Why didn't Yu run away?

Yu told me that after the age of ten, he was taken away from his adoptive mother and placed in a large mansion with a group of "selected" boys his age. These children all shared certain traits: they were delicate and good-looking, and they were introverted and quiet by nature.

When Yu missed his adoptive mother, he was allowed to call home, but the conversations were strictly monitored. He was forbidden from revealing the truth about what he had experienced — including the fact that he and the other boys were made to serve as bed companions for adult men.

Among these boys were also children from underground laboratories — the experimental group — children who had never been cared for by parents.

I asked Yu: being in such a dangerous situation, why didn't you run away?

He said the mansion was guarded on all sides, surveillance cameras were everywhere, and every move the children made was watched. The slightest trace of anything suspicious would be detected. The staff outnumbered the children — there was simply no way to escape.

"The children who ever thought of running were almost always the ones from the control group in the underground experiments — the ones who had experienced parental warmth."

Yu said it wasn't only boys who were selected. Pretty little girls were chosen in the same way. He only found this out by chance, when he overheard a conversation between staff members.

These boys and girls, around ten years old, became "state-owned toys" of the CCP regime. They were dressed up beautifully and brought by staff to entertain so-called important guests — both domestic (Chinese) and foreign, both male and female.

When the children were brought back to the mansion after serving the guests, Yu noticed that some children had been "used up" — tortured to death, never to return. This was not an uncommon occurrence.

Because Yu had always been well-behaved, the head of the staff granted his request to visit his adoptive mother at least once a month.

I asked Yu: during those times when you left the mansion to go home, why didn't you run then?

Yu said with despair that there was no escaping. Apart from the staff members who accompanied him home, his relatives, neighbors, and even random passersby were all agents assigned to watch him.

Because these children in their early teens had a special mission (serving guests), the staff almost never abused or bullied them. After all, if there were any wounds or bruises on their faces or bodies, the guests would raise questions with the head of staff.

There was no television in the mansion, nor any electronic devices. The children were not allowed to attend school like other children their age. The head of staff did not want these children to gain outside knowledge — they believed that education would increase the children's chances of escaping. Only a curated selection of books was provided to help the children pass the time. This is how Yu developed his love of reading.

One day, the staff gathered all the boys and girls into a large hall. A group of well-dressed adults were there to select children. Yu was about thirteen years old that year.

It was then that he realized the suffering was not confined to the boys in his mansion alone — there were many, many more children, scattered and kept in different locations.

These well-dressed adults, both men and women, were people from the entertainment industry (possibly from talent agencies). They picked out many boys and girls, and Yu was among those selected.

At the time, Yu thought he would finally no longer have to serve anyone. The staff had told them that the selected children would be able to go home often and live a better life. But looking back as an adult, he realized this was only the beginning of a hell on earth.

The days of training for the entertainment industry were even darker. For a long stretch of time, Yu said, he couldn't even hear his adoptive mother's voice.

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