"Splash!"
A basin of cold water was dumped over her head, and Nan Xueyin jolted awake. She struggled instinctively, but her neck and limbs were bound tight by heavy iron chains. As she moved, the rough, abrasive metal grated against her skin, sending stabbing pains through her body.
The agony was even worse across her back and chest, where a crisscrossing web of injuries left her flesh a bloody, mangled mess. She was still in the Court of Judicial Review Prison, confined to a cramped, suffocating cell that stank of the thick, heavy scent of her own blood.
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