Ye Huohuo’s face was grim, and she didn’t reply, just shook her head gently. “No need to ask. It probably wants to tell us what happened to her. We just need to watch.”
As if to verify Ye Huohuo’s words, as soon as she finished speaking, a flash of bright light flickered, and the scene changed again.
It was in the infirmary, where a wounded girl was crying to two female captains about her ordeal, begging them to uphold justice for her. The two captains stood by the bed with their backs to Ye Huohuo, so she couldn’t see their expressions. She only felt that their presence there was like two cold machines, devoid of any warmth or human emotion.
This time, when she and Lu Yao entered the ghost’s domain, it wasn’t like before, where they stepped into the ghost’s role and experienced their tragic fates. This time, they were more like spectators, only able to see what was happening through a transparent glass, unable to hear anything. It was like watching an image on a television with the volume turned off.
The two female captains said something, and after a while, they left the infirmary one after the other.
At this moment, a female doctor entered the infirmary. Although Ye Huohuo could only see half of the doctor’s face, she saw anger and compassion on that half.
She took out medicine from the first-aid kit to apply to the girl’s wounds. When she was about to apply medicine to the girl’s lower body and pull down her pants, the girl flinched and tightly gripped her waistband with her hands.
The female doctor must have said many comforting words. Eventually, the girl let down her guard and obediently let the female doctor tend to her wounds.
The more pain the girl showed, the angrier the female doctor’s expression became.
After changing the dressing, she said something. Lu Yao had some understanding of lip-reading, so she squinted and stared at the doctor’s lips for a long time. "Don't worry, I will report your experience to the higher-ups. They will definitely be brought to justice. You focus on recovering!"
"It seems this female doctor was the only light this girl encountered in the detention center. But if this female doctor reported it to the higher-ups, why did this girl still die?"
As if to confirm Ye Huohuo’s words, a flash of bright light flickered, and the scene changed again. This time, the scene returned to Room 304. This time, the girl was even more tragic. She was tied up by her hands with shoelaces by Tiger and her cronies, her hands fastened to the iron bars of the ventilation window in the bathroom, and she was suspended.
Perhaps for safety reasons, the bathroom ventilation window was very high from the ground. The girl’s wrists were tied with shoelaces, and she could barely touch the ground with her tiptoes.
She was supporting the weight of her body with her tiptoes, and she clearly couldn’t hold on for long. If she didn’t lift her tiptoes, her wrists would be strangled by the shoelaces and bear the weight of her body.
The girl didn’t know how long she had been hanging. The shoelaces had already dug deeply into her flesh. Blood flowed down her arms. The blood that initially flowed had already solidified on her arms, but fresh blood had layered on top of it, one layer upon another. The blood on her arms had formed a thick, solidified mass.
Several clumps of her hair, along with the scalp, had been forcibly pulled out. There were several places on her head where blood scabs had formed. Her scalp looked like it had patches of alopecia, both unsightly and bloody. A good-looking girl had been tortured to the point of losing her human form.
Her head was bowed, and her hair covered her face, so her expression couldn’t be seen. If it weren’t for the slight rise and fall of her chest, Ye Huohuo would have suspected she was already dead.
"Damn it, are these people human? How can they treat a weak woman like this? Aren’t they women themselves? How can people be so detestable? Don’t the police here care?" Lu Yao couldn’t help but curse.
A hint of hatred flashed in Ye Huohuo’s eyes. "If they had cared at all, this wouldn’t have happened. It’s very likely that their complicity goes beyond mere tolerance.
However, I am curious about one thing. That female doctor said she would report it to the higher-ups. Even if those two female captains had absolute power here, it’s unlikely that everyone above them would be the same, without a single person with a sense of justice. But looking at the current situation, it’s clear that no one from above intervened.
Could it be..."
Before Ye Huohuo could finish speaking, the bathroom door was pushed open, and Tiger entered with her "capable subordinates." She raised her chin and said something.
"She's been hanging for three days. Let her down. The higher-ups said not to cause any deaths, so we shouldn't go too far," Lu Yao translated softly.
Two wolves on either side untied the girl from the window. The girl was in a semi-conscious state. After being lowered, she slumped to the ground.
Red Fox scooped up a basin of cold water and mercilessly poured it on the girl. It was likely autumn or winter at the time, and the bathroom window was not tightly sealed. The temperature inside was very low, and the basin of water was almost like ice water. The basin of water instantly woke the girl up.
She couldn't utter a sound, her whole body convulsed, and she shivered uncontrollably.
"You damn fool, she's in such a state, and you pour cold water on her? Are you afraid she'll die too slowly?" Lu Yao translated vividly, even lip-reading the curses.
Ye Huohuo gave her a thumbs-up.
Lu Yao rolled her eyes at her and said nothing. The scene unfolding before her had already ignited her anger, and she had no mood to bicker with Ye Huohuo.
"Boss, wouldn't it be better if she died? Don't forget what Young Master Ye instructed: she cannot leave the detention center alive!" Red Fox whispered into Tiger's ear.
Those words were probably not even heard by the two wolves standing on the other side. If Lu Yao hadn’t been able to read lips, they wouldn’t have heard them either.
The moment Ye Huohuo heard the words "Young Master Ye," her expression immediately became focused.
"Young Master Ye? Which Young Master Ye? They have the same surname as you! Could it be related to you?" Lu Yao was very sensitive. She turned her head to look at Ye Huohuo.
"Haicheng isn't only home to my family. Perhaps there are others," Ye Huohuo said dismissively, but her expression betrayed her. If it had nothing to do with her, she wouldn't look so on guard.
Lu Yao, as one of Ye Huohuo's most knowledgeable enemies, naturally saw that she was lying. "There are indeed many Ye families in Haicheng, but besides your own clan, which other Ye family is wealthy and powerful? The one in red just mentioned 'Young Master Ye.' If someone can be called a young master, they wouldn't be from a humble background, would they?"
She didn't hesitate to expose Ye Huohuo.
"Perhaps..." She paused, as if very unwilling to discuss the topic, and after a long while, she continued, "Perhaps it's Ye Xin's illegitimate son from outside!"
"What? Your uncle only has one daughter, your cousin Ye Xiaowan, right? How could there be an illegitimate son?" Lu Yao always thought she knew Ye Huohuo like the back of her hand and was very familiar with her family members. She never expected there to be something she didn't know.
"That was Ye Xin messing around before he got married, and he had a child with a hostess. Later, my grandmother... no, Old Mrs. Ye, gave that hostess a sum of money to send her away, and the child was fostered by a distant relative of the Ye family.
It wasn't until a few years ago that he was allowed back into the Ye family. They told outsiders that he was a child of a distant relative, and out of care for their relatives, they let him live in the Ye family. But in reality, he was Ye Xin's biological son, and his name is Ye Yuanfan.
Later, this Ye Yuanfan not only moved into the Ye family but also joined the Ye family's company, seemingly becoming the general manager of a subsidiary.
If I'm not mistaken, the Young Master Ye mentioned by that red fox is him. But what is his relationship with this girl? Why would he want to kill her here?"
There was one more sentence she kept in her heart and didn't say. From the scene just now, it could be seen that this red fox and that tiger were connected to the Young Master Ye they spoke of, and even working for him.
If this Young Master Ye is indeed Ye Yuanfan, then is her entering the detention center this time related to the Ye family?
The scene in the room changed again. This time it was at night, in the same bathroom. The girl was alone inside. She shivered as she woke up, her eyes filled with despair.
"I am innocent! I am innocent! You surnamed Ye, I never expected you to have so much power outside, and yet you can make my life worse than death even here! If you don't want me to live, fine! I will die, but even if I die and become a vengeful spirit, I will find you and these people here to get revenge! I want revenge!" The girl's eyes were bloodshot, and the flames of hatred burned fiercely in them.
She raised her wrist, opened her mouth, and bit her artery to death. But there was no pain or fear in her eyes. She sneered and smeared the blood on her clothes. Her originally dirty clothes, which were indistinguishable between white and gray, were now covered in bright red blood.
A vibrant life quietly disappeared into the night on such a night. Just one door away, a room full of people were sleeping.
Tiger and the others were the murderers, but what were those who watched her suffer torture and chose to remain silent? Accomplices?
As the girl took her last breath, her eyes were wide open, filled with bloodshot veins, looking like two glass beads soaked in blood.
Her previously delicate face now looked incredibly ferocious.
"The Blood-Clothed Ghost! A top-tier vengeful spirit! It seems we are both in grave danger today!" Lu Yao's face turned ashen.