Seeing this, the other girls all looked away in disgust.


    Aurora''s stomach churned. She almost threw up watching the man''s hands roam all over the unconscious girl. While Aurora managed to hold it in, the blonde mayor''s daughter began vomiting violently nearby.


    The girl who had been in the water woke up, and seeing the disgusting, hideous man who had taken advantage of her, she let out a piercing scream.


    Her reaction seemed to excite the men even more. They would asionally pinch her, their words growing increasingly vulgar.


    "Damn, this one''s sweet. Wonder if we''ll get a chance to y with her."


    "We''ll see after the check-up. This is a good batch. I heard there''s even a mayor''s daughter in the mix..."


    After what happened to that girl, no one else dared to try escaping by jumping into the water. Even if you didn''t drown, the filth alone would make you wish you were dead.


    Aurora, having seen a bit of the world, was slightly calmer than the other despairing girls. She knew her father and brother would never give up on her. Sellers would help look for her too.


    As for Leonard...


    At the thought of him, Aurora''s fists clenched, and a deep chill filled her eyes. Only after being captured did she realize that the assassination attempt she and Leonard had faced wasn''t targeting him at all. Touched by Leonard''s life-risking protection, she had never considered that the true target was her. Because of that, she had gone to see him without any bodyguards and was takenpletely by surprise.


    Aurora couldn''t help but wonder if Leonard had deliberately misled her, all to help Ste get rid of her. But whether he had intended to harm her or not, she had been led astray by him.


    Later, all the girls were subjected to a thorough physical examination.


    A doctor in a white coat stated impassively, "Five are virgins, four are too weak to be suitable for work, one has a venereal disease, and the remaining twenty are healthy."


    A woman wearing heavy makeup raised an eyebrow. "Oh my, this batch is quite good. Five virgins? That''s where the real money is. Pick those five out for me. I want a look."


    "Yes, ma''am." The doctor selected the five girls. Both Aurora and the boisterous mayor''s daughter were among them.


    "Not bad," the woman said, walking up to them and sizing them up as if they were merchandise. "They''re all quite pretty, good poise too. Oh, is this one a student?"


    Her gaze felt on a girl in a school uniform. She lifted the girl''s chin, scrutinizing her face Quite pure-looking... Seems she''s of age. If she were a minor, the price could go upa bit."


    The girl in the uniform turned pale with fear. Hearing the woman''s words, she copsed to her knees with a thud and burst into tears. "I''m begging you, please, please let me golf about to go to college. Fit begging you... My parents are waiting for me at home.


    The girl''s cries were heartbreakingly pitiful, and many of the other kidnapped girls, feeling a pang of sympathy, also began to cry.


    The heavily made-up woman watched with cold eyes,pletely unmoved.


    "Letting you go is impossible," she said. She had seen countless people like this,


    people who cried more tragically or had sadder stories. It was nothing new to her.


    "Let me tell you something. Once


    you''re here, don''t even think about going back to your old lives." The woman snorted, her eyes sweeping over the girls. "If you behave, you''ll spare yourselves some pain and your lives will be a little better. But if you''re disobedient... well then m afraid you die a very miserable death. By the way, I haven''t introduced myself. From now on, you can all call me Gina."