Chương 13: Because He Is Gong Ou

Author: Jiang Xiaoya

Translator: LazyButAmbitious

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Shi Xiaonian used an online service to call the police but the signal was unexpectedly severed midway. She gave it a couple more attempts, achieving the same result.

Her hopes became a bit shaky.

{There's no way…!}

Refusing to give up, she logged into QQ before sending distress messages to as many contacts as she could, hoping that someone would receive them and come to her aid.

However, no more than a few seconds later, she watched in horror as the lines of texts she typed disappear in an instant.

{Disappeared...it just disappeared?}

Shi Xiaonian stared at the screen in confusion before hurriedly typing another line, but she saw it clearly this time: it simply vanished.

Panic stormed her mind. She called the firefighters, the newspaper office, and every other contact she could remember. She wanted to escape; she needed to escape, but a human voice never replied. Only the cold beeps of the device rung in her ears, shattering her remaining hopes.

Creak~

The door that was previously locked was easily opened from the outside. Shi Xiaonian who was sitting on the chair in front of the desk leapt in fright. Looking towards the door, she saw Feng De who was pushing a dining cart with one hand and holding a key in the other.

He spoke in a serious and unperturbed voice, "Miss Shi, don't waste your effort."

Shi Xiaonian was stunned. It turned out that everything she did was discovered and hampered by them.

"The Gong family has one of the most rigorous information-monitoring systems. Electronic devices that are not logged into by the young master himself will be strictly watched and controlled. In this place, not even your own phone would work if it is not permitted to. It's all simply useless," Feng De spoke while meeting her eyes.

"Why?"

"Because...he is Gong Ou," Feng De declared confidently.

Shi Xiaonian hunched over while clasping her face in her hands, causing her hair to cascade like a waterfall.

Her hopes were in pieces and the thought of being trapped here forever invaded her mind like a parasite.

"Miss Shi, your body is weak. Eat something," Feng De picked up a steaming-hot plate coloured with various delicacies before placing them on the desk in front of her.

Though the aroma tickled her nose, Shi Xiaonian wasn't in the mood to eat.

"I really haven't given birth to a child. I really didn't have anything to do with him until now," Shi Xiaonian continuously murmured, "Steward Feng, if I go to Gong Ou right now and do anything he wants, will he let me go?"

Yes, at this point, she was willing to do anything to leave. What has Gong Ou not already done to her? She didn't have anything left to lose by trying.

The only answer she got was Feng De's pitying gaze.

She understood what he meant. No matter how desperate she became, it was only wishful thinking to plead with that person.

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Several days passed by.

Gong Ou didn't harass her again, nor did he look her way even once after that.

Shi Xiaonian's body gradually recovered and regained a healthy glow. But since she was still being imprisoned in the castle, her spirit continued to deteriorate.

The sounds of heavy boots always accompanied her everywhere she went, whether that be inside or outside the castle. Taking a step outside the gates were also strictly off-limits.

She lacked anybody to converse with or someone to understand the struggles burdening her mind. In addition, she was repeatedly interrogated about the baby's whereabouts every day— there was no end.

Every day was a trial for her.

She couldn't figure out why Gong Ou would believe that she had given birth to his child. Under their repeated questioning, she even started to feel like she was the one being mistaken and she had amnesia.

But everything about her life so far had matched up and flowed perfectly, showing no signs of ever having given birth.

Even if she had amnesia, where would the child have disappeared to all of a sudden? It didn't make any sense.

What exactly occurred to be experiencing such a mess?