LETHAL REVIVAL: AN APOCALYPSE REBIRTH

TWO

What is your favourite colour? Mine is blue.

TWO: BEFORE REBIRTH

Before the end times, Feng Zhi Lian was like a brilliant full moon amidst tiny radiant lamps. Back then, while Feng Zhi Lian was a renowned doctor-cum-scientist, she was just a little attendant working in her hospital. The other's incomparable elegance and excellent manners also subtly hinted at her prestigious background. So, she could only tolerate it if Feng Zhi Lian didn't regard her as someone significant.

But now, the situation is entirely reverse!

God really should have favoured her. She had now wholly transformed from that cheap, inept attendant to a wealthy, graceful lady, and Feng Zhi Lian - whom she hated - became a disgusting existence.

Shen Yuan gave her a haughty glance. But, despite her mockings, the other woman's eyes were frighteningly calm as she shifted her head to look at her.

Shen Yuan was instantly enraged - her prior light mood declined entirely. She really couldn't understand: At present, Feng Zhi Lian was like someone who fell high above from the heavens to a torturous hell. Now, her presence and dignity were something trampled to the mud.

Nevertheless, when she dressed up exquisitely and appeared before the other, she had never seen an ounce of envy in her eyes, much less jealousy. Her eyes devoid of insecurities made Shen Yuan feel that the other could still crush her even in that hideous condition. It was as if, on any occasion, she being the inferior one, was destined. She hated that feeling and hated Feng Zhi Lian even more!

Her eyes flamed with hatred and jealousy. She just wanted to kill this bitch right there!

But she knew that she didn't have the power to make choices in Feng Zhi Lian's life. She was a subordinate obeying command; If she ever crossed the line, that would be courting death.

She didn't even want to imagine the trial she would get from her master. So, she resentfully suppressed her hate. She deemed, 'Slut, just wait for a few more moments!' She turned around to glare at the other, only to clash with a pair of calm eyes.

Feng Zhi Lian has been scrutinizing her the whole time. She was pretty sure that she saw the murderousness in the other's eyes just now. But then, it was followed by fear and caution.

She sighed inwardly. It had always been like this - Just as Shen Yuan would proceed to kill her, she would restrain herself. She seemed to didn't even understand how to torment others. At most, it would just be some silly verbal attacks.

It was as if she was afraid of something, someone.

She wondered if Shen Yuan knew her identity. But the next instant, she discarded the possibility herself. If that had been the case, then the other wouldn't have dared to keep her hostage here. Even if she did, how much ransom could she have gotten if she contacted her parents?

What is the use of keeping her locked here even after knowing her identity? For venting? She doesn't think so. The other is not that twisted. Well, she may be. But she is greedy enough to want the entire world if possible, so she wouldn't let go of any opportunities to gain more capital for herself just for letting out some emotions.

So she slowly concluded: Shen Yuan needed her alive for some reason. Although she is already on the brink of oblivion, Shen Yuan can't afford to get rid of her. Yet.

Feng Zhi Lian didn't want to let go this time. Shen Yuan doesn't come here often, and only a few people knew that she was kept as a hostage here. The scientists wouldn't answer her questions, and she was isolated from the other patients.

Looking at her condition, she doesn't have much time. If today would be her judgment day, then let it be. But she didn't want to fall without any answers. She wanted information, and she precisely knew what to do to acquire it. She cleared her hoarse throat.

When she spoke, her voice was hoarse yet glazed with frost, "It is still this disgusting 'me' that you are so jealous of. Don't think that just your flashy clothes and accessories would mask your sickening personality; you are way dirtier than me."

By the time she finished speaking, she was already panting heavily. But still, her eyes were stubbornly glued In the other woman, determined not to let any of her expressions or body-language skip past her.

Shen Yuan stiffened. It had been months before she had last heard Feng Zhi Lian speak, so she had almost overlooked her sharp tongue.

She raged, "Be exultant for all you want; After all, you are counting your last hours. Finally, I no longer need to see your decayed self."

Feng Zhi Lian scoffed mentally at Shen Yuan - still so effortlessly manipulated. She pretended to be apprehensive, "What do you mean?"

Shen Yuan smirked, "Haha, What do I mean? Huh, I mean that your value is about to be over. Your body has already been made use of to the fullest. And your status, that would have also been used completely by my master by now." She scoffed as she continued, "The only thing remaining now is your pathetic trifling life. That too very soon would be for my master."

What does she mean by status? So her master knew my identity?

Deep within her heart, she felt a rush of panic. Implicating her family would be her worst nightmare!

She felt her blood turn cold at the thought. Blood? she stilled for a moment and then chuckled morosely. After blending with those repugnant injections, could she refer to the fluid in her veins as that?

She seethed, "Your master? The one directing you from the shadows?"

It seems that her speculation was true. There was someone manipulating things from the dark. And they wanted her.

Shen Yuan turned around in shock. How did she know that I don't know his identity? That he is directing me from the shadows?

Feng Zhi Lian sneered as she watched Shen Yuan. Is it that difficult to guess that the other came off this shocked? That man seems to always gain profits by baiting and using others' desires. A man like this who borrows other people's knives to give blows to his foe...

    -  It would be weird if he reveals his identity to his puppets.

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AUTHORS NOTE: That's all for the second chapter. I hope you enjoy it.

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