Chapter 7 (1/2)

Translated by: La Phong

Edited by: Niijima

Chapter 7: Savage

A train was whistling, the desert was hot……

Scenes flashed fast, then stagnated: Xiao Jiang and Big Guy were carrying the machine, climbing a dune. Cui Ming was behind them and shouted: “Don’t go, do not go.”

Xiao Jiang and Big Guy were unaware. Xiao Jiang said a coffee refres.h.i.+ng joke and, with a still smiling Big Guy, continued to move on. The sky suddenly changed, dark clouds appeared and a downpour started. When Cui Ming's eyes moved down from the sky, Xiao Jiang stood in front of Cui Ming, a piece of meat fell off of his face, seized the hard Cui Ming and asked: “Why not save me?”

Cui Ming burst into tears, looked at Xiao Jiang and shook his head: “I can’t.”

“You can, as long as you try harder.”

“I have been trying very hard.” Cui Ming kneed, bowed his head and said: “But it's still not enough, not enough.”

Cui Ming's body suddenly floated and flew to the clouds. North Luna waited him there, mercifully watching Cui Ming: “Weakness is a crime.” Her hand let go of him and Cui Ming fell. Under him, the giant worm already opened its mouth…

“… …” Cui Ming sat up and breathed by his mouth, just a dream. Where was this? This was a big tent. Cui Ming saw his hand, turned around and saw North Luna, who was dressed in yellow clothes, carrying a large bag behind and standing a few meters away and very quietly watching him. Next to her was Ding Ze. Ding Ze lit a cigarette, sat in a chair and carefully watched him.

North Luna took a gla.s.s of water, placed it on the table beside the bed and then went back a few steps to stand, saying, “This is Kama town’s camp, you were in coma for six days.”

Cui Ming sensed his body, then nodded: “No wonder I'm so hungry.”

Cui Ming’s words did not fit the atmosphere, but were so logical. Even North Luna was speechless. Ding Ze reached for the doc.u.ment bag on the table and opened it, “Cui Ming, you spent your childhood in a wandering circus and went to many countries, during which you partic.i.p.ated in fraud and theft several times. You used your age and innocence to deceive many good people. At the age of nine, the wandering circus at the Dawn city was destroyed by police because of theft. You were then sent to the G.o.d’s Charity orphanage. At 15 years old, because of street fraud, you were arrested. In your 18 years old birthday, you were once again arrested, until half a month ago.”

“Then what?”

Ding Ze said, “Is this resume strange?”

Cui Ming shook his head, “I feel very normal. It blatantly complained of a child ‘s tragic growth experience.”

“Why did you partic.i.p.ate in the expedition?” Ding Ze asked, he was too lazy to play words with Cui Ming.

“Because I have enemies… …”

“You did not have. You’ve been surveyed; I have phoned to the Karma town’s school and the orphanage school, and they said you were a rascal in the orphanage.”

Cui Ming said helplessly, “I have to admit that G.o.d’s Charity orphanage’s food is good, but you can not deny that the orphanage life is too boring. In the morning, we must get up at 6 AM; at evening, we must sleep at 9 PM. Eat at fixed time, not allowed to do this, not allowed to do that… … as a normal teenager, I could not stand strict control. Fleeing several days or weeks is also reasonable.”

Ding Ze said, “Every place has rules.”

Cui Ming said, “The rules are too harsh to accept, such as asking you to sleep and get up at the right time and eat when not hungry. If you're hungry but it isn’t the time, you have no food to eat. If it was you, you could stand it for how long?”