Chapter 17: Extreme Pulling
Dr. Zong Fang's presence kept Qiao Suisui on edge.
She had no space of her own, no freedom to think, eat, or even daydream privately for a moment each day— it was suffocating.
Having been constantly shadowed by him these days, she had roughly figured out his character. He was an incredibly sharp and suspicious person who did not tolerate disobedience.
Once, she witnessed an assistant who disagreed with him getting kicked out of the research center directly. The defiant assistant claimed he would appeal to the Federation, but Dr. Zong Fang, without a second word, burned his research findings and, from a position of authority, looked down upon him and declared that it was all garbage.
The enraged assistant lost his rationality and transformed into his Beast Form to attack him, but Dr. Zong Fang merely dealt with it casually, teasing the assistant and forcing him to exhaust all his tricks—yet in the end, he defeated him with a mere flick, a fatal one at that.
It was then that Qiao Suisui saw his Beast Form, a silver King Cobra.
After the surveillance was removed, he checked Qiao Suisui's body daily and had her room searched for any suspicious items to prevent her from escaping.
Qiao Suisui did not resist, merely watching everything as it unfolded, because she was waiting for an opportunity!
Indeed, after several times, Dr. Zong Fang lost interest in this grandiose method of search.
Qiao Suisui knew he was using this method to pressure her and was eager to see her reaction. He continuously stripped her of her basic human rights to break her dignity, then observed her emotional responses with great interest.
Once, he claimed that an assistant's scalpel had gone missing, suspecting that Qiao Suisui had taken it, so he turned her entire room upside down.
She watched as he and his men ransacked her living quarters, knocked her nurturing flowers to the ground, stepped on her bed with shoes, and even slit open her pillow to check if any sharp objects were hidden inside. The once warming room immediately became a chaotic mess, trampled and disheveled.
Throughout the process, he constantly monitored Qiao Suisui's reactions.
This was a stress test. Beastmen have a strong territorial instinct, and he guessed humans were the same. Thus, he used this method to test, aiming to discover how humans would act under extreme circumstances and how they controlled their emotions.
Several times, he found that Qiao Suisui could calm down swiftly after getting angry, which greatly surprised him. Knowing that the frenzy factor often leads beastmen to lose control, if he could uncover the secret to controlling emotions within this human, it might greatly improve how beastmen handle their frenzy.
However, Qiao Suisui would not let him succeed.
She watched indifferently, standing quietly in a corner of the room, as if all of it had nothing to do with her.
If someone invaded your room, meddling with your items, dirtying and disordering your belongings, no one would watch without emotion. It's an instinctual rejection of the invasion. But, the premise is, that it has to be your territory.
She never considered this place her territory for a moment.
To her, this was merely a warm, comfortable prison.
It's all a prison anyway, why care about invasions?
Dr. Zong Fang waited a long time but saw no change in her expression, and his mood suddenly worsened.
He felt irritated.
This human always did not move according to his expectations.
The more it was so, the more he wanted to control her.
"Doctor, we've searched everything. There's nothing," said an assistant.
Dr. Zong Fang coldly looked at Qiao Suisui, his lips curling into a smile.
"There's still one place we haven't searched," he said.
"What?" The assistant looked around, unsure of what they missed.
"Strip her clothes off," he ordered, pointing at Qiao Suisui.
He saw her pupils flicker, though she still silently looked at him, but her slightly trembling fingertips betrayed her emotions. Dr. Zong Fang smiled satisfyingly, his eyes filled with excitement.
"What are you staring at?"
The assistant, named Renol, was snapped back to reality by a sideways glance from Zong Fang, hesitantly saying, "Doctor, this... might not be right."
Not to mention that the individual in front of him was a distinguished Ancient Human, his own conscience did not agree with Dr. Zong Fang's extreme research methods. Yet, due to the pressure, he had not stated his position. Stripping this human miss naked in full view of everyone was something he really couldn't bring himself to do.
Renol glanced at Qiao Suisui, who was looking down, feeling unbearably uncomfortable.
How could such a fragile little female be treated this way?
Zong Fang sneered and put on his sterilized gloves.
"Since you don't want the opportunity, just watch closely."
He stepped forward, pushed up his glasses, and looked down at Qiao Suisui standing before him.
He took off her coat; the cool tip of his finger touched her skin. Seeing a crack named panic appear on her previously expressionless face, he felt a great sense of satisfaction from the domination.
He gently lifted her chin with his fingers, observing her reaction.
"Afraid? Or angry? Or is it both?"
Qiao Suisui closed her eyes.
She had worn only a dress and a coat that day, and now she was left in a simple dress.
She felt a cold hand wrap around her lower back, another hand slowly unfastening her buttons from behind.
She couldn't react because she knew that any reaction would excite Zong Fang even more, and he would intensify his actions.
The man unhurriedly unbuttoned her dress from top to bottom. Seeing her smooth, snow-white back, his pupils darkened.
His hand, though gloved, touched her skin, his nose catching a faint fragrance, making his lower abdomen tighten and his breathing unstable.
The assistants, all vigorous males, were staring at Qiao Suisui, watching her face flush with anger and her slender, delicate neck hang down like a swan's, immediately feeling their blood boiling.
Renol was also intently staring at her, mesmerized by the slipping straps on her shoulders.
Zong Fang, sensing everyone's gaze, felt inexplicably angry.
He took a step forward and used his large body to shield Qiao Suisui from the view of his assistants.
He turned his head, his eyes had turned into vertical pupils, fiercely warning everyone and at the same time releasing his powerful oppressive force.
Like Ruka, his spiritual power was of an SSS-rank, only Zong Fang's force was even more sinister and domineering.
"Get out."
Along with a growling voice, the assistants, frightened, scrambled and quickly fled the scene.
Qiao Suisui, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief because the humiliation of being publicly stripped almost broke her. Now that she relaxed, she felt weak all over, and with her stomach having grown a bit, standing even for a little while made her tired.
Her legs went weak, and she was swiftly caught by the quick-reacting Zong Fang.
By then, the buttons had been undone to the last two, but he stopped and didn't continue, merely supporting her lower back and feeling the softness and warmth of the person in his arms.
He gently pulled her forward, and Qiao Suisui, caught off guard, pressed against his chest.
"Your body is so soft, yet your spirit is so tough."
He pinned her hands behind her back, and his large hands easily grasped her wrists. Qiao Suisui reflexively struggled, and her shoulder strap slipped off, revealing a generous view of her bosom.