Chapter 12: The Past (Part II)

Eating the remaining section of the ice cream, Lily crumpled the mat paper into a ball and threw it high. As luck would have it, the paper ball crossed an arc and landed exactly in the bin.

"Haven't you finished yet?" Glancing at the girl behind her, Lily took off her cap. The long hair, which had been held in the hat for a day, breathed in the fresh air and poured down the smooth nape of the neck and shoulders like a golden waterfall.

"Well, I'm sorry." The girl took another big bite on the ice cream.

"Oh, you still can't change it? Eat slowly, don't be in a hurry! Lily smiled and took the girl's hand at the cone so she wouldn't choke herself. Happy today? ”

"Well, it's a pleasure." A snorting sound came from under the cloak. Although she was able to hang out with her, she insisted on wearing the cloak as if it were some impregnable fortress.

"Well, then, let's go back." Lily took her hand and walked to the bus stop. "As promised, we got on and off separately. Rest assured, I'm sitting behind you and I'll be watching you all the time. ”

"Hmm."

Half of the sun had sunk below the horizon, and a bus drove lonely on the road between the fields. Lily stared at the girl sitting in the front three rows, the girl named Lucas, as she thought about herself.

If you go back now, it should be dinner, and it's still a bit far to go to the neighboring city, but this is the only way to avoid the eyes and ears of the neighborhood, right? It was a great day.

But Lucas, she's really pitiful.

Combined with her fear of men, her loss of motivation to live, and the time she said she was dirty to avoid the two of them, Lily was able to piece together what happened to Lucas. But she never went to ask her for confirmation, and she didn't want to do such a cruel thing at all.

Let time wash away the nightmare and let her slowly forget about it.

As Lucas walked away, Lily left the bus stop and walked to her home on the other side of the station.

"I'm back." Changing into slippers, Lily walked to the familiar restaurant, but the atmosphere of the restaurant was a little strange. There was no food on the table, and my father was sitting at the end of the long table with a gloomy face.

"Where have you been today?" Father got straight to the point.

"I ...... I'm going to the library. Lily was a little nervous. She guessed something, but she didn't want to face the possibility.

"Have you forgotten that your Aunt Penny works in the neighboring city? She's already called me! She said you went to an amusement park in a neighboring city today with a girl! Are you still kissing?! Suddenly, the father roared, like a brown bear that had spotted its prey. He stood up and walked over to this side.

"I ......" Lily only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and what she feared most had happened.

"I said you were a demon." The way her father looked at her made her heart furious, as if she were looking at a monster. Caught off guard, my father took out the golf club hidden behind his back and swung it at Lily, who was still stunned.

Lily reacted and stepped back when the golf club's massive head was already swinging in front of her. It was too late, she didn't dare to imagine what it would be like to be smashed in the face. Will Lucas still like that kind of self?

Lily herself didn't expect to think about these things at the last minute.

But she didn't get hit, she only felt a soft wind push her back two steps, causing the club that had been hit to swing away.

Lily felt a sudden darkness in front of her, and in the darkness there were only glowing, changing color lines that zigzagged and flickered, like writhing snakes. Suddenly, the scene in front of her changed again, and she saw a woman in a white robe holding a golden chalice drinking water, a huge moon in the sky shining like the sun, and countless meteors passing around the moon.

This is...... What the? She was unsteady on her feet and fell to the ground.

"Dare to hide?" The father who missed the shot had a little more anger on his face, like a bear that had been robbed of his honey. He held his club high again. But before he could swing it down, there was a knock on the door, and the sound was urgent.

In addition to the knock on the door, there is also a man's voice, Danny, who lives next door to them. He knocked on the door and shouted, "Mr. Gore? Mrs. Gore? At home? ”

"I'll settle accounts with you later!" Her father glared at her, inserted the club into the umbrella beside him, and motioned for his wife to open the door.

The door opened, and Danny stood in the doorway, holding a cup in his hand, and when he saw the door open, he showed his usual kind smile: "Hello, Mrs. Gore, we have run out of sugar, and my mother has asked me to borrow some from you." ”

"Oh." The mother took the cup and walked to the kitchen, Danny saw Lily sitting on the floor, and asked in confusion, "Lily, what's wrong with her?" ”

"Oh, she just didn't stand still." The father explained with a smile, like a charitable uncle, and he couldn't see the evil spirit of a few seconds ago. Danny suddenly said something, and he walked in and walked around Lily, who was sitting on the floor, to the head of the house, and said something in his mouth: "By the way, Mr. Gore, you asked me ...... earlier."

As he blocked his father's view, Lily saw his gesture...... Come on!

Without hesitation, Lily suddenly got up and ran away. But instead of running to the door, I ran to the stairs. After rushing into her room, she locked the deadbolt with her backhand, grabbed the items on the table and stuffed them into her backpack.

It took a while for the father to realize that his daughter dared to disobey him! He didn't care about the ugliness of his family that he was still worried about before, so he pulled out his club and went straight to the second floor.

The deadbolt repeated a wail on the verge of collapse, and it was clear that someone was banging on the door. Lily slung her hastily packed backpack on her back and pushed open the window. She took a deep breath and jumped off.

As before, the wind became her own help, supporting her to descend slowly. At this moment, the wind can be controlled by her, as if it has become her own partner, more precisely, like a newly grown sibling. Lily felt her limbs lighten as she ran down the streets of the town, destined for Lucas's home she knew but had never been to.

Stopping in front of the house, Lily jumped to her feet and climbed up to the attic window. She remembered Lucas saying that she lived in the attic.

"Lucas! Lucas! She knocked softly on the window pane.

"Lily?!" Somehow, Lucas opened the window, apparently frightened by her. "Here...... It's the second floor, how did you get up? ”

"Leave that alone." Lily grabbed her hand. "Will you come with me? Get out of here with me? ”

"Leave ...... Get out of here? Lucass repeated, as if chewing on the meaning of the sentence. Suddenly, the fear of the first meeting returned, and she desperately shook off Lily's hand and retreated back into the small attic. "No...... No, no, no, no! I'm going to be killed! It's going to hurt Lily! ”

Killed? What's going on? Lily suddenly felt that her guess was wrong. She hugged Lucas, who was still struggling. As usual, Lucas calmed down, but she kept muttering, "No...... No......"

"Lucas." Lily held Lucas in her arms and gently patted her on the back, speaking softly. "You...... Can you tell me what happened? ”

The trembling that had just subsided returned, and Lily kept hugging Lucas, hoping to tell her that she had always been there. I don't know how long it took, but Lucas whispered, "Lily's words, yes." ”

For the next half hour, Lily heard the purest nightmare she could not even imagine.

At the age of six, Lucas was sold by her mother to a pedophile group. When Lucas said the name of the leader of the group, Lily was subconsciously silenced.

The leader of the organization is a cabinet minister of Belgium.

Twelve years ago, 6-year-old Lucas was sent to a castle by her mother, and it was the first time she had 'attended' such a party. She was chained to the stage and placed on the stage like a dog by the adults for 'entertainment'. Since then, it has been a nightmare life for 5 years. Most of the participants were local aristocratic elites, who came to the 'venue' in full clothes to drug them, promiscuate them, and assault the helpless children present. When she was 10 years old, a young man in his 20s formed a relationship with her, and his background is unknown. A year later, he lost interest in Lucas, who was about to enter puberty.

At that time, Lucas was taken to a small room by the people of the Order. When she was about to be killed, the young man and the 'organization leader' saved her life on the condition that she work for the other's party.

Then she lived in silence until she was eighteen years old.

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Here's the author's words, so I'll put them here.

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In fact, at first, I just wanted to write a story for the protagonist to interfere with the plot of the original book and join the rest of the story. At that time, our Li Su had just been to Celestial Beach, and his plane had just landed in Oslo. At that time, I was thinking about the case, thinking about what the main character group would encounter. And then I saw the news in three colors at that time.

After that, I was a little worried, and I wondered if this was an isolated case in a single country or a general situation, so I searched and found the prototype of "Lucas", Anneke Lucas. You can go and search.

After that, I was very frightened, and I was worried about what the ending of the three colors would be. I've always thought that the real scary thing is not the news blocking, but the fact that you don't know about it at all, like the story of Anneke Lucas. This is far more terrifying than a news blockade.

Then my heart was cold, on the third day of January of the new year when I typed this line, the heat of the three colors had long passed, and what was the result we got? The hard drive was broken, we just had a false alarm, nothing happened. As a result, it was locked on Ctrip's hurdle, not more than a point.

Ah, it turned out to be just a false alarm, nothing happened.

Phew!

Then I want to ask, how much benefit do parents who send their children to 5,000 yuan a month kindergarten spread rumors about their children? I can't figure this out.

Later, I saw a sentence from a netizen.

Close your eyes to the prosperous world, open your eyes to the furnace.