fu Nanjue’s men outside, but by the time the man caught up, he saw Qiu Chi single-handedly and effortlessly taking them all down. His lips pressed together even more tightly.
It wasn’t until they were clear of Fu Nanjue’s territory that he stepped forward to block Qiu Chi’s path. “Who are you? Where’s Tiantian?”
“In your terms, she’s dead. Before Fu Nanjue drives your family to bankruptcy, I suggest you all leave the country immediately. Don’t wait until he destroys your family and leaves you with nothing. That’s not what Ye Tiantian would want to see, and I don’t have the time to protect you.”
Li Jiarui felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck him, leaving his head ringing. He stammered incoherently, “You said… you said Tiantian… Tiantian, she… how could she… how could she…”
“There’s no ‘how could she.’ My presence here means she gave up. If you want revenge, then make yourself stronger, find evidence of Fu Nanjue’s crimes, and make him pay for what he’s done.”
Li Jiarui still couldn’t accept the fact that Ye Tiantian was dead. “Then… then what are you here for?”
【Mmph, mmph!】 Don’t tell him!
“She couldn’t accept the tragic fate that awaited her, so I came to take her place.”
Li Jiarui was dazed, muttering the words to himself, “A tragic fate…”
After a long moment, he looked up, his eyes filled with suspicion. “Why should I believe you?”
Qiu Chi shot him a scornful look. “Does it matter whether you believe me?”
That single sentence made Li Jiarui’s expression fall. Qiu Chi was in no mood to comfort him.
She hailed a taxi and said to the still-dazed Li Jiarui, “You’d better listen to what I just said. Otherwise, don’t blame me for not warning you when Fu Nanjue ends up destroying your family.”
With that, Qiu Chi got into the taxi. After giving the driver an address, the car drove off.
Li Jiarui stared blankly in the direction the taxi had gone. He knew in his heart that Qiu Chi was telling the truth. Fu Nanjue was a madman. To threaten Tiantian, he had kidnapped him and even tried to humiliate her in front of him.
At this thought, Li Jiarui couldn’t help but clench his fists.
Qiu Chi took the taxi directly back to Ye Tiantian’s home.
Ye Tiantian was the Ye family’s adopted daughter. Originally, Mr. and Mrs. Ye had been unable to conceive, so they adopted three-year-old Ye Tiantian. Who would have known that a year later, Mrs. Ye would become pregnant?
Once they had their own biological daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ye naturally grew cold toward Ye Tiantian. However, Ye Tiantian had a childhood sweetheart, Li Jiarui.
Li Jiarui had liked Ye Tiantian from the moment he first saw her, and his parents, by extension, were also very kind to her.
The Li family’s business was more successful than the Ye family’s. Out of respect for the Lis, Mr. and Mrs. Ye, though cold and partial to their own daughter, never abused Ye Tiantian.
Ye Tiantian and Li Jiarui were engaged at eighteen. They were childhood sweethearts, a match made in heaven, but unfortunately, it couldn’t withstand an unexpected disaster.
When Ye Tiantian was twenty-two, she found an unconscious man on the street. And so, her nightmare began.
To be precise, it was a nightmare for her and the entire Li family.
Fu Nanjue was rich and powerful. He had taken a liking to Ye Tiantian, and the Ye family was practically tripping over themselves to package her up and send her to him.
If Fu Nanjue hadn’t set his sights on Ye Tiantian, they would have much preferred to send their own biological daughter, Ye Jiaojiao, instead.
As for Ye Tiantian’s fiancé?
What was a fiancé? They weren’t married yet, were they? They could just break off the engagement.
Knowing Mr. and Mrs. Ye, even if they were married, they would have forced Ye Tiantian to divorce him and sent her over anyway.
As for whether Ye Tiantian was willing, no one cared.
When Ye Tiantian refused, Fu Nanjue kidnapped Li Jiarui to threaten her.
From the moment Ye Tiantian saved him, Fu Nanjue had thoroughly investigated her. He naturally knew what would be most effective in threatening her.
She had saved him out of kindness, only to find she had rescued a wolf.
When Qiu Chi arrived at the Ye residence, Mr. and Mrs. Ye were out, and only Ye Jiaojiao was home.
She jumped in surprise upon seeing Qiu Chi, then shot her a glare and said commandingly, “You! You’re not allowed to tell Mom and Dad I skipped class and came home. If you do, I’ll tell them you escaped from Fu Nanjue’s place.”
After saying that, Ye Jiaojiao frowned in thought for a moment before adding, “You’ve already been given to Fu Nanjue, so why are you still shamelessly thinking about Brother Jiarui? Brother Jiarui is mine! You’re not allowed to think about him anymore, you hear me!”
Qiu Chi looked at Ye Jiaojiao as if she were an idiot. She couldn’t even be bothered to deal with this girl who had been spoiled rotten by her parents.
“What’s with that look? Believe it or not, I’ll call Dad right now and tell him you’re back!”
Qiu Chi rolled her eyes and went straight upstairs. She was here to get the ID card.
Ye Tiantian’s ID card was held by Mr. and Mrs. Ye. Even if she escaped from Fu Nanjue, she would have to return to the Ye house to get it, but she had never once succeeded in escaping.
Her most successful escape attempt was when Li Jiarui tricked Ye Jiaojiao into getting the ID card from her parents. The two of them fled to the airport, only to be caught by Fu Nanjue.
After that, misfortune befell Li Jiarui’s family.
Qiu Chi felt that the Li family was also quite unlucky to have a son like Li Jiarui.
Their family went bankrupt, and the white-haired parents had to bury their black-haired son.
This was a completely heart-wrenching story with a bad ending.
In the end, Fu Nanjue killed Li Jiarui, Ye Tiantian committed suicide out of grief, and after her death, Fu Nanjue was struck with remorse and turned himself in.
After reading through it, Qiu Chi had only one word: Speechless!
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