Zhou Fanghua came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, sat at the dressing table, and was about to apply lotion when she suddenly noticed something. Her eyes stared intently at the person in the mirror. White strands were faintly visible among the black hair, and there were obvious wrinkles on her forehead, at the corners of her eyes, and beside her nose. Her once beautiful and clear eyes now looked swollen, with slightly yellowing eyeballs and bloodshot streaks. The once petite melon-shaped face appeared bloated due to sagging cheeks, her upturned mouth corners had pulled down, and even the skin on her originally slender neck had become unbearably lax!
The beauty she once prided herself on was completely gone, turning into this ugly appearance. It was like a delicate flower gradually losing its past vitality, wilting bit by bit into decay, eventually becoming a heap of rotten mud.
Looking at the person in the mirror, Zhou Fanghua uncontrollably imagined herself decaying day by day, finally turning into an old woman with sparse white hair, layered wrinkles, and full of age spots. Immediately, she screamed in terror, grabbed the lotion beside her, and smashed it at the mirror in front of her.
After a loud "bang," there was the crashing sound of the mirror shattering and falling, with shards flying everywhere, one small piece hitting Zhou Fanghua’s right cheek, leaving a scratch the size of a fingernail. After sharp pain, dark red blood rushed out eagerly.
Zhou Fanghua wiped it with her hand, her peripheral vision catching the reflection of a blood-stained face in the scattered mirror fragments, causing her to scream again. After screaming once, she yelled loudly, "Someone! Someone please come! Doctor! Go get me the doctor! I’m hurt!"
Her voice was so sharp due to urgency that almost everyone in the villa heard it. Shortly after, a series of footsteps approached outside. A young woman opened the door and came in, gasping in shock when she saw Zhou Fanghua’s current state, "Oh my god! Madame, how did you get hurt?"
Zhou Fanghua’s injury wasn’t serious, but because she wiped it earlier, blood smeared half of her face, making it look like she was badly injured. Coupled with the mess on the floor and the dripping blood, it was quite frightening. Since the young woman came in, Zhou Fanghua had been staring at her! She looked at her tender and tight skin, her beautiful appearance, her body constantly emitting youthful energy, and her eyes grew red, nearly insane!
Anyone who is older, regardless of gender, desires to deceive themselves by young people of the opposite sex, making them self-deceive into thinking they’re still young. But once they encounter young people of the same sex, they become deeply repulsed because the other’s youthful bodies make them feel inferior, leaving them unable to deceive themselves!
On any other day, Zhou Fanghua might not care this much. But today, after showering without having time for skincare, she saw her ever-decaying body in the mirror, leaving her terrified and disgusted! And right at this moment, a young woman came, sparking intense jealousy within Zhou Fanghua! And along with jealousy, she felt exceptionally embarrassed!
She was disgusted by her own current appearance, seen by someone else! How can she live like this?
At this moment, she had just showered, with damp hair hanging messily behind her, looking disordered. Coupled with half her face covered in blood, her eyes filled with blood, she almost resembled a ghost from hell, hideous and frightening.
She stared at the other person, the malice in her eyes unhidden, making her appear even more ghastly. The young woman sensed her malice, her face slightly tensing, instinctively taking a step back, looking at her amazedly and cautiously asking, "Ma...Madame, what’s wrong with you? You’re hurt, I’ll go call someone!" As she spoke, she carefully backed away.
Seeing her wanting to escape, Zhou Fanghua instinctively felt she had a guilty conscience, her expression changed as she lunged at her, her hands griping her neck tightly, her face twistedly saying, "Why do you want to run? Why do you run? Is it because you did something wrong to me? Isn’t it? Did you seduce the master? Or the young master? Huh? Speak! Speak! You shameless vixen! I’ll kill you! Kill you!"
Thinking of this, Zhou Fanghua bit her teeth and rushed outside. She couldn’t continue like this, she needed to see Qiu Yiming! But upon reaching the door, the guards outside blocked her, firmly saying, "Madame, the squad leader instructed, you cannot go out, please return inside."
Zhou Fanghua was furious hearing this, her face trembling, "I’m your squad leader’s mother! How dare you not let me out! Where do you get the audacity? Aren’t you afraid my son will kill you for treating me like this?"
The two remained unmoved, stubbornly saying, "Sorry, it’s the squad leader’s order." After finishing, directly pushed Zhou Fanghua back inside, then shut the door. Zhou Fanghua watched the closed door, looked at the frighteningly empty room, her heart filling with infinite grievance as she threw herself on the bed and cried bitterly.
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Every now and then, Zhou Fanghua would make a fuss like this. Each time she felt, surely Qiu Yiming would relent. But until her death, she never left this room. Qiu Yiming wouldn’t come to see her, nor did she ever see her own son again. Instead, it was Qiu Hongsheng, who occasionally came to see her. But Qiu Hongsheng had become a superpower user, looking as if he was only forty years old, compared to her ever-decaying self, appearing young enough to be her son!
Each meeting, Zhou Fanghua could see aversion in Qiu Hongsheng’s eyes. She became increasingly self-abased and increasingly desperate. But Qiu Yiming deliberately tortured her, always ordering people to tend to her body, making her unable to die, forcing her to continue decaying in this despairing room. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets or monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)

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