It would be good if everything was her own fault. No matter what, she couldn't let Kai Yi be tortured by Fux or ridiculed by others. She was already dirty and didn't care about accumulating more filth; moreover, this might strike a blow to Ilso.
Ilso said nothing more, just smiled faintly and disappeared from the screen.
At night, Ilso returned.
Di Qi lay on the sofa, reeking of alcohol, with empty bottles scattered on the floor. Seeing him, she just raised her eyelids and continued drinking.
Ilso did not scold her, just bent down and looked at her.
Feeling uncomfortable under his gaze, Di Qi opened her blurry eyes challengingly: "What, disgusted with me? I've done something to embarrass you again, and might do more in the future. Have you thought about how to punish me?"
Ilso extended his hand, his long, white, slender fingers tracing her eyes and nose, his voice like cold snowflakes: "Di Qi, you're the only one who dares to betray me, the only one who dares to challenge me. Sometimes, I really look forward to what tricks you'll come up with to defy me."
“
He lowered his head, his beautiful face close to hers, smiling beautifully and elegantly: "You know, this troubled and helpless expression of yours is truly adorable, just a pleasure to look at."
Di Qi's response was to slap him, but she was unsuccessful.
Ilso caught her swinging wrist: "You're the first person to dare hit me; too bad you didn't succeed."
Di Qi gritted her teeth: "One day you'll die because of me."
Kai Cui sat down beside her, and she handed Kai Cui a cigarette. Kai Cui rarely accepted it and smoked together with her.
"You've been working like crazy recently. I thought you wouldn't come anymore," Di Qi said. He hadn't been here for over a month and had heard she had experienced many things, but of course, he didn't ask about them.
"Well," Di Qi said faintly, "Work is truly a happy thing. I should have understood this earlier."
"Yes, for people like us, work is the only thing we can rely on."
"Kai Cui, how did you know Yilsuo? He seems to trust you very much."
Kai Cui looked into the distance: "Long ago, I was once his servant, taking care of his slaves."
Di Qi was somewhat surprised: "Ah?"
"Once, I made a mistake, had a private affair with a slave, and helped that slave escape. I begged Yilsuo to give me a chance, willing to be loyal to him for life. So, after accepting punishment, I came to Ande Market to do black market work."
"What punishment did you receive?"
“I was supposed to be a man, but now, I am neither a man nor a woman. The only good thing is that I can work here peacefully and concentratedly, without being tempted.”
Di Qi felt a chill down his spine: “Haven’t you thought about leaving?”
“Leave? Where could someone like me go? Not falling to their level is already good luck.”
Di Qi remained silent. The last incident seemed to have been forgotten.
Ahead, another sealed truck arrived, and a group of people jumped down, shouting for people to get out of the vehicle. Those forced out were probably slaves abandoned by nobles, their hands and feet chained, heads lowered, steps heavy. No matter how many times he saw such a scene, Di Qi felt uncomfortable and turned away.
Then, something unexpected happened.
A slave suddenly rushed over, tightly grabbing Di Qi’s hand, desperately pleading: “Di Qi, save me, save me! I don’t want to be sold to a distant place! Di Qi, please help me, I’ll do anything…”
Hearing this voice, Di Qi was stunned: “Xila…”
Why was that extraordinarily beautiful young man Xila here?
Xila cried: “Di Qi, save me, save me! As long as Lord Yilsuo says a word…”
Staff rushed over and dragged Xila away. Xila’s eyes remained fixed on her, begging. Hearing Xila’s miserable cries, Di Qi couldn’t stay calm.
She stood up, but Kai Cui grabbed her arm and shook her head. Di Qi finally lowered her head and didn’t move.
After the cries disappeared, she murmured: “Why treat him like this…”
“Who?”
Di Qi growled: “Xila! That slave who was with Yilsuo for a long time. How could Yilsuo treat him like this?”
Kai Cui countered: “What do you think should be done? Keep supporting him until he dies?”
“At least… arrange a job for him, like me, give him a way to make a living.”
“Do you think they can be independent? Do you think they can do such hard labor or intellectual work? Who would even hire them? Even if they were freed, what options do they have besides starving on the streets or becoming low-level slaves?”
“Are you mocking me?”
Kai Cui’s gaze was profound: “Why don’t you use your brain to think calmly? You live in the noble circle and may have endured great pressure, but you’re not the only one suffering. Think about Yilsuo. Given his status and position, keeping you by his side for so long and arranging work for you is not a normal or easy thing. Now, he’s a joke in the nobles’ eyes.”
“A joke?” Di Qi scoffed: “Who would dare laugh at him?”
“Yes, who would dare laugh at him? Others are just talking behind his back about how he’s lost his mind, fallen for a slave from the slums. Everyone is waiting to see a good show.”
“Di Qi was startled, then fell silent: Is that so…
In the evening, Di Qi said to Yilsuo: “Some say that the way you treat me is abnormal and against the rules.”
“Are you referring to me sleeping with you?”
“No… the job you found for me.”
“Oh, did someone tell you something?”
“No, I heard it myself.”
“Oh, are you worried about me?”
“No… I’m not.”
Yilsuo laughed softly: “You don’t need to worry about my affairs. Just do your own job well. I don’t want you to be just a pure pet or only do what a pet would do.”
“Who made me like this? Isn’t it you,” Di Qi almost said.
A moment of silence.
“Is this… really… not a risk?
Yilsuo lightly chuckled: “I am Yilsuo, who is Yilsuo?”
Indeed, he was Yilsuo Ge, the perfect and lofty Yilsuo Ge.
After being intimate for a while, Yilsuo asked Dici: “What good deed did you do to offend Fucks?”
Dici opened her eyes: “A terrible thing. Don’t you think knowing Fucks’ secret would bring trouble to oneself?”
Yilsuo stroked her hair: “It already has.”
“I… saw him being intimate with someone.”
“Did they sleep together?”
“Yes, that person looked exactly like him, just like another version of him, that ‘he’… looked somewhat…”
After she finished speaking, Yilsuo was quiet for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.
Dici said dissatisfiedly: “Is it funny? I was scared to death, they were embracing… it was so weird…”
“Fucks hasn’t changed at all, still willful and reckless. I never believed he would accept a lesson, and sure enough, he appears to submit on the surface but is more rebellious behind the scenes…”
“Aren’t you surprised? How could such a thing even exist…”
“A bit surprised, but this does seem like something Fucks would do, though this time he’s gone much further than before.”
Dici pouted: “You’ve never clearly explained his previous incident to me…”
Yilsuo lightly laughed: “Before, he was madly in love with a woman who grew up in the oxygen chamber. She absolutely didn’t like his behavior and warned him many times, but he still wanted to marry her and even tried to give up everything for her.”
He blew air into Dici’s ear: “Do you know how she punished him? Don’t be scared.”
Yilsuo would say such words that made Dici feel chilled to the bone, and she trembled slightly.
Yilsuo hugged her tightly: “I still can’t tell you this secret.”
What you can know is that she was no ordinary person, perhaps a god-like existence. She did something to Fucks, and he changed, becoming extremely disgusted with women, to the point where he could barely tolerate touching them. Just like that, Xia Nv was discarded without knowing why, and he seemed to no longer like anyone.
