Chapter 229 - 222: The Helpless Queen Gao Lan

Chapter 229: Chapter 222: The Helpless Queen Gao Lan

Gao Lan had been in the Yunxuan Villa District for over two months.

She had thought things would go on like this indefinitely, never expecting that someone would suddenly come to save her!

And the people who had traveled a great distance to rescue her were men she recognized—subordinates of her older brother, Gao Qiang.

That’s right! She wasn’t an orphan!

She had two older brothers!

But they were her only family—just her two older brothers.

As for their parents, they had passed away long ago.

Her older brother had raised her.

So, it wasn’t entirely wrong to call her an orphan.

However, the reason she had told Zhao Lina otherwise was because of her brothers’ shady business dealings.

Before the apocalypse, in a society governed by law, their dealings were all in a gray area!

So, to prevent her from being targeted by their enemies, her older brother had her conceal their relationship from the public.

It was all to protect her!

That was why Zhao Lina only knew her as an orphan.

In fact, it wasn’t just her; very few people knew the truth.

But now, that connection had been discovered.

She was imprisoned here not just because the apocalypse had begun and the rule of law had collapsed...

...but also because the men who had come to rescue her two days prior had all died protecting her.

This just went to show how formidable her captors were.

Although she didn’t understand why the people from Celestial Wolf Base had captured her...

...she suspected it had something to do with her two brothers.

Most importantly, she had no idea what had happened to her brothers.

She hadn’t seen them for a long time, especially since the start of the apocalypse.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, are you two okay?"

"I miss you..."

Just as Gao Lan was whispering to herself, the door to her room was pushed open.

Celestial Wolf, the leader of the Celestial Wolf Base, walked in with two of his men.

At the sight of the three men, Gao Lan’s body went rigid.

Her expression became fraught with tension.

She instinctively snatched the fruit knife from the table.

This was the knife she had secretly hidden in her clothes...

It was small, but very sharp!

She had sharpened it herself!

After so many days in the apocalypse, she had learned firsthand how terrifying and treacherous it could be.

She had awakened a Healing Superpower, which only had restorative effects and no offensive capabilities whatsoever.

She could only rely on such methods to protect herself.

It had to be said, the composed Gao Lan was quite clever.

And these three men who had just entered were the very ones who had captured her.

They showed no fear at her actions.

Instead, their eyes roved wantonly over Gao Lan’s figure, filled with undisguised lust.

They even licked their lips instinctively.

"Damn, what a stunning woman!"

The sight was utterly sickening to Gao Lan.

It made her nauseous.

"D-don’t come any closer..."

Terrified, Gao Lan aimed the fruit knife in her hand at the three men from Celestial Wolf Base.

But a mere fruit knife was completely useless against the three of them.

It only earned her their derision.

"Hahaha!"

"Miss Gao, you don’t really think a little fruit knife can stop us, do you?"

"You’re far too naive."

"Seeing you like this reminds me of that college girl we took turns with yesterday until she died."

"I remember, right before she died, she did something just as foolish as this... Hahaha..."

The unrestrained laughter of the three men echoed throughout the room.

Gao Lan was clearly even more terrified than before, and she instinctively backed into a corner.

"Y-you’re monsters!"

The leader, Celestial Wolf, was unfazed, a wicked smile playing on his lips.

"Monsters? In an age like the apocalypse, is killing some teenage girl after we’ve had our fun even considered monstrous?"

"If the timing wasn’t bad, the three of us would love to get a taste of the esteemed Miss Gao of the Gao Family! Hahaha!"

Gao Lan’s face flushed with humiliated rage.

Never in her life had she been treated like this!

She tightened her grip on the fruit knife, holding it at the ready.

Her posture made it clear that if the three men made a single move, even if she couldn’t defend herself...

...she wouldn’t let them have their way.

Seemingly reading her mind, Celestial Wolf’s savage grin faded.

"Miss Gao, we’re here to inform you of something."

"We’ll be sending you back tomorrow."

"So you’d better get a good night’s rest."

"Otherwise, if your two brothers see you’re injured and refuse to trade their supplies for you..."

"...then we can’t be held responsible for what happens!"

Upon hearing this, the composed Gao Lan instantly understood.

’So they really did capture me to use as leverage against my brothers.’

Although, she had no idea how many supplies her brothers had amassed to make these people go to such lengths.

"You don’t need to be afraid. You’ll be safe for tonight, at least."

"You’d better pray your brothers are cooperative."

"Otherwise, if something were to happen... who knows what it might be... Hahaha!!!"

As he spoke, the three men never took their eyes off Gao Lan.

After all, a woman of her caliber was a league above anyone they’d ever had their way with.

If it weren’t for someone in the South District specifically requesting this woman by name and offering a generous reward in supplies, an offer they simply couldn’t refuse...

...they absolutely would have had their way with her tonight, all three of them.

Hearing this, Gao Lan bit her lip and remained silent.

She was already worrying about her brothers’ predicament.

However, in the moment her attention was divided, Celestial Wolf suddenly shot a meaningful glance.

A subordinate behind him, one who had awakened a Superpower, immediately understood and sprang into action.

He moved so quickly that Gao Lan had no time to react.

The fruit knife was snatched from her hand!

"AHHH!!!"

"Stay away!!!"

Ignoring Gao Lan’s screams, Celestial Wolf toyed with the fruit knife.

A disdainful smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"We took the knife to prevent Miss Gao from getting any foolish ideas, like suicide!"

"We’re just looking out for your safety, Miss Gao."

"Alright, we’ve said our piece!"

"Get some rest, Miss Gao!"

"Oh, right. And don’t even think about escaping."

"Because you can scream your lungs out, and no one will come to save you! Hahaha!!!"

It seemed the three men had come in just to say all this.

So as soon as they were done, they left.

The door slammed shut, leaving Gao Lan’s lonely, helpless figure behind.

Just before the door closed, however, Gao Lan faintly overheard the three men talking.

"Boss, that woman is gorgeous!"

"Just looking at her gets me all fired up!"

"I gotta find some woman to blow off some steam! Dammit!"

"I hope Gao Qiang knows what’s good for him tomorrow. Otherwise... don’t blame us for getting rough with his sister! Hmph!"

The sound of their savage cackling made Gao Lan’s body tremble.

Two streams of tears slowly traced their way down her cheeks...

At this moment, this cool and collected ’man-slayer’ looked so utterly pitiful.

Outside the window, which was reinforced with tempered glass, the moonlight was as bright and clear as ever.

But it could do nothing to illuminate the gloom that had settled in her heart...

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