Douluo Continent: Steadily Growing Stronger in Shrek Academy

Chapter 230 The Girl in Prison

Lin Chen shared a cell with another woman, who was sitting blankly by the window, her arms wrapped around her knees, her eyes vacant.

Lin Chen stepped forward and asked, "Were you also framed and implicated?"

Everyone tacitly agreed not to reveal how they got in, but Lin Chen directly asked the girl in front of him.

Upon hearing Lin Chen's question, the girl's nearly broken spirit instantly crumbled, and she buried her face in Lin Chen's chest and burst into tears.

Lin Chen quickly covered his entire body with a barely visible layer of soul power.

Sister Lexuan, I didn't touch her!

After crying for a while, Lin Chen hesitated slightly, but still reached out and patted the girl's back.

A ray of luminous soul power flowed into the girl's body, instantly dispelling much of the gloom in her heart.

"Could you tell me first how you got in?"

Upon hearing this, the girl somewhat embarrassedly stepped away from Lin Chen's body... no, from Lin Chen's soul power barrier, and whispered, "I was walking down the street when I was suddenly stopped by a group of soldiers who said I had a murder case on my record. When I came here, a woman said that I seduced her 12-year-old child, raped and killed him, and then robbed him of all his money. No matter how I explained, the magistrate wouldn't listen, and then he tried to force me into labor."

Rape and murder? Shouldn't rape and murder always be between men and women? Since when can women rape and murder men? They can't even come up with a decent excuse just to recruit men for a reward.

As she spoke, the girl's eyes reddened again.

"Hey, hey, okay, okay, stop crying. Let's think about how to get out of here." Lin Chen quickly changed the subject to prevent her from crying again.

The girl looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, similar to Lin Chen, but the two were worlds apart in terms of social status.

The girl's eyes were red as she asked, "We're locked up in a dungeon now, unarmed, and neither of us are Soul Masters. How are we going to get out?"

"Sometimes the wisdom in one's mind can have unexpected effects; let me think about it."

After saying that, Lin Chen faced the wall without saying a word, as if he were reflecting on his mistakes.

"Phew, finally it's quiet." Lin Chen thought to himself as he was "reflecting on his mistakes in front of the wall."

He has never liked crowds.

They spent two days and two nights in this dark cell, during which time, apart from a few guards bringing them some food to keep them from starving, they did not see anyone else outside the prison.

He chatted with the girl for a few minutes, but didn't say much more.

After spending two inexplicably days in this dark and dreary prison, a jailer walked over and yelled in his loud voice, "Boys, get to work!"

Then, hordes of soldiers poured into the prison and forced everyone onto the iron cage trucks.

As for Lin Chen's baggage, it had already been divided up.

Actually, there wasn't much to divide inside. After being "arrested and imprisoned," Lin Chen had already used his methods to replace the contents with some rags, while his own belongings were in his storage bag and storage ring.

Generally speaking, these iron cage carts are used to transport living soul beasts, but now they are being used to imprison living people, which is truly ironic.

The girl was also put in the same car as Lin Chen.

The girl gently touched Lin Chen's shoulder and asked softly, "Haven't you come up with a solution yet?"

Her voice betrayed her anxiety. Both of them knew that once they arrived in Tiandou City, she would be sent to a brothel.

No one wants to be a prostitute, let alone a young girl in her prime.

Lin Chen patted her hand, signaling her to relax.

Lin Chen also saw the same Magistrate Li from before. This time, he was sitting at the front of the line, enjoying the flattery of his subordinates.

With livestock transport, the travel speed was much faster than when Lin Chen had walked before.

We traveled for two days straight without any major incidents.

That night, everyone had stopped to rest.

Of course, the word "rest" had nothing to do with Lin Chen and his group; it was just that the officials were taking a break, while Lin Chen and his group remained imprisoned in the iron cage.

Seeing the girl's eyes growing increasingly dim, Lin Chen patted her hand and whispered, "Don't worry."

Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, the girl's eyes lit up almost imperceptibly, but then dimmed again, clearly indicating that she thought Lin Chen was comforting her.

"I really don't know what my parents will do if I'm sold to a brothel," the girl said, somewhat bewildered.

During a conversation in prison, the girl mentioned that her father was paralyzed from the waist down and bedridden for many years, and that her mother only earned a little money by knitting a few clothes for a wealthy businessman to supplement the family income. In addition, the money she earned from her own part-time job was just enough to support the family.

To be honest, Lin Chen was also inexplicably moved at that moment, so he decided to help the girl. Although the girl in front of him could not possibly have the opportunity to repay him, he could still consider it as forming a good relationship.

The cycle of cause and effect dictates that Lin Chen believes his good fortune will come.

While everyone was fast asleep, Lin Chen waved his hand, and the girl disappeared in an instant.

The girl felt dizzy and sat up in a panic, only to find herself back at her front door.

"Am I... dead?" The girl felt as if she were in hell after her previous tragic experience.

A smile appeared on the girl's lips. "Looks like dying isn't so bad. At least I can still see my home from here."

Seemingly hearing the commotion outside, a woman's voice came from inside, "Xiao Jia, why have you been out for so long this time?"

The girl was stunned. Why could she hear her mother's voice even in hell?

After sitting on the floor in a daze for a long time, the woman inside pushed open the door and came out, saying somewhat angrily, "Xiaojia, why didn't you answer when I called you? You..."

The lady was stunned when she saw her daughter covered in filth.

"Xiaojia, what happened to you?" The woman rushed forward, helped the girl up, and asked anxiously.

"Mom!" The girl threw herself into the woman's arms and burst into tears.

"I thought... I thought I would never see you again..." the girl said, sobbing.

Although the woman didn't know what had happened, she guessed that her daughter had encountered something bad outside because her daughter hadn't returned home for several days and was crying so sadly.

However, she didn't ask anything at the moment; she just hugged her daughter and comforted her.

As if remembering something, the girl got up from the woman's arms, knelt down in the direction of Tiandou City, and kowtowed several times.

The girl wasn't stupid; she had already guessed that the young man from before was a reclusive master.

(End of this chapter)