Shadow Bride
Chapter 1
Hot
It's so hot
The surrounding light baked, rising up a misty fog, so that she could not tell where she was.
In all directions are cold photographic equipment, she clung to a transparent gauze, in vain to cover a trace of her body, staggering back. It's like a goblin in a trap.
A man in a black suit came up to her, tall and straight body, cold face, let him look like a devil from the depths of hell. He approached her step by step, pushed her to the ground, and tore the gauze off her with one hand. Then, she felt a sudden pain
She cried and screamed, desperately trying to push him away, dying to no avail.
The pain was like purgatory, which made her feel as if her body had been torn into countless pieces. Her consciousness was gradually in a trance, and her eyes were black
Before she lost consciousness, she only remembered the man's terrible cold eyes and a slight "click".
That's the sound of the camera shutter.
…………
Su Xingyu screams and wakes up in a cold sweat.
All around is a quiet ward. At the end of spring, the warm sunshine came in and spread on the snow-white bedding. She gasped for breath, barely calming herself down, one hand shaking slightly on her side and clenching her fist.
I had that nightmare again.
I don't know how many times I have dreamt of that man, and the terrible thing happened two years ago.
Two years ago, on her 18th birthday, she was invaded by an unknown man and took away her first night. She still doesn't know who the man is and how to find her. She only knows that the man is terrible and terrible. Her eyes seem to swallow everything up.
devil.
This is her only impression of him.
She didn't want to find out what had happened, or dare not. Intuitively, she understood that the man was the existence she could not afford to provoke. Even if she was so cruelly forced by him, she could not pursue him, let alone seek justice. She can only think that it was an accident, in the past two years, I do not know how many nightmares, alone in the face of pain.
All of a sudden, the mobile phone beside her pillow rings to scare her.
She picked up, and a series of sharp yells came from the other end: "Su Xingyu, where are you dead?! Don't know today is your sister's coming of age?! Come here quickly. If you can't catch up, I'll scratch your muscle and skin! "
It's the voice of stepmother Liu Meizhi.
Su Xingyu was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that today was her half sister Su Xingqi's 18th birthday. Her family made a great effort to prepare a coming of age ceremony for her, and invited rich people and media reporters from the city. It was very lively.
She's not feeling well these days. She's in hospital with inflammation caused by a cold. She really forgot about it.
"I know, Aunt Liu, I'll come right now," he said
On the other end of the phone, Liu Meizhi was still cursing: "hurry up, hurry up! The media reporters are all present. If they can't see you, they may think there is something wrong with our Su family. It's said that it's bad for your sister's reputation! Where are you and how long will it take to get there? Are the clothes ready? Come on, don't make a fool of your sister
Stepmother has always been such an attitude towards her. For so many years, she didn't even bother to retort. All she said was, "I'm hospitalized in cining hospital. I'll take a taxi right away, about 40 minutes."
Liu Meizhi didn't care why she was hospitalized at all, and scolded: "40 minutes? You're going to die! There's half an hour to go before the bar mitzvah begins! You dead girl, you want to let the people outside say that our Su family has no tutor, and that you have a mother and no son! How can I have such a miserable life? You are such a loser! You wait in the hospital. I'll send a driver to pick you up and bring you a suit! If you dare to come here in those hospital dirty clothes, I want you to look good! "
Finish saying, scold ground hang up.
Su Xingyu looks at the half new mobile phone in his palm, and his lips show an ironic radian.
Do you have a mother or not? Isn't she?
Her biological mother died when she was five years old. Her stepmother, Liu Meizhi, was very strict with her when she came in. Not to mention that she was in hospital this time. Even if she was not in hospital, she could not find a decent suit from home. Compared with Liu Meizhi's own daughter Su Xingqi, the eldest daughter of the Su family is like a humble servant.
She waited in the ward for a while. Sure enough, the driver arrived and brought her a set of clothes and jewelry.
The middle-aged and semi bald driver told her: "Miss, my wife said that this dress and jewelry are lent to you. Please be careful when you wear them. Don't damage them. As soon as the second miss's adult gift is over, you should take them off and return them to your wife.""I see." Su Xingyu said.
Growing up, she had been used to it. Every time she met with any major event, Liu Meizhi would find a suit of dress to lend her, and take it back immediately after using it. In this way, not only the reputation of the Su family, but also save money.
When she was a child, she would cry because of her sad grievance. Why could she only borrow her sister's beautiful clothes to attend a banquet? Now, however, she doesn't care any more. She is 20 years old. When she graduates from University, she will find a job and live independently. She will earn what she eats and wears with her own hands.
She took the driver's dress and went to the bathroom to change it.
It's a small smoky gray dress. It's a basic one. The size doesn't fit her figure a little. It looks very low-key with a necklace without any characteristics. In other words, even if you walk into a party with beautiful clothes, it's not very impressive.
Over the years, Liu Meizhi has lent her dresses in a similar style. She has no loss of identity, but she is extremely simple. There is no need to worry that she will steal Su Xingqi's limelight. On the contrary, with such a monotonous setting off her sister Su Xingqi's charming and moving, people say that the second miss of the Su family is the real beauty, far better than the first miss.
Su Xingyu followed the driver to the ceremony.
It was a five-star hotel. The Su family had a banquet hall on the whole floor. The welcoming staff in front of the door were polite, the guests were all dressed in formal clothes, and several media reporters shuttled among them.
Su Xingyu looks at this prosperous scene, with a slight sadness in his heart.
No one in the family remembers her 18th birthday, let alone the initiation ceremony. Otherwise, she would not sneak out on that day and want to celebrate herself, but it happened.
The nightmare in the eyes and did not expect to emerge, cold, cruel, let her shudder.
Su Xingyu shakes his head, shakes away these unpleasant memories and walks into the banquet hall.
It's so hot
The surrounding light baked, rising up a misty fog, so that she could not tell where she was.
In all directions are cold photographic equipment, she clung to a transparent gauze, in vain to cover a trace of her body, staggering back. It's like a goblin in a trap.
A man in a black suit came up to her, tall and straight body, cold face, let him look like a devil from the depths of hell. He approached her step by step, pushed her to the ground, and tore the gauze off her with one hand. Then, she felt a sudden pain
She cried and screamed, desperately trying to push him away, dying to no avail.
The pain was like purgatory, which made her feel as if her body had been torn into countless pieces. Her consciousness was gradually in a trance, and her eyes were black
Before she lost consciousness, she only remembered the man's terrible cold eyes and a slight "click".
That's the sound of the camera shutter.
…………
Su Xingyu screams and wakes up in a cold sweat.
All around is a quiet ward. At the end of spring, the warm sunshine came in and spread on the snow-white bedding. She gasped for breath, barely calming herself down, one hand shaking slightly on her side and clenching her fist.
I had that nightmare again.
I don't know how many times I have dreamt of that man, and the terrible thing happened two years ago.
Two years ago, on her 18th birthday, she was invaded by an unknown man and took away her first night. She still doesn't know who the man is and how to find her. She only knows that the man is terrible and terrible. Her eyes seem to swallow everything up.
devil.
This is her only impression of him.
She didn't want to find out what had happened, or dare not. Intuitively, she understood that the man was the existence she could not afford to provoke. Even if she was so cruelly forced by him, she could not pursue him, let alone seek justice. She can only think that it was an accident, in the past two years, I do not know how many nightmares, alone in the face of pain.
All of a sudden, the mobile phone beside her pillow rings to scare her.
She picked up, and a series of sharp yells came from the other end: "Su Xingyu, where are you dead?! Don't know today is your sister's coming of age?! Come here quickly. If you can't catch up, I'll scratch your muscle and skin! "
It's the voice of stepmother Liu Meizhi.
Su Xingyu was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that today was her half sister Su Xingqi's 18th birthday. Her family made a great effort to prepare a coming of age ceremony for her, and invited rich people and media reporters from the city. It was very lively.
She's not feeling well these days. She's in hospital with inflammation caused by a cold. She really forgot about it.
"I know, Aunt Liu, I'll come right now," he said
On the other end of the phone, Liu Meizhi was still cursing: "hurry up, hurry up! The media reporters are all present. If they can't see you, they may think there is something wrong with our Su family. It's said that it's bad for your sister's reputation! Where are you and how long will it take to get there? Are the clothes ready? Come on, don't make a fool of your sister
Stepmother has always been such an attitude towards her. For so many years, she didn't even bother to retort. All she said was, "I'm hospitalized in cining hospital. I'll take a taxi right away, about 40 minutes."
Liu Meizhi didn't care why she was hospitalized at all, and scolded: "40 minutes? You're going to die! There's half an hour to go before the bar mitzvah begins! You dead girl, you want to let the people outside say that our Su family has no tutor, and that you have a mother and no son! How can I have such a miserable life? You are such a loser! You wait in the hospital. I'll send a driver to pick you up and bring you a suit! If you dare to come here in those hospital dirty clothes, I want you to look good! "
Finish saying, scold ground hang up.
Su Xingyu looks at the half new mobile phone in his palm, and his lips show an ironic radian.
Do you have a mother or not? Isn't she?
Her biological mother died when she was five years old. Her stepmother, Liu Meizhi, was very strict with her when she came in. Not to mention that she was in hospital this time. Even if she was not in hospital, she could not find a decent suit from home. Compared with Liu Meizhi's own daughter Su Xingqi, the eldest daughter of the Su family is like a humble servant.
She waited in the ward for a while. Sure enough, the driver arrived and brought her a set of clothes and jewelry.
The middle-aged and semi bald driver told her: "Miss, my wife said that this dress and jewelry are lent to you. Please be careful when you wear them. Don't damage them. As soon as the second miss's adult gift is over, you should take them off and return them to your wife.""I see." Su Xingyu said.
Growing up, she had been used to it. Every time she met with any major event, Liu Meizhi would find a suit of dress to lend her, and take it back immediately after using it. In this way, not only the reputation of the Su family, but also save money.
When she was a child, she would cry because of her sad grievance. Why could she only borrow her sister's beautiful clothes to attend a banquet? Now, however, she doesn't care any more. She is 20 years old. When she graduates from University, she will find a job and live independently. She will earn what she eats and wears with her own hands.
She took the driver's dress and went to the bathroom to change it.
It's a small smoky gray dress. It's a basic one. The size doesn't fit her figure a little. It looks very low-key with a necklace without any characteristics. In other words, even if you walk into a party with beautiful clothes, it's not very impressive.
Over the years, Liu Meizhi has lent her dresses in a similar style. She has no loss of identity, but she is extremely simple. There is no need to worry that she will steal Su Xingqi's limelight. On the contrary, with such a monotonous setting off her sister Su Xingqi's charming and moving, people say that the second miss of the Su family is the real beauty, far better than the first miss.
Su Xingyu followed the driver to the ceremony.
It was a five-star hotel. The Su family had a banquet hall on the whole floor. The welcoming staff in front of the door were polite, the guests were all dressed in formal clothes, and several media reporters shuttled among them.
Su Xingyu looks at this prosperous scene, with a slight sadness in his heart.
No one in the family remembers her 18th birthday, let alone the initiation ceremony. Otherwise, she would not sneak out on that day and want to celebrate herself, but it happened.
The nightmare in the eyes and did not expect to emerge, cold, cruel, let her shudder.
Su Xingyu shakes his head, shakes away these unpleasant memories and walks into the banquet hall.