amaotonovel Chapter 371 Original Text Zhou Baozhu
Chapter 371 Original Text Zhou Baozhu
Chapter 371
Only then did Ye Yunzhou see clearly that the carriage was surrounded by layers of pink gauze. The low table that had originally been inside was gone, replaced by a dense arrangement of flowers all around. The floor of the carriage was covered with colorful petals, and the entire space, while colorful, was tacky. No wonder he kept smelling a pungent odor all the way. He had originally thought it was due to the Hundred Flowers Festival, the abundance of flowers on the streets, and his overly sensitive sense of smell. He had never expected to be pulling such a tacky carriage all the way. The setting was like a scene from a brothel, and it was no wonder Luo Shuiyao refused to enter the carriage.
He turned to look at the people who were stretching their heads and looking over here, his eyes passed over them and fell on Ye Yi, and he sneered, "Is this the good idea you mentioned?"
Ye Yi knew he was asking her this question. Seeing his fake smile, she couldn't help but shudder and asked tentatively, "This... Miss Luo doesn't like it?"
"What do you think?" Ye Yunzhou said coldly.
Seeing this, Ye Yi unconsciously took a few steps back, secretly preparing to rush out, but still forced himself to explain: "I saw that the girls in Chunhua Tower liked this kind of decoration, so I thought that most girls like this kind of fancy things, so..."
The next moment, a stone on the ground suddenly shot towards Ye Yi.
Even though Ye Yi reacted quickly, he still couldn't dodge the stone, which hit him hard on the side of his buttocks. He screamed, hopping on one foot and fleeing out the door, shouting, "Supervisor, Master, I was wrong! I was wrong, please don't be angry!"
The others watched with their heads huddled, their faces filled with pity, yet none dared to plead for Ye Yi. Xiao Yiwei even covered his eyes with his hands, looking as if he couldn't bear to watch. But if you looked closely, you could see his fingers spread wide, clearly teasing Ye Yi.
Ye Yi was hit by several stones in succession. Although Ye Yunzhou intentionally controlled the force and did not injure his muscles and bones, and would not cause much substantial damage, the stones really hurt when they hit his body.
Ye Yi, who had been jumping and running around in the yard for a long time, finally couldn't help but sit down on the ground and pretended to cry loudly: "Master, I have been by your side since I was a child and have always been diligent and hardworking. Even if Miss Luo doesn't like my arrangement, I don't deserve to die!"
Ye Yiben had intended to soften Ye Yunzhou's heart by relying on their childhood friendship, but he didn't expect Ye Yunzhou to become even angrier after hearing this. "Oh? Do you think you just made a mistake with the arrangement? What about the fireworks?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Yi stopped howling immediately. He then remembered what had happened and immediately stood up, quickly crawling and hiding behind Lao Chu and the others, only daring to show half of his head. He stammered, "This... was also an accident. I... I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."
Seeing his useless and cowardly appearance, Ye Yunzhou lost his patience and didn't bother to deal with him anymore. This kid had always been unreliable, and he shouldn't have had any expectations of him. Ultimately, it was his own fault for having such expectations. Seeing Ye Yi's foolish appearance, Ye Yunzhou felt ashamed and angry.
"Okay, why are you all standing here at night instead of taking a rest? If you don't have anything to do, just focus on your respective mission objectives and don't gather here to chat and waste time!" Ye Yunzhou said with a dark face and a cold tone.
Seeing that Ye Yunzhou was not going to pursue the matter any further, everyone scattered like frightened birds. Even Ye Yi grimaced and hurriedly ran away.
Ye Yunzhou reached out and lifted the curtain, took another look at the unpleasant carriage, and then sent someone to tie it up in the backyard. Then, he turned around to deal with the unfinished official business of the day.
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Original text [Zhou Baozhu chapter]
The Hundred Flowers Festival was supposed to be a warm and cozy season. But Zhou Baozhu never imagined that this would become the darkest day of her life.
That night she suffered inhuman humiliation. After being knocked unconscious by Zhuang Sheng, she was thrown into a dry well in the abandoned yard. She could neither live nor die.
The wellhead was overgrown with weeds, and the moonlight shone on her red and swollen face, slowly waking her from her coma.
The pain in her body made her gasp, but it also made her sober. Her body ached everywhere, and as she tried to see clearly what was happening here, she felt a surge of despair in her heart.
But despair doesn't mean she will resign herself to her fate. She has her father's blood in her veins, and carries his stubbornness in her bones.
She forced herself to stand and survey the situation. Luckily, the well wasn't deep, so there was still hope for her to escape. However, climbing out on her own would be difficult. She lowered her head, looking at her tattered clothes, and an idea came to her mind. She painstakingly tore the clothes off her body, tied them into a rope, and then tied the stone from the well to the homemade clothesline and threw it toward the well. Perhaps by divine intervention, the stone stuck securely at the well's mouth.
She grabbed the clothesline, tried hard to open her swollen eyes, and looked at the faint light coming through the wellhead. Even though her teeth were bleeding, she did not give up climbing up.
Finally, she climbed up.
Lying near the well, almost naked, her vision blurry, even as she strained to open her eyes, she couldn't see clearly: Why? Why was she doing this to her? She had lost her mother at a young age, and Zhuang had always cared deeply for her, truly treating her like her own mother. Yet, why would she want to kill herself?
Sweat, tears and blood blurred my eyes, and my consciousness gradually faded away.
"Zhuzhu, Daddy's precious pearl"
"Who is it? Is it Dad? Dad, I'm here."
She seemed to hear her father's anxious voice calling her. The voice was so familiar that it gradually brought back her almost lost consciousness.
Thinking of her father's kind face: No, she can't die, she must go back alive.
No one knew better than her how much her father loved to cry. He cried when he saw her fall down, cried when she was picky about food and even cried when she grew taller and thinner. If... if he knew that I died so tragically, how sad he would be!
She was unwilling to give up. She wanted to go back and look after that beast and Zhuang. She wanted to make sure they received the punishment they deserved.
Having just climbed out of the dry well, she had almost exhausted all her strength. Her hands, always so delicate and pampered, were now red and swollen, even broken. She tried hard to push herself up, but she was unable to do so.
It didn't matter. Since she couldn't walk, she'd just crawl. She wanted to find her father... The abandoned yard was covered in sand and gravel, overgrown with weeds. Where she crawled, bloodstains, deep and shallow, were left. Half her body was covered in blood, and the scratches from the stones and dead grass were clearly visible. The sand was embedded in her flesh. But she couldn't give up. Finally, one step, two steps, she arrived.
By the time she reached the door, she was almost exhausted, but she only had one last step left to walk out of this nightmarish place.
She stretched out her hand tremblingly, trying to open the wooden door, but she didn't know whether she had exhausted all her strength or the door was too strong. After trying for a long time, the wooden door didn't budge at all.
Zhou Baozhu could no longer hold back, tears mingling with the blood on her face, streaming down her face once again. No one understood the feeling of seeing hope, only to find it so far away, which made one even more desperate.