Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 814

Chapter 814: Torture, Confession ( 3 )
WARNING: This chapter contains elements of torture. If you don’t feel comfortable with this, skip this chapter.

When the officer saw that Su Anna had fainted from the pain, he picked up a basin of salt water and splashed it on her face.

The moment the water slapped her face, Su Anna woke up in shock and pain. When the salt water came into contact with her wound, she felt as if countless ants were biting her flesh, and severe pain burned her bones.

“Ugh…” she groaned as she opened her eyes.

“Su Anna, do you admit your crime of murdering Xiao Gao and acting as a black market middleman?” the officer asked again.

Although she was delirious from the pain, Su Anna still gritted her teeth and refused to admit it. Once she confesses, she will die. The penalty for murder is execution or life imprisonment.

She didn’t want to die or spend the rest of her life in prison. She did not kill Lu Jueyu, nor did she marry Li Chenmo yet. How could she die in this place?

“I didn’t…” she muttered quietly.

Hearing this, the military officers looked at each other and nodded. An officer picked up the red-hot iron rod and pressed the burning iron plate against Su Anna’s chest.

As soon as the iron plate touched her skin, the smell of burning meat filled the air, followed by Su Anna’s high-pitched scream, “Ahhh!!!”

Smoke rose from her burning flesh, leaving a trail of burns. The wound was severe, but there was no blood, just flaky skin and dark flesh covered in blisters.

Due to the pain, Su Anna fainted again.

The officer used salt water to wake her up again, and this torture continued until Su Anna’s body was completely covered with wounds.

When she was experiencing life worse than death, Da Gao was sitting in another room, with a military officer sitting opposite him. The officer had a long, deep scar on his face that looked horrific.

The officer opened a folder and asked, “Comrade Gao, do you admit to participating in private transactions, murdering your brother, and assaulting a female educated youth causing her death?”

Da Gao, with his hands cuffed, shook his head and said, “Officer, I know nothing about this!”

The officer looked at him for a long time before saying, “Comrade Gao, we have evidence and witnesses. I suggest you admit these crimes and receive a lighter punishment.”

Da Gao turned pale when he heard this and said, “I…I didn’t do that. I don’t know anything!”

Closing the folder, the officer tapped his fingers on the table and asked with a smile, “Comrade Gao, do you know that the penalty for homicide is death? Depending on your crime, you will either be shot, electrocuted, or injected with poison.”

“When your heart stops beating, your brain is still active for twenty to thirty seconds. During that time, I don’t know what you are going to feel. Fear, regret, pain, despair, or all of these feelings?”

“But before that happens, you will be tortured into confessing, just like your wife is going through now,” he added with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Anna’s screams came from the corridor, which immediately startled Da Gao.

When Da Gao heard this, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed loudly to the officer. After kowtowing three times, his forehead was already bleeding. This shows how much power he used when he hit his head on the ground.

The officer looked at him expressionlessly, without speaking, as if he were looking at a dead man.

Seeing his eyes, Da Gao’s heart sank. He continued to kowtow and said, “Officer, I don’t want to die! I will admit the crime, but please don’t torture me or sentence me to death.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the officer opened the folder and wrote something on it. After that, he stood up, picked up the folder, and cut Da Gao’s thumb with a knife. Using his blood as ink, he pressed his thumb on the file and left the room.

Looking at his back, Da Gao was not sure what his future would be like. But, he would rather spend the rest of his life in prison than be shot or tortured.

Soon, two military officers broke into the room and dragged Da Gao away. Unlike Su Anna, he has not experienced the pain of torture, which is also a kind of happiness. As for what awaits him in prison, no one knows yet.

At the same time, in the capital, Father Xiao was reading a letter sent by Houzi. Unlike other people who like to communicate in secret, Houzi and Father Xiao communicate openly. They even used the government’s special postal service to send letters.

Although the risk is great, the most dangerous place is the safest place. In doing so, no one would have imagined that they were actually exchanging important information that could shock the entire country.

In the eyes of others, Houzi is a distant relative of Mother Xiao. Due to the Great Famine, his family starved to death and he was the only one who survived. Out of family affection, Mother Xiao accepted him as her adopted son.

Under normal circumstances, he should live with Mother Xiao’s family. But he didn’t want to leave the place where his parents were buried, so he stayed in the village.

After everyone found out about this, they all praised Father Xiao and Mother Xiao as good people.

In times of difficult survival, they are willing to raise other people’s sons to continue the family lineage. This act shows their generosity, loyalty, and kindness.

Even Xiao Yiguan and Xiao Yiqing felt pity for this distant cousin they had never met.

Due to his hidden identity, Houzi always contacts Father Zhao in the name of Zhao Jun. No one knows that he is the same person as the black market boss other than Father Xiao and Mother Xiao.