This doesn't seem to be a warehouse... It's a place that looks more like a prison than the "bad kid's" room. "I'm sorry, but from now on, this is your room." The priest locked the door and pressed Xiwang on the tattered mattress. He slowly and gently untied the ropes that bound Xiwang's hands bit by bit, while speaking. “I hope you don’t resent the police officers who brought you back. After all, our area is not very wealthy, and they also need to make a living.” "...Of course, I don't think you care about that now. You care more about why I seem to be ready, right?" With a little desire to show off, or perhaps some kind of bad taste, the priest said with a smile. "........." "You seem to have guessed it... You're such a smart kid. I like you very much." Seeing that Xi Wang didn't move, the smile on the priest's face grew even wider.
"Just as you guessed, Wright and the others told me." However, the priest still spoke, as if he wanted to pierce the last layer of fig leaf with evil fun, and spoke in the same gentle tone as usual, as if he was not angry at all. "You heard it right. It's [them]." He also emphasized it specifically. "I knew it the moment you told me this plan and this idea." In other words, his every move was watched by the priest, and the so-called "companions" only came to help him at the priest's instruction. That's why Wright volunteered at that time, and that's why the child seemed guilty. "But you shouldn't resent them. After all, they are also very sad... Many children are afraid of pain, so I promised them that as long as they cooperate with me, catch you and lock you up, I will not touch them for a while. After all... I have a better goal~" Putting the thin rope that bound Xiwang into his pocket, the priest reached out and pinched his cheek, forcing him to look up at him. His eyes were still as clear as the calm water of a lake, which was exactly what she liked most - to break this calm, to make ripples on the lake surface, and to paint the colors she wanted on it. "…So, will you keep your promise?" But he just asked calmly and without any disturbance, as if he was not disturbed by the priest's previous words. "........." But this time, it was the priest who remained silent. He did not see any resentment or complaints in Xiwang's eyes, just... calm, as if he had already accepted the current situation. "I really hope you can be as calm as this in the future... But I think you will be, right?" But soon, the priest laughed again, still with that gentle smile, but the movements of his hands were not gentle - he pinched Xi Wang's cheek hard, turned it to the side, and then slapped him hard in the face from the opposite direction with his backhand, leaving a bright red mark. "After all, you are already mine." It seems that the priest is not as never angry as he appears to be. "We still have a long, long time to spend together in the future."
The priest stood up and walked towards the door without placing any restrictions on Xiwang. He didn't seem to be worried that he would run away, or maybe... he had other ideas? "Oh, right." When he reached the door, the priest seemed to have thought of something. He turned around and looked at Xi Wang, who was still standing there without any movement. A hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes, but he soon smiled, a smile that was apparently very gentle, but in Xi Wang's eyes it looked particularly bad. "Abide by the agreement, that's impossible. [Breaking the agreement] is what adults like us do most often... Besides, you are not qualified to negotiate with me, right, [bad boy Xiwang who tried to escape and slandered the benefactor who provided you with food and shelter]?" He smiled, then slammed the door, locked it, and turned off the power. Hearing the muffled thud from the other side of the door, he left with satisfaction. "Ah... then, which [bad boy] should we punish today? Well... let's go with Light. After all... [betraying a friend] is not something a good boy would do~" The priest chuckled and deliberately whispered something to himself in a voice that could be heard from inside the door, and then walked towards the house of the "bad boy". You know, it's still dark at this time. -------- [Because of your friend's betrayal, you were caught and locked up by the priest in a warehouse that was more like a prison] [Although you guessed all this, you don't resent your friend because you know that for children, pain is often unacceptable. If they can push the pain to others instead of having to bear it themselves, they will definitely do it. After all... it hurts, it really hurts.] [You understand and vaguely guess that the priest's behavior will follow a certain principle he has set in his heart, so when he leaves, you stay where you are and don't give him an excuse to commit violence.] [It's just that he doesn't intend to keep the agreement. It's better to say that the so-called agreement never existed.] [As long as he wants, he can always find a reason] [Those who don’t eat well are bad kids—even if he locked you in the warehouse for three whole days; those who don’t greet well are bad kids—even if you are already starving to the point of fainting] [Those who are greedy are bad kids—but they are really hungry at that time, and they don’t know if they will have food tomorrow; those who don’t sleep well are bad kids—but it is very hot when the candle drips on their body, and it hurts when the knife cuts their skin] [When fire touches your body, it is very hot; when hot iron is pressed on your body, it is also very hot] [It hurts when a needle pricks your body, and it also hurts when a fork pierces your skin] [You can see the increasingly undisguised greed in the priest's eyes, the filthy and disgusting desire, but the priest still hasn't done "that kind of thing", as if he is waiting, waiting for you to voluntarily submit to him] [I wanted to run away, but I couldn't. I didn't have the strength. I was out of breath just by running into the yard. It took a lot of effort to climb over the wall. And every time I was about to run to the gate, I would be caught back.] [He is playing, you know, like a cat and mouse, playing with his prey until the other party is exhausted, until the other party loses the will to fight and stops resisting] [You can’t give up. You absolutely can’t—you tell yourself this.] 【But……】 [The sounds of children playing outside are very appealing, but the curses from friends outside the door are even more heartbreaking] [They don’t understand why you don’t obey the priest, so that they can suffer less, so that they don’t have to feel so much pain] [You are silent, not knowing how to respond. But even if you want to say something to them, your weak body cannot support you to do so.] [Seeing that you didn't respond, the children began to vent their hatred in their hearts, whether it was towards you, the priest, or this church.] 【You can only listen quietly and accept their complaints】
[In the evening, the light of dusk squeezed in from the tiny cracks, gently licking your wounded face, waking you up from your drowsiness. You moved your arms, subconsciously trying to touch the paper-like gold on the ground, but soon, bursts of children's laughter came from outside the house, and the gold on the ground slowly shrank back little by little, and finally disappeared.] [You know, it was those playful children who were playing, using mud to seal the only gap in the window. You could feel their gazes from the other gap, those pure, harmless gazes.] [They just treat this as a joke] [Finally, you gave up and stopped chasing the faint light. You just rested as much as possible so that you could survive the torture of the night.] [Tonight, as always, it hurts] [As always, the priest took out the medicine at the end to treat himself, whispering in your ear with his usual gentle voice, like the whisper of a devil] [At this moment, only the priest is kind to you - even though you know it's just your illusion] [The lingering pain in your body, the lingering smell of blood in your nose, you have become accustomed to these] [You have become... accustomed to the children's laughter, complaints, and whispers from the priest.] 【I want to agree】 [I want to give in] [It hurts so much, I don’t want to feel any more pain] [I’m so hungry. I haven’t eaten for a long time.] [It doesn't matter, right? After all, the priest gave us food and shelter, so it shouldn't be a problem if we give a little bit, right? ] [Besides, there are so many people, it won't be your turn every day, right? It's just every once in a while, just bear with it, it's no big deal] [I’m so hungry and sleepy, but I can’t sleep, or I’ll be woken up by the pain] 【I want to agree...】 【But, I cannot agree...】 [This is wrong, so don’t give in... Wait, keep waiting, and you will be saved.] [You believe that one day there will be light shining on this place] [Hold on, wait with hope, just like your name - you don't know how many times you have said this to yourself] [In the silent night, the young body curled up in the corner, crying quietly in the darkness] Chapter 5 The Girl from Afar "whee……" Suddenly, I heard the sound of children playing outside. "It's morning...?" With difficulty he opened his eyes and looked at the only remaining patch of illuminated ground in the house. Xi Wang barely supported his body and moved to the side of that small patch of light. He stretched out his hand cautiously and felt the warmth of the sunlight on his palms. Thanks to the food the priest brought yesterday, he had a little more strength to move today - after all, the priest regarded him as his private property and couldn't let him die directly.
But correspondingly, tonight... might be very sad. "........." Thinking of the pain he might face tonight, Xi Wang pursed his lips, withdrew his hand, chose a position that would make him more comfortable, curled up, and began to rest...trying to have more strength to face the torture tonight. It is impossible to survive in a coma. In the end, you will only be awakened by ice water or the pain of coarse salt rubbed on the wound. He subconsciously touched his arm which still had scars, and felt a slight pain again - this was left by the priest's knife a week ago, but it was almost healed now. I don’t know if it’s because he is still a child and his body metabolism is fast, or if it’s something else, but Xiwang’s wound healed very quickly, and it would be mostly healed in about a week. If given more time, there wouldn’t even be any trace left. The priest also noticed this and even liked it very much. After all, this way he could be more "unbridled". Even after recovery, there will still be phantom pain... However, he has gradually gotten used to it, to the point that the feeling of "pain" has almost become numb, but it still hurts. How long has it been? How long has it been since I was imprisoned here? How long will this last? Can we still be rescued? "........." When Xi Wang thought of such despair in the future, he felt an indescribable sense of grievance in his heart. I want to go out...I want to have a good meal...I want to have a good sleep... My body subconsciously curled up into a ball to hide the tears that were about to stop. I don’t want to be beaten anymore…I don’t want to be scolded anymore…I don’t want to feel pain anymore… I really want to agree... "whee……" Outside the house, the children's noise of playing has not stopped yet. It seems that something good has happened today and they all look very excited. But those have nothing to do with Xiwang. After a few minutes, Xiwang seemed to have expressed all the grievances she had felt over the past few days. She wiped away her tears, adjusted her breathing, closed her eyes, and tried to fall asleep slowly. It's going to be a sad night, get some rest. However, accidents always happen unexpectedly. "Boom boom boom——" "Hello~ Is there anyone inside~" A crisp sound and a knock on the door sounded together. "Hello, is anyone here?" It was the voice of an unfamiliar little girl, but a unique vitality came through in her words, making one imagine that this was a lovely girl full of energy. However, Xiwang did not reply. That would be a waste of energy. Besides, if the priest knew about it, he might be even more sad tonight. "Don't knock on the door. He won't pay attention to you. If you want to see him, you can come here."
I heard a familiar voice. It was the child living here speaking. Then, the familiar sound of moving debris was heard, and soon, the sunlight shining on the ground became shorter. "He's here, come quickly~" A familiar voice appeared at the window, as if confirming through the gap that Xi Wang was within the range that could be seen through the gap, and he quickly called out to the side. The sunlight on the ground returned to its original size, and then quickly shrank back. "Oh~ Isn't there someone here?"