A basin of icy saltwater was splashed onto Shen Ruoxi.
The saltwater touched her wounds, instantly sending a sharp pain through her whole body.
Shen Ruoxi opened her eyes, her eyebrows knitted tightly.
She winced in pain and gasped.
At this moment, the water in the water dungeon was gone, and the snakes were nowhere to be seen.
It seemed as if she had just had a nightmare.
However, her bound hands and feet, as well as the pain all over her body, constantly reminded her of what she had just experienced.
"Awake?"
Hearing the voice, Shen Ruoxi looked up.
She saw Shen Yu move a chair and sit on it, looking at her gloomily.
"Brother, why are you treating me like this?" Shen Ruoxi's nose turned sour, and her heart was filled with sorrow.
"Then why did you treat Ajiu like that!"
Shen Yu glared at Shen Ruoxi fiercely.
What she was experiencing now was not even one - tenth of what Ruan Jiu had endured!
"Brother, Xier knows she's wrong. Please let me go first, okay? Xier is in so much pain!"
In the past, besides Mother, Brother was the one who was the kindest to me.
As long as I cried, Brother would come to comfort me.
Even if I had done something wrong, now that I've been punished, Brother should be able to calm down.
After I get out, I'll settle the score with Ruan Jiu!
A sneer appeared on Shen Yu's lips. "In pain? Do you know how much pain Ajiu suffered?!"
As long as he closed his eyes, the scene of Ruan Jiu covered in blood and on the verge of death that day would immediately appear in his mind.
"Brother, Xier knows she's wrong! Aren't you the one who loves Xier the most? Please let me go, okay?" Shen Ruoxi pleaded with her eyes full of hope.
"Let you go?" Shen Yu's eyes narrowed. "Even if I cut you into a thousand pieces, it won't be enough to relieve my hatred!"
Hearing this, Shen Ruoxi's heart was instantly torn apart.
Had his feelings for Ruan Jiu reached such a deep level?
"Aren't you afraid that Mother will find out if you treat me like this?" Shen Ruoxi shouted.
Shen Yu snorted. "If I hadn't received their authorization, do you think you could have gotten out of prison?"
Shen Ruoxi shook her head in disbelief. "No! Mother won't treat me like this! Ruan Jiu is just an outsider. Why do you treat me like this for her sake!"
Mother had always doted on her extremely. She would never take her life for an outsider.
Moreover, didn't Mother also want to drive Ruan Jiu away from Brother?
"Then I'll tell you why." Shen Yu paused for a moment and took a deep breath. "Ajiu is my younger sister!"
"What?" Shen Ruoxi's eyes widened in shock.
What did he say?
He said that Ruan Jiu was his younger sister.
His biological younger sister.
Shen Yu continued, "You've occupied her position for more than a decade and enjoyed her life for more than a decade, and you even wanted to take her life!"
Now, because of Shen Ruoxi, Ruan Jiu had even decided to break with the Shen family.
Thinking of this, the hatred in Shen Yu's eyes deepened.
"Brother, I'm wrong! I'm really wrong! Please spare me!"
"But when did you ever think of sparing Ajiu!"
Just a little bit, just a little bit.
He would have lost Ajiu forever!
Although Ajiu said that she didn't want Shen Ruoxi's life.
However, Shen Ruoxi had hurt Ajiu so badly. He would never let Shen Ruoxi go so easily.
"I didn't know. I didn't know she was your sister!"
"Even if you didn't know, is it okay to take someone's life casually?"
"Brother, I'm wrong. I'm really wrong! Please give me another chance."
Suddenly, a strange smile appeared in Shen Yu's gloomy eyes.
He said coldly, "By the way, there's also your brother."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sikong was brought in.
Sikong slumped to the ground weakly, covered in blood.
His whole body was curled up, as if this could relieve a little of the pain on his body.
"Sikong!" Shen Ruoxi exclaimed.
Seeing Sikong tortured like this, her eyes were blurred with tears again.
After hearing Shen Ruoxi's voice, the pain on Sikong's body was instantly reduced by more than half.
He propped himself up with difficulty and looked at Shen Ruoxi, forcing a smile. "Don't worry, Miss. I'm fine!"
After seeing the terrifying wounds on Shen Ruoxi's body, he felt extremely heart - broken.
Since childhood, when had Shen Ruoxi ever suffered such grievances.
Then he turned his head and glared at Shen Yu, roaring, "She's your younger sister! How can you treat her like this!"
"She's your sister! Not mine!"
A murderous look instantly flashed in Shen Yu's eyes.
His younger sister had been tortured by them to the brink of death!
Shen Yu narrowed his eyes and tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart.
When he opened his eyes again, there was a hint of cruelty in his eyes.
He said coldly to Sikong, "Aren't you two deeply attached to each other like siblings? Then let me see how much you really care about her."
After saying that, Shen Yu immediately ordered his men to throw Sikong into the water dungeon.
Sikong let out a muffled groan. It felt as if his bones were about to fall apart, and the pain was excruciating.
Before Sikong could catch his breath, Shen Yu immediately ordered his men to release hundreds of snakes into the water dungeon.
The snakes smelled the blood and immediately rushed towards the two of them.
"Ah!"
Shen Ruoxi let out a shrill scream.
Tied to the wooden stake, her eyes were full of fear and helplessness.
She seemed like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Sikong ignored the pain on his own body and staggered forward. He propped himself up and pulled the snake wrapped around Shen Ruoxi's ankle off.
His body swayed unsteadily, but he still firmly stood in front of Shen Ruoxi.
"You'll die like this!" Shen Ruoxi cried.
"Don't be afraid, Miss. I'll protect you!" Sikong said firmly.
Shen Ruoxi watched as Sikong stood in front of her. She didn't know how many times he had been bitten.
He fell down again and again, but stood up again and again.
Her heart was like being stabbed with a knife.
She cried out in despair, "Brother, I've implicated you! I'm wrong. I'm really wrong!"
If the words of admitting mistakes just now were just insincere words that Shen Ruoxi said in order to get out of the water dungeon.
Then this sentence was the moment when she truly realized her mistake.
Over the years, Sikong had been silently protecting her by her side.
But she had never even been willing to call him 'brother'.
However, Sikong had never complained. He even risked his life to save her!
Shen Yu stood above, coldly watching all this.
His eyes were blood - red.
He had also had the chance to find his younger sister and protect her with all his might for the rest of his life.
But it had all been ruined by Shen Ruoxi!
If it weren't for Shen Ruoxi, why would Ruan Jiu break with the Shen family!
"Stop!"
Suddenly, Qin Shuang's voice sounded.
Immediately afterwards, a group of guards jumped into the water dungeon and caught all the snakes.
Seeing this, Shen Yu knitted his eyebrows tightly. "Mother, didn't you say you wanted to avenge Ajiu?!"
Qin Shuang glanced at Shen Ruoxi in the water dungeon. She was covered in blood and looked extremely embarrassed.
She pursed her lips, with a complex look on her face. "But after all, she has been with us for more than a decade..."
She just couldn't bear it in the end.
Seeing that the hatred in Shen Yu's eyes didn't decrease at all, Qin Shuang continued to persuade him, "Blame Mother for not teaching her well! It's all Mother's fault! Yu'er, spare her life."
"No!" Shen Yu immediately refused.
Perhaps because he and Ruan Jiu were twins, he seemed to be able to deeply feel all the pain that Ruan Jiu had endured.
Just thinking of this, he wished he could cut Shen Ruoxi into a thousand pieces!
Qin Shuang sighed deeply. "Mother knows you have hatred in your heart, but after all, she has been in the Shen family for more than a decade. Moreover, didn't Yan'er also say that she didn't want her life?"
Hearing this, Shen Yu took a deep breath.
He angrily flung his sleeve and turned around, striding out.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.
His Adam's apple rolled, and he said coldly,
"Since that's the case, then spare her life."