The man in the suit slapped Yao Tong hard across the face. Yao Tong, just a girl, stumbled backward because of the blow.
Yao Tong held her face in agony, trembling with fear and pain evident in her eyes.
"I told you, you’d better keep your mouth shut. All those girls who came with you are behaving. You better get in line too, otherwise, if you end up dead one day, don’t blame me."
Suddenly, the man in the suit grabbed Yao Tong’s throat.
Breathing became extremely difficult for Yao Tong, terror in her eyes, she managed to nod in pain.
Only then did the man in the suit release her, straightened his collar, and walked away from the place.
Yao Tong cupped her face with both hands and slowly crouched down, emitting low sobs.
It was then that someone walked up to her, stopped, and crouched beside her.
Yao Tong felt something, wiped her tears, and when she saw it was Fang Yi crouching down, tried to stand up, but Fang Yi grabbed her and wouldn’t let go. Yao Tong struggled a couple times to no avail and became anxious.
"I can help you," Fang Yi said.
It was this sentence that made Yao Tong’s delicate body tremble slightly, but hesitation crossed her face, and she still tried to walk away without saying anything.
"I really can help you," Fang Yi repeated firmly.
Several seconds later, Yao Tong bit her lip, "You can’t help me."
"That might not be the case; this isn’t a place for discussion. Let’s go somewhere where we can talk," Fang Yi said.
Fang Yi pulled her away from the place forcefully, without giving Yao Tong a chance to argue.
Actually, the reason Fang Yi appeared beside Yao Tong wasn’t for any particular reason. He was just on his way back to the private room when he realized he went the wrong way, so he had to turn back and saw what had just happened.
But Fang Yi didn’t step in immediately. With his exceptional hearing, he heard what the man in the suit said to Yao Tong and chose not to appear, as that would have been counterproductive.
In fact, Fang Yi himself didn’t understand why he decided to act this way; he was also confused as to why he felt the need to help Yao Tong. Perhaps it was just his nature—he couldn’t stand seeing the weak being bullied. That was just it.
A man who had killed many yet couldn’t stand to see the weak bullied presented a contradiction that would make anyone laugh their heads off, but that was the paradox that Fang Yi embodied.
They finally reached the private room; when Fang Yi brought Yao Tong inside, Ding Miaoyan, Zhou Peilan, and Huo Xiaoxuan, the three women were immediately shocked.
"Wow, big bad wolf, you’re something else! You can even pick up a beautiful girl on a trip to the bathroom—you’re incredible!" Huo Xiaoxuan said half-jokingly, half-mocking.
Fang Yi ignored her and went to lock the door of the private room, then tore several pages from a magazine on the coffee table and pasted them over the glass portion of the door, effectively sealing it off.
The three of them found Fang Yi’s behavior quite peculiar. Huo Xiaoxuan couldn’t help but ask with suspicion, "What are you doing? Closing the room up to do something bad?"
Fang Yi gave her a dismissive glance, then went to lower the singing system’s volume a bit. In the private room, they could have a conversation without worrying about the music being too loud, and yet not worry about complete silence, which might arouse suspicion.
Having done all this, Fang Yi lit a cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said, "Let me introduce you. Her name is Yao Tong, and she’s the room hostess here."
Ding Miaoyan and the other two all showed strange expressions at this, especially Huo Xiaoxuan, who widened her beautiful eyes as if she were extremely wary of Fang Yi, the big lecher. Her look clearly conveyed: You’re even into a room hostess like her?
Fang Yi roughly knew what they were thinking. He sighed, gently patted Yao Tong on the shoulder, and said, "Yao Tong, these three are my friends. Go ahead and tell your story. We’ll all help you."
Fang Yi said this to make Yao Tong feel at ease and reassured, considering they were all women.
"Right, go on and tell us," Ding Miaoyan said with a gentle smile, sensing that there was a deep meaning behind Fang Yi bringing this room hostess along.
Yao Tong took a deep breath, nodded subtly, then bowed to the three of them and said, "No matter the outcome, I am truly grateful to you all."
Then, Yao Tong began to tell her story.
"I’m not actually from Moon City. I’m from the Southern Domain Province. My home is in a remote little farming village in the Southern Domain..."
In a remote little mountain village of the Southern Domain Province, Yao Tong originally lived there. The village had a beautiful name, Fairy Consort Village, with about thirty to forty households.
The environment wasn’t too good there, and the economy was not much to talk about. Yao Tong had lived there from childhood until she was eighteen, but three months ago, a group of people came to the village.
This group of about seven or eight people came in a van. When they arrived at the village, they first acted very properly, telling Yao Tong that they had come to dig for medicinal herbs in the mountains near the village.
Back then, Yao Tong had never really met city folks and didn’t know their ways. She only noticed this group of people visiting the villagers one by one.
One rainy night, as Yao Tong slept, two men suddenly burst into her room—one covered her mouth while the other tied her up, then they dragged her out and stuffed her into the van.
Once in the van, naturally, Yao Tong struggled, but then she smelled a strange fragrance and passed out. When she regained consciousness, she found that she was not the only one tied up—four or five girls around her age were also in the van.
The girls, feeling helpless, were understandably scared and screaming, but a man with large eyes on the van told them to stop making noise.
The reason he was noticed for his large eyes was that he left a deep impression on Yao Tong; one eye was much larger than the other, creating an asymmetrical and unforgettable appearance. Moreover, she had never seen this man in the village before.
The man with the large eyes laughed sinisterly, revealing a cruel expression, and said, "If any of you doesn’t keep quiet, my brothers here will take turns on you. You should know they’ve been pent up these days."
With that threat, they all fell silent. About two days later, they were delivered to this KTV. However, according to Yao Tong, two of them were separated and taken elsewhere.
Upon their arrival here, they were controlled by the man in the suit who then started training them on how to be room hostesses and how to please men. As she reached this part of her story, a look of indescribable terror filled Yao Tong’s eyes.
Finally, Yao Tong couldn’t hold back anymore and began to cry, covering her face with her hands.
(Sigh, continue to ask for rewards to fill the fan ranking. Almost 400,000 words written, time flies so fast.)