The bad value system is measuring values.

Chapter 193 Darkness

Qiao Xiao walked ahead, showing no intention of letting Lu Zi lead the way.

The two walked one after the other, and gradually their paces began to diverge. Lu Zi's steps slowed down, and then she slowly came to a stop.

"Don't go too far, let's stop here," Lu Zi's voice came.

Qiao Xiao turned her head at the sound and looked at Lu Zi. Her face still had that indifferent expression.

Lu Zi: "You seem really afraid of people finding out that you were adopted."

Qiao Xiao frowned slightly, a hint of speechlessness in her expression, and asked in return, "Is there any reason for this?"

Seeing this, Lu Zi sneered and continued, "Stop making excuses. People like you just like to pretend and use this method to cover up your deep-seated inferiority complex."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiao smiled sarcastically and replied, "Yes, someone as insecure as me actually had to be blackmailed by you, Miss Lu, to achieve your goal. You're really something."

Lu Zi's face instantly turned ugly. She glared at Qiao Xiao with wide eyes and said sharply, "Qiao Xiao! I'm warning you, don't get too cocky! Zhong Huanli will fall for me sooner or later. He will never look at someone like you who came in halfway through!"

Qiao Xiao clapped her hands in approval, "As expected of the young lady, even her cursing is so poetic. Her upbringing is truly excellent, she's extraordinary."

Lu Zi: "Are you mocking me?"

Qiao Xiao: "You're being too sensitive. I didn't say anything to you."

Lu Zi: "Qiao Xiao, I really want to tear your mouth apart."

Qiao Xiao: "Why are you so sure I have a crush on him? He's my brother."

Lu Zi: "Then why didn't you help me pursue him?! Don't try to deny it! What I found out is much more credible than what you're saying."

As soon as she finished speaking, several tall girls walked out from the corner, surrounding Qiao Xiao like a black circle.

Those people seemed to have all appeared from the same place, which greatly surprised me. I was the one who led the way, so why did we end up in Lu Zi's trap?

Perhaps they've been secretly following us from the very beginning.

I tried to push aside a relatively short woman, hoping to break through their encirclement, but these people were like an impenetrable wall, closing in on me step by step, gradually compressing my living space.

They blindfolded me and then dragged me to a place.

I am truly a useless piece of trash who can't fight back.

It was an abandoned classroom, filled with broken desks and chairs, and the floor was covered with a thick layer of dust, a scene of utter desolation.

They roughly ripped off the blindfold covering my eyes, and the first thing I saw was Lu Zi. She stood in front of me with a mocking smile on her face.

Lu Zi said coldly, "We're all human, why pretend like that?"

"You already have a great life, yet you come here to destroy others'..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zi grabbed my hair without hesitation, her once slightly immature eyes now filled with unusual ruthlessness.

Why? Why do all the people around me treat me like this?!

Lu Zi's screams echoed in the air, and her hair seemed particularly easy to pull.

But I felt no pain at all.

Does it hurt? Maybe it does, but I'm used to it now. After all, my own father has pulled my hair like that countless times.

Lu Zi suddenly knelt down on the ground.

Upon seeing this, the women who had been standing nearby immediately pounced on me like hungry tigers, holding me back tightly.

"Slap! Slap!" Several loud slaps landed heavily on my face, and the burning pain instantly struck, especially in the areas where I was already injured, where it felt like being burned by fire.

I didn't make a sound.

I hate my own incompetence, my inability to save myself, and my ability to wait for others to redeem me like a useless piece of trash.

No, I absolutely refuse to become such a piece of trash!

“I will kill you, Lu Zi.”

Her body trembled slightly, as if startled by my gaze, and she froze on the spot, not moving for a long time.

“Miss Lu…” the woman beside her whispered, seemingly worried about her condition.

After a while, Lu Zi finally came to her senses as if waking from a dream. Her gaze slowly fell on the medicine bottle in her hand, and she handed it to one of the women, saying, "You two do it."

"Lu Zi, stop hiding from me!" I roared furiously, my voice echoing in the empty room, filled with endless resentment and despair. "You just wanted to watch me suffer, didn't you? What, are you scared now?"

I screamed with all my might, and the sound was like that of a completely irrational madman.

As I finished speaking, a whole bottle of highly corrosive agent poured onto my face like a burst dam. Instantly, an indescribable pain swept over me, as if it were about to tear my skin apart.

The stinging pain went deep into my bones, every nerve was being burned intensely, and I could even feel my skin being corroded and melted little by little.

Is my face completely ruined? Is it just a black hole left?

My vision suddenly blurred, and I could only see the scene on one side, while the other side was completely dark.

This sudden change left me at a loss. I desperately tried to open my eyes and see everything around me, but the intense pain made it impossible for me to concentrate.

The women who had been standing to the side turned pale with fright at the horrific scene. They screamed and scattered as if I were a terrifying monster.

Even Lu Zi was stunned by the fright. She sat there blankly, completely forgetting to run away.

I collapsed to the ground, but I was not resigned to it!

"Don't go!"

Lu Zi kicked my hand away in a panic and fled like a startled centipede.

Run away, run away, run to the ends of the earth, but I will not let you go!