"Daughter, your grandma has something to do, so your dad asked me to come pick you up."

Sun Han shrugged. "My little granddaughter was very happy. She looked around but didn't see her grandmother, so she simply believed what the man said and got into the car."

Cheng Shuang asked hesitantly, "Doesn't she have any questions?"

“No,” Sun Han said. “My granddaughter is eight or nine years old, an age where she understands things. Most importantly, she didn’t show any surprise or fear when she saw the car and the man.”

“If they weren’t old acquaintances, then the little granddaughter must have seen her father with this man before, and she might even be familiar with this car.” Otherwise, Cheng Shuang couldn’t believe that an eight or nine-year-old child would be so easily tricked into getting into the car.

“She was happy to hear what the man said. Does that mean she rarely has the opportunity to see her father?” Du Jun added.

The little girl puffed out her cheeks, deep in thought. "Grandma needs to pick me up from school... Dad must be very busy with work, so the granddaughter cherishes the opportunity to see him. The middle-aged man and the ledger can't be unrelated. Is her father an accountant? Did he falsify the accounts but report it to the police, so he was retaliated against by bad guys, which implicated his family?"

“The accountant is a woman.” Du Jun shook his head. “But I think there’s nothing wrong with her line of thinking. She’s not some evil human trafficker; it’s definitely revenge.”

“The first question can be basically answered,” Sun Han said. “The reason the minibus was able to pick up his granddaughter is because she recognized the minibus and the man on it. Since she recognized him but her grandmother did not, it must be because the granddaughter accidentally bumped into the bus owner and had a conversation with her father, or the bus had taken her father to and from work. If her grandmother knew the bus owner, it would be impossible that the police had not tracked down the criminals for so long.”

Cheng Shuang continued her analysis, following the train of thought, "Could it be that her father isn't a good person, which is why he's hiding the truth about his work from his family? The granddaughter accidentally saw her father with the bus owner and assumed he was being picked up by the bus to work, but her grandmother didn't know. For various reasons, the granddaughter never mentioned this fleeting glimpse to her grandmother, but subconsciously, she already believed that the bus or its owner was her father's colleague or acquaintance?"

The little girl immediately looked troubled. "That's a bit too unguarded!"

“Ten or twenty years ago, children’s safety education was not very comprehensive, at least it was lacking compared to today,” Sun Han explained frankly. “My granddaughter wasn’t unprepared. After getting in the car, she asked the man to call her father for her!”

“Even if we make the call, we don’t even know if it’s her father on the other end.” Du Jun frowned.

"The second question is, why couldn't Grandma reunite with her granddaughter?" Cheng Shuang said softly, "The little granddaughter has passed away, so there was no way for them to reunite."

"It can't be that simple!" As soon as Sun Han finished speaking, the scene in front of the three of them changed again.

Cheng Shuang felt a sudden ache in her legs and feet. She was lying in the dark, cramped space, her vision blurred and everything was in a blur. Despite the discomfort, she instinctively perked up her ears to listen for anyone around her.

Tinnitus in the ears, feeling dizzy and lightheaded.

Almost the instant she realized her hearing wasn't as good as before, the little girl understood, and she entered story mode again.

His aging body became a burden, and only his hands could move freely. His arms touched the barrier, and he touched it inch by inch. The cold temperature had a metallic feel to it, and he touched a hand full of dust.

The old woman was bewildered, having no idea where she was. She remembered getting into the van and driving a long way, seemingly into the mountains. She thought she would see her granddaughter soon, but then she suddenly lost consciousness. Her last memory was of a lake in the forest, the water shimmering in the moonlight.

The old lady was not only anxious but also panicked.

She feared that before she could find her granddaughter, she might be trapped somewhere by bad people, with no way to call for help.

The place was small and quiet, which made the old woman, who was desperate to find her granddaughter and disregarded her own life, frantically knock on things everywhere, only to hear empty echoes of banging.

Because her body felt so heavy, as if a boulder was pressing on her chest, she couldn't get up. She could only grope around with her hands, trying to find something, like her phone.

However, her efforts were repeatedly fruitless, and she felt like a forgotten person, unable to find a glimmer of hope.

The old woman's heart sank into darkness, accompanied by a deepening fear. Faintly, a weeping sound could be heard in the night, piercing through the metal walls and reaching her eardrums.

She covered her ears with her hands, lying on the ground, her expression terrified.

Cheng Shuang sighed deeply, calmly trying not to let herself be disturbed by her grandmother's emotions.

Because it was an immersive story, the only useful thing was a pair of blurry eyes in the dark. She tried to ignore the crying outside and observe her surroundings.

Perhaps the old woman was too desperate, for the little girl briefly broke free from her restraints and, facing the pitch-black space, she let out a long breath.

The airflow spread out unimpeded, clearly indicating that this space was much larger than the 'coffin' in the old woman's mind. As for why it was so dark, it was because the old woman's eyesight was poor and the surrounding light had been deliberately blocked.

Just as Cheng Shuang was about to tentatively drag her heavy body, her eyes lit up, and she snapped out of the story.

Wow, that was quick this time!

The little girl tilted her head and noticed that her two companions had the same question.

It seems that the final immersive storyline won't provide many clues.

“Let me go first!” Sun Han said. “My granddaughter took a nap in the car and when she opened her eyes, she saw a lake. She got out of the car, heard her father’s voice, and wanted to run over, but the man in the car hugged her and comforted her, saying that she would see her father soon. That’s all.”

"A middle-aged man was being beaten by the lake, his hands and feet were tied, and the four thugs didn't say a word." Du Jun said dryly, "It was the kind of beating he was going to kill."

The two of them immediately gave him a sympathetic look; this kind of immersive experience was not pleasant.

Cheng Shuang then recounted her storyline, focusing on the lake in the old lady's memories before she fell into a coma.

“Yes, it’s Linzhong Lake,” Du Jun confirmed.

Sun Han nodded. "It's a beautiful lake. The sound my granddaughter heard was from far away. Now that I think about it, it sounded more like a man crying out in pain after being beaten. Could it be that the middle-aged man stole some incriminating evidence from the organization for greater gain, thus incurring their wrath?"

"If it were something they had on him, the four thugs wouldn't have beaten him to death. They would have beaten him while trying to get him to hand it over!" The little girl sniffed, recalling a scene from a TV drama. "If he had already handed it over, they wouldn't have risked bringing their granddaughter to the lake. They're probably trying to threaten him with his family, right?"

"No!" Du Jun denied. "It's a fighting style that disregards the lives of men. It means they don't expect men to return the evidence; it's more like venting personal grievances."

"Simply for revenge?" Sun Han gasped. "So you brought your granddaughter here to wipe them all out?"