Desperate people, accept the seed of my soul!

Su Wanxing immediately pulled Su Mingyu behind a nearby sycamore tree and peeked out to look in that direction.

It was a white van with the words "Fresh Food Delivery" painted on it, one of its tires flat, parked crookedly in the shadows not far from the alley entrance.

Three men in black jackets were standing by the car smoking, with several empty beer cans lying at their feet. The curtains in the back seat were drawn tightly, and faint sobbing could be heard coming from inside.

"Damn it, even this crappy road can give you a flat tire, what bad luck." The man with a thick beard spat out his cigarette butt and kicked the tire. "Why haven't we heard from Tiger yet? Didn't he say he'd send that pretty girl surnamed Su over tonight? Boss Zhang is getting impatient."

Another scarred man chuckled twice, his voice lewd: "What's the rush? Once that little beauty arrives, we brothers can have a go first. Tiger has already agreed; as long as we deliver her, we'll get our share of the profits."

"It's a shame about this one inside," the third person pointed to the back seat of the van, "She's quite pretty, but unfortunately she's a defective product. After she's done with it, she'll be sent to the mine. Those illegal workers don't hold back, so she probably won't last more than half a month."

Su Wanxing's fingernails instantly dug into her palm.

These three people are from Dihao.

The "beautiful young lady surnamed Su" they were talking about was her.

Zhao Hu had said he would take her to the Emperor Hotel for President Zhang, and it seems he was right; these people came specifically to pick her up.

Su Mingyu's fists were clenched so tightly they cracked. If Su Wanxing hadn't held him back, he would have almost rushed out.

He glanced at his sister, Su Wanxing, who shook her head slightly, indicating that he should wait a little longer.

At this moment, the bearded man waved his hand and said, "Stop chatting, hurry up and fix the tire, and get back to report as soon as possible. Boss Zhang said that if it's delivered tonight, he'll give each of us a two thousand yuan red envelope."

The three men bent down to open the trunk to find the jack, and as soon as their backs were exposed, Su Wanxing moved.

She conjured three ice needles from her fingertips, flicked her wrist, and the needles shot out with a whoosh, accurately piercing the back of the necks of the three men.

"Who?!" The bearded man groaned in pain and turned his head sharply, just in time to see Su Wanxing and Su Mingyu walking out from behind the tree.

He paused for a moment, then a lewd smile spread across his face. "Oh, isn't this the beautiful Su? What? You knew we were waiting for you here, so you came to us willingly?"

Scarface chuckled, sizing up Su Wanxing, his eyes glued to her face. "You're really something else, even prettier than in the photos. No wonder President Zhang specifically asked for you. I think we shouldn't wait for Zhao Hu anymore; let's just take her back and claim all the credit."

The third person reached out to grab Su Wanxing's arm, completely unaware of the coldness in Su Wanxing's eyes.

He had only stretched his hand halfway when a water whip lashed his hand hard across the back of his hand, causing him to howl in pain. A bright red and purplish mark instantly swelled up on the back of his hand.

"Damn it, you dare fight back?" The bearded man's face darkened. He pulled a homemade gun from his waist, cocked it with a click, and pointed it at Su Mingyu. "You little brat, you're tired of living, aren't you? Touch me again and I'll shoot you dead!"

He was unaware that Zhao Hu was dead, and even less aware that the brother and sister in front of him were not ordinary orphans and widows.

In his eyes, Su Wanxing was just a plaything to be sent to President Zhang's bed, and Su Mingyu was a cripple who hadn't been weaned. Dealing with them would be easier than crushing two ants.

"Shoot me?" Su Mingyu laughed, but his smile was full of chilling intent.

He raised his hand, the water from his fingertips trickling down the ground and swirling around the bearded man's feet. "I'd like to see if your gun is faster, or my water."

Before the bearded man could react, his ankle was suddenly caught in the icy water. He instinctively tried to back away, but his foot slipped, and he fell heavily to the ground, the homemade gun flying out of his hand.

"This is weird!" Scarface cursed, and pulled out his homemade gun. Just as he was about to aim, a cold light flashed before his eyes, and an ice spike pierced his wrist. The homemade gun fell to the ground with a clatter.

"What...what are you?!" The third man turned pale with fright. He had witnessed Su Wanxing conjure ice spikes out of thin air with her fingertips, and Su Mingyu could turn water into whips to lash people—this was something no ordinary person could do. "Are you monsters?!"

Su Wanxing ignored him, walked a few steps to the bread truck, and pulled open the back door.

Inside was a girl who looked about eighteen or nineteen years old. Her mouth was taped shut, and her hands and feet were tightly bound. Her face was covered in tear stains. When she saw Su Wanxing, she trembled with fear and cried even harder.

"Don't be afraid." Su Wanxing reached out and tore off the tape from her mouth, then used an ice blade to cut the ropes binding her hands. "We're not here to hurt you."

The girl gasped for breath, and it took her a long time to catch her breath before she burst into tears: "I... I'm a student in the university town. They said they would introduce me to a part-time job, and they tricked me into coming here... Please, please let me go. I will never go with strangers again."

"Where are they taking you?" Su Wanxing asked.

The girl cried, her whole body trembling: "They said they were going to send me to the Emperor Hotel to serve some Mr. Zhang. If I served him well, they would give me money. If I didn't obey, they would sell me to a mine... I had a senior from school who was also tricked by them and never came back. Some people said she died of a disease, and others said she was beaten to death and thrown into the river..."

Su Wanxing felt as if her heart was being squeezed tightly, the pain making it hard to breathe.

If she hadn't obtained the Seed of Souls and awakened the power of Frost Domination, her fate would have been the same as this girl's a few days later, or even worse.

They were sent to the Emperor Hotel to serve that disgusting CEO Zhang, where they were tortured beyond recognition. In the end, they were either abused to death or sold to a dark and hopeless place where they would never see the light of day again.

A surge of overwhelming anger welled up from the depths of her heart, almost burning away her reason.

Zhao Hu deserves to die, Brother Wang deserves to die, and that Boss Zhang deserves to die even more!

They have done so many heinous things, ruining countless girls like them and destroying countless families like theirs.

"Sis, what should we do with these three people?" Su Mingyu walked over, his face looking frighteningly pale.

He also heard what the girl said, and the thought of his sister almost suffering the same fate made him want to tear those three people to pieces.

Su Wanxing turned to look at the three people lying on the ground.

The bearded man's leg had been broken by the water whip, and he was lying on the ground howling in pain. Scarface's wrist had been pierced by an ice pick, and blood had soaked through his sleeve. The third man was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, his crotch soaked, and he couldn't even stand up.

"Spare me! I was wrong! I'll never do it again!" The third man saw Su Wanxing looking over and immediately kowtowed, begging for mercy. "It was all Brother Wang's orders! He told us to kidnap girls and take them to the Emperor Hotel. We were just doing our job; we were forced into it!"