novelraw Chapter 426: Young Master Su Is a Girl 23
Chapter 426: Young Master Su Is a Girl 23
Su Yan raised the card in her hand and asked with confusion,
"What is this?"
Qin Qingyue eyed the Jade Token, a strong surge of hatred welling up in her eyes.
Fortunately, she restrained it with all her might.
Then, with a hoarse voice, she explained bit by bit to Su Yan,
"Hunting Token."
"Hmm?"
Su Yan didn’t understand.
Qin Qingyue then explained more carefully,
"It’s the token carried by the prey."
Each of them carries a token, and those with a token are labeled as prey.
There are those who specifically engage in ’Hunting’.
Once they shoot down and capture one, they take away their token.
The fate of the captured prey, how they are played with, is entirely at the whim of the hunter.
Those with tokens hung on them are no longer people; they are simply monsters that can run and jump, waiting to be killed.
After listening to Qin Qingyue’s explanation, Su Yan shook the Jade Token in her hand,
"Are there others like you?"
Qin Qingyue’s expression went blank for a moment, then she showed a weathered smile,
"Too many, countless people are locked up there."
Once upon a time, she too was the daughter of a respectable family.
Well-read in poetry and full of longing for the world.
What happened afterward?
Afterward, she just wanted to go see the camellias blooming on the hill behind with her companions.
But she attracted someone’s attention, and was kidnapped here.
From then on, her life in Hell began.
Su Yan held the token in silence.
Her fingers slowly touched the token,
Feeling its coldness with each tap.
She fell back into her memories once again.
Su Jiuci showed little interest in these matters.
Instead, his gaze fell on Su Yan, watching her lose herself in thought time and again.
His Phoenix Eyes narrowed.
Tap tap tap, his fingertips rapped against the table.
Creating a rhythm.
For a long time.
He finally spoke,
"Young Master Su."
Su Yan looked up, bewildered for a moment, then turned towards Su Jiuci.
Su Jiuci looked at her, word by word,
"What are you thinking about?"
Su Yan shook her head,
"Nothing."
Su Jiuci did not speak again.
Zuo Leng had been waiting outside for quite some time.
Given Su Jiuci’s current high-ranking position, how could he be such a leisurely man?
A pile of matters still awaited his attention.
Seeing that the sky was about to darken,
The boss actually showed no sign of wanting to leave.
Thereby, Zuo Leng hesitated and knocked to remind him,
"Boss, people from the west side have been waiting for a long time."
Su Jiuci did not speak; his gaze remained on Su Yan.
But after a long time, he heard nothing from Su Yan.
In the end, he still stood up and walked out.
Before leaving, Su Jiuci ruffled Su Yan’s hair and said,
"If you want to do something, go find your brother, or... find me. Remember?"
Su Yan’s hair was once again tousled by his hand.
She blinked, not saying a word,
But her head was pressed down to nod by him.
With that, Su Jiuci departed.
In the room, only Su Yan, seated, and Qin Qingyue, kneeling on the ground, remained.
Neither spoke a word.
A slanting ray of sunset light pierced through a crack, shining upon them both.
It gave the illusion of a slow and lengthy passage of time.
As the sun gradually sunk westward and the sky outside dimmed,
After a long while, Su Yan’s voice was heard, slowly and softly,
"Do you want revenge?"
Qin Qingyue suddenly lifted her head,
She clenched her hand firmly, looking at Su Yan as if seeing a glimmer of light.
"Yes,"
Her hoarse voice carried a resolute and vengeful tone.