For Shen Beian, hunting was originally a game that allowed him to vent his frustrations. He enjoyed riding on horseback and feeling free.
Even if you don't shoot anything, just making the gesture of drawing a bow and shooting an arrow is enough.
After this hunt on Fuyun Island, I'm afraid I'll never want to draw a bow and shoot arrows again.
“My dear, this has nothing to do with you. This kind of hunting has existed since Fuyun Island existed. Why let the sins of others constrain you?”
"There are too many people in the world, and we cannot control other people's decisions, so why should we wrong ourselves because of others?"
Gu Nanyan naturally knew that Shen Bei'an loved hunting and riding horses across the grasslands, otherwise he wouldn't have taken Shen Bei'an to Shuozhou every spring and autumn.
"The first half is about to end." Shen Bei'an hadn't looked at the screen at all; instead, she nestled in Gu Nan'an's arms and whispered to him, trying to distract herself.
Hearing Gu Nanyan say those words, he finally left her embrace and looked up.
Sure enough, a group of people dressed in law enforcement uniforms had already taken away the "prey" one by one.
Clean up the bloodstains.
Several other "prey" that looked "dead" were carried away, and Shen Beian knew that these were the so-called "chosen" "prey".
The most obvious example is the young boy who led the group at the beginning; another girl survived.
"Those 'playable' animals, if they don't get hit by a single shot throughout the entire hunt, can they survive?" Shen Bei'an suddenly thought of this question, her eyelashes fluttering as she looked up at Gu Nan'an.
Gu Nanyan also looked down at Shen Bei'an, his phoenix eyes filled with tenderness and love as always. "No, there will be a big cleanup at the last minute. The so-called 'prey' will be given a chance to live, but in reality, it's just playing with them."
“The ‘prey’ that has not been shot in the last quarter of an hour will be auctioned off, and the Enforcement Division will handle it.”
Gu Nanyan's voice was clear and gentle like a babbling brook, yet every word he uttered sent chills down one's spine.
Shen Beian knew that the people from the Enforcement Division weren't carrying bows and arrows, but guns!
"These hunters are often extremely interested in the 'prey' that hasn't been put into the cage by the last quarter of an hour. The starting price is usually five million. The highest price ever paid for 'prey' in the history of the hunting grounds was for a 15-year-old blond boy who sold for 380 million Imperial Coins."
He should be about thirty-one or thirty-two years old now.
"Is he... still alive?" Shen Bei'an asked cautiously.
A sense of desolation arose in his heart. Here, human life seemed to be priced in money, or even worthless, such as those "prey" who were destined to die.
"He is very intelligent and is living a good life now."
“That person, my darling, I’ve heard of him before,” Gu Nanyan continued.
"I've heard of him?" Shen Bei'an racked his brains but couldn't recall ever knowing such a person.
"Yes, the mistress of Qiao Ju, the head of the Qing Si Foundation. Qiao Ju also came to the hunting grounds back then and took a picture of that boy."
"The boy was captured. Qiao Ju treated him very well, and he only had one request: to bear a child for Qiao Ju."
"For the boy, he was burdened with a contract of servitude, and Qiao Ju treated him quite well. At that time, the technology of gestation sacs was already quite advanced, and the survival rate of the father was also relatively high."
"So she agreed. The boy later gave birth to a son for Qiao Ju, and Qiao Ju doted on him even more. When Qiao Ju learned that the Qing Si Foundation was about to be investigated, she had the man take the child to the United States."
"Qiao Ju did not give the money directly to that person. Through various transactions, it seemed that the money was earned by that person himself. Therefore, when Qiao Ju was investigated and punished, it had nothing to do with that person."
Shen Beian swallowed, his prominent Adam's apple bobbing up and down, his voice hoarse, unable to utter a single word.
"This should be the best outcome among all the 'prey' that Fuyun Island has ever had."
Gu Nanyan's cool and nonchalant voice rang out again.
Shen Bei'an couldn't imagine how difficult it would be for the world to accept if these things were exposed.
"Baby...I might have to disappoint you." Gu Nanyan raised his hand and ruffled Shen Bei'an's hair. His voice was low and indifferent, and it was impossible to detect any emotion in it.
Shen Bei'an reached out and smoothed Gu Nan'an's brows. "Don't frown, what's wrong?"
Why did I disappoint him?
"Honey, do you remember we originally planned to use your identity as a streamer for one last live stream?"
Shen Beian nodded. This was something he had said when he first arrived at Fuyun Island.
"Is there some kind of emergency?"
"Hmm," Gu Nanyan said, pressing his forehead against Shen Bei'an's. From a distance, the two looked like swans with their necks intertwined. "I was just wondering, do some dark secrets really have to be exposed to the world?"
"What's the point of letting the world know? These things are far removed from them; they're mostly games for the so-called 'high society.'"
"Where there are people, there are all kinds of human nature."
"A loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise."
"How do we know that once most people know the truth, some will flock to it?"
Shen Bei'an's forehead was pressed against Gu Nan'an's forehead, and it seemed... that was indeed the case.
Even in the First World, within such a family, because he didn't compete or fight, compared to ordinary people, he only had more money and didn't know anything about those things.
If all of this were to be exposed, it could potentially cause riots in many places.
Is this really a good thing?
"So, what do you plan to do?" Shen Bei'an didn't hesitate and asked for a solution directly.
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