Chapter 10 - Torment (1/2)

Chapter 10: Torment

Translator: Jacquelin

When Ci awoke, she saw Ju Juxian, Ji Jing and Yang Zhen standing beside the bed.

Ci was not surprised. She slowly sat up and dressed herself. It was cold and she put on a cloak.

“You… Aren’t you afraid right now?” Yang Zhen asked.

“Why should I be afraid?” Ci tied back her hair with a ribbon and continued, “Everyone has to die. I know you want to kill me. I have no choice but to resign myself to fate.”

Ji Jing said to Ju Juxian and Yang Zhen, “Cut the crap. Let’s get to work.”

Ci closed her eyes.

She knew that she was going to suffer, but she didn’t expect that she would be dragged into the endless pain.

She thought that she was going to die, but she didn’t expect that she would be tortured day after day and suffer a living death.

She knew that Nima would be back, but she didn’t expect that by then they would be so close but yet so far.

Ju Juxian, Ji Jing and Yang Zhen tore off Ci’s hair as if they were pulling out the weeds. Her scalp peeled off, as blood oozed from the wounds, streamed down her forehead and dripped into her eyes, blurring her vision. Before long, Ci became an incomplete baldheaded woman. Waves of pain penetrated her every pore. Strangely, a faint smile appeared on her face, weirdly and horribly.

They took barbed whips from the wardrobe and began to flog Ci. Her clothes were torn to shreds by the whips, the same as her skin was. Ci fainted away. For her, it was better to be unconscious. It was like falling into a deep sleep. She could dream about Nima and forget the pain for the time being.

They sprinkled salt on Ci’s bloodied body and wrapped the cotton cloth around her. This was Ji Jing’s idea. She had frequently bragged about how wonderful the idea was, but when she did it, she felt a tremor in her hands.

An hour later, the white cloth was completely stained red by the blood.

Yang Zhen asked Ju Juxian, “Why not kill her directly? It will save trouble. Madam, you needn’t have dirtied your hands.”