When they woke up again, all five of them were tied to iron chairs with nylon ropes and their mouths were sealed with black tape.
The only light in the basement was the incandescent bulb overhead, and the murky air was filled with an inescapable stench of blood that made one want to vomit.
With her hair disheveled and a few weeds stuck in her hair, Xia Linyin lowered her head and exhaled heavy breaths from her nose as she forcefully twisted her wrists, which were tied behind her back to the chair.
My wrists were so raw from the friction that the skin was almost peeling off, but the nylon rope showed no signs of loosening.
It clung tightly to the skin like a maggot clinging to a bone.
With a sudden burst of strength, Wu Yuan tried to stand up, but his body, along with the heavy iron chair, only lifted slightly off the ground before falling back down with a loud thud.
He wanted to swear, but his mouth was gagged, preventing him from uttering a single curse word.
Not only were the ropes tied incredibly tightly, but they were also tied using a professional method, making it impossible for anyone to break free. And the chair was made of iron, as heavy as if it were filled with lead.
"Mmm--Mmm--"
With her mouth sealed shut, Chen Zhi could only make indistinct sounds. She struggled, but she couldn't break free of the ropes. Her skin was delicate, and every struggle caused the rough ropes to cut her skin until it bled, a painful, stabbing pain.
Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. Chen Zhi sobbed and struggled violently a few times, filled with anger and anxiety.
Bai Xiaolin struggled even more, swaying his body back and forth and side to side, trying to fall to the ground. Although the idea of using the ground to grind the nylon rope was somewhat unrealistic, and it might take forever to wear it down even a little, it was still good to have a glimmer of hope.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he shook his body, he couldn't move the iron chair an inch; the chair remained firmly rooted to the spot.
The occasional screeching sound of the chair legs scraping against the ground made his movements and the bulging veins on his forehead look rather pitiful, like a grasshopper that was bound hand and foot but still kept jumping.
Knowing she couldn't break free, Sakura stopped moving, staring intently at the iron door to the basement with her large, dark eyes.
With a clang, the iron gate opened, and Chad appeared in the doorway, wearing a black plastic apron, with a bandage wrapped around his right shoulder and an axe in his left hand.
Looking at the people in the basement, Chad revealed a ferocious and terrifying smile. At this moment, he had shed his previous gentlemanly and refined demeanor, revealing his deepest and most chilling side.
Even though he still wore those glasses, he no longer resembled a learned old professor. The glint reflected from his lenses was a chilling light that pierced to the bone, making one's heart pound with fear.
Chad walked into the basement, his black rain boots clattering on the floor like drumbeats, making his heart race.
"My prey, you've come just in time!"
Chad opened his arms as if embracing God. "I haven't met anyone else in so long that I'm about to cut off my own or Arthur's flesh."
"Oh! You don't know who Arthur is, do you? Actually, you've already met him. He's the one who was chasing you before."
Chad's face lit up with pride. "He's my son, and he's excellent, isn't he?"
His gaze swept over Xia Linyin and the others, then he walked up to Wu Yuan. "Oh! Why do you look so shocked? Doesn't he look like my son? My neighbors used to say he looked exactly like me."
Chad's eyes suddenly hardened. "Of course, he looks exactly like that son of a bitch!"
His eyes flashed with a bone-chilling hatred, his gray-blue pupils turning a deep, inky blue from the intense resentment.
"That bitch actually slept with Arthur's tutor! She betrayed Arthur, she betrayed me, she betrayed this family!"
“How can that cowardly man compare to me? I love her so much, but she actually ran away from home for this man. She ran away with this man, making me the laughing stock of the town!”
"Everyone was comforting me, sympathizing with me, telling me not to be sad or upset, but behind my back they were all laughing at my wife for running off with someone else, just like how they praised Arthur Li to my face for being well-behaved and beautiful, but behind my back they were laughing at Arthur Li for being a fool."
Chad brandished a sharp axe, a look of madness on his face. Wu Yuan, sitting in front of him, was frozen stiff, afraid that the wildly swung axe might accidentally hit him at any moment.
"But what they didn't know was that my wife was with me forever. Just as she and that man secretly returned, trying to take Arthur away, I killed them, chopped them into pieces, and even tasted her blood and flesh. It was truly—"
"It's absolutely delicious!" Chad closed his eyes slightly, revealing an expression of lingering enjoyment, as if he were intoxicated by some supreme and wonderful feeling, which made Xia Linyin and the others feel disgusted.
"Her wails were the most beautiful sounds I had ever heard, and the blood flowing from her body was so sweet. I ate her bit by bit so that she would never leave me."
A satisfied smile spread across Chad's face.
"Thanks to my wife, I was able to taste this ultimate delicacy. I fell in love with this flavor and couldn't stop. The taste of human flesh is simply mesmerizing. There is no more delicious food in the world."
Chad stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, looking at Wu Yuan as if he were looking at a piece of delicious, juicy meat that made his mouth water. "I can't wait to enjoy you."
He stretched out his wrinkled hand and squeezed Wu Yuan's strong arm. "Oh! Look at you! You're really strong. You're almost as big as Arthur. That's enough for me to eat for several meals."
"Unfortunately, the meat quality is not good. It is not as soft and tender as a woman's meat, and it is also very tough on the teeth."
Chad shook his head with some regret, then gently patted Wu Yuan's shoulder and comforted him, "Dear Wu, don't be discouraged. I can make you into cured meat, rub it with salt, dry it in the sun and store it. Not a bit of your meat will be wasted. Cured meat tastes just as delicious. Releasing the most enjoyable flavor of the meat is a way of respecting you meat providers."
Wu Yuan stared at Chad with bloodshot eyes, breathing heavily from his nostrils like an angry bull. If looks could kill, Chad would have been torn to pieces by him.
However, tied to the iron chair, he could only glare angrily at Chad, listening to the other man evaluate him as if he were pork on a chopping board.
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