The Chef Rules the Last Days
Chapter 220 - 218: I’m Sweet

Chapter 220: Chapter 218: I’m Sweet

A very faint sound of a whip entered her ears, Su Mo stopped in her tracks, her senses had become greatly enhanced after further evolution; even deep underground she could hear everything clearly.

She wanted to pretend she hadn’t heard it, but the cries of the woman grew more desperate with each sound.

Su Mo furrowed her brows; in this place, torturing people seemed to be something only Lu Jin did.

She suppressed her thoughts and quickened her steps, but someone stopped her at the door.

It was Chang Sheng.

"Miss Su, without orders from Commander Lu or Lu Jin, you are not allowed to leave yet."

He had become very polite and respectful, but the line of superpower users standing behind him made Su Mo’s face fall.

Forcing her way through would make too much noise; that wouldn’t work either.

Su Mo turned on her heels and walked towards the source of the sound, a hidden door.

The sound of whips striking skin was crystal clear, the door was slightly open and not locked.

"Su Mo"

"Su Mo"

"Su Mo"

Each lash was accompanied by a man’s deep call.

Su Mo’s brows knitted tightly, thinking this man was indeed irreparably sick; she easily pushed open the door.

The light inside was dim and damp, but it didn’t hinder Su Mo’s view of the blood trailing into the grooves on the floor; she walked inside and finally stopped behind him.

A tall figure was facing away from her, opposite on the wall hung a woman with not a single spot of unmarred skin, ropes digging into her wrists suspending her high off the ground.

The air was thick with the pure scent of human blood.

Even after having seen countless monsters, Su Mo still felt some discomfort facing a live person being tortured like this; her tone was harsh, "Lu Jin."

The whip sound stopped instantly, blood droplets falling bit by bit from the whip, the man turned around, "You’re awake."

His face also splattered with several droplets of blood, his eyes filled with unyielding ferocity.

Su Mo avoided his gaze and spoke coldly, "Order your people to back off; I want to leave."

"Isn’t it good to stay here?" Lu Jin casually tossed the whip onto a nearby table and stepped towards her.

The intimidating aura of his being made Su Mo back away a few steps, "Don’t come so close to me."

"Why? What Lu Chen can afford, I can, too!" Lu Jin pressed closer, the violence in his eyes intensifying.

Su Mo found herself backed against the wall where the woman was tied up; she pulled out the Tang Blade, her eyes wary, "Lu Jin, your childhood with me was just an accident, you know that."

If it weren’t for the flagellated algae, she wouldn’t have intersected with him.

"An accident?" The man punched the wall behind her, his dark eyes bloodshot; he leaned close to her ear with a voice both low and manic, "Why are you, every time able to say it so casually?"

Su Mo frowned and said nothing.

The two had a standoff for a while, then Lu Jin loosened his grip and stepped back a few paces, his expression unreadable, "I really regret."

"What?"

The man glanced at her and masked the light in his eyes; his tall figure disappeared at the doorway of the dark room.

Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief, she didn’t want to dwell on his words, just as she was about to step out, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by someone next to her.

She was startled and turned her head, the face before her, crossed with a large ’X’, skin split open revealing flesh underneath, was stunningly horrible.

"You?..."

She felt inexplicably that this person looked familiar.

"Water"

The woman’s voice was hoarse and unpleasant, half of her cracked lips had been whipped raw.

Su Mo eventually fetched some water to give her to drink.

A bottle of water, she gulped down most of it in one breath, and a lot trickled down her neck onto her body, the freshly whipped skin stung by the water made Bai Ling’s consciousness clear up a bit.

Yes, she was still alive.

People came to deliver meals twice a week, which allowed her to survive till now.

"Save me," she pleaded softly.

Although Su Mo felt pity for the woman, she was uncertain about her relationship with Lu Jin and did not want to be involved with that man, lest bringing the woman might lead people to come knocking on her door for trouble.

After pondering for a while, she finally replied, "Sorry."

She placed the water bottle on the ground and turned to leave.

Bai Ling struggled to raise her head, her raspy voice becoming somewhat shrill, "Su Mo! Why won’t you save me! It’s all because of you! All because of you!"

"What are you saying?" Su Mo turned around, her expression darkening.

Bai Ling’s hands were hung high, but her body kept lurching forward trying to reach her, "You don’t recognize me anymore? All this suffering is because of you!"

Su Mo walked back, she grabbed her face full of scars, and finally overlapped it with the blurry face in her memory, she said uncertainly, "Bai Ling?"

"Hard to believe you still recognize me," Bai Ling’s expression was somewhat manic, her bloodshot eyes glaring fiercely at Su Mo, "All the injuries on my body! Because of you! You have to save me! You must save me!"

Su Mo stepped back a few steps, slightly raising her eyebrows, "Isn’t it your own fault? You dared to touch him without understanding who he was?"

That day at the pharmacy door, she remembered that it was this person who had initiated the contact, not realizing she had just crawled out of a boar’s mouth only to fall into a tiger’s den.

"If I hadn’t been ruined by that woman, would I be this desperate! Do you know, every injury on my body bears your name!" Bai Ling broke down crying, she had not seen what light looked like for a long time.

Su Mo did not deny, it all started because of the advice she had given to Rong Bai, she looked straight at Bai Ling, her eyes devoid of pity: "You shouldn’t have killed Rong Bai’s soldiers, the fault lies with you. As for getting involved with Lu Jin, that was purely your stupidity."

Not wanting to listen to her cries anymore, she slammed the secret door shut and walked away.

In the room on the second floor, by the huge floor-to-ceiling window, a tall silhouette stood behind the window, "staring at her."

"Yes."

The room fell silent, Lu Jin took off his shoes and socks, and slipped into the only indentation on the flat bed.

Having left the manor, the sky had gradually darkened, and Su Mo’s mind was also somewhat in disarray.

She did not doubt for a second, Lu Jin’s habit of hitting people was somewhat related to her.

But she couldn’t figure out, she had just spontaneously saved a life, how had things bizarrely progressed to this stage today.

Setting aside the irritations in her mind, she activated her superpower, her figure darting out so fast her afterimage was almost invisible.

Level 4 superpower, doubled in speed compared to before.

Standing in front of the long-missed villa, her heart pounded vigorously.

Although it was a lengthy drive, she had made it in just a few minutes.

But nobody came out to greet her, even the entrance was guarded by a few soldiers.

Seeing her standing idly at the door, the two gatekeepers exchanged glances, one of them approached with a gun and asked, "Miss, are you here to visit Admiral Lu?"

Su Mo nodded blankly, "Yes."

Another soldier held an electronic device, confirmed something, then approached, "Admiral Lu has no scheduled visits today, sorry, you cannot enter."