Love in the Midst of Mistaken Identities

Chapter 740: Because You’re Too Ugly

He kept talking continuously and said that it was his fault, he was in the wrong... he regretted a lot of things... but Rainy did not understand what he was saying. She did not know a lot of things in the past. She clenched Chu Lui’s finger tightly and stepped on Chu Lui’s thighs.

“Daddy, Rainy missed Mommy.”

That word ‘Daddy’ almost made Chu Lui’s eyes sparkle.

“I miss your Mommy, too.” He hugged his daughter tightly. The sky outside was unusually dark; how many people could have a good night’s sleep? He had already forgotten how long it had been since he slept comfortably at night.

Four years ago when she was around... or four years later when she was around.

The moonlight came into the room from the window, and Chu Lui’s gaze followed it. In the end, he only had a never-ending distance in his gaze.

...

It had been two months. Xia Ruoxin opened her eyes and placed her hands in front. When the door was closed, she could not see her fingers; but when it opened slightly, she could still see a ray of light.

There were rumblings below their feet which showed that the boat was still floating on the ocean. They did not know how long they had to travel. One month? Two months? A year? Or perhaps their whole life. They would be stuck on the ocean and floating.

When Ruoxin woke up again, she was still in a daze; it was as if she was playing with Rainy just a while ago. However, once she opened her eyes, everything blurred in front of her; and there were all sorts of smells in the air and on herself. It was a disturbing smell that made her understand that that was just a dream... and this was reality.

At first, she still knew how long she had spent here. One day, two days, seven days, half a month... one month. However, when the time increased, she felt powerless and as if something in her brain had gone short-circuit.

There were even times where she could not even remember her own name and just lived day by day like the other women. They only had their abilities to breathe, eat, and defecate.

She sat up and hugged her knees tightly.

“What’s wrong? You can’t sleep?” Shen Wei also sat up and his voice was hoarse until she was uncomfortable.

“Mm. I sleep all day, and I don’t even know when it’s day or night anymore.”

“Is there still day and night around here?” Shen Wei laughed, but she did not know if she was laughing at what Xia Ruoxin said or herself. She extended her fingers and placed it in front of her. No matter where she was, she could not even see her fingers. “I can just smell and know where the toilet is. Just that...” She lowered her head and tugged at her clothes... she looked really disgusting. “I’m really scared.”

“Huh? Scared? What’s there to be scared of?” This was the first time Xia Ruoxin heard Shen Wei saying the word ‘scared’.

“Yeah, scared. How can you not be?” Shen Wei gently sighed, but the smell in her nose was mixed with God-knows-what-other smells. Even though it had been two months, and she had gotten used to it, she still could not stand the smell.

“What are you scared of?” Xia Ruoxin leaned against the rack behind her. The continuously tense life was really tiring for her.

“What am I scared of?” Shen Wei repeated what she said.

“I’m scared that we’re too smelly, and other people would take us as the potty. After they eat, they’ll just come directly to us to use the washroom, no. The toilet. Actually, no. Just defecate on us.”

If it were the past, Xia Ruoxin might have found it very disgusting; but now, she had done all sorts of gross things; so did Shen Wei. They had already taken this disgust in their stride.

She lowered down and smelled her own clothes. Indeed, it smelled similar to the potty so they should hide in a corner.

As they said it, they started moving towards the corner that no one could see.

The door outside sounded, and someone walked in again.

A crew walked in, grabbed a woman up, and left. He did not know what she looked like; she was just a woman.

After a while, the door opened again, and the woman was thrown in. It was not hard to tell what kind of treatment the woman was given.

This had already become the norm here and would happen at least once a day, sometimes even a few times a day. Even Xia Ruoxin herself did not know how she and Shen Wei avoided all of that.

It seemed as if the crew had no interest in them both, or perhaps they had taken them to be men.

“I’m quite happy.”

Xia Ruoxin lowered her voice and was only loud enough for Shen Wei to hear. Actually, they did not interact much with the other women, but no matter what they said, perhaps no one would know why they were here. Also, only both of them knew how to speak Chinese so whatever they said would not matter to others. One, because they would not understand them; and two, because they were all living numbly. No matter what they said or did had nothing to do with the rest.

“What are you happy about?” Shen Wei breathed the disgusting air. Actually, it was a relief to be alive in this kind of situation. Their lives were really tough as they could live on even in the worst circumstances.

“Yeah, what am I happy about?” Xia Ruoxin grabbed her messy hair and felt oil all over it. “I’m happy that they don’t treat us as women.”

“That’s because you’re too ugly.” Shen Wei mocked. Even in the dim light, one could see clearly that Xia Ruoxin’s face was pockmarked.

“They’re afraid that when they see your face, they’ll vomit out their food from the previous night.”

“Aren’t you the same?” Xia Ruoxin retorted. “Back then, you were still the Manager Shen of Feng Hua Jue Dai; I was just a regular woman. To be able to suffer with you and watch you turn ugly, I do feel pretty comforted. When you go back, remember to tell Brother San to give me a large sum of money to silence my mouth.”

“Don’t need others; I can give you as much as my life is worth.” Shen Wei smiled, and her dry lips cracked a little. Her life was saved by Xia Ruoxin. If it was not for Xia Ruoxin, she would have died out of excessive blood loss in the warehouse or died from infection after being in captive.

She did not talk about this favor now, but she remembered it.

If one day, they could live on and get out of here, even if it meant using up all that she had built up over the years, she would definitely repay her favor. Just that no one knew if they could ever be alive on the mainland.

If they unfortunately died here, then all that she said would all be rubbish.