Chapter 101
Stiffly, she used her foot to circle a small pile of straw, then fumbled on the ground for two small rocks, using them to strike a fire with the little heap of straw.
It really wasn’t an easy task, her bound hands made it hard to apply force, not to mention this was a "technical job." She struck over a dozen times without any result, threw away the stones, and searched again. Repeating the process no less than a hundred times, she finally ignited the straw.
Unable to help herself, she sneezed several times in a row, feeling that things might indeed be turning for the worse...
She quickened her pace, found some small wood chips in the pile on the ground, used her foot to stack them with the straw, and lit a tiny fire. Then she began to use the fire to burn the rope binding her hands.
Being licked by flames was excruciating!
She braced her arms apart with effort, trying to create a space between her wrists to expose them to the heat, but the flames still licked at her skin.
She gritted her teeth and endured it, shifting away slightly when she couldn’t bear it anymore, then continued.
Afraid of igniting a large fire, she only dared to start a tiny fire in a vacant spot nearby, adding fuel bit by bit when it dimmed, and repeating this several times.
Large beads of sweat rolled down her cheeks. Many times she felt she couldn’t hold on any longer, but at the thought of Sun Yulin’s look, the purpose of holding her captive likely still related to Su Ronggui, she strengthened her resolve. She mustn’t let Sun Yulin succeed! She couldn’t wait until nighttime to die a meaningless death; she wanted to live! She couldn’t become Su Ronggui’s burden! He would scold her!
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a sense of grievance. At this moment, truly a matter of life and death, engulfed in flames, and all she could think about was him scolding her! It showed just how poorly he treated her! As she pondered, the pain in her hands became excruciating, it was as if the flames were roasting not her hands, but her heart! Her blood! Her bones! The pain from her wrists became unbearable, and she broke into tears. Yet she dared not make a sound, tears streamed down her face, her grit against her clenched jaw no longer able to combat the pain, she bit down on her lip as if the harder she bit, the more it would resist the pain spreading from her wrists to her entire body...