"It's not live at all! It's a replay!"
Xiao Gang's voice was on the verge of collapse.
He wouldn't have been so agitated if someone had come looking for him.
But these were ghosts and gods, not humans!
The longer he stayed here, the more he feared those things.
Every year, he would go to a Buddhist temple to get a talisman before he could sleep soundly.
Upon hearing this, Yao Chu's expression changed drastically. "Are you serious?!"
"Seriously, brother! If you don't believe me, look yourself! Why would I lie to you?"
Xiao Gang lowered his voice as much as possible. "When that live stream passed the guardhouse, the screen showed me smoking at the entrance. But no one else knows, I know!
I was just sitting here, and I was smoking an hour ago!"
"Right, you have no reason to lie to me… we're all in the same boat."
Yao Chu's heart pounded. After taking two deep breaths, his face regained its composure.
"A replay from an hour ago means we have about half an hour to an hour and a half."
It would take time for the police to discover and arrive.
Although he didn't know what those underworld gods had recorded, but…
Thinking of the important figures who had arrived not long ago, and the actions of the villa owners…
The probability of not being discovered was extremely small, they couldn't gamble!
With that thought, he decisively said, "Pack your things, let's go!"
"Okay, brother!"
Xiao Gang immediately responded, "What about the villa owners…?"
Should he notify them?
The live stream hadn't reached the villa area yet, so those people probably hadn't discovered anything.
Yao Chu paused his turning steps. "Call them! But only three is enough!"
If the matters in the villa area weren't exposed, or if those three managed to escape.
Then their affairs would still have room to maneuver, and a way out.
As for the others…
Yao Chu didn't plan to say anything. Firstly, it wasn't confirmed whether the villa area was exposed.
Secondly… he barely had time to escape himself, why bother about others?
If everyone tried to escape together, they might end up fighting for cars and be more easily discovered.
…
A few minutes later.
Yao Chu and Xiao Gang left the guardhouse with an excuse.
Where should they escape to?
Logically, escaping abroad would be safer.
No one would recognize them there, and it would be more convenient for their future lives.
But in such a short time, without prior preparation, it was impossible to instantly fly abroad.
"Go to the countryside, live in the mountains for a while!"
Yao Chu quickly decided on their next destination.
After the situation blew over, they could find a way to go to more distant places.
They had money anyway, so they wouldn't starve.
Xiao Gang had just started the car and driven two meters when he suddenly stopped.
"Brother, what about my girlfriend?"
That girl was someone he had a crush on since his student days, but because he was poor, he never dared to confess.
It was only in the last two years, after he had money, that he dared to pursue her.
He hadn't expected to succeed.
"Girlfriend?"
Yao Chu turned his head with a cold face and raised his hand, slapping him.
"Damn your girlfriend! I can't even take care of my wife and daughter, and you're still yelling about your girlfriend!"
"Don't you have money? You can buy another one when you get out later!"
"Drive me, now!"
The slap was very heavy, and Xiao Gang's face swelled visibly.
He was silent for a moment, then quickly started the car.
He left the place like an arrow shot from a bow.
…
…
Not long after, as teams of police officers arrived, the villa area was quickly surrounded.
The security personnel were apprehended, and the children were rescued one by one.
Each villa housed 4-6 children, both boys and girls.
When gathered together, there were dozens of them.
They were all clean and beautiful.
Their ages ranged from ten to fifteen years old, all dressed in identical white pajamas.
Upon seeing the police, some were scared, some were bewildered, and some had numb expressions.
But the feeling of trust and security was completely gone.
"Children, don't be afraid. We're here to take you home."
The police tried to make them relax and trust them.
But the children's reaction was a shiver, and they retreated.
Their faces turned even paler.
No one knew if this was a drill by those 'pigs'.
If they realized they had the intention to leave, they would be dead!
Seeing this,
The police exchanged glances, feeling both helpless and heartbroken.
They communicated with each other and prepared to take the children back to settle them first.
They hadn't expected so many children to be here when they arrived, so they had to clear out all the cars first.
Just then,
A little girl with a round face and baby fat tentatively and nervously asked, "Where are the big brothers and sisters?"
Her clear, large eyes looked at them cautiously.
"I'm not leaving, I just want to be with my big brothers and sisters."
"Big brothers and sisters?!"
A tall, middle-aged police officer with healthy tanned skin was the first to notice the little girl's voice.
Someone else is here?!
He was startled. But on his face, he tried his best not to scare the girl.
He crouched down to her level and asked seriously,
"Who are the big brothers and sisters you're talking about? Aren't they here? Can you take us to find them?"
Looking at the police officer in front of her, the little girl nervously clenched her hands hanging by her sides, rubbing her clothes.
"Yes."
Following the little girl's footsteps, everyone discovered that there were other 'residences' within the villa area.
Some older boys and girls, from fifteen or sixteen to around twenty years old, had no chance to live in the villas on the ground floor.
Instead, they were imprisoned underground.
In places that ordinary people couldn't see.
The space there was cramped, damp, and poorly ventilated.
Black was the most common color here.
Seeing the police officers in uniform, their reactions varied.
Some showed no reaction, some sneered and turned their heads away.
Others, as the police were unlocking their chains, bit them.
Their bites were fierce, as if they wanted to tear off all the flesh from their bodies.
"Get lost!"
"Get lost!"
"Get lost!"
If it were usual times, such reactions from the young boys and girls would have drawn a slap or a beating.
And they would have heard some sarcastic voices.
But it was strange.
Perhaps the 'pigs' had found a new way to torment them?
This time, they received no response.
Those in uniform just watched them silently and gently hugged them.
Even when the flesh they bit into exuded a familiar bloody smell, they made no move.
They only said in a hoarse voice, "Child, we'll take you out."
…
One by one, the older children were led out of the place without light.
The sunlight outside fell on their bodies, hot and dazzling.
The mouths that had been biting the police gradually loosened.
They stared at the sun in disbelief, but had to close their eyes.
They raised their scarred hands and peeked at the sunlight through their fingers.
The sun was dazzling.
But their expressions were still greedy.
…