[WARNING: Bloody scene ahead]
The next scene Zhang Xiaoling and Zhang Mingyu saw, was a bloody one, and they covered their mouth while screaming in fear and shock.
Shi Wenqian was unfazed by their screaming and just smiled. "What are you two scared of, this is business!"
Immediately, Zhang Xiaoling glanced at her glared at her with clenched fists. "This is business? You call going extreme with human lives business?!"
"Shush..." Shi Wenqian shushed her. "Keep your voice down, don't create a scene."
"Mum!" Zhang Mingyu called in anger, but someone soon appeared behind him to squeeze his shoulders gently.
"You should watch the show like a man, what are you being fussy for?" The voice sounded very rough and chilling.
Zhang Mingyu shook his shoulders off his grasp to stare at him. "Don't you dare touch me!" He warned with a glare.
The man behind him, raised his palms in the air, before letting out a funny chuckle.
Zhang Mingyu shifted his gaze back to his mother, and could only see her smiling eyes, while focusing on the stage.
Glancing back to the stage, he saw the opponents bleeding, and the men in the audience, cheering for the one the wanted to win.
'This is madness!'
"You two, listen to me." Shi Wenqian suddenly said without glancing at any of them. "This is how you treat your enemies. This is only the first step. The second one, I will show you after the match."
"Did I ever say that I was interested in seeing any more of this madness?!" Zhang Mingyu asked angrily. Zhang Xiaoling glared daggers at her mother while clutching her purse.
If that woman wasn't her mother, she would have already hit her in the face. She dared to bring them to the illegal place she was handling.
This was a criminal act punishable by law. By roping them into this mess, they wouldn't be able to separate from her even if they wanted to.
What was her aim? To tie them down to her side?
"You don't have to be interested. As long as I'm your mother, I will make the important decision myself. You only have to tag along, your own job is stress-free." Shi Wenqian said as she spared both of them a glance before glancing back at the stage to continue watching the fight.
Seven minutes later, the fight was over, and there was no survivor. Bother competitors, killed each other.
There was a boo sound coming from the audience, as they were disappointed that no winner emerged. They even wondered the reason a weapon was used for that particular fight.
Shi Wenqian smiled at the scene.
The man who came to welcome her when she first came, walked to her, and leaned over to say softly, "Ma'am, you can come back stage now."
"Alright, let's go! You two need to see the main deal!" Shi Wenqian said excitedly as she got up from her seat to glance at them before stepping away.
Zhang Xiaoling scoffed and remained sitting. Zhang Mingyu was so angry that he removed the mask on his face and got up from his seat.
He was about to scold his mother when one of the thugs rushed to stand in front of him and asked him to cover his nose.
"Cover your nose!" He commanded with a fierce gaze.
Shi Wenqian heard that and turned around only to see that Zhang Mingyu had taken off his mask.
She looked angry.
"Mingyu, act appropriately. Your father was right, you don't have any sense upstairs. I mean, how can you be brainless as to take off your mask in this kind of environment? What if the new guys who has not fully been won over recognizes you in public and takes that to their advantage, what do you think will happen even if you are innocent?"
"What? How does any of this concern me in the first place? If you didn't bring us here, do you think that I would have ever found out about your dark side?"
Zhang Mingyu was so angry. First, she brought him to a place like this, despite knowing the dangers involved, and now she goes around to agree with his father's statement that he was not intelligent.
As angry as Zhang Xiaoling was with their mother, she was smart not to do anything as foolish as Zhang Mingyu. She even glanced at him to say through gritted teeth, "Put on your mask now!"
If he was recognized by the bad guys outside of this place, then she would be exposed as well.
Zhang Mingyu glanced at her and wanted to ask why he should listen to her, but his life was suddenly being threatened the next minute.
The man standing in front of him and blocking others from seeing his face, suddenly unsheathed a knife and brought it to his neck without saying another word.
Zhang Mingyu was so scared that he leaned a little away.
"Fool!" Zhang Xiaoling cursed under her breath before standing to her feet and walking away.
Seeing that it looked like no one was interested if he died or not, Zhang Mingyu quickly put his face mask back on, before being led out by the thug.
Shi Wenqian led the way towards another corridor before the door which looked like a sterilising room was opened from the inside.
"The both of you should follow the instructions here wisely. Allow the people here to help you into the clothes, gloves and masks." Shi Wenqian instructed to Zhang Xiaoling and Zhang Mingyu, before turning around to walk into the inner room.
'What are we doing in this room?' That's what the siblings thought to themselves before following after their mother.
A few minutes later, they all came out from the room, dressed in a light blue clothe, with a waterproof clothe for the final wrapping.
Their head were covered with a matching coloured cap. And their hands were covered with boots, plus the rubber boots on their feet.
Zhang Xiaoling and Zhang Mingyu had a bad premonition about their dressing, after the dangerous bloody scene the first met with.
One of the thugs, led the way to what looked like slaughter house and opened the door for them.
Immediately, the heavy stench of fresh blood wafted into their nostrils.
'What is this place?' Zhang Xiaoling thought to herself as she made her way in.
The next scene she saw, frightened her to her bones. The scent of blood was too strong for her to bear, and actually seeing a bloody organ being taken from someone's body, caused her to feel uncomfortable.
Her stomach was wretching.
Zhang Mingyu was in a far worse state. At first, he thought there were people doing experiment, but the next scene said otherwise.
Actually seeing the way these people dressed in a waterproof clothe were dipping their hands inside that body on the table, and taking this from the inside, frightened him.
There were masks covering from their nose down to their jaws, so their facial expression couldn't be made out except when you stare into their eyes.
Just like that, the same body whose organs were taken out, was carried away ruthlessly, and another fresh body was put on the table.
"Is that not one of the competitors at the ring today?" Zhang Mingyu asked while pointing at the body. His tone was low because of fright.
He recognised the clothes on him, just like Zhang Xiaoling did.
"Doctor, his heart is still beating, but it's faint. He can't be saved." One of the thugs dressed just like the way Shi Wenqian and the others were dressed, said in an audible tone, to the doctor holding a scalpel and ready to cut open the stomach of the person lying next on his table.
Since Shi Wenqian and the rest stepped in, the people inside the cold room hasn't said a word to them or even a greeting, and that is because they didn't need to since they were in the middle of an important money business.
"I see..." The man addressed as doctor said before quickly using his scalpel to cut open from the chest area to the stomach area of the competitor.
For a second, Zhang Mingyu and Zhang Xiaoling thought that the doctor was going to try to save the person because of what they heard, 'faint heartbeat' but the lack of any equipment such as heart monitor and the rest, only signified one thing...
This was not a theater.
The next scene these two siblings saw, caused a strong reaction from them.
When they saw the doctor take out the slight beating heart of the man, and handed it over to someone, Zhang Mingyu's eyes rolled to the back of his head, and he collapsed.
As for Zhang Xiaoling, she was already on her knees wretching.
Shi Wenqian just glanced at them and shook her head. She was not moved, but she was not disappointed as this was their first time.
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