Let the last bit of light start to shatter from the lie.
She had been waiting for a long time, but she knew... if she waited any longer, Morioka Hitomi would never leave that small room.
Because this was Morioka’s wish. Perhaps that man’s luck was that Morioka Hitomi would forever be locked in that dark basement.
The man, dressed in an expensive suit, began today’s domestication.
This time, Xiaoxing was very resistant.
The man said sincerely:
"Shame, dignity, they are all obstacles that hinder you from getting a better life. Discard them, and you can become a qualified pet."
"Xiaoxing, your performance is the same as last time. It’s just that last time, I didn’t investigate Morioka Immortal. At that time, I was busy with other things and didn’t pay much attention to your chat records."
"But the result won’t change anything, your trajectory hasn’t changed at all."
"Do you know? No one will come to save you, no one will give you happiness. Morioka Immortal might really exist, but if even a... pet like you knows about him, what makes you think you can stand before him?"
"If the Buddha in the temple is effective, the poor won’t even have the qualification to kneel and worship the Buddha statue. This is the rule of operation of this world. Once a wishing machine really appears... then the first person to make a wish will definitely seize the ownership of this wishing machine."
How cruel, yet seemingly irrefutable.
The man lifted Xiaoxing’s chin:
"Take off your clothes and crawl a lap in the park. Starting from April, you will leave and head to that dry desert."
"I need you to do the final shame desensitization training."
Xiaoxing couldn’t refute any of the man’s words.
But this time, she couldn’t help but beg the man:
"I already... I am already a qualified pet, there’s no need to make me like this, please..."
The man shook his head helplessly, a leather whip unknown when had appeared in his hand:
"Customers will question my reputation. There are many girls like you, they are smarter, they gave up hope early."
"Xiaoxing, you see, if you are obedient, your pain can bring reward. But now, because of your disobedience, you will suffer pain and will not receive any reward."
The whip struck Xiaoxing’s back, leaving a blood-red mark.
Xiaoxing gritted her teeth, enduring the man’s lashes.
She actually didn’t know why she suddenly wanted to persist.
She had actually done many more shameful things long ago, but this time, she just felt like she wanted to wait a bit longer.
The whip fell again and again, the blood-red marks slowly turning into shredded flesh.
Under the repeated beatings, Xiaoxing suddenly understood that the reason she didn’t want to do those base and shameful things was because she was afraid that she would become so vile that she wouldn’t deserve happiness.
She wanted a bit of dignity, she wanted when someone came to save her... at least, she would be somewhat presentable.
But she couldn’t hold on.
She no longer gritted her teeth to endure, but opened her mouth, letting out wails, and tears began to fall uncontrollably.
The hope that had been painstakingly constructed finally collapsed under the lashes.
Someone like me doesn’t deserve happiness.
She finally couldn’t help but think this way, and then this thought cycled over and over. She felt more and more that she was so despicable, why should she hope for such things?
But she really hoped her wish could be fulfilled by Morioka Hitomi, that way... even if she herself was unfortunate, through that wish, Morioka Hitomi could gain happiness.
Yes.
Under the torment of pain, when she no longer dared to hope for happiness, she didn’t give up wanting to see Morioka Hitomi, because she knew that child was innocent. She knew that child wasn’t a "ghost."
That was a kind-hearted child.
If she couldn’t be human, at least... please make a wish to let that child be human.
With this thought, she gained some strength to resist.
But she still cried loudly, begged, curled up, her body instinctively resisting the abuse.
The sound of the whip cutting through the air was like the whisper of a demon.
In the next moment, the pain would precisely appear on her festering skin, making an already rotten life sprout another crack.
But suddenly... a huge sound drowned everything out, the whole building seemed to be shaking slightly.
The Island Country was a place where earthquakes frequently occurred, and because of this, most of the buildings here were not very tall. The hotel where Akiyama Sachi was staying was only twelve floors.
But even so, seeing someone climb in through the window of her twelfth-floor room and violently kick open the window was extremely shocking.
Such a sudden change, she could hardly imagine, to the extent that she suspected she was seeing a hallucination because of the severe beating.
But then, the doorbell rang.
The man was startled, this change not only made Akiyama Sachi doubtful, but even he showed a look of disbelief.
Impossible. Who is this person?
Why would this person appear here?
Even though his actions differed from last time, the butterfly effect couldn’t be so big that a stranger would climb up from the twelfth-floor window!
The man’s whip stopped mid-air, looking at the person with incredulous eyes.
"Please open the door for my friend. Okay, no need... he’s really amazing, isn’t he?"
The door opened.
The man turned around abruptly and saw a strikingly beautiful man.
"Little Tree... your physical fitness is really scary. This arm strength is terrifying." The beautiful man praised.