Chen Zhao wasn't someone who knew how to comfort others.
He only felt sympathy for Maiev. He didn't have much personal feelings for her.
That was all he could say.
Plus, he wasn't that familiar with Maiev.
Hearing Chen Zhao's words, Maiev nodded slightly.
Nelly Wen Lansi didn't know what exactly had happened.
But looking at Maiev's injuries, she could more or less understand how hurt she was.
"Jiggs, I'll prescribe some medicine for Maiev. Some for oral use, and some for external application. You'll be in charge of applying the medicine on Maiev. Also, if there are any changes in Maiev's condition, you can call me."
"Okay, got it."
"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving," Chen Zhao said.
"Miss Neri, Maiev has just recovered. Can you accompany Maiev for a while?"
"Uh … Sure, no problem."
"Oh, right. Ms. Wen Lansi, your problem has been solved. Those people will go to jail soon. You should get your money back soon."
Nelly Wen Lansi was surprised that Chen Zhao had solved the problem so quickly.
Nelly Wen Lansi could tell that they weren't bad people.
Ados helped Maiev find a wheelchair.
Nelly Wen Lansi pushed Maiev for a walk beside the man-made lake.
"The scenery here is really good, but the weather these two days is a bit bad," Nelly Wen Lansi said regretfully. "If the weather is good, it'll be even more beautiful."
"There's never a good day here," Maiev said.
"Maiev, let bygones be bygones." Nelly Wen Lansi thought that Maiev was hinting at her feelings.
"I'm serious. The weather here has always been like this."
"Haven't you always been …"
"I've been awake for more than ten days. Every day, Jiggs opens the curtains and windows to let in fresh air."
"It hasn't rained in the past ten days, right? I don't remember L.A. having more than ten consecutive cloudy days. "
"That's the only cloudy days I'm talking about."
Nelly Wen Lansi looked up and realized that the dark clouds in the sky were indeed only covering the nearby area. They didn't cover a large area.
"Weird," Nelly Wen Lansi murmured in confusion. "What's this phenomenon?"
"It's not natural."
"Then what?"
"If I said it was controlled, would you believe me?"
"Miss Maiev." Nelly Wen Lansi wondered if Maiev was mentally unstable.
Otherwise, why would he say such illogical words?
"Do you think I'm insane?"
"Uh … No, no," Nelly Wen Lansi quickly denied.
"It's natural for you to think that way. Normal people wouldn't take my words seriously."
Nelly Wen Lansi looked at Maiev in confusion. Maiev's words weren't messy, but rather clear.
"Although I've been unconscious all this time, I wasn't actually sleeping," Maiev said.
Nelly Wen Lansi was even more confused. Maiev's words always sounded mysterious.
"Not sleeping? What are we going to do then? "
"I'm listening to all the sounds here. There are many secrets hidden here."
"I still don't understand."
"I didn't understand it at first," Maiev said.
"Mr. Chen said that there are many secrets here."
"Let's go back to the headquarters. The wind here is a little cold."
"Oh, okay."
Back at the headquarters, Maiev suddenly said, "There's an elevator over there."
Nelly Wen Lansi didn't understand, but she still followed her request and pushed Maiev to the elevator.
"What's wrong with this elevator?"
"This is the elevator to the basement."
"Basement?"
"Yes."
Curious, Nelly Wen Lansi pushed Maiev into the elevator.
"And then?"
"Lower three floors."
When they reached the third floor, the elevator door opened.
Nelly Wen Lansi realized that there were people down there.
There were many glass houses here too. A dozen of them had people locked inside.
Nelly Wen Lansi was shocked. "What's going on? Who are they? "
"Prisoners. Mr. Chen's prisoners."
Nelly Wen Lansi gulped. Would she encounter any danger after entering this place?
If Chen Zhao knew that she was here, would he lock her up too?
Or was it to silence them?
"Are you scared?" Maiev asked softly.
"This … is illegal detention, right?" Nelly Wen Lansi asked uncertainly.
"These people aren't under the protection of the law," Maiev said.
Nelly Wen Lansi pushed Maiev to a glass house and looked at the prisoner inside.
The prisoner was an old man. He glanced at the two women outside and then calmly lay back on the bed to watch TV.
The glass house wasn't bad. It wasn't big, only a dozen square meters, but there was an independent bathroom.
There was also a single bed, a single sofa, a table, and a TV hanging on the wall.
Nelly Wen Lansi also realized that the book on the table had strange words on the cover. She actually couldn't recognize which country it was from.
All the prisoners here were very calm. Some of them didn't even bother to look at the two women outside.
"Who are they?" Nelly Wen Lansi asked.
When Nelly Wen Lansi pushed Maiev past a room, she suddenly saw a man standing in the floor-to-ceiling window.
The man's eyes were lifeless and had dark circles around them. He looked like he hadn't slept in decades, but he kept staring at Nelly Wen Lansi and Maiev.
Nelly Wen Lansi was a bit dazed. She stared at the man inside.
"Ah …" Nelly Wen Lansi suddenly felt pain on the back of her hand. Maiev had pinched her hand.
"Don't stare at his eyes." Just then, a white-haired old man in the next room said, "Are you new people?"
"What happened to me?" Nelly Wen Lansi didn't understand.
But she also felt that something was wrong. She'd actually stared at a strange man's eyes for so long.
"Offit, you're too meddlesome. I almost succeeded." The man who'd almost bewitched Nelly Wen Lansi with his eyes said unhappily, "Don't you want to escape?"
"I'm different from you. We'll only be locked up here for three years. It's already been half a year. If you escape from here without permission, you'll have to face that man. Do you really think you can escape from here?"
"I can't beat him, but as long as I leave this room, no one can stop me no matter where I go."
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