C3

"Mister Gong."

Pei Luoyi leaned to the side powerlessly. Even though she had not recovered from her earlier suffocation, her tone had already turned calm.

She slightly lifted her eyelids, her blurry gaze falling through the shattered hair onto the man's cold, chiseled silhouette. "You said I was guilty, but I don't remember anything. Just what …" "What do you want from me?"

Perhaps it was due to the man's rude actions just now, but her voice was a little hoarse, revealing how powerless she was and how exhausted she was.

Gong Yan was standing beside the bed, looking down at the thin figure on the bed. His eyes were so calm that it made people feel uneasy.

"Sign the contract, Pai Luoyi, that's the only way you can redeem yourself."

Pei Luoyi scoffed and accidentally choked. After coughing a few times, she said, "I remember that when I left your company, I had Lawyer Song deliver a message to you."

She brushed her hair out of her eyes, a mocking smile on her lips. "Did he tell you?"

The man's dark eyes narrowed with a dangerous glint.

The blue veins on his smooth forehead throbbed, indicating that the raging flames were about to break through their threshold.

"Pei Luoyi, I don't mind letting you know of my abilities and methods."

With that, the man left the room step by step, accompanied by the strange sound of metal hitting metal.

The door was slammed shut, causing the entire room to shake a little.

Pei Luoyi watched as the man closed the door behind him and then weakly collapsed onto the bed.

The room was very hot, so it was obvious that she was like a prisoner locked up here. Naturally, there would be no cold air to blow away this kind of high quality treatment.

After lying down for a short while, Pei Luoyi was covered in sweat. Only her feet were covered in a layer of icy cold metal.

Pei Luoyi tried to remove the ring from her ankle, but after struggling for a long time, she was only able to use up all her strength and sweat. There was no progress at all.

She was probably too tired, so it didn't take her long to fall asleep.

When he woke up again, there was an extra person in the room. It seemed like he was a servant of this house. His face carried a polite and distant expression.

"Miss, it's dinner time today. Get up and have some."

Pei Luoyi sized her up before sitting up on the bed and signalling for her to place the tray at the side of the table. "Put it there, thank you."

The servant nodded hesitantly, put down his things, and left.

At this moment, Pei Luoyi was awake, and no longer as stuffy as she had been during the day. At night, the room was much cooler, and the moment she got off the bed, the chain on her feet produced a sound of dragging the floor.

The chain was so long that it was more than enough to walk around the room and into the bathroom.

Pei Luoyi glanced in the direction of the door, and a bitter smile appeared on her lips.

Even if she could open the door, she wouldn't be able to walk out the front door.

He opened the curtain.

Outside was a dark, ink-like night. There was no light, only a cool breeze blowing by.

There seemed to be mountain peaks in the distance, but it was too dark. Pei Luoyi couldn't see them clearly for a long time, and could only guess that she was no longer within the city's vicinity.

That's right, which kidnapping was not a case where the kidnappers kidnapped people and brought them to a place with few people.

Pei Luoyi did not know how long she had been sitting by the window, and did not know when she had fallen asleep again.

He only knew that when he woke up again, the room had already lit up. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the man was frowning and his face was filled with obvious displeasure.

He glanced to the side and saw that the items that the servant had brought in the night before had not been touched.

No wonder she was so hungry. She probably hadn't eaten for a day and a night.

She stood up slowly, her face pale and bloodless, her lips dry and cracked.

"Can I go now, Mr. Gong?"

Her voice was even hoarser than the previous day. Pei Luoyi recalled that she had been heating up the whole afternoon and had taken in too much wind the previous night. She reckoned that she had caught a cold.

The expression on the man's face remained calm, without any visible emotions. However, Pei Luoyi knew that the calmer the man was, the more dangerous it would be.

"Miss Pei, how are your considerations?"

Gong Yan lowered his head, parted his sleeves and looked at his watch. His movements were casual and seemingly hinting at something.

Pei Luoyi indifferently looked at the man's expensive watch, her twinkling eyes containing a trace of ridicule, "Consider? Is my attitude not clear enough? Mr Gong. "

After lying on the floor for half the night, her feet were numb and she didn't have any strength left. Pei Luoyi simply supported herself with the wall and sat on the bed, her two tender white feet casually resting on the floor.

Glancing at the struggling red mark on the woman's ankle, the man raised his eyebrows slightly.

"It seems that you are determined to die and will not comply. Unfortunately, there are some things that are like the scars on your feet. Even if you struggle, it will only be a waste of effort."

The man stopped when he reached the door. Carrying the stiff Pei Luoyi on his back, he slowly said, "Also, don't think that you can resist me by going on a hunger strike. I've never lost in a battle of endurance, not to mention this insignificant life of yours."

The door closed, concealing the tall and straight figure of the man.

Pei Luoyi suddenly felt a wave of helplessness sweep through her body.

He wasn't going to let her go.

Unless she signed the deal that sold her body.

But on what basis?

Based on a baseless accusation? And she had no idea.

She had to find a way to leave.

He rummaged around the room but couldn't find any tools to pry open the chains.

At this moment, she noticed that not far away from the window was a sparkling lake, which was very big. Farther away was the mountain she had seen just the tiniest outline of last night, majestic and vast.

In the painting, she had once heard her colleague say that a series of high-class residences had been developed in Xiangshan, not far from the center of Yuncheng City, where every inch of land was worth a fortune.

The most surprising thing was of course a luxurious garden built on a mountain peak near the lake — the Thousand Islands Manor.

There was no doubt in her mind that the house she was in was one of the Thousand Islands.

After all, there was only one man in Cloud City that was qualified to occupy this place.

From the looks of it, it was not that simple for her to escape from this place.

Pei Luoyi kicked the chain at her feet, causing her forehead to swell with pain. She might not be able to walk through this door even if she could carry this item.

Moreover, this was only if she could find the door.

However, she believed that things were done by hand.

She went into the bathroom and washed her face. She was a little more alert, and when she caught a glimpse of a metal mirror on the washstand, she looked relieved. Then she smiled.

When the servant brought lunch into the room, there was no one there.

The window was wide open, and a strong wind blew the curtains recklessly. On the ground, there was a broken piece of chain and a piece of twisted metal.

A plate of delicious food fell to the floor with a clatter. The servant stared in the direction of the window, his hands trembling as he announced a number.

"Palace..." "Mr Gong, Miss Pei is gone!"