Chapter 371
Chapter 371
My muffled groans and screams echoed endlessly through the dark room.
My taunts had enraged him, and he spent several minutes teaching me a lesson.
He beat me until my head split and bled, the blood nearly coating my eyes.
“Tell me. Why weren’t you hypnotized?”
“Because you’re incompetent.”
I slowly raised my head and said weakly, “Since you know I have Two Souls in One Life, you should also know what I’ve been through. I survived until today and remained myself because my heart is steadfast and my will is strong enough.”
“I’m still me. I’ve never changed. If you want me to submit, don’t waste your time.”
I looked at him contemptuously again. “I didn’t fall into your hands because I’m stupid. I took the risk because I was worried about An Yutong. Don’t think I don’t know what you want.”
“There’s a secret hidden inside me. I don’t know what it is, but you’re trying to hypnotize me because you want that secret. I’m telling you now: it won’t happen.”
“You don’t dare kill me, so all you can do is keep me imprisoned. But the longer you hold me, the more time my friends and brothers have to come rescue me. You’d better kill me now. Otherwise, you’ll die exactly the way Du Ruhai did!”
My last words did not anger him.
He smiled and patted my face. “You’ve got guts. Let’s see how long you can last. It doesn’t matter. I have all the time in the world to play with you. And I can tell you with absolute certainty that your friends and brothers will never find you. Make yourself comfortable. You’ll be staying here.”
With that, he left, taking the others with him.
Before going, he extinguished the candle. The room plunged into total darkness.
People in confined spaces inevitably feel mentally oppressed. When such a space is swallowed by complete darkness, an ordinary person will begin to feel anxious and panicked in less than half an hour.
I remained there for an unknown number of hours.
They did not merely imprison me. They kept me tied the entire time.
When I needed to urinate, someone came in, pulled down my pants, and held a container beneath me.
It was not an act of humanity. They simply did not want me fouling the room. I was still useful to them.
Yet they gave me neither food nor water. They wanted to break my will.
Eventually, I could no longer even urinate.
I was afraid. I was terrified.
I might not have feared death, but under this kind of mental torture, I was no stronger than an ordinary person.
The only difference was that I still refused to surrender.
A long time passed like this. I had lost all sense of time, but I guessed I had been imprisoned for about two days.
Under the combined assault of hunger and mental torment, I was little better than a dead dog.
At last, the candle in the room was lit again.
The man appeared before me once more.
“Well? Enjoying yourself?” he asked mockingly.
My lips were peeling and covered in bloody scabs. My tongue had dried into a lump.
I smacked my lips a few times and looked at him. “What’s your name…?”
He smiled. “I stopped using my real name long ago. You can call me Qingyuan. What, have you reconsidered?”
I replied feebly, “No. I just wanted your name so I can haunt you after I die…”
His expression changed. He raked a hand through his hair, then pointed at me and said to the others, “See that? This is what a tough man looks like. Such powerful will. Truly admirable!”
The moment he finished speaking, he drew a knife and drove it viciously into my thigh.
He deliberately avoided the major artery. Even so, blood gushed from my thigh like a fountain. I sucked in a sharp breath from the pain and could not stop myself from screaming.
My body convulsed. Gritting my teeth, I glared at him. “Stab me in the neck! Kill me if you’ve got the guts!”
“Must you always talk about killing? We live in a society governed by law.” He watched me mockingly. “I won’t let you die. I’ll make sure you stay alive.”
Then he gripped the knife handle and began to twist it.
I screamed again. The pain reached its limit, becoming so intense that eventually no sound would come out.
Suddenly, my eyes turned red, as though covered by a crimson mist. A ghost emerged from my body, frightening Qingyuan and the others into hurriedly retreating.
They all frowned and stared warily at the ghost.
It was a man. From behind, he looked young.
“Are you… Li Fuguang?” Qingyuan asked in mild shock, an excited smile appearing on his face.
Li Fuguang!
This ghost was Li Fuguang!
No, that wasn’t right. He was me, too!
Had my soul left my body?
In fact, I truly could no longer move my body.
“Why did you wake me?”
Li Fuguang suddenly spoke, his voice even deeper than Qingyuan’s.
Qingyuan acted as though facing a mortal enemy. He assumed a fighting stance, slowly took out the pendant, and swung it before Li Fuguang’s eyes. “Don’t you know? You should know. Think carefully. We mean you no harm. Think carefully…”
The pendant emitted a faint glow. Qingyuan was actually trying to hypnotize a ghost.
The next second, the pendant exploded with a bang.
Startled, Qingyuan staggered back several steps and retreated to the doorway in panic.
He stared blankly at the empty cord, utterly dumbfounded.
“You!”
“Don’t play with fire. Waking me will bring you no benefit.”
After speaking, Li Fuguang vanished into thin air.
I immediately felt a gust of wind rush against my face.
“Li Fuguang!”
Qingyuan glared at me and shouted, “Come out! Do you think I won’t kill him?”
Li Fuguang did not appear again.
The pain had nearly driven me unconscious.
When my other soul showed no further reaction, Qingyuan ordered someone to bring in a bag of nutritional fluid and attach it to my IV.
“Don’t let him die.”
Qingyuan directed several men to carry in a long table, then had them lay me flat on top of it and tend to my wound.
He did not want me dead, but neither did he want me comfortable.
He refused to let them give me antibiotics. All I received was the nutritional IV.
When they finished, someone asked how long they would have to remain here.
“Who knows? This one’s tough.”
Qingyuan said, “But don’t worry. This place is well hidden. No one will ever find it. Tomorrow, I’ll have someone bring supplies and medicine.”
“Make sure he stays alive, but don’t make things easy for him.”
Then he left again.