The Chef Rules the Last Days-Chapter 503 - 501: Cha Mi

Su Mo tightly clasped Lu Chen’s hand, fingers interlocking, asserting her sovereignty.

"Which shop does that Fatty frequent?"

"The one at the end," Bai Shitong pointed ahead.

As Su Mo pulled Lu Chen along following him, what surprised her was that these couldn’t really be called... women. To call them girls was more fitting; they looked like emaciated teenagers who hadn’t yet turned 18.

For a moment, Su Mo’s heart tightened. The expressions on the girls’ faces were uniformly numb, and mechanical smiles appeared whenever they looked at men.

Standing at the doorway, Bai Shitong blushed and hesitated to enter, simply looking up hopefully at Su Mo.

Su Mo took Lu Chen to a corner, shielding them from the view of strangers, and handed the boy several packs of little bear cookies, stuffing them all into his hands, "Put these inside your clothes, and don’t get caught."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Seeing the food was twice what he’d been promised, the boy was almost in tears, carefully hiding the cookies and thanking the two.

Su Mo squatted down, touched his head, and asked softly, "Are you familiar with people from this shop?"

"Not really, but the sister inside, my mother, and I all fled here together. I’ve seen them a few times."

"What’s her name?"

"Cha Mi."

"Alright, you can go now," Su Mo stood up, watching the boy run off, then turned to enter the foot massage parlor.

Lu Chen grabbed her and asked in a low voice, "What do you want to do?"

"It’s about Zhao Changsheng’s issue. Those hateful parents of hers have come back, bringing along a disgusting brother. I want to help her with this," Su Mo didn’t elaborate, and Lu Chen didn’t ask further, simply wrapping an arm around her shoulder, "Then let’s go have a look."

Whatever she was doing, he would choose to help her unconditionally.

Su Mo lifted her smile and stepped into the establishment.

The interior was dimly lit by candles. In the small shop, there were only a few wooden chairs, and on the counter beside them, a young woman in hot pants was seated.

In this weather, Su Mo felt a chilling draft just looking at her.

To the woman, the arrival of a male-female pair didn’t seem at all strange; she just got up with a smile plastered on her face to greet them, "What would the two guests like to do?"

"Cha Mi," Su Mo pulled out a few Crystal Stones and placed them on the counter.

The woman’s eyes immediately brightened, but she hesitated, "This... she’s not really available to serve. The two of you..."

Without wasting words, Su Mo took out a Level 3 Crystal Stone and threw it on the table, "I want her."

"A Level 3 Crystal Stone!" The woman didn’t expect such generosity, grabbing the stone and pocketing it, "Follow me."

The shop wasn’t large, housing only five women, and the partitioned rooms were pitifully small.

As Su Mo passed by those small compartments, she could hear embarrassing sounds through the not-so-soundproof doors.

"This is the room. Although it’s a Level 3 Crystal Stone, you have to be gentle, she... she’s not in good health and had a client just yesterday," the woman seriously warned.

Her gaze lingered on Su Mo and Lu Chen, clearly unable to grasp why two such beautiful people would be into this sort of thing.

Undisturbed by the misunderstanding, Su Mo waited for the woman to leave before pushing the door open and walking in.

Inside was a heavy scent of incense. A woman sat on a wooden bed with her back to them, getting dressed. She was very thin, with her half-exposed shoulder bearing startling whip marks.

Hearing the door open, the woman turned her head, her eyes brimming with terror.

Lu Chen closed the door and stood by the entrance, releasing Su Mo’s hand, signaling that he would wait right by the door.

As Su Mo approached, she saw a small wooden table beside her laden with various instruments of torture.

Cha Mi was terribly afraid, clinging to her shins and sitting at the foot of the bed, "I really can’t take it anymore today, please have mercy on me."

Su Mo frowned and moved a small stool in front of her to sit down, "You don’t need to be nervous, I’m just here to ask a few questions."

She looked soft and cute, with no hint of harm in her appearance, which made Cha Mi shrink back before carefully lifting her head to look at her, "Go ahead."

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"...It was me," she lowered her head, her voice trembling with fear.

Su Mo hadn’t expected the coincidence, and seeing the whip marks on her calves, she frowned and asked, "Is he into torture?"

"...Yes," Cha Mi kept her head down, her long hair messily strewn over her shoulders, "Not just him, but also a Fire Ability User. They alternate, coming every three days to... torture me."

"Named Zhao Li?"

"How did you know!" Cha Mi said in surprise.

It was a guess from Su Mo, who, despite feeling sorry for her plight, also marveled at the great opportunity. She sat on the edge of the bed, her clear, large eyes gazing at her, her words beguiling, "How about making a deal with me?"

"What..? I have nothing to trade."

"Who’s coming in the next three days?"

"It’s Zhao Li."

Su Mo hooked a smile, leaned closer, whispered something, and then gestured to the blindfold on the table that was used to add fun by obscuring vision.

"That won’t work! I’ll die!" Cha Mi shook her head in refusal, terrified.

"If it works out, how would you like to work as a waitress in my restaurant?" Su Mo continued to tempt, "Three meals a day, board and lodging completely free."

Unable to resist such tempting terms, Cha Mi took only a few seconds to give in. She was truly fed up with being tortured to a living death every day in this dark room. After a long while, she nodded her head.

Su Mo smiled mysteriously, "Then now, call out."

From Cha Mi’s room emanated sounds of debauchery. Even the matron passing by shook her head in pity for the underage girl, murmuring quietly, "She’ll be broken from all this sooner or later."

After staying inside for a few hours, Su Mo and Lu Chen came out hand in hand, and happily addressed the matron, "I’m very satisfied, we’ll come again in three days."

"No, no, no, Cha Mi has a client in three days, my lord... how about changing it to the fourth day?" the woman asked tentatively.

"The fourth day, huh? That’s too long," Su Mo said as she shook Lu Chen’s arm in a whiny voice, "Let’s buy her back in a couple of days, it won’t cost many Crystal Stones anyway."

Without waiting for the woman to answer, the pair walked away together.

In the room, Cha Mi stared blankly at the blindfold on the table. The matron came in to inquire, "Are you alright? Can your body take it? They said they want to buy you. I’ll have to talk to Boss Zhao about the price to see if he’s willing to pay. You’ve managed to sleep your way up."

She flipped the Level 3 Crystal Stone in her hand, her eyes gleaming with excitement, "Those two from earlier, they’re obviously High-level superpower users who must be rolling in Crystal Stones. I’m going to make a killing."

Cha Mi couldn’t register the words that followed, focusing instead on her scarred body and the piercing pain between her legs, silently making up her mind.