"Where am I inferior to him?"

Jiang Yazu couldn't move, she was just like a fish on the chopping board. She simply closed her eyes and pretended she didn't see anything. Behind her eyelids, she rolled her eyes so hard they almost went into her brain.

Deep down, he thought to himself: How could you possibly be worse than him? You're way more awesome than him, okay? Even the pillar of support at the mental hospital would be your younger brother compared to you.

Ji Ziyan didn't wait for a response, nor did she get angry. Instead, she took her phone from the bedside table and held it to her face: "Come on, call Bo Rongxuan and tell him you're going out of town on business, and you'll be back in five days."

He spoke softly, "Aya, spend five days with me, will you? Just five days."

In the end, it was a plea.

But Jiang Yajue knew that these were all the devil's tricks to deceive her. As long as she showed even a slight bit of dissatisfaction, she would be doomed forever.

"You should surrender yourself. If you do, they'll treat you leniently. Rong Xuan can write you a letter of understanding then, and your sentence won't be long. Your child is still so young; you have to think about him. He's already grown up without a mother. If you, his father, get into trouble again, he's so little, how could he possibly live?"

"If I can't live, then I'll die. Anyway, this little waste won't amount to anything even when he grows up, and I won't turn myself in. I'd rather die than let them catch me."

His hand fell on Jiang Yazhu's shirt button, and the woman's body immediately tensed, her eyes wide with terror as she stared at him.

Ji Ziyan wasn't in a hurry to do anything. He enjoyed her frightened expression, his fingers tracing the buttons on her shirt, circling playfully, "If you don't listen, I wouldn't mind trying the real version. If you behave, and don't constantly argue with me, then just five days will suffice. My need for that isn't high; compared to it, I enjoy spiritual connection more. So as long as you don't deliberately provoke me, I won't do anything to you."

This statement is blatant.

Jiang Yajiu could only endure and agree.

She can now manage to sit up. She leaned against the headboard and called Bo Rongxuan, with Ji Ziyan by her side the whole time. She didn't even have a chance to pass on a message.

She knew she couldn't trust a madman, but directly begging for help from the computer screen would only anger him more. Besides, she didn't know where this place was, and even if she did, by the time Bo Rongxuan arrived, she would probably be dead. She could only wait for another opportunity and regain her strength at least.

Kiko is probably a fugitive now. She wouldn't believe he could just stay here for five days without doing anything.

Jiang Yazhu was imprisoned, and Ji Ziyan even made an appointment with a photographer to take a set of their... wedding photos.

During this time, he acted like a retired senior official, doing nothing all day and staying by her side every step of the way. He had exchanged the money he had embezzled for gold bars, which were piled in the basement. He would take her to see them and excitedly tell her that these were all for her.

Jiang Ya Zhu initially ignored him, expressionless like a piece of wood. He simply moved the gold bars into her room, forcing her to face them at all times.

He wouldn't let her pull the curtains. The sunlight pouring in was so intense, the golden light almost blinded her.

Later, she couldn't bear it anymore, so she started to play along but very superficially. Even her toes could tell that Jiang Yajue was deceiving him, but Ji Ziyan not only didn't realize it, but was also happy like an idiot.

Five days later, Ji Zi left her home and never returned.

Jiang Yazhu also took the opportunity to run away. She originally thought it would be extremely difficult, but she easily got out of the villa. Ji Ziyan even arranged a driver to send her off.

But she wouldn't dare to ride in the car he arranged.

When she went back, Bo Rongxuan wasn't there. He had been busy with company matters and cooperating with the police to catch Ji Ziyan these days. He was always out early and returning late. During the few days Jiang Yajue didn't come back, he simply slept at the company.

Although Jiang Yazhu had been away for five days, he didn't notice anything amiss because they kept in touch by phone every day.

This has been kept a secret all along.

Thinking of the photos she received that day, Jiang Yazhu suddenly grabbed Bo Rongxuan's hand: "He's still alive, he must be alive. Besides him, no one else would have those photos."

The fear Ji Zi Yan brought her was profound. Although he hadn't done anything physically harmful to her, the constant feeling of being watched by this man, the ever-present worry that he might lose control and do something to her, that psychological pressure often chilled her more than any physical pain could.

So even after all these years, she still occasionally thinks about those eyes.

Bao Rongxuan's back of his hand was pinched until it bled, but he didn't push her away: "Who's still alive? What photos?"

“Kiko said, ‘He’s not dead, this must all be his doing, it has to be him!’”

Besides him, no one would hate the Bo family this much, and no one would be so perverse. He used Jingzhou to deal with the Bo family, just to watch them kill each other and satisfy his perverse desires.

"Ziyan is already dead, didn't you see him with your own eyes that year…"

The scene was too vivid, and considering Jiang Yajue's current mental state, he did not strengthen her memory any further.

"They were all bloated, their features eaten by fish, and before the bodyguards could pull them ashore, they exploded. How do you know that person was Ji Ziyan? Ji Ziyan definitely didn't die. Rong Xuan, he didn't die, I feel like he's watching me somewhere right now..."

Jiang Yazi was deeply stimulated by that past, her emotions extremely agitated. She grabbed Shen Wanci's hand: "Wanwan, go call back Jingzhou, he can't continue to stay by Ji Siyuan's side. That person has already started to suspect him."

Shen Wanci was pushed away from the bedside, and seeing the intravenous tube begin to return blood, she hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll go right away, Mom, don't get excited, you're still having an IV."

After finishing her words, she picked up her bag and walked away.

Bo Rongxuan hugged Jiang Yazhu, patting her back to comfort her: "I'll have people investigate immediately. If she's really not dead, there will definitely be clues."

Jiang Yajue leaned against his chest, nodding lightly.

As for the photos, he didn't dare to ask anymore, afraid of upsetting him.

……

Shen Wanci came out of the villa and was greeted by a cold wind that made her shiver. She pulled her clothes tighter and strode towards the car.

She drove home and sent a text message to Bo Jingzhou. It was a blessing message copied from the internet, clearly the kind that was mass-sent.

She was afraid he wouldn't be comfortable, that the text message content would be seen by others. Given Ji Siyuan's deviant nature, he might even bring a small stool and sit on the bedside watching Bao Jingzhou sleep.

I feel like he's gotten dirty.

After this is over, I'll get him a full-blown "cure the bad luck" package.

Oh.

Their romance was like a secret meeting between undercover agents, and none of the couples were as lucky as they were.

Bo Jingzhou didn't reply to her message. Although Shen Wanci was anxious, there was nothing she could do. She couldn't just kill her way over there, right?

As soon as she parked her car under the apartment building, someone came to knock on her car window.

Shen Wanci turned her head to look, and was so startled that she almost jumped up from her seat, her heart skipping a beat. Then came a violent recoil.