My transformation into a beautiful girl started with a hemorrhage.

Finally, the surgery lasted for nearly a year and was fortunately successful.

And Li Qingshun was discharged from the hospital in the past month.

now,

Chie Maeda has been dating for a year.

In this year,

Except for a few days each month when she has her period and doesn't have to take clients, she is forced to take clients all other times, sometimes even two or more clients a day.

She once thought she could do anything for Riki Shun.

However, after a year, she realized that she had overestimated herself. Now she is exhausted, both physically and mentally, and lately she often can't help but wonder if she was worth it.

However, when she saw Li Qingshun, who had been discharged from the hospital, and when she saw Li Qingshun getting better day by day, she comforted herself and said: It was all worth it.

However, she couldn't stand sleeping with strange, disgusting men every day anymore; she didn't want to continue like this.

But this was of no use.

She dared not defy the organization. Although she did not know the name of the organization, when she occasionally followed its arrangements to serve some important figures she could only see on television, she knew that the power of this unknown organization was beyond her control.

Especially when she witnessed a girl like herself, who had been working for the organization as a prostitute because of debt, being caught and had her organs harvested while she was still alive because she tried to escape, and having her body dissolved in concentrated hydrochloric acid until nothing was left, she became even more afraid to resist.

Originally, she thought her only way out was to work until she was 23 and then "retire successfully".

Until she accidentally obtained evidence of Kouta's murder, her mind began to stir...

At this moment, inside the room.

Rikiyoshi excitedly told Maeda Chie, "I can eat by myself today. I will definitely get completely better and pick up my paintbrush again."

Maeda Chie's face lit up with joy: "Really?"

"Yes, it's true. But~" Li Qingshun's face immediately showed sadness as he said this.

"But what?" Maeda Chie asked with concern.

"However, a full recovery will require specialized rehabilitation surgery, which will cost a lot of money..." Li Qingshun suddenly felt frustrated.

"Shun, don't worry about the money, I'll figure something out."

Rikiyoshi looked at Maeda Chie with delight: "Really?"

"Leave it to me."

"Chie, you're so good to me!"

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Chapter 272 Hunger

The next day.

Six o'clock in the morning.

The rain that had been falling all day had stopped, but the sky was still shrouded in mist at dawn, the whole city enveloped in white smoke, and the sunrise was nowhere to be seen on the distant horizon, which was shrouded in a gray haze.

Geng Tai's family.

Kouta, who was fast asleep, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up abruptly in bed.

Because... I was too hungry.

"I'm so hungry!" Kouta murmured. "Could it be from yesterday..."

At this moment, Kouta remembered what he and Kei had done in his room the day before.

"Huh? What's that smell? It's awful."

Just then, Kouta suddenly smelled a sour, foul odor on himself.

"It seems to be coming from my own body?"

Kouta rolled out of bed, stood in the room, and took off the shirt he had worn to bed, revealing his strong upper body. Although he didn't have abs, his muscles were well-defined, without an ounce of fat, and his muscles were firm, strong, and powerful, exuding masculinity.

However, upon closer inspection, Geng Tai discovered that his body was covered with a layer of flesh-colored grime, resembling sweat, oil, and secretions from skin metabolism. At the same time, his entire body felt sticky.

"What is this thing? Is it because I haven't showered?"

Kouta couldn't take it anymore, so he went downstairs to take a shower. He scrubbed his entire body with a bath sponge several times and rinsed himself repeatedly with water. Instantly, Kouta felt refreshed and invigorated, as if he could feel his entire body breathing freely.

'Is it just my imagination? I feel like I've gotten whiter, and my body feels so light.'

At this moment, Kouta felt that he could run a kilometer without blushing or panting, but the hunger that came over his stomach again attracted all of Kouta's attention.

"No, I need to find something to eat, I'm starving!"

Kouta dried himself off, got dressed, and started looking for food at home.

However, he also knew that his family was not well-off and had always been frugal and simple, with little to eat except for three meals a day.

But suddenly, Kouta remembered that Kei seemed to bring Asuka food every day, mostly sweet and cloying pastries.

And Asuka happens to like it very much.

So much so that now Asuka's favorite thing to do every day is to wait at home for her sister Kei to ring her doorbell.

Asuka shared some with him, but he refused because he didn't want anything so sweet.

"Hui delivers so much food every day, Asuka probably hasn't finished it all."

Just in case, Kouta opened the refrigerator in his house.

And it turns out... there really is one.

"This is... a red velvet cake, isn't it?"

There was a semi-circular red velvet cake left in the refrigerator. Unlike the other cakes which were white, the red velvet cake was red and had three layers, each separated by white cream. On the top layer of the cake, there were plump strawberries.

Kouta recognized the cake because the shop where he worked sold this kind of pastry, but he remembered that this kind of cake was not cheap.

However, Kouta, whose mind was consumed by hunger, didn't care about anything else: "Fine, I'll eat now and buy Asuka one later as compensation."

Having made up his mind, Kouta quickly took out the cake and began to eat it.

To his surprise, this bite took Kouta by surprise.

The main reason he dislikes these kinds of pastries that girls love is because they use sweeteners, making them cloyingly sweet.

However, when Kouta took a bite, he was surprised. The red cake was very soft, tender, and fragrant. The cream, which looked very sweet, was only slightly sweet and not cloying at all. It melted in his mouth, warm and refreshing.

"Is red velvet cake really that delicious?" Kouta found it hard to believe the taste of the cake in his hand.

He had tried some red velvet cakes at the store, but compared to the one in his hand, the difference was like that between a pig and a human.

Before he knew it, most of the red velvet cake was gone, and Kouta's hunger finally subsided.

"Ah, I'm so full! This is what it feels like to be full!"

Kouta sighed, but then he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Turning around, he saw Asuka staring at him in astonishment, or rather, at the empty cake in front of him.

For a moment, the scene froze.

a long time,

Asuka, feeling wronged and angry, stepped forward and punched Kouta repeatedly with her little pink fists: "Onii-chan, you big bad guy, you big bad guy! I was planning to save it to eat slowly, but you ate it all, leaving me not a single bite! You bad guy, you big bad guy..."

Kouta repeatedly comforted Asuka: "Asuka, Onii-chan was wrong. But listen to me, Onii-chan is too hungry, Onii-chan will definitely make it up to you, Onii-chan will buy you an even bigger one tonight."

Hearing something louder, Asuka was tempted and stopped what she was doing.

"Really, even bigger?"

"Yeah, would Onii-chan lie to you?"

“Then, I want to buy from this cake shop,” Asuka said, pointing to the logo on the cake box—[Jean Moulin].

“No problem,” Kouta said confidently.

Kouta and Asuka had no idea what "Jean Moulin" meant, assuming the shop's cakes were simply delicious. It wasn't until Kouta visited the "Jean Moulin" shop that afternoon that he regretted his promise from that morning.

At last,

Kouta said, "By the way, Asuka, you told Kei not to bring food every day. It's impolite to keep bothering people like this."

Asuka looked reluctant upon hearing this, as she really loved these sweet pastries. She retorted confidently, "Sister Hui isn't an outsider, so what's the big deal?"

"Uh..."

Kouta didn't know how to answer for a moment.

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in the afternoon.

Kouta returned to work at the Patisserie Tendresse shop.

Although he had wanted to resign for a long time, only two days had passed since the incident with Jeff Yamamura, and this was not a good time to resign.

Meanwhile, after two days of this situation, the store manager also had a bad feeling about Jeff Yamamura's two-day absence.

He tried calling Jeff from the mountain village several times, but couldn't get through.

When they dialed the phone number that Jeff Yamamura had left at the store, they discovered that the number was not in service.

In the end, the store manager decided against calling the police, because if it turned out to be a misunderstanding, it would be a loss.

After all, a store's reputation is affected if the police come.

Furthermore, even if something happened to Jeff Yamamura, shouldn't his family be the ones most concerned about him?

What business is it of his, an outsider?

The store manager felt he had fulfilled his responsibilities.

Chapter 273 Police

In the shop.

Chie Maeda watched this scene silently, waiting for things to escalate.