บท 22: Chapter 22 Boldness(1)

Lian Qiao had been pestered by a succession of troubles recently, with an air of resentment pent up inside her with nowhere to release.

Once, twice, thrice... she fainted, and fainting while engaged in that matter was the most absurd. But it wasn't as if she did it on purpose, now was it? That man even took to retribution. The moment she woke up to his ink-dark, frigid face, her misfortunes began.

There were three orders from the commander: First: Enforced hair-cutting. Her hair that she had grown for over a decade had to be chopped off in a single stroke—could she accept this loss? Left with no choice, for the sake of respecting her parents, she had to act obedient, play dumb, cajole, and persist relentlessly, until the Fire King of Hell was finally persuaded to relent—temporarily.