Shadow Bride

heat…

So hot…

The surrounding light was scorching, and a misty mist rose up, making her unable to tell where she was.

There were icy photographic equipment in all directions. She clung to a sheer gauze tightly, concealing her naked body in vain, staggering back. It's like a fairy who strayed into a trap.

A man in a black suit walked towards her, with a tall body and a cold face, making him look like a demon from the depths of hell. He approached her step by step, pushed her to the ground, and roughly tore the tulle from her with one hand. Then, she felt a sudden burst of pain...

She cried and screamed, desperately trying to push him away, struggling to no avail.

That kind of pain was like purgatory, and the mountains and seas struck her, making her feel like her body was torn into countless fragments, her consciousness gradually trance, and her eyes turned black...

Before she lost consciousness, she only remembered the man's terrifyingly cold eyes and a slight "click".

That is the sound of the camera shutter.

...

Su Xingyu screamed and woke up from the nightmare, sweating in cold sweat.

There is a quiet ward in the surrounding area, and the warm sunlight in the late spring and noon sprinkles in and spreads on the snow-white bedding. She gasped in horror, barely calming herself, one hand trembling slightly on her side, clenched into a fist.

Had that nightmare again.

I don't know how many times it was, and dreamed of that man again, and the horrible past two years ago.

Two years ago, on her eighteenth birthday, she was assaulted by an unknown man and took the first night away. She still doesn't know who that man is or how to find her. She only knows that the man is terrible, terrible, and the look in her eyes is like swallowing everything.

demon.

This is her only impression of him.

She didn't want to investigate what happened in the first place, or she didn't dare. Intuitively, she understood that the man was an existence she absolutely couldn't provoke, and even if he was so cruelly forced, she would not have the power to pursue it, let alone seek justice. She can only treat it as an accident. In the past two years, she has faced the pain by herself with nightmares for an unknown number of nights.

Suddenly, the cell phone ringing by the pillow rang, startling her.

She picked it up, and a series of sharp screams came from the other end: "Su Xingyu, where did you die?! Don’t know if it’s your sister’s coming-of-age ceremony today?! Get out of here quickly, if you can’t make it, I’ll smoke you Your muscles have taken your skin off!"

It was the voice of stepmother Liu Meizhi.

Su Xingyu was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that today is her half-sister Su Xingqi’s eighteenth birthday. The family arranged a coming-of-age ceremony for her with great fanfare, and invited the rich and the media reporters in the city. It was very lively.

She was unwell these days, and she was hospitalized with inflammation caused by a cold, but she really forgot about it.

Hurriedly said: "I see, Aunt Liu, I will come here."

On the other side of the phone, Liu Meizhi was still cursing, "Hurry up! The media reporters are all there. If they can't see you, they might think that there is something in the Su family's conflict, and it will be bad for your sister. Where are you? Well, how long will it take to arrive? Are the clothes ready? Come over here, don’t embarrass your sister!"

The stepmother has always had this attitude towards her. After so many years, she didn't even bother to ridicule her. She just said, "I am hospitalized in Cining Hospital. I will take a taxi right away, about forty minutes."

Liu Meizhi didn’t care why she was hospitalized at all, and she cursed: "40 minutes? You are going to die! The bar mitzvah will begin in half an hour! You **** girl, you want people outside to say that we have no tutor in the Su family. Say you have a mother but not a mother! Why do I have such a hard life and put on your broom star! You are waiting at the hospital, I will send the driver to pick you up, and then bring you a suit! If you dare to wear the hospital Come over those dirty clothes in here, I want you to look good!"

After speaking, he hung up cursingly.

Su Xingyu looked at the unused cell phone in his palm, with a hint of irony on his lips.

Have a mother or daughter? Isn't she?

Her biological mother died when she was five years old, and her stepmother Liu Meizhi treated her very harshly when she entered the door. Not to mention that she was hospitalized this time, even if she was not hospitalized, starting from home, she would not be able to find any decent clothes at all. Compared to Liu Meizhi's biological daughter Su Xingqi, she, the eldest lady of the Su family, is like a humble servant.

She waited in the ward for a while, and sure enough the driver arrived and brought her a set of clothes and jewelry.

The middle-aged and half-bald driver told her: "Miss, Mrs. said that this dress and jewelry are lent to you. Please be careful when you wear them. Don’t break it. Wait for the second lady’s coming-of-age gift. When it's over, you have to take it off and return it to the lady."

"I see." Su Xingyu said.

She has been used to it since she was a child. Every time she encounters any major event, Liu Meizhi will find a dress with a little facade to lend her, and take it back as soon as she runs out. In this way, the reputation of the Su family was preserved and money was saved.

When she was a child, she would shed tears of sadness and grievances. Why did her younger sister's beautiful dresses, but she could only borrow the dresses for the banquet? But now, she doesn't care anymore. She is 20 years old this year. When she graduates from university, she will be able to find a job and live independently. She will earn what she eats and wears by her own hands.

She took the dress from the driver's hand and went to the bathroom to change it.

It was a small smoky-gray dress, the basic model, the size was a little bit inconsistent with her figure, coupled with a featureless necklace, it looked very low-key. In other words, even if you walk into the banquet of Yixiang Temple, it is not very impressive.

Over the years, the dresses that Liu Meizhi lent her were of similar styles, without losing their identity, but also extremely simple. There is no need to worry about stealing Su Xingqi's limelight. On the contrary, she used such a monotonous her to bring out the charming and charming of sister Su Xingqi. People say that the second lady of the Su family is the real beauty, far better than the eldest.

Su Xingyu followed the driver to the coming-of-age ceremony.

It was a five-star hotel, and the Su family had a full-floor banquet hall. The welcoming staff in front of the door were polite, all the guests were dressed in formal attire, and there were several media reporters shuttled among them, which was very lively.

Su Xingyu looked at this prosperous scene with a slight sadness in his heart.

Thinking about her eighteenth birthday, no one in the family remembered her, let alone holding a coming-of-age ceremony. Otherwise, she would not sneak out on that day, and wanted to celebrate by herself, but encountered something like that.

The eyes in the nightmare appeared unexpectedly, cold and cruel, making her tremble.

Su Xingyu shook his head to shake off these unpleasant memories and walked into the banquet hall.