Chapter 747 - Another Prison (1/2)

The bright light outside shone into their eyes, and both Xia Ruoxin and Shen Wei used the cloth to cover their eyes once they came out. Anyone who had a bit of common sense would know that if one had been in a dark place for too long and the light outside was too bright, it would cause one to be blind. Besides, they could already feel the intensity of the light outside based on the light that shone in previously.

“Squat down.” Once they went out, a man with a hoarse voice yelled before hurling his whip onto the floor which made a reverberating sound and also a gush of cold air at the side of their ear. It was not hard to imagine how painful it would be when the whip hit someone’s skin.

They were hungry and thirsty, but the people outside did not seem to care about their life and death; they continued to lift the other cargo out from the ship one by one. As for these movable cargoes, they would place them here first since they could not run. Even if they did, they had nowhere to run as other than this piece of land, it was all deck. They did not have wings, and they could never escape from this place so their fates were still unknown.

The sky started to darken slowly, and the light started to become warm if one was able to use this as an adjective.

Xia Ruoxin touched Shen Wei’s elbow and took off the cloth covering her eyes. Luckily, when she went out, she wore more clothes, unlike Shen Wei who had nothing but one layer of clothing.

If they really did not have anything to cover their eyes, they could not possibly use their undergarments. Their outerwear was smeared with the smelly items that had even made the other women stay far away from them.

When their eyes slowly adjusted to their surrounding light, Xia Ruoxin then found out that they were overseas; but they did not know which country they were in. She secretly took a look at the Eurasian crew members, and none of them had an eastern face. Also, the people around them with numb expressions were not eastern people like Shen Wei and her… except for one or two who did not like to talk.

Their expression was dumb and did not have much spark in their eyes. Xia Ruoxin had even recognized one of them that had been brought out by the crew members several times. As to what they did outside, one did not have to guess; they perhaps had lost their soul or their freedom… or maybe their entire self and had resigned to their fate.

However, Xia Ruoxin had never resigned to hers.

It was their ninetieth day of being missing; three whole months. They had been floating on sea for a total of three months, and finally, their feet had landed on land, even though they were in another country.

The ship cargoes were brought out one by one while these women continued to squat on the deck board. No matter if the sun had burnt their skin or reddened their face—one had even started to feel faint from extensive hunger, they did not move and did not dare to run.

When the sun was about to set, the whip hit the floor again.

“Come up, one by one. Hurry up.”

Following this, there was another whipping sound that broke the air.

Xia Ruoxin shrunk her body. These whips did not have eyes, and if it really hit their bodies, their skin would be torn open.

They followed the crowd tightly from behind. It was their first time in three months to step on land and also their first time being under such a warm sun in a long time.

At the start, Shen Wei and her eyes were covered by cloth so they could adjust to the light now. On the other hand, there were a few people who rubbed their eyes from time to time; it seemed like their vision was impaired.