"ah?"

The waiter was slightly taken aback. "I'm just here to deliver the food. As for everything else, I'll follow Sister Lian's instructions."

Qiu Mang thought for a moment and then asked, "Are all rooms in room A equipped with them? Does Han Bing have one?"

The waiter shook his head. "Miss Mermaid, this is a special treat just for you. No one else gets it! Please enjoy it! I'll be leaving now!"

Qiu Mang looked at the table full of food, her stomach rumbling. "Forget it, I'll fill my stomach first!"

After we finished eating, the knocking on the door started again.

Qiu Mang assumed it was a waiter coming to clear away the dishes, so she quickly stepped forward and opened the door.

The door opened, and there was Sister Lian, arms crossed, leaning lazily against the door frame, her eyes holding a half-smile that was hard to decipher.

“Today, you’re getting special treatment,” Sister Lian said, her tone somewhat casual. “We’ll allow you to leave your room once. As long as you don’t break the rules, you can go wherever you want.”

Qiu Mang eyed the other person warily, her eyes full of suspicion: "Really?"

Everything around her today felt eerie; everyone's unexpected politeness made her feel uneasy.

"Of course." Sister Lian raised her eyebrows slightly, looking confident.

After thinking for a moment, Qiu Mang said, "I'd like to walk around this floor."

Sister Lian teased with a half-smile, "I thought you were in a hurry to see Miss Cat."

Qiu Mang stared straight at her and asked seriously, "Is it not allowed?"

After confirming that they were in Huangtu Village, the most important thing now was to figure out their location and find useful clues.

As for Han Bing, since I, who also stayed in a Class A room, am currently safe, Han Bing should also be out of danger for the time being. I can only try to contact her later.

Sister Lian casually tossed her a piece of clothing, gesturing with her eyes: "Put this on! Change back into the clothes in your closet when you get back to your room!"

Qiu Mang casually caught a denim maxi skirt that Sister Lian threw to her, looking puzzled: "Why do I have to change back?"

Sister Lian smiled knowingly and pointed to an inconspicuous miniature camera on the wall: "You don't know yet, do you? Your every move in the room is being broadcast live 24 hours a day."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Mang's face turned deathly pale, and her hands, gripping her clothes, trembled uncontrollably: "You...you're all perverts!"

"Otherwise, do you think we invited you here to enjoy yourself?" Sister Lian sneered, her eyes full of contempt.

"But I must say, I have good taste. Miss Mermaid, you've only been online for two minutes, and a foreign man has already taken a liking to you. Now you're being kept by him with a lot of money, and that sugar daddy is watching the screen all the time."

I forgot to tell you, the extra meals he gave you and the permission he allowed you to go out were privileges he paid a lot of money for.

Tsk tsk tsk... Mermaid, you're so lucky. If you ran into some other man... he might have demanded you be stripped naked, or thrown a few snakes in, just to see the beauty panic, hahahahahaha..."

After saying that, Sister Lian let out a chilling laugh.

Qiu Mang felt a chill creep up from her feet to her heart. Her hand rested on the metal doorknob, and the biting cold spread from her fingertips.

What kind of hell on earth is this?

Qiu Mang quickly changed her clothes, and led by Sister Lian, the two began to wander around the basement.

As she passed through the area with rooms numbered A, she noticed that each door had the owner's name on it. But when she reached the last room and saw the word "cat" on the doorplate, she involuntarily stopped, her gaze fixed on that door.

"Don't forget the agreement, your request doesn't include seeing Miss Cat," Sister Lian reminded her at the right moment.

Qiu Mang withdrew his gaze and continued walking.

The moment she stepped into Zone B, a wave of heat hit her. She carefully observed her surroundings but found no obvious heating equipment.

So, why is it so hot?

Is it possible that this heat source comes from the ground?

Qiu Mang's eyes darted around, and he suddenly remembered a branch factory of Lü's Steel in Huangtu Village! Although the factory was not large, the high temperatures of blast furnace ironmaking and converter steelmaking were enough to cause the temperature in the area below to rise sharply.

She hadn't gone far when she heard the clanging of metal, which further confirmed her guess—above Zone B was the steel mill.

Sister Lian noticed her unusual behavior and frowned, asking, "What's wrong?"

Qiu Mang quickly shook her head: "It's nothing."

After walking around, Qiu Mang roughly figured out the layout of the basement: there were three types of rooms, A, B and C, as well as restaurants, convenience stores, billiard halls and KTVs.

The two walked to the end of the corridor, turned a corner, and suddenly several rooms appeared in front of them. The doors of the rooms were tightly closed, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

Just then, one of the doors suddenly opened, and a blond, blue-eyed man walked out. He was shirtless, wearing only a pair of briefs, and the expensive watch on his wrist gleamed coldly in the dim light.

Through the crack in the door, Qiu Mang saw the scene inside: two women were kneeling naked on the bed, their bodies covered in horrific wounds, as if they had just fought with some wild beast, their bodies marked with bite marks left by the beast.

Sister Lian put on a fawning smile: "Tom, are you satisfied with the service from White Fox and Jade Rabbit?"

Tom turned his watch, glancing impatiently into the room: "Eastern women are such a hassle. I haven't even had my fill yet, and they're already wailing and screaming! I'll bring a different batch next time!"

Sister Lian looked troubled: "Tom, you've tried all these girls, and not one of them is to your liking?"

The man was getting a little annoyed. "Sister Lian, are you hiding something good from me? I heard there are two beautiful women staying in room A. What? Aren't you going to let me see them?"

After saying that, he saw Qiu Mang behind Sister Lian. The man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he reached out to grab Qiu Mang's hand. "This woman is quite nice. While I'm still in the mood, let's come in and have some fun!"

Qiu Mang instinctively stepped back, but Sister Lian hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Tom, it's been instructed that you can do whatever you want in Room C, but Room A is reserved for our VIP guests!"

Tom withdrew his hand in displeasure and waved for them to leave: "Fine, fine, if you don't want to play, then don't play. Just get out of the way! Don't get in my way!"

Sister Lian quickly smiled apologetically and bowed slightly: "Okay, I won't bother you any longer!"

The man turned around and went back into the room. The next second, the women's shrill screams came from inside the room.

Qiu Mang finally couldn't help but speak up: "Who is he? How could he treat them like this? Those girls are living, breathing people too!"

Sister Lian sneered, "Mermaid, you've talked too much today."

Then, she glanced back in the direction she had come from, and her tone suddenly turned sinister.

"However, I might as well tell you, so you won't run off on your own when I'm not looking. The white fox and the jade rabbit are the best examples. If you want to behave yourself, you'd better stay in your room and don't move. You know, Tom is notoriously brutal in that kind of thing, and he likes to bite people!"