Self-determination (experiential story adult novel)

"Is today's interview over? Thank you for your hard work!"

The woman who walked into the office didn't say much. She just nodded politely to the bearded man who was talking, walked to her seat, and began to organize the items in her bag. She is a woman with short black shoulder-length hair and a pretty face. With a little dressing up, she would be the ideal girl in the eyes of most men. She has not been working in this news company for long and is just a newcomer. In addition, she is introverted and shy. Not only is her response during interviews very stiff, but she also has a headache with the company's seniors. Therefore, she always chooses to work quietly at her desk. She put pencils, ballpoint pens and other stationery into the pen holder, took out her interview notebook and looked at the records on it intently. It was about interviews with students who surrounded government agencies and talked about why they took such radical actions this time. The interviewees talked eloquently, but I could only ask questions by rote. In fact, I had no idea what they were talking about. I admired their courage and their erudition. I am already a member of society and a few years older than these students, so why am I still so clumsy and know nothing?

"The interview content has been edited. Xiaowen, please quickly write the press release. We can hand it in today."

The post-production staff were all seniors who had joined the company earlier. They were so experienced that they didn't need Xiaowen, the new reporter, to communicate with them. They cut the content of the news videos themselves and let Xiaowen watch the videos and write the press releases by herself. Xiaowen opened the folder and found the edited video file inside:

“‘May I ask why you came to surround the government office?’

"Because I am against the terms of this trade! 』

"Excuse me, do you know the contents of the terms? 』

"Of course I don't know!" 』」

"Eh? Didn't we visit for about thirty minutes?"

"Oh! That's just to make the other party feel that we are sincere in the interview. How can a real news clip be so long? It's good enough to keep two questions!"

“B-But… isn’t this taking things out of context too much?”

"Hmm? Really? Isn't that the conclusion? Haha."

Ignoring Xiaowen's distressed expression, the big brother in post-production laughed, then lowered his head and started doing his own thing, as if there was endless work waiting for him. Xiaowen was still standing there, scratching her cheek, seeming to be still confused. Why did she try so hard to overcome her psychological barriers and ask such questions? Is something like this really okay? After all, when you first come into contact with work, you have to measure it by your own standards. Xiaowen thought, if she were the people, she would definitely not accept this kind of report.

"What's the matter? You're still thinking about this and that."

"No, it's nothing. I just think this kind of report is really okay?"

"No problem? Of course no problem!" The bearded man, who seemed to be a senior here, smiled. "It should be said that reporting in this way will cause problems. If you write a little more, it will definitely be rejected by those people above. Then you will have to keep going back and forth between submitting and having it rejected. If there is a blank in the end, you will be the one who will bear the responsibility. Do you want this?"

The bearded man was still smiling, but his eyes were filled with turbid disgust. Although Xiaowen felt uncomfortable being stared at, she didn't have the courage to show her disgust. Moreover, the other party was reminding her with good intentions, and it would be immature of her to complain. She shook her head quickly like a bobblehead, indicating that she didn't want such a tragedy to happen.

"That's right! You're just here to make a living, don't make things difficult for yourself. Every company has its own unspoken rules, it's the same everywhere, if you can't adapt, you won't be able to survive in society."

“Yeah, yeah, I understand.”

That's right, it's the same everywhere. In this environment, every company is so bad. No matter what, you have to find a way to survive. Just do your job well and don't worry about anything else. Xiaowen clenched her fists as if she had made up her mind, and sat back at her desk. But just as she was about to start typing, she suddenly heard a middle-aged woman's voice from a distance:

"Xiao Wen, Mr. Liu is calling you!"

"Liu-san?"

After hesitating for a while, the shouting woman rushed over impatiently and asked Xiaowen to come over quickly. Liu Sang is a senior figure in their department and of course she cannot be neglected, but Xiaowen doesn’t understand why she is asked to go over? There was no contact between them normally, and there would be no chance of contact. She stood up timidly and walked towards the only personal office in the department with hesitant steps.

"Liu-san, what does that old pervert want to do now?"

"Who knows? And you looked so serious just now, it seems like something important happened. And no matter how exaggerated it is, you would never attack your subordinates! What are you thinking!?"

"I can't help it. Men won't be picky if they have something to eat, haha."

Listening to the bearded man and the middle-aged woman whispering so loudly, Xiaowen almost suspected that they were saying it on purpose for her to hear. Anyway, she was the weakest one there, so she couldn't talk back no matter what. Hearing those words, she felt even more uneasy, but she could only move forward step by step with heavy hearts...

I had a boyfriend in high school. I didn’t have any special feelings for him, I just felt that he confessed to me and I couldn’t seem to find a reason to refuse, so I agreed. When two people were walking on the street, the man seemed to want to declare something and always emphasized that they must hold hands. This seems to be what boyfriends and girlfriends should be like, right? Touching someone else's hand and being stained with the man's sweat, Xiaowen couldn't erase the disgusting feeling from her heart, but she still cooperated by interlacing her fingers. Less than two months into the relationship, the man asked Xiaowen if he wanted to have sex and promised that he would use condoms. He said that someone in his class had actually done it a long time ago and that a relationship between a boyfriend and a girlfriend would naturally reach this point. Xiaowen was bombarded with all kinds of rumors. It seemed that she couldn't refuse, and she couldn't find a reason to refuse. Xiaowen hesitated again and again, and felt from the bottom of her heart that it was disgusting to have close contact with such a man, but they were already boyfriend and girlfriend, so how could she dislike each other? And she couldn't tell the other party that she just didn't want to do it. That wasn't an excuse at all. Xiaowen, who always stuttered and nodded in a submissive manner, reluctantly nodded this time.

Two high school students, borrowed the house of a friend whose parents had to work until late at night, and had their first experience in someone else's home. The friend's smile before leaving was disgustingly obscene, and it felt like the whole class would know tomorrow that she had lost her virginity today. Xiaowen felt a little regretful and wanted to rush out before anything happened, but she still sat on the bed obediently. The two people looked at each other. The man swallowed his saliva and grinned to ease the atmosphere. Sure enough, Xiaowen only felt more uncomfortable in her eyes. The awkwardness of the two people continued. They undressed in silence, taking off their shirts and skirts, leaving only their white underwear. The other person also took off everything except their underwear. It really came to this.

Xiao Wen lay on the bed and the impatient man pounced on her. She couldn't pretend anymore, with a ferocious expression on her face, she just wanted to enjoy the taste of adulthood as soon as possible. He lifted up Xiaowen's pure white underwear, opened his mouth and sucked hard. The pink nipples and soft breasts were like some delicious food, and the man just greedily demanded them. The touch of the tongue was so disgusting, and her chest was covered with another person's saliva. Even her teeth and lips were used. Xiaowen kept suppressing her body's resistance, fearing that she would accidentally push the man away. The panties were taken off and the man invaded with his fingers. He had no idea where the hole was and wanted to stir it quickly once he got close. Xiaowen was almost in tears from being poked by his fingers. The man finally found the entrance, but he didn't know how to control the strength of his hands and kept messing around in the sensitive and fragile little hole. His nails scratched the inner wall of the vagina, which seemed to be bleeding, and only barely secreted some mucus. Is this kind of thing so painful? Xiaowen just covered her eyes and held back her tears.

"Is that about right?"

Xiao Wen was also confused and stared blankly at the man trying to put on the condom. When it was finally put on, his thing just poked around in the crack of her pussy and couldn't get it in. Perhaps angry and embarrassed, the man's movements became more and more rough. Finally, he found the hole and put his thing into Xiaowen's body. It hurts so much, it hurts so much. I can't feel anything except pain. That thing moves very unsmoothly inside the vagina. The tender muscles of the vagina only feel the burning and inflamed pain, and the man is still rubbing inside, continuing to increase the woman's pain. It seemed like it was bleeding. Xiaowen kept lowering her head to check if her vagina was bleeding, so that she would have a reason to ask the man to stop all actions. No blood flowed out, and the man continued to use her body to vent his desires, pulling out and thrusting in. When would this nightmare end?

"Xiao Wen, are you comfortable?"

How to answer? It hurt so much that I was crying, but it seemed to be related to a boy's self-esteem. Xiaowen didn't say anything, but just responded with a poorly-pretended wry smile, but the man seemed satisfied and continued to concentrate on his sprint. This piston activity is about to intensify! Xiaowen felt as if her lower body had lost all feeling. The pain made her clutch the bed sheets tightly. She tried hard not to cry out.

“Ah, ah, I can’t hold it anymore. I’m going to cum!”

Xiaowen could finally feel a little relieved that this hell was about to end. Reason made her stare closely down to see if the condom was properly put on the penis. The man straightened his back, shook two or three times, breathed a sigh of relief, took off the condom and threw it into the trash can, then lay directly on the bed. The intense exercise made him tired. What is this first experience? In addition to the pain, there was also a feeling of nausea that was deeply imprinted on the body. The two people were still naked, and the man next to them was already snoring. Xiaowen wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, hugged her knees, and felt like crying, but she could only stare ahead with eyes wide open in confusion, without a single tear coming out.

Xiaowen had sex with the man two more times, but still felt nothing, except nausea and pain. Xiaowen is always unable to refuse men's requests because she can't find a reason to do so. If she wants to reject a man without a reason to do so, she is simply being unreasonable. Before long, the distance between the man and Xiaowen grew farther and farther, and the man took Xiaowen's words less and less seriously. This is okay, right? Xiaowen, who noticed everything, has no intention of reconciling the relationship. Being a boyfriend and girlfriend in name only is not bad, right? Not long after, the man proposed to break up, and Xiaowen accepted it. She wasn't that sad. Her tears were all spent on crying for what she had lost, but she seemed to not care about the man's feelings. It seems that Xiaowen, who has gotten over her pain, had sex with several boys in college. As long as she was strongly asked, Xiaowen could not refuse, and her body was combined with different men again and again. Perhaps she would not be able to change this bad habit until she entered society...

"Hello everyone! The students who started surrounding the government agencies four days ago are still sitting outside today. From the camera, we can see that the leading students are now taking turns to give speeches on the stage. The students are still very angry and it seems that they will clash with the police at any time..."

She really came over. Xiaowen stood among the group of students. She did not come as a reporter, but as a student helping the protest. The person reporting on the side was a senior from the same company. Because of Xiaowen's special status and her request, she got the opportunity to go on stage and give a speech to the students. Of course, she is now feeling anxious about going on stage and keeps rubbing her fingers, just like when she was about to give a report on stage when she was a student.

"Everyone, next we have a reporter who wants to share with us everything she saw on TV. Her courage to put aside her identity and risk her job is truly admirable. Let's ask Miss Xiaowen to say a few words for us!"

It’s really coming! Xiaowen's body was shaking due to nervousness, and she walked up to the podium with her hands and feet together, looking very clumsy. She took the loudspeaker, her mouth trembling, her mind blank, unable to recall the speech she had prepared in her mind. All eyes are on me, what should I do? Xiao Wen stared blankly at the audience. Suddenly, she jumped as if she was stabbed by something sharp. She finally mustered up the courage to open her mouth:

"Hello everyone, I'm a reporter from XX TV station. In fact, I came here just because I couldn't stand some things anymore." When she said this, Xiaowen suddenly didn't feel guilty at all. She could even straighten her back and say everything that was in her heart. "I saw in the company that the 30-minute interview I worked so hard on was cut into less than a minute of footage. It was clearly taken out of context, but I could only cooperate with them and write a press release that was not true. Not only that, any interview about this student movement will definitely be misinterpreted by the news media. As long as you accept the interview, even if you answer more than 30 questions, the other party will only use one or two answers, or even connect different questions and answers. It's not even taking out of context, it's basically creating new questions and answers! And we, the media, are all controlled by the government. Isn't the government the most hateful? That's why I have to stand up and expose these truths!"

Xiaowen became more and more excited as she spoke, and she didn't even know why she could speak to such an extent. She was usually a coward who hid at the back, but now she seemed to want to express something that had accumulated in her heart, and she shouted towards the audience. Everyone in the audience really responded to herself, "I knew it would be like this!", "The government is really going too far!", all kinds of excited words were thrown at each other, everyone was restless and uneasy, as if something was really going to happen because of what she said. A secret signal came from the audience, and Xiaowen finally woke up from her intoxication. It would be too conspicuous to run off the stage now, but Xiaowen was already focused on escaping.

"This kind of government is unbearable! Just surrounding it is not enough. If you have the guts, follow me and charge in to occupy the government offices!"

"Yes! They took it directly!"

The atmosphere of the crowd changed completely. The person who suddenly jumped out shouted that he wanted to occupy the government. The others were already excited when they heard what they had just said. The shouts for a forced attack made the crowd even more excited. Everyone was ready to move forward.

"Wait a minute, everyone! Don't get into a fight with the police!"

The leader quickly took the loudspeaker from Xiaowen, but it was too late. The crowd pushed forward, the friction of their bodies made them so emotional that no one could hear what the leader said. The policemen holding shields refused to give in and tried their best to push the crowd back.

"X Grandma Lin! Still blocking!"

A man took out a baseball bat from somewhere and hit the police's shields hard. Several policemen fell down. Everyone immediately pushed towards the gap, and other policemen came to support. No one knew where these people came from, but they took out weapons such as clubs and stun batons to attack the police. The scene suddenly became chaotic and the riot got out of control.

"What on earth are you doing? We are emphasizing a peaceful student movement!"

Once there was an attack, it would be the end of us, but nothing could be stopped from happening, and the whole scene could only be described as a riot. The police received an order to expel the crowd. The fire trucks that had been prepared in the back sprayed water jets to drive the crowd back. Some ran and fell, with bloody heads and scratches on their hands and feet. The unarmed people were covered in bruises and were completely unable to resist the police, as if the violent attacks on the police just now were all fake.

"X-Mother Lin! You made Lin Bei stand here for so long, let's see if you dare to interfere with official business!"

They punched and kicked, and even when they had fallen to the ground, they continued to push forward with shields. Batons rained down on the people lying on the ground. The injuries were no longer just bleeding and scratching the skin. Even fractures and concussions were not uncommon.

The crowd was driven away, and the government successfully resolved the protest with violence. Other people also saw that the mobs who attacked the police were indeed so irrational. The most important thing in a democratic country under the rule of law is peace. The slightest physical conflict is a violation of the rules of the game. I believe that in the near future, people will forget about this protest, and the government will be able to operate quietly again, allowing everything to proceed smoothly. The female hero reporter Xiaowen who appeared briefly in this protest disappeared when the violent conflict began, along with those who took the lead in initiating the violence.

In the dark room, only the dim light beside the bed and the light from the screen were on. Although the sound of the machine was very subtle, the buzzing sound was only irritating. Inside the machine, the woman read the script in a pretentious manner, and the incomprehensible sentence punctuation was also disgusting. However, the old man sitting on the sofa chair in front of the TV was very satisfied, with his greasy fat face grinning. There were some sounds underneath him, and a sizzling sound came from between his crotch. A pretty black-haired woman was sucking and licking his dick. The woman frowned. The middle-aged man's beast-like stench was unbearable, but she still licked the smelly and soft thing attentively like a slave who dared not disobey orders.

"Haha, these students are so naive. They don't know what politics is, and yet they dare to come out and fight us! The national media will only broadcast footage of their riots. Now everyone knows that they are just a mob. Don't worry, the footage of your speech will certainly not be broadcast."

Xiao Wen below raised her head and looked at the old man who was pressing on her. The nausea that rose from her abdomen was almost about to burst out of her mouth. She was dazed, but finally she just laughed along, her laugh even more disgusting than the old man's. Liu Sang frowned, but considering that Xiaowen was still a beauty, he finally showed an obscene smile again.

"You did a good job this time. If I want you to be promoted immediately, it won't be a problem. It all depends on how you perform."

“Yes, yes…”

There was no joy at all, instead my hands and feet were cold and sweaty. I don't do this for any position at all. I just don't want to be erased by this society. I just want to continue to survive in this society. I don't have so many purposes. Fear made Xiaowen lower her head again and continue sucking and licking the man's thing. I have never done this kind of thing before. Middle-aged men have a particularly strong smell. How else would I feel if I put my mouth on the place where someone urinates, other than being disgusted? The thick black glans is rolled around in the mouth with the tongue, and the fingers are gently pressing and rubbing the shaft, but the other person still doesn't feel anything. Can the state of the penis be considered semi-erect? The entire penis was still limp and lifeless, as if mocking her for not being able to do anything to please a man.

"Really? Your technique is so poor. Isn't this your first time doing this?"

“Yes, yes…”

"Hey, aren't young people very open-minded nowadays? You're so young and you're already sleeping with someone else, but you've never tried this kind of play. Forget it, take off your clothes."

Wanting to say that she didn't have sexual experience voluntarily, Xiao Wen obediently took off her clothes, including her shirt and black skirt. Under Liu Sang's instructions, she even took off her stockings and underwear, and in two or three seconds she was completely naked. Liu Sang also took off all his clothes. The fat old man sat on the bed and called Xiao Wen over. Xiaowen still wanted to cover up her exposed parts, but such behavior was meaningless. She could only stiffen her body and reluctantly move closer to the bed where the old man was.

"That's it. Lie on top of me and keep your hands off me."

Xiao Wen leaned her body against the fat old man, and the disgusting feeling of flesh immediately spread to her delicate skin, as if there was a piece of fatty pork sticking to her back. The man spread her thighs and ordered her not to resist. His thick, short, fat fingers rubbed her thighs. A low, obscene laugh came to her ears. Xiaowen felt nothing but discomfort all over her body. The man turned her head and pressed his thick lips against hers. His mouth smelled like a sewer, with a hint of tobacco. His tongue entangled with hers, circling around her tongue, and they even exchanged saliva. But was the saliva in the man's mouth really saliva? Or some kind of monster slime? It's unimaginably disgusting. The old man left her lips contentedly, with a thin thread still left between his lips and teeth. Xiaowen felt as if her heart was hollowed out by something. She was in a daze and could not see anything.

"Oh, I heard it's been used before, but I didn't expect it to be so tight! It's great to be young."

The fingers finally played with the small hole. The fat fingers were not in a hurry to attack the hole, but just used the fingers to slightly expand the hole. The middle finger was placed on the tender flesh of the abalone and gently rubbed it. Suddenly, Xiaowen's whole body seemed to be electrified, her waist jumped up, and she felt a tingling and numb feeling like she had never felt before. The old man smiled smugly and continued to attack the protrusion on the tender flesh. He rubbed it slowly with his middle finger at first, and the speed became faster and faster. The strong stimulation made the woman seem to collapse. Her body jumped uncontrollably, and she bit her index finger to try to hold back the pleasure surging in her body. The man saw that Xiaowen was already in the mood, so he put his fingers together, pressed them on the tender abalone, and rubbed them quickly left and right, constantly stimulating the already swollen and congested clitoris. The speed became faster and faster, and the stirring sound became louder and louder. Finally, the woman couldn't help it anymore, and she hugged the man behind her tightly, thrusting her waist upward with force, and had a slight orgasm.

"Relax your body! This isn't your first time, why are you so nervous!"

Liu Sang was angry. Xiao Wen became more nervous, but she was more afraid of the consequences of disobeying. She forced herself to calm down and her body gradually softened. Originally, the man was just restraining her with her legs hanging in the air, but now her feet were so soft that they could even touch the bed, completely opening their mouths to cater to the man's needs. Liu Sang was also not polite. He not only used his middle finger to penetrate, but also put his middle finger and ring finger together, and stirred the two fingers vigorously inside. It was an incredible feeling. Xiaowen, who had never felt comfortable during sex, now felt an electric current coming from her lower body. This should be the feeling of comfort, right? It's hot and numb, and the feeling of the tender flesh being touched is still unfamiliar, but the body moves around with this feeling, and it can even be said that it makes me excited. This man's skills were on a completely different level from those Xiaowen had met in the past. With his skillful stirring, the sound of water could be heard, and the woman's comfortable juices were clearly flowing out. As if he had been waiting for this moment, Liu Sang smiled servilely, opened his mouth wide, and let out an "ah" as he pressed his lips against Xiaowen's pussy. After being used by that smelly mouth, this pussy was considered ruined. The nimble tongue drilled in and out of the vagina, sucking the flowing honey juice non-stop. The big fat tongue licked the crack in one go. The engorged bean was also attracted, and the electric current suddenly rushed upwards. Xiaowen's head was paralyzed instantly, and she stuck out her tongue as if she had a slight orgasm again.

"You should lick this thing for me too. It's going to enter your body soon, so it's better to moisten it. Although judging from your cunt, it seems that it won't be needed, ha!"

Xiaowen turned her head to the side, and the man's thing was rubbing against her face. She could see it just by turning her head slightly. The thing that was so limp just now now stood up so fiercely, and was probably three or four times thicker than before. There is obviously no stimulation, so why do I feel so energetic at this moment? Xiao Wen didn't dare to think too much. She forced herself to open her mouth wide and took in the thick black thing with great effort. It still smells bad, and it's even more inconvenient to swallow. In this position, it's difficult to move my head. I can only do as the man said and use my tongue to moisten that thick thing. The old man was still licking her pussy, sticking his tongue in and stirring it, stimulating in all directions, giving the woman the greatest comfort. The man raised his head and changed to using a combined finger. As soon as he inserted his fingers into the vagina, he started stirring at high speed. Xiaowen couldn't bear it any longer and spit out the man's thing. She screamed lewdly, and the love juices splashed out of the vagina, spraying onto Xiaowen's own face and even into her open mouth. But she didn't care at all. The physical pleasure took away her other thoughts. Her whole body was tensed. The man's fingers inserted forcefully for the last time, and Xiaowen experienced the first real orgasm in her life.

"Well, we can finally enjoy ourselves!"

"You, you don't wear a condom...?"

"Huh? How can you use that? You can just take the pill afterwards!"

"But……"

"Stop talking so much!"

Having sex without a condom with an old man like this was simply disgusting. Moreover, he was obviously an old hand at playing with women. Who knew how many women he had used his thing on? Who knew he might have had some sexually transmitted disease? But Xiao Wen still said nothing and lay obediently on the bed, covering her eyes like she did the first time, just because she didn't want to face the truth before her. Of course, reality cannot be changed just because it is not faced. Liu Sang pried Xiaowen's legs apart, grabbed his thing, rubbed his glans on the slit of the vagina, and finally aimed at the vaginal hole and slowly entered inside. She didn't dare to face the truth, but in fact she was being violated by that man. The most sensitive part of her body was feeling the entry of the man's thick thing. Her flesh walls were being squeezed open inch by inch, and the whole thing was buried inside. She was being violated. The penis without even a condom was violating her body.

The piston movement began, and Xiaowen's tears began to flow. The old man didn't care about all this and focused on his venting activities. He stuck out his tongue like a wild animal, panted heavily, and kept swinging his hips to rush forward. The pleasure of invasion and rape eroded his brain, and only the sense of superiority of conquering the woman still dominated him. When Xiaowen saw that distorted expression, she felt fear and regret in her heart. In fact, if she had been more determined, she would never have ended up in this situation, right? Being violated like this, she felt like she was being treated like an animal and could only allow the man to vent his desires on her body. Even though my heart was still full of doubts, my body honestly had feelings. It was completely different from the feeling of having sex in the past. What came from my lower body was comfort, a simple, male-female mating comfort, the kind of intercourse pleasure that existed just to stimulate survival. Every time the thick cock moves back and forth, the pussy feels like it's about to cry with joy. Her waist gradually swings because of the numb pleasure, catering to the man, wanting to bring her body to orgasm.

"You're enjoying it! Get up, sow!"

Turning over, the man continued to thrust in and out from behind Xiaowen, making her lie on the bed like a bitch. The man moved his waist and slapped Xiaowen's butt hard. Feeling the pain, Xiaowen screamed, but the man did not stop. Her white buttocks were covered with red and swollen handprints. The hot feeling numbed Xiaowen's senses, as if she didn't care no matter how intense the things he did to her were. The man pressed his entire body on her, grabbing her swollen buttocks tightly, rubbing them soothingly, while his lower body swung even faster. Xiaowen could originally support herself on the bed with her hands, but now she lay flat on the bed with her face buried in the sheets, and her back was still furiously fucking her like a wild beast.

"I'm gonna cum! I'm gonna cum all into your womb!"

Unable to shout "no", Xiaowen bit the quilt and let the man continue to speed up behind her. After the last two fierce collisions, Xiaowen screamed. A burning sensation filled her lower body, and her heart felt as cold as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. The feeling of despair made her open her eyes and shed tears blankly. Abandoned on the bed, lying on the quilt and unable to get up, Xiaowen could no longer bear it and burst into tears. Her nose turned red and tears kept rolling down her face. She sniffled and shed tears of unwillingness like a child.

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