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00:02In the third year of being locked in a cage at an abandoned electronics processing plant
00:07on the outskirts of the city, that day, because I had skipped one round of a simulated telecom
00:12fraud drill, I was beaten with an electric baton until I was covered in blood. Through
00:17blurred vision, I saw Vincent Lloyd's luxury car. I crawled forward with all my might,
00:23my fingernails digging into the mud, breaking without me even feeling the pain.
00:27Vincent, save me! But the next second, Derek Voss, the plant supervisor who had once broken my leg,
00:34bent down to open the car door for him.
00:37Mr. Lloyd, rest assured, madam has been pretty well trained.
00:40Suddenly, I understood. These three years, he had personally sent me here.
00:45Vincent Lloyd looked at me, drenched in blood, and his expression darkened.
00:50Who told you to be so harsh?
00:51Derek was so frightened, he immediately bowed his head.
00:54I'm sorry, Mr. Lloyd. It was the actors below who didn't know their limits.
00:59Vincent crouched down and touched my face.
01:02Elaine, I'm here to take you home. You will still be Mrs. Lloyd.
01:08Chloe Wells just has poor health and needs my care.
01:11Don't bully her like you used to.
01:12I lowered my eyes and said softly,
01:15Okay.
01:16Vincent paused. He probably hadn't expected me to be this obedient now,
01:19but I hadn't learned my lesson, and I hadn't forgiven him.
01:23It was because the doctor at the temporary clinic had said my internal organs were already failing,
01:28and that I had, at most, two days to live.
01:31As the car door closed, I finally left that abandoned factory disguised as a gangster hideout.
01:36I had once waited for this day for three full years,
01:40but now that I was actually sitting in Vincent's car, I didn't cry.
01:44Nor did I ask him why.
01:46The people at the factory had said that asking too many questions was against the rules.
01:50I placed my hands on my knees and sat up straight.
01:53Blood slowly seeped through my cuffs, staining the luxury car's leather seats.
01:57I noticed and frantically wiped it with my palm.
02:00Vincent frowned.
02:02Stop wiping.
02:03My hand froze in midair, and it took me a while to pull it back.
02:06Do I need to pay for the seat?
02:08I don't have any money right now.
02:11I can pay it back slowly in the future.
02:14Vincent's face darkened.
02:15Elaine, this isn't the processing plant.
02:18I recalled how Derek had bent over respectfully,
02:21and suddenly everything became clear.
02:23So I hadn't been abducted and sold.
02:25So the gang ransom, the threat of breaking legs if I tried to escape,
02:28all of it was just a show put on for me.
02:31But the convulsing pain of the electric that's on my skin was real.
02:34When I lay in the mud, calling out for Vincent to save me over and over,
02:38the blood I coughed up from my throat was real.
02:40They thought it was all just an act.
02:42But I had truly suffered for three years.
02:45Vincent draped a wool blanket over me.
02:47I instinctively shrank back.
02:49His hand stopped in midair.
02:50Afraid of me?
02:51I shook my head.
02:52No.
02:53I clenched my blood-stained cuff in my palm.
02:55I'm dirty.
02:57The blanket won't wash clean.
02:59The car was silent for a few seconds.
03:01Vincent's voice dropped a little.
03:02From now on, you don't have to speak so carefully.
03:05I nodded.
03:06He seemed dissatisfied with my numb, submissive look.
03:09He added,
03:10Once we're back at the estate, you are still Mrs. Lloyd.
03:14All the servants at the estate still acknowledge you.
03:17Chloe is staying in the master suite on the third floor.
03:20Because she's frail, she won't be moving out for now.
03:22Don't argue with her like before.
03:24Let the past three years be water under the bridge.
03:27I kept my eyes lowered.
03:28Miss Wells can stay wherever she likes.
03:30If she doesn't want to see me, I'll stay in a side guest room farther away.
03:35Vincent's brow furrowed.
03:37I brought you back, not for you to hide from people.
03:40I fell silent.
03:41Those above don't like being talked back to.
03:44Sure enough, his next sentence was,
03:46But Chloe is very unwell.
03:48You mustn't upset her.
03:49I placed my hands back on my knees.
03:51I won't frighten her.
03:53Vincent looked at my obedient, bowed head, and sounded a bit irritated.
03:57Elaine, I'm discussing this with you, not giving orders.
04:00I was taken aback.
04:01Just then, his phone rang.
04:03On the screen flashed Chloe Wells' name.
04:05He glanced at it and answered.
04:07On the phone, the woman's voice was soft and weak.
04:10Vincent, have you picked up sister yet?
04:13Sisters comes after.
04:15Will she show grudge against me?
04:17She won't.
04:19She's learned to be sensible.
04:21My fingers curled slightly.
04:23After he hung up, his personal assistant, Carter,
04:26handed over a brown paper bag from the front seat.
04:28Mr. Lloyd, from the doctor at the plant.
04:31He said Madam's examination report should be reviewed immediately.
04:35Vincent took the bag but didn't open it.
04:37Give it to Dr. Hale, the estate's private physician, to look at.
04:40That doctor said the situation is very critical.
04:43Vincent said coldly.
04:44People at the plant are used to exaggerating conditions to gain sympathy.
04:48First, back to Lloyd Estate.
04:50The brown paper bag was tossed aside.
04:52Through the passing streetlights outside the window,
04:55I saw the corner of the report sticking out of the bag.
04:58There was a line of English diagnostic notation, folded over.
05:02Extremely high risk of multiple organ failure.
05:05Lloyd Estate arrived quickly.
05:06A servant took Vincent's suit jacket and cautiously stole a glance at me.
05:10I stepped out of the car.
05:11The servant led Lloyd and me into the manor hall.
05:14Mr. Lloyd, Miss Wells is staying in the master suite on the third floor.
05:18As for the ladies' room…
05:19But before he could speak, soft footsteps came from upstairs.
05:23Chloe Wells, draped in a white knitted cardigan, stood at the top of the spiral staircase.
05:28Her eyes were red-rimmed as she looked at me.
05:31Sister, you're finally back.
05:33Seeing her come down slowly, my knees instinctively buckled.
05:37Miss Wells, I won't touch the master bedroom.
05:40You have light sleep and a weak constitution.
05:43I can stay in a remote side room.
05:45Chloe stood on the stair step, her face turning pale.
05:48Sister, what are you doing?
05:49She hurried down and reached out to help me up.
05:51But I immediately flinched away.
05:54Chloe's tears fell instantly.
05:56Vincent, is sister still blaming me?
05:59Vincent quickly stepped in front of me, his expression cold.
06:02Elaine, stand up.
06:03I braced myself against the cold marble floor and slowly rose.
06:06Standing up too fast, my vision suddenly went black.
06:10Vincent reached out his hand.
06:12As if to help me, Chloe gave a light cough.
06:15Vincent's outstretched hand paused in midair.
06:17And he turned back to look at her first.
06:19Why are you coughing again?
06:21It's nothing.
06:23Probably just from coming down the stairs too quickly.
06:25Vincent frowned deeply.
06:27Go upstairs and rest.
06:29She looked at me.
06:30But sister just came back.
06:32I want to keep her company and talk.
06:34Vincent said.
06:34She's exhausted in body and mind and needs quiet.
06:38He instructed a servant to take me to the west side guest room.
06:41Madam, please take a bath first.
06:43I looked at that glaringly white bed.
06:46Can I touch the bed only after I've bathed?
06:48The servant's eyes reddened.
06:50Of course not.
06:51In the bathroom, warm water poured down.
06:54The pain all over my body made it almost impossible to stand steady.
06:58The person in the mirror was gaunt beyond recognition.
07:01My shoulders, abdomen and legs were covered in crisscrossing scars of varying depths.
07:06The old injury on my left leg kept flaring up, making me limp when I walked.
07:11With every breath, my chest felt like shattered glass scraping against my internal organs.
07:16The doctor at the plant's temporary clinic had told me my organs were severely damaged.
07:20I asked him if there was still a chance for treatment.
07:23He was silent for a long time.
07:25Then said.
07:25Three months ago, I was still waiting day after day for Vincent to come and save me.
07:32Now he had finally come to take me out of that cage.
07:35But I no longer had three months.
07:37After my bath, I changed into the soft nightgown the servant had brought.
07:41As I stepped out of the bathroom, I saw Vincent sitting on the guest room sofa.
07:44I stopped in my tracks.
07:46Do you need to use this room?
07:48I can leave right away.
07:49Beside him was a first aid kit.
07:52Come here.
07:53Let me treat your wounds.
07:54I walked over slowly and instinctively knelt before him.
07:57Vincent's face darkened instantly.
08:00Sit on the bed.
08:00I didn't move.
08:01He repeated in a low, suppressed voice.
08:04Elaine, I said sit on the bed.
08:06My body trembled uncontrollably.
08:08And I quickly sat down on the edge of the bed.
08:10He paused for a moment.
08:11He picks up the medicine box, stands up, walks to the bedside and opens it.
08:16Then he crouched down and began treating the festering wound on my calf.
08:19When the antiseptic touched my broken skin, my fingers went white with pain.
08:24Vincent looked up at me.
08:25Does it hurt?
08:26I shook my head lightly.
08:27He let out a cold, quiet laugh.
08:30Now you can endure all the pain.
08:32Before, just a scraped knee would make you cling to me and cry for a long time.
08:36I gazed quietly at his hands.
08:38After a long while, I said softly,
08:40Back then, no one punished me arbitrarily.
08:44Vincent's hand suddenly stopped mid-motion.
08:46Mr. Lloyd, Miss Wells says she has stomach cramp.
08:49Vincent stood up almost immediately.
08:51Wait here for me to come back.
08:52I looked at the still open medicine kit.
08:55Should I put the cotton swabs away?
08:57Vincent frowned.
08:58I immediately withdrew my outstretched hand.
09:00I won't touch anything.
09:02Wait for you to come back to finish the dreading.
09:04I paused and corrected my habitual phrasing.
09:07Wait for you to come back to deal with the wound.
09:10Vincent's expression was frighteningly dark.
09:12Don't move anything.
09:13I sat quietly on the bed, my hands properly placed on my knees.
09:17I never touched the medicine kit again.
09:20Late at night, a suffocating pain suddenly seized my chest.
09:23A thick metallic taste rose in my throat.
09:26I staggered into the bathroom, braced myself against the sink, and vomited a mouthful of blood.
09:31I hastily turned on the faucet, washing away the bloodstains.
09:35Then I crouched down, wiping every trace of blood from the floor tiles.
09:39Mustn't get anything dirty.
09:40Get it dirty.
09:41And you get punished.
09:42The bathroom door suddenly swung open.
09:44Vincent stood at the threshold.
09:46He watched me kneeling on the floor, scrubbing the tiles.
09:49His brow tightly knitted.
09:51What are you doing?
09:51I looked up at him.
09:53I'll have it clean in a moment.
09:54His gaze fixed on my colorless lips, still stained with blood.
09:58Did you cough up blood?
09:59Vincent stared at me in silence for a long time.
10:02Finally, he said flatly,
10:03Tomorrow, Dr. Hale will come and give you a full checkup.
10:08I nodded lightly.
10:09Do I need to fast for the checkup?
10:11He seemed choked by my question and gave no answer.
10:14Because from upstairs came Chloe's faint call.
10:16Vincent!
10:18Vincent closed his eyes, suppressing his emotions.
10:21When he opened them again and looked at me, his voice carried a trace of weariness.
10:25Get some rest first.
10:27Chloe is very emotionally unstable tonight.
10:29I replied softly.
10:30You don't need to explain anything to me.
10:34I know the order of priorities.
10:37Vincent's face cooled.
10:38Elaine, no one is putting you last.
10:39I looked at the water stains on the floor and said nothing.
10:42But he still turned and walked quickly toward the master suite on the third floor.
10:46The next morning, the private physician, Dr. Hale, arrived at the estate on time.
10:51He conducted a series of examinations, and his expression grew increasingly grave.
10:56Vincent sat on the sofa nearby, handling Lloyd Group business on his tablet.
11:00Mr. Lloyd, Madam's physical condition is extremely poor.
11:04Severe malnutrition, multiple systemic infections, and serious anemic complications all present.
11:10I strongly recommend immediate transfer to Mercy General Private Hospital for a comprehensive, in-depth examination.
11:17Vincent glanced up.
11:18Is there any immediate life-threatening emergency?
11:20The doctor hesitated.
11:21At this moment, we can't determine that.
11:24Vincent put down his tablet.
11:26Then schedule the hospital visit for tomorrow.
11:28Tonight, we have the family dinner to deal with.
11:31Dr. Hale tried to continue persuading him, but Vincent had already turned his gaze to me.
11:36Elaine, tonight all the Lloyd family elders will come to the estate for dinner.
11:41After three years away, it's only proper that you meet them.
11:45I instinctively pulled my cuffs down to cover the dense network of scars on my arms.
11:49In the past, your conflict with Chloe left a psychological shadow on her.
11:54Tonight, in front of all the elders, you will offer a cup of tea and apologize.
12:00Then all past grievous will be put to rest.
12:03So my three years of unrelenting darkness could be brushed aside with a single, light sentence.
12:07In the evening, a servant brought a cream-colored long dress.
12:11I stared at the dress, dazed for a moment.
12:14I had never liked light-colored clothes before.
12:16Vincent knew that.
12:17He used to tease me.
12:19Your closet looks like a palette full of colors.
12:21Miss Wells said that when you wear lighter colors, you look less intimidating.
12:24As night fell, the Lloyd Estate banquet hall was bustling.
12:28Chloe sat quietly beside Vincent.
12:30When she saw me enter, she gave a soft smile.
12:33Sister looks beautiful in that dress.
12:35If it doesn't offend your eyes, that's good.
12:37Aunt Martha Lloyd, one of the family elders, frowned as she looked me over.
12:41How did you get so thin?
12:46Vincent, didn't you say you sent her away for quiet recuperation?
12:50There was a minor hiccup along the way.
12:52Chloe spoke softly, her tone frail.
12:54It's all my fault.
12:55If I weren't so sickly all the time, sister wouldn't have harbored it so much resentment.
13:01Vincent looked at me blandly.
13:02I replied instantly.
13:03I don't harbor resentment.
13:05The banquet hall fell silent for a moment.
13:07I continued calmly.
13:08In the past, I was childish and overly aggressive.
13:12I always put you in a difficult position.
13:15And I always made Miss Wells anxious.
13:18Elaine, that's not what I meant.
13:20I looked up at him.
13:21Then teach me the rules again.
13:23All the Lloyd relatives present exchanged glances.
13:26Vincent tightened his grip on his wine glass, his voice hardening.
13:29In the past, her personality was too sharp and stubborn.
13:33Now that she's quiet and twi-isle, that's not a bad thing.
13:37Yes.
13:38There was nothing wrong with that.
13:40The Mrs. Lloyd they expected had always been this numb and submissive.
13:44At dinner, Vincent instructed the kitchen to heat a glass of warm milk and placed it before me.
13:49You always like drinking this before bed.
13:51I was stunned for a second.
13:53The glass was warm.
13:54The heat enveloping my palm.
13:56For a brief moment, I was transported back to years past.
13:59I'd be curled up on the living room sofa watching a show.
14:02And Vincent would bring me warm milk, scolding me for not wearing socks.
14:06I'd kick him lightly, and he never got angry.
14:09Back then, I naively believed he truly loved me.
14:12At that moment, Chloe gave a soft cough.
14:15Vincent's attention immediately shifted entirely to her.
14:18Cold?
14:18Chloe shook her head gently.
14:20I'm fine.
14:21Vincent had already draped his custom suit jacket over her shoulders.
14:24She thanked him softly.
14:26I lowered my head and drained the entire glass of warm milk in one go.
14:30It was scalding hot, but my tongue could taste nothing at all.
14:33After dinner, the servant brought in the tea set.
14:36Vincent looked at me.
14:38Elaine.
14:39I picked up the teacup and walked slowly to Chloe.
14:42Miss Wells?
14:44Everything before was my fault.
14:46From now on, you need not fear me anymore.
14:48I will not put you in a difficult position again.
14:51Chloe's eyes reddened.
14:53Sister, you don't have to say that.
14:55She reached out to take the teacup.
14:56I don't know if the tea was too scalding, but her fingers suddenly recoiled, knocking
15:01the cup out of my hand.
15:03The white porcelain cup slipped from my grasp, and the boiling tea splashed all over her light
15:08colored skirt.
15:09Chloe let out a gasp.
15:11Vincent was on his feet in an instant, shielding Chloe behind him.
15:14Elaine!
15:16Vincent stared at me.
15:17His eyes held suppressed fury, mixed with heavy irritation.
15:21I thought you had truly learned to behave and stop making trouble on purpose.
15:26I felt my blood run cold.
15:28Drop by drop.
15:29I pulled back my scalded hand and looked up at Vincent.
15:32Do I need to offer tea again?
15:34Or should I go outside and stand as punishment?
15:37The banquet hall fell completely silent.
15:40A dull ache throbbed in my lower abdomen.
15:42Blood began to trickle down my leg.
15:44I clenched my skirt tightly, not daring to let anyone see my disgrace.
15:49Vincent gave the order in a cold voice.
15:52Tonight you will rest in the west room first.
15:55Tomorrow morning go to the hospital checkup.
15:57Don't cause any more ugly scenes.
15:59The servants helped me leave the banquet hall.
16:01As I reached the corridor entrance I heard Chloe sobbing softly.
16:05Vincent gently soothed her.
16:06Don't be afraid.
16:08She's back at the estate now.
16:09From now on I will keep my eyes on her at all times.
16:13Keep his eyes on me.
16:14Like watching over a pet finally locked back in its cage.
16:17I twitched the corner of my mouth slightly.
16:19A faint smile spreading.
16:21My mouth was filled with the strong taste of blood.
16:24Late at night, I developed a high fever.
16:26My body burning up.
16:28I curled up on the carpet in the guest room.
16:30My lower abdomen felt like it was being torn apart.
16:33Yet my skin was shivering uncontrollably from the cold.
16:36A servant came in with warm water in the middle of the night.
16:39Saw me collapsed on the floor and screamed in terror.
16:44The lights in the room were turned on.
16:46The private physician, Dr. Hale, soon rushed over.
16:49After taking my temperature and seeing the blood spreading beneath me,
16:53his expression changed drastically.
16:55Immediately transport her to Mercy General Emergency.
16:57The servant frantically called Vincent.
16:59At that time, he was at the hospital accompanying Chloe for a follow-up examination.
17:04After the family dinner, Chloe had said she felt tightness in her chest and shortness of breath.
17:09So Vincent had driven her to the hospital himself.
17:12When the call connected, the servant's voice trembled uncontrollably.
17:16Mr. Lloyd, Madam has eye fever and is unconscious, with heavy bleeding from below.
17:22There was background noise on the other end of the line.
17:24One could tell Vincent was frowning.
17:26Isn't Dr. Hale already at the end looking after her?
17:29The physician grabbed the phone, his tone urgent.
17:32Mr. Lloyd, Madam's condition is extremely critical.
17:35She must be sent to the emergency room immediately.
17:37There was a moment of silence on the other end.
17:40Then Vincent's voice came through.
17:41I'll have the driver turn back to the estate to pick her up.
17:44The physician's tone grew more insistent.
17:46It would be best if you came back yourself.
17:48She's delirious and keeps calling out for you.
17:50Vincent lowered his voice, impatient.
17:52Chloe is still in the middle of her specialized tests here.
17:55Take her to the hospital first.
17:57Don't delay the treatment process.
17:59Chloe's frail voice came from the other side of the receiver.
18:02Vincent, are you leaving?
18:03It's okay.
18:04Go check on your sister.
18:05I can manage here alone.
18:07Vincent was silent for a long moment.
18:09Finally, he said to the physician,
18:11Take her to the hospital first.
18:12I'll come over later.
18:13The call ended.
18:14The servant and physician tried to help me onto the stretcher.
18:17I clutched the bedsheet tightly and murmured,
18:19Is he prioritizing Ms. Wells again?
18:22The servant wept and shook her head in denial.
18:24But I let out a faint sigh of relief.
18:26Then that's right.
18:28She's more afraid of pain than I am.
18:30The physician was frantic.
18:32We can't delay any longer.
18:33Together, they lifted me into the ambulance.
18:35During the ride, I briefly regained consciousness.
18:39I stared at the neon lights racing past the window.
18:41The lights were bright and glaring.
18:43So different from that dark, oppressive abandoned factory.
18:47I softly asked the servant beside me.
18:49Is this going home?
18:51The servant held my hand tightly, tears streaming down her face.
18:54Madam, we're going to the hospital.
18:56I shook my head gently.
18:57I want to go home.
18:59Not the Lloyd estate.
19:00My mother, Mrs. Kane's little house.
19:03My mother had passed away many years ago.
19:05When death approaches, one instinctively longs for the only safe haven they ever knew.
19:10The ambulance arrived at the hospital entrance.
19:13Vincent received the news and was about to go check it out at the front door.
19:16But then an urgent message came from Chloe's side.
19:20During a follow-up examination, she lost control of her emotions and nearly fell down the stairs.
19:25Vincent gave up going to check on the ambulance and rushed to the stairwell instead.
19:29Vincent arrived at the stairwell and steadied Chloe, who looked pale, while calling the physician on the phone.
19:35His voice could not hide his agitation.
19:37How is Elaine now?
19:38The physician answered truthfully.
19:40Her condition is very poor.
19:41Get her into the emergency room for immediate treatment.
19:45He spoke coldly into the phone to the doctor on the other end.
19:48She has always been best at using illness to frighten me and gain my attention.
19:52Now that she's being so obedient, surely he won't actually cause under death the matter.
19:57She endured for three full years.
19:59She can endure this short while longer.
20:00Chloe absolutely cannot have anything happen to her.
20:03The physician was stunned.
20:04Mr. Lloyd, Madam is not faking her illness.
20:07Vincent was silent for a few seconds on the other end.
20:10I'll come over as soon as I've taken care of things with Chloe.
20:11In the end, he never came.
20:14Before I was wheeled into the emergency room, I suddenly grabbed the physician's white coat sleeve.
20:19Has Vincent come?
20:21The physician was silent, unable to offer any words of comfort.
20:25It seemed I understood everything at last.
20:27I slowly released my grip and murmured the rules that had been etched into my bones in that factory.
20:33Whatever the manager says, they obey it.
20:46When I reached the last line, I suddenly felt like laughing.
20:50So it turned out there was never any gang hideout.
20:53No so-called telecom fraud ring.
20:55No one had actually forced me to participate in fraud.
20:58And yet I still dared not stop reciting.
21:01Because even though the punishments were fake, the pain they inflicted was real.
21:05The physician, red-eyed, tried to persuade me.
21:08Miss Kane, please stop reciting.
21:11I could not hear a single word.
21:13My mind held only one thought.
21:15If I recited the rules wrong, I would be punished.
21:19At 4.17am, the red light above the emergency room went out.
21:23By then, Vincent had just settled Chloe.
21:25His phone rang.
21:26It was Dr. Hale calling.
21:28He answered, his voice heavy with exhaustion.
21:31How is she?
21:32There was a long silence on the other end.
21:33Then the physician's hoarse, broken voice came through.
21:37Mr. Lloyd, until her very last moment, Madam was still asking when you would come to save her.
21:42Vincent's hand holding the phone froze.
21:44The physician continued.
21:46You don't need to come now.
21:48She has passed away despite all efforts.
21:50Vincent thought he had misheard.
21:52He is standing in the hospital's follow-up examination room, beside Chloe's pale and weak face.
21:57Those cold words echoed in his ears over and over.
22:01His brow furrowed deeply.
22:03What did you say?
22:04The physician choked up on the other end.
22:06Miss Kane's recitation failed.
22:08She has been confirmed dead.
22:10Vincent was silent for a few seconds, then let out a cold, bitter laugh.
22:14She had you make up this lie to appease me again?
22:17Put her on the phone.
22:18The physician said nothing.
22:20Vincent's voice turned ice cold.
22:22I said, put a Laysan on the phone.
22:25Through the receiver came the sound of uncontrollable sobbing.
22:28It was the old servant who had been with the Lloyd family for many years.
22:32Mr. Lloyd, Madam is truly gone.
22:35Even at the end, she was still hoping you would come take her home.
22:38The color drained from Vincent's face.
22:41Chloe gently tugged at his suit sleeve.
22:43Vincent.
22:44He suddenly shook off her hand and turned, racing toward the emergency room like a madman.
22:49Vincent burst in front of the emergency room.
22:52Dr. Hale is standing at the entrance of the emergency room.
22:55Mr. Lloyd, please accept my condolences.
22:57Vincent roughly shoved the physician aside.
22:59Get out of my way!
23:01The gurney, covered in a white sheet, was slowly wheeled out by the medical staff.
23:06Vincent stood there, not daring to reach out and lift the sheet.
23:09He stubbornly believed that as long as he did not lift it, Elaine had not left.
23:14She was just pretending, as she had before, to frighten him with a dramatic scene.
23:19In the past, I had also said harsh words.
23:22Vincent, if you keep staying by Chloe's side, I will leave you for good.
23:26He never took it seriously back then.
23:28Because the next morning, I would still get up early to prepare his breakfast.
23:32I would still carefully straighten his tie.
23:34I would still, before he left, put on a fierce act and tell him,
23:38Come home early.
23:39He had always been certain that I would never truly leave him.
23:42So this time, he held the same belief.
23:45Elaine would not die.
23:47Elaine was just deeply wronged and wanted to make him feel guilty and heartbroken.
23:51Vincent slowly reached out and lifted the white cloth covering the face.
23:55My face was exposed to the air.
23:58I had wasted away beyond recognition.
24:00Sunken cheeks, bluish lips, eyes tightly shut.
24:04No breath, no warmth.
24:06Vincent stared at me for a long time, then suddenly gave a hollow laugh.
24:10Elaine, stop pretending.
24:12He reached out and touched my cold cheek.
24:15Dr. Hale reported the time in a low voice.
24:17Time of death, 4.17 a.m.
24:20Vincent seemed not to hear.
24:22He bent down and held my stiff body tightly in his arms.
24:25My body hung limply.
24:27No longer would I reach up and wrap my arms around his neck playfully.
24:31A broken, hoarse sob escaped his throat.
24:35No one answered him.
24:36A servant tearfully handed over a crumpled little booklet.
24:40Mr. Lloyd, this is what Madam clutched in her hand until the very end.
24:44On the cover was a handwritten English title.
24:47Obedience record.
24:48The first page contained the rules I had copied over and over in that abandoned factory.
24:53Whatever the manager says, obey it.
24:56Do not cry.
24:57Do not ask why.
24:58Do not mention that you have a home.
25:00Do not wait for anyone to come and save you.
25:03Every page after that was filled with the same passage.
25:06Copied densely over and over.
25:08The last page had light, messy handwriting.
25:11Did Vincent come today?
25:13Next line.
25:14He came.
25:15One more line below.
25:16But he didn't come to save me.
25:19Vincent's fingers suddenly tightened, crumpling the booklet out of shape.
25:22A thin sheet of letter paper slipped out from it.
25:25The handwriting was crooked and slanted.
25:27Many places smeared with dried bloodstains.
25:29They lied and said this was an overseas gang hideout.
25:33They kept humiliating me, calling me filthy, saying I deserved to be punished.
25:38My only hope was to stay alive and wait for Vincent.
25:41The last line was faint and weak.
25:43As if written halfway, with hands too weak to hold the pen any longer.
25:48Vincent strained to make out the complete sentence.
25:51If all of this was just an act, then why did it hurt so much?
25:54He stared at that line, unable to hold himself up any longer.
25:58Both knees crashed heavily to the ground.
26:00On my death certificate, the cause of death listed a long string of medical terms.
26:05Multiple organ failure.
26:07Severe systemic infections.
26:09Chronic severe malnutrition.
26:11Delayed treatment after sustaining injuries from violence.
26:14Dr. Hale handed him the original diagnostic report that he had casually set aside in the car that day.
26:20Mr. Lloyd, this is the initial examination sheet from the temporary abandoned factory.
26:26Everything is clearly courted there there.
26:28Vincent stared at the brown paper envelope.
26:30In an instant, he recalled the scene inside the car that day.
26:34Assistant Carter had warned him of the urgency.
26:36But he had casually said he would look at it later.
26:39All because Chloe's call had come in at that moment.
26:42All because he was certain I still had plenty of time.
26:45All because he believed that prison was merely a controlled farce.
26:49That the hired actors would not truly hurt me.
26:52He opened the report envelope.
26:53At the very bottom of the page was a handwritten note from the physician.
26:57Recommend immediate transfer to hospital ICU.
27:01Extremely high risk to life.
27:03Vincent stared at those words.
27:05His mind kept replaying the scene from that day in the car.
27:08When I had spoken softly.
27:10I can stay in a side room farther away.
27:12I won't scare Ms. Wells Housebells.
27:15How had he not understood back then?
27:17That was not meekness or consideration.
27:20That was the last survival instinct of a person who had been utterly crushed.
27:24Assistant Carter delivered the entire set of surveillance footage hard drives.
27:28Vincent sat on a bench in the hospital corridor.
27:31Playing them segment by segment.
27:33The first year, I was still fighting back with everything I had.
27:36In the footage, I was held down in the muddy ground by several actors.
27:41My throat raw and bleeding from screaming.
27:43Vincent will definitely come to me!
27:46Just you wait!
27:48He will find this place!
27:50The ringleader, Derek, laughed and taunted.
27:52You really believe that?
27:53I lifted my tear-streaked face.
27:55My gaze unwavering.
27:57He is my husband.
27:58He loves me deeply.
28:00He will never abandon me.
28:03Watching this, Vincent's hands began to shake uncontrollably.
28:06The second year, I no longer shouted.
28:08Only when the beatings became unbearable would I ask quietly,
28:11Has Mr. Lord called the police yet?
28:14Has he still not found this place?
28:16The third year, I had become completely silent and numb.
28:19In the footage, I knelt on the freezing concrete floor, reciting the rules over and over.
28:25Whatever the manager says, obey it.
28:28Do not cry.
28:29Do not ask why.
28:31Do not mention that you have a home.
28:33Do not wait for anyone to come and save you.
28:35Derek watched coldly and asked,
28:37Still waiting for your husband?
28:39I was silent for a long time.
28:41Then, in a voice so quiet it was almost inaudible,
28:44I answered,
28:46Yes.
28:46Derek kicked me hard in the shoulder.
28:49Fool.
28:50If anyone truly cared about you, why would you be here?
28:53I crashed to the ground, then pushed myself up and continued reciting the rules.
28:58Vincent slammed the laptop shut.
29:00His breathing was rapid and labored, as if someone had a hand clamped around his throat,
29:05cutting off his air.
29:07Carter stood quietly nearby, not daring to speak.
29:10After a long, heavy silence, Vincent asked in a low voice,
29:14In the first year did she ask about me every single day?
29:17Carter bowed his head and replied softly,
29:20Yes.
29:21The factory records show that Madam asked every day whether you had come.
29:25Later, the questions grew fewer.
29:29Until finally, she stopped asking altogether.
29:32Vincent closed his eyes tightly.
29:34He finally understood that the most desperate ending was not my death.
29:38It was that I had once trusted him without reservation, and he had personally built a false hell,
29:44wearing down that boundless love until nothing but ashes remained.
29:47When Chloe Wells was summoned back to the Lloyd Manor, she thought Vincent was merely suffering from a bout of
29:53low spirits.
29:54She wore a pale-colored dress, her eyes red and watery, looking fragile.
29:59Vincent, I'm utterly heartbroken over my sister's passing too.
30:02But don't blame yourself so terribly.
30:05She was always frail to begin with.
30:08No one could have foreseen such a tragedy.
30:11Vincent sat quietly on the sofa.
30:13Laid neatly across the coffee table were bank transfer receipts,
30:17renovation blueprints for the abandoned factory,
30:19full audio call recordings,
30:21and a signed commission form for the so-called emotional correction program.
30:25At the sight of all the evidence spread out before her,
30:27Chloe's face stiffened and drained of all color in an instant.
30:30Did you pay extra to make them torture her worse?
30:33Chloe's lips turned bloodless.
30:35What are you talking about?
30:37The cold water shower punishment.
30:40The electric shock torture.
30:42Cutting off all her pain medication entirely,
30:46and forbidding her from ever uttering my name.
30:49Vincent recited every single method of torment slowly and clearly.
30:53Chloe's complexion lost the last trace of color.
30:55He pressed on with his questioning.
30:57You ordered them to escalate the punishment
30:59every time she said I'd come save her, didn't you?
31:01Tears flooded down Chloe's cheeks at once.
31:04Vincent, I was just paralyzed by fear.
31:07My sister targeted me relentlessly back then.
31:10I was terrified she'd come back and turn against me again.
31:13Vincent stared at her evenly.
31:15So you told them to withhold all her painkillers?
31:18Chloe shook her head wildly in denial.
31:20I DIDN'T DO THAT!
31:23Vincent tapped his phone and played a recording.
31:25Chloe's voice echoed crisply from the speaker.
31:27She's always so certain Vincent will come rescue her, isn't she?
31:31Then let's make the act far more convincing.
31:34The more she believes it, the harsher you make the punishments.
31:39Don't contact me until she stops mentioning his name entirely.
31:43Once the recording ended,
31:45a suffocating silence descended over the living room.
31:48Chloe's face turned as white as paper.
31:50Vincent fixed his eyes on her.
31:52Did you truly believe this was all just an act from the very start?
31:55Chloe let out a bitter, tearful laugh.
31:58Vincent, don't look at me with such cold eyes.
32:01You were the one who rented and built that detention site,
32:04and you paid to hire every single actor there.
32:08You said she was far too headstrong and needed her rough edges worn down.
32:13Now that she's gone,
32:14you're trying to shift all the blame onto me to clear your own name?
32:17Vincent fell silent.
32:19Every word she spoke rang true.
32:21He was the one who had first pried open the gates to that living hell.
32:24Chloe had merely tossed fuel onto the darkness within.
32:27After a long pause,
32:29Vincent picked up his phone and dialed the police hotline.
32:31Chloe's face twisted in panic.
32:35You can't do this to me.
32:38You promised you'd look after me for the rest of my life.
32:42Vincent watched her calmly,
32:43his eyes hollow and devoid of any warmth.
32:45I once promised Elaine I'd protect her for the rest of hers too.
32:48He paused for a beat,
32:49his voice rough and broken.
32:51And I failed to keep that promise just as I'll fail this one for you.
32:55Mr. Lloyd,
32:56you were the one who said your wife had an unwieldable temper
32:59and told us to set up the scene to scare her into softening her attitude.
33:03You promised we could send her home immediately
33:06once she submitted and accepted Ms. Wells' place beside you.
33:09We never intended for anyone to lose their life.
33:13Derek Voss kept shouting his innocence as he was escorted away by the police.
33:17The police conducted an on-site investigation of the derelict electronics factory
33:22disguised as a gang hideout.
33:23It stood on a remote wasteland on the outskirts of town.
33:27The surrounding high walls had been hastily raised and thickened.
33:30The cold water punishment chamber was converted from an old storage warehouse.
33:34The so-called script rehearsal room
33:36only held a few outdated desktop computers and headsets with broken wires.
33:41All the mock scam calls I was forced to make
33:43were answered by temporary actors hired for money.
33:46The voices on the other end hurled constant insults and humiliation,
33:50deliberately goading me into making mistakes.
33:52That gave Derek a pretext to subject me to physical punishment.
33:56The sign plastered with foreign script,
33:58made to look like an overseas gang emblem,
34:00was also a prop rushed out overnight by a prop company.
34:04Vincent's lawyer urged him not to voluntarily hand over
34:06the personally signed Emotional Correction Commission form.
34:09Vincent stared at a handwritten note he had scrawled on the paper.
34:12No permanent bodily harm.
34:14No loss of life.
34:16A bitter, self-mocking laugh escaped him.
34:19She's already gone.
34:20What point is there in preserving my own spotless reputation?
34:23He packed all the documents into an evidence bag
34:26and handed them over to the police.
34:28On the day of my funeral,
34:29a cold, unceasing rain poured from the sky.
34:32Vincent did not bury me in the exclusive aristocratic cemetery
34:35reserved for the Lloyd family.
34:37Following the fragmented wish I'd stammered out on my deathbed,
34:40He laid me to rest in the peaceful public cemetery beside my mother,
34:44Mrs. Kane.
34:45Only my name was carved into the tombstone,
34:47Elaine Kane.
34:48There was no title marking me as Mrs. Lloyd,
34:51no inscription naming me the wife of Vincent Lloyd,
34:54nothing but the name that belonged solely to me.
34:56Vincent stood before the grave.
34:59Elaine,
35:00I've brought you home.
35:02The frigid headstone offered no reply.
35:04For three long years,
35:06I'd waited desperately to hear those words.
35:08Now I would never need them again.
35:09On the day Chloe's trial commenced,
35:12Vincent arrived at the courthouse right on time.
35:14Clad in a standard prisoner uniform,
35:16Chloe looked gaunt and haggard.
35:18When she spotted Vincent in the spectator gallery,
35:21a flicker of hope instantly lit up her eyes.
35:23Vincent,
35:25you've come to save me, haven't you?
35:27Vincent spoke in a calm, steady tone.
35:29I am here to testify in court.
35:30All color drained from Chloe's face in an instant.
35:33Inside the courtroom,
35:35Derek laid out the entire truth without reservation.
35:37It had been on Vincent's instructions
35:38that his assistant rented the hideout premises.
35:41Every person cast as thugs and supervisors
35:43were temporary actors paid wages for their roles.
35:46Vincent had only given one instruction.
35:48Do not make it feel too fake.
35:50Make her genuinely terrified from the bottom of her heart.
35:53Vincent Lloyd only ordered the initial confinement.
35:57But Chloe,
35:58she wanted more.
35:59She transferred money to the guards
36:01for the cold treatment.
36:03Bar me from saying I had a home
36:05and stop me from clinging to any hope of rescue.
36:07Footage from surveillance cameras
36:09played across the large courtroom screen.
36:11A hush fell over the entire chamber.
36:13Only my numb, hollow voice echoing through the space.
36:16In the footage,
36:16I knelt on the concrete floor.
36:18I am nothing.
36:20I am nothing.
36:21Blood trickling from my forehead
36:23where I'd struck it against the ground.
36:25My lifeless voice repeated the lines over and over.
36:28I must obey every word the supervisors say.
36:30No crying.
36:31No asking for reasons.
36:33No mentioning I have a home.
36:34No waiting for anyone to come save me.
36:36Seated in the gallery,
36:38Vincent's face turned ashen and devoid of all life.
36:40For the first time,
36:41he watched in full, unflinching view
36:43how I had been broken piece by piece.
36:45Day after endless day,
36:47Chloe completely lost control of her emotions
36:49and screamed hysterically.
36:51Turn it off!
36:52Stop from playing that!
36:54She whirled sharply to face Vincent,
36:56her eyes blazing crimson.
36:57What right do you have to sit there judging me?
37:00You were the locter in that cage with your own hands!
37:04You said it didn't matter as long as no one died!
37:08Vincent Lloyd,
37:09are you even a fraction more innocent than I am?
37:12Dead silence swept the courtroom.
37:14Derek's eyes welled with tears
37:16as he turned to accuse him on the spot.
37:18Mr. Lloyd,
37:19you cannot shift all blame onto us.
37:21This whole Ferris was planned and ordered by you.
37:24You rented the premises yourself.
37:26You explicitly demanded that your wife
37:28believe she had been abducted
37:30and trafficked by gang members.
37:32You said only overwhelming terror
37:34would make her docile and obedient
37:35once she returned to the manor.
37:36Vincent slowly rose to his feet.
37:39Every pair of eyes in the room locked onto him.
37:41After a long, heavy silence,
37:43he spoke openly and without evasion.
37:45I am steeped in sin.
37:46I am far from innocent.
37:48And I will bear every consequence
37:50that belongs to me.
37:51When the trial drew to a close,
37:53Chloe received a lengthy prison sentence.
37:55Derek and every single staff member
37:57who took part in the staged performance
37:59and physical abuse
38:00were all convicted without exception.
38:02Vincent voluntarily cooperated fully
38:04with all police investigations
38:05and evidence collection.
38:06The massive Lloyd group
38:07was thrown into turmoil and collapsed,
38:09its stock prices plummeting.
38:11He fell from the pedestal
38:12of a revered elite tycoon,
38:14his reputation utterly ruined beyond repair.
38:16A swarm of reporters surrounded him,
38:19shouting questions.
38:20Mr. Lloyd,
38:21do you regret what you've done?
38:22Vincent slowly lifted his gaze,
38:24his eyes empty and desolate,
38:25devoid of any glimmer of light.
38:27The word regret is far too shallow
38:29to atone for my crimes.
38:30With my own two hands,
38:31I built a living hell just for her.
38:33The pivotal evidence played
38:34in the final phase of the trial
38:36was the on-site identification footage recorded
38:38when Vincent visited the abandoned factory
38:41one week before the court hearing.
38:42It was the first time
38:43he had walked through every corner
38:45of this fake prison in full.
38:47The hideout was not overseas at all.
38:49It nearly occupied
38:50an abandoned electronics factory
38:51on the outskirts of town.
38:53The outer iron gate was covered in rust.
38:55The artificially aged mottled paint on the walls
38:58peeled off in large patches
38:59after years of rain erosion.
39:01From a distance,
39:02the place looked utterly authentic,
39:03and it had fooled me completely
39:05for three whole years.
39:07In the video,
39:08Vincent stood before the iron gate,
39:10lingering for a long time,
39:12unwilling to step inside.
39:13The police officer escorting him
39:15asked softly,
39:15Sir, would you like to continue the tour?
39:18His voice was hoarse and parched,
39:20barely audible.
39:21I'll see it all.
39:22He slowly pushed open the rusted iron gate
39:24and stepped inside.
39:25The first room was the script rehearsal chamber.
39:27The headset I had worn every single day
39:30still sat on the desk.
39:31Printed posters listing punishment rules
39:33were taped to the walls.
39:34Failure to complete one mock drill
39:36results in one electric shock.
39:38Crying or resistance means
39:39overnight confinement in the cold water room.
39:42Mentioning family brings
39:43intensified physical torture.
39:45Any attempt to escape
39:46will result in broken legs.
39:47Vincent reached out
39:48and brushed his fingers
39:49lightly over the poster.
39:51Back when his assistant Carter
39:52had submitted the full renovation plan
39:54for his review,
39:55he had only glanced over it casually.
39:57He had tossed off a casual order.
39:59Don't make it look too fake.
40:01Make her truly terrified
40:02down to her core.
40:03At that time,
40:04he had foolishly believed
40:05that if I lived in fear
40:06and submitted obediently,
40:08I would stop clashing with Chloe.
40:10He had even daydreamed
40:11about making amends to me
40:12once I returned to the manor,
40:13gifting me fine jewelry,
40:15buying a standalone villa,
40:16taking me on seaside vacations
40:18to soothe my heart.
40:19He thought he was merely
40:20taking a detour
40:21to get a docile,
40:22compliant wife.
40:23Yet at the end of that detour
40:25lay a cold death certificate.
40:26Vincent walked deeper
40:28into the compound.
40:29The second room
40:29was the cold water
40:30punishment chamber.
40:31As the door swung open,
40:33damp, frigid mist
40:34washed over him.
40:35Large, dark mold stains
40:36lingered across the corners
40:38of the walls.
40:38An old plastic bucket
40:40sat on the floor.
40:40This was where
40:41I had knelt knee-deep
40:42in icy cold water
40:44all night long,
40:45countless times.
40:46At first,
40:46I had cried
40:47and called out endlessly,
40:48Vincent will come save me.
40:50Later,
40:51they issued an order
40:51forbidding me
40:52from hoping for rescue,
40:53and I dared not utter
40:54a single word of longing
40:56ever again.
40:57Vincent leaned against
40:58the cold wall
40:59and slowly sank
41:00to his knees.
41:00He squeezed his eyes
41:01shut tight.
41:02My numb,
41:03compliant voice echoed
41:04as if ringing in his ears
41:05once more.
41:06I will obey all orders.
41:08I will not cause
41:09any trouble.
41:10I will no longer wait
41:11for anyone
41:12to come save me.
41:13He jolted his eyes open.
41:14The cold water room
41:15stood empty,
41:16devoid of my figure.
41:18Only his own ragged,
41:19stifled breathing
41:20filled the silence.
41:21Further inward
41:21lay the tiny cubicle
41:23where I had lived
41:23for three years.
41:24A thin, worn plank
41:26served as a bed,
41:27paired with a half-rotted,
41:28foul-smelling,
41:29thin blanket.
41:30The walls were crisscrossed
41:31with countless nail scratches
41:32of varying depths.
41:33The police told him
41:34every mark had been carved
41:36bit by bit
41:37by my fingernails,
41:38day after day.
41:40Vincent stepped slowly
41:41toward the wall.
41:42The printed punishment
41:43rules posted there,
41:44the stun guns bought online,
41:46and the later installed
41:47iron gates.
41:48Every single prop
41:49was backed by purchase receipts.
41:51To outsiders,
41:52it all looked like
41:52a commercial performance
41:53whose expenses
41:54could be tallied
41:55and reimbursed.
41:56Only the dried,
41:57blackened bloodstains
41:58in the corner
41:59could never be written off
42:00or erased.
42:01The deep and shallow grooves
42:02carved by fingernails
42:04into the wooden plank
42:05could never be wiped away either.
42:06When pain wracked my body
42:08and left me trembling,
42:09no one had ever leaned down
42:10to whisper a single word
42:12to comfort me.
42:13Elaine, don't be afraid.
42:14This is all just an act.
42:15At the very bottom of the wall,
42:17Vincent spotted
42:18a faint line of writing.
42:19The characters were crooked
42:20and blurry,
42:21nearly faded away entirely.
42:23Vincent didn't come today either.
42:24Beneath it lay another line,
42:26crossed out countless times
42:27over and over.
42:28Only three clear words
42:30remained in the end,
42:31still waiting.
42:31Vincent stared at those three words,
42:34every ounce of strength
42:35draining from his body
42:36in an instant.
42:37I had not given up on him
42:38completely from the very first day,
42:40nor had despair only settled in
42:42by the second year.
42:43Day after day,
42:44I had carved all my longing
42:45onto the frigid walls.
42:47He dropped to his knees
42:48before the worn wooden plank,
42:50pressing his forehead hard
42:51against the cold concrete floor.
42:53Shattered, suppressed sobs
42:54burst forth from deep
42:56in his throat.
42:56Elaine,
42:58stop waiting.
42:59I don't deserve you.
43:01No sound echoed back to him
43:03in the empty cubicle.
43:04Once the criminal verdict
43:05was handed down,
43:06Vincent was sent to prison
43:07to serve his sentence.
43:09Years later,
43:10upon his release,
43:11the first thing he did
43:12was buy the abandoned
43:13electronics factory
43:14with his own money.
43:15He tore nothing down.
43:16The iron gate,
43:17cold water punishment chamber.
43:19Everyone around him said
43:20Vincent was spending
43:21the rest of his life
43:22atoning for his sins.
43:23Only he knew the truth.
43:24The crimes he committed
43:25could never be repaid.
43:27I had died inside
43:28this fabricated hell
43:29and this cage that devoured
43:31my life had been built
43:32by his own hands.
43:33Every year on the anniversary
43:35of my death,
43:36he would first visit
43:37the abandoned factory,
43:38then head to the peace cemetery
43:39to see me.
43:40Each time he left,
43:41it felt as though
43:42a part of him had died.
43:43On this day,
43:44he returned to the cemetery
43:46once more.
43:46A torrential downpour
43:48blurred his vision.
43:49He clutched a bouquet
43:50of white camellias
43:51to his chest,
43:52my favorite flower
43:53when I was young.
43:53Yet the version of me
43:55on the tombstone
43:55was frozen forever
43:56at twenty-four,
43:58bright-eyed,
43:58with a proud,
43:59vivid smile.
44:00That was Elaine Kane
44:01before he cast me
44:02into hell.
44:03Vincent knelt before the grave
44:04and gently set down
44:05the flowers.
44:06Elaine,
44:07I've come to take you home.
44:09A cold gust swept
44:10across the headstone
44:11and the white camellias
44:12tumbled down
44:13into the muddy rainwater,
44:15just like the hands
44:15I'd stretched out,
44:17scrambling desperately
44:17toward him all those years ago.
44:19Only this time,
44:20I would never wait
44:21for him again.
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