Bai RouRou finally couldn’t hold on any longer.
To be precise, she couldn’t withstand Cai Jing’er’s inhuman torment.
The night after the system’s electric shock, when Cai Jing’er returned, she found Bai RouRou already unconscious.
“This is bad, I went too far.”
Cai Jing’er’s heart skipped a beat, an indescribable chill surged from her feet up her spine to her head. Panic and a hidden fear suddenly gripped her.
Could it be that Bai RouRou…
Cai Jing’er shook her head violently to banish the thought, then hurriedly pulled out her phone to dial emergency services. But as she entered the number, she stopped.
No, she couldn’t go to a public hospital!
Instead, Cai Jing’er called another number, and through her local connections, quickly obtained the phone number of the director at a top private hospital in City A.
In no time, an ambulance arrived. During that time, Cai Jing’er took care to remove everything from Bai RouRou’s person and dressed her properly.
“Patient over here!”
Since it was an order from the director himself, the medical staff sent were the highest caliber, and to accommodate the client, they were all female doctors.
Although Cai Jing’er didn’t particularly care about the doctors’ gender as long as their skills were good, seeing all female doctors naturally made her feel more at ease.
Bai RouRou was soon lifted onto the ambulance stretcher and examinations and treatments began immediately.
“This…”
When the doctor lifted the clothing, a large area of bruises and contusions came into view.
The examining doctor paused briefly, but her professional composure quickly took over, and she started the examination.
“The heartbeat is too slow. Severe hypoglycemia. Start with a bag of glucose first.”
The girl’s astonishingly frail body, covered densely with injuries, shocked the medical staff.
Who could have done this?
Such cruelty!
One of the staff glanced at Cai Jing’er, whose face was icy cold.
With such elegant bearing and delicate features, she couldn’t possibly be the culprit, right?
***
“How’s the condition?”
Cai Jing’er stood at the entrance of the emergency room and asked immediately as the doctor pushed the door open.
“Mostly external injuries, the body is severely overexerted, very weak and fatigued. She must be properly nursed back to health.”
The doctor paused, then continued, “However, initial tests show problems with the digestive system. After some recovery, we should do a biopsy for further examination.”
What the doctor didn’t say aloud was that both he and the other attending physicians suspected possible cancerous changes in the patient’s digestive system.
But her body was too weak for comprehensive tests for now.
“Problems with the digestive system?”
Cai Jing’er curled her lips.
If there were problems, she shouldn’t be able to eat. But Bai RouRou ate everything with relish, as if nothing was wrong.
Though she doubted it, Cai Jing’er spared no expense and opened the best room in this private hospital—nearly one hundred square meters, with a living room, bathroom, and all kinds of medical equipment ready for emergencies.
When she arrived at the ward, Cai Jing’er saw Bai RouRou sleeping soundly, hooked up to a drip.
Many parts of her body were bandaged, but her clothes had not been changed.
“So fragile.”
Cai Jing’er came to one side and gently lifted an arm, staring at the thin, bony limb where veins stood out clearly beneath the skin.
Only then did Cai Jing’er realize she hadn’t paid much attention to Bai RouRou’s condition before.
“RouRou, if you had been a bit more obedient, why would I treat you like this?”
She sighed and slowly placed her palm against the girl’s pale face.
The soft touch sent a slight shiver through Cai Jing’er’s heart.
At some point, she had become more and more dependent on Bai RouRou.
Even at the company, she found herself thinking about her randomly.
Just now, the fear and terror at home—did that mean she had some feelings for Bai RouRou?
“Like Bai RouRou…?”
Cai Jing’er silently muttered in her mind, her gaze falling on the girl once more.
Her exquisite features were as delicate and fair as always.
The slightly drooping eyes softened with a gentle look, every detail carved into Cai Jing’er’s heart.
But now, that usual snowy whiteness had lost its color, as if drained of life.
The longer she looked, the more her heart trembled.
“RouRou is really beautiful.”
Cai Jing’er muttered instinctively, then suddenly snapped back to reality.
Should she try a different way of dealing with her?
“Come to think of it, Bai RouRou must have completely given up on Gong Nanxue. If she could obediently stay with me and play little games sometimes, it wouldn’t be so bad.”
If Bai RouRou could like her and actively respond to her…
“That would actually be pretty good.”
Cai Jing’er suddenly smiled.
This was totally achievable.
Bai RouRou’s birth parents didn’t care about her at all.
She had no friends, and the only one she cared for, Gong Nanxue, had broken her heart.
The only person she could rely on now was her.
Once Cai Jing’er’s family plan was completed, Gong Nanxue would lose all value, and she could easily control Bai RouRou.
There’d be no need to lock her up anymore.
Thinking of all this—winning both in love and business—Cai Jing’er’s lips curved into a subtle smile.
Just as Cai Jing’er indulged in her unrealistic fantasies, Bai RouRou woke up.
“Ugh, is this a hospital?”
Smelling a faint scent of disinfectant, Bai RouRou looked around at the surroundings and at the violent, deranged woman standing by her bed grinning foolishly.
“Ma-Master?”
The girl whispered nervously, fear and timidity in her eyes.
“RouRou’s awake?”
Seeing RouRou’s deep fear, Cai Jing’er chuckled softly and took the girl’s hand with a bright smile.
“Don’t worry, you just overexerted yourself. Rest a while and you’ll be fine.”
But the smile on Cai Jing’er’s face only meant one thing in Bai RouRou’s eyes—this violent woman was probably thinking of some twisted new way to torture her.
“Master, I really can’t take it anymore, I—”
Cai Jing’er placed her fingertip gently against the girl’s lips, her voice cold.
“Enough. You’re a patient now. How could I ever lay a hand on a patient?”
Seeing Cai Jing’er suddenly act normal, Bai RouRou swallowed hard, growing even more fearful.
The ‘normal’ twisted woman was the most abnormal of all—she surely had traps waiting to spring on her.
“RouRou, what do you want to eat? I’ll have someone get it for you.”
At those words, Bai RouRou’s little heart leapt.
She wracked her brain, then carefully whispered, “Whatever Master wants?”
“You want to eat something, just say it. Why would I care what you want? I don’t know what you’re thinking anyway.”
Cai Jing’er rubbed the girl’s small hand, then lifted it to her nose to sniff the faint scent. A trace of infatuation appeared on her face.
After smelling disinfectant for so long, suddenly catching RouRou’s unique fragrance was pure pleasure.
Bai RouRou pursed her lips, looking at Cai Jing’er’s twisted expression and feeling nothing but disgust.
“Then I want a bowl of plain rice porridge.”
“No problem, I’ll have someone get it.”