Chapter 1

My sister signed up for a wilderness survival program, but I was too busy with my company's IPO to accompany her.

I had no choice but to ask her boyfriend, Marcus Henderson, to look after her.

After the IPO bell ceremony, I drove through the night to reach the survival site, but I couldn't find a single trace of my sister.

I searched the entire mountain until I finally found her necklace in front of a household's door.

I rushed in like a madwoman and eventually found my sister at the edge of a pigsty, completely out of her mind.

She was being groped by an old man who had her in his arms.

He had promised me repeatedly before they left that he'd take good care of her!

But now he'd actually handed over my sister—whom I valued more than my own life—to some old bachelor!

Since you've been this vicious, then today none of you are leaving here alive!

My sister had always loved outdoor activities since childhood.

This vacation, she couldn't wait to join a wilderness survival program.

I initially disagreed, but her boyfriend promised he would take good care of her and absolutely wouldn't let her get hurt, so I finally agreed.

During our two months apart, my sister checked in with me on her phone every day.

Everything seemed normal, except she didn't like sending photos or videos.

But I couldn't stand missing her anymore, so right after handling the company's IPO, I immediately came to the mountains where she was.

But my sister wasn't there, and the original campsite was empty.

I was only greeted by a local villager: "Their location changes every day, and besides, there's no signal in the mountains so it's hard to contact them. Why don't you head back for now?"

I naturally refused: "Even if they're training all over the place, they'll eventually return to the camp, right? Besides, I'm not in a hurry. I'll just wait here."

A flash of discomfort crossed the villager's eyes: "They might not come back all night. There are lots of mosquitoes in the mountains. You'd be more comfortable going back."

My expression changed: "Who the hell are you to tell me what to do? Fuck off!"

I immediately headed into the mountains to find her.

The villager tried to stop me, but I kicked him aside.

By evening, I finally found the main group's members.

The other team members had been sitting on rocks eating roasted pork.

The moment they saw me, they all jumped up in terror: "You... how did you get here?"

I looked around. My sister wasn't there.

I said coldly: "Where's Claire?"

Everyone exchanged glances and fell silent in unison.

From the moment I entered the mountains until now, everyone's behavior had been too strange.

I rushed to where everyone had placed their backpacks and searched carefully.

Nothing. None of my sister's belongings were there.

"Where's my sister?" I grabbed the collar of the classmate who usually had the best relationship with her and demanded answers.

Her conscience finally got the better of her: "She's... over there..." She pointed toward the deepest edge of the mountain.

I rushed over with my people.

When we were completely exhausted, we finally saw a dilapidated village.

In front of a filthy house, my sister's necklace lay quietly in the mud.

A terrifying thought rose in my mind.

I grabbed a hammer nearby and frantically pounded on the door.

When I burst into the courtyard, everything before my eyes nearly made me faint.

My sister sat in the pigsty with vacant eyes.

Behind her, an old man was groping her chest with a lecherous expression.

"Claire... Claire!!!" I couldn't control my screaming.

But Claire acted as if she hadn't heard me at all.

She blankly reached out her hands, pushing at the old man in front of her.

Her belly was slightly swollen—she seemed to be pregnant.

"What the hell happened!" I slapped the team leader at the front across the face.

His tooth flew out from my slap, and he gasped in pain: "Marcus told us to do this. He said your sister was too stuck-up and needed this kind of experience to understand how ordinary people live."

I grabbed his collar viciously and smashed his head against a nearby rock: "Experience my ass!"