Chapter 144

Chapter 144: The Madman Fu Yuanzhou Ruan Chutang was escorted by Fu Yuanzhou's men up the unfinished building. Ruan Chutang was afraid of heights, and the higher she climbed, the weaker her legs felt. This building was made of reinforced concrete, with no railings or handrails on the stairs, and no safety measures of any kind on the upper floors. Ruan Chutang followed Fu Yuanzhou's men step by step up the stairs. Ruan Chutang silently counted the floors in her mind. When they reached the twenty-sixth floor, the people ahead stopped. The man escorting Ruan Chutang also halted. "What time is it?" Fu Yuanzhou asked lazily. "Brother Zhou, it's 7:40," answered the man who had kidnapped Ruan Chutang the night before. Ruan Chutang didn't know his name. Upon hearing the answer, Fu Yuanzhou raised an eyebrow slightly and turned his gaze to Ruan Chutang. "Do you think... Jiang Shixu will really come alone to die for you?" Chu Tang pressed her lips together and lowered her eyes. "Scared?" Fu Yuanzhou laughed. "Don't worry. If you really can't bear to part with him, I can grant your wish and let the two of you be a pair of doomed lovers." Chu Tang still kept her head down and said nothing. Fu Yuanzhou let out a mocking laugh. Seeing that Chu Tang wouldn't speak, he found it somewhat dull, and impatience rose in his eyes. "I'm talking to you. Can't you hear me?" Fu Yuanzhou suddenly grabbed Ruan Chutang's arm, yanking her roughly, then shoved her forward. Caught off guard, Ruan Chutang lunged forward, losing her balance. Her feet stumbled a few steps, her body swayed left and right, and finally she crashed to the ground. Her hands were still bound, unable to help her maintain balance, and when she fell, she couldn't use her hands to brace herself and lessen the impact. Bang—thud. Chu Tang fell straight to the ground like that. Her knees hit the floor first, and the piercing pain made her face turn pale, her features twisting together. Then her upper body hit the ground, her entire face going deathly white with pain. Yet she didn't scream or cry out—she just bit her lip tightly and endured the agony. With that fall, Chu Tang had landed at the very edge of the building. Seeing what lay before her, the fear in her heart grew even stronger, and her body began to tremble. She was lying sprawled at the edge of the unfinished building, looking down from the height of twenty-six floors. Her acrophobia made her vision go black in waves, so Chu Tang simply closed her eyes. "Mute?" Seeing that the woman still wouldn't make a sound, Fu Yuanzhou laughed in anger. The man suddenly kicked over an iron bucket beside him. The sound of the bucket rolling and clattering across the concrete floor was harsh and jarring. Fu Yuanzhou's men all held their breath, not daring to make a sound. Chu Tang frowned, not understanding why the man before her was so volatile and unpredictable. Just now, downstairs, he had been smiling innocently while talking, looking like he was in a good mood. Now, all of a sudden, he was irritable, frenzied, like a rabid dog. "Fine. Since you won't talk, I'll find a way to make you open your mouth." Fu Yuanzhou's face twisted viciously as he stared at Ruan Chutang, then suddenly let out a cold laugh. "What do you think..." Fu Yuanzhou stepped toward Ruan Chutang slowly. The man looked at her like she was prey, a playful smile hanging on his lips, his gaze full of aggression. "How would Jiang Shixu feel if he saw you being raped? Hm?" Hearing him say that, Chu Tang shuddered all over, her eyes snapping open. Fear, shock, and disgust were interwoven in her gaze, and her face paled even more. Seeing the change in the woman's expression, Fu Yuanzhou seemed quite satisfied, the smile on his lips deepening. "Mute, are you? Then I'll make you scream." Fu Yuanzhou said with a smile. Chu Tang trembled with nervousness and spoke with difficulty: "No... don't..." "Don't?" Fu Yuanzhou's smile carried an indescribable eeriness that sent chills down one's spine. "Too late." "I told Jiang Shixu to come alone and trade himself for you, but I never promised I wouldn't do anything to you." Fu Yuanzhou stopped in front of Chu Tang, looking down at her from above, his gaze arrogant and untamed, as if she were an ant he could crush at will. "She really is captivating to look at. Too bad she's a pair of worn-out shoes that Jiang Shixu has already used up. I'm the type who hates things others have already played with." Fu Yuanzhou shamelessly humiliated Ruan Chutang. Chu Tang kept her eyes lowered, concealing the hatred and rage in them. Fu Yuanzhou smiled and said, "Then I'll just have to let my brothers enjoy themselves." The moment those words left his mouth, Fu Yuanzhou's men were filled with wild delight, their expressions excited, one after another barely able to contain themselves. This woman was stunningly beautiful—they had already been eyeing her eagerly earlier, just not daring to show it. Now that they heard their boss say this, they all stared at Ruan Chutang with eager anticipation, their gazes naked and unguarded with desire. Zhou Yu stood off to the side, his head lowered the entire time, not glancing over once. He had no interest in such things. But thinking of what the woman was about to face, a flicker of barely perceptible sympathy still passed through Zhou Yu's eyes. Fu Yuanzhou had always known how to treat women with tenderness and care—his mistresses were all well kept. But when it came to Ruan Chutang, because she was Jiang Shixu's woman, Fu Yuanzhou vented all his hatred for Jiang Shixu onto her. To be honest, Zhou Yu had been by Fu Yuanzhou's side for so many years and had never seen him be this cruel to any woman. Having his men defile Ruan Chutang was something Zhou Yu had never expected. "Fu Yuanzhou!" The moment he uttered those words about letting his brothers have their fun, Ruan Chutang suddenly gritted her teeth and shouted Fu Yuanzhou's full name, carrying overwhelming hatred and surging fury. The woman glared at Fu Yuanzhou with deadly intensity, as if looking at an irreconcilable enemy, her gaze wishing she could slice him into a thousand pieces. "Oh? Not playing mute anymore?" Facing the woman's rage, Fu Yuanzhou couldn't care less. The smile at the corners of his lips deepened as he narrowed his eyes and said to Ruan Chutang, "What? Don't like it? Not even with this many people taking turns to serve you?" "Animal! Beast!" Ruan Chutang roared through clenched teeth. The more violently she reacted, the better Fu Yuanzhou's mood became. "What are you all standing around for? Go!" Fu Yuanzhou jerked his chin toward the men behind him, signaling them to step forward and rape the girl. Zhou Yu's body stiffened, and he quickly glanced up. That small movement of his was noticed by Fu Yuanzhou. Fu Yuanzhou looked at him with a half-smile. "What, you want some too?" Before Zhou Yu could speak, Fu Yuanzhou added with a laugh, "This woman's about to be dirty anyway. I'll find you a clean one later." Zhou Yu lowered his gaze. "Brother Zhou, that's not what I meant." Fu Yuanzhou waved it off with a careless chuckle, saying in a nonchalant tone, "Perfect timing then—you record a video for them. I'm quite curious to see what expression Jiang Shixu will have when he watches his woman being defiled, hahahaha..."