In the silent conference room, the innate strong aura of the two people filled the entire space. It was like two giant dragons fighting in the air, and the confrontation between their eyes seemed to be a battle. They did not give in at all, just for their sake.
Sticking to your own defense is also to make the opponent defeated and out of control.
Looking at each other quietly, Tao Zhiyao's expression was calm and unfazed.
"Little lion, no matter how much you deny it, you still come here. I said you will never leave my world for the rest of your life. Those shadows will make your life worse than death, make you cowardly, and make you vulnerable.
"Keith said calmly.
Tao Zhiyao did not refute or agree, but smiled lightly like a spring breeze, "Master Keith, you are always so proud and confident. But this time, I am just giving you the last favor. Let me treat you with all my kindness."
There will be no mercy or mercy anymore. Let’s not beat around the bush and let’s get straight to the point. Everyone is waiting for us to go back. Don’t forget, maybe you and I are the indispensable protagonists in this scene.”
"It's a pity that I will always beat you. Because I know your weaknesses better than anyone else, and I always have them in my hand." Case said, taking out a plate from his arms, walking to the middle of the conference room and playing it.
In the player, in an instant, some strange scenes suddenly appeared in the closed and almost suffocating room, suppressed moans of pain, and the sound of flesh being ripped open when a long whip was struck.
As the world turned around, Tao Zhiyao seemed to have fallen into that belated nightmare again. Those whippings and pains eroded her heart ragingly. She looked at the scenes on the screen that had appeared in her nightmares day and night, that crawling figure.
On the ground, the humble and dark little figure, as well as Keith's ferocious and twisted smile, the pleasure gained from abusing her, made Tao Zhiyao's back feel like it was being burned by fire, and was even branded with a
Another terrible mark.
It hurts, it hurts, it hurts... Tao Zhiyao staggered back and forth, and even fell to the ground. His expression was stunned, and he stared blankly at everything on the screen. The focus of his eyes became wider and wider.
I lost focus more and more, and my vision became blurry. It seemed like the woman who was tied up on a big bed in the dark and was whipped and branded arbitrarily and even tattooed. The woman who closed her eyes and endured all the pain and torture. The poor and stubborn woman was not herself.
.
The naked and beautiful body on it has been recorded since the first time he was beaten as a child. All the shots flashed by one by one, his eyes saw it, and all the past events flowed with the memory in his mind.
"You are so cruel." Tears suddenly overflowed from Tao Zhiyao's eyes. He actually recorded all the clips. He actually manipulated the room secretly. He even installed a camera!
The face was so real, as real as if it were right in front of her eyes. Tao Zhiyao hugged her cold and trembling body, feeling wave after wave of fear.
At this moment, the closed conference room seemed to instantly turn into the dark room on the screen.
Keith walked over slowly and said slowly like a devil: "If you announce the acquisition of Imperial Group to the media, then these scenes will appear in front of everyone. Little Lion, even if you can't get my things back
, I will also destroy you with my own hands. I will reveal your lifelong scars to everyone, let everyone see your bleeding wounds, and make your life worse than death."
Tao Zhiyao sat there quietly like a puppet, as if she heard his words, but also as if she didn't hear them at all.
"It's not too much to exchange these for your shares in the Imperial Group, right?" Case said and suddenly laughed arrogantly.
Seeing her defeated expression, seeing her fear, seeing her almost deathly vulnerability, Keith suddenly felt very happy. Yes, very pervertedly very happy.
"Taozhiyao, what is your final answer?" Keyes stood there, as if he was looking at everything from a high position, looking at her humbled and slumped on the ground, and said coldly.
He knew the answer he would hear, he was always so sure, and he always understood her so well.
Tao Zhiyao sat on her knees on the ground, her head lowered, and she didn't say a word for a long, long time.
Just when Keith felt as if a century had passed, Tao Zhiyao suddenly smiled, that kind of distant chuckle, with her slightly raised head, her face was pale and bloodless, but her eyes seemed to be absorbed back, and her eyes became darker and darker.
The deeper he goes, the more his gaze becomes more and more firm.
There is always a smile on the corner of his mouth that is as light as the floating clouds in the sky, as light as the resentment of the mortal world, and there is an emptiness in his heart.
Tao Zhiyao laughed for a long time and kept laughing.
Keith looked at her crazy smile and said bitterly: "What are you laughing at? What are you laughing at?!" In such a calm laughter, for no reason, he felt a little ridiculous and a little flustered.
Tao Zhiyao's laughter slowly stopped, and she slowly supported her still weak and swaying body with her hands. She stood up steadily with an indifferent expression, and her eyes were as clear and clean as water, but she was so lonely.
Look at him calmly, keep looking at him.
Everything on the screen was still rotating, but there was no longer any fear in Tao Zhiyao's eyes.
Just when she thought she was falling into a cold pool and was about to suffocate or freeze to death, Xiao Tao's smile appeared in her mind, and his childish voice kept calling her Mommy Mommy...
There are also foxes, crows, sables, and night cats... Their smiles and their words floated past one after another, slowly covering all her haze...
It was as if the clouds were suddenly removed and the moon appeared in the sky...
She is not the only one in this world, but they are always by her side.
What's more important is that among those people, there is him, who is reluctant to leave...
She never admitted that she loved him enough, and never said a word of love between lovers in front of him.
But she also knew that some women's love would last a lifetime even before it was spoken. And she was one of them.
She loves him, she loves him! At that moment, this thought kept echoing.
He has been following her, pampering her and loving her... He has given her favor, given her hope, and given her children...
She loves him!
Such thoughts supported her to get up little by little, getting up from the terrible grave of the past.
She is Tao Zhiyao, no longer a tool or puppet in Keith's hands!
Looking at Case coldly, Tao Zhiyao chuckled playfully: "Keith, you lose. You actually tried to threaten me with such a videotape. You lost because you were too self-righteous. You lost because you thought everyone in the world could
Just like you, you only have yourself in your heart. Everything you think about, think about, and do is for you alone! This is why the people around you betray you so easily. This is why you don’t have a single friend or relative.
!Even if you get the whole world, it’s a pity that the world has already abandoned you! Case, let me tell you all the facts, you actually have nothing!”
Tao Zhiyao glanced at him, and finally swore indifferently: "I will never give up on today that everyone expects because of myself."
As soon as Tao Zhiyao finished speaking, Keith immediately rushed forward like a wounded animal and pushed Tao Zhiyao over and hit her against the opposite wall. Keith's hands squeezed Tao Zhiyao's slender body like iron pliers.
's neck.
"Little lion, don't force me to kill you... No, let me kill you..." Keith's expression became more and more sinister and frightening, and the force in his hands became stronger and stronger, making it more and more difficult for Tao Zhiyao.
breathe.
The air was getting less and less, and her brain was getting dizzy, but Tao Zhiyao still smiled happily like an innocent child. She endured the suffocation feeling that her soul was about to leave her body, and still looked at Keith mockingly. It was difficult but
Still saying coldly: "Even if you kill me, it won't change anything. My friends are all outside. Keith, you are finished, and your empire is finished. You have nothing!"
Keith came close to her ear and whispered softly: "Even if I die, I will drag you to hell with me." Keith's eyes were as red as blood, and he obviously wanted to kill Tao Ziyao.
At this moment, the door was suddenly kicked open, and the person who came in was a somewhat embarrassed Stephen. After rushing in, Stephen looked at what happened in front of him, instantly pulled out his gun, and said hurriedly to Keith: "Mr.
,Sir, let go quickly, or I will shoot!"
Looking at the person who came in unexpectedly, Keith turned his ferocious falcon-like eyes and glanced at him coldly. The strength in his hands became stronger. Tao Zhiyao's feet slowly left the ground, thinking that she was about to die.
For a moment, Case suddenly let her go.
After being freed, Tao Zhiyao fell to the ground, breathing fresh air and coughing non-stop.
Her cheeks were red, but there was no fear or fear, and she was still laughing quietly.
Stephen walked over carefully with the gun in his hand. Keith slowly raised his hands and stepped aside with disdain. Stephen walked over and helped up the weak Tao Zhiyao, and said worriedly: "Miss Tao, are you okay? Do you need to send her to the hospital?
?”
Tao Zhiyao climbed up with his support, coughed and waved her hands, saying intermittently: "No, no. Thank you."
Stephen's face turned slightly red, he caressed her and walked outside, saying softly: "You're welcome, it's my responsibility to protect everyone here."
The two retreated to the door. Stephen looked at the man with a gloomy and terrifying expression inside, who had been staring at Tao Zhiyao with hatred, and said majestically: "Sir, in view of your behavior just now, I think you should go to the police station with me.
Already."
Case's face was expressionless, seemingly unmoved.
However, Tao Zhiyao stopped him and said, "Mr. Sheriff, I'm fine. No need. I know this gentleman. We just had a little dispute. It's fine."
"Miss Tao...but he..." Stephen didn't understand and asked in confusion.
Tao Zhiyao looked at Keith meaningfully and said coldly: "Because I want someone to see with his own eyes how I took everything back from him with my own hands, and how he lost everything."
Keith said coldly: "Then let's wait and see. Tao Zhiyao, you will pay a terrible price."
Only then did Stephen realize that there seemed to be something strange between the two of them, and the atmosphere was very solemn. After the crisis was resolved, Stephen accidentally saw some strange pictures on the screen in this room, and the injured woman above seemed to be the same as in the hand.
The woman he is caressing is somewhat similar!
While Stephen was wondering, Tao Zhiyao had already said calmly: "Mr. Sheriff, we are leaving. Could you please help me to my seat on the stage."
Stephen nodded quickly and said: "Miss Tao, it's my honor. I just want to make up for the disrespect I just showed to you."
Tao Zhiyao walked for a while and suddenly asked in confusion: "Mr. Sheriff, how did you know I was in there?" She didn't notice just now, why did he appear in the conference room so promptly? Logically speaking, he shouldn't know.
Are they inside?
Stephen touched his nose and said softly: "Oh, that's right. A gentleman just told me that something serious happened inside and asked me to rescue people. I didn't expect it was you, Miss Tao."
"A gentleman? What does he look like?" Tao Zhiyao was extremely confused.
Stephen hummed, and then said: "I don't know what he looks like. His hat is pulled down so low that you can't see his face."
Who made Stephen rush in and save her? Tao Zhiyao couldn't figure it out. She pondered it silently in her heart.
"Thank you, Mr. Sheriff." Tao Zhiyao raised a beautiful smile towards him. Then she let go of her hand and walked slowly onto the stage.
Tao Zhiyao walked to the middle of the stage, looked at the huge screen in the hall, and then looked at her relatives and friends behind her who had been smiling encouragingly at her after she came back.
The flash lights kept flashing in the audience, and everyone and reporters were waiting for this moment, including herself.
Tao Zhiyao looked at Keith, who was also coming back not far away, and gave him a strange but firm smile. Then he came back to his senses, held the microphone in his hand, and said to everyone word by word: "Now I declare
, Taoshi Group has officially begun to acquire 50% of the shares of Imperial Group, and I, Tao Zhiyao, chairman of Taoshi Group, will also attend the post of chairman of Imperial Group from this moment on. Thank you to everyone who came to the press conference today.
People. There will be a luncheon scheduled later and I hope everyone here will stay and share this moment."
Tao Zhiyao's voice was very soft, but at this moment when it was almost as quiet as a tomb, with only the flashing lights constantly ringing, it kept reverberating and could not be dispersed for a long time.
What followed was Case's sudden sinister smile and a sudden flash of images on the huge screen.
Tao Zhiyao's face turned pale, she closed her eyes and smiled lightly in resignation.
******************
I'm used to it. I'll be here from now on. I'll stay.