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"Sometimes she ran into situations she couldn't handle, and I'd help her out. Sometimes that meant appearing on a show or singing a song onstage. Besides, I needed money to write songs. Once she became popular, I'd get a share of the earnings. It was basically her paying for my songs. I wrote three or four songs for her over the years, and they were all well received."

"But I never expected her to want more. What I gave her wasn't enough. When I refused, she started stealing from me. She stole all four songs on her latest album without my permission. When I found out, she and her manager locked me in a house. They wouldn't let me leave and tried to force me to keep writing songs for her. Whenever I refused, they abused me in all kinds of ways..." The young woman's voice broke.

"Thankfully, someone finally realized something was wrong. They found me, called the police, and got me out. Otherwise, I don't know how long those two would have kept me locked up."

"Thank you all for your encouragement. I won't go easy on them. I'll make sure they pay for what they've done..."

"Who realized something was wrong?" Shen Jiayan had come over at some point and was watching with Shen Luoluo. Could it be...? He snapped his head up to look at Shen Xiche.

Shen Xiche raised an eyebrow, looking smug. "That's right. No need to wonder. Your brother and my teammate were the ones who figured it out." To be precise, he had paid attention because he'd heard Shen Luoluo's thoughts, while Gu Zhichuan had stumbled onto it.

After Shen Xiche spoke to Gu Zhichuan that day, Gu Zhichuan really did start following Xia Lanyin. He had been forced to withdraw from