Border Prisoner: The Mad Boss Seduces Her Every Night

Clearly, Shi Luyu had no room for hesitation at this moment.

She abruptly turned her head to dodge, flicking her wrist to sweep the edge of the quick-release plate towards the woman's eye. The woman screamed in agony, dropping the metal plate to the ground. Taking advantage of the moment, Shi Luyu stepped forward, following the angle Xu Yuanjia had taught her, kneeing the woman in the abdomen, then twisting her hands behind her back and throwing her to the ground.

The woman, a pampered lady, was weak, frightened, and disorganized. After several attempts to fight back exhausted her strength, she quickly became unable to get up and could only lie on the ground, emitting broken sobs.

Shi Luyu stood there, her chest heaving violently, her hands still trembling.

She won.

But she felt no sense of victory whatsoever.

She lowered her head heavily, looking at the woman lying on the ground. She saw the pale profile peeking out from the woman's disheveled hair, and saw her still murmuring "Yu Tang." Her heart clenched painfully.

That's terrible, I still can't do it.

Even knowing that the woman had genuinely intended to kill her, she still couldn't bring herself to push the woman into the other half of the cage to save her own life.

"I won't throw you over there," Shi Luyu said, her voice hoarse. "Forget it."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a chillingly loud noise came from behind him.

"boom--!"

Black Panther finally broke through the partition.

The twisted iron gate was flung open by the beast's claws, and a heavy beast slowly emerged from the darkness. Its golden eyes locked onto the two living people inside the cage, and a low growl rolled from its throat, carrying a hot, pungent stench.

Shi Luyu felt ice-cold all over, on the verge of despair, and the thought of giving up crossed her mind.

So she slowly retreated to a corner, her nails digging into her arms.

The sound of wild animal footsteps grew closer.

The iron plate scraped against her claws with a dull thud, and their breath was almost touching her ear. She didn't look up; she could only feel the massive shadow looming over her, like death itself.

Just as the black panther was closing in, a frivolous whistle suddenly rang out from outside the cage.

Short and clear.

Black Panther paused.

As if it understood some kind of command, it slowly turned its head, its golden beastly eyes sweeping over Shi Luyu before finally landing on the woman lying on the ground.

Shi Luyu froze, "No..."

Her voice was so soft it was almost broken.

The black panther growled softly, grabbed the woman's clothes and shoulders, and dragged her into the darkness.

The woman let out a heart-wrenching scream, her fingers gripping the metal plate frantically, her nails scraping against it with a piercing sound.

"Help me—help me!!!"

The screams were quickly carried away into the distance.

Then, darkness swallowed everything.

Inside the cage, only the low growls of wild beasts and Shi Luyu's trembling breaths remained.

She was terrified; her pupils trembled, and her face was completely bloodless.

The iron gate was then opened.

Master Jia stepped into the cage, the hem of his black robe sweeping across the ground as he walked unhurriedly. The guards around him stood outside the cage, none daring to follow him in.

It was as if wild beasts were nothing more than easily tamed shadows at his feet.

The man stopped in front of Shi Luyu, calmly lowering his gaze to look down at her.

"So scared?"

Shi Luyu hugged her knees, remaining silent. She could hear her own heartbeat and her teeth chattering slightly.

Jia squatted down, his eyes behind the Black Hawk mask filled with interest. "I heard that this woman's daughter often bullies and humiliates you at school."

His tone was casual, tinged with a condescending sneer, "She's dead, shouldn't you be happy?"

Shi Luyu suddenly looked up.

It turns out that the middle-aged woman with disheveled hair was Chen Yutang's mother.

No wonder Chen Yutang cried and begged those people to leave her mother alone backstage at the party. No wonder she went crazy like that, kneeling at her own feet without any dignity.

It seemed that Jia Ye didn't need her answer.

He stood up, looked down at her, and said in a cold, emotionless voice, "You know how to fight back, so it seems you're not that stupid after all."

"That's how people are; they won't learn how to survive unless they're pushed to the brink."

He paused, his fingertips casually brushing the edge of the mask, his tone growing colder.

"However, being foolish and soft-hearted will become the root of your misfortune."

Shi Luyu lowered her head, her shoulders trembling.

Looking at her like this, Jia Ye seemed to find it both boring and extremely interesting.

"You should thank me," he said slowly. "I've taught you something: on my turf, kindness won't save you."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Luyu suddenly found strength from somewhere.

She suddenly stood up and, before anyone could react, slapped him hard.

“Pah!”

With a crisp sound, the black eagle mask was knocked askew on one side.

Shi Luyu stood before him, still trembling, her fingertips so cold she could barely curl up, yet her back remained ramrod straight. Though she was deathly pale with fear, her breath caught in her throat, she refused to back down another step. Like a small animal cornered at the edge of a cliff, wounded and battered, she still raised her head, determined to carve out a path to survival from the clutches of fate.

Her eyes were red, tears rolled down her cheeks, and her voice was broken yet unusually clear:

"Meeting someone as heartless as you..."

"That's the root of my misfortune!"