Zong Jinghao’s eyes flashed with an idea as he glanced at the woman. He ordered, “Lock her up.”
Shen Peichuan had no idea what Zong Jinghao was thinking. “We don’t have time…”
“Just do as I say.” With that, he walked away.
Shen Peichuan stood where he was. Did we waste our efforts capturing her?
He refused to accept defeat.
Buzz, Buzz.
Guan Jing’s phone suddenly rang. When he checked, he saw that Zong Jinghao had sent him a message. Hence, he checked it immediately.
When he read its contents, his lips widened into a grin. He knew what Zong Jinghao was up to.
Holding his phone, he looked at the woman who lay on the floor and frowned. “She is really stubborn.”
However, it was expected of her. If she weren’t brazen, she wouldn’t have dared instigated Zong Yungan to kidnap the baby and extort Zong Jinghao for his stake in Wanyue.
If not for the opening created by Zong Qifeng’s death, he wouldn’t have the opportunity to do so.
“What a pity.” Guan Jing remarked in front of her on purpose. “Since she’s not talking, didn’t we capture her for nothing?”
“Where shall we lock her up? The prison?” He looked at Shen Peichuan and asked.
Shen Peichuan replied, “Not at the moment. The baby is still with Zong Yungan. If we send her there, it would be as good as letting him know that we have called the police. What if…”
Their conversation revolved around their concern for the baby’s safety.
“Why do I feel so frustrated?” Guan Jing put on a defiant expression.
“I still don’t believe that she would choose to die instead.” It was obvious Guan Jing wanted to do something. However, Shen Peichuan stopped him. “Calm down.”
He couldn’t knowingly break the law by allowing Guan Jing to kill her.
Guan Jing snorted, “We have to be cruel when dealing with a woman like that. Or else, she will feel that we don’t dare harm her because she has the baby. Today, I will get the job done.”
“All of you should go and leave her to me.” Guan Jing squatted in front of the woman. “If case anything untoward happens, it has nothing to do with you.”
The woman cringed the moment she heard it. “I dare you!”
“I’ll show you how much guts I have!” Guan Jing picked up a random brick from the ground and pressed it on the woman’s finger. “I heard fingers break easily. So let’s see how much pain can you tolerate.”
“No… No…” The woman struggled. Unable to get a good grip, Guan Jing pinned her wrist on the floor with his foot. After he pried her fingers open, he smashed the brick down.
“Argh!”
The woman screamed in pain.
Shen Peichuan and his men left the top floor. It wasn’t that he didn’t dare be cruel, he was just concerned about the baby’s safety. As long as they had a weakness, their hands were tied in whatever they did.
Back upstairs, Guan Jing stuffed the woman’s mouth again before smashing five of her fingers into a bloody pulp.
“Today, let me see how stubborn you can be against this brick.” Guan Jing threw aside the brick in his hand that had crumbled and picked up another one. Then, he pinned her other hand on the floor. “After all, I have plenty of time. Since you like playing games, I’ll play with you all you want!”
Sob…sob…
The woman continued to struggle and wanted to speak.
However, Guan Jing ignored her pleas. He knew that she would never learn her lesson until it was too late. She assumed that as long as she had the baby, she was safe from them.
At that moment, Guan Jing wasn’t just following Zong Jinghao’s instructions. He personally felt like making the woman suffer.
Suddenly, Shen Peichuan ran over and looked extremely anxious. “Guan Jing.”
“What is it?” Guan Jing turned around.
“We should go. We’ve been found.” As he pulled Guan Jing away, Guan Jing gave the woman a kick. “Aren’t we taking her along?”
“There’s no time for that. If my identity is compromised, I’m finished. Let’s go. Hurry up!” Shen Peichuan forcefully dragged Guan Jing away but Guan Jing remained defiant. “It’s her lucky day indeed.”
Just as he spoke, both of them ‘fled’.
As their footsteps faded in the distance, a new pair of footsteps were heard approaching. In a daze, the woman saw someone approaching and felt he looked familiar. When she realized who it was, her eyes widened instantly. “Mmm…Mmm…”
Zong Yungan removed the stuffing from her mouth. After she failed to return from the ladies, he looked everywhere for her. It was only later on that he received news that she was here.
Hence, he rushed here immediately.
“It’s Zong Jinghao…” The woman’s eyes were all red as she hugged Zong Yungan. “You have to take revenge on my behalf.”
Zong Yungan replied, “Alright, alright…”
The reason he readily agreed was that he felt humiliated. After all, the woman was her companion. For Zong Jinghao to capture her and torture her this way was an insult to him.
“Take her away.” Zong Yungan instructed as his men quickly approached and carried the woman downstairs. There were a few cars parked and they drove off immediately.
Not far behind, another group of cars started to tail them right after they left. They did so discreetly and kept their distance.
In a short time, Zong Yungan brought the woman home and called for a doctor to treat her wounds. Although there were many injuries, none of them were fatal.
“I’m afraid the wound on the face will leave a scar,” the doctor informed.
“I want you to make sure it heals completely!” the woman yelled.
Zong Yungan who still liked her a lot instructed the doctor, “Do your best to treat her.”
The doctor nodded.
After a while, all the woman’s wounds were bandaged up. When she looked into the mirror, she saw herself covered in gauze. She cursed in anger, “Those b**tards dared to destroy my face!”
Zong Yungan came over to reassure her, “It will heal.”
“Looks at my hands.” The woman’s hands were all wrapped up in gauze too.
When she recalled how she was humiliated, she was filled with hatred. “I must have my revenge!”
Her eyes were filled with vicious animosity.
When she threw her blanket aside and got off the bed, Zong Yungan asked, “Where are you going in your injured state?”
“How am I supposed to accept this lying down? You have seen for yourself how they treated me. I’m your woman for goodness sake. Aren’t they disrespecting you for humiliating me? Now, I want them to know that they have just made their biggest mistake!” Thinking she was smarter than everyone else, she suggested, “Aren’t you going to meet him at night? Let me come with you. But before that, we need to head someplace.”
“Where?” Zong Yungan could sense what her intention was. “Do you want to see the child?”
“Someone has to bear the pain that I have suffered!” she viciously declared. “Furthermore, even if we get what we want, we will not let the child go.”
Zong Yungan squinted his eyes. “What do you mean?”
“Think about it, if we return the child to Zong Jinghao, we will lose our leverage over him and he will take revenge against us. But, as long as the child is in our hands, he will not dare do anything. Therefore, the child is our shield.
“You do have a point.” Zong Yungan nodded.
“Yungan. Despite being captured and tortured by them, I didn’t give in because I know we are in this together. If I had told them where the child was held, they would have acted against you after they find him. Therefore, I would rather die than tell them as I was worried for your safety. Yungan, I love you. Hence, you must avenge me,” the woman sobbed as she pleaded.
Zong Yungan hugged her tight. She’s right. If she had told them about the child’s location, I would no longer be able to threaten Zong Jinghao. Furthermore, Zong Jinghao would hold a grudge against me and seek revenge.
Despite suffering grievous injuries, she didn’t divulge the child’s location. It seems like she is doing so to protect me. Zong Yungan relented and replied, “I promise to avenge you.”
“Now, I want to see the child.” The woman had only one impulse in mind, that was to vent the pain she suffered on the child.
She wanted to ensure that Zong Jinghao regretted hurting her.
