Shu Yan was a murderer, a woman who could abandon her own child without a second thought. What else was she capable of?
"Don't be afraid, I won't do anything to you yet," Shu Yan sneered, her gaze sinister. "I'll wait for Qin Tianyi to arrive. I want him to watch me torment you, to see him kneel and apologize to me, to obey my every command!"
She then burst into a fit of unrestrained laughter.
Su Su suddenly exerted force, flipping over and standing up from the ground, attempting to escape quickly.
Shu Yan calmly gestured to several men hiding in the shadows of the warehouse, signaling them to capture Su Su. Su Su hadn't run far before she was apprehended again.
"Tie her up," Shu Yan commanded.
Soon, her hands and feet were bound. No matter how she twisted and struggled, it was useless. She could only scream at the top of her lungs, "Help! Someone, help!"
The two men holding her were startled by her sudden outburst and hastily tried to cover her mouth.
Seizing the opportunity, she bit down hard on the outstretched hand, causing the man to yelp in pain.
Shu Yan stepped forward and slapped Su Su, then unleashed a torrent of abuse at the men. "Idiots! Why are you covering her mouth! She can scream her lungs out here, and no one will hear. What a waste of effort!"
The man whose hand Su Su had bitten dared not cry out in pain again and immediately nodded respectfully, saying, "Miss Shu is right."
"Right about what!" Shu Yan continued to berate them. "I paid you a lot of money to hire you, and what have you accomplished? You can't even handle this lowly woman, and you still have the nerve to take my money. If you fail again this time, I'll make you all pay with your lives!"
The men lowered their heads, not daring to utter another word.
Su Su knew that shouting was useless. She looked around the environment, which was filled with large sacks of goods. Each sack seemed to contain as much rice as a hundred-meter-long grain of rice, but from the outside, it didn't look like it was filled with rice. She wondered what kind of warehouse this was.
Shu Yan then sneered at Su Su again, leisurely taking out a small knife and beginning to gesture at Su Su's face. She said, "When Qin Tianyi arrives, I'll make him kneel before me and watch as I slice your face to shreds, piece by piece. Then I'll let them have their way with you. What do you think Qin Tianyi will do when he watches? Will he go mad, or will he desperately kowtow to me, begging me!"
Su Su gritted her teeth and glared at her, hoping desperately that Tianyi wouldn't come, that he wouldn't fall into Shu Yan's trap.
Shu Yan patted her face with the back of the knife. "Still so stubborn. I don't know what Qin Tianyi likes about you. You're inferior to me in every way!"
Su Su continued to glare fiercely at Shu Yan and the men behind her, and directly spat at Shu Yan.
Shu Yan wiped the saliva from her face. If she hadn't intended to use Su Su to threaten Qin Tianyi, she would have loved to plunge the knife into her throat and end her life right then and there!
At that moment, Qin Tianyi's voice sounded from outside, "Su Su! Su Su! Where are you!"
Upon hearing Qin Tianyi's voice, Su Su began to tremble, fear and dread overwhelming her.
She shouted in the direction of Qin Tianyi, "Tianyi, hurry and leave, don't come in!"
Shu Yan kicked her in the waist. "What are you shouting for? My Brother Tianyi is here, he won't leave."
Qin Tianyi seemed to have heard Su Su's voice and immediately began to forcefully pound on the locked warehouse door. "Su Su, Su Su, you're inside, aren't you? Are you alright?"
Su Su still wanted him to leave, but Shu Yan kicked her a few more times. The intense pain in her waist made it impossible for her to even utter a sound.
Shu Yan said to one of the men behind her, "Go and welcome Qin Tianyi in. The show is about to begin."
Outside the main door, Qin Tianyi finally saw someone opening the door from the inside. He immediately pushed the person aside and rushed in. "Where is my wife?"
"Don't worry, she's inside, and she's doing very well," the man said, sizing up Qin Tianyi with a mocking gaze.
Qin Tianyi clenched his fists, suppressing his emotions. He needed to confirm Su Su's safety first before he dealt with these people. How dare they kidnap his woman; they were tired of living.
The man led the way, and Qin Tianyi could feel the terrifying chill emanating from him. However, the man was not afraid. He glanced back at Qin Tianyi and said arrogantly, "What's with the fierce look? You'd better behave yourself, or your wife will suffer."
"Where is she?" Qin Tianyi looked around the very tall and spacious warehouse, trying to remember the path the man had led him down.
The man led him past stacks of fertilizer piled high, then turned left. He saw the bound Su Su, with two burly men standing on either side of her.
Shu Yan was wearing a goose-yellow long dress, her hair cascading down her shoulders, her face adorned with exquisite makeup, especially the thick, bright red lipstick, which was particularly jarring.
Upon seeing her, Qin Tianyi narrowed his eyes, immediately understanding why these people had kidnapped Su Su.
Shu Yan held a small knife to Su Su's throat and smiled charmingly. "Brother Tianyi, I finally see you again. Do you know how much I missed you when I was locked up?"
Qin Tianyi remained silent, his eyes, like a deep, cold pool, fixed on her.
"Are you angry?" Shu Yan casually drew the knife across Su Su's hand, and blood instantly flowed from the back of Su Su's hand.
Su Su endured the pain without making a sound, and dared not look directly at Tianyi, afraid that the tears she was holding back would fall.
Qin Tianyi lunged forward, trying to snatch the knife from Shu Yan's hand, and roared, "What do you want? Let her go, and deal with me!"
Shu Yan swiftly moved the knife to Su Su's face. "Back off, or I'll disfigure her first!"
Qin Tianyi, suppressing his rage, took a step back.
Shu Yan raised an eyebrow and said, "Kneel. If you want her to be unharmed, Brother Tianyi, you must obey me obediently."
"Don't kneel!" Su Su instantly burst into tears and shouted at him, "Hurry and leave, go! With your skills, you can beat these people. Go!"
Qin Tianyi finally saw Su Su's face clearly. One side was visibly swollen from a beating, and his heart ached. "I'm here, don't be afraid."
"Qin Tianyi! She's doing this on purpose, she just wants to use me to humiliate you! Go, don't worry about me, I won't die..."
Before Su Su could finish, Shu Yan lightly sliced her neck with the small knife, laughing maniacally. "I killed Huo Jin, do you think I wouldn't dare to cut your throat directly!"
Qin Tianyi roared, "Stop!"
"Kneel!"
Qin Tianyi clenched his fists tightly. As his knees began to bend, Su Su stared at his back and screamed sharply, "No!"
Someone behind Qin Tianyi, holding a club, struck his lower leg heavily.
A piercing pain made Qin Tianyi unable to stand and he collapsed onto the ground, kneeling.
Seeing Qin Tianyi finally kneel before her, Shu Yan became extremely excited and commanded, "Hit him! Hit him hard!"