Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 12 See the light of day again
The 'neighbor' next door curled up in the cage, buried his head and sobbed quietly, his shoulders hunched, looking pitiful and helpless.

The light was too dim when she came, and Chen Xuan couldn't see her clearly, he just knew it was a girl.

Chen Xuan had seen too many similar scenes in the past few days, so he didn't react much to her arrival and continued to lean there in a daze.

From the confusion he felt when he arrived here, to the silent anger he felt when he saw the tragic fate of a group of children, to the uneasiness he felt when he faced reality, to the powerlessness he felt when he wanted to resist, Chen Xuan has almost become numb until now.

Otherwise, what else can be done?

When one's abilities are limited, any emotion is futile. Anger, sympathy, hysteria, or desperate resistance are meaningless and will only harm others and oneself.

Of course, Chen Xuan has not completely accepted his fate and given up. He is not a real child and cannot be tamed and reshaped so quickly. He just learned to hide himself.

Since you don't die the moment you come here, you will leave sooner or later. As long as you are alive, there are infinite possibilities in the future.

Those who do not plan for the moment are not qualified for the whole life. Chen Xuan asked himself if he did not have such a strong mind, but as long as he was given a chance, neither that old guy nor those beasts here who were worse than pigs and dogs would live comfortably.

"Cry, cry, it's okay to cry. You can cry now, but after you stay here for a few days, you won't even have the courage to cry."

Chen Xuan said silently in his heart and closed his eyes slightly.

What kid who just arrived here doesn't want to let off some steam? Yelling, crying, and making a fuss will only result in ruthless abuse. It doesn't take much; one or two times will teach them a lesson.

After being here for a few days, Chen Xuan witnessed what it meant to be worse than pigs and dogs. He never thought that there was such a cruel side to the world. What he had learned through various channels in the past was not as profound as his personal experience.

Chen Xuan's body had already become smelly after not taking a shower for a long time, staying in a dark place, and being surrounded by feces and urine. He felt very uncomfortable at first, but gradually he didn't care anymore, because he didn't have the conditions to wash at all.

He even had lice on his body, a parasite that had disappeared from his consciousness. Sometimes when he was bored, he would pinch one or two, and it actually gave him a magical pleasure, like popping a pimple...

During this period, Chen Xuan's sleep was very light. He was used to the noise of many children being taken away every morning. The next day, he woke up before the people outside came down.

I just counted more than fifty numbers in my mind, and then the exit was opened from the outside. The morning light shone in, and the dark basement also welcomed the rare light, but it still seemed dark.

The new neighbor was fast asleep. With the light coming in, Chen Xuan took a quick look at her.

She curled up on the hay, tear marks on her face and her eyes were swollen as if she had been stung by a bee.

The girl looked to be about seven or eight years old, with wheat-colored skin, dry and yellow hair, and was very thin. She was obviously suffering from long-term malnutrition, especially her hands, which were very rough and even had many small scars.

Another child from a poor family, I don’t know why he has fallen to this point, Chen Xuan sighed in his heart.

Because she lived in a single room like him, Chen Xuan couldn't help but take a few more glances at her, but there was really nothing special about her, and Chen Xuan couldn't think of any difference between himself and others.

Suddenly, the old man's words appeared in my mind. He said that he was born with a good appearance and could be sold for a good price...

All of a sudden, Chen Xuan, who was originally confused, was relieved.

No wonder it was a single room, no wonder he showed mercy to his own men, no wonder he ate meat patties and drank soup with oil, it seemed like it was because he could get a good price.

Valuable things should naturally be treated differently. How can a clay pot be compared with porcelain?

After figuring it out, Chen Xuan didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Looking at the girl next door, aside from her skin, hair, and thin body, Chen Xuan found that her facial features were quite pretty. If she was taken care of for a while, she would definitely grow up to be a beautiful girl. This made Chen Xuan curse in his heart, "Damn human traffickers, their vision is quite vicious."

In just a few moments, as usual, someone came down, opened the cages and took away the children one by one. The children, who had already been well-behaved, did not cry or make a fuss, but accepted their fate as they were taken away to face an unknown fate.

Just when Chen Xuan thought that things would be no different from the previous few days, his cage was opened.

While he was slightly stunned, the man who pretended to have beaten him opened the chains on his feet with an expressionless face, then roughly blindfolded him, and then carried him out like a chicken.

Before his eyes were blindfolded, Chen Xuan didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the other party looked at him with satisfaction, but he didn't know what he was satisfied with.

"I haven't even had time to greet my new neighbor yet. I wonder if I'll ever see her again. She has such a good foundation, but I don't know what her future holds."

Chen Xuan felt emotional and had to admit that sometimes the fate of beautiful girls was much more miserable than that of boys when they fell into trouble.

But he didn't have time to think about so much at this moment. He was sent out of the basement and breathed the long-lost fresh air. He took a few deep breaths almost greedily.

Although the air outside doesn't smell very good, it is much better than the basement.

"Does it taste like soy sauce?"

Chen Xuan silently remembered the smell he had just felt after leaving the basement.

His eyes were blindfolded and he couldn't see anything. He didn't know whether this was to prevent him from remembering the environment here, or whether staying in a dark place for a long time was protecting his eyesight.

What surprised Chen Xuan was that he was unable to land immediately after coming out. Instead, he was held in his armpits and taken to an unknown place. He could not tell the direction and could only count the distance from the basement in his mind.

A few minutes later, Chen Xuan heard the sound of a door opening and closing. The person leading him stopped and put him on the ground, and then the cloth on his eyes was untied.

After getting used to the light, Chen Xuan discovered that this was a small room with insufficient lighting. There was no furniture except for a large wooden barrel.

The person who brought him here was a young man in black clothes and shorts, with a serious face and a short knife on his waist. He was silently watching Chen Xuan, or perhaps monitoring him.

Chen Xuan, who had long been "tamed", seemed a little uneasy and didn't dare to look at him or even talk to him.

"I've left the basement and the chains on my feet have been removed. Is there any chance of gaining freedom?" Chen Xuan thought to himself.

At this time, the door of the room was pushed open, and a fat woman in red clothes walked in. She seemed to be stunned for a moment when she looked at Chen Xuan. I don’t know if it was an illusion, but I always felt that her eyes were a little regretful.

Then she stepped forward and began to pull at Chen Xuan's clothes without saying a word. Before he could react, his tattered clothes were stripped off.

There was no way to resist at all. The fat woman was very strong. She picked up the stripped Chen Xuan and threw him into the wooden barrel.

The bucket was filled with scalding hot water. Amidst the sound of splashing water, Chen Xuan was roughly pushed into the water. He was terrified and thought he was going to drown when he was pulled up again.

What followed was a brutal cleaning. The fat woman got a rough loofah from somewhere and scrubbed Chen Xuan's body as hard as if he were the bottom of a pot, scrubbing her skin so hard that it almost peeled off a layer of skin...

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