“I already told you! I don’t know! I was tricked out of the valley by her! I really don’t know anything!” Xi Fuhong pleaded desperately, shaking her head so much that she bit her tongue several times.
“Stubborn.” Luo Qingcheng’s eyes narrowed dangerously.
She wouldn’t stop until she got the full truth.
Ignoring Xi Fuhong’s struggles, Luo Qingcheng’s fingers reached for her belt and tore it off, leaving her completely exposed.
Xi Fuhong’s eyes widened in shock, her face turning ashen.
She didn’t understand what Luo Qingcheng intended to do, but the fear from deep within made her beg for mercy.
“I really don’t know anything! Please, spare me? I’m just a servant accompanying the old lady, I know nothing…” She squeezed her legs together in embarrassment.
Even in the dim light of the dungeon, she felt as if Luo Qingcheng’s sharp, emotionless eyes could see right through her, making her shiver.
“No, there’s something you’re not telling,” Luo Qingcheng said, grabbing Xi Fuhong’s thigh with one hand and pulling her closer with the other, whispering in her ear, “I’ll believe you once the interrogation is over.” Did she know how cruel the process would be?
“Will you let me go?” Xi Fuhong blinked, clinging to the last shred of hope.
In the dim candlelight, her skin was covered in cold sweat, her breathing rapid from pleading.
Her body bore the marks of Luo Qingcheng’s handiwork over the past few days.
Her disheveled hair framed a face begging for mercy, giving her an allure beyond her years.
Luo Qingcheng’s chest tightened, and she frowned for the first time.
“I won’t let you go.” She said something even she hadn’t expected.
Was it because Xi Fuhong was an accomplice with Gui Po? Or was it because of Xi Fuhong herself?
“If you tell me where Gui Po or Shi Cuiyan is hiding, I’ll stop.” She pushed aside her inexplicable thoughts and looked down at Xi Fuhong again.
“But I’m telling the truth, I… ah! No!!” Before she could finish, Luo Qingcheng forcefully spread her legs, her cold fingers tracing her abdomen.
The heat from her fingertips was almost scalding, but Luo Qingcheng didn’t care.
She maintained a cold expression while doing such unspeakable things.
Xi Fuhong’s pleas filled the air as Luo Qingcheng’s fingers invaded her most private place without hesitation.
“You say you don’t know, that’s fine…” Luo Qingcheng leaned in, almost touching her ear, “As long as you keep saying you don’t know until the end of the interrogation, I’ll believe you.”
“Please, spare me… spare me…” Xi Fuhong’s voice was hoarse from shouting, but her hands were bound above her head, unable to move even an inch despite her struggles.
The scent of the woman’s perfume in front of her was so light and elegant that it made her want to vomit.
Xi Fuhong tried to pull away, but Luo Qingcheng held her firmly, the soft fabric rubbing against her bare skin, filling her with shame and fear.
When she felt something strange below, she screamed and resisted with all her might.
“No!! Let me go!! I don’t know anything! I don’t know!!” The strange sensation overwhelmed her, and she shook her head in terror.
Having never experienced such a thing, Xi Fuhong didn’t understand Luo Qingcheng’s interrogation methods.
Her heart was filled with shame, anger, and sorrow, yet she didn’t cry.
“Is that all you can say?” Luo Qingcheng raised an eyebrow and picked up a piece of cloth from the ground to gag Xi Fuhong.
She wouldn’t tell the truth anyway.
The pain of being penetrated spread through her body, and Xi Fuhong closed her eyes tightly, her eyes moist with unshed tears.
Her body was rigid, feeling as if she was being torn apart.
The forceful intrusion was ruthless, with no gentleness or warning, just a brutal act that took away her innocence, mercilessly harming her young body.
Withdrawing her blood-stained fingers, Luo Qingcheng looked down at Xi Fuhong’s dazed eyes.
This was interrogation, not love… there was no reason for pity because she was an accomplice with Gui Po.
Removing the cloth from Xi Fuhong’s mouth, Luo Qingcheng stepped back and asked, “Where is Gui Po?”
Xi Fuhong stared at her blankly, full of confusion and defiance.
She didn’t understand why Luo Qingcheng didn’t believe her or why she was being treated this way.
Tiger Dragon Cave? Secret treasure? Black Dragon Ring Head? None of it had anything to do with her.
She couldn’t even leave the valley without someone leading her.
Why was she subjected to such humiliation?
Seeing this, Luo Qingcheng actually smiled.
In an instant, her smile was captivating, but it hid a cruel undertone.
“Don’t worry, I have the whole night to play with you.”
Xi Fuhong’s body fully experienced what Luo Qingcheng called “interrogation,” enduring all sorts of humiliating positions, insults, and even whipping.
She went from hoarse pleas to silent screams, manipulated to the point of delirium.
The pain was accompanied by numbness, and she almost couldn’t feel it anymore.
She only remembered that as she was about to pass out, she heard Luo Qingcheng say.
She said, “I believe you.”
But the price for those four words was too high, so high that Xi Fuhong couldn’t even cry.
As she fell into a deep sleep, Xi Fuhong knew she was dreaming because she returned to Wu Feng Valley, surrounded by cliffs that blocked out the sky, keeping all the Jianghu disputes and villains at bay.
Sitting on a low stool, she looked at the lush grass, feeling the tickling sensation on her feet, breathing in the earthy scent, and hearing the sound of the waterfall.
This beautiful and peaceful place once belonged to her…
But she was so heartbroken that she almost forgot…
That she had once lived in such an ordinary place.
A figure appeared at the entrance of the valley, walking unsteadily, but the swaying motion was all too familiar to her.
“Grandma!” Xi Fuhong shouted, almost jumping off the stool to wave.
The person approaching was still the grandmother from her memories.
With white hair and a serious expression, she always wore elegant dark blue clothes and a silver necklace that sparkled around her neck.
Despite her age, her appearance hadn’t changed in the past ten years.
Her grandmother’s eyes often held a sense of melancholy.
Xi Fuhong never understood why her grandmother often stared at the misty mountain peaks in a daze, but now she seemed to understand a little.
Was her grandmother thinking about… the Ouyang Family… the person she loved?
“You finally came back, Fu Hong has been waiting for so long.” Xi Fuhong stood in front of her grandmother, who remained expressionless.
Because this was a dream.
“Grandma, many people are trying to catch you, don’t go out again.” Xi Fuhong pulled her to sit down, but she remained expressionless.
Because this was a dream.
“Grandma, can you… can you say something to me?” Xi Fuhong squatted at her feet, but she remained expressionless.
“I’m so foolish… this is a dream… how could Grandma possibly speak?” Sitting on the grass with her knees bent, Xi Fuhong held onto Grandma’s clothes, staring blankly at the cliff top that blocked the sky.
Maybe this was for the best; without the blue sky, at least there were clouds and mist; without candied hawthorn, at least there were wheat cakes; without the Tiger Dragon Secret Treasure, at least there was a peaceful life.
If this dream could go on forever, would she not have to suffer anymore?
“…Don’t die.” The Grandma, who had disappeared at some point, spoke from the mountaintop.
Xi Fuhong closed her eyes, listening to the long-lost voice, feeling a surge of bitterness and grievance.
She really regretted leaving the valley.
She was already so foolish and silly, and outside the valley, she was bullied by others.
Grandma was right; outside the valley, there were only bad people, and she would only be treated as a monster, with no one to care for her.
Only in the valley… only Grandma would love her…
“Grandma… save me… save Fuhong…” Time and again, she knelt on the ground, looking up.
