Card!
The bedroom door opened.
The middle-aged woman with wavy blond hair stood at the door, motionless, with a smile on her face that a 'mother' should have.
With her smile unchanged and her lips still, waves of gentle voice came from deep in her throat:
"William, have you seen Xue Rui?"
"No, mom! I went upstairs to read after breakfast. Isn't Xue Rui downstairs?"
Yi Chen sat upright in front of the desk with his back to the door, flipping through a book with one hand and ready to reach for the axe under the table with the other.
The mother did not ask about Xue Rui, but changed the subject, "Do you know why the mailbox at our door was opened?"
"Huh? Did someone open our mailbox?"
"It seems that you don't know about this. Don't worry, Mom will investigate it thoroughly... Once we find out who did this, he will be punished accordingly.
You can come down to eat now. We have your favorite beef stew tonight."
"Okay, Mom."
After making sure his 'mother' had left, Yi Chen stood up, straightened his clothes, and put his hatchet and gun in the appropriate places.
When I came to the first floor with brisk steps,
Tableware for three people has been set on the neat dining table, and the middle-aged couple have already taken their seats.
Looking at the brand new stove that has never been used, I wonder how the so-called "braised beef" in my mother's mouth will turn out.
Takeaway? Or quick-cooked in an unknown location
My father was holding a newspaper in one hand and the same cup of coffee he had had in the morning in the other, which was also steaming.
The mother stood straight, with her palms flat on her knees, smiling and looking straight ahead, completely motionless like a wooden figure.
Yi Chen also had a smile on his face, and like a good kid listening to a lecture, he folded his hands on the table and sat upright, completely blending into this bizarre atmosphere without any sense of incongruity.
Quiet,
All I could hear was the swing of the clock and the sound of my father flipping through the newspaper.
Buzz buzz buzz
This state did not last long, and Yi Chen unexpectedly heard a long-lost sound of flies. This sound was rarely heard since Yi Chen came across, and there was not a single fly in Zion City.
When I glanced around, there was no sign of any flies.
It was not until I glanced at my mother that I noticed a crystal green fly lying on her nostrils, flapping its wings at high speed, but it was tightly entangled in her nose hairs and unable to escape.
If you look closely, there is even a second one, and a third one...
When Yi Chen wanted to take a closer look,
Ding Dong! The doorbell rang, and my mother quickly got up and ran to open the door.
There was a big metal pot at the door, emitting hot and fragrant food. It was obviously the "braised beef" that my mother mentioned... The person delivering the food was a sturdy man dressed as a chef, who was walking quickly back to the "food delivery cart" on the side of the road.
To be precise, it was a large truck filled with 'stewed beef' from every household.
Drag the large metal pot with one hand and easily place it on the table.
Each person was served a portion of delicious braised beef, with large chunks of beef stewed till soft making up the main portion.
After checking, we found that there was no problem with the food. Even the ingredients were very fresh. It was indeed real beef and not the disturbing meat quality as expected.
The meal is over.
Just as Yi Chen was about to stand up, snap! His mother's hand instantly fell down, pressing down on his shoulders.
"It's not good to waste food. You should eat all the food like dad does."
Looking towards my father,
One hand was still holding the coffee, and the other hand was holding the plate in front of him. His broad, thick tongue was licking circles along the plate carefully. The plate that was completely licked clean didn't even need to be washed again.
Yi Chen remained silent, and turned his head somewhat stiffly to ask his mother, "Does it have to be like this?"
"That's right."
“What if I don’t?”
"Then there must be corresponding punishment."
When the mother said this, her mouth opened.
Buzz! The sound of dense flies immediately came out from inside.
The oral mucosa is full of holes, where dense swarms of flies live.
There are still several pieces of the stewed beef that I just ate stuck in my mouth for these flies to eat... If you observe carefully, you will find that these flies are a little different. They have sharp teeth that can easily bite through the meat.
This image once again aroused deep memories.
It is not easy to eat three meals a day in the orphanage.
Sometimes we just eat normally in the cafeteria.
Sometimes you have to fight for food in a room full of rats.
Sometimes we would catch special events in the cafeteria and provide food randomly for everyone.
Once there is some food that is difficult to swallow, there are always some students who cannot eat it, and even vomit and dirty the cafeteria.
These actions will be considered as 'wasting food'.
If it happens more than three times, you will be sent to a special area and will never be able to come back.
Yi Chen was able to swallow the food every time, because he knew the fundamental purpose of the orphanage very well. Although everyone who was taken in here was treated cruelly, the orphanage would not directly make food that was harmful to the body.
As long as you think about this clearly and keep on thinking about living, you can swallow it no matter what.
But during a cafeteria riot, Yi Chen accidentally knocked over his own plate and was considered to have wasted food, which resulted in him having an accidental opportunity to visit.
He was taken to an underground passage dedicated to handling 'filth'.
All the orphans who had disappeared due to food problems were gathered here. Due to special drug injections and the effects of the environment, they have combined with flies and evolved some insect limb structures. Some of them have even completely degenerated into "saprophytes".
…
As for the father in front of Yi Chen, he also corresponds to a punishment mechanism in the orphanage.
For orphans who waste water resources many times, they will be asked to bring a full glass of water and then live a normal day and participate in various activities. After one day, the remaining amount of water in their glass will be checked.
The same amount of concentrated acid needs to be force-fed into the body based on how much is spilled.
If all the water in the cup is gone, it will be taken to a special area and will never appear in the orphanage again.
call…
Yi Chen took a deep breath and suppressed the negative thoughts that kept coming out. This was just the beginning, and there was no need to fully release the nature in his body.
"Excuse me, Mom! I'll eat it right away."
Yi Chen's expression immediately changed, turning into that of a good boy, as if he was ready to lick.
The mother also stared at the whole process with her eyes wide open.
Just when Yi Chen raised the plate and was about to take a bite.
The wrist exerted force instantly, and the joint even made a crisp sound... Ka! The plate flew towards the middle-aged woman at high speed, completely covering her face.
While throwing the plate,
Yi Chen supported the chair with one hand, contracted his waist core and exerted force! He gave a direct upward kick, and the dining table was kicked up.
The 'hot coffee' in the father's hand spilled on his own face.
Hiss~ The strong acid directly burned through my father's face, revealing his horrifying bone structure. Before he could react... a silver light flashed.
Bang! The head that was being corroded by the strong acid just fell into the plate that he had licked clean.
At the same time,
The thrown plate hit the mother's face heavily... Bang!
As the metal tray slid down, the woman's vision was no longer obstructed, and the black muzzle of the shotgun was hovering in front of her eyes.
"Goodnight, Mommy!"
"ah!"
The mother opened her mouth as wide as possible, screaming and trying to expel the flesh-eating flies.
Bang!
The kitchen stove behind him was splattered with black and holey debris.
The headless bodies of the middle-aged couple leaned forward almost at the same time and fell heavily on the table.
Yi Chen still kept smiling.
The shotgun spun in his palm for a while before being put back into his waist.
After wiping the blood off the axe blade with a tablecloth, Yi Chen stood up and straightened his clothes, muttering softly:
"To qualify for an orphanage, you have to be an 'orphan' first, right? That should be fine... Unfortunately, I don't have any information about my parents in my memory, so this opening doesn't feel immersive at all.
I have been in an orphanage since I can remember.”
(End of this chapter)