Chapter 819 Chenbao's Side Story (17)
Zhou Mian looked at the palm of the person in front of her.
Just as I remembered, it was large and well-defined, with distinct joints, and a thin layer of calluses on the palms.
It was amazing. The person in front of her was clearly younger than her, but looking at those hands, she felt inexplicably at ease, as if they could easily conquer even the most dangerous places.
She smiled and reached out to take his hand, jokingly saying, "Then I'm counting on you. You can't abandon me if we encounter any danger."
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Following Zhou Mian's directions, the two arrived at the dormitory on the other side.
You don't know until you start walking. Once you start walking, you realize that this "underground palace" is like a maze, ridiculously large. Plus, it's pitch black all around. If Zhou Mian hadn't had an exceptional sense of direction, they might have wandered around in circles for ages.
When they arrived at the other dormitory, Zhou Mian gently traced a line in Murong Chen's palm: "It's your turn."
Murong Chen felt a slight tickle from her touch, which made his heart itch.
He coughed lightly, withdrew his hand, and then began to meow like a cat.
Xu Xiaoxiao was indeed not asleep, because after a short while, she popped her head out from the entrance of a building.
"Pfft... pfft pfft..." Zhou Mian made a low sound in the darkness.
Xu Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, and she quickly and quietly closed the door, running towards them from the base of the wall.
The two sisters met and immediately embraced.
Soon after, the sound of sobbing filled the air.
"Alright, alright, don't cry." Zhou Mian gently patted Xu Xiaoxiao's back while whispering words of comfort.
But her own voice clearly carried a hint of sob.
"Why did you come here by yourself?" After calming down a bit, Xu Xiaoxiao looked up from Zhou Mian's arms, her eyes still red: "Do you know how dangerous it is here?"
Zhou Mian held her hand and said earnestly, "It's precisely because I know it's dangerous here that I had to come. I couldn't even close my eyes without checking on your condition."
Looking at the person in front of her, Zhou Mian said with concern, "What did they do to you? How did you get so thin?"
As Xu Xiaoxiao spoke, tears welled up in her eyes again, her voice filled with hatred: "Xingxing, you have no idea how disgusting these people are. During the day, they train us every day, teaching us how to deceive men. At night, a few girls and I have to go to clubs to serve drinks. We are just tools they use to make dirty money! They even said that as long as we perform well, we will have a chance to pay off our debts and get out. What a load of bull! I and the other girls who came here have all asked around. Some people have been 'working' here for three years and they still can't get out! We earn a lot for them, but with their compounding interest method, even if we work for them for the rest of our lives, there is no way we can pay off our debts!"
As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes again: "Xingxing, this place is a den of demons from which there is no return."
Zhou Mian let out a long sigh, took her hand and said, "Don't worry, now that I'm here, I'll definitely find a way to get you out of here!"
"Don't be so sure of yourself. The reality is that you two are barely able to protect yourselves," Murong Chen said, mercilessly pouring cold water on the situation.
Xu Xiaoxiao, who was standing next to her, hadn't even noticed there was someone else there. She was startled and stammered, "Xingxing, this...this person is...wait, aren't you...from the breakfast shop..."
Through a dim ray of moonlight shining through the high window of the stairwell, Xu Xiaoxiao could see Murong Chen's face clearly.
This was shocking! Wasn't this the man she had slipped the note to at the breakfast shop that day?!
Murong Chen looked at Xu Xiaoxiao in front of him.
Just like Stephen Chow said, she was a pretty girl, but after a few days, she almost became unrecognizable from being so thin.
It's obvious that they've been having a very tough time lately.
He sighed, about to explain again, when Zhou Mian, who was beside him, withdrew her reproachful gaze and said, "Xiao Xiao, don't worry. He only came here because you slipped him a note. He's a good person. We have the same goal and are cooperating now."
Xu Xiaoxiao felt a pang of guilt: "I was in such a hurry at the time, I didn't know how to get away, so I slipped you the note in a moment of panic. I didn't expect you to actually come along and get you caught up in this mess. I'm so sorry..."
Murong Chen let out a sound of dismay, and was about to say that we police officers are just doing our jobs.
But then he thought that Stephen Chow didn't believe he was a policeman at all, and if he told him, people would probably think he was being dramatic. Besides, it was indeed inappropriate for his identity to be exposed to more people, so he waved his hand and said, "Don't say that. She's a girl and she dared to venture into this den of wolves all by herself. I'm a grown man, so I don't need to be pretentious."
"You're quite unpretentious. Tell me, what did you mean by pouring cold water on us just now?" Zhou Mian was annoyed by his words about "being in dire straits."
Isn't this destroying our own morale before the war even begins?
"I'm not trying to discourage you, I just want to say that given the current environment and conditions, if we want to get out, we definitely need to come up with a foolproof plan," Murong Chen said helplessly.
Speaking of this, Zhou Mian remembered: "Hey, didn't you just say you had an idea? Tell me about it?"
Murong Chen glanced at Xu Xiaoxiao: "Little girl, you just said that you have to undergo training every day to deceive men? What exactly are the methods?"
"They would give us some contact information and have us add those men on QQ. Then we would build a relationship with them according to a script, and then slowly develop it from online to offline, gradually gaining their trust, and then slowly getting them to buy things for us or transfer money. Anyway, there are so many ways to deceive people, I can't even list them all," Xu Xiaoxiao said with disgust.
Murong Chen, however, grasped the key point in her words: "So, you all initially communicated online?"
Xu Xiaoxiao nodded: "That's right."
"That means you can access computers."
Zhou Mian then realized: "You want Xiao Xiao to transmit our situation through the computer?"
Murong Chen nodded and said, "That's right. The security here is very tight. We definitely can't get out on our own. And even if we do get out, once they find out we're missing, they'll immediately move to another location. That way, even if the police come, they'll most likely find nothing. So we might as well send the message out first, and then everything will be easier."
Before Zhou Mian could say anything, Xu Xiaoxiao quickly shook her head and said, "No, our computers are under strict surveillance. They have to see our chat logs and conversations, and we can only chat with people they designate. I contacted Xingxing once before and almost got caught. After that, they upgraded their security system, and now we can't contact anyone else at all."
Murong Chen nodded and said, "I had anticipated that. That's why I prepared this."
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