THE FAKE DAUGHTER BECAME THE FAVORITE - CHAPTER 50

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Chapter 50: If Only Someone Could Help Me

"Grandma, every work has a different theme. Not all movies have to be filmed in the city."

Wen Yan briefly introduced the story of "Voiceless" to Grandma Zhou.

She added: "But I can't reveal specific filming details. Because I signed a confidentiality agreement with the crew, some things I can say, some things I can't."

Grandma Zhou nodded: "City people have so many rules. But don't worry, I won't spread what you told me. However, what you're acting is quite realistic. It really happened here, and quite a few times."

"Quite a few times? Really!"

Wen Yan was somewhat shocked.

What she had just told Grandma Zhou was that she was playing a mute woman who had been trafficked into the mountains by human traffickers! A scene where she was trying to escape but got caught and brought back!

"Yes." Grandma Zhou's tone was very certain.

"In earlier years, it was hard for men in the mountains to get wives. Because their families were poor, no one wanted to marry into poor mountain valleys, so they bought wives. But think about it, good families wouldn't possibly sell their daughters to others, so most of them were definitely trafficked.

"Anyway, it's pretty much like what you're acting. Most of the women sold into the mountains were disabled, either couldn't speak or couldn't hear, or their legs were lame, or they were simply confused mentally. 

"The old bachelors in the mountains weren't picky. They just needed a wife. As long as the wife could give birth and carry on their family line, that was enough. I remember a lot of people in the mountains bought wives ten-some years ago.

"Some people would try to escape like in your acting, but those who got caught had terrible fates. I heard they'd be stripped naked and tied up at home, or have their legs broken. After a long time, or after giving birth to children, gradually they'd give up the idea of escaping."

"..........." Wen Yan felt chilled hearing this. "Sure enough, the plots in movies and TV dramas aren't made up. Didn't anyone report this to the police?"

"Report what to the police? Back then there weren't even phones, and everyone was neighbors. I've lived in these mountains most of my life and have never seen police come here. If you really reported to the police and got someone's wife taken away, they'd beat you to death.

"But some people also got scammed buying wives. For a while, I heard they were cracking down hard on human traffickers, so they'd buy Vietnamese wives through matchmakers. But most of these women were scamming for bride prices.

"They'd act very obedient. After getting the family's money, they'd say they wanted to go to the market. Once they got to a crowded place, they'd disappear and run off with the family's money too.

"But now there's basically none of this anymore. Now besides us old folks, who still lives in the mountains? The younger ones all went out to work. They can earn money outside and find partners themselves.

"But going out to work doesn't necessarily mean you'll meet good people. Although the outside world is big, people are all very cunning, there are especially many scammers.

"Five or six years ago, I remember a boss drove to villages near ours to recruit workers, saying they needed to recruit dozens of workers for a clothing factory. That boss didn't want men, only women. At the time, many people wanted to go.

"Three people from our village went, but not one of them came back. Some said they ran off with other men outside, some said they died outside. Anyway, they couldn't be found no matter what.

"If you ask me, this wasn't any clothing factory boss at all, this was clearly a scammer, a human trafficker. Otherwise, why would she only want women and not men? She just wanted to take these women outside to sell them!"

These words were terrifying upon reflection.

Wen Yan couldn't help but ask Grandma Zhou: "Then didn't anyone realize at the time that this recruiting boss was a scammer?"

Grandma Zhou shook her head: "At the time, you couldn't say anyone realized it. Back then, none of us had seen the world. The town was the farthest place we'd been to. When that recruiting boss came, many people also said they were scammers and didn't dare follow them. Those who followed were the bold ones who wanted to go outside to make big money.

"There's one thing I remember very clearly, this boss brought her whole family. At the time, she brought a daughter, who seemed to be fifteen or sixteen years old and very pretty. Tell me, what scammer brings their whole family when going out to scam people?

"That's how she fooled us mountain people around and around. We're all women, tell me, how can scammers be so heartless, specifically targeting us mountain people who haven't seen the world?"

"Woman? Grandma, you're saying this clothing factory boss was a woman? Was her surname Zhao?"

For some reason, upon hearing these key words, information about Shen Zhirou's adoptive parents immediately popped into Wen Yan's mind.

Because they also happened to run a clothing factory.

Last time at the supermarket, that man speaking dialect also mentioned Boss Zhao in front of Shen Zhirou.

He asked Shen Zhirou if she was Boss Zhao's daughter. It's just that at the time he didn't mention whether this Boss Zhao was a father or mother.

And Shen Zhirou's adoptive mother's name happened to be Zhao Jing.

However, it had been so long, and they hadn't really interacted much, so Grandma Zhou simply couldn't answer this question.

"What her surname was, I don't know. Maybe I knew before, but now I really can't remember. What's wrong? Do you know this person? That shouldn't be right, at that time, I estimate you were also about fifteen or sixteen, should have still been in school."

"Yes, six or seven years ago I was still in high school."

But where Shen Zhirou was six or seven years ago, she had no way of knowing.

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Wen Yan still had night scenes to film in the evening, but while waiting for her scene, she was somewhat distracted.

On one hand, she was empathizing with the character she was playing and those women who were really trafficked into the mountains in real life.

On the other hand, she still hadn't given up trying to call that phone number.

After once again being prompted by a mechanical computer voice that the number had stopped service, she couldn't help but furrow her brow tightly.

Just as she was troubled, Shen Jinghe's voice suddenly sounded from beside her.

"Who are you calling?"

Wen Yan opened her eyes wide and looked at him: "Teacher Shen, you startled me!"

"Act, keep acting!" Shen Jinghe scoffed. "If you were really startled, what you'd instinctively call out wouldn't be 'Teacher Shen.' "

Wen Yan: 'This person not only has a sharp tongue, but sharp eyes too. He even noticed this'

"So? Who are you calling? If I remember correctly, this shouldn't be the first time I've seen you make this expression while calling someone. But it seems the other party has never answered your calls."

'Sigh' Wen Yan sighed heavily in her heart 'Sometimes investigating these things alone is quite helpless. If only Shen Jinghe could help me'

'Unfortunately, even I haven't figured this out. It's simply a complete mess]

(End of Chapter)

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