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JESSE, WHO THOUGHT he was only knocked out realized he died upon recollecting his memories that included information of another world. An alternate Earth, but of a different dimension. And of a different identity.
He now resided within a certain Feng Mian Zhao, a girl disguised as a boy since she was born. This stemmed from the moment the last inheritor, her grandfather, made the will that only a son after his son's generation can be seated as the family head, as well as the sole receiver of the 45% share in the company, automatically making the inheritor the owner of the company.
When Feng Mian Zhao was just born from the legal wife, her father —Luyang Zhao— deceived everyone that the eldest daughter was a boy, killing everyone who knew about this secret (even the mother was fooled, while Feng Mian herself was threatened). Since Feng Mian was the first ever known grandson even amongst the branch families, the inheritance was reserved under her name. Hence, her father automatically became the proxy.
Years later, suddenly, a younger sister was introduced into the family. This younger sister was exactly the cause of Feng Mian's downfall and the source of all her hatred, envy and jealousy.
When the legal wife found out of the 12 years old daughter from a mistress, she was so depressed she died after only half a year. Ever since, it became even clearer which of the children Luyang doted, eventually forcefully changing the previous inheritor's will.
Many opposed, but he was the proxy and he also had many supporters as he spent his money to curry favor from other executives and shareholders. 2 years later, he succeeded in making it possible so that the 14 years old youngest daughter can compete with the eldest 'son' in becoming the company owner.
Without as many backers, Feng Mian's standing in the company grew weaker. It also did not help that her own father put a lot of effort in impeding her growth in many ways, to the point he'd attempt to kill her too!
"A woman's charm is indeed deadly. If my mother was that charming, I'd probably have a hard time refusing her whims as well... Haaa." Jesse muttered to himself while currently in the back compartment of a certain kidnapper's car. With his wrists bound by a rope, he laid helplessly in the darkness.
Jesse did not wait for events to slowly unfold themselves. She [A/N: From now on, Jesse is gonna be a she. Sorry Jesse. Your life is just so unlucky....] wriggled her wrists and legs to estimate how much she can loosen the ropes, only to feel dismay. Eventually, she grew desperate and wrung her wrist in weird angles, causing her so much pain.
When she finally relinquished herself from the bonds of the rope, the car stopped and the back compartment unlocked. Jesse immediately played dead, hands behind her back, holding onto the ropes.
"Boss, he is still unconscious."
"Just drag the lad upstairs. They said we should scare him a bit, if not, just kill him off. As long as the boy signs the contract, we'd have nothing to do with these rich people anymore."
"Yes, Boss!"
Right away, the hooligan grabs for Jesse's clothes at the chest and easily carries her by the shoulder like a sack of potato. "This lad is so light. Don't rich people eat a lot?"
"Stop yapping and get a move on. We only have a couple of hours to complete this deal."
"Yes, Boss!" Replied the jolted underling, no longer entertaining himself with useless thoughts.
Jesse was carelessly handled into an abandoned building, up to the fourth floor. There were nothing but rubble all around. She was then laid on the dusty and dirty cement floor, and left alone for the roaches and mouse to fest on. Fortunately, Jesse was no scaredy cat and endured the ticklish sensation of having insects molesting her body.
It was only not until three more underlings joined their leader that a bucket of cold water was splashed onto Jesse's face. This caused Jesse to cough herself awake with some water getting into her nose and ears. Such a rude awakening increased Jesse's hatred by a fold.
"Wake up now, Master." The voice of the leader said with mockery, but Jesse did not feel anything but irritation at the unjust treatment. She was already thinking of how to make the people around her suffer while clenching her hands into tight fists.
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"Oh ho. That glare in your eyes is just perfect. I'll not beat around the bush and hand you this piece of paper, since someone badly wants it signed." He slapped the paper onto Jesse's face, wetting a corner of it as it fell on the floor. As soon as Jesse finished appraising the piece of paper, her expression grew a few degrees colder.
Her eyes explored amongst the thugs and saw them wearing guns by their hips. She tightened her hold around the rope while bending her legs behind, sitting up herself looking comfortable. Only, she merely didn't want the crowd to see her hands reach out for the ropes around her leg.
"Well? Have you finished reading it?" Asked the leader, no longer smiling as his attention was focused on the deal and rewards after the task. He was so sure a mere boy of 15 would never be able to handle his men, especially with firearms. Jesse's scrawny figure helped lower the guards of the thugs.
She looked down upon the piece of paper, looking thoughtful before opening her mouth to speak, "I'll sign it... B-bring... bring me a pen, hurry." Uttered Jesse, sounding very scared as her body shook with evident fright. She obviously was feeling scared being surrounded by dangerous people.
Her reaction only made the rowdy thugs laugh. Their ruckus continued until someone fished out a pen out of their pocket. "Hahaha! This job is so easy, Boss! How can such a weak boy even equal to all of us? This is jackpot!! Hahaha" He continued to laugh, taking his time to walk towards Jesse with a pen in his hand.
"Since it's so easy, why don't we play around with the boy afterwards too? Don't we have time, Boss?" Disgusting words spoken by a man who gazed at Jesse's lean body with fiery passion, not bothering to disguise his crooked interest at all.
The leader pondered for a moment before visibly nodding his head, saying: "Do as you wish. From the look of it, the dealer did not seem to care about the boy himself besides his signature."
Hearing their conversation, Jesse visibly shook, her shoulders shaking terribly while her eyes were shadowed by her long bangs. Without seeing her face, the thugs smiled even more wickedly, thinking Jesse was feeling very scared to even utter a word.
"....His flesh looks so soft... Hey, hurry up and let him sign!" Once again, the homosexual man said, his voice a little louder this time due to undisguised excitement. He also moved a little closer to where Jesse was in a corner, his gaze never wavering at looking up and down on Jesse's lean countenance. Leaking his lower lip, his eyes sharpened with clear desire.
Another thug brought the pen over, easily unbinding the ropes around Jesse's wrists. He was not even curious as to why it was so easy, only leaving the ropes after the unbinding. Immediately handing the pen into Jesse's visibly shaking hand, he whispered into Jesse's ear: "Do you need help signing the paper...?" As if seducing Jesse with his sweet whisper, the thug amorously touched her arm gently, feeling her tender skin under his fingers.
Despite being discerned as a man, the thugs are obviously interested with her body. Upon realizing this, Jesse groaned involuntarily with her teeth grinding. The longer she spent in the abandoned building, the more dangers she would have to face. She might acquire psychological damage besides physical violence!
As her heart quickened with a dangerous plan, she stabbed the thug before her with the pen. She swiftly buried the pen on its pointy end into the man's carotid artery. Sharp eyes, glaring with a dangerous glint, Jesse grabbed for the pistol on the dead man's hip.
She was not even able to pull out the pistol completely when she heard the leader shout commands to shoot. "Kill him!!"
But it was too late for them to shoot as Jesse brought up her human meat shield in front of her, saving herself from bullets. And since the man was bigger than her, there was little risk for any stray bullets. After a brief paused, Jesse immediately removed the safety lock and aimed for the nearest thug with her bloody hands.
She could no longer think of other things, only letting her tight mind keep her focus into killing everyone in sight. She ignored the slippery sensation of someone else's blood coating her hands as she handled the pistol clumsily. She ignored the pain at her wrist as she fired one bullet after another, and she disguised her fear with the hope to live, reminding herself of the disgusting faces of the crowd. She freed herself from guilt, prioritizing her own survival.
After several exchanges of bullets, the meat shield became even more tattered as meat and blood splattered all over Jesse's face and body. After shooting 3 thugs down on the head despite her shaky hands, she only had 2 bullets left out of 10. But the leader and two other thugs were still left standing.
"Shoot him down!! Get your wits together. What were you doing during territory wars?! Can't you even shoot a weak lad??"
"But Boss! I can't even see where to shoot because he is using our friend as a meat shield, how can our bullets go through?"
"Then get a move on and approach, I'll back you up! He should have run out of bullets now."
Hearing their boss's assessment, the two thugs took courage and immediately run towards Jesse's corner with their pistols in hand. Hearing their movements, Jesse could only smile at the coincidence. Since she did not have a good aim, the closer her target is, the easier it was to aim the vital points.
Jesse waited for half a minute before revealing her head with a pistol in hand, aimed towards the chest of one of the thugs. Not even a few seconds later, a chest was hit and Jesse hid behind the meat shield again, while bullets rained down on her again. She could no longer feel her hands, and she was breathing hard. But her will to live is far stronger.
The other thug did not give up with his approach, but even drew himself closer while shooting all around Jesse, keeping herself tight behind the meat shield. Praying for her last bullet, she whipped her leg to the front, hitting the thug on his calf and distracting his aim. After which, Jesse was hit by a bullet fired by the thugs' Boss while she herself shot the last thug at point blank range on the head.