**WARNING. READERS MAY FIND THE SCENE IN THIS CHAPTER A BIT DISTURBING. PLEASE SKIP IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE**
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Chu Jie didn't know how long it had been since he was kidnapped and kept in that desolate place. He lost his sense of time. It felt as if he had been stuck here for ages.
The goons outside and that woman Sufy didn't interfere much apart from giving him food sometimes, which he didn't feel like eating it at all.
Whenever they slid a plate inside, Chu Jie would remember his mother's warm and delicious meal she so lovingly cooked for him. Every time, those memories stung his eyes with tears.
The first time, he left it as it was, but the second time, he got too hungry to ignore the food. But when he took one bite, he felt the need to puke. It was bland and tasteless.
And then there was the dead body of a strange man right next to his room.
Chu Jie shuddered. It gave him the chills remembering that bloody sight.
"Grr…"
