The cave was stinking and dirty.
The children were unkempt and their clothes were tattered.
Some have even become strips of cloth hanging down on the body.
Some broken bowls were placed beside the thick wooden fence.
When they saw someone coming, all the children rushed to the fence, picked up their bowls and raised them above their heads, and knelt upright.
They didn't even dare to look at whether the person was the one who brought them food.
Yes.
At this time, if Rong Chaoxi had not cast a spell of immobilization on everyone, someone would have brought food over.
Han Shang looked at the tragic scene in front of him with hatred, his teeth clenched, and a fishy-sweet taste filled his mouth.
He clenched his hands so tightly that his knuckles turned white, and slammed his fist down on the rough wood.
The children immediately fell to the ground, begging for mercy in a low voice.
"I didn't make any noise, I was just being obedient. Don't hit me. I won't dare to do that again. Don't hit me..."
After hearing this, Han Shang became even more furious, his eyes turning red with anger.
"Beast! Worse than a beast!"
Who on earth did such a heartless thing?!
Chunshui covered her mouth and burst into tears.
Seeing this, the three boys burst into tears.
The children in the cell just looked up timidly and then quickly lowered their heads.
"Oh, and more..."
Rong Chaoxi pointed somewhere else, "Over there, three..."
There are three more such caves in this passage.
More than 400 children, both boys and girls, aged between five and twelve, were raised in the cave like livestock.
How long have they been kept? How long have they been captured?
Most of the children are already unconscious and do whatever they are told to do. They have no ability to think independently.
It's like a tamed animal that needs to obey orders and has only the instinct to eat.
"Eat, eat..."
The three of them took the children back to the bandits' dining hall.
Rong Chaoxi waved her hand, and the bandits who were occupying the seats and refusing to eat all fell to the ground, freeing up their seats.
Han Shang and Chunshui settled the children who were afraid to sit at the table and served them food.
But the children sat there obediently, not moving.
Even if they were very hungry, they could not eat without someone giving them an order.
"Let's eat." Han Shang said loudly, suppressing his trembling.
After hearing this, the children immediately moved, grabbed the food in front of them and stuffed it into their mouths.
"Eat, eat, eat..."
Rong Chaoxi climbed onto the stool, sat down obediently, dangling his short legs, and staring at Chunshui with his big round eyes.
"Miss Chaoxi, do you... want to eat more?" Chunshui asked uncertainly.
Rong Chaoxi nodded, "Eat, eat, Chaoxi is hungry..."
"..." Chunshui stammered for a long while, then began to persuade, "Miss Chaoxi, you can't eat anymore. Eating too much will upset your stomach."
The little guy just ate the amount of food that three adults eat an hour ago, and now he’s hungry again?
How can her small body hold so much food?
Chunshui glanced at the little guy's bulging belly.
When Chunshui looked at him, Rong Chaoxi took a deep breath and his stomach shrank a little.
"I'm hungry every day..." The little guy pouted, looking aggrieved.
If Chunshui hadn't seen with his own eyes the little guy showing off two bowls of white rice, two pig's trotters, a large pork elbow, half a chicken, a bowl of stewed beef, and a bowl of vegetable soup.
She was about to believe it.
"Hehe... Then I'll get you another bowl of soup."
"Woo... " the little guy hummed.
She wants meat, meat!
"Okay, I'll get you some meat." Han Shang said.
She didn't think Rong Chaoxi would get an upset stomach.
The little guy is a relative of Taotie, a ferocious little beast, so how could he get an upset stomach?
Chunshui looked at the two big pork elbows that Han Shang brought to the table, and closed his mouth, wanting to say something.
Well, the little guy is growing and gets hungry quickly.
She has supernatural powers and won't get an upset stomach.
Finished eating the big pork elbow with great pleasure.
The little guy held his belly which had grown bigger, swung his legs, and hummed with comfort.
After humming for a long time, Han Shang realized that the little guy was not making random sounds, but humming a melody.
The melody is light and elegant, as soft as water, like a light elf surrounded by aura, baptizing the soul.
It is like the spring breeze that "greens the south bank of the river again", silent and breathless; it is also like the spring rain that "sneaks into the night with the wind", moistening everything silently.
Gradually, the children who had been wolfing down their food slowed down, and tiny starlight appeared in their gray eyes.
The expression on his face changed from numbness and timidity at the beginning to confusion and helplessness.
They started thinking how did they get here?
I'm not watching ants on the street corner...
Catching cicadas on the trees...
Digging loaches in the fields...
Buying meat buns on the street...
Playing with friends in front of the door...
How did I get here so suddenly?
However, the hunger in their stomachs prevented them from thinking more and they just wanted to fill their stomachs first.
They didn't know why they had been eating with their hands before.
At this moment, they all picked up the chopsticks that had been thrown aside long ago and ate slowly.
"Sister Shang...they..." Chunshui looked at this scene in surprise, tears welled up in her eyes again and flowed out slowly.
Judging from the expressions of these children, their minds have returned.
The humming continued, and a few children who were sobbing timidly were gradually calmed down.
After the children had eaten, another problem troubled them.
Some of the children were weak, and now they relaxed and had a full meal, so they fell asleep on the table.
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