The night passed without a dream. The next day, Ah Hao slipped two round, white pills into Lin Shuyue’s hand. Lin Shuyue took them and stored them in her system’s inventory.

The following days for Lin Shuyue were pretty much the same as her first two days on the job.

The art room and the infirmary on the second floor remained forbidden territory she couldn’t approach.

During these days, teachers and instructors in this school beating and physically punishing students was as common as eating.

Lin Shuyue finally understood what that steel bar she saw in Xiao Changxin’s office when she was pretending to be a parent on a fact-finding mission was for.

Mei Daliang told her it was called a Dragon Whip, and like the instructors’ rulers, it was an important teaching tool used to punish students.

When students made mistakes, the instructors would raise the Dragon Whip in their hands to “educate” them.

And these mistakes were quite random. Maybe it was just because they glanced at an instructor for too long while passing by, maybe their footsteps were a bit too loud, or maybe they stepped out with their right foot first. In short, everything depended on the instructors’ moods.

In the past few days, two students had been successively sent to the school. Some were tricked by their parents under the guise of a trip, some were forcibly dragged over by their parents, and more were forcibly “brought” over by the school’s instructors barging into their homes.

This kind of “bringing” was no different from kidnapping.

And when these new students entered the school, they would be locked up for a night. The place of confinement was that art room on the second floor of the teaching building.

After coming out of the art room, they would have a blue bracelet on their wrist. With this bracelet, they would eat the least and receive the most severe punishments.

There were several times when Lin Shuyue wanted to rush forward and beat up those instructors who were beating the students!

Besides that, Lin Shuyue had also secretly recorded several conversations between Tian Li and Xiao Changxin.

Tian Li claimed to be Xiao Changxin’s secretary, but she was actually the accountant for the internet addiction school. She held the financial power of the entire school in her hands.

Tian Li had discussed with Xiao Changxin that since they started the internet addiction school, the number of students in their school had remained between 80 and 120. Each student’s enrollment fee was 500 yuan, for three months of study. The three months of food and accommodation also cost 500 yuan.

In just over a year, they had already amassed nearly two million yuan in ill-gotten gains. After deducting the school’s rent, the salaries of the instructors and teachers, the advertising expenses in various channels, and the money spent on bribing various connections, their net profit was over a million yuan.

What kind of concept was a million yuan? Lin Shuyue remembered the newspaper she had seen a few days ago. In the city center of Peng City (abbreviation for Pengcheng City), the price per square meter was only 3000 yuan, and even in the best locations, it was only a little over 4000!

In the rural areas surrounding Peng City, you could buy a bungalow with its foundation for just twenty to thirty thousand yuan.

And these two people, who had earned so much dirty money, wouldn’t even let those students eat their fill!

Was this a school? Not enough to eat, not enough sleep, having to keep their hearts in their throats every moment, and even then, they still spent their days being scolded, beaten, and humiliated.

This was a living hell!!!

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, Lin Shuyue had been undercover in the internet addiction school for a week.

This afternoon was the same as usual, with the sun shining brightly and the weather hot. Lin Shuyue was cleaning up by the edge of the sports field.

Suddenly, she saw several girls being led to the second floor by the instructors.

Half an hour later, they came downstairs, supporting each other, with varying degrees of injuries on their faces and bodies. Lin Shuyue’s gaze stopped on one of the girls.

Lin Shuyue didn’t know her name because these students were strictly forbidden from communicating with laborers like her. But this girl was very beautiful, the kind of bright and elegant beauty that could capture anyone’s attention at first glance.

She also loved cleanliness. Even in this hellish place, living this kind of life, she tried her best to keep her clothes clean and her hair neatly combed. This was the first time Lin Shuyue had seen her hair disheveled.

In that instant, a guess made Lin Shuyue’s face turn pale.

Lin Shuyue knew that girls sent to internet addiction schools might encounter this kind of harm. She had observed carefully and had privately and subtly asked Mei Daliang for confirmation. She was told that this kind of thing didn’t happen at this school.

But today, at this moment, she finally understood that it wasn’t that this kind of thing didn’t happen, but rather that it was selectively concentrated on a certain day!

Among these girls, the youngest was thirteen years old, and the oldest was only eighteen.

How could they! How dare they! Didn’t they have sisters or daughters of this age at home?

In a flash of realization, Lin Shuyue finally understood the purpose of the art room on the second floor.

Leaving such indelible marks on the paper of a girl’s youth and in their young lives – in the eyes of those disgusting instructors, wasn’t that just “painting”?

Every time she thought this school had rotted to its core, another disgusting maggot would crawl out to slap her in the face!

It was not until this moment that Lin Shuyue understood even more why internet addiction schools were called “concentration camps of the new era”!

Lin Shuyue couldn’t bear it anymore. This was the most powerless she had ever felt in her life, from when she was a child to transmigrating to this time and space!

She was no longer willing to endure it!

Taking advantage of her cleaning duties, she retrieved the cameras installed in the dormitories and asked for leave to go out of the school.

Before leaving, Lin Shuyue went through another body search. Compared to the last time she came in, this search was very perfunctory.

Walking out of the gate of the internet addiction school, today’s sunshine was still bright. Lin Shuyue looked back at the closed gate of the internet addiction school.

This gate was like a giant beast, swallowing the souls of countless children and burying the lives of many girls.

She walked for half an hour and took a bus back to the city. After confirming that no one was following her, she turned into a small park. When she came out again, she had transformed into a beautiful and vibrant young woman.

A white cotton T-shirt paired with slightly flared capri pants, her dark hair tied into a ponytail, and a black leather backpack on her back.

Call the police if you’re in trouble – this was the education Lin Shuyue had received since childhood. Her parents, relatives, and school teachers had all taught her this.

She randomly hailed a motorcycle taxi by the roadside and rode to the Public Security Bureau.

As luck would have it, she saw Officer He Yuling walking out of the Public Security Bureau just as she got off the motorcycle. Lin Shuyue’s eyes lit up.

“Officer He.”

He Yuling saw Lin Shuyue, a smile unconsciously appearing on her lips, and then walked towards her. “Reporter Lin, long time no see. What brings you here today?”

Lin Shuyue shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand and looked at He Yuling, saying softly, “I’m here to report a case, Officer He. Someone is beating, abusing, sexually assaulting, kidnapping, imprisoning, and electrocuting minors.”

The smile on He Yuling’s face disappeared, and her expression grew increasingly serious. “Reporter Lin, come with me.”