Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 325 - 338: Scorched by Flames

She trembled in pain, her petite body trying to curl into a ball, but her hands and feet were shackled, making it impossible to move.

Boundless fear, the kind that any woman would feel facing disfigurement, like falling into an abyss, dark and bottomless.

Zhuang Heng admired her wretched face, grinning viciously. He retrieved a mirror from the vanity in the bedroom and held it before her: "Look, this is you now, as ugly as a pile of garbage. If Shifeng sees you like this, he probably won’t like you anymore, right? What qualifications do you have to be Shifeng’s wife? Hahaha..."

Su Xingyu’s face turned pale, looking at herself in the mirror.

She saw her cheek, half torn with flesh burnt black and dark red, peeling away, nothing like her usual delicate beauty. Especially this half of her face, ravaged, compared to the other half still like a pristine petal, was shocking to behold. She couldn’t cry anymore, but the despair in her heart was indescribable, and her body shook even more.

Zhuang Heng was very satisfied with the impact he caused, then smiled elegantly again: "But don’t worry, I’m so kind, how could I let Shifeng see such an ugly you? Soon, you’ll die here, burned alive in this bedroom. When Shifeng returns from the old family house, he’ll only see a pile of scorched bones. How about that? Aren’t I considerate?"

Lu Shifeng... went back to the old family house?

Su Xingyu weakly struggled a bit, so he wasn’t likely to appear to save her?

"You wouldn’t still be hoping he’d come to save you," as if reading Su Xingyu’s mind, Zhuang Heng said, "Don’t be foolish, you’re not that important to him. Do you know why he returned to the old family house? It’s because he learned last night that I’m pregnant, happy to go discuss our wedding with the elders today. He promised me that after divorcing you, he’ll give me a grand wedding."

Zhuang Heng lied without changing his face or heartbeat, even though Su Xingyu had been tormented like this. However, remembering Lu Shifeng’s reluctance to abandon her no matter what, Zhuang Heng still felt she had lost to Su Xingyu.

She was born the eldest daughter of the Zhuang Family, surrounded by everyone’s admiration her whole life, wanting to win in everything she did.

How could she lose to a lowly woman of humble origin?

Once Su Xingyu was dead, she’d have no chance to turn the game around in this lifetime.

Therefore, she had to tell Su Xingyu, right here and now, that Lu Shifeng had decided to abandon her!

She spoke so sincerely, Su Xingyu’s face grew paler, momentarily recalling the harsh words Lu Shifeng had whispered in her ear last night: "Su Xingyu, you think not being able to get pregnant will help you escape me? I don’t care who the child’s mother is, I only care that my wife is—you."

Last night, she had begged him to let her go, crying as she pleaded with him to marry Zhuang Heng. But today, hearing Zhuang Heng’s words, her heart suddenly felt as though it was being scalded by acid.

It was a pain more agonizing than the burns on her face.

Zhuang Heng said, "You must be very puzzled, why Shifeng decided to divorce you, yet I still want to burn you to death. It’s simple, you’re such a lowly woman, so good at seducing men. Even if I trust Shifeng, I can’t trust you, who knows what tricks you’ll use to continue seducing others in the future? So it’s best if you die, once and for all."

Su Xingyu felt icy cold inside, knowing there was little chance of escaping today’s calamity.

Was she going to die now?

Tied in such a humiliating posture, without even a piece of clothing, dying in shame?

She was unwilling... she was truly unwilling!

But what use was unwillingness?

If Lu Shifeng hadn’t bound her, maybe she still had a chance to fight Zhuang Heng, to seize a chance at life, or if he hadn’t gagged her, she could shout for help, maybe someone outside the bedroom would hear. But right now, she could do nothing, only watch as Zhuang Heng approached with a lighter, waving it playfully in front of her face.

"Don’t shake so much, Su Xingyu." Zhuang Heng laughed joyfully, bringing the lighter close to the relatively intact side of her face, scorching her with its heat, enjoying her fragile, fearful expression, yet refusing to burn her as he had just done. After playing for a while, Zhuang Heng slowly moved the lighter away, saying with a smile, "I’m a very kind person, only burning one side of your face. If I burn both sides, you might faint from the pain, right? I don’t want you to faint; the room will catch fire soon after, fainting is no fun, is it?"

As she spoke, with jealous eyes she sized up Su Xingyu’s slender, smooth body, twisting her voice: "I just love watching you as flames slowly rise, surrounding you, no matter how you struggle and pull you can’t escape the chains, unable to call out. Feeling the pain as fire licks your body, bit by bit, dying slowly."

Su Xingyu was terrified, her voice chilling.

Zhuang Heng rose from her bedside, took a circle around the bedroom, collecting the lighter, and took out another set of tools.

"Don’t worry, I’ll be very careful with the arson, making it seem like a short circuit, without leaving a trace of human arson." She said with a smile, fiddling with the tool at a socket in a corner of the bedroom, soon crackling sounds emerged, followed quickly by the stench of burnt odor. Soon, black smoke rose, licking at the plastic socket, faintly sparking flames.

"Farewell forever, Su Xingyu." Zhuang Heng said, waving her hand with a smile, turned and left the bedroom with elegant steps, just as she had arrived. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

And locked the bedroom door on her way out.

The fire spread quickly, igniting wooden furniture in an instant, fiercely.

Thick smoke billowed, choking Su Xingyu, making her want to cough, but bound to the bed with her mouth gagged, she could only make weak whimpering sounds, unable to cough anything out.

She struggled desperately, pulling at her handcuffs, but they were locked so tightly, she couldn’t break free no matter what. Flames spread towards her, she longingly looked at the floor-to-ceiling window not far from the bed, outside the transparent, bright window, a sky as blue as washed water, just a few steps away, yet a place she could never reach...

She struggled wildly, she wanted to live, if only Lu Shifeng hadn’t bound her and gagged her, maybe she could have survived.

That man, not only bullied, abused, and tormented her for so long, he even wanted to claim her life!

Her dry eyes long devoid of tears, the toxic fumes from the fire scorched her lungs, making her feel as if her lungs were burning too.

She grew weaker...

Just then, the floor-to-ceiling glass window suddenly shattered as a man disregarded the glass shards, climbing in.