On the other side.
Abandoned villa in the eastern suburbs.
Vicki had been asleep for a long time. When she left with Rayan, he gave her a bottle of mineral water. She knew that there must be something added to it, but she still drank it. Soon after drinking it, she lost consciousness. When she woke up again, it was already dusk. She could distinguish the difference between the darkness before dawn and the darkness in the evening. One contained light, while the other rapidly faded away. So, she immediately realized that it was evening. She had slept for an entire day.
She wondered how much medication Rayan had given her for her to sleep for so long?
She muttered curse words under her breath. When she tried to move, she felt a heavy sensation in her feet. She shook her feet, hearing the clanking sound-it was ankle shackles.
Damn Rayan. Afraid that she would escape, he actually put ankle shackles on her.
Her hands were also handcuffed, but after some effort, she uncovered the blanket that was covering her.
She stood up, took a few steps towards the door, looked around, and found that it was like a room that had been renovated. Simple furnishings, beige wallpaper on the walls. A crystal chandelier hung from the ceiling, but it wasn't turned on. The sparkling beads emitted a faint glow in the last remnants of dusk.
When Vicki opened the door and saw the outside, she was stunned for a moment. It was such a familiar place.
Immediately, her whole body trembled, becoming stiff, unable to move at all.
This place was the same villa where Xiao Zhen had kidnapped her back then.
Memories flooded back, and she remembered every corner of this place, every trace of Xiao Zhen's abuse and torture of other girls, filled with nightmarish memories. When she was only seventeen years old, she had spent a month here, living a life worse than death.
She couldn't recall it. Once she started to remember, even breathing became painful.
At this moment, Vicki felt as if her feet were filled with lead. Even without the ankle shackles, she couldn't take a single step.
Rayan had actually brought her to the villa where she had been humiliated by Xiao Zhen back then. So, this room behind her was the room where Rayan had killed Xiao Zhen. At that time, the floor was covered in blood. No wonder it had been renovated and looked different from back then.
After Xiao Zhen's incident, this villa had long been abandoned. It couldn't be sold, and the Saunders family had long abandoned it. The surrounding area was overgrown with weeds, and it was said that this land would be developed and transformed into something else in the near future. How did Rayan manage to occupy this place? It was beyond imagination.
Vicki narrowed her eyes. What exactly did Rayan want to do?
"Awake?"
Not far away, Cloud appeared from around the corner, holding a tray of food. He took step by step, approaching Vicki until he stood in front of her.
"Go inside. You must be hungry. I made some food for you."
He walked past Vicki, placing the tray on the table.
Vicki glanced at it, and her eyes twitched. These were all her favorite dishes from childhood. Homemade dishes like braised pork with quail eggs, fried eggs, vegetable fried rice, winter melon soup. The conditions in the orphanage weren't good, so it was already considered good to have enough food. Rarely did they get to eat meat, and that day was undoubtedly the happiest day for all the kids.
She remembered that Rayan always sat beside her.
He would put the braised pork in her bowl and say, "You like to eat meat. Take more."
And she would always give him all the quail eggs, saying, "You need to grow taller. Eat more nutrition."
When they ate fried eggs, he would always give her the egg yolk, saying, "You eat it. I don't like egg yolks. Give me your egg whites."
In winter, it got colder and colder, and the orphanage didn't have heating. Many kids would huddle together to keep warm. He would always crawl into her blanket and say, "I'm so cold. Let's sleep together."
Actually, Vicki knew that he was the one who warmed her up every time.
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