Dragon Girl New Chapter

Chapter 18

As filming was nearing completion, I gradually started returning home late at night. I no longer needed anyone to pick me up or drop me off; I had grown accustomed to loneliness and darkness.

I left the company at 11 p.m. that night. There were almost no people on the road, and the weather was getting cold, but the change in temperature had almost no effect on me.

As I was walking on Xiafei Road, a car suddenly stopped beside me. I paused briefly and turned my head to look at the car. In that instant, several burly men rushed out of the car and swarmed towards me. They grabbed me and shoved me into the car. I barely had time to scream before I was successfully abducted.

The car sped off like a madman, and I was sandwiched between two burly men. Although I had never experienced anything like this before, I knew it wasn't a good sign. I looked at them; even though it was dark, they were wearing sunglasses, and I doubted they could see anything through that lens.

A burly man held a knife to my throat and said in a deep voice, "Don't move, or I'll kill you."

I replied calmly, "Even if I don't make any trouble, I'm afraid you won't let me off easily."

The big man chuckled: "You're quite clever."

I remained silent; it was obvious.

The car drove all the way to the outskirts of the city, where there were almost no residents, until we reached an abandoned warehouse. The big man dragged me out of the car and shoved me into the warehouse.

I said, "What do you want?"

A burly man closed the warehouse door, lit a kerosene lamp, and said, "Don't you understand? Of course, you have to kill first, then rape."

As soon as he finished speaking, the burly men burst into laughter. What was so funny? They really did have a sense of humor!

I said, "Can we skip this first step and just kill me already?"

The laughter abruptly stopped, and several pairs of eyes stared at me in astonishment: "Aren't you afraid of dying?"

I smiled calmly: "I'm just curious, I wonder if there's any way to kill me?"

A burly man sized me up and down, then suddenly burst into laughter: "Strange! Strange! I've never met anyone who isn't afraid of death, let alone a woman. Since you're not afraid of death, then I'll grant your wish!"

Another person advised him, "Brother, this woman is quite pretty. It would be a waste to kill her like this. Let's just have sex with her first."

The previous answer was: "She's quite bold; she just did what she wanted and ended it all. There are women everywhere."

I watched their discussion with a cold eye; it seemed they weren't discussing my fate.

Another person asked, "How do you kill her? Finish her off with a knife?"

"The same old method: first drown her in a water vat, then throw her into the Suzhou River, and people will think she accidentally fell into the water and died."

---janeadam

Reply [36]: Sure enough, there were several large water vats in the corner of the warehouse. It seems that this is not the first time they have done this kind of business. A big man walked towards me, and I automatically walked towards the water vats. "Is there water in the water vats? Don't drown me."

Everyone was stunned. The one who was called the eldest brother laughed and said, "You're really something. If it were anyone else, they would probably be so scared that their legs would have gone weak."

I smiled. It wasn't that I wasn't afraid; I just didn't believe they could really kill me.

The big man easily threw me into a large water vat. This vat was really big, definitely no smaller than the one Sima Guang smashed years ago. The water was full, instantly submerging my hair. He then tightly closed the lid so that I couldn't stick my head out of the vat.

I simply sat cross-legged at the bottom of the water. Water is my mother. Many years ago, when I was still a dragon, water was like my air. Now I am an ordinary person, but I was once a dragon, and water is still so gentle, never truly harming me.

I don't know how much time passed, but a hand reached into the water tank, grabbed my hair, and pulled me out.

I wiped my face and opened my eyes, only to be met with a pair of terrified eyes. The burly man who had been grabbing me, who had been menacing and arrogant, suddenly turned ashen-faced and his jaw was clenched.

He grabbed my hair, trembling, and exclaimed in a terrified voice, "Brother, this, this woman isn't dead."

The group of people who were sitting around a table drinking turned around, and I smiled slightly at them, "You can't kill me like this."

The man called "Big Brother" also looked surprised and waved his hand: "Put her in again, I don't believe she won't drown."

So I was put back into the water tank, and the lid was sealed tightly. This time it took even longer, probably several hours, before the lid was slowly lifted, and another hand reached in and grabbed my hair.

I'm not dead yet, but they're almost scared to death by me.

The older brother asked, "How come you didn't drown?"

I smiled faintly: "I already said that this won't kill me. Maybe you should try other methods, like a knife."

The elder brother stared at me suspiciously, and after a long while said, "Since I can't kill you, I won't kill you anymore. Although we are bandits, we still have our code of honor. You are a strange person. I really want to know how you can survive in the water."

I laughed and said, "Perhaps it's fate that I'm not going to die!"

He cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards me: "I admit defeat today. My brothers and I have no grudge against Miss. We were only acting under orders from someone else to try to kill her. Since Miss has such extraordinary abilities, she is clearly no ordinary person. However, it is easier to dodge a spear in the open than to guard against an arrow in the dark. Miss, you should still be careful."

I smiled. Who wanted to kill me? Those people disappeared quickly. I slowly walked towards the city. The road was long, but what was it compared to the roads I had walked before?

After daybreak, I returned to Avenue Joffre and went to the film set as usual. No one knew what happened during the night, and I didn't want anyone to know. If anyone wanted to kill me, then so be it! My life has really been too long.

Actually, I already had a vague idea of who wanted to kill me. I don't know many people in this world, and I have even fewer grudges against them.

Three days later, I received a letter from Ruan Zhiyun, who asked me to meet her at Daxing Company on the main road. I arrived as agreed. It was a gloomy morning, with autumn clouds gathering but no rain.

That day she wore a white cheongsam and a scarlet shawl. She deliberately wrapped a headscarf around her neck and wore sunglasses so that no one would recognize her.

After we met, she led me up the back gate of Daxing Company, all the way to the roof. We stood there silently, each assessing the strength of our opponent.

She said, "You didn't keep your promise to me."

I replied, "Yes, I'm sorry."

She gave a slight, cold laugh: "What good is just saying sorry?"

I remained silent. Why was she so bothered by the role of the Dragon Girl?

---janeadam

Reply [37]: "It's all because of you. Since you came, Zhengqiu has become different. He would never have treated me like this before."

I replied casually, "Men are all fickle, and he is no exception."