So where has Nianyang been taken to at this moment?

Let’s shift the focus a bit. After Nianyang saw the masked man, she didn’t even have time to make a sound before she was knocked out by him.

When she regained consciousness, she found herself brought to a beautifully picturesque four-sided courtyard with mountains, water, and flowers, looking just like a villa.

If she hadn’t been gagged and tied tightly to a chair, it might have felt like a vacation.

Any time before, Nianyang would have felt somewhat nervous about being kidnapped, yet this time she was surprisingly calm, feeling a detached serenity.

She thought perhaps it was due to feeling hopeless, making life and death seem unimportant, and she was rather open-minded about it.

However, because she’d fallen into the water yesterday and hadn’t changed her clothes, wearing them damp all night, combined with not eating, she felt weak and feverish, thinking she had caught a cold.

Who knows how long had passed when the iron door was kicked open suddenly.

A stunningly beautiful woman came in with four or five burly men. Nianyang looked at them, not recognizing them, yet intuition told her.

This was someone from the family responsible for her aunt’s death, finally allowing a hint of hatred to flicker in her otherwise tranquil eyes.

"Phoenix sis, we’ve brought the person for you."

A man with a black mole on his face nodded submissively to the beautiful woman.

Phoenix nodded gracefully, standing in front of Nianyang, glancing up and down with a cruel smirk curling her lips.

She reached out, ripped the tape from Nianyang’s mouth, and Nianyang let out a pained grunt but said nothing.

"Not bad, quite calm indeed." Phoenix pinched Nianyang’s chin, her seductive eyes hiding dark currents.

Nianyang licked her molars, her voice slightly hoarse from the cold, "Jade King, long time no see."

Nianyang had to thank the enclosed space; otherwise, being touched by Phoenix would have immediately exposed her if Phoenix had sensed it.

Phoenix’s pupils narrowed, then she quickly chuckled with an expected look, "Smart girl, no wonder you beat me at rock gambling."

Nianyang shook her dizzy head, half-smiling, "You went all out to kidnap me, surely not just to discuss how you lost to me at rock gambling, isn’t it?" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

With a slap.

Phoenix smacked Nianyang across the face, her mouth twisting into a malicious grin, "Little girl, you’re quite bold, even in my hands you still talk back, do you really think I won’t cut out your tongue?"

Nianyang just closed her eyes, saying, "Go ahead, if you want to cut it out, do it. Anyway, I’m already in your hands, can I stop you?"

This indifference enraged Phoenix, who couldn’t resist slapping her again, laughing like a menacing demoness, "I hate your look, it’s just like that dead Chu Lan, why look like that dead woman, trying to disgust someone?"

"Of course, to disgust you!" Nianyang squinted, her face already swollen, "But judging by your reaction, it seems more like jealousy, didn’t you like Auntie’s man Wen Qingmu back then."