Chapter 16: Impossible to be controlled
She kept her eyes closed most of the time, and she would not respond even if Zongfang or others came to talk to her. At first, she would force herself to eat something, but since she discovered the camera in the cabin, she started to go on a hunger strike.

She didn't want anyone to see her lying there defecating. She was overwhelmed by a great sense of shame, which made her body weaker and weaker day by day. Sometimes she slept for two days and no one could wake her up.

This made everyone anxious, and everyone looked nervous. They even held a special meeting, and everyone was trying to think of ways to make her eat normally.

Someone suggested: "Doctor, why don't you try to unlock her? I studied human emotions at the Interstellar Academy. I guess Miss Sui Sui may have lost her appetite due to emotional problems."

Zongfang looked serious, thinking about something.

He has tried various methods, including injecting nutrient solution, threatening, and coaxing. None of them worked. He didn't understand why the research subject was so uncooperative.

Zongfang agreed to give Qiao Susu some space to move around, because after a few days of sailing, they arrived at the Republic of Sote.

He moved Qiao Suisui to the Paleoanthropology Research Center, which is fully equipped with instruments and tools and gathers experts and scholars from various fields of anthropology. He opened up an entire top floor as Qiao Suisui's activity area, and restored the living room, audio-visual room, entertainment area, dining room, small library, gym, etc. invented by ancient humans in a one-to-one ratio according to historical records.

Munakata looked at the human-like dwelling he had built with satisfaction, looking forward to seeing the reaction on that little face.

Sui Sui felt a slight shake and some rustling sounds around her. She woke up but didn't want to pay attention to it.

With a "hiss", the airbag door opened and she felt the electronic locks on her hands and feet unlocked.

Zongfang carried her out. Due to the hunger strike and bad mood, she suddenly lost ten pounds in a few days. Zongfang frowned when he picked her up. He put her on the warm-colored sofa and let her step barefoot on the fluffy carpet.

"Now you can move freely and don't have to stay in the observation cabin anymore."

He waited for her reaction excitedly, but Qiao Susu just opened her eyes for a moment, looked around indifferently, and closed them again expressionlessly.

The man was startled, and continued, "You are free from now on. There will be a special nutritionist delivering meals to you, and you will have your own bathroom."

She sneered inwardly.

free?

She just took a quick glance at the camera and found that it was indeed available in all directions, with 360 degrees without blind spots.

How can it be called freedom if your life is like a 24-hour reality show?
She is a human being, not an animal without shame.

She was extremely fed up with everything here, especially the man in front of her.

Zongfang didn't see the reaction he expected and frowned in displeasure.

"Tell me what you want, and I will satisfy you." Then he added: "Except getting you out of here."

Qiao Susu still didn't look, listen or speak.

He pinched her wrist irritably and said, "Do you think resisting like this will work? I have plenty of time to study you."

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"You can make me an offer."

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"Do you want to see Scorsese? I can apply to the Federation."

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Under Qiao Sui Sui's continued indifference, Zong Fang's face became extremely ugly. He easily pushed her down on the sofa, pinched her chin, and forced her to look at him. "Qiao Sui Sui, speak."

This time she opened her eyes, her black pupils were out of focus, like a puppet without a soul. Zong Fang was stunned, her state was completely different from the lively girl he first saw her. He was completely panicked, and he stepped back a little while holding her body down, unconsciously reducing the strength in his hands.

"It's time. I'll have someone deliver today's meal."

Just as he stood up, he caught a glimpse of a few drops of blood on the sofa.

Zong Fang immediately hugged Qiao Susu into his arms, checked her, and finally found that the blood was flowing from her lower body. His eyes were suddenly filled with panic.

"Come on, come on!"

He didn't dare move Qiao Susu and placed her carefully on the sofa. Soon, the entire medical team arrived and quickly began to examine her. There were also orcs with healing talents waiting by the side.

Zongfang kept holding her hand in his, completely unconscious. He checked on Susu's condition every two minutes.

"It's a symptom of threatened miscarriage."

A doctor said: "How could this happen? We have been very careful and previous examinations have shown that the fetus is stable."

Zong Fang's brows were tightly knitted together, and his bony hands were resting on her belly. His usual calmness was gone, and his eyes were filled with violence.

"Qiao Suisui, what are you doing? Tell me what you want."

After a while, she finally raised her eyelids, stared at Zong Fang coldly, and slowly said: "Remove the camera."

She could no longer bear living without dignity like this.

She knew that Zongfang would not let her leave here, and it was clear that she was no longer safe around Luka. When she thought about how she was alone in this world, dark thoughts filled her mind, and she felt like giving up.

"If you continue to spy on me like this, I will quickly end my life and you can go study the mummy."

Since she is at the mercy of others, she will use all the available resources to fight to the end.

Screw the rules of the game, she wants to make the rules of this world!
Zong Fang looked deep for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, only keep surveillance in the public areas."

"I want you to remove all surveillance." She met the man's gaze without any hesitation.

The man took a deep breath, obviously trying hard to control his anger. He frowned at her and finally compromised.

"Okay, all the cameras on this floor will be removed. But you have to eat well from now on!"

Seeing her nod, Zong Fang squeezed her wrist hard as if to vent his anger, but he didn't dare to use too much force.

"Qiao Suisui, you are great."

Over the next few days, the cameras were removed as promised.

Sui Sui began to eat on her own initiative and gradually resumed her regular routine. But Zong Fang spent more and more time with her. At first, he came for two hours each morning and afternoon in the name of observation, and later he stayed with her for six hours a day. Finally, he would have breakfast, lunch and dinner with her on time, and would stay until she fell asleep unless he had to leave for something necessary.

Most of the time he just observed her quietly and wrote something down. Occasionally he would stare at her slightly bulging belly and get distracted, not knowing what he was thinking.

Several times, Qiao Susu dreamed that he carried her to the cold operating table, used a scalpel to cut open her chest, dug out her intestines, chopped her head in half and soaked it in formalin.

(End of this chapter)