75: The darkness hidden behind the gangs

Wang Yixuan was missing.

The day after Wang Yixuan disappeared, when the entire Yixuan Hall was in chaos and its businesses were in turmoil, White Spirit Bird made a decision.

She decided to escape.

White Spirit Bird was not her real name, although she hadn't been called by her real name for a long time.

But she still remembered it; her name was Li Cuiling.

The name was too common, too old-fashioned.

So, to make guests like her more, she was given a stage name.

White Spirit Bird.

She was originally a university student, having come from a remote village to study in the city.

At university, she relied on part-time jobs and scholarships to earn her tuition and living expenses.

A young girl from the countryside, she had never seen much of the world in the big city.

Perhaps she was too naive.

She was deceived.

Her teacher introduced her to a work-study job.

She was truly grateful at the time, believing she had met good people in the big city, a good teacher who was willing to look after her and not discriminate against her.

Her simple worldview made her trust her teacher completely.

She didn't realize that while professions have no good or bad, people do.

Then she experienced that nightmarish period.

She was trafficked, beaten, imprisoned, starved, and raped.

There was no handsome knight to save her, nor a righteous hero to punish the bad guys.

Those people manipulated her like an object.

They eroded her will and dignity.

Until she no longer knew how to resist, completely abandoning her dignity and becoming a slave.

Once she was trained into a qualified commodity, she was transported to Yixuan Hall's underground businesses to entertain various guests.

The reason she was chosen was simple.

Coming from the countryside, she was honest and simple, with a naive set of values.

In other words, she was foolish and easy to control.

Coming from the countryside, she had no background; her parents were farmers.

In other words, she was weak and easy to control.

Plus, she was beautiful.

Although she always wore very plain clothes, ugly square-rimmed glasses, and no makeup.

Even so, she was still chosen.

Should I mock those people for their sharp eyes?

Li Cuiling had always been obedient. At first, she resisted, but after being beaten, raped, and humiliated in ways unimaginable to ordinary people.

She never resisted again.

She was more obedient and docile than anyone else.

She thought about suicide, but she ultimately suppressed the disgust and tried hard to comply.

And now, she had found an opportunity.

Wang Yixuan was missing, and the entire gang was in chaos.

Because of her consistent docility and obedience, she was not particularly guarded.

She had hidden a pre-sharpened iron awl. Without a moment's hesitation, she killed the Hoodlum who was guarding her.

Then, she laboriously dragged the body into her room and changed into his clothes.

She hid the man's corpse under the bed.

The man's clothes were a bit too large for her.

But for now, this was all she could do.

But it was not enough.

There were too many people she wanted to kill: that bastard teacher, the entire gang of Yixuan Hall.

Those who had kidnapped her, harmed her, and caused her to fall into her current plight.

She wanted to kill them all!

No, not just kill them. She wanted to chop them into pieces, eat their hearts, and gnaw on their bones!

She didn't want to call the police. After all she had been through, she was no longer as naive as she had been when she first arrived in this city.

Her always docile, obedient, and beautiful face now contorted into a ferocious expression under the surge of hatred.

She could only rely on herself.

The only person she could trust was herself.

However, a woman's strength was too weak.

She only managed to kill this Hoodlum because he was too careless with her.

Even if she hid his body, it wouldn't be long before they discovered his disappearance.

It was only a matter of time before they found his body and realized she had killed him.

Li Cuiling wanted to burn this place down.

But then she remembered the innocent people here, those who had suffered the same cruel treatment as her and were trapped here.

She had to hurry and escape first.

The chaotic management of Yixuan Hall at that moment made it not difficult for Li Cuiling to escape.

She came to the long-lost outside world, feeling the long-awaited freedom.

Even though she realized that this freedom was only temporary, she still couldn't help but want to cry.

She held back her tears, her heart still surging with hatred.

She secretly returned to her school and lingered in the parking lot. Perhaps fate had taken a slight notice of her misery, for she found that car.

That teacher's car.

Then came the patient waiting. The sharpened iron awl in her hand had also transformed into the dagger from the Hoodlum's waist who had been guarding her.

As she waited, her thoughts became exceptionally clear.

She even planned in her mind how to escape.

Having committed murder, there was no way she could continue to live in Lai Guang City.

All she could do was escape.

While the body was still undiscovered, she would escape as far as possible.

Finally, as she waited, the figure that Li Cuiling could never forget appeared.

He was so refined, so kind, seemingly polite and courteous.

She had been deceived by his appearance back then.

She had been deceived by his gentle and sympathetic tone.

She hid in his blind spot, waiting for him to unlock his car.

Once it was unlocked, she opened the passenger door and slipped into the car.

If she killed him outside, the blood would spread everywhere.

"You are..."

Li Cuiling didn't hesitate at all. Gripping the dagger, she swiftly and deftly slashed across his neck.

He clutched his neck in terror, trying to stop the bleeding.

But the gushing blood gave him no chance.

He widened his eyes, finally seeing Li Cuiling's face, his heart filled with astonishment.

He had been fully prepared. For a poor girl from the countryside like her, once sold, there was no chance of ever recovering.

Even if she escaped, she would be caught and brought back sooner or later.

He had experience.

Moreover, Yixuan Hall was not an ordinary gang.

But he never would have imagined that this simple girl, whom he had personally chosen,

After escaping, she didn't call the police, didn't seek help, or hide.

Instead, she ran straight to kill him!

She didn't even give him a chance to explain.

He was confident that given time to explain, he could calm this country bumpkin down.

The people from Yixuan Hall would eventually come looking for her, and then he would have no worries.

He had even prepared a whole speech: that he knew nothing, that he had been deceived too, that he had immediately called the police when she went missing, and that he had felt guilty all these days.

But why, why!

Why did this damn country bumpkin, like a madwoman, just come straight at him with a knife!

No explanation at all!

No questions asked!

His consciousness gradually blurred, while Li Cuiling calmly grabbed his hair and pressed his head against the steering wheel.

Just like slaughtering a chicken in the countryside, she made sure the blood from his neck flowed directly onto the floor beneath the seat, preventing it from getting everywhere.

From the outside, he looked as if he were resting his head on the steering wheel.

Once she confirmed he was motionless, Li Cuiling took his phone from his pocket.

She unlocked it with his fingerprint.

Her ID card had been taken by those people long ago, so she couldn't buy train tickets.

How to escape...

She used the phone to hail a long-distance bus to the school gate.