Chapter 14 It's Me
Chloe's fair face had two bloody wounds, with fresh blood dripping down her cheeks, staining her neck.
Tears blurred her vision, mingling with the blood in a poignant testament to her despair.
At this moment, she was in despair.
Facing Frederick of the Hall family, she felt hopeless and helpless.
She hated it!
She hated that year when she heard the cries for help from the fire and rushed in!
She saved a person but got burned, suffering for ten years, enduring ten years of humiliation!
After the burns, she became the laughingstock of her classmates!
Even the classmates who used to be close to her ignored her!
When her classmates saw her, it was as if they had seen a ghost, avoiding her from afar!
Her family despised her, even her closest parents looked down on her!
After her injuries healed, she felt that the suffering of the past ten years was worth it.
Now, she was once again in despair.
"Mr. Hall, please, this isn't our fault; it's all because of Chloe."
"It's all Chloe's fault; go trouble Chloe, please, spare us."
In her despair, Chloe saw Frederick's cold and ruthless face and heard the pleas of the Lewis Family. These people, to save their lives, put all the blame on her.
"Don't you say it?"
Frederick's expression was cold as he waved his hand slightly.
Immediately, two men walked in. "Frederick."
"Take Chloe to the auction outside. I want the whole Sunset City to know the consequences of offending the Hall family. Deal with the Lewis Family, then handle Leo."
"Yes."
The two men walked over and untied the ropes on Chloe.
They grabbed her hair, dragging her, and left the room.
Chloe was wearing a thin dress, and as her body made contact with the ground, the dress got torn, her skin got scraped, causing a burning pain. She cried out loudly for help, begged loudly for mercy, but no matter how she screamed and pleaded, it was useless.
At the top floor of the Sunset City Hotel, the auction was in progress.
This time, the Hall family brought out some worthless items, but the auction prices were extremely high, several times or even hundreds of times their worth.
The attendees were all Sunset City elites, all savvy business people, and they immediately understood what was going on.
The Hall family had been bankrupted by Leo, and Frederick was back to gather funds, planning to rise again.
The Sunset City elites had no choice. Frederick was the Deputy Commander of the Western Territory, extremely powerful, and they dared not offend him.
Even knowing the items were fake and worthless, they still forced themselves to buy one or two.
Because they all knew that if they didn't spend some money today, they would definitely be resented by Frederick, and there would be no good outcome in the future.
After one item was auctioned off, another item was brought out. It was a painting, a complete Artwork of Moonlit.
The sexy and beautiful auctioneer announced loudly, "Next up is the Artwork of Moonlit, starting at one million dollars, with each bid not less than five thousand dollars"
Seeing another Artwork of Moonlit being brought out, many people present understood that the painting Chloe had damaged was also fake,part of the Hall family's scheme to torment the Lewis Family.
Rumors were spreading that the Hall family's bankruptcy was due to Chloe putting Leo on speakerphone.
Leo heard Sean's words, which led to the Hall family's bankruptcy.
The real Artwork of Moonlit was priceless, worth at least two billion dollars, but now the Hall family brought out another fake one, openly starting at one million dollars, clearly a scam.
"The Johnson Family bids two million dollars."
"The Garcia Family bids three million dollars."
"The Wilson Family bids four million dollars."
Knowing it was fake, but to please Frederick, the Deputy Commander of the Western Territory, some wealthy families kept bidding, and the worthless fake painting quickly reached four million dollars, with the price still rising.
In the end, this fake Artwork of Moonlit was taken by a family for a high price of ten million dollars.
Just as everyone was waiting for the next auction item, two fully armed men dragged a woman over. This woman had disheveled hair and a face covered in blood.
One of her high heels had been pulled off, her knees were scraped, and blood was flowing.
Seeing this scene, the people in the venue were all terrified.
Chloe was dragged onto the auction stage.
Her face was directly facing the auction hall and the crowd.
There were dozens of people sitting in the auction seats.
These were all prominent figures in Sunset City, but seeing Chloe's bloody, hideous face, they were all pale with fear, sitting in their seats, not daring to breathe.
"Help. Please save me."
Seeing so many people here, Chloe seemed to grasp a glimmer of hope for survival, reaching out her hand, constantly calling for help.
However, among the dozens of people in the venue, no one dared to stand up and say a word, because on either side of Chloe stood two fully armed men.
Frederick walked out with a dagger, came to the front of the auction stage, grabbed Chloe's long hair, clearly showing her face to everyone, and said coldly, "My Hall family is the number one family in Sunset City. Whoever opposes the Hall family will die."
As he spoke, he made another cut on Chloe's face.
Chloe's expression twisted in pain, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.
"Kill me. I beg you; kill me; stop torturing me."
Chloe, exhausted physically and mentally from the torture, only wanted to die at this moment, to be freed as soon as possible! She kept begging Frederick to kill her.
!
Outside the hotel, Larry and Frank had been waiting here. Seeing that the time was almost up, they put on the masks they had prepared in advance and headed towards the hotel.
However, there were fully armed soldiers guarding the entrance, so they didn't go through the main entrance but the back door.
Larry and Frank, wearing masks, reached the top floor of the hotel where the auction was being held. But before they even entered the auction hall, they heard Chloe's painful cries and pleas.
Hearing this sound, Larry panicked, his face instantly darkened, and a surge of anger shot straight to his brain!
Frank, following behind Larry, suddenly sensed a terrifying aura of hostility emanating from Larry.
This hostility was so terrifying that it made him shudder, involuntarily taking a few steps back.
He had followed Larry for many years and had only seen this aura once.
That was a year ago, during the great turmoil in Southwild, when tens of thousands of Black Dragon Army soldiers were framed and tragically killed by the enemy. At that time, Larry, in a fit of rage, charged into the enemy camp alone.
That battle was a bloodbath, leaving countless corpses.
In that battle, the enemy commander’s skull was brought back by Larry.
At this moment, in the venue, Frederick held a dagger to Chloe's neck, his face cold, and said, "I'll give you one more chance. Who's the person you saved ten years ago?"
The doors of the auction hall were suddenly kicked open.
"It's me."
A voice filled with rage and murderous intent echoed.
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