The CEO is domineering, the devil Boss is addicted to pampering

Chapter 1366 Yun Rui's sincerity: inhumane

Just as she was gazing out the window at the morning light, her phone suddenly rang. The name "Song Yuanzhe" flashed across the screen. She took a deep breath, rubbed her swollen temples, and tried to calm her voice before answering. "Hello, good morning."

"Good morning?" Song Yuanzhe's tone on the other end of the phone was clearly puzzled. "Why is your voice so hoarse? Did you not get enough rest? It even sounds a bit trembling. What happened?"

Su Xingya's fingers gripping the phone tightened slightly. She didn't expect that her forced composure would be shattered by his words.

She leaned against the cold windowsill, her voice softening unconsciously, with a hint of grievance that she herself didn't even notice: "It's indeed a bit tricky."

The iron bars of the London Detention Center cut the morning light into dazzling fragments, and from five in the morning, it shone directly on Gu Yunqian's eyelids.

He curled up in the corner of the hard bed, covered only with a thin, musty gray blanket. With every breath he took, he could smell the pungent smell of sweat and disinfectant in the air.

This was already the twenty-third day of his detention, and the tenth day in a row that the sun had prevented him from closing his eyes properly. There were no curtains on the windows of the detention center, and the early morning light was like a poisoned needle, piercing people so that they couldn't fall asleep at all. They could only watch helplessly as the light of the sky turned from gray to golden, and then climbed up the wall little by little.

"Brother..." Gu Yunxi's weak voice came from the bed next to him, with a strong nasal tone, "I feel dizzy and my body hurts..."

Gu Yunqian turned sideways with difficulty and looked at his sister. In just twenty days, the Gu Yunxi who used to be bright-eyed and high-spirited in the lab wearing a white coat, now seemed like a completely different person.

Her cheeks were deeply sunken, and the prison uniform that once fitted her was now hanging loosely on her body, revealing wrists that were so thin that they seemed as if they would break if bent.

His hair was tangled and stained with unknown dirt. The dark circles under his eyes looked as if they were painted with ink. His lips were dry and chapped, and there was a slight tremor when he spoke.

"Just bear with it a little longer," Gu Yunqian's voice was so hoarse that it was almost inaudible, and his throat was so dry that it seemed to be smoking. "Your sister-in-law will definitely find a way to get us out."

Having said that, he himself could feel his body's weakness - in just a few days, he and his sister had lost nearly 30 kilograms. Every time they stood up, they had to hold on to the wall, otherwise they would feel dizzy and their legs would be too weak to stand.

Yesterday, during his exercise, he was accidentally shoved by other prisoners and his knee hit the concrete floor, scraping a large piece of skin. The wound had not been treated and was now red, swollen and festering. Every movement was accompanied by excruciating pain.

Gu Yunxi's situation was even worse. She already had hypoglycemia, and the meals in the detention center could not provide her with enough nutrition. Every morning she had half a bowl of oatmeal porridge so thin that you could see your reflection in it. At noon and in the evening she had moldy bread with foraged vegetables, and sometimes there was even rotten minced meat, which gave off a disgusting sour smell.

"I don't want to eat that meal..." Gu Yunxi's voice was filled with tears, "There were mold spots on the bread yesterday, and my stomach has been aching since I ate it..."

Gu Yunqian felt a sharp pain in his heart. He wanted to give his sister some water, but found that the water cup on the bedside table was already empty. The detention center only provided water twice a day, and only half a cup each time, which was not enough.

The symptoms of dehydration became more and more serious. His lips were so dry and cracked that they were bleeding, and his fingers were wrinkled like old tree bark due to lack of water.

"Be good, eat a little, otherwise your body won't be able to take it." Gu Yunqian forced himself to sit up and wanted to comfort his sister, but as soon as he stood up, his vision went black and he fell heavily back onto the bed.

He was gasping for breath, his chest ached, and the scene before his eyes became blurry.

At this moment, the small window on the iron door was opened, and the rude voice of the prison guard came in: "It's time for dinner! Come and get it quickly!"

Gu Yunxi shuddered with fear, subconsciously shrinking closer to Gu Yunqian. Gu Yunqian, holding onto the wall, trudged to the door, taking the two black plastic boxes the guards handed him. The food inside was the same as always—stale bread with a few specks of green mold, a few stalks of yellowed lettuce, and a small piece of rancid minced meat.

He walked back to the bed with the lunch box and handed the slightly better piece of bread to Gu Yunxi: "You eat this, and I'll eat that."

Gu Yunxi shook his head and pushed the bread back: "Brother, you eat it, I'm not hungry..."

"You must eat!" Gu Yunqian's tone was unquestionable and firm. "If you fall, how can I face my parents? Your sister-in-law will be sad too!"

Gu Yunxi looked at his brother's bloodshot eyes, finally took the bread and began to nibble on it.

The musty smell of bread filled her mouth. She fought back her nausea and swallowed it, only to feel a surge of stomach pain. She clutched her stomach tightly, cold sweat breaking out on her forehead, her face pale as paper.

"What's wrong? Do you have a stomachache again?" Gu Yunqian hurriedly supported his sister. When his hand touched her forehead, the scorching temperature made his heart tighten - Gu Yunxi had a fever.

He immediately walked to the iron gate and banged on it: "Guard! Guard! My sister has a fever! She needs to see a doctor!"

After filming for a long time, a prison guard came over lazily and said impatiently through the small window: "What are you making such a fuss about! Having a fever is no big deal. It will pass if you bear with it! This is not a hospital, there is no doctor to see you!" After saying that, he turned and left, completely ignoring Gu Yunqian's shouts.

"These people..." Gu Yunqian was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he could do nothing. In this place, they had no human rights at all. They could only be like lambs to the slaughter, at the mercy of others.

Gu Yunxi leaned in Gu Yunqian's arms and said weakly: "Brother, I'm fine... just a little cold..." Her body kept shaking, and even covered with two blankets, she could not resist the coldness that penetrated deep into her bones.

Gu Yunqian hugged his sister tightly, trying to warm her with his body temperature. He looked at his sister's cracked lips and pale face, his heart filled with despair and anger.

He remembered that every time his sister fell ill at home, his parents would get extremely worried and would immediately invite the best doctor to come to their house to see her and cook the best soup to nourish her body.

But now, she had a high fever and severe stomachache, but she couldn't even drink a sip of hot water, and couldn't even see a doctor.

"It's all my fault," Gu Yunqian's voice was choked with sobs, "I failed to protect you and made you suffer so much..."

"I don't blame you, brother..." Gu Yunxi shook his head, tears sliding down his cheeks and dripping onto Gu Yunqian's clothes, "It was because we were too careless that we were framed..."

The brother and sister leaned against the wall, staring out the window in silence. The sunlight was still glaring, but it couldn't penetrate the darkness in their hearts.

The corridors of the detention center were filled with the sounds of quarrels among other prisoners and the scolding of prison guards, mixed with the smell of rotten food and disinfectant, creating a suffocating atmosphere.

Gu Yunqian's gaze fell on the wound on his knee. The wound had already festered and was oozing yellow pus, which was staining his pants and was both painful and itchy.

He remembered that when he was in the company, every time he was injured, Su Xingya would carefully disinfect and bandage him, and would also nag him for a long time with heartache.

But now, he could only let the wound worsen without even a piece of clean gauze.

"Brother, when do you think sister-in-law will come to rescue us?" Gu Yunxi's voice was filled with a hint of expectation and uncertainty.

Gu Yunqian held his sister's hand tightly and said firmly, "It will be soon. It will definitely be soon. Your sister-in-law is very smart. She will definitely find evidence to prove our innocence. Then we can get out and go home."

He said this, but his heart was full of worries.

He didn't know what the situation was like outside, whether Su Xingya had encountered any difficulties, or whether his parents were in good health.

He even began to doubt whether he could walk out of the detention center alive.