A Substitute Bride With Multiple Identities
Chapter 291 Immortal’s Stronghold in Great Xia

Chapter 291: Chapter 291 Immortal’s Stronghold in Great Xia

The blond-haired man looked at Shen Zhong with a strange expression, "BOSS didn’t tell you about the Day Xia base?"

Shen Zhong’s expression was indifferent as he replied, "He doesn’t trust me."

The blond man subconsciously glanced at Shen Zhong’s head and a flicker of understanding crossed his eyes, "I see."

He looked cautiously towards the direction from which the sound of barking dogs was coming, then rose and crawled out of the bushes, "Follow me."

Time passed, it was hard to say how long.

The blond man took Shen Zhong back to Jing City, made a call from a public phone booth, and then brought him to a rundown and secluded bar.

The two of them helped each other enter through the side door of the bar and came to a courtyard through the back door, where a skinny young man with green-dyed hair and a tattoo on his chest greeted them, "Brother Jin, you’re here."

Shen Zhong supported the blond man and discreetly surveyed the courtyard.

The bar was located in Jing City, close to the slums, which were populated with high-rise buildings as well as many small courtyard houses with tiled roofs.

This particular courtyard, hidden behind the bar’s back door, was the secret base of Immortal in Day Xia.

"Yeah," the blond man panted a few times and nodded, his brow furrowed as he looked around, "Where’s Luo Bu?"

The young man’s face showed a certain difficulty as he glanced towards a certain room.

Suddenly, the blond man heard faint crying and pleading noises coming from the room, mixed with the deafening music of the bar, unnoticed by anyone else.

The blond man’s brow furrowed tighter, his face growing slightly dark, "Tell him to take it easy, this batch of goods is specifically requested by the BOSS, if he breaks them, he will have to find new ones to replace them."

The young man nodded again and again, "I know, Brother Jin, I’ll go talk to Luo Bu in a bit."

"Prepare a room, set up hot water, and fetch new clothes for us to wash," the blond man commanded after a grunt.

The young man hurried off to prepare.

An hour later.

The blond man came out of the bathroom and glanced at Shen Zhong, who had finished changing and was now lying on the bed with his eyes closed, resting. He sat down opposite Shen Zhong, his brow locked in frustration, "P Doctor, since we didn’t catch YM Doctor, what do we do now?"

"There’s nothing we can do, we will return to M country tomorrow," Shen Zhong answered without opening his eyes, his voice indifferent, "Or do you plan to kidnap her on your own? Aren’t you afraid she’ll poison you again?"

The blond man recalled the excruciating, near-death suffocation he felt when he was poisoned in the abandoned steel factory. A chill ran down his spine and a touch of fear arose in his heart.

He truly didn’t dare.

The poisons developed by YM Doctor were all too potent.

That he could still see the next day’s sun was purely because P Doctor was there; otherwise...

"Forget it," the blond man sat in a cavalier manner, frowning, "When we get back to M country, we’ll have the BOSS send more people. We’ll wear gas masks then, and YM Doctor will have no way to deal with us."

Shen Zhong’s hand resting by his side clenched into a fist. After grunting in acknowledgment, he opened his eyes, got up, put on his slippers, and staggered towards the door.

The blond man, toweling his hair, paused, "Where are you going?"

"To the restroom."

There were no private restrooms in the room; there was only one in the courtyard.

Shen Zhong turned on the restroom light and stepped inside, just about to undo his belt, when he saw a small, huddled figure in the corner. Upon seeing someone enter, the figure shrank with a jolt, and with a muffled cry pleaded, "Don’t hit me! I was wrong! Please, don’t hit me!"

Shen Zhong’s pupils narrowed, and the hand that had been moving towards his belt slowly stopped.

It was a girl, naked, her exposed skin covered with bruises of blue and purple, not a single spot unharmed, her hair was wet and smelled of heather.

There were injuries on her face too, and her eyes, when they looked at him, were full of fright, fear, and despair.

The girl was very young, appearing to be no more than twenty years old.

The same age as Shen Yanhe.

She seemed to sense that Shen Zhong in front of her wouldn’t harm her, and quickly staggered to him, extending her hand to grasp the hem of his clothes, pleading in a hushed voice, "Please help me, I want to go home."

Shen Zhong remained silent, not yet speaking, when the voice of the youth with green hair suddenly came from behind him, "Eh? What are you doing standing at the bathroom like this?"

Hearing the young man’s voice, the girl trembled even more, her eyes begging Shen Zhong for help.

Shen Zhong’s index finger twitched slightly, gently pressing on the hand that was clutching the hem of his clothes, facing away from the youth, he whispered rapidly to the girl, "Don’t be afraid, just hold on for two more days, someone will come to rescue you, now just go along with me."

The girl paused, hope rising in her eyes.

After speaking, he gently gripped the back of the girl’s head, nudging her forward, and letting out a low pant, he averted his gaze without expression at the youth, "Scram."

The youth, who had been planning to head over to see what was going on, came to an abrupt halt, and when he saw the girl, partly obscured behind Shen Zhong, shadows of her figure exposed, his expression instantly turned ambiguous.

He had thought this man was as cold as he appeared on the surface, never expecting that in private he played so wildly.

The woman he left in the bathroom was just used by Brother Luo Bu.

"Heh heh, sorry to interrupt you, go on with what you were doing, you’re busy, carry on," said the green-haired youth with a knowing "I get it" expression, laughing as he stepped back.

After the youth stepped away, Shen Zhong didn’t take the girl out but instead pushed her into the restroom and closed the door with the back of his hand with a snap.

The youth, watching from the shadows, only left after the sounds of panting and water in the restroom grew louder.

However, inside the restroom.

The girl stood with her arms wrapped around herself, far from Shen Zhong, watching him warily as he stood at the faucet, his back to her. He took off the black T-shirt he was wearing, not looking at her, and handed the T-shirt back to the girl, "Clean yourself and put this on, I’m not looking at you."

The girl hesitated for a long time before she reached out to take the T-shirt.

Shen Zhong stepped aside, standing against the wall, listening to the pitter-patter of running water behind him, and the girl’s muffled crying, the gloom in his heart deepened bit by bit, and his eyes grew more somber.

Only after the water sounds ceased did Shen Zhong speak up, "Besides you, how many more girls are there?"

"There are five others," the girl said with a sob, "they’re locked in the basement, and besides them, there are five children."

"I understand, follow me later, do as I say, don’t give us away, in two days, I will have someone rescue you," Shen Zhong said calmly.

He paused, as if afraid the girl wouldn’t trust him, then added, "I have a daughter who is your age as well, you don’t have to worry about me deceiving you."

The girl was silent for a long time, then slowly nodded, "Okay."

Now, she had no other choice but to take a gamble.

To gamble that this man in front of her could really rescue her.

Otherwise...

A hint of despair flickered in the girl’s eyes.

She would truly die.

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