The Quagmire of Desire: From Gambling Addict and Village Flower to Movie Queen

The white light was so bright that Sun Xiaoyan couldn't open her eyes. Her head was buzzing, and she was thrown forward by inertia, her forehead hitting the back of the front seat hard.

The car stopped.

Sun Xiaoyan's vision blurred, and she couldn't see anything clearly. She could only feel Liu Meiling's hand still gripping her tightly, her nails almost digging into her flesh.

The car door was suddenly pulled open.

A cold wind blew in.

A dark figure darted into the back seat, moving with terrifying speed.

Before Sun Xiaoyan could react, she felt a pair of hands groping her body, very forcefully, from her shoulders to her waist, and then to her armpits.

The hand paused under her armpit for a moment, then pulled hard.

Sun Xiaoyan groaned in pain, feeling the small, hard lump that was taped to her skin being torn away.

Then those hands reached out to touch Liu Meiling next to him.

Liu Meiling seemed to want to struggle, but the man's movements were too rough, and he tore something away from the inside of her thigh in a few strokes.

The whole process only takes about ten seconds.

The dark figure turned around, jumped out of the car, and crawled into the car that had crashed into it.

The car engine roared to life, turned around and sped away, the tires screeching as they scraped the ground, quickly disappearing into the night.

Sun Xiaoyan slumped in the back seat, gasping for breath.

She touched her armpit; it was empty.

The recording equipment is gone.

But she and Liu Meiling are still here.

Footsteps could be heard outside the car, and several cars stopped nearby, their headlights illuminating the area as brightly as day.

Boss Zhou's face appeared by the car door.

His face was ashen as he stared at Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling in the back seat, his eyes as cold as ice.

"Fine," Boss Zhou said, his voice not loud, but every word sent chills down your spine, "You think you can get away with this revenge?"

Sun Xiaoyan opened her mouth, as if to say something, but her throat was dry and she couldn't make a sound.

Liu Meiling struggled to sit up: "Boss Zhou, no, we..."

"Shut up!" Boss Zhou interrupted her, then turned to the people beside him and said, "Drag him down."

Two burly men stepped forward, grabbed Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling by the arms, and forcibly dragged them out of the car.

Sun Xiaoyan's legs went weak and she almost knelt on the ground.

The burly man didn't give her a chance and pressed her against the car body.

"Take off the clothes," said Boss Zhou.

Before Sun Xiaoyan could understand what was happening, she felt her expensive dress being torn open.

The sound of tearing fabric was particularly loud. She felt a chill down her back, then her chest, and then down.

The same goes for Liu Meiling.

The two burly men moved swiftly, tearing their clothes to shreds and throwing them on the ground in a few quick movements.

In the end, only the leather collar around his neck was still on.

The night wind blew against her bare body, giving Sun Xiaoyan goosebumps and making her shiver with cold.

Boss Zhou glanced at it and gestured with his chin to the person next to him.

Someone handed over two hemp ropes.

The burly man tied the hemp rope to the collar's buckle, holding the other end in his hand.

"Let's go." Boss Zhou turned and walked down a side path.

The burly man tugged at the rope.

Sun Xiaoyan stumbled as she was pulled, her bare feet gritting painfully against the rough cement road.

She looked down at her naked body, which was dazzlingly white under the glaring headlights. Her breasts swayed as she walked, and her buttocks were completely exposed to the cold wind.

Liu Meiling walked beside her, also completely naked, with her head down and her hair down to cover her face.

But Sun Xiaoyan saw that she clenched her teeth and the veins in her neck were taut.

The group walked along the path towards the outskirts of the city.

After walking for about twenty minutes, a brightly lit villa appeared ahead.

Boss Zhou pushed open the door and went in.

The living room was large and blindingly bright.

Sun Xiaoyan squinted at the look and froze.

In a corner of the living room, a dozen or so women were huddled together.

They were all naked, and each wore a leather collar around their neck that was exactly the same as hers.

They huddled together, some with their heads down, some staring blankly at the ceiling, and some trembling.

No one dared to utter a sound when they saw Boss Zhou enter.

Boss Zhou walked to the middle of the living room and glanced back at Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling, who had been led in.

"Look," he said to the men next to him, "the goods just arrived."

The men surrounded her, their eyes scanning Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling like a scanner.

A bald man reached out and pinched Sun Xiaoyan's buttocks, clicking his tongue twice: "This feel is amazing."

Another man wearing glasses stared at Liu Meiling's chest: "This one is bigger, and the shape is better."

Boss Zhou laughed: "How could the people I choose be bad?"

The bald man nodded: "Boss Zhou has a sharp eye. Of all these goods, those two are the best. Their butts and breasts are truly irresistible."

As he spoke, he slapped Sun Xiaoyan's buttocks again, making a crisp sound.

Sun Xiaoyan trembled all over and stood there numbly.

Liu Meiling lowered her head, her fingers secretly clenching and then relaxing.

Boss Zhou waved his hand at the men: "Alright, let's look at the goods first, we'll talk about business later."

The men then stepped back a little, but their eyes remained fixed on Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling.

Boss Zhou turned around, walked to the sofa, sat down, and lit a cigarette.

The bald man and the man with glasses also sat down.

"They're pressing us hard in Southeast Asia," the bald man said in a low voice. "This shipment needs to be sent there as soon as possible."

The bespectacled man nodded: "I've already contacted the ship; it will arrive in port the night after tomorrow."

Boss Zhou exhaled a puff of smoke: "Won't there be any problems on the road?"

"Don't worry," the bald man said, "It's the same old way, I've done it countless times. Once the container is locked, it'll drift at sea for a few days, and someone will pick it up when it arrives."

Boss Zhou hummed in agreement, his gaze sweeping over the dozen or so naked women in the corner of the living room before finally settling on Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling.

"The two of them," he pointed, "were packed separately. They're in this condition and can fetch a good price."

The bald man smiled: "I understand."

Sun Xiaoyan's heart nearly stopped as she listened to their conversation.

She felt her blood run cold.

Liu Meiling heard it too. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Boss Zhou. A hint of fear flashed in her eyes, but she quickly lowered her head to hide it.

Boss Zhou stubbed out his cigarette and stood up.

"Get started," he said, "the sooner we finish, the sooner we can get it off the ground."

The burly men immediately sprang into action.

They took out more hemp rope and began to tie the hands and feet of the naked women.

The women let out suppressed sobs, but no one dared to cry out loud.

When it was Sun Xiaoyan's and Liu Meiling's turn, the burly man's actions were particularly rough.

Sun Xiaoyan's hands were twisted behind her back, and the hemp rope dug deep into the flesh of her wrists, causing her to gasp in pain.

Next, their ankles were also bound tightly.

Liu Meiling was also tied up.

The two people were laid out on the ground like cargo, unable to move.

The burly men dragged the bound women out one by one and threw them into the back of a truck parked outside the villa.

The carriage was sealed off, with no windows, only a heavy iron door.

When it was Sun Xiaoyan and Liu Meiling's turn, two strong men each dragged one of them to the side of the carriage, then lifted them up and threw them inside.

The carriage was pitch black.

Sun Xiaoyan fell onto the cold, hard floor of the carriage, letting out a muffled groan of pain.

She heard the sound of Liu Meiling hitting the ground next to her, as well as the suppressed sobs of others.

After her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she could barely make out some outlines.

A dozen or so women, bound and naked, lay sprawled across the carriage, looking like a mass of pale flesh in the darkness.

Liu Meiling was thrown next to her.

The two were very close, and Sun Xiaoyan could feel Liu Meiling's body trembling.

She didn't know when her own tears started flowing, streaming down her cheeks and dripping onto the carriage floor.

But she didn't say anything.

Liu Meiling remained silent.

The two of them stood close together in the darkness, listening to the voices of men outside the carriage and the heavy thud of the iron door closing.

boom.

The world went completely dark.

After a while, the sound of an engine starting could be heard outside.

The car vibrated slightly and then began to move slowly.

Sun Xiaoyan closed her eyes.

The car sped up and sped off, heading towards some unknown destination.