lody Sumrs’s heart leaped in alarm at the sight. This person had clearly been kidnapped by Gene Young and Yvonne York!
’I can’t believe it... Even though that couple missed their chance with Crystal Mart in this life, they still beca outlaws. A leopard really can’t change its spots!’
The kidnapped person was lying on their side on the floor, their back to the door. lody couldn’t see their face, only that they had long hair, leading her to surmise that the victim was a woman.
lody hesitated for a split second, then tightened her grip on her phone and cautiously stepped forward.
The person on the floor must have sensed the beam from the flashlight or heard lody’s footsteps, because they began to stir from their unconscious state.
As lody watched warily, the bound woman on the floor slowly struggled to sit up.
She then turned, her gaze hazy as she looked toward the door, right where lody had just entered.
The mont their eyes t, lody’s own widened in astonishnt—
It was Noelle Quillan, who had been missing for ages!
The mistress of her ex-foster father, Adam Lawson!
Noelle clearly recognized lody as well. Her eyes shot wide open, filled with shock.
Noelle wanted to ask lody why she was here, but with her mouth taped shut, she couldn’t speak at all.
lody stared at Noelle tied up on the floor, feeling conflicted. She debated whether she should just turn around and leave—after all, she truly detested this woman for breaking up a family.
But after a mont’s thought, she decided against it. There were, after all, so things she needed to ask Noelle.
So lody closed the utility closet door behind her, walked over to Noelle, and asked in a hushed voice, "...Were you kidnapped and brought here by Gene Young and his wife?"
Noelle nodded frantically, muffled whimpers escaping her lips. Her eyes, fixed on lody, were filled with a mixture of excitent and desperation, as if begging lody to rescue her.
lody frowned in annoyance. "...Keep it down," she whispered, "or you’ll wake up Gene and Yvonne."
At the ntion of their nas, Noelle’s pupils instantly contracted in fear, and she fell silent.
Seeing that she had cald down, lody again whispered, "I’m going to peel the tape off your mouth now. Don’t make a sound. Understand?"
Noelle nodded repeatedly.
lody leaned forward and ripped the tape from Noelle’s mouth.
Once her mouth was free, Noelle pleaded with lody, "...They—they’re going to kill ! Please, I’m begging you, you have to save !"
Her eyes were wide with terror, and her voice trembled uncontrollably.
lody quickly put a finger to her lips, signaling for her to be quiet. Then, she asked in a low voice, "How did you end up here? And how do you know Gene and Yvonne?"
lody rembered that during the heatwave last year, Adam Lawson had sold both Noelle and her stepdaughter, Joelle Lawson.
lody later saw Joelle at The Crestview Hotel, but Noelle was nowhere to be found. After two years of natural disasters, she had assud Noelle was long dead.
She never would have guessed that Noelle would turn up in The tropolis Residences, locked up by Gene and his wife!
At lody’s question, a complicated look crossed Noelle’s face. She clenched her jaw and said softly, "I... Adam Lawson sold to human traffickers. Gene and his people were the ones who bought ..."
At the ti, Adam Lawson had sold both Noelle and Joelle to traffickers. The younger Joelle was selected by the relatively high-end Crestview Hotel, while the older Noelle was sold to a low-class underground "entertainnt" venue.
To call it a "low-class underground entertainnt venue" was putting it mildly. In reality, it was nothing more than a brothel. Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the disasters and the stretched-thin police force, local thugs ran rampant, engaging in prostitution, gambling, and drug use.
Noelle endured a living hell at that venue. Every day, she was forced to service all sorts of n, and any resistance was t with a savage beating.
Until one day, she discovered she was pregnant.
When she was four months pregnant, Gene Young and Yvonne York showed up. Noelle learned that the couple were the owners of the establishnt.
Gene and Yvonne then took the four-months-pregnant Noelle away from the venue. Noelle thought they were taking her for an abortion, but to her surprise, they brought her to et a man called "Mr. Caelus."
Hearing this, lody’s eyes widened in shock. ’Mr. Caelus?’
’It’s the Advent Sect again!’
’The Advent Sect was already making moves in Anworth this early on?!’
lody quickly asked, "You’ve seen this Mr. Caelus? What does he look like?"
Noelle shook her head and answered softly, "I don’t know. He was always behind a curtain whenever we t. I never saw his face."
lody frowned. ’This guy is pretty careful...’ she thought.
Noelle continued, "That’s when I found out that Gene and Yvonne weren’t just the owners of that venue. They were also part of The Cult..."
Gene and Yvonne were high-ranking mbers of the Advent Sect, responsible for managing the underground venue on behalf of Mr. Caelus.
The couple used the "incense money" from Mr. Caelus to operate the venue. They specifically bought won from traffickers who were known to get pregnant easily, which is why Noelle, having given birth twice before, was a natural choice.
lody was confused. She frowned and asked, "Specifically buying won who get pregnant easily? Why?"
’Shouldn’t a brothel try its best to prevent the prostitutes from getting pregnant? Why would they specifically seek out fertile won?’
Noelle fell silent for a mont before answering hoarsely, "...Making the prostitutes sell their bodies is just a front. Their real business is selling ’Divine Fortune.’"
lody was taken aback. "...Selling Divine Fortune?"
Noelle nodded. "Yes... The Cult has a Secret Technique that can predict the destiny and fortune of a pregnant woman and her fetus. A man sleeps with a pregnant woman whose fortune is compatible with his. Afterward, the woman is forced to have an abortion. This supposedly transfers the fetus’s fortune to the man, granting him ’Divine Fortune’..."
"...Mr. Caelus has many wealthy clients who pay huge sums of money for this ’Divine Fortune.’ That’s their real business. The prostitution is just a cover."
After being worn down by the disasters, ordinary people had little money to spare. A session with Noelle at the venue only earned a few dozen bucks, maybe a few hundred on a good day. But the rich, in their quest for "Divine Fortune," would pay hundreds of thousands, even millions, in one go!
So, Gene and Yvonne specifically bought won who had given birth before from traffickers. These won were generally older and less attractive, so high-class establishnts wouldn’t take them. Eager to make a quick sale, the traffickers sold them cheap.
Gene and his wife would put these won in their underground venue. They’d have them sell their bodies to make money and attract gamblers, all while encouraging them to get pregnant.
Once a prostitute beca pregnant, she would be taken to Mr. Caelus. He would then calculate the destiny and fortune of the mother and fetus to see which wealthy client would be a suitable match.
lody’s eyes widened as she listened, her entire worldview reeling from the shock. ’What kind of twisted depravity is this! Are these people even human?!’
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