With a miserable scream, Wu Qizhen fainted.
Shi Maotong's anger wasn't quelled. After kicking her viciously a few more times, he instructed his men, "Take her to Gu Junzhu. Tell him I'm delivering the chief culprit to him, to do as he pleases. Ask him to be merciful and spare our Shi family."
If Gu Junzhu agreed to back off, the plan to deliver Shi Qianling to Zheng Yixiong could be temporarily shelved.
After all, she was his biological daughter. Only in the most desperate situations would he consider handing her over to that old pervert Zheng Yixiong to ravage.
*
When Wu Qizhen regained consciousness, she thought she had a nightmare.
She saw Ye Xingbei, whom she had sent to the underground brothel.
She was first surprised, then terrified, trying to speak, but her mouth was stuffed and her limbs were tied.
Ye Xingbei's face was pale, her spirit considerably languid.
Her high fever had subsided, but a low-grade one persisted.
