Yahata Reina gave a tragic smile, her eyes empty.
She caressed a slender scar under her left rib, "This one, it’s from the first ti he sent to Moriyama Junichi in exchange for the cooperation between the Xingye family and the Senben Group."
"That night, Moriyama... he was drunk, I desperately resisted, and he scratched with a broken wine glass. Osuke just stood outside the door, listening to my cries... yet he was indifferent..."
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, as if swallowing back that terrifying mory.
i Xiang felt a turmoil in her stomach, she couldn’t believe that her father, always so elegant and gentle in her mories, could be so cold-hearted.
Moriyama Junichi, she rembered, was a notorious real estate tycoon.
Yahata Reina then pointed to an irregular scar on her thigh, "This is... it was Minister Ito..."
She paused, her voice choked up, "That ti, Osuke forced ... to accompany Minister Ito for a governnt approval... Ito... he... he used a cigar lighter..." She closed her eyes in pain, her body trembling slightly.
i Xiang covered her mouth to stop herself from crying out loud.
She felt nausea, unable to imagine how Yahata Reina endured these inhumane tortures alone.
Although these scars weren’t directly inflicted by her father, each one was a strike from him.
"And this one..."
Yahata Reina turned around, pointing to a hideous whip mark on her back, "It was Councilman Suzuki..."
She gave a bitter laugh, "For the Xingye developnt in Nara... Osuke sent to him... Suzuki... he liked... that night..."
Yahata Reina’s voice grew fainter, almost inaudible.
i Xiang closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face spontaneously.
Yahata Reina didn’t speak, just silently tied up her robe again, covering those shocking scars and the indescribable pain and humiliation deep in her heart.
"i Xiang, do you think I wanted this?"
She turned around, "I... I just wanted to survive..."
"For the sake of the Xingye family, I sacrificed my dignity, everything..."
Yahata Reina’s voice trembled,
"But in the end, what did I get? Your father’s love? His respect? None! What I got... were these scars, this indelible sha..."
"I know, you hate ... you bla for betraying your father, betraying the Xingye family..."
Yahata Reina choked up, "But... have you ever thought, I... I am also a victim..."
"If it wasn’t for him, I... I might... have found my own happiness by now..."
i Xiang opened her eyes, looking at the tragic woman in front of her, her feelings complicated.
She hated her, but also sympathized with her, pitied her.
"How did you end up joining forces with Watanabe Kazuo?" i Xiang continued to ask.
Yahata Reina gave a wretched smile, the tear stains at the corner of her eyes particularly desolate under the light.
"Watanabe..."
She took a deep breath, "He approached ."
"At that ti, I was almost breaking down, even thought about ending it all..."
Yahata Reina continued: "Watanabe... he showed a kindness I had never felt."
She exhaled slowly, "He would send ssages in the middle of the night, just to make sure I was alright. He would bring my favorite white roses, with warm greetings on the card. He would take to a quiet restaurant for dinner when Osuke was not around, listening to my troubles like a friend..."
i Xiang listened quietly, sensing the change in Yahata Reina’s tone, a glimr of hope erging from the depths of despair.
"He never forced to do anything,"
Yahata Reina continued: "He just... quietly stayed with , comforting , giving strength..."
"He told , he’s not like Osuke, he knows how to cherish and respect won..."
Yahata Reina gave a bitter smile, "Thinking back, all of this... was just a carefully woven lie..."
"Until he ca holding a file to the place I was staying."
Yahata Reina’s voice suddenly dropped, "Inside... there was evidence of how Osuke had been using over the years... to please those n..."
She continued: "Watanabe said... he knew how Osuke treated ... he knew all the suffering I endured..."
"To conspire with him, to hollow out the mines in Brazil."
i Xiang understood, Watanabe Kazuo used Yahata Reina’s hatred for Osuke and her desire for a new life to slowly draw her into his sche.
"He told , as long as the mines in Brazil are hollowed out, Osuke would be burdened with huge debts, he would be discredited, and in the end..."
"He would lose everything."
i Xiang’s heart sank sharply, realizing that Watanabe Kazuo’s sche was far more vicious than she had imagined.
"He promised that after everything was accomplished, he would help leave Osuke, give a new life..."
Yahata Reina gave a bitter laugh, "He even said... he would marry ..."
"Marry you?"
i Xiang looked at Yahata Reina incredulously, unable to believe Watanabe would say such things.
"I know, it sounds absurd..."
Yahata Reina laughed self-deprecatingly, "A woman who was used, a woman covered in scars, what right do I have... to still hope for love..."
"But... I... at that ti... really... wanted to escape it all..."
Yahata Reina took out a cigarette from her bag, lit it up, "You probably know the rest."
"I helped Watanabe set up a company, earning more in a month than I could ever earn in my life." She spoke somberly:
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