CHAPTER 242: CHAPTER 240: MR. JING INSTALLED A TRACKER ON YOUR PHONE AND SENT ME...

If at first Shi Su didn’t know what Shi Lingkang was scheming,

it became clear by the next day at noon, when she was released from the attic again without insisting on her eating, despite her not having had any food the night before, as she was tossed into the car by the two bodyguards.

She was tossed.

Because she truly hadn’t eaten or drunk for two days at the Shi Family, and indeed had no strength to resist.

But after being driven to a private room in a hotel in Jiang City, she roughly understood what her biological father intended to do.

Her refusal to eat or drink at the Shi Family wasn’t out of stubborn self-abuse, but because that family had no boundaries and she had learned from past experiences. She was unsure if the food and drink were clean, so of course she wouldn’t eat.

Now, weak and sitting in the private room, she saw the door open. A pot-bellied, bald-headed man, roughly in his fifties, with a face full of greasy shine, walked in. His eyes immediately fell on her, with such an obvious look of greed that seemed eager to claim her as his own instantly.

Although Shi Su had nothing in her stomach, she still felt nauseated.

No wonder Xv Yaru and Shi Yunyin didn’t resist too much when she was suddenly dragged back to the Shi Family—it turns out it was all pre-arranged in private.

But Xv Yaru bore some reservation against her; apart from seeing her once at the dinner table last night, she mostly avoided her afterwards.

Now Shi Su sat here, in the private room with only the two bodyguards and the hypocritical Shi Lingkang.

After the pot-bellied, bald-headed old man walked in, Shi Lingkang quickly stood up to greet him, grinning as he went up to shake hands and invited him to sit down without delay.

After a few words of conversation, Shi Su discerned that this pot-bellied, bald-headed old man was a vice-chairman from some financial association in the capital, wielding considerable financial resources and power. His wife had been seriously ill for years and had been in the hospital; he had many mistresses outside, and it was quite obvious he had a sexual proclivity for young girls, as his gaze upon entering had scarcely left Shi Su.

Even though Shi Su hadn’t changed her clothes or taken a bath, merely wiping her face and hands and looking quite disheveled and dusty, in the eyes of that man, she appeared pitiable and as a perfect little white flower to ravage.

"The suggestion Mr. Luo mentioned last time, I’ve indeed kept it in mind. Back then, I mentioned that besides Yunyin, I have another daughter. Judging by Mr. Luo’s eyes, you seem to be quite fond of our Shi Su as well," Shi Lingkang said while pouring a drink for that vice-chairman. "They are both my daughters, and I cherish them equally. I’m showing great sincerity here, Mr. Luo."

The vice-chairman picked up his glass with a smile, "I had never heard that the Shi Family had two daughters. Miss Yunyin is already a stunning beauty, and I didn’t expect your daughter here to be so pretty as well."

Before leaving, Shi Lingkang had threatened her with the room and box containing her mother’s relics, warning her that if she didn’t comply later and resisted on the spot, he could throw them into the sea despite the safe’s protection, preventing her from ever retrieving those items.

She thought it was to make her cooperate with something.

But he truly was using his daughter to the fullest. Disposing of her when unnecessary, not caring if she vanished far away, only to think of all means to bring her back when needed, just to replace Shi Yunyin, who had caught this vice-chairman’s eye, intending to "sell" her off.

Shi Lingkang had even instructed the servants to find the few childhood photos of her at home to prove she was indeed his daughter.

At this moment, he was showing these childhood photos to the vice-chairman, who seemed very pleased, nodding repeatedly. He even saw photos of Shi Su and Shi Yunyin taken together from when they were young, although there were only a few of them and those were long archived; it was a wonder they hadn’t been destroyed, and now they were being presented by Shi Lingkang like so much treasure.

All these years, Shi Su had wondered if there was a chance she wasn’t Shi Lingkang’s daughter? Or as long as she wasn’t treated this way by her biological father, if he wasn’t her father, could the hatred lurking in her heart lessen somewhat?

But just that, the blood tie, she couldn’t escape.

How could she be the daughter of such a beast? How could her mother have tragically died for this beast back then?

Shi Su held the water cup, having not drunk since entering.

She was very thirsty but didn’t dare drink.