novelraw Chapter 15 Imprisoned in an Underground Cage
Chapter 15 Imprisoned in an Underground Cage
Tong Yuheng strolled around the park, "fishing," feeling increasingly tired and anxious. She even planned to head towards the direction where Linglong had disappeared and quietly search house by house.
Perhaps it was because her desire was too strong, or perhaps it was because she truly possessed the unparalleled "wish fulfillment" ability after transmigrating, but shortly after she noticed someone watching her from behind, a woman in her thirties appeared.
The woman looked very anxious and ran over to ask if she had seen a little boy of about five or six years old wearing a blue cotton-padded jacket—her son was missing!
Tong Yuheng had been wandering around here for a while, and she had never seen this woman playing with a boy before. Her excellent detective memory from her past life told her: the fish she was trying to catch had taken the bait!
"Auntie, where did your child go missing? Let me help you look for him!" Tong Yuheng offered his help enthusiastically.
The woman's face lit up with joy, thinking to herself: She's already taken the bait before I could even say a word. This silly fish is so easy to catch!
Tong Yuheng: You're the stupid fish, your whole family are stupid fish!
"Thank you so much, my dear girl!"
The two began searching for the missing boy who never existed. Tong Yuheng followed the woman with superb acting skills without making a sound, and they slowly left the park, heading towards the outskirts of the city.
Just as Tong Yuheng followed the woman into a narrow alley, the woman suddenly turned around and covered her face with a wet handkerchief in her hand!
Tong Yuheng was always on guard against her, but in order to find Linglong, she did not resist. Instead, she sank her consciousness into the space and observed where this woman wanted to take her!
The woman carried Tong Yuheng on her back and turned into another alley. At this moment, the person who was supposed to meet her came on a tricycle. They were told to get on the tricycle together, wrapped in a tattered quilt, and disappeared into the gradually darkening night...
The three of them strolled leisurely out of the city, traveled more than ten miles, and passed through several villages. As dusk fell, the two of them only encountered one acquaintance on the road, asked him a question, and then left.
"Zhang Gouzi, is your girl sick again?"
"Yes, I have a fever, that's why I'm covering myself up, to prevent me from catching a cold."
"Then go back quickly! This child has suffered too much!" the man said sympathetically, unwilling to approach them.
It seems the people around here know them well. How do they manage to do bad things here without being discovered?
Soon, the tricycle driver took the two to a dilapidated house on the edge of the village. The man parked the tricycle, carried Tong Yuheng into a storage room with a cellar, then opened a secret passage below and carried her down.
The steps led downwards, and after about two or three meters, Tong Yuheng reached a locked iron gate. The tricycle driver put her down, took out a key, opened the gate, and dragged Tong Yuheng inside.
This was a dimly lit basement of about twenty square meters, lit only by tiny candles. The basement contained four cells enclosed by iron bars, each holding two or three girls, mostly around ten years old.
She observed the girls in the space and discovered that the twin sister was locked in one of the iron cages!
Tong Yuheng certainly hoped that she would be locked in Linglong's cell, but this time her wish did not come true. She was locked in an iron cage with two girls who were about ten years old.
Their hands and feet were chained. When she was thrown in, they didn't cry or make a fuss. Instead, they shrank back and huddled together against the wall.
"You all better behave yourselves, or I'll whip you!" After threatening them, the tricycle driver locked the cell, and after leaving, he locked the iron gate as well.
Two little girls crept over the chains and whispered, babbling at her and saying, "This older sister is pretty too. They only pick pretty girls!" said the younger girl.
"Will they sell us to old men in the mountains to be their wives? I'd rather die then, Xiaoying, strangle me with the chains!" The older girl started to cry.
"Sister Miaomiao, my dad will definitely find someone to save me. Don't keep thinking about dying." The little girl's big eyes shone with hope, and she seemed to be a child with a strong will.
"Xiaoying, I'm scared..." Miaomiao was clearly timid.
Tong Yuheng didn't want to waste time. She took some spiritual spring water from her space and drank it. Her consciousness returned to her body, and she slowly opened her eyes!
"Who are you? Where are you from?" The two girls were dressed nicely, so they must come from well-off families.
"Big sister, you're awake! My name is Zhao Ying, and her name is Chen Miaomiao. Our parents work at a cotton mill..."
"How long have you been here?" Tong Yuheng asked.
Miao Miao shook her head, but Zhao Ying said, "It's probably been seven or eight days. They only give us one cornbread and a small bowl of water each day, and I've eaten seven cornbreads since I arrived!"
The basement was bustling with activity day and night. Zhao Ying could tell the time by the number of times she was fed. She was a bold and meticulous child, a good candidate to be a scout!
"Does anyone in your family serve in the military?"
"My dad's a retired soldier, he's really capable, he'll definitely find someone to rescue us, sister, don't be afraid!"
"Okay, don't be afraid, sister! No matter what I do, you're not allowed to make a sound, okay?"
Tong Yuheng glanced at the other children who were still awake in the cages, his eyes filled with warning!
Seeing that everyone nodded obediently, she took a black wire hair clip from her hair, poked it a few times at her bracelet and anklet, and easily opened them.
Upon entering Linglong's cell, she removed the shackles from their hands and feet. She fed them spiritual spring water, and they quickly woke up.
When Linglong saw the older sister in front of her, she opened her mouth to shout "Catch the bad guy!" but Tong Yuheng glared at her and coldly hissed, "Shut up!"
"Big sister, we...we were doing a good deed..." Yu Ling explained softly. Sure enough, the old lady was suspicious. She lured them into the house, and then someone rushed out and drugged them.
"Doing good deeds is fine, but not being careful is wrong. Be more careful next time. Help me take them all out later!"
Hearing her words, the other children also looked over with hopeful eyes, not daring to speak loudly, but begging her to save them!
"Keep quiet, I'll take you with me later!" Tong Yuheng promised.
Now that she had encountered them, she couldn't just abandon these children. But with so many people traveling together, the human traffickers outside were not to be trifled with. If she didn't deal with them, they might cause harm when they tried to escape.
"You wait here, I need to deal with the people above first." She also needed to check the surroundings and find a place where they could hide temporarily.
The basement has a ventilation shaft that connects to the kitchen chimney. There's also another entrance, leading to the hole beneath the room where she was dragged in, and an iron gate with a padlock.
Tong Yuheng opened the iron fence on the other side, revealing a dark, low tunnel.