Rules of the Strange: Starting with the Weird Peppa Pig

"As expected of a college student, you're quite intelligent. Fine, I'll listen to you then, let's have another one..."

He chuckled, "So this time you're the one who asked first, so you can't bite me like last time. Getting slapped hurts so much, doesn't it? You'd better serve me well this time."

Li Fan's mother lowered her head and gave a soft "hmm." Unbeknownst to Li Fan's father, a single, glistening tear rolled down and fell to the ground.

Li Fan, standing outside the window, felt a chill creep up from his toes, his whole body shivering, as if he had fallen into a cold pond and was suffocating.

Suddenly, he felt a warm touch on his shoulder; Wuyin had placed her hand on his shoulder.

He turned to look at Wuyin, who shook her head at him, indicating that he should not have any extreme emotions.

Li Fan lowered his eyes and nodded, then turned to look out the window.

But in the blink of an eye, the scene inside the window changed again, and this time it seemed like a long time had passed since the last time.

Inside the house, Li Fan's mother was already holding a baby in her arms; this baby was Li Fan's younger brother.

Li Fan's father slammed the door shut and burst in, cursing angrily.

"You stinking woman, what kind of terrible idea is this? You call yourself a college student? I think I was ripped off when I paid you."

Now that the kid's grown up, he's even harder to sell. He eats even more every day, and I get so annoyed just looking at him. What do you suggest we do? If all else fails, maybe we should cut off the parts of the dumplings and sell them.

He sat angrily on a stool in the room, veins bulging on his forehead, as if he was about to hit someone at any moment.

Li Fanniang held the baby in her arms. This time, her complexion was noticeably more sallow than when she was seen through the window last time. She also seemed listless. It was unclear what she had gone through in between.

But despite facing Li Fan's father's rage, she remained proud and fearless, and spoke softly.

"It's alright. As long as we don't budge, why worry about not being able to sell him? After all, he's a boy, he can carry on the family line."

When Li Fan's father heard what Li Fan's mother said, his expression softened slightly.

"Alright, if it doesn't sell in another year, I'm really going to chop it up."

"Go fetch me some water right now. It's just having a baby. My mom wasn't as delicate as you were when she gave birth to me."

Chapter 98 The Truth About Childhood (2)

Li Fanniang breathed a slight sigh of relief when she heard that he had stopped getting angry.

Fortunately, the people here are relatively conservative in their thinking and value men more.

Although her own devilish husband was thinking of selling his son, she was reluctant to sell him cheaply, at least because he was a boy.

She went along with their words, suggesting that she could find an excuse to keep Xiao Fan temporarily, and then find an opportunity to get Xiao Fan to leave this village—no, this living hell—as soon as possible.

Li Fan's father put his feet on the table, put his hands behind his head, spat on the ground, glanced at Li Fan's mother, and said lightly.

"What are you standing there for? Are you waiting for me to help you hold the baby?"

Li Fan's mother didn't say a word. She just silently walked out of the room, put the basket on her back, put the child in the basket, picked up the bucket, and went to the pond to fetch water.

As soon as she stepped out of her house, she suddenly noticed a young man standing at the door, staring at her with a cold expression.

She looked up at the young man in front of her, feeling he looked somewhat familiar, and asked in confusion, "Who are you?"

Li Fan didn't say anything, but with a stern face, he snatched the bucket from his mother's hand and left without a word.

Li Fanniang was about to chase after him when she thought some audacious thief had dared to steal her water bucket in broad daylight. If it really was stolen, that devil would beat her again.

Suddenly, Wuyin appeared behind Li Fanniang and called out to her.

"Ah... Eldest sister."

Wu Yin initially wanted to call her "Auntie," but suddenly changed his mind because he remembered that although he should call her "Auntie" according to seniority, Li Fan's mother wasn't much older than him now, so he changed his mind and called her "Big Sister."

"Sister, we came from outside to learn from Lei Feng and do good deeds. He was our companion just now, helping you carry water."

Upon hearing Wuyin's words, Li Fanniang's pupils widened suddenly, and she immediately grabbed Wuyin's hand and pulled him aside.

She stopped in a secluded spot, turned around and stared intently at Wuyin, tears glistening in her eyes.

"Comrade, I beg you, I beg you, you must promise me one thing!"

As Li Fanniang spoke, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

She, who had always been so calm and resilient in front of Li Fan's father, knelt on the ground as if grasping at a straw.

Wu Yin quickly helped Li Fanniang up: "Big sister, just tell us what's wrong. We'll do our best to help you if we can."

Li Fan's mother then wiped away her tears and spoke very quickly.

"You must save my child. His father wants to sell him. You must take him out of the mountains. He has a better future. He shouldn't be sold, and he shouldn't be trapped in these mountains for the rest of his life."

Wuyin's expression hardened, and she changed the subject, suddenly asking, "Big sister, may I ask... were you trafficked to the mountains?"

Upon hearing this, Li Fanniang trembled and tightly shut her mouth. She suddenly could not believe the person in front of her.

Previously, some villagers had paid strangers from outside the village to test women who had been abducted into the mountains.

If they nodded or even considered running away, they would be beaten by the men in their families, stripped naked, and forced to crawl around the village on their knees, so that everyone could see the consequences of disobedience.

The fact that this person suddenly asked her this question suggests that he was likely sent by the demons to test her.

Li Fanniang's eyes suddenly darted away as she spoke.

"No, I wasn't trafficked here. I came here voluntarily."

My child... doesn't need your help anymore. I was just joking with you. My child is living a very happy life here.

"I'm sorry, but I already have a man in my family. Let's keep some distance for now."

After saying that, Li Fanniang hurriedly ran towards the pond, wanting to quickly retrieve her water bucket.

Seeing Li Fanniang's reaction, Wuyin knew that her sudden change of topic was a lie.

Everything that happened in the village seemed to be exactly as he had imagined.

I just don't know what happened later that led to this situation.

The scenery before my eyes changed rapidly again, catching me off guard, and the flow of time accelerated once more.

As time passed, Wuyin saw that Xiao Lifan was constantly being scolded by Lifan's mother, who wanted to get rid of him, so she kept saying very hurtful things to him.

One evening, as Xiao Li Fan packed his small luggage, preparing to leave the home he had lived in since childhood and no longer be a burden to his parents, his mother secretly slipped twenty yuan into his bag under the cover of darkness. After wiping away her tears, she quietly returned to her room.

Wu Yin didn't continue reading. He needed to find Li Fan as soon as possible and reunite with him, because what happened next was probably the reason why the village had become what it is now.

Wuyin quickly arrived at the pond. She saw Li Fan holding an empty bucket, staring blankly at the pond. As time passed quickly, the water in the pond had long since evaporated, and there was nothing left in it. This must be the dry season that the villager had mentioned at the beginning.

Time hadn't slowed down yet; as they looked from the pond towards the village, strange cries echoed from within.

For three months, not a drop of rain fell. The demons wanted to exchange women and children for water, but they were afraid that the women would escape once they left the mountains.

It's not just a simple matter of women and children running away; if they call the police, the entire village will be in trouble.

So every household secretly watched others, preferring to die of thirst there rather than let anyone escape with their women and children.

Their eyes began to turn red, their lips cracked, and they looked at everyone with a watery gaze.

At first, they simply locked all the children in a small hut and used them as a "water source." They constantly whipped and frightened them and collected their tears.

Later, not content with just tears, they began to stare at the children's throats.

Not long after, all the children died, including Li Fan's younger brother.

But they kept Da Niu in solitary confinement, giving her food and water, keeping her alive.

At this point, the flow of time returned to normal. The demons killed the group of defenseless children, and their next move was to target the group of women.

They discussed and decided to gather all the women together and keep them in a dry pond so that they could bleed out. They also arranged for young, strong women to guard them and prevent them from escaping.

Because the demons have something on Big Bull's mother: Big Bull is actually a girl.

All the girls in this village are destined to grow up and then be offered to these men for their pleasure, and Da Niu has already begun to develop.

If Big Cow Mother dares to let any of the women in the pond escape, what awaits her is witnessing her daughter being taken by a group of men.

At this moment, Wuyin, standing by the pond, looked at Li Fan, who was standing there in a daze, and said...

"After watching for so long, shouldn't we stretch our muscles a bit?"

Chapter 99 Defeat the Scum

Li Fan seemed to still be reeling from the tragic story, and appeared somewhat absent-minded.

Wu Yin couldn't stand it any longer. Although he knew that this was all in the past and that taking action now wouldn't change the facts, he was itching to do something.

He could see that when time flowed faster, it was as if there was a huge screen separating them from the villagers; but when time flowed normally, it was as if they had stepped into the screen.

"We can't beat the weirdos, but surely we can beat these unruly commoners?"

As Wuyin spoke, she stretched her wrists, patted Li Fan, and walked into the village.

Li Fan snapped out of his daze and quickly caught up with Wuyin.

He instinctively walked up to a man in the village.

And this man was his father.

Li Fan's father was leading the way towards the pond, while Li Fan's mother followed silently behind, not daring to resist. If she did, she would only get another beating, and the outcome would not change.

She only hoped that Xiao Lifan, who had escaped, would be successful in the future and live a life of his own.

Xiao Fan, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have given birth to you in this hellish village. Don't blame me for being heartless.

If there is an afterlife, your mother will definitely make it up to you by giving you a happy and fulfilling family.

When Li Fan's father saw a somewhat familiar new face appear in front of him, a young man who was about to turn 18, he couldn't help but frown.

What he's doing isn't exactly honorable, and it wouldn't be good if outsiders found out. Nobody knows when this brat barged into the village.

But it's good, at least we have one or two more "water sources".

When Li Fan's father saw Wuyin behind them, he couldn't help but give the two of them a gentle smile.

"Hello, are you tourists visiting this village? I'm a local villager. Come with me, I'll show you the most beautiful scenery in our village..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was punched hard in the left cheek.

Li Fan shook his fist, which was still a little sore from the punch, a fierce glint in his eyes.

Perhaps because he had entered the illusion, his soul seemed to have become a physical entity, and his physical strength was also stronger.