Just Ask If You're Scared

Medical Center.

After receiving Adam's 'carefully chosen' birthday gift, Ted firmly declined Adam's invitation to 'inspect Mr. Linden's miserable condition'.

Adam watched him leave, trying to avoid him, and couldn't help but smile.

Maybe Ted will fall in love again someday, or maybe love will just disappear like a tornado, and he'll ask beforehand, "Do you play with guns?"

If you're not going to play games, then express "sincerely" that you loved me, but you don't love me anymore, so you don't want to hurt me anymore.

Play?

That would be the same experience Adam had when he first traveled through time, with the Amazing Amy by his side and Little Red Riding Hood Juno in the distance.

It's impossible for someone to initiate a breakup.

He could only tremble with fear and compromise, causing the woman to grow tired of him and forcing her to passively end the relationship.

This is definitely not cowardice!

Instead, it means doing whatever you want without overstepping the bounds!

Emergency room.

"What's going on?"

When Adam arrived, he saw two policemen chatting outside an examination room, so he asked the nurse.

"A female college student..."

The nurse immediately came over and chattered on, vividly recounting the whole story.

Princeton University?

Adam was startled.

Although I knew it couldn't be Paige, or Leonard or Dr. Elizabeth Dr. Plimpton was cosplaying...

But he couldn't resist going over to take a look.

The two policemen glanced at Adam, then looked away and continued their conversation.

Through the folded curtains of the examination room, one could see a beautiful woman sitting there looking haggard, a cigarette between her fingers, taking a trembling puff, tears already ruining her eye makeup.

Nurse Carol is comforting her and encouraging her to get the evidence promptly.

Adam shook his head and left.

Night fell.

The full story circulated in the hospital.

After hearing this, Adam couldn't help but call his assistant Lisa, asking her to keep a close eye on Paige, and then planned to hire two female bodyguards for Paige and her friends.

After that, he called Leonard and told him to be careful too.

In this era, Leonard is undoubtedly a heartthrob, and he needs to take extra care of himself when he's out and about.

Finally Adam called Juno to talk about it.

"This female Princeton University student was originally staying in her apartment when her boyfriend's good friend drove over, saying that her boyfriend had asked him to pick her up and go out with him."

She went without thinking much about it.

When she got there, she found that her boyfriend wasn't there at all.

However, there were two other young men.

Her boyfriend's best friend said her boyfriend would be there in a while, and suggested they play first.

Then they started drinking.

She got really drunk and her boyfriend never showed up...

"Did she say no?"

On the other end of the phone, Juno asked a question.

Before Adam could answer, she already had her answer, "Obviously he did, otherwise it wouldn't have escalated to the point of calling the police and going to the hospital to collect evidence."

"Um."

Adam sensed that Juno was in low spirits, and thinking about her other identity, he couldn't help but regret mentioning it to her, but he could only express his concern.

"You and Karen should also be careful; there are a lot of bad people in this world."

"There's far more than you can imagine."

Juno's voice was somewhat low. "Adam, do you know how many rape cases there are in the entire United States every year? You would never guess, but 20% of all cases reported to the police each year are involving women!"

"Hiss."

Adam gasped, shocked. "So many?"

"This is only what has been reported."

Juno's voice was cold. "Of course, nearly 50% of these are couples or married couples, but even after removing those, the proportion still exceeds 10%. Adding the proportion that is not reported, it is even more shocking. What you encountered today actually happens every day, and universities are the hardest-hit areas."

It's easy to understand why the proportion of couples and married couples is so high.

Because in the United States, dating often goes on after three dates, but marriage is a very serious matter, resulting in an average dating period of 4.3 years.

If a woman is unhappy during the dating period, she can sue you for being strong.

The same applies within marriage.

This seems to protect women.

However, such a high proportion can easily overwhelm police resources, leading the police and even society as a whole to become accustomed to it and indifferent to it.

Ultimately, this led to a more widespread tragedy.

Adam was stunned.

He did know about it, but he didn't know it was in this proportion.

However, he did not doubt the authenticity of the numbers Juno mentioned.

Given Juno's steady personality, the numbers he gives are absolutely true and reliable.

This reminded him of the two policemen from that afternoon.

They didn't care at all and kept urging the female victim, their words and actions conveying the feeling that 'you're just making trouble and wasting our time.'

Because of the fact that up to 50% of police reports filed by couples or married couples ultimately end in settlements and withdrawals.

From the perspective of the person who called the police, the conflict was resolved and everyone was happy.

However, the police, who wasted a lot of manpower, deeply resented this.

Are you guys here to mess with us?

So even if the police initially have a righteous attitude, after countless times, they probably become numb and just want to get it over with as soon as possible.

"Why don't we have any memories of going to college?"

Adam was puzzled.

"It varies from place to place."

Juno sneered, "Female college students have the lowest rate of reporting to the police because they have the most concerns. They still have a bright future ahead of them, but once it's made public, they will not only face the pointing fingers of their classmates, but also endless humiliation."

You mean the court hearing?

Adam understood.

"Right."

Juno said, "As a victim, once you're in court, you'll face cross-examination from the defendant's lawyer, who will ask you to repeat every detail of what happened in public!"

Remember! Here are all the details!

It is so detailed that many writers who wrote about Liu Bei are as impressed as they are.

99% of people cannot tolerate this kind of secondary harm and endless humiliation!

Moreover, even if you say it, the defendant's lawyer will find reasons for the defendant from all aspects.

For example, why do you dress so sexily?

Was it intentional to incite someone to commit a crime?

You are classmates and friends, how can you prove that you are not in a romantic relationship?

In most cases, the female victim breaks down, the trial and evidence collection cannot proceed, and the case is eventually dropped.

Over time, crime continued on university campuses, but it received almost no media coverage.

Everyone's already used to it.

Adam gasped again.

"Should I hire a few female bodyguards for you and Karen as well?"

Adam couldn't help but say.

"Need not."

On the other end of the phone, Juno suddenly laughed, her coldness dissipating. "Although it's shocking, it hasn't reached the point of wanton and open crime. As long as you're careful and don't go out and play around, cases of rapists breaking into homes are, after all, a minority."

"..."

Adam remained silent.

There are exceptions, though.

"Don't worry."

Juno seemed to hear Adam's thoughts and laughed, "Karen and I are together every day, we're always working with scalpels, if we really run into each other, haha! But you'd better keep a close eye on Paige, she's in a high school and doesn't have much protection, she's your darling, you can't be too careful."

"I'll hire two, no, six female bodyguards for her right away."

Adam didn't respond to Juno's teasing as usual, but spoke seriously.