Shackled by Freedom

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I rushed to the clinic door with panic all over my face. But the doctor cursed me as less than human, while a young nurse beside her whispered, That woman who was just brought into the ER was so miserable. Is her husband even human? How could he torture her like that? But I think something is off. That woman was brought in by someone else, and they only contacted her husband later. Could there be something shady going on here...

My wife, Emma, was an outdoor enthusiast, and lately she had been especially obsessed with wilderness camping.

At twenty-seven, she had a sweet face, a curvy figure, and her whole body was like a ripe peach, giving off a captivating charm.

I truly could not understand why my delicate wife always loved running off into the wilderness.

She told me the city was too stressful, and she preferred returning to nature and enjoying that kind of unfettered freedom.

Since I could not satisfy her material needs, I could not keep suppressing her spiritual pursuits!

That weekend, she arranged to go camping in the mountains again with friends from her circle.

Never in my dreams did I expect to suddenly receive a call from the city hospitals emergency department in the middle of that night.

Mr. Mason Carter? Your wife is in our hospitals ER, and her condition is very dangerous...

I panicked at once and immediately drove to the hospital.

As soon as I arrived, several young nurses pointed at me and muttered something under their breath.

Where is my wife? How is she?

Burning with anxiety, I rushed toward the emergency room, and the nurses and doctors hurried to stop me.

Sir, this is the emergency room. Please dont act rashly!

Suddenly, the emergency room door opened.

A female doctor wearing a mask had her brows tightly furrowed.

Who is Emmas family member? Come sign the pre-op notice!

I immediately raised my hand and rushed over.

Knowing my wifes situation was urgent, I barely looked at the contents and decisively signed my name.

Then I asked the doctor nervously, How is my wife? Is she in danger?

The female doctor looked disgusted and sized me up from head to toe.

The foreign object in her lower body has already caused massive bleeding. Do you think she is in danger or not?

There is nothing wrong with couples pursuing excitement, but this kind of perverted behavior can cause extreme damage to your wifes body!

I froze, and my mind went blank in an instant.

What the hell?

A foreign object in her lower body?

No, this has to be a mistake...

I shook my head again and again, unable to believe the doctors words at all, and I even suspected that the person lying inside might not be my wife.

I had thought that while wilderness camping, she might encounter accidental injuries.

She might even run into venomous snakes or wild beasts.

But this...

The doctor rolled her eyes at me, ignored me completely, and told me to wait outside.

My mind was a tangled mess, so I hid in the restroom to smoke a cigarette, my hands shaking as I called Emmas friends.

Unfortunately, among the friends who often went outdoor camping with her, some could not be reached, while others stated firmly that they had not gone camping that week.

In short, none of them knew anything!

As I waited anxiously, I suddenly heard young nurses chatting in the restroom next door.

That woman who was just brought into the ER was so miserable. Is her husband even human? How could he torture her like that?

When you get married in the future, you really have to keep your eyes open and never jump into a fire pit!

But I think something is off. That woman was brought in naked by someone else, and they only contacted her husband later. Could there be something shady going on here...

My whole body trembled, the veins on both my hands bulged, and I nearly crushed the phone in my grip!

I wanted to wait outside the restroom and ask the young nurses for details.

But from the other side came the doctors shout.

Emmas family member! Come over quickly. The surgery was successful!

At that moment, I was still holding on to a tiny trace of hope, thinking, what if it really was a mistake?

I hurried over, and Emma had already been wheeled out; thats right, the person lying on the hospital bed really was my wife!

The anesthesia had not worn off yet, and she was still unconscious.

The doctor brought out a tray, and on it lay a blood-soaked piece of wood as thick as a wrist, with bark still on it and branches that had not been cleaned off properly.

The doctor was furious. You call this pursuing excitement? This is outright murder!

I was even more furious than the doctor!

She was my precious wife, the woman I held in my hands as if afraid she might fall and kept in my mouth as if afraid she might melt!

At home, I usually could not even bear to let her do housework.

Even in bed, I was gentle and considerate, afraid I might hurt her.

But now, she had been tortured by someone like this!

Under the doctors strange gaze, I first pushed my wife into a ward, and just after I settled her in, two police officers walked in.

Mr. Carter, Im sorry, but we have to be responsible for the patient!

If it had only been a foreign object inside her body, it could still be understood as an accident caused by seeking thrills.

But besides that, Emmas body was covered in injuries.

The doctor suspected that I might have abused her or even committed something worse, so she had secretly called the police.

In fact, I had also planned to call the police.

No matter who had hurt Emma, I would make him pay the price!

Without any hesitation, I told the police everything.

My wife has been obsessed with wilderness camping lately, and this time was also because of camping...

I really didnt know anything. I originally came from a mountain village, so I have no interest in that kind of wilderness life at all, and I only went with her once or twice.

And Ive been especially busy with work lately, so I didnt join her this time...

The police vaguely felt that there was a huge hidden story here.

On one hand, they sent people to investigate the outdoor fanatics my wife was usually close to.

On the other hand, they still had to wait for my wife to wake up and ask her for the truth.

While I waited anxiously, my wife woke up in a daze.

No, help... sob, it hurts so much...

Tear stains slid from the corners of my wifes eyes, and her face was full of terror and fear.

My heart felt like it was being cut by a knife, and I leaned beside the hospital bed, patiently comforting her.

Dont be afraid. Im here!

Tell me, what exactly happened?

At first, my wife was still a little confused. Honey, theyre all inhuman...

Halfway through her words, she suddenly saw the two police officers still standing in the ward, and her whole body instantly tensed.

I... Im fine. It was all an accident...

The police officer frowned. Ms. Carter, please tell the truth! Dont worry, we will definitely guarantee your safety, and we will never let any bad person go!

But my wife still shook her head desperately and insisted that it was an accident.

According to her, she fell while camping in the mountains and rolled down a slope, which caused the injuries all over her body.

As for the foreign object inside her body...

It must have accidentally stabbed into her while she was struggling desperately.

The two police officers exchanged a look, not believing that explanation at all.

But my wifes mental state was very poor right now, so they did not dare to keep pressing her and could only let my wife rest first.

After leaving the ward, the police officers frowned deeply.

Mr. Carter, there are many suspicious points here...

I nodded heavily, and of course I also knew my wife had not told the truth.

Even if she had gotten lost, why was she not wearing clothes?

And those injuries, according to the doctors judgment, were definitely not caused by a fall!

As for the foreign object inside her body, that was even more absurd!

After sending the doctor away, I returned to the ward to comfort my wife and also tried asking her for the truth.

But she still dodged the question, saying she was too tired and only wanted to rest quietly for a while.

While my wife was asleep, I secretly took her phone, but she had changed the passcode.

Luckily, the anesthesia had not completely worn off and she was truly asleep, so I used her fingerprint to unlock the phone.

A message popped up.

They went a little too far today. Take this money and use it to recover.

Next time when you return to nature, dont wear anything underneath. Its too much trouble to take off. Next time were going to a mixed-gender hot spring, and I guarantee youll feel like youre in heaven!

Aside from these two messages, there was also a transfer of one hundred thousand dollars.

I scrolled upward, but the rest of the chat history had long since been deleted clean.

Only in the transfer records did I see that my wife had received money every so often.

And the transfer dates were all after her previous camping trips!

I stood there in a daze, unable to come back to my senses for a long time.

So the so-called camping and returning to nature were just a depraved carnival?

Why did Emma receive money?

Did that mean she had joined this kind of carnival more than once, willingly letting herself be used by others?

No wonder she had bought quite a few new clothes and bags lately and lied to me that they were knockoffs and not worth much...

At that moment, I really wanted to shake Emma awake and question her.

I also thought about handing the evidence on her phone to the police and making them investigate it to the end!

But after I calmed down.

What if this was just a misunderstanding?

Could those things alone really convict anyone?

And once Emma had accepted money, the nature of the matter completely changed!

After hesitating again and again, I still put away my other thoughts and decided to investigate clearly first.

When Emma woke up the next day, she nervously asked me whether the police had touched her phone.

She also urged me to go close the case quickly, saying it was just a misunderstanding and there was no need to make it bigger.

Otherwise, if the matter got out, she would not be able to face anyone in the future.

I patiently comforted her and also tried to probe indirectly to ask for the truth.

But as soon as I mentioned it, she said I did not trust her and was deliberately reopening her wounds to humiliate her.

With no other choice, I secretly paid someone to recover the data on her phone, and I also secretly installed monitoring software.

A few days later, Emma was discharged from the hospital.

That night, the monitoring software I had installed on Emmas phone reacted.

How are your injuries recovering? This camping trip will be bigger, so remember to take medicine in advance!

This was a message from that man.

Emma replied, Almost healed. As long as its not as extreme as last time, I can handle it!

Dont worry, Ill take birth control in advance. Just thinking about returning to nature makes me a little impatient...

That man replied with a wicked grin emoji.

Marriage, work, family... they are all just shackles on your body! Returning to the embrace of nature is the meaning of life!

Wait for me. Next weekend, Ill send someone to pick you up...

Looking at their conversation, my whole body trembled, and I wished I could immediately break down the door and question my wife hiding in the bedroom.

But right then, an email arrived.

Brother, I found the information you wanted. Remember to send me the final payment!

Let me give you a piece of advice. The waters here are deep. Dont keep investigating!

This was the hacker expert I had asked a friend to find.

After quickly transferring the money, I took a deep breath and opened the email he had sent.

Return to Nature Camping Association?

It sounded like a very ordinary association.

But as I carefully read further down, the more I read, the more shocked I became, and I felt a chill run down my spine.

This Nature Association openly organized and recruited wilderness camping enthusiasts, holding camping events from time to time.

But in reality, it was a den of demons!

Quite a few young and beautiful women seemed to become different people after joining the association.

They became completely obsessed with it, abandoned their husbands and children, and kept saying they wanted to return to nature and pursue freedom.

To them, family, husbands, children, parents, and relatives were all shackles binding them!

Only by returning to nature could they truly find themselves and enjoy life.

And what they called returning to nature was this.

A group of men and women liberated their nature in the wilderness, going naked and having sex indiscriminately like animals!

Seeing this information, I understood at once.

My wife had also joined the Nature Association and had been brainwashed and mentally controlled.

Thinking of how every time she went camping these days, she had been with other men, and even with many men...

My heart was bleeding!

Bang!

I slammed open the bedroom door.

My wife looked panicked and quickly put away her phone.

What are you doing? I already said Im resting. Dont you know to knock before coming in?

I took a deep breath and threw the evidence I had collected at her.

Emma, turn back now! Dont sink any deeper!

That damned Nature Association is just manipulating you and brainwashing all of you...

Emma froze at first, then looked furious.

Mason, you dont trust me? You actually investigated me behind my back?

I already told you, last time was just an accident!

Were husband and wife. After all these years together, youre actually treating me like this...

I clenched my teeth tightly. If we werent husband and wife, and if I didnt have such deep feelings for you, I would go to the police station and report this right now!

What you people are doing is organizing prostitution. Its illegal and criminal!

At first, Emma still forced arguments and tried all kinds of excuses with me.

But when she saw that I was truly angry and even planned to report it to the police, she became scared.

Honey, I was wrong. I really know I was wrong!

I was just bewitched for a moment, and I also wanted to earn some money to ease our familys financial burden.

You know too that living in the city is so stressful. At first, I only wanted to go outdoors to decompress...

Seeing Emma crying so hard she was a mess, and then thinking of all the years we had spent together, I sighed deeply.

Delete that man and cut ties with that damned Nature Association completely!

Emma nodded again and again, and under my supervision, she deleted that person.

She also promised me repeatedly that she would absolutely never have anything to do with the Nature Association again!

In fact, I had also thought about directly destroying that den of demons!

But the information stated very clearly that the forces behind that group were powerful, their actions were hidden, and they did everything without leaving a trace.

There had also been some men whose wives or girlfriends had sunk deeply into it.

In the end, because there was insufficient evidence, the matters all went nowhere.

Some people even ended up with broken marriages, scattered families, and ruined lives.

If I really reported it now, I did not know whether the organizers behind the scenes could be caught.

But my wife might very likely be classified as a prostitute because she had accepted money, end up in prison, and our lives would be completely destroyed!

Over the next few days, I deliberately took leave from work and stayed home with my wife.

On one hand, I comforted her and tried to find ways to undo those peoples brainwashing and mental control.

At the same time, this also counted as a kind of surveillance over her.

What comforted me was that my wife behaved very well, looking as if she had truly woken up, and she almost obeyed everything I said.

But as soon as my vacation ended.

I hurried home impatiently after work, only to see a divorce agreement!

Mason, your restraint makes it impossible for me to breathe! Lets get divorced. I want to pursue true freedom!

I gripped the divorce agreement, the veins on both my hands bulging.

Bastards, you forced me into this!

From a small mountain village to a big city step by step, I could not even count how much hardship I had endured and how much effort I had put in.

It had not been easy for me to build a home in the city, establish myself, get a beautiful wife, and live a happy life.

I would not allow anyone to destroy my good life in an instant!

Filled with fury, I contacted the hacker from last time again.

And I prepared myself to fight that group of demons to the end!

The next day, wearing a mask and a baseball cap, I went to an outdoor gear store.

At first, the owner could not be bothered with me. If you want to buy something, look around yourself!

But after I gave the code phrase, his attitude immediately made a complete one-eighty.

Ahem... If you want to join the Nature Associations camping events, we have many packages here!

No extra payment is needed. As long as you buy our products, well give you a free spot in a camping event.

The basic package is 18,888 dollars and includes an outdoor tent, sleeping bag, military shovel...

I already knew these peoples routine like the back of my hand.

By buying different outdoor gear packages, you could enjoy the corresponding services.

Even if the police investigated, it would be a normal transaction and very difficult to connect to that kind of criminal behavior.

I took a deep breath. A friend introduced me, and I understand the rules!

Im very interested in outdoor activities and want to become a VIP member so I can join events long term!

The owner became even warmer toward me.

Our annual membership fee is one hundred thousand dollars, and it comes with all kinds of outdoor gear, plus at least twelve camping event spots...

If you introduce reliable new members, well give you additional event spots.

This time, in order to fight them to the end, I spent a huge amount.

After paying one hundred thousand dollars, I successfully booked the latest camping event for the weekend.

The owner winked and told me, This event will be big, lasting two days, and there will also be a mixed-gender hot spring...

I pretended to be worried and asked.

There wont be any danger, right? If I get caught, I wont be able to show my face in society anymore!

The owner patted his chest and guaranteed it.

Dont worry. We absolutely protect our customers privacy!

Many big bosses and important people are regulars at our club too.

And those women all come out to play voluntarily. Everyone is willing...

In short, the waters here were deep, and no one dared to cause trouble.

Amid my anxious waiting, Saturday finally arrived.

Early in the morning, I fully armed myself and got into a business van.

You understand the rules, right? All electronic devices must be handed over to us for safekeeping...

If youre worried its unsafe, prepare your own protection. If you have any additional special needs, we can satisfy them, but there will be an extra charge.

In the van, besides me, there were several other men.

Like me, they had covered themselves tightly and cooperatively handed over their phones and other electronic devices.

Several hours later, we entered the deep mountains.

The first thing I saw was a row of tents, and many men were lining up to go inside.

When they came out from the other side, all the clothes on their bodies had been stripped clean, and they wore only a mask.

Haha... Awesome! This is what freedom feels like!

Screw work, screw my idiot boss, and Im sick of the old woman at home too. I just want to return to nature and breathe free air!

A group of people ran wild in the wilderness without restraint.

In a natural mountain spring pool not far away, there were more than a dozen naked women who were also wearing masks.

Those men immediately looked like wolves seeing meat, their eyes shining as they rushed toward the pool.

Ah... be gentler!

Hearing that voice, I abruptly turned my head.

The woman being pinned down beside the pool was Emma!