Chapter 65: No Choice but to Walk down the Path of a Devil
Editor: TheSloth
“Thanks for your help, yeah… Yes, they came out.”
The man talking on the phone while pushing car window curtains aside, staring at the people that came through the side door of the police station. “Next time, next time! OK, I will, OK!”
The man hung up the phone. At that moment, the door of the luxury van opened.
“Mr. Lin,” KingKong called with respect, looking at the man that was sitting in the car.
Lin Geng, 39 years old, unmarried, the boss of Heaven Shadow, who built up from nothing, and was one of the most successful young businessmen in the city. Heaven’s Shadow Entertainment had become more famous once Tu Jiaya started becoming well known.
Previously, it hadn’t been famous due to its small size, with only Tu Jiaya as the mere domestically well-known artist. However, the company would probably grow gradually due to the influence of Tu Jiaya, who was like the sun at high noon.
Tu Jiaqing was facing the boss of the company for her first time… She didn’t know how to react.
Beyond all doubt… Her sister becoming addicted to drugs must have had something to do with Lin Geng. And now, it meant Tu Jiaqing herself, had been taken control by him.
“KingKong, take the front seat… come in quickly. Are you going to stand there forever?” Lin Geng said indifferently.
The sentence was soft but the boss’s aura made one shake with fear. Tu Jiaqing lowered her head, hurrying to the back seat of the van.
The van went slowly, both were sitting opposite to each other. Tu Jiaqing didn’t dare to make a sound. Until the van turned into the ring expressway, Lin Geng asked her, “How did Shu Mu die?”
Tu Jiaqing got a fright, “I, I don’t know…”
“Hum.”
“I, I really don’t know how come.” Tu Jiaqing shivered with a pale face, “When KingKong came to find me, she… she was still alive.”
“What the hell about that journalist?” Lin Geng asked.
“She, she’s one of my university classmates,” Tu Jiaqing stammered this out. One of the few matters she knew about her sister.
“She did it?”
“I don’t know…”
After that, not a word fell from Lin Geng’s lips. He merely sized up Tu Jiaqing again and again, like an evil wolf, letting Tu Jiaqing feel like he could see through her whole body.
All of a sudden, Lin Geng threw a bag beside him to Tu Jiaqing, “Try it on.”
“What’s this?” Tu Jiaqing opened it to see without thinking and found it was a dark red evening dress.
She looked vaguely to Lin Geng but heard the words, “Didn’t you hear that? Try it on!”
“Here?”
Lin Geng didn’t answer her, but an impatient expression could be seen in his eyes. Tu Jiaqing felt like to say some words of refusal but became terrified after she imagined the withdrawal symptoms and any other unknown means Lin Geng might use.
She hesitated for a moment before turning around to change her clothes with incomparable shame.
Unexpectedly, Lin Geng closed his eyes instead of watching her, “I’m going to see a customer. He specifically told me he wants to see you. Remember, he helped me a lot in getting new connections. You’d better behave… It’s not the first time anyway, you should know what I mean.”
Tu Jiaqing was dumbfounded… She suddenly realized what a terrible life her sister had lived.
But at that time, Lin Geng said, “I heard from Harry that you had him weed out your sister’s demo several times. Is that true?”
“I…”
“Don’t do what you shouldn’t do.” Lin Geng opened his eyes now, “If I want to make someone famous, they will achieve it even without any artistic talent. As long as they have value, I’ll put money in making them successful. Are you aware of that?”
Tu Jiaqing lowered her head, keeping silent.
To her surprise, Lin Geng closed in and gave her a slap on the face severely. “Did you understand that?”
Tu Jiaqing covered her hand on the face, nodded in fright.
How could this be?
…
How could this be?
Tu Jiaqing felt as if she lost her soul. She did not know how she got off the van, nor how she came into the luxury suite of the hotel.
She looked at an old man coming towards her, whose face let out an obscene laugh. His body covered only with a towel.
“Oho, the actual person is really much more beautiful than the one in front of the camera. Lin Geng that kid is pretty good. Looks like it wasn’t a waste for me to recommend him to the Zhong Family.”
The old man caught both of Tu Jiaqing’s hands in one move, pressing her body down on the bed and lowering his head to kiss her lips.
“No---!”
Tu Jiaqing shook her body furiously, pushing the man down onto the ground forcibly.
“F*cking b*itch! How dare you?”
“Don’t come over… Don’t come!” Tu Jiaqing caught her clothes tightly, speaking restlessly, “Don’t come over here! I…I won’t do it, I won’t!”
“How dare you?!” The man also burned with anger, pouncing towards the bed without hesitation.
During the struggle, Tu Jiaqing grabbed the ashtray on the bedside table and smashed it onto the man’s head.
The man fainted with a scream.
His head was bleeding profusely. Tu Jiaqing looked at him at a loss. Her body shivered, wanting to run away.
…
…
“Master No.9, should we untied this lady?” Tai Yinzi asked in a submissive attitude.
In a basement that had been sealed up for a long time, two old ghosts were floating in the air, gazing at Tu Jiaya, who was constantly struggling on the ground.
“Stupid!” No.9 swore at him in a low voice, “If you release the restraints, she will feel more relaxed. Do you think it’ll be easy to tempt her soul after she regains control of her emotions?”
Tai Yinzi could only close his mouth.
Black Soul No.9 added, “Open her eyes and let her talk… In addition, laugh in front of her.”
Tai Yinzi gave a start, he didn’t understand what the hell was the laughter for… “Laugh?”
“Rubbish!” No.9 explained. “Your looks could be mistaken for a wolf or a ghost, hence able frighten human beings effectively. If she opens eyes and sees you, she will panic more. You just became a Black Soul, without any ability or knowledge. Plus you have been imprisoned for 500 years, which made you have no idea about the change in society, unable to catch up to the train of time! Therefore, if you want to have a good performance, you have to rely on your ugly face that is a menace to the public. Walk the path of a devil.”
Tai Yinzi… Tai Yinzi roared in his heart immediately, ‘You’re right the one that looks like ghosts or wolves! You and your whole families!
Tai Yinzi frowned, he obeyed it without caring whether it was right or not. He then loosen the bonds on both Tu Jiaya’s eyes and mouth.
“Beauty, I’m…” Tai Yinzi face was filled with smiles.
Unexpectedly, just as he was still talking, Tu Jiaya screamed in fright, ‘Ah, ghost!’… and fainted.
Tai Yinzi was stunned, and a new phrase he learned from the internet bolted out, “F*ck! This isn’t according to script!”
Chapter 66: Preference
Editor: TheSloth
“Who… Who are you…”
Her body trembled. Tu Jiaya had tried to guess who the kidnappers were before but she never thought they were not humans!
One was a man around 30, who was white and clean. If he didn’t wear an odd black robe and floated in the air, he might look gentle and refined.
As to the other one… he was too scary, Tu Jiaya even didn’t want to recall his appearance.
As a matter of fact, Tai Yinzi felt really depressed when he saw Tu Jiaya’s expression. Therefore, he simply clammed up, gazing at the wall alone.
Black Soul No.9 wanted to frighten Tu Jiaya further, thus he stretched out his hand, summoning a mirror from the corner to Tu Jiaya without touching it.
He just needed to shatter Tu Jiaya’s mind to make her disorientated. Then with the help of the ability of a black soul envoy, bring out the vicious thought within her heart.
Each envoy had their own way or style to induce the customers… As for No.9, he was regarded as of the one with no style whatsoever.
Put another way, the style of no style was his style… which meant, he tend to use the most efficient methods.
At that moment, her sister’s face was revealed in the mirror. Tu Jiaya’s jaw dropped in amazement when she found this unbelievable scene.
“Are you curious that why the appearance in the mirror is not yourself?” Black Soul No.9 spoke stonily, “Do you know who kidnapped you here? It was your sister.”
“That’s b*llshit!”
Black Soul No.9 sneered, “Why? Don’t you believe it? But have you noticed that your voice differs, and your body feels different… Most importantly, your addiction hasn’t occurred even after so long… hasn’t it?
No.9’s voice sounded illusory, like the innermost thoughts of Tu Jiaya, which slowly hypnotized her into a trance.
“Jiaqing… How could Jiaqing make… That’s impossible…”
No.9’s voice gently said, “Why is it impossible? Our presence can testify this, and so does the change in your body. Your sister made a wish to replace you… and even shut you up in this place.”
“That’s impossible… You lied to me, you liar… Jiaqing… my sister would never do this to me…” Tu Jiaqing’s consciousness became blurry gradually.
“Why? You don’t believe it?” No.9 laughed evilly. “Well, it’s normal not to believe it… But why would your sister treat you this way? She should not. You don’t want her to walk down the same way--- joining the company because you’re clear about all the dirty deeds necessary. You urged your sister not to become an artist. You know her inside out. You even intended to start your own studio to cultivate you sister after getting the contract period was over…You’re protecting her, suffering alone. Below the shiny appearance and reputation, you’re under the control of the company, dependent on drugs and the sorrow from letting the bigwigs do whatever they want at will…”
“Stop talking! Stop talking!!!”
Unwittingly, the rope around her body had been untied automatically.
“You’re bearing all these by yourself. Your inspiration starts to fade away and you forget your passion for creating music. You were forced to become addicted to drugs and can’t focus on songwriting… In fact, you started to become dependent on the drugs, feeling painful and confused, sad and helpless. You have to hide yourself in the illusionary world that those harmful things bring you too.”
“Don’t speak!! Don’t… don’t…” Tu Jiaya covered both her ears in pain.
“Everything you did, was merely for protecting your sister. However, the person you loved the most made a wish to steal everything you owned in the end.”
“Stop talking, please… please…” She curled up her body, feeling like the whole world had collapsed.
“Do you remember how you fainted? Your sister even felt like killing you, making you disappear…”
Looking at Tu Jiaya that was all tears, No.9 took two steps forward. In a magical voice, he said “Do you feel pain? A thousand times more than when the addiction kicks in--- as if your heart was stabbed by a knife… Are you eager to release yourself from this pain?”
Tu Jiaya raised her head in a daze.
A black flame gradually came into her sight. A black card formed within the flame with 4 fantastic stamps shining on it.
“Grab it, and make your wish… Then, you’ll set yourself free. It’s quick… very quick…”
Tu Jiaya stretched out her hand, grasping the card hanging in the air.
The moment her fingers touched it, she stopped at once as if she had been electrocuted.
No.9 frowned but his voice still continued. “Why are you still hesitating… Don’t you want to escape from this kind of miserable life? Well, you should.”
“No… compare with these…” Tu Jiaya dashed towards Black Soul No.9, “Jiaqing, she must be in pain now… She didn’t know about my experiences and might be suffering the withdrawals of drug addiction. I must go to rescue her!”
Her body went through No.9’s, heading towards to door. Unexpectedly, the locked door outside had been opened magically. Tu Jiaqing forced her way out with no further thought.
No.9 played around with the black card, which hadn’t been given to her, standing at the same place.
Tai Yinzi asked puzzledly, “Why did you help her by unlocking the door and allow her to leave? Besides, she even released herself from master No.9’s temptation!”
No.9 said, “Is that weird?”
As a green hand, he nodded since he didn’t understand.
No.9 said, “She wanders in pain through day and night, shifting between the reality and the illusion brought by drugs. But why she didn’t fall apart till now?”
Tai Yinzi thought for a while. “Because she knows she has to protect her sister, so she stopped herself from going crazy?”
No. 9 found that Tai Yinzi’s had progressed. “The most sincere emotion hidden in a human’s soul often brings about a miraculous power. Just like a mother lifting up a car to save her child under it… The belief of protecting her family was the only thing keeping her together, as the final conviction, it would not be broken so easily.”
Tai Yinzi said with pity, “So is this considered to be a failure?”
No.9 shook his head, “No… because of this, she’ll make her wish without hesitation if needed. This soul… is really beautiful.”
Black Soul No.9 changed his gaze towards the black card he held, saying to himself, “The new master… does he prefer this kind of beautiful souls?”
No matter how strong her will to protect her family was--- if she was ordinary… how could she struggle and get break free of the temptation so easily?
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