Chapter 648: Chapter 651: She was Abandoned
Gu Junzhu looked at Chi Yu and Yue Yaer: “You can go now.”
Chi Yu expressed his gratitude, “Fifth Brother, thank you.”
Gu Junzhu chuckled, “We’re all on the same side now, so don’t be formal.”
Chi Yu gratefully chuckled. Assisting Chi Qing, he started to walk towards the basement.
As he looked at Chi Qing, he wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that his sister’s complexion had somewhat brightened, her eyes looked darker and less cloudy than before.
Seeing his sister’s improvement, he felt increasingly excited and hopeful.
He and Chi Zhan, arm-in-arm with Chi Qing, entered the basement.
In the basement, three men were bound hand and foot, gagged and dumped on the ground like sacks of potatoes.
These three men, after falling into the hands of the Chi family, were subjected to hellish torment every day, living a life worse than death.
Fearing that Chi Qing would not recognize them, their faces were unharmed, but they were emaciated due to a lack of food. The scraps and leftover gruel occasionally thrown to them were hardly edible. Their faces were sallow and gaunt.
Shi Qianying was cast aside in a corner, also bound and gagged.
When Shi Maotong handed her over to the Chi family, she was injured. Worried about her dying prematurely, Chi Yu, as Gu Junzhu suggested, managed to keep her alive, fearing that Shi Maotong would use her death as leverage against the Chi family.
Of course, this ‘kindness’ was just the Chi family’s own perception. After all, they were merely keeping her alive.
In the eyes of the Chi family, a villain like Shi Qianying deserved a thousand deaths, even if butchered alive.
At this moment, the most painful thing for Shi Qianying was that she was entirely lucid.
She was fully aware that she had been abandoned by her father.
She had become a prisoner, beneath the feet of the Chi family.
The Chi family hated her to the bone, and treated her like a dog every day.
She was once the pampered second young lady of the Shi family, bright and arrogant. From childhood to adulthood, she had never suffered any hardship.
But overnight, she fell from heaven to hell, and her existence was worse than death.
Locked in an iron cage in the basement by the Chi family like a dog, unable to live or die, she spent each day and night filled with regret.
She regretted hurting Yu Nuo.
She regretted provoking Ye Xingbei.
She even regretted ruining Chi Qing’s life.
Turns out, the axiom that ‘what goes around comes around’ was indeed true.
The actions she took against others in the past were finally brought back onto her one by one.
If she had known today’s outcome, she would have remained well-behaved and content as the second young lady of the Shi family.
If given another chance, she would be a loving and adorable person, leading a peaceful life.
That way, she would still be living in a luxurious and beautiful villa, wearing custom-made gowns, enjoying fine delicacies, and leading a carefree life like a princess.
Instead of being like now, crawling under other people’s feet like a dog.
She truly regretted her actions.
But was there still a chance for her to return to the past?
Watching Chi Yu and Chi Zhan tenderly assist Chi Qing towards her, she even envied Chi Qing.
Though Chi Qing had been violated, and was reduced to an idiot, she had two brothers who truly cherished her.
Even if Chi Qing was ruined, becoming the shame of the Chi family, her two brothers still loved her as if she was a precious treasure.
She was abandoned by her own biological father.
As she watched Chi Qing blankly, silent tears slipped from her eyes.