boyutpedia Chapter 188: Evil Ghost (Part )
Chapter 188: Evil Ghost (Part )
If Chu Huanjun had not previously confirmed that the person imprisoned in the Zuo family dungeon was her, he would not have been able to recognize who the person in front of him who was tortured to a pulp was.
Zhining was only wearing a thin prison uniform, and it was impossible to tell what color it originally was. The clothes were soaked with bloodstains of varying shades, hanging on her body like a last piece of fig leaf, making her look like a rusty, decayed piece of equipment nailed in a bottomless dungeon. Perhaps if one only touched her joints lightly with a finger, she would instantly fall apart like those rusted buildings that had not seen the sun for years.
Four chains thicker than a giant python bound her legs and feet, preventing her from moving. Even more shocking was the chain that pierced her spine, nailing her to the execution post.
Needless to say, such inhuman means are indeed something that Zuo Tang and Zuo Qiu are capable of.
Chu Huanjun hadn't expected that when he met Zhining again, she would end up like this. She had complained to him many times in the past and even used tricks to thwart his plans, but he had always remembered the friendship she had shown Zhou Yan for many years and had never been cruel to her.
Although I had long expected that if Zhining continued to do whatever she wanted, she would definitely suffer the consequences, I didn't expect the retribution to come so quickly.
The dungeon was dark and damp, and it was hard to see clearly. Song Zhishou lit another tinder, walked forward, and shone the light on Zhining.
Zhining heard footsteps and thought that someone from the Zuo family had come again. She raised her head in panic and fear, but saw Chu Huanjun standing in front of her.
Zhining was in a trance for a moment, thinking that she was dizzy from the pain and had hallucinations.
"Your Majesty? Hahahahaha..." Zhining sneered and muttered to himself, "Am I about to meet the King of Hell? There's already a carousel going on in front of me."
Chu Huanjun walked over, grabbed Zhining's collar, and forced her to look at him.
The firelight fell on their faces, and Chu Huanjun suddenly saw Zhining's face clearly. This was the face she had been proud of and used as a weapon to navigate the martial arts world. Now, it was covered with countless cuts from the sharp blade, densely packed with cuts, looking ferocious and terrifying.
She was disfigured—she had lost what she considered the most important thing to her, but she seemed completely unaware of it.
Zhining raised her eyes to look at Chu Huanjun and smiled sternly, "Your Highness is in a really good mood... In the past, you refused to seduce me no matter how hard I tried, but now in this dank and dark dungeon, you are finally willing to look me in the eye..."
As she spoke, her fingers slowly covered Chu Huanjun's hand that was pulling at her collar, wanting to hold his fingers together.
But the moment he touched his hand, he quickly pulled it back, as if he was afraid of touching something dirty, and shook his hand away in disgust.
Zhi Ning stared blankly at Chu Huanjun's disgusted expression, then sneered three times and said slowly, "Why? Your Highness, are you here to laugh at me now? Is it funny? Are you satisfied?"
Chu Huanjun looked at the almost shapeless figure opposite him with a look of dismay and said coldly, "The money I gave you when Zhou Yan died should have been enough to live comfortably for the rest of your life. What on earth is wrong with you that you have to court death? Your little tricks might be enough to trick me, but you want to trick the Zuo family? How foolish of you!"
After she finished speaking, Zhining sneered again. When she laughed, her body began to tremble continuously, and the iron chains that were pierced into her bones and skin also vibrated along with her, making one cold sound after another, echoing over the narrow dungeon, sounding extremely weird.
After laughing enough, Zhining finally stopped and said, "Your Highness, don't you understand yet? I don't want money at all. Without you by my side, what's the point of having so much money? I still can't eat or sleep well... Over the years, I've missed you like crazy, but you just won't look me in the eye. So I thought, if... there was a way to make me appear before your eyes again, so that you would have to keep your eyes on me all the time and not ignore me, how great it would be."
"You've gone crazy." Chu Huanjun interrupted Zhining coldly.
Song Zhishou also approached, bringing the firelight closer. Zhining had been in the dark for too long and wasn't used to the bright light yet. She squinted her eyes and averted her face.
"So, you deliberately sent Jiangnan's peach blossoms to Prince Yi's mansion, swapped the letters between Zuo Di and Zhou Yan, and gave them all to Zuo Tang instead?" Song Zhishou asked, a hint of confusion in his tone. "What's the point of you doing this, other than aiding and abetting the evil?"
Zhi Ning snorted coldly and said with a wry smile, "I told you, I just want the prince to look only at me... Isn't this what I did all these things for? I did it, Chu Huanjun, and now you still come to me obediently, don't you? I won, I won. You should know now that in this world, apart from me, Zhi Ning, no one will love you more..."
"Bah! You keep talking about love, but you don't even know what the prince really wants to do. Becoming an obstacle to the prince, is this what you call love?"
Song Zhishou spat in Zhining's direction. He had seen many prisoners like this. There was always something hateful about pitiful people. Zhining was too paranoid, trapped by his inner demons, and there was no hope for him.
She could have lived with more dignity, but she chose to humiliate herself like this. No wonder others looked down on her.
Chu Huanjun looked at Zhining speechlessly, unable to utter a single word for a moment. Frankly speaking, he hadn't expected Zhining to become so stubborn after all these years.
He took a deep breath and said calmly, "You've worked with me for quite a few years now, so you should know I'm a hard-hearted person. I'm telling you frankly, I don't like you. I don't have the slightest bit of romantic affection for you. Even if you repeatedly show me your affection, even if you scheme against me with all your heart, I still won't take you seriously."
With every word Chu Huanjun spoke, the light in Zhining's eyes dimmed a little. He paused, worried that she didn't understand, and asked again, "Did I explain myself clearly enough?"
Zhining sneered again, and this time, her laughter was almost crazy.
"It doesn't matter!" Zhi Ning laughed and roared, "Whether you, Chu Huanjun, like me or not is not important at all! I've gotten used to it over the years!"