Chapter 254: Go Kill Him

Although Jian Yining could not enter the country, could not come to L Country, and could not contact Shi Youxuan, he could contact Zhu Yiwen.

He harassed Zhu Yiwen almost every day, using various means to get him to lift the entry ban on him, but he had never succeeded.

When Zhu Yiwen mentioned Jian Yining, Shi Youxuan remembered that she hadn't been in contact with him for a long time.

However, she could not be blamed for this; it was "Jian Yining" who said they should never contact each other again.

This guy wasn't this petty before; she didn't know what was wrong with him now.

"Hmph, that guy left as soon as he said he would last time, and he hasn't contacted me since he left." Shi Youxuan said with dissatisfaction.

Zhu Yiwen told her the truth: Jian Yining didn't leave in a huff last time because he was angry, but because he suspected that Alisha was not a woman, but Sheng Hanyu in disguise!

When he said it, he was telling it entirely as a joke.

But Shi Youxuan widened her eyes in astonishment, froze, and didn't speak for a long time.

Reminded by him like this, she recalled every little detail about Alisha here... all her confusion was like poking through a window screen—it suddenly became clear!

Yes, that's right.

The more Shi Youxuan thought about it, the more it made sense.

Alisha and Sheng Hanyu's appearances overlapped; apart from their faces and genders, how many similarities were there?

That was it; she could now basically conclude that Jian Yining's suspicion was correct!

The lady's face was suddenly full of rage, as if she were extremely angry, and she got up and left.

Before leaving, she threw a sentence at Zhu Yiwen: "Go ahead and kill him, I have no objections!"

Now it was Zhu Yiwen's turn to be confused.

Wasn't she strongly opposed just a moment ago?

How did her attitude change so much that she suddenly agreed?

As long as she agreed, that was enough; he immediately ordered his men: "Send people to finish off Alisha, and be quick and clean about it."

The subordinate agreed and left, and Zhu Yiwen finally reacted—Alisha was Sheng Hanyu in disguise?

This was true!

His reaction was even greater than Shi Youxuan's just now.

He immediately called his men back, retracted his previous words, and told them to bring Alisha back—he wanted her alive!

A row of luxury cars stopped at the entrance of the small courtyard where Sheng Hanyu once stayed.

More than twenty people got out of the cars, and the leader kicked the courtyard gate open with a "Bang!" and rushed in.

A young woman was drying quilts in the courtyard; when so many strange men suddenly broke into her home, she didn't panic and asked calmly: "Who are you people? Why are you rushing in without even knocking on the door?"

"Where is Alisha? Our Head of the Family invites him back! The young lady has even fallen ill since he left." The bodyguard was telling the truth, but he didn't say what would happen after returning.

This wasn't how one invited someone; this formation was more like catching someone.

The young woman said: "She doesn't live here anymore, she has already left."

"Where did she go?"

"I don't know."

The leader signaled to his men: "Take her."

So two people came up, grabbed the woman's arms from left and right, shoved her into the car, and brought her back to Zhu Zhai.

Zhu Family Mansion.

The woman was taken to the basement, and no matter how they questioned her, she insisted that "Alisha" was a woman.

"Alisha" left the day after returning, went to another province to get married, and because she was heartbroken at the Zhu Family, she didn't want to stay in this city anymore.

The subordinate reported the woman's words to Zhu Yiwen exactly as they were, and Zhu Yiwen didn't even lift his head: "She's lying, use torture; after suffering a bit of physical pain, she'll naturally confess everything."

Shi Youxuan felt it was inappropriate and stopped him: "Wait."

She persuaded Zhu Yiwen: "I think it's better not to use torture? After all, the woman is innocent, and even if she didn't tell the truth, she probably has her reasons; don't use torture, it's too cruel."

L Country had distinct class divisions, and the higher class oppressing the lower class was considered a matter of course here.

Even if Zhu Yiwen wanted to use private punishment on that woman and beat her until she was bruised and battered, no one would care, as long as she wasn't beaten to death.

But Shi Youxuan was different; she grew up in Jiangzhou.

Jiangzhou valued equality for all; no one could just beat people at will because they wanted to achieve their own goals, and do so without being held accountable—it was not only illegal but also unreasonable!

So she was very repulsed by doing this, even though she also knew this might be the fastest way to find "Alisha."

Zhu Yiwen waved his hand to let his men go out, telling them to do as the lady requested.

If they didn't use torture, then they could just let her starve.

If she didn't tell the truth, she wouldn't get to eat; after starving for two meals, she would be obedient.

Shi Youxuan was speechless.

Was there any difference between this and using torture?

"I'll go ask; we are both women, so it should be easier to communicate." Shi Youxuan stood up, asked the subordinate to lead the way, and went to the basement.

The subordinate looked at Zhu Yiwen, who nodded.

Having received the Head of the Family's consent, he then took Shi Youxuan to the basement to see the woman.

"You all go out." As soon as Shi Youxuan arrived, she started shooing people away.

The subordinates hesitated and looked at each other, but still agreed and went out.

The basement was cold and damp; just after being there for a short while, she felt freezing, and the whistling cold wind blowing on her face felt like a small knife scraping it; the woman was thinly dressed, her lips were blue and purple from the cold, and she was trembling non-stop.

Why was the wind so strong?

Shi Youxuan looked to the left; there was a square little window above, and there was no glass on the window, but a large exhaust fan was installed, and behind the exhaust fan was an air conditioner, and the cold wind was blowing in from there.

She walked over to turn off the air conditioning, then untied the Rope binding the woman.

She also washed the cup that had just been used, poured a cup of piping hot coffee, and handed it to her: "Drink some coffee to warm yourself up."

"Thank you."

The woman took the coffee and drank it; she felt much better, her complexion returned to normal, and she stopped shivering.

"These people are too much."

Shi Youxuan frowned as she looked around this basement; she had been here before, five years ago.

Five years ago, those relatives of the Zhu Family had locked Zhu Yiwen and her in here, in total darkness for three months.

At that time, there was a pool of water on the left side; if Zhu Yiwen wouldn't sign the document renouncing his inheritance, those people would make him soak in it for several hours every day, and Shi Youxuan had to accompany him.

It was during that time that she developed a chronic condition; whenever it was cloudy or rainy, her legs would feel like ants were crawling on them, both itchy and painful.

Xiaozhu was lucky to have survived; despite being tortured like that, he hadn't been lost.

But he was born with a deficiency, and his health had been poor since birth!

Later, they saw the light of day again and moved from the basement to the best floor and the best room in the house.

From being prisoners in this mansion to becoming its true masters, Shi Youxuan had never come to the basement again.

She had originally thought that Zhu Yiwen had abandoned this place and stopped using it, but she hadn't expected that not only did he continue to use it, he had even "upgraded" it.

The Water Prison had turned into a cold wind blower; both were equally torturous.

"Feeling any better?" she said to the woman: "If you feel a bit warmer, I will send you out; the rapid change between cold and hot can easily trigger illnesses and is bad for your health."

The woman was astonished and took the initiative to ask: "Don't you want to ask me anything?"

The people from before had used every possible method to make her talk.

She had almost been unable to hold on.

Yet Shi Youxuan had come over, hadn't asked a single word, and instead first untied her, then offered hot coffee and wanted to let her go.

Could there really be such a good thing?

The woman felt it was somewhat unreal.

"I won't ask; if you want to talk, you will say it yourself, and if you don't want to, asking is useless."

In truth, Shi Youxuan felt that she already had the answer in her heart, so asking or not didn't have much meaning, and deep down, she didn't really want Zhu Yiwen's people to find "Alisha".

"Alisha" was actually Sheng Hanyu in disguise, and he would certainly suffer if he fell into their hands.

Being able to hide under Zhu Yiwen's nose for so long without being discovered, that man would certainly not be able to swallow this insult.

Although Shi Youxuan hated him, she still did not want him to be tortured.

She didn't know why, but she just didn't want that to happen.