Chapter 23: His Remaining Life is Filled with Guilt and Regret

Gu Junche waving at Sang Yuwan from the side and was surprised. “What are you doing here?”

“I came because I missed you,” Gu Junche said with a cheeky smile. Sang Yuwan felt a flutter in her heart and rolled her eyes at him, saying, “You’re always so reckless.”

Gu Junche pursed his lips, a smile appearing at the corners. “Will you have dinner with me?”

“Sure, but I want you to cook,” Sang Yuwan said proudly.

“Okay, my lady,” Gu Junche opened the car door, gesturing for her to get in. “First, let me take you to buy some groceries.”

Sang Yuwan laughed, thinking to herself, “Li Mo, don’t worry, I will definitely be happy.”

The doctor said Lu Chichuan drank heavily and was very sad, so fainting was normal.

When Lu Chichuan woke up, he sat blankly on the hospital bed, his eyes hollow and red. It was true that some people could cry just from thinking.

Lu Sheng sat quietly beside him, fighting back tears. She didn’t know how to comfort him.

One minute, two minutes… ten minutes, Lu Chichuan finally spoke: “Sister, I want to go home…”

“Okay, I’ll have Yi Han take you back to Nan’an,” Lu Sheng said softly. “I’ll go with you.” Despite the hot summer, his hand felt ice-cold. She held his hand, unable to hold back a few tears.

As soon as they entered the living room, Aunt Chen saw Lu Sheng and her eyes filled with joy. “Miss Lu… you finally woke up…”

Lu Chichuan expressionlessly passed Aunt Chen and went straight upstairs.

“What’s wrong with him…?” Aunt Chen wondered. Shouldn’t he be happy that Miss Lu woke up?

“He’s tired. Aunt Chen, please continue with your work. I’ll go check on him,” Lu Sheng smiled and headed upstairs.

Lu Sheng turned the doorknob but found it locked. She anxiously knocked on the door, calling, “Ah Ci! Ah Ci! Can you open the door for me? Don’t scare your sister!”

“Ah Ci! Open the door!”

The door opened, and Lu Chichuan, with wet hair, smiled faintly at Lu Sheng, his voice hoarse. “Sister, I’m fine. I just want to take a shower and rest. I haven’t dealt with those people yet, so I’ll be okay.”

Lu Sheng frowned but felt a bit relieved. “Then you rest well. Call me if you need anything.” “Okay.”

He didn’t lie to Lu Sheng; he took a good shower and lay on the bed that still smelled of Li Mo, feeling both safe and sad.

He dreamed of Erhai Lake, dreaming of the person he missed deeply, her smile as warm and bright as the sun.

“Ah Ci, you’re here!” Li Mo ran to him, the faint scent of roses lingering in the air.

“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”

“Why wait for me? I’m not good at all. Just like Sang Yuwan said, I’ll only hurt you.” Lu Chichuan’s voice was choked and hoarse.

“It’s not your fault; they are too evil. Ah Ci was just deceived,” Li Mo gently comforted him, wiping the tears falling from his eyes.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…” He held Li Mo tightly, fearing that if he let go, she would disappear. He knew it was a dream, so he wanted to drown in it…

Suddenly, the sky darkened, and Li Mo vanished from his arms, the scenes before him breaking his heart…

“Ah Ci, it wasn’t me; I didn’t do those things with Jiang Yi!” Li Mo knelt on the ground, pulling at his clothes, her eyes swollen from crying. But he kicked her away. The scene showed Lu Chichuan wanting to help the fallen Li Mo, but he couldn’t reach her. He was filled with anxiety, and the scene suddenly changed…

“Ah Ci, I made soup for you… ah!” The soup in Li Mo’s hands was knocked over, the scalding liquid burning her hands severely.

“I’m afraid you’ll poison me!” He grabbed his coat and stormed out, leaving behind Li Mo, who struggled to hold back her tears.

She quietly went into the room to treat her wounds, sniffling and reassuring herself, “It’s okay; I will be fine. Everything will be okay… as long as my sister wakes up…”

Lu Chichuan’s throat tightened, full of heartache. “Why are you so foolish…”

He knew that his Li Mo was most afraid of pain, yet he spilled scalding soup on her hands. If he could, he would really want to kill his past self…

The scene changed again, showing the night Li Mo was humiliated. The tears of despair had long dried up beside her; she seemed like a withered corpse.

Lu Chichuan rushed over, trying to push them away, screaming, “Don’t touch her!” But he went right through them. He stubbornly tried several times but eventually collapsed to the side.

This is a dream… how could a dream give him a chance to start over?

He looked at his Li Mo, tears streaming down her face. “I’m sorry… I’m sorry… It’s my fault..”

The scene began to change for the last time. Li Mo stood on the windowsill in a thin white dress, the breeze gently lifting her skirt.

“Li Mo…”

“Ah Ci, I hate you!”

She turned and jumped down without hesitation. Why couldn’t he catch her?

“Li Mo!” Lu Chichuan woke up from the dream, gasping for breath, sweat soaking his clothes.

He glanced at the time: six-thirty in the morning.

Lu Sheng had just prepared breakfast when he came downstairs, dressed.

“Ah Ci, you’re up? You seem well today.” Lu Sheng said, both happy and worried.

“Yeah, sister, I have something to do, so I won’t eat,” he said, grabbing the car keys and striding toward the door.

“Where are you going?”

“To the abandoned warehouse.”

Xu He and Zhou Yanguan were locked up in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city.

Xu He was in good spirits, while Zhou Yanguan still looked a bit insane, unable to believe her plan had failed. They were supposed to get married today… how could it fail!

“Lu Chichuan, let me out right now!” Xu He shook the iron bars, looking at the cold man before him, feeling both anxious and angry.

“Let you out? Of course, I will, but that’s when you die,” Lu Chichuan looked at him with full hatred.

“In ancient times, there were ten cruel punishments: castration, beating, washing, riding the wooden donkey, dripping water, being torn apart by a chariot, slow slicing, skinning, waist chopping, and boiling.” He touched the ring on his finger. “I’ve never seen these. Shall we start with castration?”

Xu He experienced castration, skinning, slow slicing, and water dripping… Those executing the punishments were so scared they closed their eyes several times.

Zhou Yanguan’s entrance went smoothly; she was fed some drugs, feeling hot all over. Five or six men, with yellowed teeth and around fifty years old, had given her a large amount of drugs, and she couldn’t help but move closer to them.

Zhou Yanguan truly seemed like she would crash and die, but she was tied up and couldn’t move.

Hours later, Lu Chichuan looked at Zhou Yanguan lying dirty on the ground and coldly said, “How was it? Enjoying it? I forgot… Li Mo was pregnant back then.”

Zhou Yanguan endured severe tortures as well, like finger-crushing, the pear of pain, and rope torture.

The device was called a “crushing device.”

Made of ropes and several small sticks, usually six, tied together in a “book” shape, pulling the ropes from both sides would cause the sticks to compress toward the center, trapping a person’s fingers inside. The lighter injuries would break the skin, while the heavier ones would crush the bones, and Zhou Yanguan naturally fell into the latter category.

“Hahaha… Lu Chichuan, what does it matter if I suffer torture? She won’t come back. You just want to feel better! As long as you’re alive, your remaining life will be filled with guilt and regret! Hahaha…” Zhou Yanguan hit his sore spot, and he clenched his fists.

“Heh, I’ll see if your mouth is tough or if the torture is tough!”

The pear of pain was a Western European torture device. It consists of four petal-shaped pieces. At the top, there is a screw; once you turn the screw, the petals slowly open. When used for torture, the petals are in a closed position.

They placed it in Zhou Yanguan’s mouth, turning the screw until her jaw split, teeth shattered, and her lower jaw dislocated.

The last method was rope torture.

After all this, Zhou Yanguan had only one breath left. Lu Chichuan was in a good mood, so he granted her a quick death.

Zhou Yi had been worried about finding his sister yesterday, but that night, the Lu family announced the cancellation of the engagement and began to suppress the Zhou family. They also released many clarifying videos, including evidence of Zhou Yanguan.