episode 48
As soon as He Xun finished speaking, Lin Huanyan, who had been relatively calm just moments before, suddenly showed a look of horror.
Her body suddenly slid down the edge of the bed and then she knelt on the ground with a thud.
She trembled violently, grabbed He Xun's ankle, and cried sobbing uncontrollably, "I won't run! I won't run! I really won't run! Please! Don't hit me! Please! Don't hit me! I won't say anything! Really!"
Before He Xun could react, Lin Huanyan suddenly clutched her own neck, her two full, dark eyes bulging outwards, and screamed uncontrollably, "I'm going to die! I'm about to die! I can't breathe...cough cough...I'm going to die..."
He Xun tried his best to control his facial expression, trying not to show any worry under the camera.
He squatted down with a cold face, but his tone was extremely anxious: "Huanyan! What's wrong with you? Calm down, no one is hitting you here!"
"Yes! I will!" Lin Huanyan was still in a state of extreme disarray. She lay paralyzed on the ground, her stick-like body convulsing, like a live lobster being fried in oil. In just a few minutes, she was covered in sweat, her thin dress soaked through. "It hurts so much, my body hurts so much, help me! Sir! It's so cold, so cold!"
Her face was contorted in pain as she groaned hysterically.
He Xun gripped Lin Huanyan's arm, his previously steady heart pounding wildly.
If Lin Huanyan's condition persists for too long, Huo Liang and the others will definitely come to check on her. If she doesn't recover quickly, they will most likely suggest replacing her. But the other children are too young! He probably won't be able to extract any useful information from them under these circumstances. The reason he initially chose Lin Huanyan was because she looked a little older and would be easier to question.
What exactly is going on...?
What exactly was it that provoked her?
"It's so cold, waaaaah... I'm going to die...."
Lin Huanyan's desperate screams continued.
In that split second, a white figure suddenly appeared before He Xun's eyes.
Panic attack.
He understood.
Lin Huanyan is currently experiencing symptoms of a panic attack! He had seen patients during panic attacks when he went undercover at a mental hospital before! It was exactly the same as what she was going through now!
The most obvious symptom of this disease is a strong feeling of suffocation. Patients will scream loudly uncontrollably, sweat for no reason, and suddenly feel extremely cold or hot. It is usually sudden and has no specific cause. Anything in daily life can trigger a panic attack.
Fortunately, the duration is not too long, usually between 5 and 20 minutes, and rarely exceeding 1 hour.
...rarely exceeding 1 hour.
Then there is still hope.
He Xun quickly knelt down, his smooth arms supporting Lin Huanyan's back, trying his best to comfort her: "It's alright, Huanyan, I'm here. No one will hit you. It's okay."
"It's alright, I won't let anyone hit you, they won't, they wouldn't dare to hurt you."
"Relax, take a deep breath."
"..."
Perhaps it was because his voice was too devout and too gentle, but gradually, Lin Huanyan's breathing actually calmed down.
Her violently heaving chest began to calm down, as if a person who had been walking in the desert for three days and three nights and was about to die of thirst had suddenly been given a spring of clear water.
He Xun finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Lin Huanyan's expression wasn't too resistant, he picked up the thin little girl, walked to the bedside, and gently placed her on the bed.
Lin Huanyan's back sank into the soft bedding. She gripped the hem of her skirt tightly with her left hand and covered her face with her other hand, sobbing uncontrollably. However, her emotions were much better than when she had been acting frantically and out of control.
He Xun rubbed Lin Huanyan's head, and was about to say a few more words of comfort when there was a sudden knock on the door. Lin Huanyan instinctively flinched.
The visitor knocked twice leisurely and then stopped.
"Soren, it's me."
It's Huo Liang.
He Xun's hand, hanging by his side, suddenly clenched into a fist, then slowly relaxed.
He opened the door, his face now a picture of nonchalance: "What's up, Liang? Not satisfied with watching it on the security camera? Do you really want to see a live sex show?"
No one knew that at this moment, He Xun was practically split into two people.
The inner rage and the strings of reason are like two iron chains tightly intertwined, battering each other to the death.
In the end, reason prevailed, transforming his originally distorted appearance into a calm one.
Huo Liang glanced at him up and down, noticing He Xun's disheveled clothes and hair, and then looked into the room before saying, "How is it? Still not done? Should we get someone else?"
He Xun naturally refused. He slowly straightened his sleeves, revealing his arm that had been scratched by the girl's fingernails earlier: "It's not so bad now. This is the first time I've seen someone in bed like this. It's quite interesting."
Huo Liang raised an eyebrow: "Oh? What do you mean?"
He Xun blinked, then, with a half-smile, put his hand on his shoulder and said in a low voice, word by word, "Because... there's the pleasure of raping a woman."
Upon hearing this, Huo Liang no longer doubted him. A lewd and malicious smile appeared on his handsome face: "I didn't realize you were such a pervert. I knew I hadn't misjudged you."
"Likewise."
"Then I'm leaving. Do as you please."
"Brother Liang, why don't you find someone to have some fun with?"
"Do you even need to tell me? We've already chosen our people. Your brother Chen started playing half an hour ago."
The door was locked again, and He Xun was certain that no one would bother him again.
He suppressed the urge to smoke, composed himself, and turned around, only to find the little girl staring blankly at him. After a long while, she asked, "Brother, are you a good person?"
A seemingly ordinary sentence, yet He Xun's eyes welled up with tears.
He smiled and sat down on the edge of the bed: "Do you think I am?"
Lin Huanyan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded firmly: "I think you are a good person."
Finally, he added, "Because you are different from them."
"So clever." He Xun was almost amused by the little girl's serious expression, but then he immediately became serious and said, "But don't trust others too easily in the future, they might be faking it."
"Men are the best actors."
Perhaps because she had been deceived by men too many times, Lin Huanyan did not refute, but timidly nodded and replied that she would.
He Xun helped her to the bathroom, washed a towel, and gently wiped her face.
In the brief moment of tranquility, He Xun finally learned the reason why Lin Huanyan had suddenly had a panic attack.
When Lin Huanyan first arrived at the manor, she had tried to sneak away more than once, but all her attempts ended in failure. Each time she was caught, she was severely beaten, and sexual violence was inevitable. Later, those people got amused and even deliberately let her go, waiting until she lowered her guard and was about to escape the manor before slowly walking up to her, coldly arresting her, and then taking it for granted that they could commit violence against her.
It's like a cat catching a mouse, or a person teasing a cat.
Under such circumstances, how could a sixteen-year-old girl not develop psychological trauma?
She did try to resist.
No one is born to be someone else's plaything.
But it was no use.
The long, dark night stretches on endlessly, and dawn is still a long way off.
A few muffled wolf howls could be faintly heard from outside the nailed-together window.
Lin Huanyan told him, "That's the howling of the wolves they keep."
"They even keep wolves?"
"Yes, there are many. A girl next door to me was killed by their wolves."
He Xun adjusted the pinhole camera and continued, "Why?"
"When she was handing over her penis to a customer, she bit off that person's genitals."
Lin Huanyan rested her chin on her hand and thought for a moment before adding, "I heard them say that that person can no longer work or have children with women."
He Xun nodded. If the timing hadn't been wrong, he would have even given a thumbs up.
He continued, "Huanyan, perhaps the questions I'm about to ask will be a bit sharp. If you don't want to answer, you don't have to. There's no need to force yourself, okay?"
"Okay, I understand." Lin Huanyan nodded obediently, her bright eyes fixed intently on He Xun, revealing a rare hint of childishness that belonged to her age. "Brother, are you a reporter or a policeman? Are you here to rescue us?"
"A reporter, huh?" He Xun stroked her soft cheek, answering her second question. "I hope I can succeed."
"Okay, then ask me, brother. I'll tell you everything I know."
"Could you tell me how you got here?"
"At first, they said they wanted to sign a contract with me and make me a star. After the contract was signed, they brought me here."
"Who would want to sign a contract with you? Do you even know the company's name?"
"I don't know who signed the contract with me. I only know that the company's name is Shangxing."
Before signing the contract, didn't you and your family carefully read the contract terms?
Lin Huanyan's eyes were red, and she nervously twisted her hands: "I...I don't understand this. I'm sorry. I just wanted to earn more money. Everyone says that celebrities earn a lot of money. I was so stupid to believe their nonsense."
She thought the man in front of her would definitely scold her, because he looked very smart and must look down on people like her.
Unexpectedly, He Xun simply shook his head and said softly, "Huan Yan, don't say sorry. You did nothing wrong, and wanting to make money is nothing to be ashamed of."
"Really?" Lin Huanyan was stunned, staring blankly at him.
"real."
He Xun pulled out a tissue and handed it to her. After she calmed down a bit, he continued, "You're only sixteen. Why are you so eager to make money? Is your family struggling financially?"
"Yes, my parents are both farmers. My dad works as a bricklayer on construction sites, and my mom farms in the village. My hometown is very poor."
"Mountainous area?"
"Um."
Do you know Huo Liang?
“I know him. After I signed the contract, they even let me meet with him.”
Do you like him? As a celebrity.
Lin Huanyan nodded shyly: "Yes, I like him. He's very handsome. They said that if I sign a contract, I'll have the opportunity to work with him."
"So this is one of the reasons why you were willing to sign the contract, right?"
"Um."
Have they threatened you?
"......"
Lin Huanyan lowered her head, bit her lip hard, and after a long while whispered, "Yes, they often say that if we dare to run away, they will send out photos of us naked and videos of us having sex, to our family and friends, and...the school."
At this point, the details of this scam gradually became clear.
Using the prestigious name of an entertainment company and the endorsement of famous actors, they lure minors from impoverished families who lack social experience.
After obtaining them through deception, they would then use the so-called principles of chastity and the violence of confinement to imprison the children here.
He Xun took a deep breath: "Do you know Chen Guangling?"
Lin Huanyan shook her head: "I don't know him. I only know that there is a Brother Chen who often comes to the manor to play."
That must be Chen Guangling.
He Xun continued, "Have any female celebrities ever appeared at this manor?"
“I’ve never seen a female celebrity.” Lin Huanyan thought about it seriously for a moment, then said, “But I have seen one woman who comes here often.”
"Does she come often?" He Xun pressed. "What does she look like? Do you know her?"
"I don't know her, but I've heard from others that she used to be a female celebrity."
He Xun's eyes sharpened: "Really?"
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