At this moment, Shen Zhen, who clearly heard the conversation outside, felt as if struck by lightning. She couldn't believe her ears at all and was completely dazed.
She had already guessed the identities of the two people outside! But what good did it do? In Shen Miao's eyes, she was just an item for exchange. All of Shen Miao's previous kindness towards her had been nothing but false pretense.
Now that Shen Miao had achieved her goal, she naturally wouldn't keep Shen Zhen around any longer. That's why she had discarded her.
"Creak!" The door opened. While Shen Zhen was lost in thought, the conversation outside had stopped at some point.
Shen Zhen's body immediately stiffened. She tightly closed her eyes and dared not move, hoping that the person would forget about her. But obviously, that was impossible.
"Hey! Little beauty, you're awake so soon!" The voice of Lord Ji sounded, accompanied by the sound of footsteps. Then Shen Zhen felt a hand touching her face.
"Alas, why are you crying?"
Realizing whose hand it was, Shen Zhen still turned her head and struggled, trying to get out of this helpless situation. But unfortunately, she had no strength, and her hands and feet were tied with ropes. She couldn't move at all!
"Woohoo!"
"The beauty is crying so pitifully. It really makes me feel sorry for you!" While Lord Ji was there shaking his head and showing false pity, on the other hand, he reached out and untied the black cloth covering Shen Zhen's eyes.
At first, Shen Zhen shook her head desperately when she felt Lord Ji's touch. But when she sensed his intention, she stopped moving and just let him untie it.
The sudden light made Shen Zhen feel uncomfortable. She subconsciously squinted her eyes. When she calmed down and opened her eyes, she saw a big face close to hers. Shen Zhen immediately dodged to the side, trying to stay away from him as much as possible.
"What's wrong? Little beauty, are you so afraid of me?" Lord Ji said with a faint smile on his face, looking at Shen Zhen's actions. "I mean you no harm. I'm here to save you!"
Shen Zhen's mouth was gagged, so she couldn't speak. She could only press her head against the bed and shed tears one by one. Her eyes looked at him pitifully, hoping that the man would let her go.
Looking at Shen Zhen's weak and crying appearance, Lord Ji didn't feel much pity in his heart. Instead, he felt a kind of pleasure, the pleasure of seeing a beautiful thing being destroyed by himself. He even had an impulse to destroy her.
"Little beauty, don't cry. Your crying is breaking my heart! Let's talk things over nicely, shall we?" Lord Ji said as he reached out and took out the cloth gagging Shen Zhen's mouth.
As soon as Shen Zhen's mouth was free, she immediately said, "Please let me go!"
But Lord Ji's face suddenly darkened. "Let you go? Little beauty, why do you say such heart - breaking words as soon as you open your mouth? I've gone through a lot of trouble, spent a lot of painstaking effort and money, just to bring you to my side. And now you just ask me to let you go. It's really hard for me to do that!"
"Lord Ji, you're a good person. Please show some mercy and let me go! I... I will surely be grateful to you in the future!" Shen Zhen pleaded hoarsely.
"Hehe! A good person! I don't want to be one. The price of being a good person is too high. Compared with being a good person, I prefer to hold a beautiful woman. What do you think, little beauty?"
Looking at Lord Ji's suddenly scary smile, Shen Zhen even forgot to cry for a moment. Her expression was a bit dull.
"Beauty, don't be afraid! I'll surely love you well in a while!" Lord Ji showed a lecherous expression.
Even though Shen Zhen was naive, she could sense Lord Ji's evil intention. She shook her head and cried, refusing, "No! No! Don't!"
"Don't? You're saying no now? Then do you know who paid for all those silk fabrics, jewelry and ornaments you bought just now? I've spent so much money, and now you say no. What were you doing earlier?"
Although Shen Zhen didn't understand that it was clearly Shen Miao who said she would pay just now, and now it had become Lord Ji's money. But she knew that this wasn't the time to think about this. Without hesitation, she immediately said, "Lord Ji, I don't want those fabrics and ornaments. I'll return them all to you! Or, I can pay you back all the money you spent. I just hope you can let me go, Lord Ji!"
"Hehe! Let you go! No way! I've already spent that money. It's impossible to take it back. But it's really worth it to exchange it for such a delicate and lovely little beauty like you. Am I right, little beauty?" Lord Ji reached out a hand and pinched Shen Zhen's chin, making her look at him.
"You really look so pitiful! The first time I saw you, I noticed your weak character. You're just like a soft persimmon. Anyone can pinch you! I don't know why, but I just took a fancy to you. You know, I've seen all kinds of women, charming, gentle and talented ones. But I just took a fancy to you!"
"I couldn't take my eyes off you as soon as I saw you. I just couldn't help thinking about you!"
As Lord Ji was talking, he wasn't honest either. He reached out his hand and held Shen Zhen's hand. Shen Zhen just felt creepy. Goosebumps had already appeared on the part of her hand held by him. She shook her hand desperately, trying to shake his hand off.
But the feeling of weakness on Shen Zhen's body hadn't disappeared yet. Shen Zhen guessed that she might have been drugged.
"Let go of me! Let go of me! Stay away from me!" Shen Zhen's body began to shake to avoid Lord Ji's touch.
"Hehe! Stay away from you? And don't let me touch you? Right?" Lord Ji's face was now so gloomy that it was as if it was the eve of a storm, terrifyingly gloomy, as if an earth - shattering thunderbolt was about to fall the next moment.
"Stinky woman, you don't know what's good for you! I talked to you nicely, and this is your attitude, right? Fine, then don't blame me!"
After saying that, Lord Ji threw Shen Zhen's hand away and turned around to open the door and leave.
Shen Zhen was lying in bed, looking at Lord Ji's departing back. She only felt that her back was already covered in cold sweat, all scared by Lord Ji just now.
"Bang!" The door was kicked open again. Lord Ji walked in angrily, still tightly holding a whip made of hemp vines as thick as a child's wrist in his hand.
"You refuse a toast only to drink a forced one. Little beauty, don't blame me for being rude."