Captured By The Cold Detective (BL)-Chapter 104: Ill Fate

Upon hearing the charges that were put on him, Li Mingzhao closed his eyes in resignation and despair. He was still wearing a thin sleeping robe which had become rumpled due to the hustle and bustle all the way here. Strands of hair messily fell over his forehead as he slumped on the chair. He made a totally different image than the refined and mature gentleman in the business magazines. Right now, he was nothing but a vile criminal.

Under the interrogation team’s joint effort, Li Mingzhao finally broke down and recounted the event which transpired that year. At least if he spoke the truth, then he would be able to beg leniency for his sentence later on.

The entire stretch of Zhao Xinya’s thirty six years of life finally became clear in everyone’s eyes. It was sad, regretful and heartbreaking.

Twenty two years ago, when Zhao Xinya was still 14 years old, she had her purity forcibly taken by a police officer whom she thought was going to offer her help amidst the freezing winter. Before doing the deed, Deng Shi had known that this girl was kicked out of her house, neither did she have any other relative who could take her in. As such, his courage grew big and he even dared to do such a heinous thing in the local police station when he was on night duty.

Certainly, this was not the first time he had done something like this. His brothers, who resided in District 15, were all equally or even more barbarous and depraved than he was. With such a huge backing behind him, Deng Shi was akin to a fox riding on the tiger’s back. The more he tasted this forbidden fruit, the more addicted he was. It got to the point where he often used his status as a police officer to trick others.

Either way, the victims would not dare to speak up, and even if they did, he still had tons of ways to solve this problem.

After he was done with Zhao Xinya, he called his good brother, Long Guozhi, and asked for advice on how to silence her.

Long Guozhi went to take a look at Zhao Xinya and in a glance, he knew that... this girl was exactly his boss’ type! The kind who was tender, soft and helpless; it perfectly satisfied Boss Li’s sadistic tendency to make them beg under his feet. Too bad, she had been played by this idiot Deng Shi. Nonetheless, it did not mean that she would not be favored.

Excited for the chance to get a promotion in rank, Long Guozhi proceeded to take numerous indecent photos of Zhao Xinya then sent it to his Boss.

That was the beginning of Zhao Xinya’s ill fate with the bastard Li Mingzhao.

She had nowhere to go, no one to rely on, and Li Mingzhao was too powerful. Just with one flick of his finger, he would be able to spread those indecent photos on the internet and ruin her life forever. At that time, Zhao Xinya was just a little teenager. She was scared out of her wits, and in desperation to keep her reputation intact, she was helpless but to succumb under Li Mingzhao’s tyrannical force.

Two years... she spent two long years in an endless nightmare, one which was enough to break someone down both physically and mentally. But Zhao Xinya was a very strong and tenacious girl. She gritted her teeth and persevered, and though her mentality had become slightly distorted due to the prolonged abuse, she still retained the hope and determination to break free one day...

Li Mingzhao kept hemming and hawing when he got to this point, however, everyone could practically guess what kind of life Zhao Xinya was living in those two years. Such a good and beautiful girl was fucking ruined by this animal!

The officers who were listening to his confession in the monitor room got very agitated to the point where they wanted to go next door and beat him until even his mother would not be able to recognize him!

Even Li Zhi, the interrogator in charge, who was allegedly the most stable among all, had to go out for five minutes to take a drag before continuing to record the confession.

"Continue," Li Zhi said in a chilly tone.

Li Mingzhao let out an exhausted sigh and said, "That girl is very headstrong and resolute, I command her for that..."

On the front, Zhao Xinya might have acted completely submissive and went along with whatever crazy tendencies Li Mingzhao was in mood for. She did not act out of line even as Li Mingzhao deliberately provoked her, insulted her, then threatened her with the embarrassing photos. Yet he never expected that... Zhao Xinya was just trying to seek an opening.

Owing to the fact that Li Mingzhao liked to show the photos to her in order to see her humiliated expression, she came to realize that those photos should be kept nearby. It took her an entire year to confirm the location, how many backups Li Mingzhao had, as well as studying the man’s schedule.

Coincidentally, Li Mingzhao had played with her for two years and had gradually become bored with her meek demeanor. He had started to turn his attention to the illegal auction and see if he could find another more exciting substitute. The amount of time he visited Zhao Xinya became less and less, giving the girl ample time to cultivate her plans properly.

When all the preparation was done, she took advantage of the time when Li Mingzhao went on a business trip to retrieve the photos, destroyed the backups, and then stole a few expensive watches in his dressing room. She sold those watches in the black market and used the money to buy a train ticket, to escape as far as she could from that place which was the source of all her nightmare.

After that, she applied back to school and tried hard to keep up with her studies; tried hard to forget that those two years had existed in her life and tried hard... to make herself normal again.

The way Li Mingzhao recounted this event made it sound so easy, but only Zhao Xinya herself knew how hard it was for her to grab onto this sliver of hope; how difficult it was to pick herself up once again without anyone’s support, to brave through the harsh world with her small and thin body; how hard it was to keep living... when she felt so filthy and disgusted with herself.

The damage done on her was irrevocable, just like a permanent black stain on pure white canvas, and it would haunt her as long as she was still alive and breathing.

She developed a severe aversion to touch, no matter if it was old or young, male or female, Alphas or Betas or Omegas, she would feel very sick as soon as she was touched. It was like the shadow of the beast was still clinging onto her body, unable to be erased no matter how many times she had washed herself, no matter how far she had escaped from that nightmare. As such, she became more and more withdrawn and spent almost all of her time at home. Despite the fact that she graduated with flying colors, she did not even try to apply for jobs outside and instead, turned herself into a freelancer artist.

She kept herself locked in the house, like a cowardly turtle who could only hide inside her hard shell, as if it was the only way she could protect herself from this depraved and repulsive world...

Perhaps... she was fated to live the rest of her life like this, alone and scarred. Just like a lone animal who could only lick her wound secretly under the cover of the night. She had been prepared for this kind of life, feeling neither joy nor sadness. Only an aching, hollow emptiness in the place where her heart was supposed to be.

That was what she thought... 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Until she met a straightforward, meticulous and considerate physical therapist whose very existence was akin to the gentle stream of spring water, encasing her bit by bit with its cool comfort.

— Su Xieren.