Chapter 36 Sober
When Gu Yihan regained consciousness, it was already the next morning. Her head was still foggy, and when she tried to raise her hand to rub her head, she found that her hands were bound.
I struggled to open my eyes and looked around at my surroundings. All around me were uneven stone walls. The light from outside shone into the dark places, leaving only a faint glow. Was I inside a cave?
Her hands and feet were bound, and she was carelessly thrown into this natural cave. Lying on the ground, she dared not make a sound.
Upon hearing the noise, Gu Yihan quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be unconscious.
She could hear two people's footsteps approaching her.
One of the men, a roguish-looking guy, said, "This chick's really young. The boss isn't around right now. Shall we have some fun first?"
Gu Yihan lay stiffly on the ground, feeling a chill run through her from head to toe. Her hands, which were tied behind her back, trembled violently, and her back was soaked with cold sweat.
Another man kicked the man who spoke, saying, "You want to die? This is the boss woman, she's not someone you can keep around for long, is she?"
Gu Yihan could tell from the voice that the man speaking behind her was older.
"Hmph, we went through all that trouble to kidnap this woman, and we can't even enjoy her. Besides, isn't the boss away? If you don't say anything and I don't say anything, no one will know!"
The roguish man was still not giving up. He looked at the woman's skin and thought, "Wow, it's so white! The kind that shines, so delicate and smooth. It must feel amazing to touch."
The older man, worried that the young man couldn't control his lust, pushed him away and said, "Go see if those little bastards in the other cave have woken up yet."
"How could he possibly wake up? I've given him a lot of medicine. He'll definitely sleep for two days and two nights." He said this as he started walking in another direction.
After a while, the roguish-looking man returned: "I've never failed to administer the medicine."
Gu Yihan lay on the ground with her eyes half-open, and from above, without careful observation, she appeared to be still unconscious.
She saw a man in his early twenties leaning against the cave wall, taking out a pack of cigarettes and offering it to another person: "Want a smoke?"
Another man had his back to her, so her face wasn't visible; she could only see him wave.
The young man looked at him with disdain and said, "What are you pretending for? Brother Liang, this is a Zhonghua cigarette, it cost 1.3 yuan on the black market. I wouldn't even part with it."
"I wonder how many kids the boss will bring this time. I heard he's brought several kids from wealthy families, but the transfer is too much trouble."
Then Liang Ge spoke up: "He can meet up with us tonight."
"Finally, I can leave this godforsaken place. I haven't had any fun in so long." The young man's face was full of lewdness.
Gu Yihan felt his gaze sweep over her, and she immediately closed her eyes in fright. He seemed to be staring at her like a venomous snake, probing her intently.
The young man walked up to Gu Yihan in frustration and kicked her several times: "Damn it, you're a piece of trash that's all show and no substance."
Gu Yihan bit her lip hard, trying not to cry out in pain.
The man called Liang Ge grabbed his arm: "Gangzi, that's enough. If you hurt him, we won't get a good price."
The man named Gangzi shook off the man who was holding his arm: "Pah, you hypocrite, as if you don't play with women."
"You watch yourself, I'm going down the mountain to vent my anger." He then turned to leave.
Liang stopped Gangzi, who was about to leave, and said, "The boss said that if they don't come back, no one can go down the mountain, or our whereabouts will be exposed."
Gangzi was furious and pointed at Liang Ge: "You know perfectly well that my only hobby is chasing women, yet you still brought a beautiful woman for me to watch over."
"You won't let me go out and have fun? Fine, let me have some fun with this woman." Gangzi looked at Gu Yihan lying on the ground with lecherous eyes.
Gu Yihan's heart tightened upon hearing Gangzi's words.
Liang suddenly grabbed the finger pointing at him and twisted it upwards with force.
"Ouch. Brother Liang, let go, let go." Gangzi used his other hand to forcefully pry the other person's hand off.
"This woman is going to be sold to the other side of the sea for a high price, she's not someone you can get your hands on." After saying that, Brother Liang threw Gangzi far away.
Gangzi, clutching his injured hand, said angrily to Liang Ge, "I'm going to take a piss."
After saying that, he walked straight out of the cave.
As Gangzi walked, he cursed and muttered, "What the hell? You really think that just because you won't let me find women, I won't look for any?"
Gangzi walked for a long time before finally emerging from the dense forest. Seeing a large tree nearby, he kicked it in anger, saying, "Who would be crazy to come into these deep mountains?"
The man called Liang Ge raised his wrist and looked at the time on his watch. Gangzi had been gone for so long and hadn't come back yet, so he knew that Gangzi hadn't taken his words to heart.
"Damn, this idiot will die from lust sooner or later."
After saying that, he angrily walked to another cave and saw five children inside, all of whom were unconscious.
Upon hearing the man called Liang Ge walk out of the cave, Gu Yihan immediately opened her eyes and used her consciousness to find a small knife in the space.
Because her hands were tied behind her back, she could only carefully hold the knife with her hands behind her back and slowly rub the rope binding her hands.
Time passed slowly, and Gu Yihan was so nervous she almost cried. Why was this damn knife so dull? It hadn't broken even after all this time.
Just as her hand was about to lose its grip on the knife and become unable to exert any force, the rope finally came loose.
Just as she was about to happily cut off the restraints on her feet, she heard footsteps and immediately lay back down in her original position.
When Liang Ge came in, he saw that Gu Yihan, who was lying on the ground, showed no signs of waking up.
I found a clean spot, sat down, closed my eyes, and pretended to doze off.
Gu Yihan quietly opened her eyes and secretly glanced at him. Through the light from outside the cave, she could barely make out his appearance.
She immediately closed her eyes; she knew these human traffickers were desperate and extremely cautious.
Time passed slowly, and Gu Yihan could only estimate by feeling that it was time to eat lunch, because her stomach was protesting.
The man called Liang Ge had already traveled back and forth between the two caves several times, but she had never managed to cut off the restraints on her feet.
Every time he went to the cave and returned quickly, her psychological defenses were on the verge of collapse. She had never felt time pass so slowly before.
"Gurgle, gurgle," what's that? Gu Yihan was startled, thinking it was the sound of her own stomach, and she slowly softened her breathing.
"Gurgle, gurgle." What's that? The sound of the human trafficker's stomach.
Gu Yihan was happy and waited patiently.
A moment later, Liang Ge stood up and paced back and forth, saying, "Damn, this Gangzi is more trouble than he's worth." He hadn't eaten last night.
The two of them were supposed to take turns eating today, but that idiot went out.
Liang finally emerged from the cave.
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