"All field teams should withdraw for now, find a location nearby for lockdown, and await further orders."
"Received."
After giving the order, Li Xiang said to Su Jiayi, "Coach Su, I’ll leave this for you to command for now. I’m heading up the mountain for a closer reconnaissance."
"Alright, be careful."
Although Su Jiayi was worried, she knew that Li Xiang’s skills were impressive, so nothing should happen, but she still advised him to be cautious.
"Don’t worry."
Li Xiang got off the command vehicle, using the cover of night, quietly made his way up the mountain, getting closer.
In the mountainous area at night, the croaks of frogs were everywhere, with grasshoppers and crickets not far behind, performing a symphony of nocturnal sounds.
As Li Xiang reached here, the insect noises gradually quieted down. Looking up, he saw halfway up the mountain, a block of stone houses from the 70s or 80s, lights flickering at the door.
As he approached, Li Xiang began to hear a group of people shouting while drinking, probably playing drinking gas. He observed that there were two surveillance caras at the entrance, both covering the main exit route.
He evaded the surveillance and stealthily looked inside through a window, noticing four people inside. Among them were Da Niu and Da Zhuang, whom they had been following all day. The other two appeared slightly slender. On the table were so cold dishes and cooked food, with seven or eight bottles of alcohol. Everyone was indulging in their al.
The one called Sister Xia was not present.
"Heard you guys scored so good rchandise today?"
"Heh, indeed, she’s quite the looker. That Shen Liang really has the knack, the girls he cons are prettier each ti. According to him, the girls he tricks all have Jade Jade Syndro and are eager for sothing."
"What Jade Jade Syndro? You an depression, right?"
"Yes, Jade Jade Syndro, you’re quite knowledgeable, aren’t you? Why are all the good-looking ones always so affected?"
"I see, no wonder I’ve been feeling down lately. Perhaps I’ve gotten more handso; it’s quite a bother."
"Haha, drink up, drink up."
Listening to the ruckus inside, Li Xiang continued to assess the structure of the building. All the rooms were one-storied with low ceilings. He found a good spot for leverage and climbed up by hand.
He intended to locate Zhou Man and Sister Xia, to check on Zhou Man’s current situation.
According to the anesthesiologist’s prediction, her anesthesia would last about ten hours, and the effects should be wearing off by now. Li Xiang wanted to see how she was doing.
If danger was present, he did not mind capturing these people now, even if it ant making a new plan using these people as a breakthrough. However, he was unsure if they knew where Aunt Hua was.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Li Xiang did not want to resort to backup plans.
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Under the dim yellow light, four faces filled with fear were reflected.
They huddled together in a corner, trembling with fear.
Only one person stood in front of Sister Xia, confronting, "Who are you? Why am I here? Where is this? I want to go back."
Smack~
"Ah~"
A five-fingered red mark appeared on Zhou Man’s face. Sister Xia looked at Zhou Man with disdain and said, "Don’t think about going back now that you’re here. If you want to avoid suffering, behave. If I find out you plan to escape, I won’t hesitate to break your leg."
The other girls in the room, seeing Sister Xia hit soone again, were terrified, revealing from their expressions that they had been severely reprimanded during this period, and their bodies had developed stress responses.
Sister Xia was using this as a warning to others by punishing a new arrival, ensuring others wouldn’t think of escaping.
Zhou Man covered her face, glaring angrily at Hong Jie.
Never in her life had she been slapped, not even by her parents.
Before the mission, she prepared herself ntally for possible physical suffering, but when the slap landed, she felt very wronged, tears welling in her eyes, holding them back from falling.
Smack~
"What? Judging by your look, are you not convinced?"
Another slap landed hard, knocking her to the ground. A girl among the four squatting in the corner summoned the courage to help Zhou Man, letting her squat with them to avoid further beatings.
Seeing Zhou Man relent, Sister Xia nodded with satisfaction and told them, "Behave, let reiterate the rules here. Anyone who dares try to escape and gets caught, I’ll break their legs. You can try and see if I dare."
After dealing with the newcors, Sister Xia locked the room’s door.
"Watch them closely; these are our financial lifelines."
"Yes, Sister Xia, leave it to . You better go eat now, or there’ll be nothing left."
Outside the room where Zhou Man and others were detained, a man sat guard, fanning himself. After Sister Xia left, he rushed to the window, secretly peeking inside.
He especially liked seeing these girls huddled together helplessly, comforting each other pitifully, satisfying his perverse mind a little.
"Where is this place?"
After waking up, Zhou Man found herself here, initially thinking she was the only one captured. Now it seed she was only one of them.
"We don’t know either."
"How many days have you been here?"
Zhou Man tidied her hair and found her headband still there, aning the task force should be nearby. Taking this opportunity, she began communicating with the girls detained with her to understand their situation.
Besides her, four other girls were detained, all from different places across the country, each tricked differently.
One girl’s best friend offered her a good job; she was captured upon arriving by train, unsure of the location after switching places multiple tis. From the window, they knew they were far from urban areas, with no hope for an escape or call for help.
Another was sold by her boyfriend, truly sold.
He promised a trip together, but after a night at a hotel, he disappeared by morning. When trying to check out, she found her ID card and belongings gone, leading to her capture.
So were lured by high-paying jobs online.
In essence, their pathways here were diverse.
From this, it was clear that this criminal group had many recruiting thods, with wide channels.
"I’m scared, were we kidnapped? But my family is poor, no ransom money; why do they kidnap us and not the wealthy?"
"My family’s also poor, otherwise, I wouldn’t seek a high-paying job. What should we do? I’m jobless and kidnapped now; will we die?"
"Jerk, I was blind to agree to travel with him."
"I miss mom and dad."
For a mont, everyone was engulfed in tears, the atmosphere suffocating.
Seeing everyone disheartened, Zhou Man comforted, "Don’t worry, the police will rescue us."
"Ha, wishful thinking, the police won’t co for you. This place is hard for them to find, and we’ll be sold abroad. Let’s see them try to save you then."
Outside, the man eavesdropping mocked the girls’ hope for police rescue.
No matter how capable the police are, can they handle foreign affairs?
"Oh no, they’ll sell us abroad, what now?"
"We’re dood."
The cries intensified, and the man outside, hearing the despair, smiled smugly, fanned himself, satisfied, and sat back down.
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