Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 8 Why is this so?
No one spoke in the dark basement. Even the three-year-old child covered his mouth tightly and cried in fear. He was so scared that he wanted to cry but didn't dare to, and he couldn't even bear to hiccup and make any sound.

How much pain does it take to develop such an almost instinctive reaction?
Chen Xuan found that almost all the children in the cages were curled up and dared not look up. He was a newcomer and had no similar experiences, so he could not empathize with them and was caught off guard for a moment.

Someone gently pulled at his inappropriate clothes, and Chen Xuan noticed that it was Erdan from the next room who had spoken to him before. The other person was curled up with one hand covering his mouth and pointing at himself with one hand, looking extremely panicked and anxious.

Chen Xuan understood what he meant. The other party was reminding him to follow his instructions.

Everyone was doing this, and in line with the idea of ​​listening to others' advice and having a full meal, Chen Xuan also followed suit and curled up into a ball, otherwise something bad might happen.

The next moment, he clearly felt the change in light in the basement. A tall figure fell from the entrance at the top middle.

Chen Xuan glanced at him quietly. In the dim light, he saw a middle-aged man with a face full of flesh, wearing black shorts, with a fierce look in his eyes and holding a whip in his hand.

With his appearance, the entire basement was silent, including the sounds of sobbing and hiccups. As he came down, Chen Xuan even noticed that the children on both sides trembled subconsciously.

It was as if that person was a man-eating wolf, or perhaps even worse.

"Why are you stopping making trouble?" As soon as he landed on the ground, the man glanced around with cold eyes and said in a fierce voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, he swung the whip in his hand, making a crisp sound like a firecracker exploding, causing some children to tremble subconsciously.

Seeing no one said anything, the man grinned again and asked, "Who were those bastards talking just now? Who was the leader?"

No one answered him, and the children were scared to death.

But he didn't give up. He faced a cage and said coldly, "Tell me, are these the two puppies in here?"

Without waiting for the child in the cage to respond in fear, he flicked his wrist and the whip swung out, accurately passing through the small gap and hitting a boy.

There was another crisp sound, and the whip landed on the child's back. The whip really didn't hold back at all, and the child immediately let out a scream of pain, but it was very short-lived, because he quickly covered his mouth tightly, curled up, trembled and rolled around, not daring to make a sound.

Perhaps the child knew that screaming would not win sympathy, but would only bring more severe beatings.

To be honest, when the man pulled out the whip, Chen Xuan couldn't help but tremble, as if the whip was falling on him.

That person really doesn't treat the children here as human beings. I guess it would be the same if he beat them to death, right?
Logically speaking, it's just a child telling the truth, so there's no need for such violence, but are the traffickers really human? Common sense is a joke.

Besides, to make an inappropriate analogy, the teacher also caught a few students who were talking in class and gave them a lesson, so this seems quite normal?

Chen Xuan knew without a doubt that the child's skin would be torn and flesh would be broken if the whip hit him, and his bones and internal organs might even be injured. But even so, the child only let out a brief scream and dared not make a sound.

"Why aren't you talking now? Huh? Who was talking just now? No one answered, right? Then I'll ask them one by one!"

After the first lash, the person coming down didn't stop. Without even looking at the child being whipped, his gaze shifted elsewhere, landing on a random cage. Another lash came through the gap and landed accurately on a child. The sound of the whip hitting the child was terrifying. The child didn't even have time to scream before curling up and twitching. It was unclear whether he was beaten to death or unconscious.

Ignoring the second child, the man spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm and sneered, "You don't want to tell me, right? Where's that energy just now? Who was the leader? Tell me so that the others can suffer less. Otherwise, not only will you be beaten, but you won't even be able to eat today!"

The group of children were so scared that they didn't dare to answer him.

In just half a minute, Chen Xuan suddenly understood why the children here were so frightened. If this happened once or twice, even the most naughty children would be taught a lesson.

How can one word "tragic" describe it? They are still children, and the word "human tragedy" is not enough to describe the current scene.

Chen Xuan's fists were unconsciously clenched tightly, and he didn't even feel the pain of the peach pit in the palm of his hand.

Seeing that no child answered, the man was about to swing the whip and hit a child in the cage at random. Chen Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "Don't hit them. I took the lead."

It’s not that Chen Xuan wants to be the first to speak out, nor is it that he is not afraid of the coming violent beating, but he really can’t bear it. Those are still children. Although he looks like a child now, how can he bear to watch those real children being beaten?
Erdan next door suddenly widened his eyes. He didn't understand why the newcomer Chen Xuan would take the initiative to stand up and accept punishment.

Chen Xuan's words surprised the man a little. He squinted his eyes, but Chen Xuan's initiative did not stop him from abusing him. Instead, he said in a cold voice, "You admitted it on your own initiative. Very good, I'll teach you a lesson. There will be no good end for disobedient children who make a fuss!"

As he said this, he raised the whip and lashed out.

After Chen Xuan finished speaking, he curled up his body and clenched his teeth, preparing to be whipped. In an instant, he felt a whip on his back, but strangely, it didn't hurt as much as he had imagined. Even so, he still couldn't help but groan.

The force he used to strike me shouldn't be enough. Could it be that my physique is special because of my time travel?

Just when Chen Xuan was wondering, and even a little inexplicably surprised, the man kept waving the whip, whipping it towards him again and again, making the air tear and crackle. Every time he whipped, the other children trembled with fear.

However, except for the first time, none of the whips were hit on Chen Xuan afterwards. All of them were hit on the cage. It looked and sounded scary, but in fact it was just a lot of noise but no action.

Chen Xuan immediately figured it out. He was probably overthinking it. It wasn't because of his special physique, but because the other party didn't really want to teach him a lesson. Otherwise, how could his previous shots have missed?

But a new question arises: why does the other party treat me so well?
Before Chen Xuan could figure out the reason, the other party, after pretending to hit him more than ten times, said coldly: "I'll teach you a lesson this time. Remember, we only need obedient children here. If you don't obey, you will be beaten!"

After he finished speaking, he glanced around, and frightened the group of children who didn't dare to look up into silence. Then he snorted coldly, and deliberately glanced in the direction of Chen Xuan. Then he came to the bottom of the entrance, squatted down and jumped up, grabbed the edge and flipped over and disappeared.

Is this over?

Chen Xuan was completely confused. He had originally thought he was going to be beaten to death...

(End of this chapter)