Chapter 2: Tied to the Bed
Xiao Mumu’s consciousness drifted in a void, after an unknown amount of time, a bright light suddenly appeared before his eyes, and then the light grew larger and larger, illuminating the entire space.
Slowly, Xiao Mumu opened her eyes, she glanced at the somewhat unfamiliar ceiling, her mind still in a somewhat dazed state, not knowing what had happened.
After a good while, she finally remembered what had happened to her.
“Didn’t I fall ill and die? Why am I still alive? Also, where is this?” thinking in her heart, Xiao Mumu looked around at the surrounding scene with a face full of doubt,
On a not-so-large bed, Xiao Mumu’s four limbs were tied with coarse hemp ropes in a spread-eagle position to the four corners of the bed, beside the bed was a computer desk, and opposite was a wardrobe, clearly this was a bedroom, the curtains were drawn, making it somewhat dim, and through the window, the pitter-patter of rain could still be heard.
Xiao Mumu looked in terror at her bound limbs, constantly wriggling, wanting to break free but to no avail, her mouth was also stuffed full with something and wrapped with tape, only able to make humming and groaning sounds.
“Am I… kidnapped? I have no money, and no relatives, what’s the point of kidnapping me?” as she thought, a crystal clear teardrop rolled down from the corner of her eye.
“Huh, why am I crying?”
Just as she was feeling strange, the door to the room was pushed open from the outside, a dazzling bright light shot. in from outside, stinging Xiao Mumu’s eyes so she couldn’t quite open them, she instinctively wanted to raise her hand to shield her eyes, but her hands were tied.
“I didn’t expect you to still be alive after starving you for so many days.” a cold, emotionless voice came from the doorframe.
After Xiao Mumu adjusted to the bright light, she opened her eyes, and with difficulty, raised her head to look towards the doorway, only to see a young girl leaning against the doorframe, looking at her coldly.
The young girl, dressed in a black, smart tracksuit, was about one meter seventy tall, her ink-black, waterfall-like long hair was tied into a ponytail hanging behind her head, her exquisite face had no flaws, and her sharp, blade-like eyes were staring at Xiao Mumu tied to the bed.
Xiao Mumu didn’t even need to think to know that this person had tied her here, she wanted to ask this young girl why she had kidnapped her, but could only make somewhat cute “ah ah” sounds.
“? What’s wrong with my voice?” just as Xiao Mumu was wondering why her voice had become different, the ice-cold young girl lifted her foot and slowly walked towards her.
Watching the approaching young girl, Xiao Mumu’s body began to tremble, tears uncontrollably streamed down, Xiao Mumu didn’t know what was wrong with her body’s reactions, it was as if she instinctively felt afraid of this young girl.
It was like a mouse caught stealing food, turning around only to find a pair of glowing eyes in the darkness staring intently at it, then the eyes drew closer and closer, and it shockingly discovered it was a cat, instinctively starting to flee, but how could it possibly escape, just like the current Xiao Mumu.
“Wuwuwu......” [What are you going to do! Don’t come over!]
Just as Xiao Mumu was struggling continuously, she felt a sudden coldness on her neck, followed immediately by a slight stinging pain, her eyeballs shifted slightly downwards, and she saw the young girl holding a gleaming small knife in her left hand, pressed against her neck.
“Stop struggling, if I accidentally hit an artery, hmph hmph.” the young girl chuckled lightly, then said to Xiao Mumu.
“Since you dared to come here to steal food, you should have also prepared yourself for death, right.” the young girl brought her lips close to Xiao Mumu’s ear, the warmth of her breath blowing into her ear, making her cheeks flush slightly, the young girl deliberately spoke very slowly, slowly admiring the fearful expression on Xiao Mumu’s face.
Just like admiring an exquisite toy.
“Let me see where to start......” she said softly, and with a light flick of the small knife in the young girl's hand, a scratch about two centimeters long immediately appeared on Xiao Mumu’s arm, blood beads dripped from the wound, fortunately, only capillaries were broken.
Tied to the bed, Xiao Mumu let out a bloodcurdling scream, clearly it was just a light scratch, but she felt immense pain, tears gushing out like a torrent.
“Steal food? How could I steal......” she cried, while recalling what the young girl had said, suddenly, Xiao Mumu’s mind felt like it had exploded, with extreme pain, several fragmented images flashed through her mind, like a revolving lantern.
“Name also Xiao Mumu, female, parents deceased, left with some money, living alone in Wan He Residential Complex.”
“The torrential rain had been falling for a month, no food, Xiao Mumu, with no way out, struggled with her thoughts for a long time, and finally decided to go to someone else’s house to steal some food.”
“Walked all the way to the top floor without finding a suitable target, just as Xiao Mumu was about to leave, she inadvertently glimpsed that the door of room 3006 at the very end was ajar.”
“Xiao Mumu was very lucky, she found a lot of food in the room’s storage closet, gulped down a mouthful of mineral water, then eagerly tore open a loaf of bread and started eating, unfortunately, before she could finish, she was discovered by the owner of the room who had returned from outside.”
“After being knocked unconscious, she was trapped in the bedroom, starved for several days in a row, tried to beg for mercy but her mouth was gagged.”
“Last night, coupled with the fact that her body was already ill, Xiao Mumu finally couldn’t hold on anymore and died, the young girl, however, never stepped out to the bedroom to look at her.”
After recalling everything, Xiao Mumu quickly understood that she had transmigrated into the body of someone also named Xiao Mumu, but who was female.
Looking at the black-clothed young girl holding the knife, Xiao Mumu, after finishing her recollections, became even more afraid, her body trembling more violently.
The black-clothed young girl watched with amusement, reached out her right hand and tore off the black tape tightly wrapped around Xiao Mumu’s mouth, then took out the wad of paper that had been completely stuffed into her mouth, pressing against her tongue, the soggy paper wad still had wisps of saliva hanging from it.
The young girl casually tossed the paper wad into the trash can, and just like that, looked at Xiao Mumu while holding the small knife.
Xiao Mumu, feeling the foreign object in her mouth gone and able to speak again, looked at the young girl in fear, and finally mustered the courage to speak: “S...Sorry...I will never, never dare to steal your food again...Can you let me go this time...I beg you...”
If her body wasn’t tied up, she would have knelt down and kowtowed.
Xiao Mumu finished speaking this sentence intermittently, she didn’t even feel the salty tears flowing into her mouth, she was completely immersed in fear.
The young girl, as if she had heard some huge joke, said coldly to Xiao Mumu: “Let you go? Do you really think my bottle of mineral water and bag of bread are free?”
Saying this, the small knife in her left hand performed a beautiful flourish in the air.
Xiao Mumu, with her limbs bound, feeling the pain from her arm, combined with the young girl’s actions, pleaded with the young girl with almost all her strength: “Don’t...don’t kill me, I beg you don’t kill me, I really know I was wrong...”
The young girl’s right palm gently caressed Xiao Mumu’s cheek, the movement was so gentle, but the words spoken from her mouth were so chilling.
“It’s not that you know you were wrong, but that you know you’re about to die.”
Xiao Mumu instantly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, she had already died once, and not even an hour had passed, and she was about to die again, and this time, killed by someone else with a small knife, just thinking about it was painful.
“Will you really not let me go......”
Her already weak body, coupled with the intense shock, and spiritual despair, Xiao Mumu’s head tilted to one side, and she fainted.
“Tsk, why did she faint again.”